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2002 Chevrolet AVALANCHE: complaints, problems and recalls

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Key facts

444 owner complaints analyzed

2 distinct recall campaigns

50,500 mi median reported failure mileage

Scope: 2002 model year. Data updated: . 312 complaints include usable failure mileage. View data status.

Owner-reported patterns

Most common problems

Service Brakes is the most frequently named component, appearing in 54 of 444 complaints (12.2%). A complaint can name multiple components.

Recurring terms in complaint narratives
TopicMatching reportsShare of complaints
Braking behavior20646.4%
Steering behavior286.3%
Transmission and shifting184.1%
Engine operation153.4%
Electrical and battery issues122.7%
Fuel system concerns112.5%

Topic matches use published keyword rules. They describe mentions, including negations or comparisons, and do not confirm a diagnosis. Read the matching rules.

Component breakdown

Number of unique complaints naming each component. Top eight shown.

Service Brakes
54
Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
45
Service Brakes, Hydraulic
37
Structure:Body:Tailgate:Hinge And Attachments
32
Parking Brake
28
Engine And Engine Cooling
16
Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Foundation Components:Disc:Rotor
16
Structure
14
Component breakdown data
CategoryCount
Service Brakes54
Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip45
Service Brakes, Hydraulic37
Structure:Body:Tailgate:Hinge And Attachments32
Parking Brake28
Engine And Engine Cooling16
Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Foundation Components:Disc:Rotor16
Structure14

Service Brakes: 54; Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip: 45; Service Brakes, Hydraulic: 37; Structure:Body:Tailgate:Hinge And Attachments: 32; Parking Brake: 28; Engine And Engine Cooling: 16; Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Foundation Components:Disc:Rotor: 16; Structure: 14

Reported problems by failure mileage

Complaint counts in mileage bands. These are not failure rates per vehicle or mile.

Under 25,000
67
25,000 to 49,999
85
50,000 to 74,999
57
75,000 to 99,999
46
100,000 to 149,999
38
150,000 and above
19
Reported problems by failure mileage data
CategoryCount
Under 25,00067
25,000 to 49,99985
50,000 to 74,99957
75,000 to 99,99946
100,000 to 149,99938
150,000 and above19

Under 25,000: 67; 25,000 to 49,999: 85; 50,000 to 74,999: 57; 75,000 to 99,999: 46; 100,000 to 149,999: 38; 150,000 and above: 19

25,000 to 49,999 miles has the most reports with usable mileage (85). 132 complaints have missing, zero or invalid mileage.

Complaints over time

Year the complaint was filed, not the vehicle model year or incident year. The snapshot year is partial.

2001
3
2002
38
2003
65
2004
99
2005
83
2006
35
2007
11
2008
5
2009
7
2010
10
2011
12
2012
15
2013
30
2014
25
2015
4
2022
1
2023
1
Complaints over time data
CategoryCount
20013
200238
200365
200499
200583
200635
200711
20085
20097
201010
201112
201215
201330
201425
20154
20221
20231

2001: 3; 2002: 38; 2003: 65; 2004: 99; 2005: 83; 2006: 35; 2007: 11; 2008: 5; 2009: 7; 2010: 10; 2011: 12; 2012: 15; 2013: 30; 2014: 25; 2015: 4; 2022: 1; 2023: 1

Pattern summary

Service Brakes leads the component reports. Braking behavior appears in 206 complaint narratives. Steering behavior appears in 28 complaint narratives. Transmission and shifting appears in 18 complaint narratives. Use these patterns to inspect individual reports and prepare questions for a mechanic.

Calculated from recorded counts. An AI narrative has not been published for this selection.

Examples from the source records

Examples provide context, not a representative sample or a verified diagnosis.

Owner report 10000328 · 2002-12-20 (December 20, 2002)

BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR WHEN APPLYING BRAKES TO COME TO A STOP. THIS HAS HAPPENED FIVE (5) TIMES. TS

Owner-reported narrative. 24,042 miles reported. Look up ODI 10000328 at NHTSA ↗

Owner report 10000700 · 2003-01-03 (January 3, 2003)

I HAVE A 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE - THE RIGHT REAR SEAT BELT WILL NOT LATCH WITHOUT A GREAT DEAL OF EFFORT, IN MOST INSTANCES YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO GET HELP TO LATCH THE SEAT BELT - IT APPEARS THE SEAT IS IN THE WAY OR THE LATCH ASSEMBLY IS TOO SHORT - EVIDENTLY THIS IS COMMON WITH ALL 2002 AVALANCHES - I DID CHECK OUT OTHER AVALANCHES ON THE DEALERS LOT AND THEY ALL HAD THE SAME PROBLEM - CHEVROLET SAYS THAT GM HAS NO FIX FOR THIS PROBLEM - THIS CONDITION IS VERY UNSAFE

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Owner report 10001053 · 2002-12-17 (December 17, 2002)

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN MAKING RIGHT TURNS THE VEHICLE STALLS RESULTING IN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL AND BRAKES. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT BUT BECOMING MORE FREQUENT. TS

Owner-reported narrative. 28,366 miles reported. Look up ODI 10001053 at NHTSA ↗

Owner report 10001645 · 2002-12-30 (December 30, 2002)

VEHICLE DOESN'T COME EQUIPPED WITH THE DOOR AJAR WARNING FEATURE. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS UNSAFE, CAUSE WHILE DRIVING WITH THEIR INFANT IN THE BACK SEAT, THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR WAS AJAR, AND CONSUMER WASN'T AWARE OF IT. THE CHILD COULD OF FELL OUT OF THE VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. TS

Owner-reported narrative. 2,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10001645 at NHTSA ↗

Owner report 10002621 · 2003-01-13 (January 13, 2003)

TRANSMISSION/DRIVELINE FAILURE

Owner-reported narrative. 14,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10002621 at NHTSA ↗

Owner report 10003380 · 2003-01-25 (January 25, 2003)

RECENTLY, I NOTICED THAT THE TWO REAR INTERIOR PLASTIC PANELS THAT COVER THE METAL AND OUTER TOP SEAT BELT MOUNTS (OR PIVOT POINTS) IN THE INTERIOR REAR OF THE VEHICLE HAVE AN APPROXIMATELY INCH SLOT WORN INTO THEM FROM THE SEATBELTS; ITS APPARENT CAUSE, THE PULLING OF THE SEATBELTS IN AN OUTWARD MOTION TO PLACE OVER THE SHOULDER OF THE PASSENGER SITTING IN THE SEAT. I BROUGHT IT TO MY DEALER''S ATTENTION ON 01/23/03 AND WAS INFORMED THAT THERE IS NO FIX FOR THE PROBLEM AND THAT NEW PANELS WOULD ONLY WEAR OUT AGAIN DUE TO CONSTANT SEAT BELT U…

Owner-reported narrative. 10,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10003380 at NHTSA ↗

Owner report 10004090 · 2003-01-17 (January 17, 2003)

THE VEHICLES HEADLIGHTS ARE STARTING TO ACCUMULATE MOISTURE. CONSUMER STATES"ONCE MOISTURE IS TRAP INSIDE, THE LIGHTS ARE LESS NOTICEABLE TO OTHER DRIVERS AND OBSTRUCTS DRIVERS VISIBILITY." CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. PH

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Owner report 10004499 · 2003-01-23 (January 23, 2003)

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, CONSUMER'S VEHICLE SKIDDED FROM THE RIGHT TO THE LEFT LANE. WITHOUT WARNING THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG FULLY DEPLOYED WHILE THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG PARTIALLY DEPLOYED. CONSUMER'S VISIBILITY WAS COMPLETELY BLOCKED RESULTING IN CAR CRASHING INTO THE GUARDRAIL. *TS BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED AND WERE FULLY DEFLATED BEFORE IMPACT. *SCC

Owner-reported narrative. 5,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10004499 at NHTSA ↗

Recall history

2 distinct campaigns affect this selection. Announcement dates below are different from vehicle model years. A campaign may cover multiple years.

04V129000 · Structure:Body:Tailgate:Hinge And Attachments

Reported: 2004-03-17 (March 17, 2004)

ON CERTAIN PICKUP TRUCKS AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, THE GALVANIZED STEEL TAILGATE SUPPORT CABLES THAT RETAIN THE TAILGATE IN THE FULL OPEN (HORIZONTAL) POSITION MAY CORRODE, WEAKEN, AND EVENTUALLY FRACTURE. IF BOTH CABLES FRACTURED, THE TAILGATE WOULD SUDDENLY DROP AND STRIKE THE TOP SURFACE OF THE REAR BUMPER.

Consequence: ANYONE SITTING OR STANDING ON THE HORIZONTAL SURFACE OF THE TAILGATE WHEN BOTH CABLES FRACTURED COULD BE INJURED BY FALLING FROM THE TAILGATE. ON VEHICLES THAT HAVE HAD THE BUMPER REMOVED, THE TAILGATE MAY DROP EVEN LOWER. ADDITIONALLY, IF THERE IS CARGO ON THE TAILGATE THE CARGO MAY FALL OFF IF THE SUPPORT CABLES FRACTURE.

Remedy: DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE CABLES. INTERIM OWNER NOTIFICATION BEGAN ON APRIL 7, 20004. THE RECALL BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 24, 2004, WHEN REPLACEMENT PARTS WERE AVAILABLE, AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH OCTOBER 29, 2004. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT CADILLAC AT 1-866-982-2339, CHEVROLET AT 1-800-630-2438 OR GMC AT 1-866-996-9463, OR VISIT WWW.MYGMLINK.COM, AND ENTER YOUR VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER.

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05V379000 · Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip

Reported: 2005-08-29 (August 29, 2005)

CERTAIN PICKUP TRUCKS AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE UNWANTED ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM (ABS) ACTIVATION. THIS CONDITION IS MORE LIKELY TO OCCUR IN ENVIRONMENTALLY CORROSIVE AREAS. THIS RECALL WILL BE LAUNCHED IN THE "SALT BELT" STATES OF CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, IOWA, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, MAINE, MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA, MISSOURI, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA, RHODE ISLAND, VERMONT, WEST VIRGINIA, WISCONSIN AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ONLY.

Consequence: THIS CAN CAUSE INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCES DURING LOW-SPEED BRAKE APPLICATIONS, WHICH COULD RESULT IN A CRASH.

Remedy: DEALERS ARE TO REMOVE THE WHEEL SPEED SENSOR AND THOROUGHLY CLEAN THE WHEEL SPEED SENSOR MOUNTING SURFACE ON THE BEARING, APPLY RUST INHIBITOR TO THE CLEANED SURFACE, GREASE THE MOUNTING SURFACE, REINSTALL THE WHEEL SPEED SENSOR, AND CHECK THE PEAK-TO-PEAK OUTPUT VOLTAGE TO ENSURE THE WHEEL SPEED SIGNAL IS WITHIN SPECIFICATIONS. THE RECALL BEGAN SEPTEMBER 22, 2005. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CHEVROLET AT 1-800-630-2438 OR GMC AT 1-866-996-9463.

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Data completeness

444 unique complaints in this selection. Analysis snapshot: 2026-09-30.

70.3%Usable mileage312 / 444 records
96.6%Valid incident date429 / 444 records
100.0%Valid filing date444 / 444 records
96.2%Ordered incident and filing dates427 / 444 records

Missing, zero and invalid mileage is excluded. Dates after the snapshot are excluded. Examples are limited selections, not a representative sample.

Problems by model year

Model-wide comparison of the eight most reported components across the model. Cells show counts and shares within each model year. Open a cell for source examples.

Component complaint heatmap
Component20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013
Air Bags
00.0%

No examples available for this selection.

00.0%

No examples available for this selection.

112.5%
ODI 10005792

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WITH BAD WEATHER CONDITIONS. I WAS STRUCK BY A PASSING VEHICLE THAT LOST CONTROL AND SENDED ME SWIRVING ON THE HJIGHWAY STRUCKING TREES ON THE SIDE HIGHWAY. AFTER THE IMPACT OF THE TREES NEITHER AIRBAGS OPENED UP ON MY CHEVY AVALANCHE 2002.

