3.8

definitely annoying
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
32,132 miles

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problem #12

Sep 062016

Avalanche

  • 70,000 miles
My dashboard cracked like many others have done. Driving down the road it just started cracking and a week later it had created a large crack over the instrument panel about 9 inches in length

- Jacksonville, FL, USA

problem #11

Jul 062013

Avalanche

  • 18,000 miles
Dashboard cracking badly

- Weirsdale, FL, USA

problem #10

Dec 202016

Avalanche

  • 72,000 miles
Cracked dashboard

- Jacksonville, FL, USA

problem #9

Jan 312017

Avalanche

  • 74,000 miles
Dash cracked on driver side and passenger side

- Haughton, LA, USA

problem #8

Aug 222014

Avalanche

  • miles
Center of dash is not sturdy enough caused a crack from center dash air vent corner on passenger side corner to the air bag.

- Stuttgart, AR, USA

problem #7

Mar 012016

Avalanche

  • miles
The dashboard has developed two very significant cracks one concerns me because it is located where the passenger airbag deploys. The crack has left a very sharp edge next to the air bag and I am concerned if the bag deploys this edge could cut the airbag.

- Panama City, FL, USA

problem #6

Jul 012016

Avalanche

  • 62,000 miles
The dashboard cracked over the instrument panel and over the passenger side airbag. This is the second Avalanche that I have owned that cracked in the same location; previous year was a 2007.

- Irmo, SC, USA

problem #5

Jun 012016

Avalanche

  • miles
My dash is cracking around the airbag. I am worried about this affecting the operation of the airbags and possibly causing them to prematurely inflate.

- Lafayette, LA, USA

problem #4

Aug 032016

Avalanche

  • miles
My dashboard on the drivers side has begun to develop a crack. It appears to be getting larger as time goes on. It developed out of no where.

- Stoneham, MA, USA

problem #3

May 102016

Avalanche

  • 30,000 miles
Dash board creaked above air bag.

- Mandeville, LA, USA

problem #2

Mar 302016

Avalanche

  • miles
My Avalanche is a 2012 with 36500 miles on it. I heard a rattling noise and found my dash is cracked above the instrument panel.

- Bakersfield, CA, USA

problem #1

Oct 152014

Avalanche 4WD 8-cyl

  • 54,000 miles
Dashboard on a 2012 Chevrolet Avalanche ltz cracked in the area of the passenger airbag. Concerned that this defect may cause shrapnel in the event of an airbag deployment.

- Saint Marys, GA, USA