2012 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Unknown Or Other Problems

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

TRANSMISSION FAILURE< 150,000 MILES!! WELL MAINTAINED. LEFT US STRANDED ON OFF RAMP I-78.!!! CRACKED DASH ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT.

Mileage: 147,000

DASHBOARD HAS SLOWLY STARTED CRACKING. CAR IS GARAGE KEPT AND NOT DRIVEN IN EXTREME CONDITIONS TO WARRANT SUCH DISTRESS ON THE DASHBOARD

DASHBOARD STARTED CRACKING

Mileage: 115,717

THE DASH IS CRACKED ON THE BOTH WINDSHIELD-EDGE CORNERS OF THE PASSENGER-SIDE AIRBAG COVER AND BROKEN OVER THE DRIVER-SIDE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. THE DRIVER-SIDE BREAKAGE HAS SPREAD FROM THE WINDSHIELD INSIDE EDGE TO UP AND OVER THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. IT HAS BEEN GLUED AND PATCHED BUT HAS CONTINUED TO DISINTEGRATE AND IS NOW COMPLETELY BROKEN. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN DRIVEN ON ROAD AND HIGHWAY. THE DASH HAS BEEN CRACKING AND BREAKING OVER A PERIOD OF 5 YEARS.

Mileage: 50,000

CRACKING DASHBOARD NEEDS REPLACEMENT, I HAVE REPLACED OUR CRACKING DASHBOARD AND WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE SOME TYPE OF COMPENSATION FOR MY EXPENSE. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT IS ONGOING WITH ALL OF THESE TYPES OF VEHICLES.

Mileage: 99,500

OVER THE LAST 6 MONTHS MY DASHBOARD HAS DEVELOPED NUMEROUS CRACKS IN THE DASHBOARD. THERE ARE 2 CRACKS AT THE PASSENGER AIR BAG COVER ON THE TOP CORNERS AND A LONG CRACK ON THE DRIVERS SIDE DASH ABOVE THE GAUGE CLUSTER GOING TOWARDS THE WINDSHIELD. I HAVE NO SPECIFIC DATE WHEN THIS HAS HAPPENED. I AM PUTTING IN THIS COMPLAINT AS I HAVE SEEN THIS ON MULTIPLE VEHICLES OF THE SAME AGE AND LOOKING ONLINE OF ALL THE COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME.

SEVERAL CRACKES HAVE APPEARED IN THE TOP SECTION OF DASHBOARD

CRACKED DASHBOARD.

