2011 Chevrolet Tahoe AIR BAGS,UNKNOWN OR OTHER

I took my vehicle into sunset Chevrolet in Sumner Washington, in November of 2022 and had them complete the Takata air bag recall on the vehicle. I drove it for a few months and put it in storage. Since the recall the dash is now cracked where the dealer replaced the passenger airbag recall. It was not cracked prior to the replacement. I have talked to the dealer and they are saying they will not cover this. This is a hazard issue and can cause additional shrapnel to come flying at you if the vehicle is involved in an accident. The vehicle was stored in the garage and not driven. The dealer won't even examine the vehicle to see if the bolts were inadvertently overtightened on the technicians side. This is not right and this is something that should be covered. The vehicle has about 88k miles on it. My dash was not cracked at the time of the repair and now it is. This is not right to put me at more risk than what I was at prior to the recall. I read that the Takata airbag recall stated to repair the cracked dashes. Mine cracked after gm performed the recall. This is a hazard and is something that should be taken care of. I am disabled individual.

MY DASHBOARD HAS CRACKED ABOVE BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIRBAGS. WHILE LOOKING TO SEE IF THESE CRACKS ARE REPAIRABLE I LEARNED THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE WITH CERTAIN TAHOES (BETWEEN CERTAIN YEARS) AND COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE CONCERNING AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT AND WAS ADVISED TO REPORT IT HERE. (I DON'T THINK IT PERTAINS TO MY ISSUE, BUT MY VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AT THE TIME THE CRACKS APPEARED)

DASHBOARD IS CRACKED FROM THE CORNER OF THE PASSENGER AIRBAG COVER TO THE SEAM IN THE DASH PANEL NEED THE DEFROSTER. WE WERE INVOLVED IN A REAR END ACCIDENT AND THE CRACK APPEARED AFTER THE ACCIDENT. I'M CONCERNED IT COULD AFFECT THE AIR BAG DEPLOYING.

THE DASH IS CRACKING. VEHICLE LOOKS BRAND NEW EXCEPT FOR THE DASH. STARTING TO GET CRACKS ON EACH SIDE. WHAT I HAVE SEEN, THIS IS AN ON GOING PROBLEM.

DASHBOARD CRACKING AROUND AIRBAG MAY CAUSE DANGEROUS DEBRIS IF THE AIRBAG IS DEPLOYED IN A CRASH

DASH IS CRACKED IN TOW SEPERATE AREAS. ONE ABOVE THE STEERING WHEEL, AND ONE ABOVE THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG. THIS CAUSES A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN, IN THAT IF I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, FLYING DEBRIS COULD HARM MYSELF AND MY CHILDREN. THIS CRACKS HAPPENED FOR NO APPARENT REASON, OTHER THAN BEING CHEAPLY MADE AND INSTALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AND NOT TOUCHED WHEN THESE CRACKS OCCURRED.

DASHBOARD JUST CRACKED WHILE DRIVING CITY STREET

'SERVICE AIRBAG' MESSAGE APPEARED ON MY DASHBOARD SCREEN. POSSIBLY CONNECTED TO NUMEROUS CRACKS ON PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE. VEHICLE HAS APPROXIMATELY 90K MILES. CRACKS APPEARED WHEN IT HAD APPROXIMATELY 40K MILES. DEALER SAID IT WAS NOT COVERED AT THAT TIME.

DASH BOARD HAS BEEN CRACKING...STARTED FROM THE CORNERS OF THE AIRBAG....NOW I HAVE CRACKS ALL OVER THE DASHBOARD.

I HAVE TWO CRACKS IN THE DASHBOARD. ONE IS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE RIGHT NEAR THE AIRBAG AND ONE IN ONE THE DRIVERS SIDE. I HAVE READ MANY COMPLAINANTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND IT PUZZLES ME WHY CHEVY WOULD NOT DO A RECALL. MY 2011 IS VERY WELL TAKEN CARE OF SO IT IS NOT NEGLECT ON MY PART.

