36 complaints reported

2007 Chevrolet Suburban UNKNOWN OR OTHER

Owner-reported problems and safety issues filed with NHTSA. Review common failures, severity levels, and complaint trends over time.

Reports
36
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries
5

Complaint Timeline

Chronological view of owner reports

Dec 2024

Cracked dashboard. Continues to get worse. Cracks get bigger and more cracks appear.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2007 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 2017
Nov 2021

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.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2007 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 2009
Jun 2021

I purchased 2007 Chevy suburban on 2014 and a year after the dashboard start with a crack on the side of the passenger.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2007 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Oct 2014
Jan 2021

DASH PANEL CRACKED OVER INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND AROUND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG OPENING.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2007 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 2017
Jan 2020

MY SUBURBANS DASH HAS CRACKED IN TWO SPOTS. ONE BY THE PASSENGER AIRBAG AND ONE TO THE LEFT/UPPER OF THE DRIVER SIDE CLUSTER.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2007 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: May 2009
Aug 2019

DASH BOARD CRACKED SEVERELY, PASSENGER AIRBAG IS PROBABLY AFFECTED. IF AIRBAG WENT OFF PRICES OF DASH OR SOMETHING MIGHT BE FLOWN WITH IT.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2007 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Nov 2016
Jan 2019

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?

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2007 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 2016
Dec 2018

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

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2007 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 2016
Nov 2018 Injury

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.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2007 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 2013
Jul 2018

DASHBROAD CRACKED PIECES IS SHARPE AND DANGEROUS

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2007 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jun 2017
Jul 2018

DASHBOARD CRACKING IN TWO PLACES

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2007 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 2018
May 2018

DASHBOARD RANDOMLY CRACKED IN 5 DIFFERENT PLACES FOR NO REASON. THIS IS THE MOST RECENT TIME, I HAVE PREVIOUSLY REPLACED THE DASHBOARD.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2007 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Oct 2017
Feb 2018 Injury

HAND GOT CUT FROM INSIDE DOOR HANDLE PEELING OFF

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2007 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Aug 2017
Dec 2017

MY DASHBOARD IS CRAKING AND I M CONCERND FOR MY FAMILY SAFETY

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2007 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Aug 2015
Dec 2017 Injury

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.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2007 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Oct 2017
Nov 2017

DASHBOARD CRACKED AT CORNER OF PASSENGER AIRBAG AND AT STEERING WHEEL

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2007 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 2016
Nov 2017

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.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2007 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 2017
Aug 2017

DASH HAS CRACK NEAR PASSENGER AIR BAG AND BEHIND INSTRUMENT PANEL

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2007 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 2011
Aug 2017

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.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2007 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 2017
Aug 2017

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.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2007 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Aug 2016
May 2017

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.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2007 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: May 2017
Apr 2017

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.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2007 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: May 2010
Oct 2016 Injury

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.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2007 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 2013
Oct 2016

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.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2007 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jul 2014
Aug 2016

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.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2007 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Oct 2010

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