2010 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE Unknown Or Other Problems

Heard a Loud Pop Bang noise then discovered Dash cracked in several multiple places. Currently need to have airbags attended to as when I last called when it was convenient for me to take vehicle into repair , the repair place can’t meet my needs for time frame to repair. Am now afraid driving with all the cracks in dash but can Not be without vehicle.

Cracked dashboard at passenger air bag and front dash speaker.

My dashboard is cracking in several places, also my panels for the truck bed are warped.

Having alot of issues with the drain tubes especially with the front top tubes my floor boards are being soaked. The tubes are plastic so when and why for the drain tubes and how often should they be really be changed. The seal above driver door and passenger door in front are not always put in correctly or they move causing the water to cross over and pull into car instead of exiting. And the ac plug also problem. Certain years do not have the cabin filters .The engine light is very sensitive as well.

DASH CRACKED AND RATTLES

THE DASH HAS MULTIPLE CRACKS ABOVE DRIVER GAUGES AND ALSO ALONG PASSENGER AIR BAG

Mileage: 161,000

DASHBOARD IS CRACKED

Mileage: 100,000

CRACKED DASHBOARD

Mileage: 130,000

DASHBOARD IS CRACKED ON BOTH UPPER CORNERS OF THE PASSENGER SIDE OF FRONT AIRBAG. DASH RATTLES AND SHAKES WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE. SCARED THAT THE AIRBAG WILL DEPLOY!

Mileage: 50,000

THE TOP CAP OF THE DASH CRACK BEHIND THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND OVER BY THE PASSENGER AIRBAG AND THEN THE FRONT PART CRACKED NEAR THE LIGHT SENSOR FOR THE HEADLIGHTS TO COME ON

Mileage: 115,000

I OWN A 2010 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE LTZ THAT WAS PURCHASED USED IN 2015 (38,000 MILES WITH A SMALL CRACK JUST ABOVE THE AIR BAG TO THE LEFT, RIGHT AT THE CORNER OF THE AIR BAG ON THE DASH BOARD. SINCE I'VE HAD THE VEHICLE, IT HAS CRACKED MORE OVER TIME TO A LONGER LENGTH ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT CORNER AND LEFT OF THE STEERING COLUMN. THE VEHICLE IS UP KEPT BUT THE DASH BOARD KEEPS CRACKING. IM NOTICING THE MULTIPLE VEHICLE AVALANCHE'S HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM AND WHY HASNT IT BEEN RESOLVED OR A RECALL BEEN PLACED.

Mileage: 38,000

DASH BOARD HAS CRACKS BY THE PASSENGER AIRBAG AND CRACKS BY THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER

Mileage: 37,000

I HAVE TWO CRACKS ON MY DASHBOARD. ONE DEVELOPED OVER THE AIR BAG ON THE PASSENGER SIDE ONE MORNING BEFORE LEAVING FOR WORK. THE TRUCK ALWAYS SITS IN THE SHADE AND OUT OF THE SUN...IT WASNT EVEN HOT THE DAY IT HAPPENED SO HEAT CAN'T POSSIBLY BE AN ISSUE. THE SECOND CRACK DEVELOPED ABOVE THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND HAPPENED DURING THE WINTER....I WAS DRIVING FROM CHICAGO TO WISCONSIN AND THE TRUCK HAD BEEN WARM FOR A GOOD HOUR ALREADY WHEN I HEARD A POP. LOOKED OVER THE DASH AND SAW THE CRACK!

Mileage: 112,000

DASHBOARD CRACKED IN 2 LOCATIONS, UNDER 50,000 MILES ON VEHICLE. ONE CRACK LOCATED NEAR PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG THAT COULD BE DANGEROUS IN A CRASH AND EFFECT AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. LARGE SCALE OF IDENTICAL DESIGN DEFECTS IN OTHER SIMILAR VEHICLES AND CHEVROLET WILL NOT REPLACE THE DAMAGED COMPONENT WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT COST TO OWNERS AND IF REPLACED WITH ONLY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN AS FLAW HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED IN REPLACEMENT COMPONENT.

Mileage: 48,000

CRACKED DASH IN MULTIPLE AREAS AROUND THE FRONT AIRBAGS.