I BOUGHT MY 2011 CHEVROLET TAHOE ABOUT 4 YEARS AGO (USED, BUT IN GREAT CONDITION) - WITHIN A MONTH MY DASH HAD CRACKED. NOTHING THAT I DID AT ALL! MY NORMAL DRIVING EVERYDAY KEEPS ME WITH 20-30 MILES MAXIMUM, ON VERY WELL MADE ROADS (NOTHING EXTREME). I PAID TO GET IT FIXED (THE FIRST TIME) AND NOW 4 YEARS LATER AND IT HAS CRACKED AGAIN. AFTER THE FIRST TIME I PAID TO GET IT FIXED, THEY ACTUALLY DIDN'T INSTALL THE DASH CORRECTLY AND THEN SAID THAT IT WAS MY FAULT THAT IT WAS MESSED UP AND DEMANDED THAT I PAY FOR IT. I REFUSED AND SAID THAT I WAS DONE WITH IT. IT'S A SAFETY HAZARD BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT ABOVE MY AIRBAGS, AND LIKE I SAID, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN 4 YEARS THAT MY DASHBOARD HAS CRACKED.

MY 2011 CHEVY TAHOE LTZ DASHBOARD FRACTURED COMPLETELY THROUGH THE PLASTIC ADJACENT TO THE PASSENGER AIRBAG AND PROGRESSIVELY RATTLED UNTIL IT SEPARATED. IT THEN CRACKED IN THE AREA IN FRONT OF THE STEERING WHEEL AND CONTINUES TO RATTLE AND THE CRACK IS GETTING LONGER. THE AREA OF THE DASH BETWEEN THESE 2 CRACKS RATTLES VIOLENTLY WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND I AM SEVERELY CONCERNED ABOUT SHARDS OF THE DASH BECOMING DETACHED IN A COLLISION AND INJURING ME OR AN OCCUPANT OF MY CAR. I AM ALSO CONCERNED THAT THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIRBAG WILL BE COMPROMISED AND MAY ITSELF CAUSE THE DASH TO SHATTER AND CREATE SHARP PROJECTILES IN A COLLISION. THIS OCCURRED ORGANICALLY OVER TIME AND WAS NOT CAUSED BY A SINGLE EVENT IN TIME. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF OTHER TRUCKS WITH SAME MODEL DASH AS MINE THAT ALL HAVE THE SAME CRACKS IN THE SAME AREAS. THIS IS AN OBVIOUS DEFECT THAT GM HAS REFUSED TO ADDRESS. I HAVE CONTACTED GM CORPORATE AND BEEN SENT TO THE LOCAL DEALER. I HAVE CONTACTED MULTIPLE LOCAL DEALERS THAT HAVE ALL STATED THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE THAT GM IS ADDRESSING EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE ALL SEEN DOZENS OF VEHICLES WITH THE SAME ISSUES. MY VEHICLE IS OTHERWISE IN PERFECT CONDITION AND I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT THIS DEFECT WILL COMPROMISE THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY AND HAS LOWERED THE VALUE SHOULD I CHOOSE TO SELL THE VEHICLE. I HOPE THAT THE NHTSA CAN ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT GM REFUSES TO AND FORCE THEM TO REPLACE THESE FAULTY DASH BOARDS.

DASHBOARD CRACKING AND IT IS LOOKING UNSAFE IF AIRBAGS DEPLOY.

THE DASH HAS CRACKED BY THE PASSENGER AIRBAG, AND ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. THIS ALL BEGAN AT 46K MILES. I HAVE NEVER USED ANY CHEMICALS ON THE DASH, AND KEEP A SUNSHADE IN THE WINDSHIELD

TAKATA RECALL

I HAVE A LARGE CRACK GOING DOWN THE DASHBOARD OF MY TRUCK THE STEMS DIRECTLY FROM THE PASSENGER AIRBAG. I HAVE CONTACTED BOTH THE DEALER AS WELL AS CHEVROLET REGARDING THIS ISSUE AND HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND A SOLUTION. I AM CONCERNED THAT IF THERE WOULD BE SOME SORT OF AN ACCIDENT WHERE THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED, MY DASH WOULD EITHER IMPROPERLY SUPPORT THE AIRBAG AT EXPLOSION OR PIECES OF SCRAP PLASTIC WOULD FLY AROUND THE CABIN

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, THE DASHBOARD CRACKED JUST ABOVE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THERE ARE 2 CRACKS. ONE IS ABOUT 4 INCHES WHILE THE OTHER IS ABOUT TWO INCHES. AFTER SOME RESEARCH, IT APPEARS THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH GM VEHICLES.