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115.4%
ODI 10040666

WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH THE CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, ROLLED OVER TWICE AND HIT A TREE. NEITHER SIDE NOR FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR POLICE REPORT. *NLM

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74.2%
ODI 10121080 · 11,160 mi

DT: VEHICLE HAS HAD AIR BAG PROBLEMS, AND IT HAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE SHOP SINCE 12/29/2004. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIX IT. THE LIGHT COMES ON THAT SAYS TO SERVICE THE AIR BAGS. *TT

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912.7%
ODI 10381655 · 29,000 mi

"SERVICE AIRBAG" LIGHT HAS BEEN ON SINCE 2006, WHICH WAS ABOUT 6 MONTH AFTER I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP THREE TIMES WHILE IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY. EACH TIME THEY FIXED IT TO WHERE THE LIGHT WENT OFF FOR A MONTH OR SO, AND IT SOON CAME BACK ON. THE LIGHT HASN'T BEEN OFF SINCE. AFTER READING ALL OF THE OTHER 2005 CHEVY AVALANCHE ISSUES PEOPLE ARE HAVING, I GUESS I SHOULD COUNT MY BLESSINGS. HOPE I DON'T EVER NEED AN AIRBAG! *TR

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19.1%
ODI 10437257 · 51,778 mi

AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON, DASHBOARD SAYS SERVICE AIRBAG, AFTER VEHICLE SAT FOR AN HOUR AFTER HAVING BEEN DRIVEN FOR OVER 250 MILES THAT DAY. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STARTED THE LIGHT BLINKS AS IT'S SUPPOSED TO AND GOES OUT, THEN AFTER A FEW SECONDS COMES BACK ON AND STAYS ON. *TR

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22359.2%
ODI 10386232 · 74,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 35 MPH WHEN THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED INDEPENDENTLY. THE SEAT BELTS BECAME ABNORMALLY TIGHT AND THE HAZARD LIGHTS ACTIVATED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR BRUISING AND INJURIES TO THE NECK AND EARS FROM THE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO ADVISED THAT THEY WOULD BE INSPECTING THE VEHICLE TO DETERMINE WHY THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT STATED THEY COULD OFFER NO ASSISTANCE UNTIL THEY RECEIVED THE RESULTS OF THE INSPECTION FROM…

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13251.2%
ODI 10390038 · 34,000 mi

WHEN THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 90*+ THE AIRBAG WARNING WOULD GO OFF. WHEN THE TEMPERATURE GETS COLD 50*- THE LIGHT WOULD TURN OFF TO NORMAL OPERATION. *TR

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4153.9%
ODI 10537980 · 69,000 mi

THE DASH ON MY 2009 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE HAS CRACKED IN TWO PLACES. ONE OVER THE GAUGE CLUSTER AND ONE CRACK OVER THE PASSENGER AIR BAG. THIS PROBLEM HAS AFFECTED MORE 2007 + SILVERADOS, TAHOES, AVALANCHES , ESCALADES AND MORE. IF THE PASSENGER AIR BAG DEPLOYS WITH THE BROKEN DASH, IT WILL SEND PLASTIC SHARDS FLYING THROUGH THE CABIN.GM SHOULD RECALL THE DEFECTIVE DASH AND REPLACE THEM. *TT

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5347.7%
ODI 10616091 · 47,083 mi

CRACK APPEARED IN DASH WHILE TRUCK WAS PARKED COMING FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG LOCATION. THE BAG MAY CATCH ON THE CRACK IF IT WAS DEPLOYED. *TR

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5543.3%
ODI 10660150 · 40,000 mi

THE DASHBOARD CRACKED AT THE CORNER OF THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG AND SPIDERED OUT INTO THE AIR VENT. I BROUGHT IT TO THE LOCAL CHEVY DEALER, AND BASICALLY TOLD ME TO GO AWAY IT WASN'T UNDER WARRANTY. I BOUGHT AN EXTENDED WARRANTY I GUESS THAT DOESN'T COVER ANYTHING. I KNOW OF HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WITH THIS SAME ISSUE. THIS IS ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE CONSUMERS!!! *TR

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616.7%
ODI 10604372 · 26,000 mi

THE STEERING WHEEL IS DIFFICULT TO TURN OR CONTROL, WENT TO DEALERSHIP TO FIX THE PROBLEM. AFTER THE DEALERSHIP ALLEGEDLY FIX THE PROBLEM, WE HAD CONTINUED PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING (CONTROLLING THE STEERING WHEEL) AND THEN THE TRANSMISSION CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO JUMP OR SKIP GEARS, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY WERE TO BUSY TO HELP US. ALL OF THE AFOREMENTIONED DEFECTS CAUSED MY HUSBAND TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE TRUCK AND ULTIMATELY FLEW OFF THE ROAD AND VEHICLE FLIPPED OVER (ROLL OVER). …

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2226.8%
ODI 11014974

PASSENGER SIDE OF DASH HAS CRACKS ADJACENT TO AND CONNECTED TO PASSENGER DASH AIR BAG COMPARTMENT.

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Unknown Or Other
00.0%

No examples available for this selection.

00.0%

No examples available for this selection.

40.9%
ODI 10001645 · 2,000 mi

VEHICLE DOESN'T COME EQUIPPED WITH THE DOOR AJAR WARNING FEATURE. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS UNSAFE, CAUSE WHILE DRIVING WITH THEIR INFANT IN THE BACK SEAT, THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR WAS AJAR, AND CONSUMER WASN'T AWARE OF IT. THE CHILD COULD OF FELL OUT OF THE VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. TS

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21.0%
ODI 10093086 · 14,500 mi

I WAS REMOVING THE RUBBER MAT IN THE BED OF THE 2003 AVALANCHE TRUCK TO CLEAN IT. TO REMOVE THE MAT YOU MUST FIRST REMOVE THE PLASTIC TRANSITION PLATE AT THE FRONT, JUST BEHIND THE REAR SEAT. TO REMOVE THIS PLATE YOU MUST SLIDE YOUR FINGER UNDER IT TO POP IT UP. AS YOU SLIDE YOUR FINGER UNDER IT YOU WILL SLICE YOUR FINGERS ON THE RAZOR SHARP PLASTIC. I SLICED MY FINGERS TO THE BONE, THE CUTS SHOULD HAVE HAD STITCHES BUT I BUTTERFLY BANDAGED THEM. I HAVE NOT CORRECTED THE PROBLEM AS OF YET, BUT I THINK FILING DOWN THE SHARP EDGE WOULD PREVENT TH…

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31.8%
ODI 10716262 · 73,245 mi

WHILE DRIVING OR IN PARK THE TACHOMETER STICKS AS DOES THE SPEEDOMETER. THIS HAS LASTED FROM MINUTES TO DAYS. THE VEHICLE APPEARS TO RUN PROPERLY, HOWEVER, I AM VERY LEERY OF MY SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF MY CHILDREN WHEN THEY ARE IN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE.

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34.2%
ODI 10648533 · 47,000 mi

AT APPROX 47000 MI TRAVELING AT 65MPH A HEAVY THUD IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT THAT SOUNDED LIKE THE WHOLE ENGINE BLOCK HAD DROPPED OUT, WAS ABLE TO COAST OFF ROAD TO A VACANT LOT. TRANSMISSION TOAST WITH DAMAGE TO RING AND PINION GEARS,NEVER TOWED ANYTHING, CITY DRIVING TO WORK AND HOME MOSTLY.(47K) MILES. REALLY? 3500$ REPAIR. NEXT SPEEDOMETER FAILURE AT ABOUT 53K MILES, IM EITHER GOING 0MPH OR 120MPH. ALSO HAVE LOST ALOT OF BACKLIGHTING ON MY DASHBOARD INSTRUMENTATION ALONG WITH CD PLAYER. SEEMS THE CD PLAYER CANNOT EJECT A NON EXISTENT CD, JU…

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19.1%
ODI 10735505

DRIVING 35MPH ON DRY ROAD. 2WD JUMP OUT OF GEAR ACTED LIKE WENT INTO NEUTRAL I HAD NO DRIVE OR ANY OF MY GEARS CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP WITH NO WARNING. WENT TO PUT IN PARK IT GRIND WITH LOUD NOISE. ONLY WAY TO GET TRUCK TO MOVE WAS TO PUT IN 4WD

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6316.7%
ODI 10533615 · 125,434 mi

DASH CRACKED AROUND PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG. IF AIRBAG IS DEPLOYED IT CAN POSSIBLY SNAG ON THE SHARP EDGE AND PUNCTURE THE AIRBAG.

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5320.5%
ODI 10716371 · 51,000 mi

I NOTICED A SMALL CRACK ON THE DRIVERS SIDE JUST ABOVE INSTRUMENTS. IN A VERY SHORT TIME THE CRACK GREW TO ABOUT 8 INCHES. SO NOW MY STILL VERY NICE TRUCK MAKES ALL KINDS OF NOISE FROM THE DASH BEING SO LOOSE. I SEE MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS VERY SAME PROBLEM BUT YET GM STILL DOESN'T WANT TO FIX A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM. NOW MY RESALE VALUE IS GOING TO BE LOWER. PLEASE CAN ANYONE HELP SO MANY OF US THAT HAVE THIS PROBLEM WITH THERE TRUCK THAT ARE BY NO MEANS CHEAP. GM SHOULD BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR SELLING CHEAPLY MADE DASHBOARDS IN AN EXPENSIVE T…

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2836.8%
ODI 10574396 · 75,000 mi

SERVICE TRAILER BRAKE SYSTEM

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5145.9%
ODI 10649099 · 37,500 mi

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.

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4434.6%
ODI 10745291 · 72,000 mi

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

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1747.2%
ODI 10671696 · 54,000 mi

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. *TR

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4352.4%
ODI 11015863 · 50 mi

THE DASHBOARD CRACKED SOON AFTER I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT IT'S NOT A SAFETY ISSUE FOR THEM TO LOOK INTO. IT'S SUCH A DISTRACTION WHILE DRIVING WHEN THIS SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPEN BEING I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE FOR THE STAND UP VALUE AND REPUTATION OF CHEVY. I GOT INTO MY TRUCK AFTER BEING PARKED IN MY JOB PARKING LOT AFTER A LONG DAY AT WORK AND TO COME OUT TO SEE MY DASHBOARD CRACKED. THE QUALITY OF CHEVY HAS TO IMPROVE AND THIS MAY CAUSE ACCIDENTS AND NOT TO MENTION THE CHEVY NAME TO BE TARNISHED CAUSE THE LACK OF CONCERN…

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Service Brakes
00.0%

No examples available for this selection.

00.0%

No examples available for this selection.

5412.2%
ODI 10459765 · 210,500 mi

BRAKE PEDAL SUDDENLY WENT TO THE FLOOR. RESULTED IN CRASHING INTO CAR STOPPED AHEAD. *TR

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5125.0%
ODI 10458677 · 130,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES, BUT THE PEDAL DEPRESSED TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT ALL THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED AND FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 130,000.

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2515.2%
ODI 10466935 · 78,803 mi

TURNING THE CORNER WITHOUT ANY NOTICE, THE BRAKE LINE APPARENTLY BROKE AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. BRAKE FLUID WENT EVERYWHERE- WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP, BUT GOD FORBID IF I WAS ON A FREEWAY OR WAS PULLING MY BOAT! COULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC! UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS, ALL OF THE BRAKELINES SHOWING UNDER THE DRIVERSIDE WHEEL WELL ARE CORRODED BADLY AND WILL NEED REPLACED. I HAVE OWNED ALOT OF CARS/TRUCKS AND NEVER HAD TO REPLACE A BRAKE LINE. THE COSTS I HAVE BEEN QUOTED ARE UPWARD OF 1500.…

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11.4%
ODI 10809980 · 220,000 mi

CATASTROPHIC BRAKE FAILURE BECAUSE OF FOUR CORRODED BRAKE LINES. ALL FOUR LINES CORRODED IN THE BRACKET HOLDING THE LINES TO THE DRIVER SIDE FRAME RAIL. I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES THERE WAS INITIAL RESISTANCE AND THEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. I ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES AGAIN BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. I HAD TO APPLY THE PARKING BRAKE TO STOP.

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218.2%
ODI 10488114 · 44,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2006 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, SHE ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES TO AVOID CRASHING INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE BUT THE BRAKES FAILED. THE CONTACT SHIFTED INTO A LOWER GEAR IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THEY WOULD COVER THE REPAIR COSTS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 44,000. ..UPDATED 01/30/13 *BF UPDATED 2/5/2…

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41.1%
ODI 10839898 · 100 mi

WHEN DRIVING MY AVALANCHE ON A HIGHWAY, AS I APPROACHED A RED LIGHT, I PUSHED MY BRAKE AND IT WENT TO THE FLOOR BOARD. I PUMPED MY BRAKES TO STOP AND I FELT A PULSATION AS I PUSHED THE BRAKE PEDAL AGAIN AND I COULD BRAKE. THIS HAPPENS INTERMITTANTLY. I HAVE SEEN COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ON THE INTERNET. IT SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED BECAUSE CHEVROLET WANTS ME TO PAY FOR THIS PROBLEM.