Mileage: 50,000

THE DASHBOARD HAS CRACKED IN MANY PLACES LEAVING SOME PIECES LOOSE, WITH SOME OF THE PIECES SHARP. IF THE AIRBAGS WERE TO DEPLOY, THOSE PIECES COULD BE THROWN INTO PASSENGER FACES

Mileage: 71,000

TAKATA RECALL ; CRACKED DASH

TAKATA RECALL HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. IN ADDITION THE DASH PANEL IS CRACKED NEXT TO THE PASSENGERS SIDE AIRBAG.

Mileage: 45,328

CRACKED UPPER END OF DASH BOARD. THREE SEPARATE CRACKS APPEARED ON THE UPPER PART OF THE DASH, ONE IS GOING RIGHT ACROSS WHERE THE PASSENGER AIR BAG IS LOCATED. THIS HAPPENED FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THE VEHICLE HAD ABOUT 89000 MILES ON IT WHEN I FIRST OBSERVED THE ISSUE. IT RATTLES LIKE CRAZY WHILE DRIVING ON CITY ROADS AND IT IS PROBABLY A MOJOR SAFETY ISSUE IN THE EVENT OF A AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT.

Mileage: 89,000

I HAVE JUST RECEIVED A CARD IN THE MAIL ABOUT THE TAKATA AIRBAG RECALL. I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE IN THE SHOP FOR OIL CHANGES AT RELIABLE CHEVOLET AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THERE IS A RECALL NOTICE FOR THIS VEHICLE BUT THERE IS NO PART TO REPLACE. I HAVE LOOKED UP MY VIN NUMBER IN A WEB SITE NAMED WWW.AIRBAGRECALL.COM TO DETERMINE IF MY VEHICLE IS ON THE LIST. MY 2010 CHEVOLET AVALANCE IS ON THE LIST. I AM NOT SURE HOW TO PROCEED SINCE THE DEALER TELLS ME THAT THERE IS NO REPLACEMENT PART AVAILABLE. I ALSO HAVE A TIRE SYMBOL APPEAR ON MY DRIVER'S SCREEN. I HAVE SPOKEN TO THE DEALER WHO INDICATED THAT NOTHING CAN BEEN DIAGNOSED UNTIL THE SYMBOL REMAINS PERMANENT.

Mileage: 50,060

DASH CRACKED IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS, ONE OVER THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, SECOND ONE UPPER LEFT OF PASSENGER AIRBAG, THIRD ONE UPPER RIGHT OF SAME AIRBAG. CENTER CLIP ON MAIN PART OF DASH BEHIND SPEAKER BROKE OFF DUE TO POOR DESIGN/CHEAP MATERIAL. FIRST NOTICED DASH VIBRATING WHEN VEHICLE IN MOTION ON HIGHWAY, DOWNHILL FROM THERE. TOOK TO DEALER AND GM, UNWILLING TO REPAIR/REPLACE WITHOUT $. QUICK SEARCH SHOWS IT TO BE A MAJOR ISSUE IN 2007+ AVALANCHES, SUBURBANS, TAHOES, ESCALADES, SIERRAS, SILVERADOS. NOT SURE WHAT IMPACT THESE CRACKS WILL HAVE ON AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT/PASSENGER SAFETY.

Mileage: 117,000

DASH BOARD CRACKED NEAR STEALING COLUMN WHILE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY. WENT ONLINE AND FOUND THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH 07-13 GM TRUCKS AND SUVS. THIS COULD END UP AS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE IF THE DASH CRACKS MORE WHILE DRIVING PIECES COULD FLY UP AND HIT DRIVER CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. THIS REALLY NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT AND GM NEEDS TO RECALL THESE DASH BOARDS. POOR DESIGN. THERE IS NO SUPPORT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DASH. THE ONLY SUPPORT IS ON EITHER END OF THE WINDSHIELD VENTS.

Mileage: 54,000

THE DASH STARTED CRACKING IN 4 PLACES AND IS NOW FALLING APART.

