61 complaints reported

2012 Chevrolet Tahoe UNKNOWN OR OTHER

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

Reports
61
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries
1

Complaint Timeline

Chronological view of owner reports

Aug 2018

DASHBOARD CRACKING ON DRIVER SIDE IN TWO PLACES AND PASSENGER SIDE ON AIRBAG WITH NO KNOWN CAUSE.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2012 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Aug 2018
Aug 2018

DASHBOARD CRACKED ABOVE AIRBAG. CRACKED WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2012 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Sep 2017
Jun 2018

2012 CHEVY TAHOE HAS LARGE CRACKS IN THE DASH , AND AM CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2012 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jun 2018
Apr 2018

MY DASH IS SEVERELY CRACKED, INCLUDING BY WHERE THE PASSENGER AIRBAG DEPLOYS FROM THE DASH. AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT SPLINTERING AND CAUSING HARM IN THE EVENT OF DEPLOYMENT.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2012 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Apr 2018
Mar 2018

CRACKED DASH IN PASSENGER SIDE BESIDE AIRBAG

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2012 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Dec 2016
Feb 2018 Injury

MY DOOR HANDLES ON THE INSIDE OF MY VEHICLE ARR CHROME. THE CHROME MATERIL HAS STARTED TO PEEL AWAY AND HAS CAUSED ME DEEP CUTS ON THE SIDES OF MY FINGERS AFTER OPENING THE DOOR.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2012 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 2018
Oct 2017

DASHBOARD HAS CRACKED IN TWO PLACES, UNDER ITS OWN WEIGHT. RATTLES EXCESSIVELY,GM REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. IT HAS BEEN CRACKED SINCE 2014 AND HAS JUST STARTED TO RATTLE.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2012 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 2017
Oct 2017

2012 TAHOE DASHBOARD CRACKED FOR THE SECOND TIME APPARENTLY DUE TO DEFECTIVE MATERIAL. DASHBOARD WAS REPLACED LESS THAN ONE YEAR AFTER PURCHASING IT AND 2 YEARS LATER IT CRACKED AGAIN. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY ACCIDENTS AND CRACKS APPEARED FOR NO KNOWN REASON. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY REPORTS FROM OTHER OWNERS OF GM VEHICLES AND GM HAS NOT HAD A RECALL. SINCE THE AIR BAGS ARE LOCATED IN THE DASH, THERE COULD BE A POTENTIAL HAZARD IF AIR BAGS ARE DEPLOYED. ACCORDING TO THE DEALERSHIP, GM IS STILL USING THE SAME MATERIAL AND OWNERS HAVE TO PAY FOR PART OR ALL OF THE REPLACEMENT AFTER ORIGINAL 3-YEAR MANUFACTURER WARRANTY. IF IT CRACKS AGAIN AFTER ONE YEAR OF INSTALLATION, WE ARE LOOKING AT ANOTHER REPAIR BILL!

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2012 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 2016
Aug 2017

MY DASH BOARD BEGAN TO CRACK IN SEVERAL PLACES. WHEN I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP THEY SAID THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THAT BUT IT ONLY WENT TO YEAR MODELS UP TO 2011

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2012 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 2017
Aug 2017

THE DASHBOARD HAS STARTED CRACKING AND IT IS AT DEALER NOW AND THEY ARE TELLING ME THIS IS ONLY ONE THEY EVER HEARD OF AND THEY CAN DO NOTHING ABOUT BUT IT IS A CERTIFIED VEHICLE THAT I'VE ONLY PUT 20 SOME THOUSAND MILES ON AND IT WAS SOLD TO ME WITH FULL WARRANTY AS A NEW ONE AND AFTER LOOKING ON SEVERAL WEBSITES IT SEEMS THAT A LOT OF OTHERS HAVE THIS PROBLEM, AFRAID IF IT KEEPS CRACKING IT MAY GET RIGHT INTO MY INSTRUMENTS AND ELECTRICAL OR WORSE CONTINUE INTO MY AIRBAG , SURELY THERE IS SOMETHING CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS AND THE DISTRACTION FROM THE DASHBOARD FLOPPING UP AND DOWN CAN LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT, IT ONLY TAKES A MOMENT FOR SOMETHING BAD TO HAPPEN. PLEASE IF YOU ARE ABLE TO INFLUENCE A DECISION ABOUT THIS, DO SO IT COULD MEAN THE DIFFERENCE IN A LIFE MAYBE

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2012 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: May 2017
Aug 2017

MY DASH IS CRACKED RIGHT BY AIRBAG LIKE OTHER 1000'S OF GM TRUCKS YEARS 07-14. I HAVE 75,000 MILES ON MY TAHOE CURRENTLY AND THE CRACK APPEARED AT 70,000 MILES. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM, I BELONG TO A GROUP ON FACEBOOK CALLED 07-13 GM CRACKED DASH AND SAFETY HAZARD AND EVERYDAY THERE'S NEW PEOPLE WHO JOIN THE GROUP WITH THEIR CRACKED DASHES MOST OF THEM IN THE EXACT SAME SPOT RIGHT BY THE AIRBAG AND OTHERS HAVE WHERE THE ENTIRE DASH HAS CRACKED AND MOST SEEM TO HAPPEN BETWEEN 60,000 AND 75,000 MILES. THIS HAZARD COULD BE DEVASTATING IF AN ACCIDENT WAS TO HAPPEN. MY TAHOE IS IN GREAT CONDITION GM NEEDS TO RECALL THIS HAZARD.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2012 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Feb 2016
Jun 2017