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20.8%
ODI 10584804

THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH MOISTURE. FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED IN SNOW. TRAVELING AROUND 55 MPH WHEN I HIT A PATCH OF SNOW ON THE ROAD AND THE TRUCK STALLED. AT THAT TIME, I ALSO LOST STEERING ABILITY AND BRAKING ABILITY. TRUCK WOULD NOT START. TOWED TO MECHANIC. REAL ISSUE NEVER FOUND. BASICALLY DRIED OUT AND STARTED AGAIN (2) DAYS. SECOND INCIDENT HAPPENED DURING RAIN. WENT THROUGH A SMALL PUDDLE AT 40 MPH AND HAD THE SAME ISSUE. TOWED AGAIN AND STARTED RIGHT UP THE NEXT DAY. THIRD INCIDENT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT, APRIL 25, 2013 WHILE DRIVING HOME I…

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11.3%
ODI 11328662 · 79,652 mi

MY 11 YEAR OLD TUCK BRAKE LINE LEAKING BADLY UNDER DRIVER SIDE WHEN I PUMP BRAKES AND FAILED TO STOP AND IT HIT MY GARAGE DOORS WHEN I GOT HOME. IT HAS LESS THAN 80,000 MILES ON IT. CORROSIVE AND RUSTY LINES OR SOMETHING MORE. *TR

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10.9%
ODI 11623041

In October of 2020, my avalanche only would start in winter after disconnecting and reconnecting the battery. It was also on numerous occasions go into limp mode while driving at normal city speeds meaning it wouldn’t go above 25 miles an hour. The entire dash would light up. It threw numerous codes. Had to be towed to get it looked at but then would mysteriously start without issue. I took it to young Buick gmc in Layton Utah with no resolution. Finally in December 2020 it was determined by now Heritage Chevrolet in Evanston Wyoming to be th…

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43.1%
ODI 10596991 · 600 mi

FIRST FEW MONTHS EXPERIENCED TRUCK LUNGING FORWARD WHILST ATTEMPTING TO STOP. EXPRESSED CONCERN WITH SERVICE DEPT. THEY STATED NATURE OF THE VEHICLE PERFORMANCE. MARCH 2013 CALLED GM SERVICE #[XXX] AFTER EXPERIENCING ON HIGHWAY @ 65 MPH THE VEHICLE ACCELERATING AS I APPLIED BRAKE TO SLOW DOWN RPM'S JUMPED TO 4500 AND ACCELERATED. 3/21/13 MILEAGE 24,565 WAS TOLD BY DEALERSHIP NO CODES WERE FOUND. WAS REFERRED BY GM TO TECH SPECIALIST 3/26/13 @ [phone removed] EXT. 32664 TOLD TO GET SECOND OPINION THEN COMPLETELY IGNORED BY GM FOR FOLLOW UPS. AP…

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12.8%
ODI 10967914 · 28,857 mi

WHEN NEARING A STOP LIGHT AT EST. 15 MPH I STEPPED ON THE BRAKE AND IT WAS LIKE STEPPING ON A ROCK. THE PEDAL DID NOT MOVE. I POUNDED ON THE PEDAL AND FINALLY HAD ENOUGH BRAKE TO STOP. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS. AFTERWARDS THE BRAKES WERE GOOD. THIS WAS REPEATED TWICE MORE. I TOOK IT TO A BRAKE SHOP WHERE THEY CHECKED ALL MECHANICAL FUNCTION AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG. THEY HOOKED UP THE COMPUTER AND FOUND NO CODES. I TOOK IT TO A CHEVROLET DEALER AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY CODES. DURING A TEST DRIVE THE MECHANIC UNHOOKED THE VACUU…

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11.2%
ODI 11390067

MESSAGE CENTER SAYS SERVICE TRAILER BRAKE SYSTEM. CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP SAYS PROBLEM NOT COVERED BY RECALL.

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Electrical System
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00.0%

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81.8%
ODI 10080944 · 10,790 mi

1.BRAKES--PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR...THIS HAS HAPPENED 5 DIFFERENT TIMES 2.BRAKES--HAS BEEN RETURNED AT LEAST 10 TIMES FOR BRAKE- ROTOR PROBLEMS 3.SUSPENSION NOISE--HAS BEEN RETURNED AT LEAST 10 TIMES FOR NOISE 4.OIL LIGHTS--HAS BEEN RETURNED 3 TIMES FOR OIL CONSUMPTION--LEAKS 5.ELECTRICAL--HAS BEEN RETURNED TO REPLACE ELECTRIC MOTOR FOR WINDOWS 6.ELECTRICAL-- LOCKS-CLICK AND CLICK AND KEEP CAUSING, AND THE HORN---BEEPS NON STOP THIS ALL WHILE DRIVING 7.VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND LIGHT AND HORN WOULD NOT STOP FLASHING AND BEEPING THE DEALER…

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188.8%
ODI 10093901 · 18,000 mi

ALL GAUGES, WARNING LIGHTS,RADIO, AND HEAT/AIR CONTROLS START CHANGING ON THEIR OWN ,QUIT WORKING AND DON'T WORK PROPERLY WHILE DRIVING. AT TIMES IT SMELLS LIKE SOMETHING IS BURNING. DEALER HAVE REPLACED ALOT OF WARNING SENSORS, REPLACED INSTRUMENT CLUSTER TWICE, FUEL SENDING UNIT,CHECKED ALL THE MAIN GROUND POINTS OF WIRING. DEALER HAS THE OLD PARTS. I'M STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS THEY ARE STILL NOT FIXED. *NM

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2917.6%
ODI 10067070 · 6,000 mi

WHEN THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP, THE VEHICLE HESITATED INTERMITTENTLY. *AK THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW ALTERNATOR, RADIO SYSTEM (CD WOULD OVER HEAT). *SC *JB

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912.7%
ODI 10261578

HI, I AM JUST WONDERING IF THERE IS A RECALL ON 2005 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE ON 92,000KMS FOR A SPEEDOMETER CLUSTER. *TR

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00.0%

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236.1%
ODI 10298387 · 60,000 mi

IN APR 2009 I TOOK MY 2007 CHEVY AVALANCHE IN FOR SERVICING. THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT WAS ON AND I HAD RECALL #0848 PERFORMED. THIS RECALL WAS TO INSTALL A WIRE HARNESS (HEATED WASHER FLUID MODULE SHORTCIRCUIT). THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND AN 02 SENSOR WAS REPLACED. APPROXIMATELY AUG/SEPT I HAD AN ODOR IN THE VEHICLE (SMELLED LIKE DIRTY FEET OR THE INTERIOR CARPET WAS WET FOR SOME TIME, WITHOUT PROPER VENTILATION TO DRY. HOWEVER, I THOUGHT THAT WAS ODD AS I WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE ANY LEAKS INSIDE THE CAB OF THE VEHICLE.) ON OR ABOUT OCT 2ND…

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218.1%
ODI 10315658 · 5,000 mi

2008 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. WINDSHIELD WASHER AND WIPER OCCASIONALLY COMES ON AND WASHES THE WINDSHIELD 3 TIMES. THERE IS NO WAY TO STOP IT. THE WIPER IS COMPLETELY OFF DURING THE 3 WASH CYCLES. MAY GO A MONTH BETWEEN INCIDENTS. THE CONSUMER HAS NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE REGARDING HIS COMPLAINT. UPDATED 03/22/10

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45.3%
ODI 10490354 · 88,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED, THEN AUTOMATICALLY RESTARTED INDEPENDENTLY. ALL OF THE WARNING LIGHTS IN THE VEHICLE ILLUMINATED AFTER THE FAILURE AND THE DOOR LOCKS BEGAN ERRATICALLY FUNCTIONING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH HOWEVER, WITHIN THAT MONTH THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE OR DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 88,000. THE CU…

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87.2%
ODI 10410067 · 8,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 80 TO 85 MPH, HE NOTICED THAT THE DOOR LOCKS BEGAN TO OPEN AND CLOSE, THE RPM'S REACHED 1,000, AND THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHIFTED INTO FIRST GEAR UNTIL IT DECREASED TO A NORMAL SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO ADVISED HIM THAT THEY WOULD REPLACE TWO MODULATORS. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, WITHIN AN HOUR OF LEAVING THE DEALER THE IDENTICAL FAILURE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ANOTHER DEALER WHO ADVISED HIM THAT THEY WERE UNA…

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21.6%
ODI 10681257

REFERENCE TO GM'S CAMPAIGN #14V827000. DEFECTIVE PART 14696/ REPLACEMENT PART 14912. THIS IS THE IGNITION SWITCH IN WHICH HAS CAUSED DEATHS, ETC. I WOULD LIKE TO GET THIS PROBLEM CORRECTED BEFORE INJURIES OCCUR. DUE TO THE MAGNITUDE OF GM'S RECALLS I AM AFRAID THE RECALL NOTICE WILL NOT BE ISSUED BEFORE CAUSING ME OR MY FAMILY BODILY INJURY. HOW CAN I GET THE DEALER TO REPLACE THE SWITCH ASAP? DEWEY BARBER CHEVROLET IS WITHIN 5 MILES OF MY HOME. I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE.

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12.8%
ODI 11351333

TRAILER BRAKE WARNING IS SHOWING ON DASH. NOTED THERE IS A RECALL BULLETIN #14515B ISSUED RELATING TO THIS ISSUE AND NOT SURE WHY MY SERIAL NUMBER IS NOT FOUND IN THIS RECALL?

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33.7%
ODI 11186382 · 98,000 mi

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT LIT. SHOWING CODES P069E AND P0614. THIS IS THE SAME SYMPTOM FROM RECALL# 14515 (FUEL PUMP CONTROL MODULE) DUE TO INTERNAL CORROSION. MY VIN# WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE CODE STARTED SHORTLY AFTER STARTING TO DRIVE THE CAR.

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Structure:Body
00.0%

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00.0%

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51.1%
ODI 10053133

DISCOLORATION OF CARGO COVERS AND BODY ARMER.

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21.0%
ODI 10111627 · 22,000 mi

WHEN IT RAINS THE MID GATE AREA BECOMES FULL OF WATER. THE WATER THEN ENTERS THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO RETRO-FITTED THE MID GATE AREA. AFTER THE DEALER SERVICED IT THE WATER CAME INTO BOTH SIDES OF THE VEHICLE. MANUFACTURER OFFERED NO SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM.*AK

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10.6%
ODI 10716593 · 91,000 mi

MY HUSBAND, 3 YEAR OLD, ANY MYSELF WERE DRIVING BACK FROM A DOCTOR APPOINTMENT WHEN WE HAD TO MAKE A SUDDEN STOP BECAUSE OF A DRIVER 2 CARS AHEAD OF US THAT QUICKLY APPLIED BRAKES TO MAKE A QUICK RIGHT HAND TURN. THE DRIVER IN FRONT OF US IN TURN HAD TO APPLY HIS BREAKS ON AND WHEN MY HUSBAND APPLIED THE BRAKES ON OUR 2004 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE THERE WERE NO BRAKES!! OUR 3 YEAR OLD WAS ASLEEP IN THE BACKSEAT!! WE HIT HIM OF COURSE BECAUSE WE COULD NOT STOP (GOING DOWNHILL ON A BUSY HIGHWAY) WE ENDED UP HAVING TO COAST UP THE HILL IN THE MIDDLE O…

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00.0%

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19.1%
ODI 10663839 · 142,000 mi

I HIT SOMEONE IN THE BACK OF HIS CAR AND DID A LOT OF DAMAGE ON MY TRUCK AND MY AIR BAGS DID NOT OPEN. THE REPAIR SHOP ALSO ? WHY. THE FRONT OF MY TRUCK WAS PUSHED BACK APPROX. 6 TO 10 INCHES. *TR

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338.8%
ODI 10447899 · 58,000 mi

EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLE BROKE OFF IN HAND. FIRST THE REAR DOOR, AND NOW ALL DOORS WITHIN A TWO YEAR TIME FRAME. I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS RELATED TO THE HEAT IN FLORIDA AS THE OTHER RECALL ON THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES HAS BEEN PERFORMED DUE TO SEPARATION OF THE CHROME. EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLE BREAKAGE CAUSES A RISK FROM CUTS AND ABRASIONS, AND ALSO THE POSSIBILITY OF FALLING DUE TO EXPECTING THE HANDLE TO STAY IN PLACE AND NOT BREAK SO EASILY. THIS ALSO MAKES THE VEHICLE A TARGET FOR THEFT, AS ALL THAT IS REQUIRED FOR A BREAK IN IS A HARD PULL AND A S…

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3112.0%
ODI 10435552 · 12,500 mi

ELECTRONIC DOOR LOCKS HAVE FAILED ON THREE OF THE 4 DOORS ON THIS CAR. THE NEITHER THE KEY FOB OR THE DOOR MOUNTED LOCKING SWITCH WILL TOGGLE THEM BETWEEN LOCKED AND UNLOCKED POSITION. YOU CAN HEAR THE ACTUATOR TRYING TO WORK BUT THEIR IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE LINKAGE PREVENTING THIS. THIS IS A MAJOR IN CONVENIENCE, AS WELL AS A POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD. *TR

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45.3%
ODI 10713530 · 45,000 mi

PLATING ON HANDLES IS FLAKING OFF AND IS VERY SHARP CUTTING THE FINGERS SOME WERE DEEP. *TR

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1210.8%
ODI 10762693 · 84,800 mi

THE DASHBOARD IS CRACKING FOR NO APPARENT REASON. ONE CRACK NEAR THE AIRBAG ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, THE SECOND ONE IS DIRECTLY ABOVE THE SPEEDOMETER AND GAGES.

