2013 Chevrolet Tahoe UNKNOWN OR OTHER
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My dashboard has cracked into pieces, material used for dashboard was no good.
my dash is cracked and rattles really bad when driving and sounds like pieces breaking, when i hit bumps in road you can see the dash move and bounce and poses a safety risk if in an accident and airbags go off the pressure can further break dash and send pieces of sharp plastic in the faces of passengers, there is thousands of complaints online and social media about the dashes of chevy and gmc trucks and suvs cracking and in several cases totally breaking apart into pieces due to the faulty cheap materials used to make these dashes. this is a potetial serious and lethal defect if in an a accident and these pieces of plastic go flying into people like shrapnel.
Cracked dashboard
The dash has cracked above the instrument panel in several places. Also it is cracked at the passenger side air bag. This vehicle is well kept. Owned by an older lady, also the front drivers door pull it broken in half. The dealer has informed her that neither have been recalled but, should have been. This is unacceptable being as she paid $68,000.00 dollars for this vehicle. The dealer also informed her that the airbag canister recall when done can crack the dash if it is replaced before the airbag recall is done. And that she would be responsible for the damage done to the plastic dash. Also unacceptable. She is on a fixed income. Vehicle manufacturers charge so much money for these vehicles, they should be forced to recall and replace any part damaged by completing the recall that is not done yet. The dash is not built heavy enough to keep it from cracking. It is built from cheap materials and they charge a mint for it. This is filled out by her mechanic, and it is his email.
Dash board Cracking
Dash board is falling apart around air bag and instrument cluster.
A small crack in the dash start in 2018. I always use a sunshade in the windshield. Then it cracked in other places. It's like there is nothing supporting the dash around the speaker. It's now cracked all over. Nothing has been done extra to this Tahoe. It's cleaned regularly inside and out.
Cracked dashboard
Have a cracked dashboard on the driver side. Started to investigate and noticed panel under steering wheel is broke in multiple places making it not stay secured.
DASHBOARD IS CRACKING ON DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE
We contacted The recommended dealership and they refused to do the repair unless we as the owners accepted responsibility for the broken dash. This issue is also a know defect and GM is refusing to complete the repair. Due to GM defective parts the air safety bag cannot be replaced and I will be required to pay GM and additional $1500 to $2000 dollars to make the car safe to continue to drive. This type of safety defect should be repaired by GM including any item that is damaged due to the repair or defect that keeps the car from being repaired as this becomes nothing more than a way for GM to escape their responsibility for completing this safety defect If the NTSB Allows this then the government then becomes responsible for the loss of life and is just as big a culprit as General Motors..
DASHBOARD IS CRACKED IN 3 DIFFERENT SPOTS
Dashboard has two large cracks, one by the steering column and the other one is on the passenger air bag area. Dealer estimated the repair at $1800 which is an unfair amount. The whole dashboard needs to be replaced do to rattling and squeaking noise from the cheap plastic they used.
THE DASHBOARD COVER IS CRACKED IN SEVERAL PLACES. THE VEHICLE IS WELL MAINTAINED, GARAGED AND HAS NOT BEEN USED OFF PAVED ROADS. THE CRACKS ARE A SAFETY HAZARD IN THE EVENT OF EVEN SMALL COLLISIONS SINCE THEY CREATE SHARP CORNERS AND POINTED ENDS. IN THE EVENT OF A MAJOR COLLISION, PIECES WOULD LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS FLYING OBJECTS PROPELLED BY THE AIRBAGS.
MY DASHBOARD IS CRACKED ON BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE. WHILE I WAS DRIVING MY PASSENGER COMMENTED ON IT AND ASKED WHAT HAPPENED. I HADN'T NOTICED IT BEFORE SINCE I COULDN'T SEE OVER THE PART OF THE DASHBOARD THAT IS HIGHER THAN THE BACKSIDE CLOSER TO THE WINDSHIELD.
DASH IS CRACKING OVER STEERING WHEEL TOWARDS PASSENGER SIDE.
DASH SPONTANEOUSLY CRACKED IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS, WHICH CAUSES DISTRACTING SQUEAKING NOISE WHEN DRIVING. I FIND MYSELF TAKING MY EYES OFF THE ROAD IN ORDER TO PUT MY HAND ON THE SOURCE OF HE SQUEAKING CRACK IN THE PLASTIC.
I TOOK MY TAHOE IN FOR REPAIRS AT AL SIERRA CHEVROLET TO GET AN 02 OXYGEN SENSOR REPLACED. UPON RECEIVING MY TAHOE BACK FROM REPAIRS I NOTICED THAT MY DASH BOARD HAD CRACKED NEAR THE PASSENGER AIR BAG. *TR
MY DASH IS CRACKED IN 3 PLACES AS OF THE LAST 2 WEEKS. IN GOOGLING THE ISSUE, IT APPEARS THERE WAS A LAW SUIT AGAINST GM ABOUT THIS DEFECTIVE PART IN THE VEHICLE. HTTPS://WWW.CARPARTS.COM/BLOG/THE-LATEST-ON-THE-GM-CRACKED-DASH-ISSUE/ I WOULD LIKE HELP WITH RECTIFYING THE REPLACEMENT OR REPAIR OF THE DEFECTIVE PART.
THE DASH HAS CRACKED 2 TIMES. WE HAD ONE SECTION REPAIRED BUT THE NEXT SECTION HAS CRACKED. IN AN ACCIDENT PIECED OF THIS COULD CRACK WORSE AND FLY AROUND THE CABIN CREATING A HAZARD FOR PASSENGERS AS WELL AS THE AIRBAGS.
DASH CRACK WITHOIT WARNING ABOVE GAUGE CLUSTER ON DRIVER'S SIDE. VEHICLE IS GARAGE KEPT A MAJORITY OF THE TIME. VEHICLE SPENDS A FEW DAYS A WEEK OUTSIDE DURING THE DAY. FIRST SIGN OF A CRACK APPEARED WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED OUTSIDE DURING A WORK DAY. HIGH TEMP FOR THE DAY WAS APPROXIMATELY 90 DEGREES.
CRACKS IN DASH AT AIRBAG CORNER AND ON DRIVERS SIDE
CRACKED DASH
I HAVE 2013 TAHOE. IT ONLY HAVE 87,500K ITS BLACK. THE DASHBOARD IS CRACKED. IT JUST SHOWED UP 2 WEEKS AGO. THE VEHICLE IS KEPT GARAGE AT ALL TIME AT THE HOUSE. I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE 1 1/2 YEARS AGO. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS HAPPEN. I KNOW A PERSON ALSO HAS A 2013 TAHOE AND HER DASHBOARD CRACKED. THEY REPLACED IT, BUT THE NEW ONE CRACKED ALSO. I HAVE A 2001 FORD F150 AND THE DASH IS NOT CRACKED. WHY IS GMC/CHEVROLET DASHBOARDS ARE CRACKED. THE DASHBOARD IS PLASTICITY THAT IS WHY IS CRACKING. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A NEW ONE. THANK YOU.
I JUST NOTICED THAT THE DASHBOARD IN MY 2013 CHEVROLET TAHOE LTZ IS CRACKING!!
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The 2013 Chevrolet Tahoe has 84 UNKNOWN OR OTHER complaints on file. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.