I RECEIVED A NOTICE TODAY STATING THAT THE AIRBAGS ON MY 2011 CHEVY TAHOE ARE DEFECTIVE AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. I UNDERSTAND REPLACEMENT OF THE DEFECTIVE BAGS WOULD BE AT NO COST TO ME. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT TO DO NEXT. MY LOCAL CHEVY DEALER IS DELILLO CHEVROLET, HERE IN HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA. DAVE WEIGE

MULTIPLE CRACKS ACROSS THE DASHBOARD HAVE FORMED, IN SOME CASES COMPLETELY BISECTING THE DASHBOARD PIECES. I'M CONCERNED THAT IF THE AIRBAGS ARE DEPLOYED OR IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH THESE SHARP PIECES OF PLASTIC WILL BECOME PROJECTILES. I WAS JUST QUOTED A PRICE OF $1400 BY MY DEALER TO REPLACE THE DASH, BUT IT SEEMS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM.

CRACKS APPEARING ON THE DASHBOARD. TAHOE IS GENTLY USED AND GARAGED. SEVERE VIBRATIONS OF THE DASHBOARD, WHEN DRIVING, IS CAUSING THE CRACKS. THE CENTRAL SPEAKER ON THE DASH ALSO VIBRATES.

DASHBOARD HAS CRACKED IN MULTIPLE PLACES (JOINT NEAR PASSENGER AIRBAG & SEVERAL PLACES ABOVE INSTRUMENT PANEL ON DRIVER SIDE). WE'RE CONCERNED THAT A FRONT END IMPACT ACCIDENT COULD CAUSE A PIECE TO SHEAR OFF AND CAUSE DAMAGE TO EITHER THE AIRBAGS OR THE PASSANGERS THAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT. DASHBOARD HAS ALREADY BEEN REPLACED ONCE AT OUR EXPENSE. VEHICLE HAS MOSTLY BEEN GARAGE KEPT.

MY DASH BOARD IN MY VEHICLE IS CRACKING FOR NO REASON! IT IS CRACKING IN 2 DIFFERENT SPOTS. ONE IN FRONT OF DRIVER BUT THE ONE THAT REALLY CONCERNS ME IS THE ONE ON PASSENGER SIDE. THE CRACK GOES TO THE AIR BAG AND I'M SO SCARED MY BAG WILL DEPLOY RANDOMLY LIKE THE CRACK APPEARED OR IF IT DEPLOYS UPON IMPACT SHARP HARD PLASTIC EDGES CAN BE HARMFUL! THIS IS NOT JUST COSMETIC AND EVEN IF IT WERE CHEVROLET NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE!

THERE IS A RECALL, NO GM HAS NOT ISSUED A SOLUTION TO REPLACE THE AIRBAGS. SAFETY ISSUE PLUS DASHBOARD CRACKED ON PASSENGER SIDE AT THE SEAM WHERE THE AIRBAG IS LOCATED. DEALERSHIP DOES NOT HAVE AN ANSWER TO RESOLVE PROBLEM.

THE DASH IN MY CAR CRACKED FOR NO REASON. WHAT CONCERNS ME IS THAT THE CRACK IS NEXT TO THE AIRBAG ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. IF THIS AIRBAG WERE TO DEPLOY IT COULD CAUSE THE BROKEN PIECES OF DASH TO TURN INTO PROJECTILES CAUSING A DANGEROUS IF NOT DEADLY INJURY. THIS VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN ON ANYTHING BUT SMOOTH PAVED ROADS. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 61,200 MILES ON IT. WE WERE ON AN INTERSTATE WHEN THIS OCCURRED.

TYPICAL CHEVY TAHOE DASH CRACKING ISSUE. IT WORRIES ME THAT IF I AM IN AN ACCIDENT THAT SHARP PIECES OF PLASTIC MAY CAUSE MORE HARM TO SOMEONE INSIDE THE CABIN THAN IF IT WAS ADDRESSED AND REPAIRED. GM IS AT FAULT FOR USING CHEAP MATERIALS AND THE CONSUMER SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY. IT ISN'T CAUSED BY ANYTHING THAT THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE IS OR ISN'T DOING. PURELY MATERIAL AND MANUFACTURING DEFECTS. WE PAY $50K FOR THESE TRUCKS EACH THE LEAST GM COULD DO IS SPEND THE $500 IF THAT PER VEHICLE TO REPLACE IT.