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1612.6%
ODI 10554806 · 29,000 mi

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, HE NOTICED THAT THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD WAS CONSTANTLY VIBRATING. IN ADDITION, A CRACK WAS VISIBLE ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE DASHBOARD NEAR THE AIR BAG HOUSING AREA. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 29,000.

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25.6%
ODI 10499577 · 3,400 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT PRECIPITATION WAS ENTERING THE VEHICLE AND SATURATING THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR BOARD. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE DOOR WAS RETAINING WATER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,400. UPDATED 4/24/13 *CN UPDATED 06/3/2013 *JS

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1417.1%
ODI 11021529 · 72,000 mi

TAKATA RECALL: 2013 CHEVY AVALANCHE LTZ CRACKING AND SEPARATING DASHBOARD ALONG WITH RATTLING AROUND THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG HOUSING. SAFETY HAZARD !!

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Structure
00.0%

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00.0%

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143.2%
ODI 10010162

FRONT WINDSHIELD MAKE A FLUTTERING NOISE AT SPEEDS GREATER THEN 55 MPH. TOOK MOTOR VEHICLE TO DEALER 8 MONTHS AGO THEY REPLACED THE MOLDING AND THEY WERE FINE TO ABOUT A MONTH AGO. NOW THEY SAY THEY DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO ROAD TEST IT THAT THEY CAN DO 55 MPH. *NLM

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21.0%
ODI 10107254

THE REAR PASSENGER STEP USED FOR ASSISTANCE NEAR THE BUMPER BROKE UNEXPECTEDLY, CAUSING INJURY TO THE DRIVER. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BY OWNER.*AK

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10.6%
ODI 10402351

MY 2004 MODEL AT 70 MPH THE FRONT RIGHT WHEEL ACT LIKE A BASKETBALL AFTER HITTING A HOLE, I CROSS THE LANE INTO THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC, OR THE LEFT LANE ON AN INTERSTATE ETC. THERE IS NO CONTROL UNTIL I SLOW DOWN. THE DEALER SHIP HERE SAYS THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF IT BEFORE. SO I ASK - WHAT DID THEY DO TO MY 2000 MODEL WHEN IT DID THE SAME THING 4 YEARS AGO ? *TR

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34.2%
ODI 10142113

2005 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE HEADLIGHT WAS LOOSE AND FELL OUT WHILE WASHING THE VEHICLE. WHEN DRIVING THE DRIVE TRAIN MAKES A CLANKING NOISE. ***NO ANSWER REQUIRED*** *TS AFTER A THUNDERSTORM, THE NEXT MORNING, THE CONSUMER FOUND THAT WATER HAD SATURATED IN THE TAILGATE AREA. *SC

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00.0%

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359.3%
ODI 10253285

MY 2007 AVALANCHE DEMONSTRATES A POPPING AND CREAKING NOISE FROM THE FRONT END WHILE IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE AND TURNING A SHARP CORNER. THIS NOISE IS ACCOMPANIED BY A FELT BINDING IN THE STEERING WHEEL AND A FEELING OF A LOSS OF POWER. *TR

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114.3%
ODI 10547579 · 48,003 mi

DASHBOARD CRACKED AGAINST PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG. THIS APPEARS TO BE A KNOWN ISSUE WITH GM THAT THEY REFUSE TO CORRECT. BECAUSE OF THIS CRACK/DEFORMITY WILL THE AIRBAG DEPLOY CORRECTLY, OR WILL THAT PIECE OF PLASTIC BECOME A PROJECTILE? *TR

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22.6%
ODI 10537980 · 69,000 mi

THE DASH ON MY 2009 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE HAS CRACKED IN TWO PLACES. ONE OVER THE GAUGE CLUSTER AND ONE CRACK OVER THE PASSENGER AIR BAG. THIS PROBLEM HAS AFFECTED MORE 2007 + SILVERADOS, TAHOES, AVALANCHES , ESCALADES AND MORE. IF THE PASSENGER AIR BAG DEPLOYS WITH THE BROKEN DASH, IT WILL SEND PLASTIC SHARDS FLYING THROUGH THE CABIN.GM SHOULD RECALL THE DEFECTIVE DASH AND REPLACE THEM. *TT

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43.6%
ODI 10556099 · 44,000 mi

THE DASH IS CRACKED AROUND THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG. UPON CHECKING THE INTERNET I FOUND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON CHEVROLET TRUCKS. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE AIR BAG MAY BE COMPROMISED IN THE EVENT OF THE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. IT MAY BE POSSIBLE THAT PIECES OF THE AIRBAG COULD BREAK OFF AND STRIKE THE OCCUPANT IN THE PASSENGER SEAT OR IT MAY DEFLECT THE AIR BAG ALTOGETHER. CHEVROLET IS NOT TAKING THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR FIXING THIS EVEN THOUGH IT IS NOT A PART THAT WOULD RECEIVE WEAR AND TEAR AND IT IS JUST AN OBVI…

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53.9%
ODI 10631217 · 31,000 mi

DASH HAS STARTED CRACKING EVERYWHERE. AROUND THE PASSENGER AIRBAG THERE ARE CRACKS IN THE HARD PLASTIC DASH, AFRAID IF THE AIRBAG WERE TO DEPLOY THAT IT WOULD SEND SMALL PIECES OF CRACKED HARD PLASTIC AS PROJECTILES. DASH IS ALSO CRACKED AROUND IN DASH SPEAKER, AND BEHIND INSTRUMENT PANEL.

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00.0%

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33.7%
ODI 11023109

2013 GM AVALANCHE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO DASH CRACKS/DAMAGE AROUND AIRBAG AREA. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE DASHBOARD HAD TWO CRACKS. THE CONSUMERS BELIEVES THIS COULD AFFECT THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYING. UPDATED 09/11/2017*JS

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Engine
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00.0%

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30.7%
ODI 10537344 · 145,921 mi

EXHAUST LEAK IN THE ENGINE FOUND MANIFOLD BOLTS WERE BROKE. *TR

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21.0%
ODI 10566066 · 200,000 mi

FOR THE LAST YEAR OR SO MY 2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE HAS HAD AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM OF THROTTLING DOWN WHEN I HIT ABOUT 60 MPH. THE ERROR WORDS POP UP OF "REDUCED ENGINE POWER" AND I HAVE TO PULL OVER (AFTER NEGOTIATING HIGHWAY TRAFFIC TO GET TO SHOULDER WITH NO POWER) AND TURN ENGINE OFF AND LET IT SIT FOR A FEW MINUTES BEFORE STARTING IT. SOMETIMES IT DOES IT MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE FIRST HOUR OF DRIVING. SEEMS TO DO IT MORE WHEN THE WEATHER IS COLDER THAN WHEN HOT. *TR

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10.6%
ODI 10644138 · 136,000 mi

VEHICLE STARTED EXPERIENCING A GRADUAL COOLANT LOSS, FOUND OUT VEHICLE HAS A MANUFACTURED FAULTY CYLINDER HEAD(S) FROM CASTECH. WILL COST $$$$ TO REPAIR. GM WILL NOT ADDRESS THE PROBLEM EXCEPT WITH GM #06-06-01-019B INFORMATION ON GRADUAL COOLANT LOSS OVER TIME WITH NO EVIDENCE OF LEAK FOUND, (JUNE 12, 2007). *TR

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34.2%
ODI 10491661 · 96,316 mi

ON 12/22/12 @ 5PM- SHORTLY AFTER ENTERING ONTO THE FREEWAY, I STARTED LOSING POWER. I DIDN'T GET HIGHER THAN 50 MPH BEFORE THE RPM STARTED INCREASING & MY SPEED STARTED DECREASING. I GOT OFF THE FREEWAY, AT THE FIRST EXIT, APPROXIMATELY 2MINS AFTER THE BEGINNING OF THE LOSS OF POWER. FOUND A MECHANIC THAT WAS JUST CLOSING HIS SHOP & ASKED HIM TO GIVE A QUICK CHECK TOO SEE IF I COULD CONTINUE MY DRIVE HOME, 32MINS AWAY. THE MECHANIC CHECKED UNDER THE HOOD & UNDER THE BOTTOM & GUESSTIMATED THE PROBLEM TO BE THE FLYWHEEL. THE MECHANIC ALSO RECOMM…

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19.1%
ODI 10458076 · 75,200 mi

WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A STOP IT FEELS LIKE I AM BEING BUMPED FROM BEHIND, OR LIKE THE ENGINE JUST DROPPED OUT OF THE VEHICLE. VERY HARD SHIFTING BETWEEN 1ST, 2ND AND 3RD WHEN VEHICLE HAS BEEN DRIVEN ABOUT 50 MILES CONSECUTIVE. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON BUT WILL GO OFF INTERMITTENTLY. *TR

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246.4%
ODI 10462010 · 72,266 mi

DATE OF CURRENT INCIDENTS: 1/3/11; 1/4/11; 7/28/11; 8/23/11; 9/07/11; 12/9/11; 12/16/11; 6/4/12; 6/10/12 AND 6/11/12 AND 6/L7/12. THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON; ENGINE REDUCE POWER LIGHT, STABILIZER TRACT LIGHT COMES ON PLUS OIL LIGHT AND OTHER LIGHTS. I HAVE HAD IT IN THE SHOP TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHY MY AVALANCHE KEEPS BREAKING DOWN. AND I WAS TOLD THAT THEY CAN NOT FIND A PROBLEM. I WAS NEVER INFORMED THAT THEY HAVE HAD PROBEMS WITH THE WIRING. IN DECEMBER 2011 MY AVALANCHE SHUT ITSELF OFF DURING A SNOW STORM. EVENTUALLY, IT STARTED BU…

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155.8%
ODI 10584804

THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH MOISTURE. FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED IN SNOW. TRAVELING AROUND 55 MPH WHEN I HIT A PATCH OF SNOW ON THE ROAD AND THE TRUCK STALLED. AT THAT TIME, I ALSO LOST STEERING ABILITY AND BRAKING ABILITY. TRUCK WOULD NOT START. TOWED TO MECHANIC. REAL ISSUE NEVER FOUND. BASICALLY DRIED OUT AND STARTED AGAIN (2) DAYS. SECOND INCIDENT HAPPENED DURING RAIN. WENT THROUGH A SMALL PUDDLE AT 40 MPH AND HAD THE SAME ISSUE. TOWED AGAIN AND STARTED RIGHT UP THE NEXT DAY. THIRD INCIDENT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT, APRIL 25, 2013 WHILE DRIVING HOME I…

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11.3%
ODI 10572811 · 47,000 mi

ESPECIALLY WHEN IGNITION KEY SWITCH IS ENGAGED IT WILL STICK AND CAUSE THE STARTING MOTOR TO REMAIN ENGAGED REQUIRING TURNING THE SWITCH BACK TO OFF POSITION THEN TRYING TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. BEING CAREFUL NOT TO HOLD THE IGNITION SWITCH KEY IN THE POSITION NECESSARY TO ENGAGE THE STARTER ANY LONGER THAN ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO HEAR THE ENGINE FIRE THEN RETURNING THE KEY POSITION TO THE RUN POSITION SEEMS TO PREVENT THE PROBLEM. *TR

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65.4%
ODI 10569459 · 100,000 mi

AFTER I PURCHASE THE CAR BRAND NEW IN 2010 UNDER MY BROTHER IN LAW'S NAME, I HAVE PROBABLY FIX THE CAR 5 TIMES FOR ENGINE POWER REDUCE, STABILITRAK AND ALL EVERY SERVICE LIGHTS AT THE DEALER BUT IT HAD HAPPEN AGAIN ON HIGHWAY AGAIN YESTERDAY, SAW THAT GM RECALL CAR ON FEB 13 FOR FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH FOR LOSING POWER AND ITS HAPPENING TO CHEVY AVALANCHE TOO. ONE WORST CASE WAS IN 2011 DRIVING TO MARYLAND AT 12 MIDNIGHT ON HIGHWAY THE SPEED DROPPED TO 30MPH. TOOK IT TO DEALER NEXT DAY BUT IT SEAMS I LOSS POWER EVERY YEAR AND HAVE TO FIX IT EVE…

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97.1%
ODI 10543618 · 50,146 mi

I HAVE BEGAN TO NOTICE WHEN SLOWING DOWN (FOOT OFF THE GAS AND COASTING WITH FOOT ON BRAKE, OR BRAKE APPLIED) AT ANY AREA WHERE MY SPEED DECREASES TO LESS THAN 15 MPH THAT MY AVALANCHE WILL SEEM TO SORT OF LUNGE FORWARD. THE FIRST TIME I EXPERIENCED THIS I BELIEVED IT WAS RELATED TO ME AND IGNORED IT. THE NEXT COUPLE OF TIMES I EXPERIENCED THIS I THOUGHT THERE MAY BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE GAS OR ENGINE. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH SEVERAL OTHER OWNERS (WHO OWN THE SAME YEAR MODEL AVALANCHE AND SUBURBAN - THE SUBURBAN AND AVALANCHE ARE MADE FROM THE…

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38.3%
ODI 10564580 · 29,000 mi

THE ENGINE FAILS TO START SOME TIMES, THIS HAPPEN 2 TO 3 TIME A MONTH THE ENGINE CRANK OK VOLT ON BATTERY DROPS TO 10.5 VOLTS, INSTALLED NEW BATTERY, NO HELP. AFTER SETTING FOR 15 TO 20 MIN. IT WILL START, NO CHECK ENG. LITE NO CODE SET IN COMPUTER. CHEV DEALER SAID CANNOT HELP UNLESS IT HAPPEN AT THE DEALERSHIP.I CANNOT CHECK FOR SPARK BECAUSE THE SPARK PLUG ARE OUT OF SIGHT, THE FUEL PUMP RUNS OK. I NEED HELP. *TR

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44.9%
ODI 11118318 · 110,000 mi

STABILITRAK AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS KEEP COMING ON AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. LOSES POWER AND STABILITY WHILE GOING UPHILL OR ACCELERATING. GM SERVICE OUT OF WARRANTY. LOOKED AT POSSIBLE RECALLS NONE AVAILABLE. NOTICED ALOT OF ISSUES REGARDING 5.3 V8 FROM 2010 TO 2013 GM MODELS. EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION ALSO. DO I JUST PAY FOR A NEW ENGINE OR IS ANYONE DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THIS OVERSIGHT BY GM? THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS BUT NO ACCOUNTABILITY.

