2011 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE Unknown Or Other Problems

DASHBOARD HAS 5 LARGE CRACKS 4 LATERAL AN 1 VERTICAL TOP FRONT SPEAKER HAS FALLEN OFF CLIPS.VEHICLE DASHBOARD STARTED CRACKING WHILE JUST SITTING OVER TIME AND WHILE DRIVING ROAD VIBRATION HELP CRACKING CONTINUE I'M AFRAID THAT WITH THE CRACKING SINCE IT IS IN THE PASSENGER AIRBAG AREA AS WELL IT COULD CAUSE AIRBAG TO DEPLOY CAUSING MORE DAMAGE INJURIES TO PASSENGER OR A WRECK BY SUDDENLY GOING OFF AND CAUSING DRIVER TO SWERVE SUDDENLY.

Mileage: 97,000

DASH HAS SEVERAL LARGE CRACKS AND IT KEEPS GETTING WORSE WITH TIME

Mileage: 25,000

MY DASH KEEPS CRACKING, I HAD IT REPLACED ONCE IN 2015 AND NOW 2020 (BEEN CRACKED FOR 3 YEARS NOW) BOTH PIECES ARE ALL CRACKED WITH HOLE IN THE CENTER OF DASH. SEEMS LIKE THE SUN DRIES OUT THE PLACE WHERE IT SCREWS IN. THE SCREWS/BOLTS FALL OFF AND DASH JUST BOUNCES ALL OVER ANDA STARTS CRACKING. CALL THE SAME DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT REDONE. THEY TOLD ME $350 PLUS LABOR.

Mileage: 80,000

DASH BOARD IS CRACKING AROUND THE STEERING WHEEL AND AIR BAGS STARTED AS SMALL SPOT NOW WITH THE HEAT IT HAS GOTTEN BIGGER AND CONNECTING TO OTHER CRACKS

CRACKS IN DASHBOARD BY AIRBAG. OTHER CRACKS DEVELOPING IN DASHBOARD AS WELL.

Mileage: 89,000

DASH CRACKED ALL ON TOP.

Mileage: 34,000

AVALANCHE RECALL. DEVELOPED DASHBOARD CRACKS WHICH IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN FOR ME.

Mileage: 40,000

CRACKS IN DASH BOARD AT PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG AND ABOVE THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AREA AND ARE GETTING BIGGER DAILY

Mileage: 69,000

DASHBOARD CRACKED ON THE DRIVERS SIDE

Mileage: 145,000

CRACKED DASH ON CORNER OF PASSENGER AIRBAG AND LARGE CRACKS ON DASH IN FRONT OF DRIVER ABOVE CLUSTER, BROKEN DASH CONNECTORS CAUSING DASH TO FLEX AND BREAK

Mileage: 143,000

CRACKED DASH ABOVE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND ON THE PASSENGER AIR BAG. CHEVROLET REFUSES TO FIX A KNOWN MANUFACTURE DEFECT IF THIS VEHICLE IS EVER IN AN ACCIDENT THE RISK OF DEATH OR SERIOUS BODILY INJURY IS EXTREMELY HIGH.

Mileage: 67,000

DASH CRACKS BY AIRBAG

Mileage: 41,000

I HAVE A CRACK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE DASH AIRBAG AND THE ABOVE MY STEERING. I HAVE TAKEN ALL PRECAUTION TO PROTECT THE DASH BY INSTALLING SUN SHIELD WHEN PARKED OUTSIDE. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW IN OCTOBER 2011 BRAND NEW. THE FEAR THAT THE CRACK DASH COULD POSSIBLY FLY UP AND SLICE OR POKE OUT AN EYE WORRIES ME FROM DAY TO DAY. PLEASE SEE THE PICTURES ATTACHED.

Mileage: 34,000

DASH CRACKED BY AIRBAG WHOLE DASH RATTLES

Mileage: 38,000

I HAVEN'T EVEN TOOK IT FOR A RIDE YET SO I REALLY CAN'T TELL YOU MUCH ABOUT THE VEHICLE IN TILL I DRIVE IT. IT LOOKS PRESENTABLE BUT I AM SUPPOSE TO CALL BACK TOMORROW ABOUT BEING ABLE TO BUY IT.

RECEIVED RECALL LETTER FROM GM JULY 2016 CONTACTED OUR LOCAL DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES AND REQUEST NEW AIRBAG DURING ROUTINE SERVICE. THE DASH AROUND THE AIRBAG HAS TWO CRACKS AND VIBRATES WHEN DRIVING. IT IS GARAGE KEPT, 87,000 MILES. IT NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED OR REPLACED. I AM WORRIED THAT THE AIRBAG MAY NOT WORK OR THAT PASSENGER WILL BE INJURED WITH PLASTIC FROM DASH IF NEEDED IN CRASH.

