NHTSA Complaint #10852800 — 2010 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN

SEVERAL CRACKS HAVE APPEARED IN THE DASH OF MY 2010 SUBURBAN. ONE IS ON THE LEFT CORNER OF THE PASSENGER AIRBAG COMPARTMENT. THE OTHER IS ABOVE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. AFTER THE CRACK OCCURRED ABOVE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, THE SENSORS BEGAN TO MALFUNCTION. THE CRACKS APPEARED OVER TIME. WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE USED IN 2012 AND THERE WERE NO DEFECTS IN THE DASH. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN IN ANY ACCIDENTS NOR HAS HER BEEN ANY FORCE APPLIED TO THE DASH THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE CRACKS. WE DISCOVERED THE CRACKS ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND HAVE BEEN TRYING TO WORK WITH GM TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE AS IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS OCCURRING IN THOUSANDS OF OTHER GM VEHICLES FROM 2007-2013. WE ARE MEMBERS OF A FACEBOOK GROUP WITH ALMOST 4000 MEMBERS ALL SHARING THE SAME PHOTOS, STORIES AND ISSUES WITH THEIR GM VEHICLES. THIS COMPLAINT IS FILED DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE CRACKS ARE GETTING WORSE AND MY FEAR IS THAT THE PASSENGER AIRBAG COULD BE DANGEROUS IF DEPLOYED. NOT TO MENTION THE MALFUNCTIONING SENSORS UNDER THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WHERE THE OTHER CRACK IS LOCATED.