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Service Brakes, Hydraulic
00.0%

No examples available for this selection.

00.0%

No examples available for this selection.

378.3%
ODI 10000328 · 24,042 mi

BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR WHEN APPLYING BRAKES TO COME TO A STOP. THIS HAS HAPPENED FIVE (5) TIMES. TS

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167.8%
ODI 10066001 · 40 mi

DURING A PANIC STOP/HARD BRAKE, BRAKING IS INSUFFICIANT. WITH MULTIPLE HARD BRAKES IN A ROW, BRAKING POWER IS REGAINED, THOUGH RETURN TO PREVIOUS STATE OCCURS WHEN VEHICLE IS NOT DRIVEN FOR APPROXIMATELY 6-12+ HOURS.*AK

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106.1%
ODI 10241413 · 69,124 mi

I HAVE PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKE SYSTEM, AND THE TRANSMISSION FLUID CAME OUT FROM THE FROM FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. I TOOK IT TO THE CHEVY DEALER, BUT I WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION CLUTCH WAS BURNED OUT, MAYBE IT AN DEFECTED TRANSMISSION OR RECALL, IM NOT SURE, BUT I DO KNOW THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND THE BRAKE SYSTEM ARE NOT IN SAFE CONDITIONS, NOR WORKABLE. NOT TO MENTION THE CRACKING NOISE IN THE FRONT OF THE SUSPENSION, WHILE TURNING. *TR

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22.8%
ODI 10417434 · 30,340 mi

SUDDEN BRAKE FAILURE DUE TO OVERWHELMING RUSTED BRAKE LINES ,ROTORS,AND CALIPER BOLTS

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00.0%

No examples available for this selection.

20.5%
ODI 10330493 · 89,134 mi

OWN A 2007 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 5.3L FLEX FUEL V8 4X4. RECENTLY WHEN STARTING IT, IT TURNED OVER LONGER THAN NORMAL, AND THEN STARTED WITH RPM GAUGE STILL AT 0 RPM'S. THEN PUT IN REVERSE, AND IT SAID STABILITRACK IS OFF AND NEEDS SERVICING SOON. TRUCK STARTED MOVING BACKWARDS, AND THEN SEEMED AS IF THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, WHEELS SIMPLY WOULD NOT MOVE BACKWARDS. TRIED TO MOVIE IT BACK AND FORTH SEVERAL TIMES. THOUGHT BRAKES WERE APPLIED OR TRANSFER CASE OR AXLE OR DIFFERENTIAL HAD ISSUES. THEN STARTED IT AGAIN 3 MINUTES LATER AND EVERYTHING WORK…

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00.0%

No examples available for this selection.

00.0%

No examples available for this selection.

00.0%

No examples available for this selection.

00.0%

No examples available for this selection.

00.0%

No examples available for this selection.

00.0%

No examples available for this selection.

Darker cells indicate a larger share of submitted complaints. Components overlap. This measures complaint composition, not failure probability.

Failure mileage by component

Median and middle 50% of usable owner-reported mileages. Ranges require at least five records.

Component failure mileage distribution
ComponentMileage range (25th–75th percentile)MedianUsable recordsExamples
Service Brakes93,000–140,150 mi110,000 mi51
ODI 10459765 · 210,500 mi

BRAKE PEDAL SUDDENLY WENT TO THE FLOOR. RESULTED IN CRASHING INTO CAR STOPPED AHEAD. *TR

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ODI 10463572 · 99,000 mi

ATTEMPTED TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN. THE BRAKES WERE WORKING UNTIL I HAD SLOWED TO ABOUT 5 MPH. THEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME HAD ALREADY STARTED MOVING FORWARD SO NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED. *TR

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ODI 10470545 · 154,200 mi

REAR BRAKE LINE HAD COMPLETELY RUSTED AND CAUSED BRAKE LINE TO RUPTURE. CAUSING NO BRAKES AND HAD TO PUT TRUCK IN DITCH TO STOP VEHICLE. RUSTED LINE WAS ABOVE FRAME RAIL JUST ABOVE LEFT REAR TIRE. FOUND OTHER AREA WHERE LINE WAS RUSTED SEVERELY. *TR

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Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip35,034–69,862 mi52,000 mi35
ODI 10013889 · 21,470 mi

2ND TIME ABS FAILED, THE PEDAL HIT THE FLOOR WHILE BRAKING WHICH CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THE FIRST TIME WAS AUGUST 2002 AND THE LAST ONE WAS MARCH 31ST 2003. EACH TIME DAMAGE WAS EXTENSIVE AND THE DEALER FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE ABS

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ODI 10032963 · 32,000 mi

FRONT BRAKES RATTLE WHEN GOING OVER POT HOLES AND SPEED BUMPS AT ANY SPEED. RATTLE GOES AWAY WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES. 2 DEALERS STATED THAT ONLY OEM CHEVROLET PADS CAN BE USED WHEN DOING A BREAK JOB ON THE FRONT/REAR BRAKES. SHOP THAT DID 2 BRAKE JOBS IN 48000 MILES STATED THAT FRONT AND REAR BRAKE WEAR WAS "UNUSUALY HIGH" FOR MANUFACTURER PARTS AND INSTALLED AFTERMARKET "LIFETIME" BRAKES. WHILE THE SHOP (THANKFULLY) WILL RETIGHTEN THE BREAKS AT NO COST AS NEEDED, I THINK THIS IS NOT A GOOD ANSWER TO THE PRPBLEM.*AK

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ODI 10096137 · 33,067 mi

WHILE DRIVING ON WET PAVEMENT AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, I ATTEMPTED TO SLOW MY VEHICLE AS I APPROACHED AN AREA OF FLOWING WATER. I APPLIED THE BRAKES AS I NORMALLY WOULD. THE VEHICLE DID NOT SLOW UP, INSTEAD, THE BACK END BEGAN TO BREAK LOOSE AND SPIN AROUND. THE VEHICLE SPUN AROUND TWICE AND CAME TO REST AGAINST A UTILITY POLE. THE ABS BRAKES OBVOIUSLY DID NOT PERFORM AS THEY SHOULD HAVE. INSTEAD OF SLOWING THE VEHICLE, THEY CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO GO INTO THE UNCONTROLLABLE SPINOUT.

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Service Brakes, Hydraulic24,982–115,750 mi82,343 mi34
ODI 10000328 · 24,042 mi

BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR WHEN APPLYING BRAKES TO COME TO A STOP. THIS HAS HAPPENED FIVE (5) TIMES. TS

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ODI 10012335 · 18,334 mi

THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A ROLLOVER ACCIDENT IN WHICH THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER THREE TIMES YET NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *NLM THE CONSUMER'S WIFE APPLIED THE BRAKES BUT NOTHING HAPPENED, AND STEERED TO THE RIGHT OF THE ROAD TO AVOID HITTING OTHER VEHICLES. SCC

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ODI 10016527 · 20,000 mi

SIMILAR TO COMPLAINT ODI 766153. THIS OCCURRED , TWICE THIS YEAR, INITIALLY 1/10/03, BRAKES DRUMS AND ROTORS IN REAR WERE SEVERELY WORN. 2ND DATE SHOWN BELOW. OUTSIDE RIM ALSO BECAME BROWN AND CORRODED. DEALER REPAIRED AND REPLACED DUE TO 3/36 WARRANTY. *NLM

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Structure:Body:Tailgate:Hinge And Attachments27,365–54,783 mi42,500 mi20
ODI 10049228 · 27,500 mi

THE TAILGATE CABLES SNAPPED ON MY 2002 AVALANCHE. THE FAILURE POINTS ON THE CABLES WERE RUSTED AND CORRODED. *NLM

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ODI 10051215 · 55,173 mi

TAILGATE CABLE SNAPPED ON A 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE WHILE LOADING ATV. CABLES SNAPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CABLE AND NOT AT ENDS. I WAS ASSURED BY SALES REPRESENTATIVE THAT THE TAILGATE CAN HANDLE THE WEIGHT OF AN ATV. THE THE TRUCK BED HAS AN ATV TREAD EMBEDDED INTO THE MAT TO ADD TRACTION WHILE LOADING AND UNLOADING. I BELIEVE THE CABLES NEED TO BE RECALLED AND CORRECTED BEFORE SOMEONE ELSE IS INJURED. I WAS QUOTED AN ESTIMATE OF $123.00 TO FIX. I WANT THE MANUFACTURER TO PAY FOR THE DAMAGE SINCE IT RESULTED IN A MANUFACTURING DEFECT.*AK

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ODI 10051417 · 38,000 mi

THE TAILGATE CABLES ON MY 2002 CHEVY AVALANCHE UNEXPEDEDLY BROKE WHILE A FRIEND AND I WERE UNLOADING A HOME GYM. BOTH CABLES SNAPPED IN THE MIDDLE AT THE SAME TIME. THIS RESULTED IN THE TAILGATE DROPPING AND MY FRIEND AND I ALMOST FALLING WITH THE HOME GYM ON TOP OF US. I SLIGHTLY STRAINED MY BACK BUT WE HAD NO SIGNIFICANT INJURY. LUCKILY WE HAVE GOOD BALANCE.

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Parking Brake10,500–43,517 mi24,675 mi22
ODI 10010131 · 6,500 mi

PARKING/EMERGENCY BRAKE HAS FAILED 3 TIMES (PEDAL IS SOFT, GOES TO FLOOR, WILL NOT HOLD VEHICLE). HAS BEEN REPAIRED BY DEALERSHIP TWICE, THE SECOND TIME WITH SUPPOSEDLY UPGRADED PARTS. COMPLAINT PENDING WITH A.G.'S OFFICE. 8NLM

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ODI 10041308 · 1 mi

MY 2002 AVALANCHE FAILED THE STATE INSPECTION BECAUSE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WOULD NOT HOLD. I NEVER USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND THE INSPECTOR SAID THE MAJORITY OF THE AVALALACHE'S THAT HE CHECKED HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. *LA

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ODI 10049291 · 8,831 mi

AT 8000 MILES, WE BROUGHT OUR TRUCK IN FOR SQUEAKING AND GRINDING BRAKES. THE RIGHT REAR BRAKE WAS METAL TO METAL, THE CALIPER BOOTS WERE CRACKED AND TORN, THE LEFT SIDE WAS ALMOST METAL TO METAL AND THE RIGHT ROTOR WAS WORN DOWN. WE WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND COMPLAINED. STEWART DEALERSHIP IN COLMA, CA INSPECTED IT, AGREED THAT IT WAS UNDER OUR EXTENDED WARRANTY. LESS THAN 8000 MILES LATER WE BROUGHT IN OUR AVALANCHE & THE REAR BRAKES & EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS METAL TO METAL AND THE FRONT BRAKES ARE 50%. WE TOOK THE TRUCK BACK TO STEWART WHO DID…

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Engine And Engine Cooling25,556–58,165 mi39,000 mi12
ODI 10001053 · 28,366 mi

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN MAKING RIGHT TURNS THE VEHICLE STALLS RESULTING IN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL AND BRAKES. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT BUT BECOMING MORE FREQUENT. TS

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ODI 10046811 · 51,000 mi

2002 CHEVY AVALANCHE, 5.3L ENGINE SEIZED UP ON ME AS I WAS DRIVING AND COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT AS I LOST POWER. I'M NOT GETTING ANY SATISFACTION FROM GM OR THE DEALER AS TO WHY THIS HAPPENED. I JUST WANT A NEW ENGINE. CAN YOU HELP?

