{"count":422,"message":"Results returned successfully","results":[{"odiNumber":11683105,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/26/2025","dateComplaintFiled":"08/26/2025","vin":"3GNEK13T73G","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"The contact owns a 2003 Chevrolet Avalanche 1500. The contact stated that while the vehicle was on a lift at an independent mechanic, the independent mechanic found rust on the subframe. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was a private sale. The contact had purchased the vehicle two months prior to finding the rust. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic to replace the muffler. The contact was informed that the subframe was rusted. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 91,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11606301,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/01/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"08/03/2024","vin":"3GNGC23G83G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"Brakes lines broke while in traffic at stop light. Manage to drive in low gear 1/2 block to repair shop. They replaced the lines","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11414981,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/13/2018","dateComplaintFiled":"05/03/2021","vin":"3GNEC13T43G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"SERVICE LIGHT DOSE NOT COME ON WHEN MY TRUCK WON'T NOT STARTED UP UNTIL I GOT IT TOWED","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11386897,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/05/2021","dateComplaintFiled":"01/07/2021","vin":"3GNEC13T33G","components":"STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE AND THE CLUSTER IS OUT I DO NOT KNOW WHAT MODEL THIS IS OTHER THAN A Z66 SO I CANNOT SEE ON HOW TO PROGRAM MY PHONE AT TO THE ONSTAR OR ANY OF THAT I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE SATELLITE RADIO THERE IS NO AUXILIARY PLUG IN HEATED SEATS IT'S ONLY THE BACK OF THE SEAT THAT WORKS I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S ALL THAT IS HEATED AND IT SAYS THAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE COME WITH A KEY FOB I DID NOT RECEIVE MY CAR COMPLETELY DIES I HAVE TO TURN IT COMPLETELY OFF TURN THE KEY AROUND AND STARTED AGAIN THE WHOLE STEERING COLUMN LOOKS LIKE IT HAS BEEN REPLACED I DID NOT RECEIVE THE KEY FOB I CANNOT LOCK THE DOORS BECAUSE THE KEYS DON'T WORK IN THE DOOR BUT THEY DO AN IGNITION SOMETIMES I HAVE TO TURN THE KEY AROUND SOMETIMES EVEN WHEN I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING I HAVE TO CUT IT COMPLETELY OFF BECAUSE IT WILL STALL OUT TURN KEY AROUND AND IT START IT AGAIN. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE REAL MILAGE IS. JELP IM A SINGLE AND ONLY IN COME PARENT TO 3 BOUS AND THIS MOMMA NEEDS HELP PLEASE","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11384649,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/12/2020","dateComplaintFiled":"12/23/2020","vin":"3GNEK13T63G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,VISIBILITY/WIPER","summary":"I AM A NEW OWNER OF A 2003 AVALANCHE, I WAS SATISFIED WITH MY PURCHASE BUT MY SOONROOF FALLS UNDER THE APPROPRIATE SERIAL NUMBERS (6,000,000-6,300,000) RECALL STATES THAT IT MAY BE COVERED BY THE COMPANY WEBASTO HOLLANDIA. VEHICLE IS FINE TO DRIVE PLACES BUT SUNROOF MUST BE FIXED FOR COMING WINTER. IT WORRIES ME AS THERE'S A SLIGHT DANGER OF IT CAUSING A ROAD HAZARD IF IT WERE TO FALL OUT.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11193455,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/06/2016","dateComplaintFiled":"04/02/2019","vin":"3GNEK13T63G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"BRAKES WENT OUT WITH NO WARNING, TWO DIFFERENT TIMES. ON A HIGHWAY STOPPING FOR A RED LIGHT.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11192061,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/08/2019","dateComplaintFiled":"03/27/2019","vin":"3GNEC13T03G","components":"STEERING","summary":"I CAN HEAR A CLUNKING OR RATTLING NOISE IN MY STEERING WHEEL. I CAN ALSO FEEL IT IN THE STEERING WHEEL WHILE DRIVING.