Mileage: 91,000

2012 LTZ 4WD SUBURBAN, NOTICED A FAINT HOT SMELL, THOUGHT IT WAS THE ENGINE, TOOK IT IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE ON NEW YEARS EVE 2018 ( WE HAD LOST AN ENGINE IN PREVIOUS SUBURBAN NOT TAKING CHANCE) TOLD BY MECHANIC ALLOY WHEELS ARE HOT, TOOK TO GM DEALER, FRONT WHEEL HUB NEEDED REPLACED, TOOK TO LOCAL GARAGE FOR REPAIR, GARAGE TOLD US BRAKES, CALIPHERS, ROTORS BE REPLACED DUE TO CALIPHERS BEING CLOSED. THEY HAD HARD TIME BLEEDING THE LINES, ALSO REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER, DROVE FOR FEW DAYS SHORT DISTANCE WHEN FRONT BRAKES CAUGHT FIRE, WITHOUT WARNING, TOWED BACK TO GARAGE, THEY COULD NOT FIND CAUSE, REPLACED BRAKES AND ROTORS, DROVE FOR A WEEK HAPPENED AGAIN, TOWED BACK TO GARAGE, THEY TOOK TO GM GARAGE WHO REPLACED BRAKE SENSOR, DROVE FOR FEW DAYS LOCKED UP AGAIN KIDS IN CAR, HAD TOWED TO ANOTHER GM DEALER, TOLD BRAKE SYSTEM TESTED NORMAL TO REPLACE ABS COMPUTER MODULE, DROVE 2 WEEKS LOCKED UP AGAIN WITH KIDS IN CAR, TOWED BACK TO GM DEALER, WE WERE TOLD BY GM IT WAS AT RISK OF LOSS OF LIFE OR CATASTROPHIC INJURY AND THEY WERE SENDING TECH, TILL WE DID NOT PUT GM BRAKE PADS, POSSIBLE REPLACEMENT OF BRAKE SYSTEM COULD FIX BUT NOT GUARANTEED. GM DEALER HAD SUBURBAN 2/19-9/9/19 AND IT STILL IS LOCKING UP WITHOUT DEFINED CAUSE. I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT VEHICLE THIS WHOLE TIME & STILL OWE ON THE VEHICLE. IT WAS TAKEN BACK TO CHEVY DEALER 10/26/19 AFTER LOCKING UP AGAIN. THERE ARE NO WARNING LIGHTS, THE BRAKES LOCK UP. THERE HAVE BEEN 2 MAJOR GM RECALLS REGARDING 2014+ SUBURBANS MY ISSUES ARE VERY SIMILAR REGARDING THE BRAKING SYSTEM AND EVEN MORE SEVERE. HAD WE BEEN ON BUSIER ROADS WE WOULD HAVE HAD AN ACCIDENT. WE WENT TO GM CORP. / GM DEALER LIED TO GM CORP. WE HAVE VMS TO PROVE. OVER $3K PUT INTO THE VEHICLE AND IT STILL IS NOT FIXED, THE BRAKE SYSTEM IS $4K & THAT HAS NOT BEEN PROVEN TO BE THE DIAGNOSIS. VEHICLE NOT DRIVABLE. PICS FROM 1/27/19 INCIDENT, FIRE / SMOKE VISABLE,

Mileage: 162,333

THE DASH OF MY VEHICLE CRACKED WHEN IT WAS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD AND NOW THE CRACK IS EVEN LARGER.

WENT TO BUY A NEW SUBURBAN, FOUND A GOOD USED ONE WITHOUT THE CRACKED DASH. WELL WITHIN 2 MONTHS WE NOW HAVE A CRACK IN OUR DASH. WERE TOLD THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD $1500 TO FIX THIS ISSUE. I FIND IT UNACCEPTABLE THAT CHEVY WOULD NOT TAKE CARE OF SUCH A MAJOR ISSUE WITH THEIR VEHICLES. HOW ARE THERE TONS OF OTHER BRAND VEHICLES WITHOUT THIS ISSUE? ALWAYS HAVE A SUNSHADE ON THE VEHICLE AND WAS IT ONCE A WEEK. I NOW WANT TO TRADE THIS FOR SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T HAVE SUCH A PROBLEM. CRACK LOOKS LIKE IT COULD INTERFERE WITH THE AIRBAG OPERATION. OR SEND SHARDS OF PLASTIC WHEN AIRBAG IS DEPLOYED. IT HAPPENED PARKED IN OUR GARAGE OVER NIGHT.

Mileage: 63,000

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY I HEAR A POP AND NOTICE A PIECE MISSING OUT OF MY DASH ABOVE THE AIRBAG AND THEN BEGIN TO NOTICE THE CRACK IN THE DASHBOARD RUN ACROSS THE DASH TO THE DRIVERS SIDE. I HAVE NOTICED OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT GM DASHBOARD AND BELIEVE THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD DUE TO THE CRACK BEING AT THE AIRBAG AND RUNNING ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE DASHBOARD. IF THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED IT COULD SEND HALF OF THE DASHBOARD INTO THE FRONT SEATS OF THE VEHICLE.

Mileage: 130,000

ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO, I NOTICED A CRACK IN THE DASHBOARD AT THE TOP LEFT CORNER OF THE PASSENGER AIRBAG. A FEW DAYS LATER, A SMALL CRACK APPEARED ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OVER THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. WITHIN JUST A FEW DAYS, THAT SMALL CRACK GREW APPROXIMATELY 6 INCHES AND IS NOW ON THE HUMP OVER THE CLUSTER.