DASH IS CRACKED ON ALL 3 GM VEHICLES WE OWN. 2 DENALI YUKON XL'S AND 2011 CHEVE AVALANCHE

Mileage: 8,000

I, LIKE THOUSANDS OF GM CUSTOMERS, HAVE A CRACK IN MY DASHBOARD. AFTER I TOOK ALL THE STEPS WITH MY LOCAL DEALER TO NO AVAIL, I EMAILED THE CEO OF GM. I IMMEDIATELY GOT A CALL BACK FROM SOMEONE AT HER OFFICE AND, AFTER ALL WAS SAID AND DONE, I WAS INFORMED THAT GENERAL MOTORS WAS NOT GOING TO EVEN PARTICIPATE IN THE REPLACEMENT OF THE DASH. GM HAS TURNED ITS' BACK ON ALL THE CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE THIS PROBLEM AND BASICALLY SAID THEY'LL TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR FIXING THIS HUGE PROBLEM.

Mileage: 95,000

DASHBOARD IS CRACKED FROM THE AIRBAG OVER TO DOME PART OVER GAUGES. CRACK KEEPS GETTING LONGER. LOTS OF VIBRATION.

Mileage: 97,000

MY DASH CRACKED AT 17000 MILES, CRACKED RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE FOR NO REASON. THE ONLY REASON I KNEW IT WAS CRACKED AS I HEARD A TERRIBLE RATTLING AND MY DASH WAS WHAT I CAN ONLY DESCRIBE AS JUMPING. IN CLEANING THE DASHBOARD ONE AFTERNOON I NOTICED A LARGE CRACK, I IMMEDIATELY WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP WITH THIS PROBLEM. YES THEY SAID THERE ARE SOME PROBLEMS WITH SOME OF THE DASH BOARDS AND THESE VEHICLES AND THAT THEY WOULD REPLACE IT FOR NO CHARGE, I WOULD THINK SO SINCE THE TRUCK WAS ONLY TWO YEARS OLD AND HAD 17,000 MILES ON IT! NOW AT 50 MM THE DASH HAS CRACKED ONCE AGAIN THIS TIME IN A DIFFERENT PLACE, AND THE NOISE AND RATTLING IS UNBEARABLE. TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL DEALER THEY SAID I HAD TO CONTACT GM, WHICH I DID AND AFTER 4 DAYS OF WAITING, I CONTACTED THE DEALER AND SHE SAID SHE SPOKE WITH GM AND THEY WERE OFFERING 0 ASSISTANCE. NOW I AM ASKED TO PAY $1008.00 FOR A SECOND CRACKED DASH? I WAS EVEN TOLD BY THEIR DEALERSHIP I WAS LUCKY THEY REPLACED IT THE FIRST TIME BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE GET THEIR DASHES CRACKED BY" PEOPLE PUTTING THEIR FEET ON THEM". MY HUSBAND AND I ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE WE DON'T EVEN HAVE ANY CHILDREN. IF THAT EVEN MATTERS!! I AM OUTRAGED THAT GM IS TURNING THEIR HEAD TO THIS AND EXPECTING THE CONSUMER TO FIX A FAULTY AND OBVIOUS DEFECT IN THEIR VEHICLES. I WILL NOT PAY TO GET THIS FIXED I WILL GET RID OF THIS VEHICLE AND BUY A TOYOTA OR HONDA SOMETHING THAT I KNOW WILL LAST. MY ENTIRE FAMILY HAS WORKED OR HAS RETIRED FROM GM AND THIS IS HEARTBREAKING. IT'S BEYOND MADDENING! I WAS JUST DRIVING AND HEARD RATTLING IN BOTH CASES.

Mileage: 52,149

VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY WHEN I NOTICED A LARGE CRACK IN THE DASHBOARD NEAR THE PASSENGER SIDE DASHBOARD AIR BAG. THE TRUCK WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY. I AM CONCERNED WITH THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE AIRBAG.

Mileage: 77,000

DASHBOARD HAS 2 LARGE CRACKS CLOSE TO AIRBAG AND STEERING WHEEL WHEN I GOOGLED THE PROBLEM I NOTICED A FACEBOOK PAGE AND ONLINE PETITION I'M WORRIED WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF AIRBAG DEPLOYED I FEEL WITH THE THOUSANDS OF ISSUES IT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED SAFETY RELATED.

