Tl* the contact owned a 2007 chevrolet avalanche 1500. While driving approximately 35 MPH, all four of the side air bags deployed without warning. The vehicle was towed to the driver's residence where it was not diagnosed or repaired. The vehicle was destroyed. A police report was filed and there were no injuries reported. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 140,000.
2007 Chevrolet Avalanche 1500 airbags complaints
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The dashboard of my 2007 chevy avalanche has been cracking for years, I did let my dealership know and they said that was not under warranty and they didn't offer me a discount to repair it. My dash has several cracks from the drivers side to the passenger side airbag, a large hole is directly in the middle of the dash where the pieces just vibrated apart exposing the equipment under the dash. The pieces of plastic are a little heavy and sharp I feel the whole dash could break into pieces if the air bag is deployed. I do not have any record of receiving a quote or being denied the repair, but I don't think they will deny that they've been saying it's not covered. And, I'm not sure of the exact date, but I think it started to crack in 2010, now it's kind of a wreck, I've attached a picture of the big hole!
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet avalanche 1500. When the ignition was turned to the on position, the air bags deployed without warning.the vehicle was towed to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the sensing diagnostic module failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 68,000.
I noticed that my dash had 2 cracks, one on the driver side and one around the airbag on the passenger side. I believe the one around the air bag to be a safety concern, either the functionality of the airbag or the broken pieces of plastic if the airbag is deployed.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 chevrolet avalanche 1500. While driving approximately 30 MPH, another vehicle failed to stop at a traffic light. The contact's vehicle crashed into the other vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. A police report was filed and there were no injuries reported. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 94,000.
I was involved in motor vehicle accident on the date of nov 21,2013. I was pulling out of a parking lot, I was hit by an on coming mid sized SUV traveling at a high rate of speed. The crash caused a large amount of damage to the SUV as well as a large amount of damage to my 2007 avalanche. The impact hit my front drivers corner. My air bags did "not" deploy!!!! There is now a warning light on my dash info center. I got that info from the ins adjuster who called to let me know the truck is going to be repaired. My concern is that why didn't my air bags deploy??? I have been doing some reading and there seams to be a major issue with gm's avalanche models and air bag issues. It is well documented on several web site threw out the internet. I even found some info on service notices posted by gm to dealers. If gm knows this is a safety issue why has there not been a national recall? I was involved in a major accident and did not have the added benefit of the safety devices that are supposed to save my life I paid for that added safety in the high purchase price of my truck. Why didn't they work like they are intended to???? Thank the lord it was just me in the truck!! God forbid had my family been in the truck with me, I can't imagine the out come!!! Something needs to be done, there is clearly a safety issue with these systems. Gm knows there is a problem but has done nothing to solve it. What will it take??? A death??? I certainly hope not!!!! I suffered some injuries, none internal but I am still recovering, I wonder if they would have been minimized had my air bags worked like they should have! I am thankful that I'm still here for my family and that none of them were with me in the truck during this accident. Please address this issue before some one looses their life or that of a loved one! Gm needs to fix this asap! Please!!!
Cracked dashboard on passenger side where airbag is fitted. Upper lefthand side of airbag. Traction control/stabilitrac system: service indicator warnings activate, switches from 2 wheel drive to 4 wheel drive high even though selector is in 2wd mode. The first occurrence of this was at 70k miles, then again at 90k. Then again at 97k the transmission was damaged and needed to be replaced. Again at 101k miles the ringgear in the rear axel was destroyed. Rear axel was replaced. Fifth time for those counting, 116k miles service stabilitrac and service traction control warnings, switching from 2wd to 4wd high while moving, while parked, selector in 2wd position with someone at the wheel or cab empty. Evaporative emission control warning. Check engine light on, code comes back to eec. Indicating a leak in the return line. The first time this was replaced at 70k miles, this is the second time. And no it is not the gas cap being loose or needing replaced. The first time there was "water in the connector" (yeah sure).
Service airbag light is on. Unable to fix. Electrical issue.
On saturday, 07/12/2008, I was driving approximately 45 MPH on a paved city road in dry, sunny weather. Without warning or an accident, both side curtain airbags deployed suddenly in my 2007 chevrolet avalanche. As advised by onstar and a local chevrolet service dealer, I took the truck into the chevrolet dealership for repair on the following monday morning (07/14/08). On the 1st day of drop-off/damage evaluation and diagnosis, the chevy dealership advised me that general motors had agreed to make repairs to my truck and pay my rental vehicle charges. I inquired about what caused the airbag deployment and was told by my service adviser that he did not know and that g.m. Had advised him to provide a rental vehicle for me, order repair parts, and send in the damaged parts to g.m. . Two days later, the service supervisor contacted me and stated that I have scrapes on my (right-sided) rims/tires and that g.m. Is now refusing to cover this repair and that I am to file an insurance claim. This unwarranted airbag deployment could have easily caused a serious or fatal driving injury. I believe that a safety recall board should investigate this immediately. There was no collision and there is no body damage to my vehicle. I have digital pictures that document this.
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