Mileage: 68,000

WHEN MY CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 2012 IS LOCKED USING THE KEY FOB OR REMOTE START, A PERSON INSIDE THE CAR CANNOT UNLOCK THE DOORS OR TAILGATE FROM THE INSIDE (VIA THE DOOR UNLOCK BUTTONS NEAR THE DOOR HANDLES OR THE TAILGATE BUTTON) TO GET OUT OF THE CAR. EXAMPLE, PARENT ACCIDENTALLY LEAVES CHILD IN CAR, EXITS CAR, USES FOB TO LOCK DOORS; CHILD NOW CANNOT UNLOCK THE DOOR OR TAILGATE USING THE UNLOCK BUTTONS BY THE DOOR HANDLES NOR BY USING THE TAILGATE OPEN BUTTON. THE PERSON INSIDE THE CAR IS LOCKED INSIDE AND CANNOT EXIT IF THEY DO NOT HAVE A KEY WITH WHICH TO TURN ON THE CAR OR A FOB WITH WHICH TO UNLOCK THE CAR. WHEN THE CAR IS LOCKED WITH THE FOB A PERSON INSIDE THE CAR CANNOT GET OUT OF THE CAR USING ANY BUTTON OR HANDLE INSIDE THE CAR. THIS OCCURRED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND THE IGNITION OFF. TWO ADULTS TESTED THIS MULTIPLE TIMES AND TRIED ALL POSSIBILITIES TO UNLOCK AND GET OUT OF THE CAR FROM THE INSIDE WHEN IT HAD BEEN LOCKED BY FOB OR REMOTE START. I HAVE A VIDEO DEMONSTRATING THIS WHICH I AM HAPPY TO SHARE, BUT BELIEVE THAT I CANNOT UPLOAD BELOW AS IT IS NOT ONE OF THE PERMITTED FORMATS.

Mileage: 82,000

FRONT DASHBOARD IS CRACKING AROUND INSTRUMENTAL PANEL AND AROUND DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAGS.

Mileage: 100,000

WHEN TRYING TO START PUT SUV THE KEY GWYS STUCK AND WON'T TURN AFTER THIS STARTED HAPPENING OUR STABILITY CONTROL SENSOR STARTED GOING OFF. IT USED TO TURN OFF ONE U SHUT OFF THE SUB BUT NOT IT'S ALWAYS ON. AND THE KEY WON'T TURN UNLESS U WIGGLE IT.

Mileage: 112,000

A CRACK FORMED ABOVE THE INSTRUMENT CONSOLE AND OVER THE TOP RIGHT CORNER OF THE PASSANGER AIRBAG ON THE DASH. THIS IS A SERIOUS CONCERN IF THE AIRBAG GOES OFF THERE WILL BE PLASTIC FLYING ALL OVER THE PLACE. I SEE A HISTORY OF HUNDRADS OF COMPLAINTS OVER THIS EXACT ISSUE.

Mileage: 150,000

THE DASHBOARD ON THIS VEHICLE HAS CRACKED. THE CRACK STARTED BEHIND THE STEERING COLUMN AND IS NOW CRACKED OVER THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG. SHOULD THERE BE AN ACCIDENT, AND THE AIRBAG DEPLOYS, THE POSSIBILITY OF INJURY FROM THE DASHBOARD IS SIGNIFICANT. THIS IS A DEFECT IN MANUFACTING, AND SHOULD BE REPAIRED AT EXPENSE OF GM

Mileage: 110,000

2012 CHEVY SUBURBAN DASHBOARD SUDDENLY CRACKED AT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG. THIS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND NEEDS TO BE FIXED

Mileage: 104,000

CRACKED FRONT DASH. ON THE MORNING OF NOVEMBER 11TH, GOT INTO VEHICLE AND THE DASH WAS CRACKED.

