2007 Chevrolet Suburban UNKNOWN OR OTHER
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Cracked dashboard. Continues to get worse. Cracks get bigger and more cracks appear.
PLASTIC DASH HAS SEVERAL CRACKS FROM FRONT TO BACK. ONE NEAR PASSENGER AIR BAG. IF THIS WERE TO DEPLOY IT COULD ADD ADDITIONAL DAMAGING DEBRIS. ALSO APPEARANCE IS BAD AND DEVALUES VEHICLE. HAPPENED WITHIN THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF OWNERSHIP AND CONTINUED USE OF STATIONARY, IN MOTION ON CITY STREETS OR HIGHWAY DRIVING.
I purchased 2007 Chevy suburban on 2014 and a year after the dashboard start with a crack on the side of the passenger.
DASH PANEL CRACKED OVER INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND AROUND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG OPENING.
MY SUBURBANS DASH HAS CRACKED IN TWO SPOTS. ONE BY THE PASSENGER AIRBAG AND ONE TO THE LEFT/UPPER OF THE DRIVER SIDE CLUSTER.
DASH BOARD CRACKED SEVERELY, PASSENGER AIRBAG IS PROBABLY AFFECTED. IF AIRBAG WENT OFF PRICES OF DASH OR SOMETHING MIGHT BE FLOWN WITH IT.
REGARDING THE DASH BOARD OF MY 2007 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. THE DASH BOARD HAS COMPLETELY FALLEN APART. I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS THE SUN OR SOME OTHER ISSUE SUCH AS MATERIAL, WORKMANSHIP?
THE DASHBOARD OF THE VEHICLE IS CRACKING ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA OF THE AIR BAG AND ALONG THE VEHICLE CLUSTER .CONCERN IF THE VEHICLE IS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION WHERE AIR BAG IS DEPLOYED AND THE DASHBOARD CREATES FLYING PROJECTILES
THE CHROME ON THE INSIDE DOOR HANDLES IS SPLITTING CAUSING DRIVER AND/OR PASSENGERS TO CUT THEIR FINGERS WHILE OPENING THE DOORS TO EXIT WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY.
DASHBROAD CRACKED PIECES IS SHARPE AND DANGEROUS
DASHBOARD CRACKING IN TWO PLACES
DASHBOARD RANDOMLY CRACKED IN 5 DIFFERENT PLACES FOR NO REASON. THIS IS THE MOST RECENT TIME, I HAVE PREVIOUSLY REPLACED THE DASHBOARD.
HAND GOT CUT FROM INSIDE DOOR HANDLE PEELING OFF
MY DASHBOARD IS CRAKING AND I M CONCERND FOR MY FAMILY SAFETY
DASH COVER. FIRST OFF THE DASH IS CRACKING LIKE SO MANY OTHERS. THE PIECES ARE GETTING SHARP AS IT IS THICK PLASTIC. I CUT MY HAND ON IT JUST DUSTING IT. THE PARTS THAT ARE CRACKED ARE RIGHT ABOVE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CRACKS HAVE GROWN THE WIDTH OF THE COVER. THESE CRACKS OCCUR FREQUENTLY IN MOTION OR NOT IN MOTION. I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS THE HEAT AND BUMPS BUT IT SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM. MY CONCERN IS IF THE AIRBAGS GO OFF THOSE PIECES OF THE DASH COULD FLY AND BREAK OFF LIKE NOTHING AND HURT SOMEONE EVEN WORSE IN THAT TYPE OF SITUATION. THE PHOTO PROVIDED IS JUST TWO OF THE FOUR LOCATED ON THE DASH.
DASHBOARD CRACKED AT CORNER OF PASSENGER AIRBAG AND AT STEERING WHEEL
CRACKING DASHBOARD AROUND THE PASSENGER AIRBAG AND THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. POSSIBLE LOSE PARTS CAN HURT SOME BODY DURING IN ACCIDENT. CRACKS DEVELOPING CONSTANTLY ALL OVER THE DASHBOARD.
DASH HAS CRACK NEAR PASSENGER AIR BAG AND BEHIND INSTRUMENT PANEL
THE DASHBOARD ON MY VEHICLE IS CRACKING. THIS IS A POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD BECAUSE IF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOY THE DASH MAY BREAK COMPLETELY AND SHARDS OF PLASTIC MAY HURT MY FAMILY.
DASH CONTAINS FOUR CRACKS. TWO CRACKS THAT ARE OVER THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER AND TWO CRACKS ON EACH SIDE OF THE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT DOOR ON DASH.
