2011 Chevrolet Tahoe UNKNOWN OR OTHER
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TAKATA RECALL - MY DASH IS CRACKED FROM DRIVERS COLUMN TO THE PASSENGER AIRBAG. OTHER CRACKS IN THE SURFACE ARE STARTING TO FORM...I HOPE MY FAMILY IS NEVER IN A CRASH IT BOTHERS ME TO THINK THE DASHBOARD WILL CRUMBLE, BREAK APART AND COULD CAUSE OTHER INJURIES.
2011 CHEVY TAHOE 24K MILES DASH COVER IS CRACKED. VEHICLE IS METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED AND THE DASH HAS CRACKED. WORRIED ABOUT FURTHER DEGRADATION ESPECIALLY AROUND AIR BAG AS THIS SEEMS TO BE A WIDESPREAD ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE.
VEHICLE NEVER BEEN IN ACCIDENT ONLY HAS 39,000 MILES AND HAS 3 CRACKS SPIDERING OFF ONE ANOTHER ON DRIVER SIDE DASH BOARD
DASHBOARD CRACKING AROUND THE AIRBAG AND OVER THE TOP OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL.
CRACKED DASH BY PASSENGER AIR BAG, VEHICLE ONLY HAS 23,000 MILES. CONCERNED BOUT DEBRIS OR PROJECTILES AFTER AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT
THE CAR WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE NOT RUNNING. I OPENED THE LIFT GATE. IT OPENED FINE THEN WHEN I WENT TO PUT SOMETHING INTO THE CARGO AREA THE LIFT GATE STARTED SLOWLY CLOSING. I BACKED OUT FROM UNDER IT AND IT SUDDENLY CRASHED CLOSED NEARLY HITTING ME. THE STRUTS HAVE NOT WORKED SINCE. WE HAVE TO MANUALLY OPEN THE LIFT GATE AND PROP IT OPEN WITH A BROOMSTICK HANDLE.
THE DASHBOARD HAS 3 CRACKS IN IT THAT RANDOMLY SHOWED UP, 2 AT THE TOP LEFT CORNER ON THE PASSENGER SIDE BY THE AIR BAG AND THE OTHER THE TOP LEFT SIDE OF THE DRIVERS SIDE ABOVE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL
DASH IS CRACKING AROUND PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG. THIS IS UNSAFE BECAUSE IN THE EVENT OF PASSENGER AIRBAG DEPLOYING, SHARDS OF CRACKED DASH CAN BECOME PROJECTILES. MANY COMPLAINTS ON INTERNET ABOUT SAME ISSUE, NO RESOLUTION FROM GM.
CRACKED DASH BOARD ABOVE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND AROUND AIRBAG.
ON 1-24-16 I WENT TO GET IN MY VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE DASH WAS CRACKED ON THE DRIVERS SIDE ABOVE THE INSTRUMENT PANELS. 1-27-16 I NOW NOTICE A CRACK IN THE DASH ON THE PASSENGER SIDE BY THE AIR BAG. I AM WORRIED IF IN AN ACCIDENT THE CRACKED DASH IS GOING TO CAUSE MORE INJURIES. I HAVE CONTACTED MY LOCAL DEALER WHO PRETTY MUCH BLEW ME OFF. I ALSO EMAILED GM AND THEY TOLD ME TO CONTACT MY LOCAL DEALER NO ONE WANTS TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM AND I AM SURE I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS ISSUE. THIS HAPPENED WHILE IT WAS PARKED IN MY GARAGE FOR NO REASON.
I HAVE A 2011 TAHOE WHICH I PURCHASED NEW. IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN PARKED IN A COVERED PARKING GARAGE DURING THE DAY AND IN MY COVERED CARPORT IN THE EVENINGS. IT HAS 58,000. MILES AND WHILE CLEANING THE TRUCK I NOTICED A CRACK IN THE DASH ON THE DRIVERS SIDE APPROXIMATELY 3.5 INCHES LONG AND ANOTHER CRACK ON THE PASSENGERS SIDE, IN THE CORNER OF WHERE THE AIRBAG IS LOCATED. I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT THESE CRACKS COULD JEOPARDIZE THE INTEGRITY OF THE AIRBAGS. THE DEALERSHIP HAS STATED THAT I WOULD HAVE TO INCURE THE COST OF REPLACEMENT. THIS TRUCK IS STILL IN ABSOLUTE PERFECT CONDITION OTHERWISE.
