NHTSA Complaint #10895500 — 2012 GMC YUKON DENALI XL

MY VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY, STATIONARY, ON A SUBURBAN STREET IN A SMALL TOWN OVERNIGHT BEGINNING AT ABOUT 8PM ON FRIDAY AUGUST 12,2016. THE FOLLOWING MORNING, AUGUST 13, 2016 AT AT ABOUT 7:30 AM I ENTERED THE VEHICLE TO GO TO THE STORE AND OBSERVED A LARGE CRACK RUNNING PERPENDICULAR WITH THE DASH FROM NEAR THE WINDOW TO A OVER THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT WITH SIMILAR GM MODELS BETWEEN 2007-2013(14). THE SAFETY CONCERN IS THAT THE POORLY CRAFTED PLASTIC DASHBOARD CRACKS EASILY WITH NO PRESSURE APPLIED TO IT. THIS MEANS THAT THAT IN THE EVENT OF A COLLISION, WITH GREAT PRESSURE APPLIED, THE DASH WOULD DISINTEGRATE AT AN ALARMING RATE AND WOULD LEAD TO SHARDS OF PLASTIC IMPAILING THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE WITH VARYING AMOUNTS OF HARM. THIS DEFECT IS WELL DOCUMENTED BY SEVERAL OTHER GM SUV/TRUCK OWNERS FOR THIS YEAR SPAN OF PRODUCTION.