Mileage: 70,000

MY DASHBOARD CRACKED FOR NO REASON. IT'S BEEN KEPT OUT OF THE SUN AND HIGH TEMPERATURES. ALSO BACK UP SENSORS STOPPED WORKING, I HAD THEM REPLACED BY THE DEALER. BUT ONLY LASTED 6 MONTHS

MY DASHBOARD IS CRACKING AND PIECES ARE FALLING OFF. THERE IS NOW A BAD RATTLE AND I'M AFAID IF THERE IS A ACCIDENT, THE DASH WILL FALL APART AND SHARP PIECES OF DASH WILL FLY AROUND THE CAB.

CRACK IN DASHBOARD BY AIRBAG CONCERNING IF AIRBAG DEPLOYED COULD BE RIPPED BY BROKEN PLASTIC OF DASH OR POSSIBLY PROJECT PLASTIC THROUGHOUT VEHCILE INJURING PASSENGERS. SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM IN SEVERAL MODELS OF GM FROM 2007-2013 AND GM REFUSES TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OR HELP WITH REPLACING THE BROKEN PARTS.

Mileage: 51,000

ANOTHER FAULTY GM DASHBOARD. FLAPS AROUND WHILE DRIVING - CENTER CLIP BLOWN OUT WITH NO STRUCTURAL SUPPORT TO HOLD TWO PIECES TOGETHER. LEADING CAUSE OF DASHBOARD CRACKING IN SIMILAR GM VEHICLES. CONCERN OVER AIR BAG EFFECTIVENESS ON ACCOUNT OF THIS ISSUE.

Mileage: 73,000

CRACKING DASHBOARD

Mileage: 76

TAKATA RECALL I HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY RECALL NOTICE. NO ACCIDENT JUST WANT ANY DEFICIENCY INVOLVED IN THE RECALL CORRECTED. LOOKING FOR ANY NOTICE.

CRACKED DASHBOARD OVER AIR BAG

Mileage: 60,000

I HAVE HAD MY CHEVROLET AVALANCHE DASHBOARD REPAIRED TWICE FOR CRACKING/RATTLING. THE ISSUE SEEMS TO BE THAT THE CLASP UNDERNEATH THE CENTER SPEAKER OF THE DASH IS FAULTY AND BREAKS EASILY. THIS CAUSES THE RATTLING WHICH CAUSES THE CRACKING. THE CRACKS APPEAR RIGHT ABOVE THE INSTRUMENT GAUGE AND THE PASSENGER AIRBAG. THE CONCERN IS THAT IF CRACKED BADLY ENOUGH, IT COULD SEND PIECES OF PLASTIC EVERYWHERE IN THE CASE OF AN AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. GM WILL NOT FIX THE ISSUE.

THE DASH IN MY CHEVROLET AVALANCHE HAS BECOME MORE AND MORE LOOSE WHERE THE TWO MAIN DASH PIECES CONNECT, OR SO I THOUGHT. CLEARLY THE MIDDLE SPEAKER IN THE DASH IS TOO HEAVY FOR ONE OF THE PIECES (SEAT FACING PIECE) AND IT BROKE THE SNAP THAT "HELD" THE TWO OF THEM TOGETHER. AFTER REALIZING EXACTLY WHAT WAS HAPPENING, I WANTED TO GET IT FIXED BUT REALLY DID NOT KNOW WHO TO TURN TO. IN ONE OF THE PICTURES YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE WHERE A PIECE OF THE DASH HAS ACTUALLY BROKEN AND IT HAS FALLEN INTO THE INNER/UNDERNEATH OF THE DASH AND I DO NOT KNOW WHERE IT WENT. NOW, BOTH SIDES (THE AIRBAG CORNER WHERE IT ALL STARTED AND JUST AT THE END OF THE STEERING WHEEL RISE IN THE DASH) THE PLASTIC IS CRACKING. THE AIRBAG SIDE IS CLEARLY WORSE THAN THE STEERING WHEEL SIDE. HOW DO I GET THIS FIXED? IS THERE A RECALL ON THIS? HOW MUCH DOES SOMETHING LIKE THIS COST?

Mileage: 54,000

DASH CRACKED NEAR DRIVER INSTRUMENT PANEL AND PASSENGER AIRBAG COMPARTMENT.

Mileage: 64,000

THE DASH BOARD ON MY 2010 AVALANCHE HAS TWO CRACKS ONE RIGHT BESIDE THE PASSENGER AIRBAG AND THE OTHER RIGHT OVER THE STEERING WHEEL . IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT I'M SURE THE DASH WOULD EXPLODE AND DEBRIS/PLASTIC FROM THE DASH SHARP PIECES WOULD FLY INTO SOMEONE'S FACE .

