NHTSA Complaint #10594025 — 2010 CHEVROLET TAHOE

AS I WAS RIDING DOWN THE INTERSTATE I HEARD A LOAD POP OR CRACKING SOUND. I LOOKED AROUND THE VEHICLE AND COULDN'T FIND WHERE IT CAME FROM. WHEN I GOT HOME I INSPECTED IT A BIT FURTHER AND FOUND THAT THE DASH HAD CRACKED RIGHT ABOVE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. I COULDN'T BELIEVE MY EYES. A FEW WEEKS LATER THE SAME SOUND OCCURRED AND I NOTICED A CRACK BY THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG. ALTHOUGH IT WASN'T BIG I WAS CONCERNED. JUST A FEW DAYS AFTER THAT....ANOTHER POP. THE CRACK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE HAD EXTENDED IN LENGTH. I HAVE TRIED TO CONTACT CHEVROLET REGARDING THE ISSUE BUT THERE IS ALWAYS A LONG HOLD TIME. THE REASON THAT THIS CONCERNS ME NOW IS THAT IN NOVEMBER I WAS T-BONED AT AN INTERSECTION AND PUSHED INTO A CURB ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND MUCH TO MY SURPRISE THE AIR BAD DID NOT DEPLOY. NOW I WONDER IF IT HAS MALFUNCTIONED AND IF THE CRACK WAS THE CAUSE. CONSIDERING THE AGE, THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ON VARIOUS WEBSITES AND THE FACT THAT WE TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF OUR $30,000 INVESTMENT YOU WOULD THINK THAT CHEVY WOULD STEP UP AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR A FAULTY/DEFECTIVE PRODUCT. *TR