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11162859,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/01/2018","dateComplaintFiled":"12/20/2018","vin":"3GNEK13TX3G","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"THIS IS THE SECOND TRANSMISSION, THE CLIP THAT HOLDS THE TRANSMISSION LINE TO THE RADIATOR BREAKS ALLOWING THE LINE TO COME OFF RESULTING IN ALL TRANSMISSION FLUID BEING LOST AND RESULTING IN DESTROYING TRANSMISSION","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11160865,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/07/2016","dateComplaintFiled":"12/12/2018","vin":"3GNEC13T73G","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"MY AIRBAGS DEPLOYED AS I SLID INTO A VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. I WAS IN NUMBER TO NUMBER TRAFFIC AND I TRIED CHANGING LANES. MY FRONT LEFT BUMPER TAPPED HIS REAR RIGHT BUMPER. THE OTHER VEHICLE WAS SCRATCHED.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11130262,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/18/2018","dateComplaintFiled":"09/18/2018","vin":"3GNEC13T23G","components":"FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM","summary":"THE ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ON FOR THE SECOND TIME SAYING THAT IS A VACUUM LEAK IN THE FUEL CAP I REPLACE THE CAP","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11129693,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/21/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"09/15/2018","vin":"3GNEC13T23G","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"CLADDING ON MY 2003 HAS TURNED GREY AND UGLY.  THERE IS NOTHING USED THAT WILL RENEW IT BACK TO ORIGINAL LOOK.  WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT THIS PROBLEM????","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11030157,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/22/2017","dateComplaintFiled":"09/27/2017","vin":"3GNEC13T83G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"WAS DRIVING HOME AND BRAKES FAILED. MASSIVE HOLES IN THE LINES, PEDAL DOWN TO THE FLOOR NO BRAKE WARNING LIGHT UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE. THANK GOD MY WIFE AND KIDS WERE NOT WITH ME THIS TIME. LUCKY I'M ALIVE. I WAS NOT ON A MAIN HIGHWAY. SO FAR THE COST IS UP TO $2000.00 TO REPLACE ALL THE LINES. ALSO NOW THE MASTER CYLINDER SEEMS TO BE FAULTY. ANOTHER $400.00. I HAVE READ WAY TOOO MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT GM BRAKE LINES RUSTING OUT WAY TOO SOON MANY WITH LOW MILEAGE. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS IN THE FORM OF COMPENSATION. LIVES COULD BE LOST AND SOME PROBABLY HAVE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11019935,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/20/2017","dateComplaintFiled":"08/27/2017","vin":"3GNEK13T83G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"I HAVE READ NHTSA # 05V37900 AND SEE THAT ADDRESSES THE BRAKE PROBLEMS WITH BRAKE LINE THAT I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WHERE THE BRAKE GOES TO THE FLOOR WITH NO WARNING THAT IS THE SAME AS THE 2002 THAT IS INCLUDED IN YOUR RECALL. IT APPEARS THAT THE SAME BRAKE LINES WERE USED ON THE 2003 MODEL. SO WHY WAS THE 2003 MODEL NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL AS LOSING THE BRAKES NOT A SAFETY HAZARD. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN THE BRAKES WENT OUT AND WAS LUCKY THERE WAS NO OTHER TRAFFIC IN THE AREA.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":11015926,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/16/2017","dateComplaintFiled":"08/17/2017","vin":"3GNEK13T13G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"INSTRUMENT PANEL HAS STOPPED WORKING. NONE OF THE GAUGES WORK. START VEHICLE NO GAUGES MOVE. DRIVE AND NO GAUGES MOVE, INCLUDING SPEEDOMETER","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10994090,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/08/2017","dateComplaintFiled":"06/09/2017","vin":"","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"WHILE BRAKING FOR A RED STOP LIGHT THE TRUCK WAS STOPPING NORMALLY AND WAS ALMOST STOPPED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT NEARLY TO THE FLOOR AND BRAKING ACTION WAS SEVERELY AFFECTED CAUSING A MUCH DELAYED COMPLETION TO THE STOP. WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL COLLAPSED A CHIME CAME ON AND A BRAKE FAILURE LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASH PANEL. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO AVOID HITTING THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR SLOWLY OUT OF TRAFFIC GOING VERY SLOW AND USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. UPON INITIAL INSPECTION, BRAKE FLUID WAS OBSERVED LEAKING FROM SOMEWHERE UNDER THE TRUCK. THE TRUCK WAS TOWED TO A SERVICE GARAGE WHERE THE INITIAL DIAGNOSIS WAS A RUSTED OUT BRAKE LINE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10979808,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/13/2017","dateComplaintFiled":"04/21/2017","vin":"3GNEK13T23G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND NOTICED THAT THERE WAS NO BRAKE FUNCTIONALITY. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO COAST THE VEHICLE TO THE NEAREST FUEL STATION. THE BRAKE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT BRAKE LINE FAILED DUE TO CORROSION AND THE REAR BRAKE LINE ALSO EXPERIENCED SEVERE CORROSION AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 105,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10967809,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/15/2016","dateComplaintFiled":"03/22/2017","vin":"3GNEK13T23G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES FLUCTUATED INDEPENDENTLY AND SEVERAL WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE ALSO STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD ELECTRICAL ISSUES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 230,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10935940,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/14/2016","dateComplaintFiled":"12/17/2016","vin":"3GNEK13T33G","components":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HILL ON MY WAY HOME WITH MY THREE LILLTE KIDS IN THE TRUCK WHEN IT JUST SHUT OFF N WAS HARD TO STEER THE ABS LIGHT COME ON N THEN A LIGHT WITH A LOCK WITH A KEY THE TRUCK ACTED LIKE IT WANTED TO TURN OVER BUT DID N STILL TO THIS DAY IT WILL NO TURN OVER N START UP N STILL SHOWING THE LIL LOCK WITH A KEY.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10926521,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/16/2016","dateComplaintFiled":"11/16/2016","vin":"3GNMCFE06DG","components":"STRUCTURE,UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"DASHBOARD IS CRACKED ABOVE THE SPEEDOMETER. I HAVE 56000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE.   I OWNED A 2008 MODEL AND HAD SAME ISSUE. I THOUGHT THIS WAS ADDRESSED AND FIXED ON NEWER MODELS. I'M TOLD IT'LL COST ME $1500 TO FIX. IF THEY AREN'T GOING TO MAKE THIS GOOD I'M SWITCHING OVER TO TOYOTAS. THIS VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR DAYS WHEN I WENT TO USE IT NOTICED THE CRACK. VERY DISSAPPOINTED!","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10916490,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/15/2016","dateComplaintFiled":"10/17/2016","vin":"3GNMCGE03DG","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"THE DASHBOARD HAS DEVELOPED A CRACK IN THE PLASTIC ON THE PASSENGER SIDE RIGHT NEAR THE AIRBAG AREA.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10896640,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/17/2016","dateComplaintFiled":"08/17/2016","vin":"3GNEK13T63G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"LOST TOTAL BRAKING AT RED LIGHT AT BUSY INTERSECTION,45 MPH WITH THE GRACE OF GOD AVOIDED A BROADSIDE HIT, JUST MISSED A CHILD ON A BIKE, THIS WAS CAUSED BY A RUSTED BRAKE LINE. WHAT HAPPEN TO THE SAFETY BACK-UP IN THIS DESIGN ? THIS IS WRONG. IN SO MANY WAYS. IN THE  USA  WE NEED TO HOLD OUR SAFETY TO ITS HIGHEST. HOW MANY WILL DIE BEFORE THIS PROBLEM IS RESOLVED .","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10882455,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/14/2016","dateComplaintFiled":"07/04/2016","vin":"3GNEK13T03G","components":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"WHEN YOU HIT A BUMP THE DOOR LOCKS UNLOCK AND LOCK ABS LIGHTS COME ON SAYS REDUCED POWER YOU MAYBE GOING 55 MPH THEN WHEN YOU HIT THE BUMP YOU LOOSE POWER MAYBE BE LUCKY TO GO 5 MPH VERY VERY DANGEROUS HAVE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM SHOULD BE A RECALL WITH ALL THE COMPLAINTS I HAVE SEEN ONLINE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM I CAN'T DRIVE MY TRUCK AFRAID I WILL GET KILLED","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10882290,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/27/2016","dateComplaintFiled":"07/02/2016","vin":"3GNEK13T73G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"I LOST THE COMPLETE HYDRAULIC BRAKING SYSTEM DUE TO A LINE(S) BURST DUE TO RUST. THANKFULLY I WAS JUST COMING OUT OF A PARKING LOT SO I WAS NOT GOING FAST. MY FOOT IMMEDIATELY WENT TO THE FLOOR, THE WARNING SOUND AND INDICATOR CAME ON, BUT I HAD ABSOLUTELY NO BRAKES OTHER THAN THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, WHICH I USED TO PULL OVER. IT GOES TO THE SHOP ON TUESDAY SO I WILL KNOW THEN THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE. HAD I BEEN GOING 30 OR 40 AND COMING TO A CROWED INTERSECTION, SOMEONE SURELY WOULD HAVE BEEN HURT, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY NO WAY FOR ME TO STOP IN TIME. I HAD NO PRE-WARNING OF AN ISSUE, NO LOW FLUID INDICATIONS, NO BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS, JUST MY FOOT GOING TO THE FLOOR. PRETTY SCARY.