Mileage: 59,200

FL DOOR ,PULL HANDLE GETS BROKEN REAL EASY AND EVERY TIME WE NEED TO CHANGE THE WHOLE DOOR PANEL.THE DOOR PULL HANDLE MATERIAL IS POOR AND AFTER FEW TIMES PULLING THE DOOR IT GETS BROKEN.WE HAVE HEARD SAME STORY FROM LOTS SUBURBAN OR TAHOE OWNERS.

Mileage: 65,000

TWO LARGE CRACKS IN THE DASH. ONE OVER THE DRIVERS SIDE INSTRUMENT PANEL THE OTHER NEXT TO THE PASSENGERS SIDE AIR BAG.

Mileage: 58,000

2012 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN, DASH BOARD CRACKING AROUND PASSENGER AIRBAG, DASH RATTLES AND VIBRATES WHILE DRIVING, CRACKS APPEARING WITHOUT APPARENT CAUSE ALL AROUND THE PASSENGER AIR BAG, I AM CONCERNED THAT IF THE AIR BAG DEPLOYS THE DASHBOARD WILL BECOME FRAGMENTED AND LAUNCH PLASTIC SHRAPNEL INTO THE FACE OF THE FRONT PASSENGER AND DRIVER, IN MY VIEW THIS IS A HIGHLY DANGEROUS SITUATION WHERE THE DASHBOARD CAN CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND POTENTIAL DISABILITY AND POTENTIALLY BLIND THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER AND DRIVER. GM NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AS THERE RE LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF GM VEHICLES ALL WITH THE SAME RELATED PROBLEM OF CRACKING DASHBOARDS

Mileage: 112,354

SEVERE DASHBOARD CRACK AND FAILURE. PROBABLE HAZARD DURING AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT

Mileage: 30,000

THERE IS A CRACK IN PASSENGER SIDE OF THE FRONT DASHBOARD IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE AIRBAG COMPARTMENT. UPON AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT, THIS WILL BE A JAGGED PROJECTILE IN THE CAR.

Mileage: 55,804

CRACKEDDASH CAR IS PARKED WITH SUNSHADE; FIRST CRACK AT AIR BAG APPEARED WITHIN A YEAR OF PURCHASE (WAS ON DEALER LOT WITH NO SUNSHADE FOR A YEAR - PURCHASED MARCH 2013) HOUSED IN GARAGE; SECOND CRACK AT AIR BAG APPEARED SHORTLY AFTER THAT. IT WAS JUST NOTICED (NOT SURE HOW LONG IT HAD BEEN THERE) THE LARGE CRACK AT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL HUMP ON DASH BOARD. MY DASH HAS SEPARATED IN THE MIDDLE FROM THE FRONT PANEL ALONG THE GLASS. IT NOW VIBRATES AND IS LOOSE. I FEAR IF I AM IN A WREAK AND THE AIRBAG DEPLOYS SHARDS OF DASH WILL BE THROWN INTO THE AIR AT A FORCE TO CAUSE DAMAGE NOT ONLY TO FRONT PASSENGER & DRIVER BUT TO THE SECOND AND THIRD ROW PASSENGERS. I HAVE HAD 2 PREVIOUS GM VEHICLES (TAHOE & SUBURBAN) AND NEVER HAD THE BAD QUALITY THIS 2012 HAS HAD. I HAVE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE BOTH FRONT DOOR EXTERIOR HANDLES AND THE INTERIOR ONES ARE BROKEN AND NEED TO BE REPLACED.

MY 2012 SUBURBAN WHICH I BOUGHT NEW IN 2013 WITH 100 MILES, AFTER 3 YEARS STARTING GETTING CRACKS IN THE DASH. A MONTH AFTER THE 3 YEAR WARRANTY EXPIRED. THE PASSENGER SIDE CRACK RUNS FROM THE AIR VENT TO THE AIRBAG DOOR AND NOW MY SERVICE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON. A LARGER CRACK (6+INCHES) HAS APPEARED ON THE DRIVERS SIDE RUNNING FROM THE VENT TO THE TOP OF THE STEERING COLUMN, IF I CONTINUES THE DASH WILL COMPLETELY SEPARATE IN HALF EXPOSING ELECTRONICS, ETC.