MY DASH HAS CRACKED AND I'M WORRIED THAT IF I'M EVER IN AN ACCIDENT THAT I MAY BE INJURED IF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOY AND SEND PIECES OF THE DASH AT ME. SEEMS TO BE A BIG PROBLEM WITH GM SUV'S AND TRUCKS. THERE IS EVEN A FACEBOOK PAGE WITH A COUPLE THOUSAND MEMBERS: HTTPS://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/GROUPS/GMDASHCRACK/
I WAS WIPING DUST OFF THE DASHBOARD AND SAW A SMALL CRACK ON THE CORNER OF THE DASH THAT MEETS THE AIRBAG COMPARTMENT AS WELL AS A CRACK ON THE SAME DASH PANEL ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. AT THE TIME MY VEHICLE WAS ONLY THREE YEARS OLD BUT A FEW HUNDRED MILES PAST WARRANTY. I IMMEDIATELY REPORTED IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. I WAS TOLD THEY HAD RECEIVED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS, BUT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR A REPLACEMENT. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT SEVERAL OF THOSE THAT HAD THEIR DASH REPLACED WERE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN. AFTER SEEING THE SAME TYPE OF COMPLAINT FROM OTHER OWNERS AND THE CRACKS ON MY DASH CONTINUING TO SPREAD, I DECIDED TO FILE A COMPLAINT. MY CONCERN IS A SAFETY ISSUE WITH THESE CRACKS CAUSING THE AIR BAGS TO MALFUNCTION AND INFLATE WHILE DRIVING CAUSING INJURY. EVERY PERSON I KNOW THAT HAS THIS VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. I AM REQUESTING THAT YOU INVESTIGATE THIS ISSUE. I BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL AND A REPLACEMENT WITH A DASH THAT IS MADE OF A MORE DURABLE, SAFER MATERIAL.
DASH HAS CRACKED RIGHT ABOVE THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER (15 INCH CRACK) AND JUST ABOVE THE PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAG COMPARTMENT. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE, WHCIH SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY THE MANUFACTURER.
THERE ARE SEVERAL HAIRLINE CRACKS IN THE DASH BEHIND THE STEERING COLUMN AND AROUND THE PASSENGER AIR BAG. THIS VEHICLE HAS 48,000 MILES AND HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT PASSENGER INJURIES NOT TO FORGET THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED FOR $53,000 AND EVIDENTLY HAS CHEAP AND POOR QUALITY MATERIALS . I HAVE REPLACED 2 DOOR HANDLES THAT BECAME SO LOOSE. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THERE WERE BOLTS MISSING. A GM PRODUCT MADE IN AMERICA WITH THIS POOR QUALITY! MAKES ME WONDER WHAT IS NEXT!
MY 2011 TAHOE HAS YET ANOTHER CRACK IN THE DASH. THE FIRST TIME IT WAS CHANGED BECAUSE I HAVE LESS THAN 30000 MILES ON THE TRUCK. NOW I HAVE 60000 AND IT HAS CRACKED AGAIN. THIS TIME THEY ARE TELLING ME I NEED TO PAY AT 250 OF THE COST OF REPAIR! NO SIR! I'M DOING NOTHING TO MY VEHICLE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN AND I DON'T FEEL I SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR HAVING TO CHANGE IT YET AGAIN. THIS IS NOT FAR! I USED TO LOVE CHEVY BUT NOW I'M NOT SO SURE!
WE HAD THE OIL CHANGED AT A LUBE SHOP IN MARBLE FALLS TEXAS AND THE PERSON THAT CHANGED THE OIL TOLD US THE TRANSMISSION DIP STICK TUBE WAS LOOSE SO HE COULDN'T CHECK THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. WE LEFT THE LUBE SHOP AND WAS DRIVING DOWN 1431 IN MARBLE FALLS WHEN A GENTLEMAN STOPPED US AND TOLD US THE TAHOE WAS ON FIRE. WE POPPED THE HOOD AND INDEED THERE WERE FLAMES IN THE LOWER PART OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. WE CALLED THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THEY CAME TO OUR CALL WITHIN 10 MINUTES. IN RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM I SAW THAT THERE IS A RECALL ON THE TUBES BUT MY ISSUE IS THAT WE WERE NEVER NOTIFIED OF THE RECALL AND THE WAY THE RECALL IS WRITTEN DOES NOT CONSIDER FIRE FROM THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. THIS HAPPENED ON 10/13/2015.
CRACKED DASHBOARD ON TAHOE. NUMEROUS PREVIOUS OWNERS HAVE FILED THE SAME COMPLAINT. GM (CHEVY) REFUSE TO RECALL THIS DEFECTIVE PRODUCT.
I HAVE A 2011 CHEVY TAHOE Z71. I WAS GETTING IN THE VEHICLE AND SEEN THAT THE DASH HAD A CRACK. I HADN'T HIT ANYTHING, HAD AN ACCIDENT, NOR SPEEDING PRIOR TO SEEING THIS. I SEE THAT ITS AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH CHEVY.
I HAVE TWO CRACKS IN THE DASHBOARD THAT MAKES THE DASHBOARD FLOP, AND I'M WORRIED IT MAY AFFECT THE AIRBAGS. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER, THE TRUCK HAS NEVER BEEN IN A WRECK, NEVER PLACE ANY ITEMS ON THE DASH, AND I USE A VISOR TO PROTECT THE DASH DURING WORK, AND THE TRUCK IS GARAGED WHEN I'M AT HOME. THE DEALER SAID IT WILL COST APPROX. $1,000 TO REPLACE! WHY WOULD I REPLACE A DEFECTIVE DASH? THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL!