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ODI 10066436 · 13,000 mi

MY MAIN COMPLAINT IS THAT I TRAVELED TO TEXAS IN DECEMBER AND I HAD JUST HAD AN OIL CHANGE. DURING THE TRIP I CHECKED THE OIL AND NOTICED THAT THE OIL WAS DOWN ABOUT 2 QUARTS OR MORE. WHEN I RETURNED I TOOK IT TO A GMC DEALER WHERE I HAD THE OIL CHANGED BEFORE I WENT ON THE TRIP, AND I WAS TOLD THAT IT HAD BURNED 3 QUARTS ON THE TRIP. I WAS ADVISED TO TAKE IT BACK TO A CHEVROLET DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT IT. I TOOK IT TO THE CHEVROLET DEALER AND THERE I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS "NORMAL" FOR IT TO HAVE AN OIL CONSUMPTION OF UP TO A QUART OR MORE IN 1…

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Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Foundation Components:Disc:Rotor21,750–38,232 mi29,615 mi12
ODI 10080936 · 22,136 mi

1. BRAKES AGAIN... NOISE AND VIBRATION... 2. NOISE FROM SUSPENSION RETURNED VEHICLE TO UNIVERSITY MOTORS 1. FRONT BRAKE ROTORS CORRODED WITH A SLIGHT LIP, REPLACED ROTORS AND PADS... 2. THEY SAID COULDN'T FIND WHERE NOISE COMING FROM, MAY HAVE BEEN FROM BRAKES...(TOLD THEM NO, THIS IS THE SAME NOISE SINCE 10790 MILES). *LA

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ODI 10080944 · 10,790 mi

1.BRAKES--PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR...THIS HAS HAPPENED 5 DIFFERENT TIMES 2.BRAKES--HAS BEEN RETURNED AT LEAST 10 TIMES FOR BRAKE- ROTOR PROBLEMS 3.SUSPENSION NOISE--HAS BEEN RETURNED AT LEAST 10 TIMES FOR NOISE 4.OIL LIGHTS--HAS BEEN RETURNED 3 TIMES FOR OIL CONSUMPTION--LEAKS 5.ELECTRICAL--HAS BEEN RETURNED TO REPLACE ELECTRIC MOTOR FOR WINDOWS 6.ELECTRICAL-- LOCKS-CLICK AND CLICK AND KEEP CAUSING, AND THE HORN---BEEPS NON STOP THIS ALL WHILE DRIVING 7.VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND LIGHT AND HORN WOULD NOT STOP FLASHING AND BEEPING THE DEALER…

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ODI 10105723 · 29,879 mi

2002 CHEV AVALANCHE FAILED NYS INSPECTION ALL BRAKES HAD TO BE REPLACED I HAVE ONLY 29879 MILES I THINK THIS IS VERY EXCESSIVE THE VEHICLE HAS NEVER TOWED OR PLOWED I USE IT FOR CAMPING AND OTHER VACATIONING REPLACED WERE THE FOLLOWING FRONT BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS/ REAR BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS/ REAR E BRAKE SHOES, ALL PARTS WERE REPLACED BECAUSE OF MAJOR RUSTING OF ALL IRON OLD PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. I WAS TOLD BY INSPECTION STATION THIS IS HAPPENING ALOT . *AK

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Structure36,500–73,836 mi66,000 mi7
ODI 10012312 · 284 mi

WATER HAS LEAKED INSIDE THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT SINCE PURCHASED. THE DEALER HAS ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM FOR OVER A YEAR. THE MANUFACTURERS LEGAL DEPARTMENT RECENTLY ADVISED THE CONSUMER THAT THEY WILL MAKE NO FURTHER REPAIR ATTEMPTS AND THAT THE LEAK IS DEEMED REASONABLE/ACCEPTABLE. *NLM *CB *JB

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ODI 10039018 · 30,000 mi

BED OF TRUCK IS LEAKING EVERYTHING GETS WET. IT IS ALSO LEAKING INTO THE CAB OF TRUCK> THIS WAS A CONCERN WHEN I PURCHASED IT AND WAS ASSURED THERE WOULD NOT EVER BE A PROBLEM. HAVE HAD IT TO DEALER HERE 2 TIMES AND STILL LEAKING. HAVE WHOOPING SOUND FROM SUN ROOF IN OPEN POSITION, IF I HOLD UP ON IT, IT STOPS. THIS I WAS TOLD COULD NOT BE FIXED. SPRINGS ARE JUST TOO WEAK. *JB

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ODI 10106206 · 43,000 mi

WATER LEAK DISCOVERED AGAIN FOR THE FIFTH TIME. DEALER HAS REPLACED CARPET AND PAD ON PREVIOUS REPAIRS AND NEW SEALS WERE INSTALLED. WAS DRY FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS. CARPET UNDER BACK SEAT IS SOAKING WET AGAIN. I AM EXTREMELY TIRED OF THIS MALFUNCTION IN DESIGN, CAUSING SUCH ISSUES. THE BED STAYS MOSTLY DRY, AND HONESTLY I NEVER EXPECTED THE BED TO BE DRY 100% OF THE TIME. HOWEVER THE INTERIOR OF THE TRUCK SHOULD NOT BE WET UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. DEALER HAS EXPLAINED HOW THE KEEP THE DRAIN CHANNELS CLEAR AND IT DOES NOT HELP AT ALL.*AK

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Complaint and recall timeline

Explore monthly filing activity alongside recall announcements. Up to ten years of monthly history is available.

1 reports2024-102026-09

Solid line: filed complaints. Dashed amber lines: recall announcement dates for this vehicle selection; markers include all recall components. The latest month is partial. Temporal proximity does not establish causation.

Monthly counts, recall campaigns and complaint examples
Monthly complaint and recall timeline
MonthComplaintsCampaigns announcedExamples
2024-100None

No examples available for this selection.

2024-110None

No examples available for this selection.

2024-120None

No examples available for this selection.

2025-010None

No examples available for this selection.

2025-020None

No examples available for this selection.

2025-030None

No examples available for this selection.

2025-040None

No examples available for this selection.

2025-050None

No examples available for this selection.

2025-060None

No examples available for this selection.

2025-070None

No examples available for this selection.

2025-080None

No examples available for this selection.

2025-090None

No examples available for this selection.

2025-100None

No examples available for this selection.

2025-110None

No examples available for this selection.

2025-120None

No examples available for this selection.

2026-010None

No examples available for this selection.

2026-020None

No examples available for this selection.

2026-030None

No examples available for this selection.

2026-040None

No examples available for this selection.

2026-050None

No examples available for this selection.

2026-060None

No examples available for this selection.

2026-070None

No examples available for this selection.

2026-080None

No examples available for this selection.

2026-09 (partial)0None

No examples available for this selection.

Emerging complaint spikes

Complete months in the latest six months with at least 10 complaints, at least twice the preceding 12-month average, and at least three square-root deviations above that average.

This is a descriptive screening rule, not a statistical defect finding. Publicity and reporting changes can increase submissions.

No complete months meet the spike thresholds for this selection.

Equal-age model-year comparison

Model-wide cumulative reports during the first three or five calendar years, starting with the model year (age 0). Only fully elapsed windows are compared.

Age 0Age 1Age 28 reports

2012: 8 complaints · 2013: 4 complaints

Equal observation windows
Model yearThrough age 0Through age 1Through age 2
2012358
2013234
Date coverage across each selected cohort
Date basis for all complaints in selected model years
YearIncident dates usedFiling date fallbacksExcluded dates
20123501
20138002

Incident date is preferred when valid and no later than filing; otherwise filing date is used. Model year approximates age. Equal observation time does not adjust for sales, distance driven or reporting delays. One complaint linked to multiple model years can appear in each cohort.

Components reported together

Each cell counts unique complaints naming both components. Open a nonzero cell for examples.

Component co-occurrence matrix
ComponentService BrakesService Brakes, Hydraulic:Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited SlipService Brakes, HydraulicStructure:Body:Tailgate:Hinge And AttachmentsParking BrakeEngine And Engine CoolingService Brakes, Hydraulic:Foundation Components:Disc:RotorStructure
Service Brakes—0
1
ODI 10568534 · 180,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE ABS ENGAGED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THERE WAS A RECALL RELATED TO THE FAILURE UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V379000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC) AND THE CONTACT'S VIN WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL HOWEVER, THE CONTACT'S STATE WAS NOT MENTIONED AS ONE OF THE SALT BELT STATES THAT WERE ELIGIBLE FOR REPAIRS UNDER THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE…

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00000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic:Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip0—00
2
ODI 10140076 · 37,000 mi

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 AVALANCHE SPECIAL EDITION. AT 37,000 MILES HE HEARD THE BRAKES RUBBING. HE NOTICED THE INSIDE OF THE REAR BRAKES WORE OUT, NOT ON THE OUTSIDE. THE CONTACT STATED ABOUT ONE YEAR AGO HE HAD THE REAR BRAKES PADS REPLACED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WORE A GROOVE INSIDE THE REAR ROTORS. HE CALLED A DEALER, AND THE DEALER TOLD HIM TO BRING THE CAR IN SO THEY COULD LOOK AT IT. THE CONTACT DID NOT WANT TO TAKE THE CAR TO DEALER. HE TOOK THE ROTORS AND THE BRAKE SHOES OFF THE CAR AND TOOK THEM …

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ODI 10149544 · 15,000 mi

THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE BRAKE PROBLEMS... PARKING BRAKE DOES NOT WORK PROPER NOW OR WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS NEW. GM HAS CONTINUOUSLY DENIED THAT THIS WAS A DESIGN PROBLEM. IN ADDITION, THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES TAKE A LONG DISTANCE TO STOP. (SINCE REAR BRAKE PADS WEAR OUT MUCH QUICKER THAN FRONT PADS, IT APPEARS ANTI LOCK BRAKES ARE NOT APPLYING MUCH PRESSURE TO FRONT PADS). *JB

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0
2
ODI 10134890

ON 7/12/05, I HAD MY VEHICLE AT CHEVROLET 73 FOR THE BRAKES. AT THAT TIME THEY INFORMED ME I NEEDED BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS ALL THE WAY AROUND THE VEHICLE. THEY TOLD ME AND SHOWED ME THE "EXCESSIVE RUST" ON THE ROTORS. THE VEHICLE IS ONLY 3 YRS OLD AND ONLY HAD 35,000 MILES ON IT. I WAS UPSET THAT THEY GOT TO THAT POINT AND NOW IT WAS GOING TO COST ME $1000 TO REPLACE THEM. ALL MY SERVICE WAS PERFORMED AT THIS DEALER. AFTER I COMPLAINED THEY TOLD ME THEY WOULD CUT THE PRICE TO $360. THEY WANTED TO "CUT" THE BACK ROTORS REPLACE ALL THE PAD…

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ODI 10140076 · 37,000 mi

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 AVALANCHE SPECIAL EDITION. AT 37,000 MILES HE HEARD THE BRAKES RUBBING. HE NOTICED THE INSIDE OF THE REAR BRAKES WORE OUT, NOT ON THE OUTSIDE. THE CONTACT STATED ABOUT ONE YEAR AGO HE HAD THE REAR BRAKES PADS REPLACED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WORE A GROOVE INSIDE THE REAR ROTORS. HE CALLED A DEALER, AND THE DEALER TOLD HIM TO BRING THE CAR IN SO THEY COULD LOOK AT IT. THE CONTACT DID NOT WANT TO TAKE THE CAR TO DEALER. HE TOOK THE ROTORS AND THE BRAKE SHOES OFF THE CAR AND TOOK THEM …

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0
Service Brakes, Hydraulic
1
ODI 10568534 · 180,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE ABS ENGAGED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THERE WAS A RECALL RELATED TO THE FAILURE UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V379000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC) AND THE CONTACT'S VIN WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL HOWEVER, THE CONTACT'S STATE WAS NOT MENTIONED AS ONE OF THE SALT BELT STATES THAT WERE ELIGIBLE FOR REPAIRS UNDER THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE…

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0—0
3
ODI 10049291 · 8,831 mi

AT 8000 MILES, WE BROUGHT OUR TRUCK IN FOR SQUEAKING AND GRINDING BRAKES. THE RIGHT REAR BRAKE WAS METAL TO METAL, THE CALIPER BOOTS WERE CRACKED AND TORN, THE LEFT SIDE WAS ALMOST METAL TO METAL AND THE RIGHT ROTOR WAS WORN DOWN. WE WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND COMPLAINED. STEWART DEALERSHIP IN COLMA, CA INSPECTED IT, AGREED THAT IT WAS UNDER OUR EXTENDED WARRANTY. LESS THAN 8000 MILES LATER WE BROUGHT IN OUR AVALANCHE & THE REAR BRAKES & EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS METAL TO METAL AND THE FRONT BRAKES ARE 50%. WE TOOK THE TRUCK BACK TO STEWART WHO DID…

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ODI 10106382 · 41,000 mi

COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE AND COMPLETE EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILURE. HAD TO DOWNSHIFT INTO D1 TO SLOW DOWN. *NM