Mileage: 50,000

DASH CRACKED AND PIECE IS MISSING BY THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG. COUPLE WEEKS LATER DASH STARTED CRACKING OVE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AREA.

Mileage: 106,500

THE TOP OF THE DASH IS CRACKING, ABOVE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL HUMP ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. THE VEHICLE IS WELL TAKEN CARE OF; OIL CHANGES DONE EVERY 3K MILES, ALL FLUIDS CHANGED AT CORRECT INTERVALS, PREMIUM GASOLINE, NEVER TAKEN OFF-ROAD, NEVER DRIVEN OVER 80 MPH, ETC. IT SEEMS THAT THE CRACK DEVELOPED THROUGH NO FAULT OF MY OWN AND APPEARS TO BE A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. BEING A LIFE LONG GM BUYER AND FAN, I HAVE PURCHASED MORE THAN GM 5 VEHICLES AND PLAN TO BUY MORE, IT DISAPPOINTS ME THAT THEY ARE NOT ISSUING A RECALL.

Mileage: 55,000

THE DASHBOARD HAS CRACKED IN 2 LOCATIONS. THE 1ST RUNS INTO THE CORNER OF THE PASSENGER AIRBAG COMPARTMENT. THE 2ND IS OVER THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND NOW I HAVE A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON. NOT SURE YET OF THE 2 ARE RELATED. THE FIRST CRACK JUST SEEMED TO APPEAR. THE 2ND CRACK (WHICH IS MUCH WORSE NOW) I COULD HEAR IT CRACK WHEN I STARTED THE ENGINE SITTING STILL.

Mileage: 77,500

DASH IS CRACKED ABOVE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND ALSO CRACKED BY PASSENGER AIRBAG COMPARTMENT.

Mileage: 79,100

FOR NO APPARENT REASON, MY DASH STARTED CRACKING NEXT TO THE PASSENGER AIRBAG AT AROUND 48,000 MILES. THE LARGE CRACK BEGAN TO SPREAD ACROSS THE DASH UNTIL, AFTER A FEW MONTHS, IT WAS ALL THE WAY ACROSS TO THE STEERING WHEEL. NOW SMALL CRACKS ARE BEGINNING TO SPIDER OUT. THERE SEEMS TO BE NO SUPPORT UNDERNEATH THE DASH AND WITH EVERY SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD IT BECOMES WORSE AND WORSE. THE DASH MUST BE MADE OF AN INFERIOR MATERIAL FOR IT TO CRACK SO EASILY. IF THE AIR BAG DOES INFLATE, THE DASHBOARD COULD BURST INTO THOUSANDS OF SHARP PIECES THAT COULD BE A CAUSE OF SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. I HAVE GOTTEN A REPAIR ESTIMATE TO REPLACE THE DASH FOR $1,500. HOWEVER, SOME OF THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM SAY THEY HAVE HAD THE DASH REPLACED, ONLY TO HAVE IT CRACK AGAIN. GM HAS OFFERED TO PAY HALF OF THE REPLACEMENT COST IF I HAVE IT REPAIRED WITHIN 60 DAYS, BUT THEY SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR FIXING ALL OF THEIR DEFECTIVE DASHBOARDS WITH A GOOD QUALITY PRODUCT AT 100% SINCE THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A MANUFACTURER DEFECT.

Mileage: 48,000

I HAVE A 2010 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE LTZ MY DASH IS CRACKING AROUND CENTER MOUNT SPEAKER ON BOTH SIDES ALL THE WAY TO AIR BAG COMPARTMENT, THIS IS NOT NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR, AND COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE WITH AIR BAG. THERE IS NO SUPPORT AROUND SPEAKER IS WHAT IS CAUSING ISSUE.

Mileage: 65,000

TAMARA RECALL. I AM ONE OF SEVERAL GM CUSTOMERS WHO IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE DASHBOARD CRACKING. I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH GM CUSTOMER CARE AND THEY ACKNOWLEDGED MY ISSUE AND HAVE OFFERED TO PAY 30% OF THE $1,569.88 IT WOULD COST ME TO HAVE MY DASHBOARD REPLACED. SINCE SO MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS ISSUE, I FEEL GM SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL TO REPAIR CUSTOMERS DASHBOARDS AT NO CHARGE.