I GOT INTO MY VEHICLE AND NOTICED A CRACK ON THE DASHBOARD ABOVE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THAT CRACK BECAME TWO CRACKS AND NOW THERE IS ONE FORMING BY THE PASSENGER AIRBAG. THIS VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. IT HAS JUST UNDER 18,000 MILES AND IS IN IMMACULATE CONDITION. AFTER INVESTIGATING THIS ONLINE IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE WITH MULTIPLE PEOPLE REPORTING THE SAME CRACKS. I AM WORKING WITH THE DEALER TO REPLACE THIS (AND IT WILL COST ME OUT OF MY OWN POCKET FOR PART OF THIS) BUT HIS SEEMS TO BE A DEFECT AND I THINK A RECALL MIGHT BE WARRANTED.
I NOTICED SEVERAL TAHOE OWNERS ARE ALSO COMPLAINING ABOUT CRACKED DASHBOARD FOR THEIR VEHICLE. MY IS ABOVE THE STEERING WHEEL AND HAVE SPREAD DOWN ABOUT 12 INCHES. I ALSO AGREE THAT IT COULD BE DANGEROUS IF THE AIRBAG IS DEPLOYED WITH CRACKED DASH THAT CAN CAUSE PLASTIC FRAGMENTS. IN ADDITION, I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THE QUALITY OF 2011 CHEVY TAHOE WHEN IT IS WAS PRICED IN UPPER $50'SK WHEN NEW. I HAVE OWNED 2 OTHERS IN THE PAST WITH NO ISSUES. THE PLASTIC MATERIAL USED FOR CONSTRUCTING THE 2011 TAHOE DASHBOARD IS TOO THIN. WITH ALL THESE COMPLAINTS, WHAT HAVEN'T CHEVY PUT OUT A RECALL?
I PURCHASED THE ABOVE USED VEHICLE LAST SUMMER AND THE DASH AT THAT TIME HAD TWO CRACKS ONE ON EACH SIDE OF THE DASH. THE CRACKS ARE LOCATED CLOSE TO THE FRONT AIRBAGS ONE CRACK HAS NOW RAN MORE THAN HALF WAY UP OVER THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. I HAD FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE BBB AND THEN HAD SPOKE WITH AN INDIVIDUAL FROM GM THEY PAID TO HAVE THE VEHICLE INSPECTED. WELL I JUST FEEL LIKE THE CRACKS POSE A SAFETY HAZARD IF THE DASH IS THAT WEAK THAT IT HAS CRACKED THEN WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF I WAS IN ACCIDENT THE DASH GOING TO EXPLODE OR MAYBE EVEN MAKE THE AIRBAGS MALFUNCTION. GM REFUSES TO FIX THE DASH I AM SORRY THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE THIS PROBLEM HAS APPARENTLY BEEN GOING ON FOR A GOOD WHILE. WHY WOULD A COMPANY NOT WANT TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM AND AVOID POSSIBLE LAWSUITS. IT'S KINDA LIKE A WELLNESS PROGRAM DO PREVENTATIVE CHECKUPS TO SAVE MONEY IN THE FUTURE. THESE VEHICLE COST WAY TO MUCH TO HAVE SUCH WEAK AND UNSUPPORTED DASHES. I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS AND YET NOTHING IS BEING DONE. THIS MAKES NO SENSE TO ME AT ALL THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AND THOROUGHLY EXAMINED. THIS TAHOE ALSO SEEMS TO HAVE OTHER ISSUES IT RIDES LIKE A LOG WAGON AND PUT BRAND NEW TIRES ON IT LAST AUGUST. NOW THE FRONT CAP IS PEELING OFF AND IT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN TOUCHED UP IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE TOOK SOMETHING AND JUST PUT BLACK SPOTS ALL OVER THE FRONT. THE TAHOE IS NOT DRIVEN ON GRAVEL ROADS AND IS NOT MISTREATED. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL SUV'S AND THIS IS THE WORST ONE I HAVE OWNED AND I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED. I WILL NOT RECOMMEND ANYONE TO BUY A SUV MADE BY GM BECAUSE THEY DO NOT WANT TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM AT HAND.
I'M NOT SURE WHY I REC'D THE RECALL NOTICE ON THE 2011 CHEVY TAHOE. I TRADED THAT CAR IN BACK IN OCTOBER 2014. PLEASE REMOVE ME FROM YOUR MAILING FOR THIS VEHICLE. THANK YOU *TR
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The 2011 Chevrolet Tahoe has 149 UNKNOWN OR OTHER complaints on file. 1 crashes have been reported. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.