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ODI 10164819 · 13,000 mi

PARKING BRAKE FAILURE. 2002 Z71 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE BRAKE DID NOT LAST A YEAR. GENERAL BRAKE FAILURE. BRAKES WERE NEVER ENOUGH TO STOP CAR SAFELY. NOTE THEY REALLY FAIL WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS. REPLACED ROTORS TWICE AND PADS 3 TIMES AND I'M AT 60K! *NM

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000
Structure:Body:Tailgate:Hinge And Attachments000—0000
Parking Brake0
2
ODI 10140076 · 37,000 mi

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 AVALANCHE SPECIAL EDITION. AT 37,000 MILES HE HEARD THE BRAKES RUBBING. HE NOTICED THE INSIDE OF THE REAR BRAKES WORE OUT, NOT ON THE OUTSIDE. THE CONTACT STATED ABOUT ONE YEAR AGO HE HAD THE REAR BRAKES PADS REPLACED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WORE A GROOVE INSIDE THE REAR ROTORS. HE CALLED A DEALER, AND THE DEALER TOLD HIM TO BRING THE CAR IN SO THEY COULD LOOK AT IT. THE CONTACT DID NOT WANT TO TAKE THE CAR TO DEALER. HE TOOK THE ROTORS AND THE BRAKE SHOES OFF THE CAR AND TOOK THEM …

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ODI 10149544 · 15,000 mi

THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE BRAKE PROBLEMS... PARKING BRAKE DOES NOT WORK PROPER NOW OR WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS NEW. GM HAS CONTINUOUSLY DENIED THAT THIS WAS A DESIGN PROBLEM. IN ADDITION, THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES TAKE A LONG DISTANCE TO STOP. (SINCE REAR BRAKE PADS WEAR OUT MUCH QUICKER THAN FRONT PADS, IT APPEARS ANTI LOCK BRAKES ARE NOT APPLYING MUCH PRESSURE TO FRONT PADS). *JB

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3
ODI 10049291 · 8,831 mi

AT 8000 MILES, WE BROUGHT OUR TRUCK IN FOR SQUEAKING AND GRINDING BRAKES. THE RIGHT REAR BRAKE WAS METAL TO METAL, THE CALIPER BOOTS WERE CRACKED AND TORN, THE LEFT SIDE WAS ALMOST METAL TO METAL AND THE RIGHT ROTOR WAS WORN DOWN. WE WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND COMPLAINED. STEWART DEALERSHIP IN COLMA, CA INSPECTED IT, AGREED THAT IT WAS UNDER OUR EXTENDED WARRANTY. LESS THAN 8000 MILES LATER WE BROUGHT IN OUR AVALANCHE & THE REAR BRAKES & EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS METAL TO METAL AND THE FRONT BRAKES ARE 50%. WE TOOK THE TRUCK BACK TO STEWART WHO DID…

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ODI 10106382 · 41,000 mi

COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE AND COMPLETE EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILURE. HAD TO DOWNSHIFT INTO D1 TO SLOW DOWN. *NM

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ODI 10164819 · 13,000 mi

PARKING BRAKE FAILURE. 2002 Z71 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE BRAKE DID NOT LAST A YEAR. GENERAL BRAKE FAILURE. BRAKES WERE NEVER ENOUGH TO STOP CAR SAFELY. NOTE THEY REALLY FAIL WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS. REPLACED ROTORS TWICE AND PADS 3 TIMES AND I'M AT 60K! *NM

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ODI 10130446 · 29,350 mi

DT: CONTACT STATED THE BRAKES HAD A GRINDING NOISE. CONTACT REPLACED THEM ON 7-23-05. HE PULLED THE WHEEL OFF, AND EVERY SINGLE BRAKE AND ROTOR WAS DEFECTIVE. THE PADS WERE DEFECTIVE. HE TOOK A SLEDGE HAMMER TO GET THEM OFF. THERE WAS INCH PAD TOUCHING THE BRAKES, AND THAT WAS THE ONLY THING STOPPING THE VEHICLE. REPLACED THEM, AND HE BROUGHT THE PARTS TO THE DEALER, WHO SAID THERE WAS NOTHING HE COULD DO. ALSO, CALLED GENERAL MOTORS, WHO INDICATED THAT THIS WAS NORMAL. THE CAR ONLY HAD 29,000 MILES ON IT. CONTACT HAD A BRAKE PRO…

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ODI 10140076 · 37,000 mi

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 AVALANCHE SPECIAL EDITION. AT 37,000 MILES HE HEARD THE BRAKES RUBBING. HE NOTICED THE INSIDE OF THE REAR BRAKES WORE OUT, NOT ON THE OUTSIDE. THE CONTACT STATED ABOUT ONE YEAR AGO HE HAD THE REAR BRAKES PADS REPLACED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WORE A GROOVE INSIDE THE REAR ROTORS. HE CALLED A DEALER, AND THE DEALER TOLD HIM TO BRING THE CAR IN SO THEY COULD LOOK AT IT. THE CONTACT DID NOT WANT TO TAKE THE CAR TO DEALER. HE TOOK THE ROTORS AND THE BRAKE SHOES OFF THE CAR AND TOOK THEM …

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ODI 10206956 · 75,000 mi

AT THE FIRST OF OCTOBER I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM ONSTAR STATING THAT MY SERVICE WOULD NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE FOR MY 2002 CHEVORLET AVALANCHE BEGINNING JAN 2008. ONSTAR IS A SAFETY DEVICE ON MY TRUCK...AND WAS THE DECIDING FACTOR IN CHOOSING A GM VEHICLE. SOME OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE 2003 GMCS AND THEY ARE REPAIRABLE BUT MINE IS NOT. I FIND THIS HARD TO BELIEVE..THEY JUST DO NOT WANT TO PAY FOR IT. I HAVE HAD SOME TROUBLE WITH MY TRUCK, EG- HARDBODY FADING, WOULD NOT PASS INSPECTION 3 YEARS BACK B/C EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS WORE...NO RECALL BU…

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ODI 10070022

THIS COMPLAINT IS REGARDING OUR CHEVY AVALANCHE. IT WAS PURCHASED IN MAY, 2002. SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING IT, WE NOTICED THAT IT WAS CONSUMING QUITE A BIT OF OIL. WE WERE GIVEN AN EXPLANATION THAT THE MOTOR WAS NEW, THE RINGS HAVEN'T SEATED YET AND 3 DIFFERENT TYPES OF OIL HAVE BEEN PLACED IN OUR VEHICLE -- ONE OF SUCH (STRAIGHT 30W) IS SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED IN THE OWNERS MANUAL NOT TO ADD. NOW OUR VEHICLE IS STILL BURNING OIL AND HAS BEGUN TO BLOW BLUE SMOKE OUT THE TAIL PIPE. WE HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALER, THE MANUFACTURER, THE BETTER BUS…

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ODI 10134890

ON 7/12/05, I HAD MY VEHICLE AT CHEVROLET 73 FOR THE BRAKES. AT THAT TIME THEY INFORMED ME I NEEDED BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS ALL THE WAY AROUND THE VEHICLE. THEY TOLD ME AND SHOWED ME THE "EXCESSIVE RUST" ON THE ROTORS. THE VEHICLE IS ONLY 3 YRS OLD AND ONLY HAD 35,000 MILES ON IT. I WAS UPSET THAT THEY GOT TO THAT POINT AND NOW IT WAS GOING TO COST ME $1000 TO REPLACE THEM. ALL MY SERVICE WAS PERFORMED AT THIS DEALER. AFTER I COMPLAINED THEY TOLD ME THEY WOULD CUT THE PRICE TO $360. THEY WANTED TO "CUT" THE BACK ROTORS REPLACE ALL THE PAD…

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ODI 10140076 · 37,000 mi

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 AVALANCHE SPECIAL EDITION. AT 37,000 MILES HE HEARD THE BRAKES RUBBING. HE NOTICED THE INSIDE OF THE REAR BRAKES WORE OUT, NOT ON THE OUTSIDE. THE CONTACT STATED ABOUT ONE YEAR AGO HE HAD THE REAR BRAKES PADS REPLACED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WORE A GROOVE INSIDE THE REAR ROTORS. HE CALLED A DEALER, AND THE DEALER TOLD HIM TO BRING THE CAR IN SO THEY COULD LOOK AT IT. THE CONTACT DID NOT WANT TO TAKE THE CAR TO DEALER. HE TOOK THE ROTORS AND THE BRAKE SHOES OFF THE CAR AND TOOK THEM …

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ODI 10130446 · 29,350 mi

DT: CONTACT STATED THE BRAKES HAD A GRINDING NOISE. CONTACT REPLACED THEM ON 7-23-05. HE PULLED THE WHEEL OFF, AND EVERY SINGLE BRAKE AND ROTOR WAS DEFECTIVE. THE PADS WERE DEFECTIVE. HE TOOK A SLEDGE HAMMER TO GET THEM OFF. THERE WAS INCH PAD TOUCHING THE BRAKES, AND THAT WAS THE ONLY THING STOPPING THE VEHICLE. REPLACED THEM, AND HE BROUGHT THE PARTS TO THE DEALER, WHO SAID THERE WAS NOTHING HE COULD DO. ALSO, CALLED GENERAL MOTORS, WHO INDICATED THAT THIS WAS NORMAL. THE CAR ONLY HAD 29,000 MILES ON IT. CONTACT HAD A BRAKE PRO…

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ODI 10140076 · 37,000 mi

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 AVALANCHE SPECIAL EDITION. AT 37,000 MILES HE HEARD THE BRAKES RUBBING. HE NOTICED THE INSIDE OF THE REAR BRAKES WORE OUT, NOT ON THE OUTSIDE. THE CONTACT STATED ABOUT ONE YEAR AGO HE HAD THE REAR BRAKES PADS REPLACED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WORE A GROOVE INSIDE THE REAR ROTORS. HE CALLED A DEALER, AND THE DEALER TOLD HIM TO BRING THE CAR IN SO THEY COULD LOOK AT IT. THE CONTACT DID NOT WANT TO TAKE THE CAR TO DEALER. HE TOOK THE ROTORS AND THE BRAKE SHOES OFF THE CAR AND TOOK THEM …

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ODI 10206956 · 75,000 mi

AT THE FIRST OF OCTOBER I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM ONSTAR STATING THAT MY SERVICE WOULD NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE FOR MY 2002 CHEVORLET AVALANCHE BEGINNING JAN 2008. ONSTAR IS A SAFETY DEVICE ON MY TRUCK...AND WAS THE DECIDING FACTOR IN CHOOSING A GM VEHICLE. SOME OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE 2003 GMCS AND THEY ARE REPAIRABLE BUT MINE IS NOT. I FIND THIS HARD TO BELIEVE..THEY JUST DO NOT WANT TO PAY FOR IT. I HAVE HAD SOME TROUBLE WITH MY TRUCK, EG- HARDBODY FADING, WOULD NOT PASS INSPECTION 3 YEARS BACK B/C EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS WORE...NO RECALL BU…

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ODI 10070022

THIS COMPLAINT IS REGARDING OUR CHEVY AVALANCHE. IT WAS PURCHASED IN MAY, 2002. SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING IT, WE NOTICED THAT IT WAS CONSUMING QUITE A BIT OF OIL. WE WERE GIVEN AN EXPLANATION THAT THE MOTOR WAS NEW, THE RINGS HAVEN'T SEATED YET AND 3 DIFFERENT TYPES OF OIL HAVE BEEN PLACED IN OUR VEHICLE -- ONE OF SUCH (STRAIGHT 30W) IS SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED IN THE OWNERS MANUAL NOT TO ADD. NOW OUR VEHICLE IS STILL BURNING OIL AND HAS BEGUN TO BLOW BLUE SMOKE OUT THE TAIL PIPE. WE HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALER, THE MANUFACTURER, THE BETTER BUS…

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Co-reporting does not establish that one component caused another concern.

Recurring narrative patterns

Specific keyword mentions beyond broad component labels. Matching includes negations and comparisons and does not confirm a diagnosis.

8 patterns with matching reports.

Brake response concerns

52 mentions · 11.7% of complaints

Median mileage: 78,500 mi (44 usable records).