THE DASH HAS CRACKED AND I FEAR THAT IN AN ACCIDENT PARTS OF THE DASH TO DEFLATE AIRBAG AND OR CAUSE PERSONAL INJURY. GENERAL MOTORS REFUSES TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2012 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Feb 2017
Apr 2017

DASHBOARD CRACKED OVER INSTRUMENT PANEL AND AT AIRBAG PANEL. CAR IS ONLY 4 YEARS OLD! THOUGH PROTECTED BY WINDSHIELD DEFLECTOR ALL THE TIME DURING SUMMER WHEN PARKED.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2012 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Apr 2017
Apr 2017

THE DASHBOARD IS CRACKING MORE AND MORE EACH DAY

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2012 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 2017
Apr 2017

DASH CONTINUES TO CRACK AND RATTLE. MAKES WIFE NERVOUS WHEN DRIVING, MAKES HER FEEL IT MAY COME APART.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2012 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 2015
Mar 2017

SEVERE CRACKS IN THE DASHBOARD

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2012 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jun 2017
Mar 2017

DASHBOARD CRACK NEAR PASSENGER AIRBAG. THE CRACK APPEARED OUT OF NOWHERE. THERE WASN'T ANY FORCE TO CAUSE THE DAMAGE. THE CRACK WAS NOTICED WHILE I WAS PARKED, I HEARD CRACKLING SOUNDS AND THAT IS WHEN I NOTICED IT. I LOOKED ONLINE FOR A RECALL AND CHEVROLET HASN'T RECALLED IT, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS FOR THIS PROBLEM. I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR THEIR DEFECT.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2012 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Feb 2017
Feb 2017

EXPLODING SUNROOF WHILE DRIVING IN 34 DEGREE WEATHER AT 60 MPH, NO VEHICLES AROUND ME AND I WAS NOT GOING UNDER AN OVERPASS.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2012 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 2017
Feb 2017

A HUGE CRACK ON DRIVERS SIDE AND A SMALLER CRACK ON PASSENGERS SIDE DASHBOARD

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2012 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Feb 2017
Dec 2016

DASH BOARD CRACKED IN 2 PLACES OVER THE LAST WEEK. FIRST CRACK OCCURRED OVER THE GAUGE CLUSTERS, AND THE SECOND CRACK OCCURRED OVER THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2012 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Aug 2016
Nov 2016

OUR 2012 LTZ TAHOE ONLY HAS 64,768 MILES ON IT AND IS GARAGE KEPT. WE ALSO KEEP A SUNSCREEN IN THE WINDOW WHEN IT IS SITTING OUTSIDE. WE HAVE STARTED NOTICING CRACKS IN THE DASHBOARD IN 2 DIFFERENT PLACES. WE TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER AND THEY SAID WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR REPLACEMENT. AROUND $1000.00. I DO NOT THINK WE SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE RECALLED SEEING AS THOUGH THE INTERNET IS FLOODED WITH PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I ALSO FEEL THIS COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE SINCE IT IS AROUND THE AIRBAGS!

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2012 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 2016
Oct 2016

DASHBOARD CRACKING FROM PASSENGER AIR BAG DOOR TO WINDSHIELD DEFROST VENT. CONTACTED DEALER - BUTCH DAVIS CHEVROLET IN RIPLEY, MS SALESPERSON ADVISED THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH NO SOLUTION. THE DEALER REFUSED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE AND ADVISED FILING A COMPLAINT WITH CHEVROLET CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE BUT THAT TO HIS KNOWLEDGE, THIS ISSUE IS WIDE SPREAD AND NOT BEING ADDRESSED BY CHEVROLET.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2012 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 2016
Oct 2016

THERE ARE 2 CRACKS ON THE CENTER DASH ON EITHER SIDE OF THE RADIO SPEAKER. THEY APPEARED OUT OF NOWHERE AND ARE GETTING WORSE.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2012 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Jan 2016
Oct 2016

TWO ADVANCING CRACKS IN THE DASH.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2012 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: May 2016
Sep 2016

I HAVE A 2012 TAHOE THAT HAS AN CRAKING ISSUE WITH THE DASH BOARD. ONE MONTH AGO IN AUGUST,2016 I WAS DRIVING AND OUT OF THE BLUE A 1 1/2 INCH CRACK SUDDENLY APPEARED FROM THE DASH AREA INTO SIDE PASSENGER AIR BAG AREA. TODAY IS SEPTEMBER 2016 AND I WENT OUT TO MY CAR THIS MORNING TO LEAVE AND NOTICED WHILE I WAS STARTING MY CAR THAT THERE WAS A NOW A 4 INCH CRACK JUST ABOVE THE COUNSEL AREA IN THE DASH. MY VEHICLE JUST HIT 40 THOUSAND MILES AND THIS IS JUST UNEXCEPTABLE FOR CHEVY TO NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE 2007 IN MANY OF THERE VEHICLES MAINLY THE TAHOE. MY VEHICLE IS VERY WELL MAINTAINED AND STILL LOOKS AS IT DID THE DAY I BOUGHT IT AND THE CRACKS IN THE DASH ARE TO ME A HAZARD ESPECIALLY THE ONE AROUND THE AIR BAG.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2012 CHEVROLET TAHOE, Manufacturer: General Motors, LLC
Incident: Apr 2016

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The 2012 Chevrolet Tahoe has 61 UNKNOWN OR OTHER complaints on file. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.