Mileage: 75,000

DASH IS CRACKING AROUND AND CONNECTING TO THE AIRBAG. VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS SAFETY RISK IF THE VEHICLE WERE TO BE IN AN ACCIDENT.

Mileage: 96,000

MY DASH IS BREAKING AT THE AIR BAG AND ABOVE THE STEERING WHEEL.IT STARTED AFTER CENTRAL CHEVROLET MADE REPAIRS TO A FAN MOTOR. I CARRIED THE TRUCK BACK TO THE DEALER.THEY SAID MY WARRANTY WOULD NOT COVER MY DASH.I HAD ABOUT 9000 MILES LEFT ON A FULL COVERAGE POLICY THAT CENTRAL CHEV.SAID COVERED THE COMPLETE TRUCK.

Mileage: 91,000

MY DASH STARTED CRACKING AROUND THE AIRBAG AND ABOVE THE GAUGE CLUSTER. NUMEROUS OTHER OWNERS HAVE HAD IDENTICAL CRACKS WHICH WE BELIEVE COULD CAUSE SHRAPNEL IN CASE OF AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT.

Mileage: 68,000

THE DASH IS CRACKED IN 3 PLACES 2 OF WHICH ARE NEAR THE PASSENGER AIR BAG THAT COULD POSSIBLY AFFECT THE DEPLOYMENT.

Mileage: 98,000

DASHBOARD ON PASSENGER SIDE RIGHT ABOVE AIRBAG HAS CRACKED. NOTICED IT WHEN GETTING INTO VEHICLE AFTER FINISHING WORK AROUND 4:15PM. IT WAS PARKED IN THE SHADE SINCE 7:45AM ON A COOL FALL SUNNY DAY. I'M WORRIED IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT, THE AIRBAG COULD POSSIBLY DEPLOY SHRAPNEL FROM THE BROKEN DASH AND HURT SOMEONE. SEARCHING ONLINE SHOWS THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE GMT900 PLATFORM TRUCKS FROM 2007-2011 AND GM IS NOT DOING MUCH IF ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

Mileage: 125,000

THE DASH OF MY 2010 AVALANCHE IS CRACKED NEAR THE PASSENGER AIRBAG. THIS CRACK APPEARED OVERNIGHT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY. NOW THE CENTER CENTER CONNECTION OF THE DASH PANEL HAS CRACKED AS WELL CREATING DISTRACTING NOISES. MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE CRACKED PIECE AROUND THE AIRBAG AREA COULD BECOME A SHARP PROJECTILE IF THE AIRBAG IS DEPLOYED.

Mileage: 55,000

THE DASHBOARD ON MY TRUCK HAS DEVELOPED TWO CRACKS, ONE IS IN THE HUMP OVER THE INSTRUMENT GAUGES ON THE DRIVERS SIDE AND THE OTHER IS ON THE CORNER OF THE CUT OUT FOR THE PASSENGER AIR BAG.

Mileage: 65,000

DASHBOARD CRACK IN THE CORNER OF THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG.

Mileage: 62,115

DROVE OVER RRX AT 7MPH AND THEN THE DASH CRACKED IN 2 PLACES, 1 FROM WINDSHIELD TO AIRBAG OPENING, AND ONE FROM WINDSHIELD TO DRIVER CONSOLE AREA. PIECES ARE NOW VISIBLE CLOSE TO CORNER FOR AIR BAG ON PASSENGER SIDE

Mileage: 80,500

MY TRUCK DASH IS CRACKED IN TWO PLACES. ONE CRACK IS NEAR THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG AND THE OTHER IS ON TOP OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ON THE DRIVER SIDE. THE ONE ABOVE THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER IS VERY VERY BAD IT'S ABOUT 6 INCHES LONG AND COMPLETELY CAVED IN. MY VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY BECAUSE IT IS 4 YEARS OLD BUT IT IS ONLY 2000 MILES OUT OF WARRANTY BY MILEAGE. THERE ARE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF OTHER PEOPLE HAVING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEMS IN THE EXACT SAME AREAS.

Mileage: 37,500