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10881687,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/01/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"06/30/2016","vin":"3GNEC13T83G","components":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"DASHBOARD ABOVE RADIO CRACKED REGARDLESS IF EXCELLENT CARE IF CAR AND SUN PROTECTION.  UNDER MIRROR BACK TO AIR VENTS AND SPREADING ACROSS OTHER MID SECTION. OUT OF WARRANTY. OUT OF LUCK!  NOT GOOD SINCE HAVE HAD MANY OTHER VEHICLES THAT DIDN'T CRACK UNDER SAME CONDITIONS.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10859894,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/16/2016","dateComplaintFiled":"04/16/2016","vin":"3GNGK23G73G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT THE BRAKES FAILED.  HOLDING THE BRAKE WHILE WAITING FOR THE LIGHT TO CHANGE, THE PEDAL ALL OF A SUDDEN WENT TO THE FLOOR.  WHEN I BEGAN MOVING I HAD TO KEEP THE TRUCK BELOW 30 MPH TO ALLOW THE BRAKES TO WORK WITH INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE FACTORED IN.  AFTER ABOUT A 5 MILE DRIVE HOME, CHECKED THE BRAKES AND NOTICED A LEAK FROM RUSTED BRAKE LINES NEAR THE DRIVER'S DOOR.  TRUCK CANNOT BE SAFELY DRIVEN UNTIL RUSTED LINES ARE REPLACED.  NO ABILITY TO MAKE A REGULAR STOP MUCH LESS AN EMERGENCY STOP IN THE PRESENT CONDITION.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10855523,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/26/2016","dateComplaintFiled":"04/14/2016","vin":"3GNEK13TX3G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"MY 17 YEAR OLD SON WAS ON THE FREEWAY AND THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELLED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP. THE SERVICE BRAKE SYSTEM LIGHT CAME ON AT THE SAME TIME. STOPPING DISTANCE WAS INCREASED DRAMATICALLY, BY AT LEAST DOUBLE. IF THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A CURVE OR CAR IN FRONT OF HIM THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT. PARKED THE TRUCK UNTIL IT COULD BE INSPECTED AND FOUND A LEAK UNDER DRIVER SIDE FRONT DOOR. ALL OF THE MAIN BRAKE PIPES WERE RUSTED AND FRAGILE. TAKING TRUCK TO DEALERSHIP TO HAVE ALL BRAKE PIPES REPLACED WITH KIT MENTIONED IN (TSB) 13-05-22-001. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT GM IS FIGHTING A RECALL BY SIGHTING THE FACT THAT THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT BRAKE SYSTEMS AND IT IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE. WHAT IF THE RUSTED BRAKE LINES FOR BOTH SYSTEMS FAILED. AT THE VERY LEAST IT SEEMS THAT HAVING YOUR STOPPING DISTANCE INCREASE BY ALMOST DOUBLE WITH OUT WARNING IS A SAFETY ISSUE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10837117,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/12/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"02/19/2016","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILED. IN ADDITION, THE DRIVER SIDE HEADLIGHT FAILED. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10795307,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/21/2015","dateComplaintFiled":"11/22/2015","vin":"3GNEK13T83G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"DRIVING 50MPH COMING UP TO A RED LIGHT WITH CROSS TRAFFIC ATTEMPTED TO STOP AND PEDDLE WENT DOWN TO THE FLOOR.  NARROWLY MISSED A POSSIBLY DEADLY ACCIDENT.  FOUND  THAT THE FRONT BRAKE LINE HAD RUSTED THROUGH.  VERY SURPRISED SINCE THERE IS VERY LITTLE RUST ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THIS TRUCK.  IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE TO HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THIS POTENTIAL ISSUE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10766296,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/17/2015","dateComplaintFiled":"09/21/2015","vin":"3GNEK13T83G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"WHILE DRIVING MY 2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE TO WORK DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, ANOTHER DRIVER HIT THEIR BRAKES ABRUPTLY IN FRONT OF ME. THIS HAPPENS OFTEN DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC IN THE MORNING IN COLUMBUS, OH. I HIT MY BRAKES AND THEY WENT TO THE FLOOR! AFTER I PUMPED THEM A FEW QUICK TIME, I RAN THE TRUCK OFF THE ROAD WHILE LOOKING FOR ANY ADDITIONAL SAFE EXIT STRATEGIES. I DOWN SHIFTED, AND HAD A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF BRAKE APPROXIMATELY 1/2\" OF USABLE PEDAL JUST ABOVE THE FLOOR BOARD.     