2011 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE Structure Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD OF THE VEHICLE WAS CRACKED ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AROUND THE AIR BAG AND THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,273. UPDATED 05/18/16*LJ

I BOUGHT MY 2011 AVALANCHE AT THE END OF 2011. THE DASH HAS DEVELOPED TWO HUGE CRACKS THAT RUN ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO THE SEAM IN TWO PLACES. IT SEEMS TO BE FREE FLOATING ON THE DASH BOARD. THIS MAKES FOR TERRIBLE NOISE WHILE DRIVING BESIDES SEEMINGLY BEING UNSAFE. I AM NOT SURE WHAT IS UNDER THAT SECTION ON THE DASH BUT I HAVE A FEAR OF A JAGGED PIECE OF SHARP PLASTIC COMING LOOSE IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. IT STARTED TO CRACK LAST YEAR, IN 2014 BUT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. I DO NOT FEEL THIS IS A WARRANTY ISSUE, BUT INSTEAD FEEL IT IS A DESIGN FLAW THAT REALLY SHOULD BE FIXED FOR MYSELF AND THE THOUSANDS OF OTHER PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION TO THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE. *TR..UPDATED 09/03/15 *BF

NOTICED A LARGE CRACK IN THE DASH BOARD IN FRONT OF THE STEERING WHEEL THAT MIGHT EFFECT THE USE OF AIR BAGS IF THE DASH IS WEAKENED FROM THE CRACK. *TR

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

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.