ODI 10000328 · 24,042 mi

BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR WHEN APPLYING BRAKES TO COME TO A STOP. THIS HAS HAPPENED FIVE (5) TIMES. TS

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ODI 10012334

WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH THE VEHICLES BRAKES FAILED FAILED WHICH RESULTED IN A VEHICLE ROLLOVER. THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER THREE TIMES. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *NLM

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ODI 10030753 · 58,000 mi

THE PARKING BRAKE SHOES WORE THROUGH BOTH REAR TOP HAT DRUM ROTORS OF MY 2002 CHEVY AVALANCHE. I FIRST NOTICED THIS PROBLEM WHEN THE PARKING BRAKE DID NOT FUNCTION FOR THE VEHICLES ANNUAL INSPECTION. I DO NOT USE THE PARKING BRAKE, SO I KNOW THAT WEAR WAS NOT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. I THEN FOUND THIS PROBLEM IN TSB # 02-05-26-002 AND A CORRECTION WHICH CHANGES THE DESIGN OF THE CLIP RETAINING THE PARKING BRAKE SHOE SO IT WILL NOT SCRAPE WITHOUT THE BRAKE BEING APPLIED. THE PEOPLE AT THE INSPECTION PLACE AS WELL AS WHERE I HAD IT REPAIRED SAID…

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Matching rule\b(brake fail\w*|brakes fail\w*|brake pedal|braking distance|unintended braking|phantom braking)\b

Stalling or loss of power

16 mentions · 3.6% of complaints

Median mileage: 51,000 mi (15 usable records).

ODI 10001053 · 28,366 mi

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN MAKING RIGHT TURNS THE VEHICLE STALLS RESULTING IN LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL AND BRAKES. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT BUT BECOMING MORE FREQUENT. TS

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ODI 10006957 · 7,840 mi

THE VEHICLE STALLED.*JB VEHICLE STALLED OUT IN MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. VEHICLE IN REPAIR SHOP 4 TIMES. DEALERSHIP CHECKED IDLE SPEED AND FUEL PRESSURE, ENGINE WIRING HARNESS JUNCTION BLOCK ASSEMBLY REPLACED. REPLACED TANK TO ENGINE RETURN. PCM REPLACED. FUEL SENDER AND PUMP ASSEMBLY REPLACED. HOWEVER PROBLEM STILL EXIST. IGNITION KEY WARNING SWITCH WAS INOPERATIVE AND HAD TO BE REPLACED.

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ODI 10046811 · 51,000 mi

2002 CHEVY AVALANCHE, 5.3L ENGINE SEIZED UP ON ME AS I WAS DRIVING AND COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT AS I LOST POWER. I'M NOT GETTING ANY SATISFACTION FROM GM OR THE DEALER AS TO WHY THIS HAPPENED. I JUST WANT A NEW ENGINE. CAN YOU HELP?

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Matching rule\b(stall\w*|loss of power|lost power|engine shut\w* off)\b

Warning lights and dashboard alerts

10 mentions · 2.3% of complaints

Median mileage: 91,500 mi (8 usable records).

ODI 10080933 · 18,224 mi

1. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT... 2. OIL LIGHT... 3. NOISE STILL PRESENT AND GETTING WORSE. RETURNED VEHICLE TO UNIVERSITY MOTORS... 1. THEY CLEARED THE CODES AND SAID MAY HAVE BEEN DUE TO GAS(I USE BP GAS) 2. ADDED 2 QTS. OIL(OIL WAS CHANGED ON 12/29/02@UNIVERSITY MOTORS AND REPLACED THE PVC VALVE. 3. REAR LOCATOR BAR WAS LOOSE THEY TIGHTENED. *LA

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ODI 10088944 · 21,000 mi

INTERMITTENT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ALL WARNING LIGHTS COME ON. ALL DASH GAGES ZERO OUT AND THE ENGINE IS NON RESPONSIVE TO ADDITIONAL THROTTLE. AFTER PULLING OVER AND CYCLING THE IGNITION OFF AND BACK ON THE GAGES WILL INTERMITTENTLY RESET AND WORK PROPERLY.THIS WAS REPORTED TO LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER. THEY DUPLICATED THE PROBLEM IN A TEST DRIVE AND STATED IT WAS BECAUSE OF A AFTER MARKET AUTO START SECURITY SYSTEM. THE COMPANY THAT INSTALLED THE AUTO START SYSTEM CHECKED IT OUT AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE INSTALL OR THE AUTO START HARDWARE. I …

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ODI 10325628 · 90,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 55 MPH AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE BRAKES WOULD NOT ENGAGE. THE ABS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY CABLE IN ORDER TO SHUT OFF THE ABS MOTOR. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE ABS MARGINAL WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER MADE REPAIRS ACCORDINGLY AT THE OWNERS EXPENSE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V379000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC: ANTILO…

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Matching rule\b(warning light\w*|check engine|dashboard warning\w*|malfunction indicator)\b

Oil consumption or dilution

8 mentions · 1.8% of complaints

Median mileage: 10,790 mi (3 usable records).

ODI 10005337 · 600 mi

MY BRAND NEW 2002 CHEVY AVALANCHE IS BURNING OIL AND BLOWING BLUE SMOKE OUT THE TAIL PIPE. THE MANUFACTURER IS NOW CONDUCTING AN OIL CONSUMPTION TEST, BUT THE ALLOWABLE AMOUNT OF OIL TO BURN IS 1 QUART EVER 3,000 MILES! A NEW CAR SHOULD NOT BURN OIL.

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ODI 10013893

I HAVE BEEN UNDERGOING AN OIL CONSUMPTION TEST ON MY 2002 3/4 4X4 CHEVY AVALANCE FOR ALMOST 6 MONTHS.THE SERVICE BULLITENS THE DEALER GAVE ME HAD TO DO WITH '95 OR OLDER CARS OR WITH THE NEW CAR BRAKEN PERIOD.(I HAVE OVER 30,000 MILES ON IT) AT FIRST THEY TOLD ME THE SEVICE DEPT FORGOT TO RESET THE LIGHT, NOW THEY SAY THIS IS NORMAL USAGE,1 QUART IN 1000 MILES. I AM THINKING OF HAVING A REG. SHOP CHECK THE OIL LEVEL AS WELL AS THE DEALER, BECAUSE WHAT I AM READING IS NOT WHAT THE SERVICE DEPT IS WRITING ON THEIR REPORT. ONE OF THE SEVICE TECHS …

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ODI 10055071

MY 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE HAS SEVERAL PROBLEMS. FIRST THE REAR WINDOW AND MID TAILGATE LEAKS INTO THE PASSENGER AREA. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER 4 TIMES NOW AND IT IS STILL DOING THE SAME THING. THERE IS MOISTURE IN THE DAYTIME DRIVING LIGHTS THAT WILL NOT GO AWAY. THE RT REAR SEAT BELT LATCH IS HARD TO LATCH WITHOUT SOMEONE HELPING THE PASSENGER THAT SITS IN THAT SEAT. I HAVE 17 INCHE TIRES WITH A 16 INCH SPARE HOW SAFE IS THAT??? I HAVE OIL CONSUMPTION AT LEAST 1 QUART PER 1,000 MILES VEHICLE ALSO BLOWS BLACK, BLUE AND WHITE SMOKE.…

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Matching rule\b(oil consumption|burn\w* oil|consum\w* oil|oil dilution|gas(?:oline)? in (?:the )?oil)\b

Steering assistance concerns

7 mentions · 1.6% of complaints

Median mileage: 56,500 mi (6 usable records).

ODI 10082876 · 50,000 mi

SUDDEN POWER STEERING PUMP FAILURE AFTER 50,000 MILES - THIS ALSO CAUSED STEERING BOX TO FAIL BECAUSE OF FILINGS FROM PUMP GETTING INTO STEERING BOX. *AK

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ODI 10116068 · 42,500 mi

(1) THERE WAS NOT ANY SPECIFIC EVENT, I WAS TURNING DOWN MY DRIVEWAY WHEN THE STEERING IMMEDIATELY BECAME EXTREMELY HEAVY AND THE WHEEL COULD NOT BE TURNED. (2) I COULD NOT TURN THE WHEEL OR STOP BEFORE HITTING MY TRASH CONTAINERS AT THE END OF THE DRIVEWAY. (3) POWER STEERING PUMP WAS REPLACED. THE SHAFT HAD BROKEN INSIDE THE PUMP.*AK

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ODI 10137129 · 70,500 mi

DT: CONTACT STATED WHILE SITTING AT A STOP SIGN AND THEN WHEN HE PULLED OUT THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING. THERE WAS NO NOISE, THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG. HE TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THE SAID THAT THE POWER STEERING PUMP SHAFT SHEARED OFF INSIDE OF THE PUMP. THIS HAPPENED ABOUT 8-12-05. *AK

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Matching rule\b(power steer\w*|steering assist\w*|steering lock\w*|steering wheel lock\w*)\b

Battery drain and no-start mentions

3 mentions · 0.7% of complaints

Median mileage: 52,400 mi (3 usable records).

ODI 10153942 · 51,000 mi

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A USED 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 2500HD 4X4 WITH A 8.1 LITRE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE HAS APPROXIMATELY 51,000 MILES ON IT. THE FIRST PROBLEM I NOTICED WAS THAT THE ENGINE WOULD CRANK, BUT IT WOULD NOT START IMMEDIATELY. THE NEXT PROBLEM I EXPERIENCED WAS THAT THE ENGINE SHUT OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT. THIS RESULTED IN LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I WAS NOT ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE POSTED 55 MPH LIMIT, AND I HAD TO DODGE TRAFFIC WHILE TRYING TO STEER MY "DEAD" VEHICLE ONTO THE SHOULDER. THE VEH…

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ODI 10170752 · 52,400 mi

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. AFTER PULLING OVER THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, THE VEHICLE WAS PUT IN IDLE AND THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE ENGINE BUT IT WOULD NOT START. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNALS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE CONTACT WAS TOLD BY A FRIEND THAT THEY EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR VEHICLE WHICH WAS THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL. THE PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BECAUSE THE CAMSHAFT SENSOR IN THE IGNITION MALFUNCTIONED. NEITHER THE SERVICE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED.

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ODI 10598016 · 114,001 mi

WAS DRIVING AROUND THE BLOCK AS I HAD JUST JUMP STARTED THE DEAD BATTERY. AS I APPROACHED A STOP THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND THE TRUCK KEPT ROLLING AS THE BRAKES WERE SPONGY. AS I APPLIED MORE PRESSURE THE PEDAL HIT THE FLOOR. I NARROWLY MISSED HITTING A CAR COMING FROM THE SIDE STREET. I COASTED THE TRUCK HOME AND THERE WAS FLUID POURING FROM THE LINES JUST BEHIND THE ABS MODULE. ALL THE LINES ARE SEVERELY RUSTED. *JS

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Matching rule\b(parasitic drain|battery drain\w*|dead battery|won.t start|would not start|no.start)\b

Fuel smell or leak mentions

3 mentions · 0.7% of complaints

Median mileage: 98,000 mi (3 usable records).

ODI 10249700 · 80,000 mi

FUEL LEAKING FROM TOP OF FUEL PUMP FEED/RETURN PIPES. PIPES WHERE CORRODED AND LEAKING FUEL ON TO THE TOP OF THE FUEL PUMP WHERE FUEL POOLS UNTIL VEHICLE STOPS OR ACCELERATES AT WHICH POINT THE PUDDLED FUEL SPILLS TO GROUND, OR BLOWS UP UNDER VEHICLE CAUSING A POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD. *TR

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ODI 10281952 · 101,000 mi

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP STARTED TO LEAK FUEL DUE TO RUST. THE INSURANCE COMPANY INSPECTED THE FUEL PUMP AND CONFIRMED THE PUMP WAS DEFECTIVE. THE CONTACT IS AWARE OF THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED SINCE THE FUEL LEAK COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE A FIRE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 102,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 101,000.

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ODI 10522985 · 98,000 mi

TWICE IN A ROW WHEN FILLING, GAS BACKED UP AND SPILLED. I ATTRIBUTED THIS TO A FAULTY PUMP. LATER THAT EVENING WHILE PARKED I DISCOVERED A FUEL LEAK. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC WHO DISCOVERED THE FUEL PUMP HAD RUSTED AND CORRODED AWAY. THE NEXT DAY I BEGAN MY DRIVE HOME FROM FLORIDA TO CHICAGO. I MADE IT ABOUT 200 MILES BEFORE WE CHANGED DRIVERS, AND DISCOVERED THE TRUCK HAD STARTED LEAKING FUEL AGAIN. THANKFULLY, WE MADE IT SAFELY TO A REPAIR SHOP (A NATIONAL COMPANY THIS TIME). THEY DIAGNOSED IT AS THE FUEL TANK, LOCATED A REPLACEM…

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Matching rule\b(fuel leak\w*|gas leak\w*|gas(?:oline)? smell|smell\w* (?:of )?(?:fuel|gas))\b

Hard or delayed shifting

1 mentions · 0.2% of complaints

Median mileage: 44,000 mi (1 usable records).

ODI 10113345 · 44,000 mi

THE DRIVER'S SEAT WOULD MOVE WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. WHEN APPLYING NORMAL BRAKING CONSUMER CAN HEAR A POPPING NOISE. THE TRUCK WOULD JERK A LITTE AND CONTINUE ON BEFORE STOPPING. ALSO, WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKE AT A SUDDEN STOP WHEELS WOULD LOCK UP. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED.*AK

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Matching rule\b(hard shift\w*|rough shift\w*|delay\w* shift\w*|shift\w* hard|jerk\w*|lurch\w*)\b