Mileage: 40,885

CRACKED DASHBOARD ABOVE THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND AROUND THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG.

Mileage: 110,000

CRACKED DASHBOARD........I HAVE CONTACTED GM ABOUT THIS ISSUE. I HAVE RESEARCHED TO FIND OUT THAT THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED PROBLEM. THERE ARE LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF CUSTOMERS WITH THIS ISSUE. THE ISSUE IS EVEN IN THE SAME PLACE AS WELL. GM HAS DECLINED TO REPLACE MY DASHBOARD OR EVEN DECLINED ASSIST ME IN ANY FORM WITH THE REPLACEMENT OF MY DASHBOARD.

Mileage: 88,000

DASH CRACKING - MULTIPLE PLACES

Mileage: 115,000

PURCHASED IN 2014, FOUR SEPARATE CRACKS HAVE APPEARED IN THE DASH BOARD, TWO ON DRIVER SIDE AND TWO ON THE PASSENGER SIDES. THE LARGES CRACK IS ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE, DIRECTLY ABOUT THE SPEEDOMETER AND THE OTHER IS AT THE EDGE OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDSHIELD . THE PASSENGER SIDE CRACKS IS WHERE THE AIRBAG IS INSTALLED.

Mileage: 37,989

THE DASHBOARD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE NEXT TO THE AIRBAG HAS CRACKED AND APPEARS TO BE SEPARATING. THIS DEFECT IN THE DASHBOARD IS DIRECTLY IN CONTACT WITH THE AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT LOCATION FOR THE FRONT PASSENGER.

Mileage: 94,000

MY DASH ON MY 2012 SUBURBAN STARTED CRACKING OVER THE PASSENGER AIRBAG A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO. WITHIN THE PAST MONTH I HAVE NOTICED 2 MORE CRACKS IN MY DASH, ONE BEHIND MY STEERING WHEEL ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE DASH AND THE OTHER IS TO THE RIGHT OF THE STEERING WHEEL ON THE DASH. I HAVE CALLED THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND QUESTIONED IF A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS DEFECT SINCE THERE ARE HUNDREDS TO THOUSANDS OF OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUE. I DON'T FEEL THAT WE SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPLACING THE DASH BOARD COVER AND SHELLING OUT OVER $900. ESPECIALLY WHEN CHEVROLET IS AWARE THAT MULTIPLE MODELS ARE HAVING THE SAME EXACT ISSUE. IT'S CLEARLY A DEFECT..

Mileage: 68,000

DASHBOARD HAS CRACKED IN MULTIPLE PLACES AND I'M CONCERNED THIS MAY AFFECT SAFETY FEATURES SUCH AS AIRBAGS. ALSO HAVE THE SAME ISSUE (BUT MUCH WORSE) IN MY CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THESE DASHBOARDS ARE CHEAP AND FLIMSY.

Mileage: 30,000

THE FRONT HAS A LARGE CRACK WHICH IS GETTING WORSE EVERY DAY. CAUSING THE DASH TO RATTLE CONSTANTLY EVENT AT SLOW SPEEDS.

Mileage: 90,000

THE TOP DASH BOARD IN FRONT OF DRIVER SEAT AND THE PASSENGER SEAT HAS CRACKED AND I HAVE READ THE IT COULD POSSIBLE AFFECT THE AIRBAG. THE CRACK ON THE DRIVER SIDE IS ABOUT 12 INCHES AND THE PASSENGER SIDE IS ABOUT 6 INCHES. THE VEHICLE WAS PARK AT MY HOUSE WHEN I NOTICES THESE CRACKS.

Mileage: 97,000

DASHBOARD HAS CRACKED. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY. I'M CONCERNED THAT IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT, SHARP PLASTIC PIECES COULD BE DANGEROUS.

Mileage: 50,000