OUR CAR HAS 86,500K MILES AND IS GARAGED. WE HAVE TWO CRACKS IN THE DASH BOARD. ONE IS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE BY AIR BAG AND THE OTHER IS ON THE DRIVER SIDE OVER INSTRUMENT PANEL. MY CONCERN IS IF THE PASSENGER AIR BAG DEPLOYS IN AN ACCIDENT IT WILL BE COMPROMISED BY THE CRACK IN THE DASH BOARD LEAVING THE PASSENGER UNPROTECTED FROM THE AIRBAG. THE LATEST CRACK OCCURRED JUST THIS PAST WEEK. MY CAR WAS AT A STOP LIGHT AND I HEARD THE CRACK OCCUR ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. UPON LOOKING AT THE DASHBOARD I NOTICED THE DRIVER SIDE CRACK. THIS CAN'T BE NORMAL AND IF IT IS THERE IS A SERIOUS FLAW IN THE DESIGN. PLEASE ADVISE.
THE DASHBOARD IS CRACKED ON BOTH THE PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE. THE CRACK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE IS CONCERNING BECAUSE IF THE AIRBAG DEPLOYS THE DASHBOARD US GOING WITH IT AND WHO EVER IS ON THAT SIDE WILL BE HIT WITH THE PIECES.
I HAVE SEVERAL CRACKS THROUGHOUT MY DASH AND AM CONCERNED THAT I WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL DANGEROUS SHARP PLASTIC FRAGMENTS IN ADDITION TO METAL FRAGMENTS FROM THE OPEN AIR BAG RECALL. THIS HAS BEEN A KNOWN PROBLEM GM HAS FAILED TO ADDRESS. IN ADDITION, I ALSO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ENGINE TEMPS HEATING UP TO WHERE THE AC GOES INTO FAIL SAFE THAT GM SAYS THEY CANNOT FIX EVEN AT MY EXPENSE. AFTER ABOUT 10-15 MINUTES RUNNING IN IDLE TO LAUNCH MY BOAT I CAME BACK TO FIND MY CHILDREN DIAPHORETIC IN THEIR CAR SEATS AND HAD TO USE MY SKILLS AS A PARAMEDIC TO COOL THEM DOWN DUE TO THE EXTREME TEMPERATURE IN THE VEHICLE. I CANNOT EVEN SIT IN DRIVE FOR A FEW MINUTES PICKING UP THE CHILDREN WITHOUT THIS HAPPENING. I PUT A TEMPORARY FIX ON WITH AN AFTERMARKET ELECTRIC FAN AFTER REPLACING THE FAN CLUTCH AND WHOLE COOLING SYSTEM IN THE VEHICLE, PLUS 3 AC COMPRESSORS NOW TO BUY ME A FEW MORE MINUTES. GM DOES NOT CARE ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THEIR CUSTOMERS. I NOW ONLY USE THE VEHICLE IN THE WINTER WHEN THE CHILDREN ARE WITH ME FOR THEIR SAFETY.
MY DASH HAS CRACKED ABOVE THE STEERING WHEEL CONTROL AREA ALL THE WAY UP. I HAVE TRIED TO REPAIR WITH PLASTIC EPOXY AND A VINYL REPAIR KIT AND IT STILL LOOKS HORRIBLE. DUE TO THE DEGREE OF POOR PERFORMANCE WITH THIS CHEAP PIECE AND POSSIBLE FRACTURING UPON AIRBAG INFLATION IT IS VERY DANGEROUS AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. GM ISN'T TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE MANUFACTURING DEFECT.
CRACKED DASH. THE VEHICLE'S DASH BEGAN TO CRACK IN SEVERAL PLACES INCLUDING ADJACENT TO THE PASSENGER AIRBAG WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS OLD. AT THE THREE YEAR POINT (MID 2010), JUST OUTSIDE OF THE WARRANTY PERIOD, I WAS ABLE TO CONVINCE THE LOCAL DEALER TO REPLACE THE DASH AT A 50% COST TO ME. ALMOST EXACTLY THREE YEARS LATER (MID 2013) I DEVELOPED THE EXACT SAME CRACKS. UPON CONSULTATION WITH THE DEALER I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO GM PROGRAM TO MITIGATE THE COST OF A SECOND REPLACEMENT. MY CONCERN IS WITH REGARD TO THE IMPENDING PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG RECALL. HOW WILL THE AIRBAG BE REPLACED WITHOUT REMOVING AND REPLACING THE SEVERELY CRACKED DASH. THE BRITTLE PLASTIC ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DASH, SPECIFICALLY IN THE VICINITY OF THE PASSENGER AIRBAG IS A SAFETY CONCERN.
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The 2007 Chevrolet Suburban has 36 UNKNOWN OR OTHER complaints on file. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.