2013 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE Structurebody Problems

DASH BOARD AROUND PASSENGER AIRBAG AND ABOVE SPEEDOMETER IS BROKEN / CRACKED AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT MAYBE COMPROMISED WHILE DEPLOYING DUE TO PLASTIC DASH CRACK SLICING THE AIRBAG WHILE ACTUATING

INSTRUMENT PANEL (DASHBOARD) CRACKED IN TWO PLACES. ONE BY THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG AND THE OTHER RIGHT ABOVE THE STEERING WHEEL. FROM WHAT I INVESTIGATED, THIS SEEMS TO BE A RATHER COMMON ISSUE.

RECENTLY PURCHASED VEHICLE FROM A LOCAL DEALER. DIDN'T NOTICE AT THE TIME THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS CRACKED. IT'S A CONTINUOUS RATTLE NOW THAT APPEARS TO BE GETTING LARGER.

THE DASH IS CRACKED AT MULTIPLE PLACES INCLUDING UP TO THE AIRBAG. I WAS TOLD BY THE PEOPLE WHO REPAIRS WINDSHIELD THAT THIS IS A KNOW PROBLEM FOR AVALANCHE, SILVERADO SUBURBAN. THIS IS CLEARLY A MANUFACTURER DEFECT AND SHOULD BE A RECALL THEY ARE QUOTING ME A $1497 REPAIR FEE TO REPLACE THE DASH AT THE DEALER. I CONTACTED CHEVROLET FOR ASSISTANCE. THEY OFFERED A $130 GOOD WILL....

CRACKS ON DASH AROUND AIR BAG COMPARTMENT ON PASSENGER SIDE.

DASH BOARD BY PASSENGER AIR BAG HAS A CRACK AND APPARENTLY IT HAPPENS TO ALL GM TRUCKS OF THIS TYPE AND MODEL

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A CRACK APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD THAT EXTENDED TO THE STEERING WHEEL. THE DEALER (BEES CHEVROLET, 2100 OLD U.S. 27 ST JOHNS, MI 48879) STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

THE INTERIOR DASH COMPONENTS HAVE CRACKING PROBLEMS. MY TRUCK NOW HAS A BROKEN CLIP WHICH IS A SIGN THE WHOLE THING IS ABOUT TO CRACK LIKE SO MANY OTHERS. ONCE IT CRACKS THESE PRICES CAN BECOME PROJECTILES IN AN ACCIDENT. I UNDERSTAND THE TRUCK IS 5 YEARS OLD BUT MY CONCERN REPLACING THE DASH IS THAT GM HAS NOT USED A NEW MATERIAL AND THE SAME THING HAPPENS AGAIN AND AGAIN.

INTERIOR DOOR PULL DISINTEGRATING MORE AND MORE EACH DAY WITH NO WAY TO REPLACE JUST THIS PULL HANDLE. IT IS MADE WITH VERY CHEAP WHITE PLASTIC. EVENTUALLY THE DOOR WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CLOSE BY USING THIS HANDLE AND YOU WILL END UP HURTING YOUR HAND USING ANOTHER PART OF THE DOOR TO CLOSE.

I GOTHE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARYT IN MY VEHICLE AND I NOTICED THE DASHBOARD WAS CRACKED

DASHBOARD IS CRACKING. COULD RESULT IN PLASTIC SEPARATING IN ACCIDENT ON DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS.

DASHBOARD CRACK AT LEFT FRONT CORNER OF PASSENGER SIDE FRONT AIRBAG. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY. FEAR THAT CRACK WILL PUNCTURE AIRBAG UPON DEPLOYMENT. DASHBOARD PLASTIC WAY TOO THIN.

DOOR HANDLE BOLT ANCHORS BREAKING AND FAILING. BOTH READ DOOR HANDLES HAVE HAD TO BE REPLACED. WHEN THEY FAIL THE DOOR HANDLE PULLS OUT FROM THE DOOR PANEL AND EVENTUALLY WILL BREAK APART.

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