MY 2011 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE HAS THE DASH CRACK FROM DEFECTIVE MATERIAL USED IN MANUFACTURE. THERE ARE TWO CRACKS AT THE PASSENGER AIR BAG, WHICH IS AWAITING A RECALL FIX, AT EACH FORWARD CORNERS OF PASSENGER AIRBAG AND GO IN DIRECTION OF WINDSHIELD. THEN THE DASH IS CRACKED FORWARD OF THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND IT PROCEEDS IN THE DIRECTION OF WINDSHIELD. THERE IS A SEPARATE FORWARD DASH PANEL, FORWARD OF THE DASH ASSEMBLY, WHERE THE DASH IS CRACKED AT INSTRUMENT CLUSTER THAT AREA HAS TWO ANCHOR POINTS THAT HAVE FAILED FROM CRACKING AND THE FORWARD DASH PANEL WILL NOT STAY ATTACHED. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM AND IT SEEMS TO BE COMMON AMONG GENERAL MOTORS CHEVROLET/GMC TRUCK AND FULL SIZE SUV MODELS. THE FORWARD DASH PANEL AND PARTS OFF THE DEFECTIVE DASH COULD COME LOOSE IN A VEHICLE ACCIDENT AND CAUSE POSSIBLE EYE AND FACE INJURIES FROM BEING PROJECTILES INSIDE THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. THIS IS A DEFECT IN MATERIAL USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF THE DASH PANELS AND IN MY OPINION SHOULD BE UNDER A RECALL. PLEASE SEE IF OTHERS HAVE SUBMITTED THIS SAME PROBLEM.

Mileage: 110,000

2011 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE DASH CRACKS

Mileage: 110,000

THE DASHBOARD IS CRACKED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE

Mileage: 46,000

DASHBOARD IN MY 2011 CHEVY AVALANCHE CRACKED NEAR THE AIRBAG WHICH I CONSIDER A SAFETY HAZARD. IF I GET IN AN AUTOMOBILE CRASH AND THE AIRBAG DEPLOYS I AM CONCERNED THAT SHARDS OF DASH WILL BE PROPELLED INTO THE CAB AND COULD HARM MY WIFE OR ME. GENERAL MOTORS REFUSES TO EVEN PARTICPATE IN THE COST OF REPLACING THE DASHBOARD.

Mileage: 95,000

CRACKS IN DASHBOARD - 2ND DASHBOARD WITH CRACKS AGAIN. DEFINITE DESIGN/MATERIAL FLAW.

LARGE CRACK IN TOP OF DASH AND SEVERAL SMALL CRACKS AROUND PASSENGER AIR BAG. ONE DAY THE DASH WAS FINE, THE NEXT DAY, WHILE CLEANING THE INTERIOR I NOTICED THESE CRACKS. IF PASSENGER AIR BAG WOULD DEPLOY, DEFECTIVE DASH COULD BREAK APART AND POSSIBLY CAUSE INJURY.

FOUND LARGE CRACK ON TOP OF DASH ABOVE SPEEDOMETER AS WELL AS SEVERAL SMALL CRACKS AROUND PASSENGER AIR BAG. IT IS LIKE THEY APPEARED OVERNIGHT. IF THE PASSENGER AIR BAG WOULD DEPLOY, DEFECTIVE DASH COULD BREAK APART AND POSSIBLY CAUSE INJURY.

DASHBOARD HAS CRACKED IN A COUPLE OF PLACES, SIMILAR TO MANY OTHERS WITH THIS VEHICLE TYPE. ONE CRACK IS JUST ABOVE THE STEERING WHEEL, THE OTHER IS BEHIND THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG. WORRIED THIS MAY BE A SAFETY ISSUE IF AIRBAG IS DEPLOYED. WITH AS MANY COMPLAINTS, PHOTOS, AND DOCUMENTED CASES, THIS SHOULD BE REPAIRED BY GM.

Mileage: 65,000

"TAKATA RECALL" CRACK DASH IN 2 PLACES ON 2011 AVALANCHE DUE TO HEAT FROM SUN THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH GMC/CHEVY TRUCKS NEEDS TO BE FIX PAIED GOOD MONEY FOR TRUCK! VERY UNHAPPY!! VERY UNSAFE 1 CRACK AT PASSANGER AIR BAG ANG OTHER AT INSTERMENT REAR OF DASH! HAD ABOUT 60,000 MILES ON IT WHEN A FRIEND NOTICE THE CRACKS!

Mileage: 60,000

MY DASHBOARD CRACKED IN TWO PLACES, BY THE PASSENGER AIRBAG AND OVER THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. AS NEAR AS I CAN TELL IT OCCURRED WHEN MY WIFE WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY. HIGHWAY 99 FROM ATHENS, AL TO SALEM, AL. WE ARE AFRAID THAT, IF ANYTHING OCCURS TO CAUSE THE AIRBAG TO INFLATE IT WILL SEND SHARDS OF PLASTIC FLYING THROUGH THE CAB.

Mileage: 69,000

CRACKED DASHBOARD: I HAVE A CRACKED DASHBOARD AND I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE EFFECTS IT MAY HAVE ON THE DASHBOARD AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT IF I WERE TO GET INTO A ACCIDENT.

Mileage: 58,000

CRACKED DASH BOARD ABOVE STEERING WHEEL

Mileage: 63,000

A CRACK HAS DEVELOPED ON THE DASH. MAY INTERFERE WITH AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT OR THROW PLASTIC INTO PASSENGER. CRACK SEEMS TO HAVE STARTED ON ITS OWN.

Mileage: 59,000

DASHBOARD CRACKED IN TWO PLACES, ONE IS ON CORNER OF AIRBAG COVER. THE OTHER CRACK IS ON DRIVERS SIDE OF DASH ON LEFT CORNER OF WINDSHIELD AIR DEFROSTER VENT. AS I DRIVE THE VEHICLE, THE DASH PANEL BOUNCES UP AND DOWN AND I AM AFRAID THE PASSENGERS AIR BAG WILL BE SET OFF BY THE VIBRATION.

Mileage: 88,945

CRACKED DASH STARTING AT FRONT PASSENGER AIR BAG. .WAS TOLD TO CONTACT MANUFACTURER BY LOCAL DEALER. DASH NOW VIBRATES TERRIBLY .CONTACTED MANUFACTURER ON 7/12/16 . ONLY 42644 MILES ON VEHICLE . HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM MANUFACTURER AFTER TALKING TO THEM ABOUT THE PROBLEM .VEHICLE WAS PARKED.

Mileage: 42,644

WHEN VEHICHLE WAS PARKED NOTICED LARGE CRACK ALONG PASSENGER AIR BAG EXTENDING TOWARD WINDOW IN THE DASH .CONTACTED LOCAL DEALER,WHO TOLD ME TO CONTACT MANUFACTURER .DASH NOW VIBRATES TERRIBLY . CONTACTED MANUFACTURER ON 77/12/16 .HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM MANUFACTURER SINCE TALKING TO THEM ABOUT THE PROBLEM

Mileage: 42,633

DASH CRACK OVER INSTRUMENT PANEL ON DRIVER SIDE AND BY AIRBAG ON PASSENGER SIDE

Mileage: 79,000

LARGE CRACK ON THE DASHBOARD WHILE PARK.

Mileage: 70,000

CRACKED DASH....DASH CRACKED SETTING IN MY PARKING LOT. IT PRESENTS A CLEAR SAFETY CONCERN IF THE AIRBAG DEPLOYS.

Mileage: 79,000

DASHBOARD CRACKED FOR NO APPARENT REASON COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE IF THE AIR BAGS HAPPEN TO DEPLOY. I HAVE ALSO READ THAT THIS ISSUE HAPPENS TO THESE SERIES TRUCKS AND IF IT IS A MANUFACTURES DEFECT GM SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO REPLACE THEM. THANKS, ANDREW

Mileage: 48,938

I HAD A CRACK THAT I NOTICED ON THE DRIVER SIDE ON THE DASH. A FEW MONTHS LATER I NOTICED ANOTHER ONE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE ON THE DASH BY THE AIRBAG. I HAVE BEEN ON DIFFERENT CUSTOMER FORUMS AND YOUTUBE VIDEOS AND HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM. THIS IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND HAS CAUSE ME TO RECONSIDER IF I WANT TO PURCHASE ANOTHER GM VEHICLE. I HAVE A FAMILY AND FEAR THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG MAY DEPLOY AND CAUSE HARM TO ANYONE THAT MAY BE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WHICH COULD LEAD TO LEGAL ACTIONS IN CASE OF AN INJURY. I'M SURE THERE WILL BE ENOUGH OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM THAT WILL COME FORWARD. I HOPE THAT SOMETHING CAN BE DONE TO HELP LOYAL PAYING CUSTOMERS LIKE MYSELF, WITHOUT US HAVING TO PAY ANY LABOR COSTS. I WILL START CONSIDERING EXPOSING THIS TO THE NEWS STATION IF NOTHING IS DONE.

Mileage: 42,000

CRACKED DASH NEAR PASSENGER AIR BAG THAT COULD CAUSE SHARDS OF PLASTIC TO BE PROJECTED DURING CRASH.

Mileage: 72,000