I HAVE READ ABOUT THE BRAKE LINE PROBLEMS, AND HAVE BEEN FIXING THINGS ON THE TRUCK SINCE I GOT IT. MY WIFE'S TOYOTA RAV4 IS 1 YEAR NEWER (2004) AND THE UNDERSIDE OF HER CAR GLISTENS COMPARED TO OUR CHEVY AVALANCHE. THE KICKER: SHE DRIVES HER RAV4 EVERY WEEKDAY EVEN DURING SNOWY WEATHER, AND I DRIVE THE AVALANCHE ONLY ONCE A WEEK! I OWN ANOTHER VEHICLE (1997 BUICK) I USUALLY DRIVE. THE UNDER SIDE OF THE AVALANCHE IS THE EPITOME OF RUST - NOT JUST THE BRAKE LINES BUT EVERYWHERE!  WHEN DID BRAKE LINES BECOME A WEAR PART? I AM PLEADING TO YOUR HUMANE TREATMENT OF PEOPLE OVER PROFIT. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS; GM TOOK EXTREME SHORTCUTS, ALL PARTS UNDER THE TRUCK ARE RUSTING BADLY MORE THAN ANY VEHICLE I HAVE SEEN IN MY LIFE. THIS ISN'T A NORTHEAST OR SNOW BELT PROBLEM, THIS IS A GM PROBLEM. WILL YOU PLEASE PREVENT THIS TRAVESTY FROM CONTINUING BEFORE MORE PEOPLE DIE UNNECESSARILY?  SPLIT BRAKING SYSTEMS WERE MADE A REQUIREMENT, AND GM IS HIDING BEHIND THAT REQUIREMENT. WAS THAT THE NHTSA INTENT TO PERMIT HIGHER PROFITS WITH THE SPLIT BRAKING SYSTEMS? THAT IS WHAT GM IS USING IT FOR AND AT THE EXPENSE OF PEOPLES LIVES. WHICH IS MORE IMPORTANT PROFIT OR LIVES? HAVE A NICE DAY!","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10762088,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/29/2015","dateComplaintFiled":"09/08/2015","vin":"","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"PRIMARY MASTER CYLINDER BRAKE LINE BURST LOST BRAKES.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10747108,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/29/2015","dateComplaintFiled":"08/07/2015","vin":"3GNEC13T03G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"BRAKE LINE FAILURE:    I HAD A RUPTURED STEEL BREAK LINE FAILURE WHILE APPLYING NORMAL BREAKING PRESSURE ON THE PEDAL. AFTER FURTHER INSPECTION OF BREAK LINES, I FOUND ALL BREAK LINES WERE RUSTED AND IN DANGER OF ALSO RUPTURE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10725970,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/02/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"06/18/2015","vin":"3GNEK13T93G","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"I HAVE COMPLAINED BEFORE, WANT TO KNOW WHY THIS HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED. LIGHT CAME ON FOR NO REASON. WASN'T IN ANY KIND OF AN ACCIDENT. IT IS DEFECTIVE AND NO ONE WILL HELP GET IT FIXED. THERE ALREADY IS TSB FROM 2006. WE MOVED FROM PENNSYLVANIA TO FLORIDA AND AFTER A COUPLE OF MONTHS IT CAME ON AND STAYED ON.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10725848,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/13/2015","dateComplaintFiled":"06/17/2015","vin":"3GNEK13T63G","components":"STEERING","summary":"THE OTHER DAY I STARTED NOTICING THAT WHEN I TURN RIGHT (OR LEFT IN REVERSE) AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED THE VEHICLE MAKES A CLUNKING NOISE AND MY STEERING IS AFFECTED.  I STARTED LOOKING ONLINE FOR A REMEDY TO THIS PROBLEM AND FOUND THAT SEVERAL PEOPLE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND DID NOT KNOW WHERE TO REPORT IT.  I DON'T FEEL IT IS FAIR THAT AS THE CONSUMER THAT I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR A DESIGN FLAW BY GM.  I ALSO DON'T FEEL ITS FAIR TO HAVE TO SPEND UP $400 WHEN ITS ALL SAID AND DONE EACH TIME THAT IT WILL HAVE TO BE REPAIRED.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10723547,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/03/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"06/05/2015","vin":"","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE BRAKE PEDAL EXTENDED TO THE FLOOR WHEN IT WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE BRAKE LINES NEAR THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR WERE RUSTED AND CORRODED, AND BRAKE FLUID HAD LEAKED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY REPLACED ON THE VEHICLE DUE TO RUSTING AND CORROSION. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10716977,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/17/2015","dateComplaintFiled":"05/17/2015","vin":"","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"TOWING A SMALL LANDSCAPE TRAILER, PUSHED BRAKES, PEDAL GOES LOW. GOT HOME, ENTIRE FRAME ON DRIVERS SIDE SOAKED WITH BRAKE FLUID. HAD MY 2 GIRLS IN THE CAR. NOT HAPPY. I HAVE NEVER HAD A CAR HAVE THE BRAKE LINE RUST OUT BEFORE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10712897,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/26/2015","dateComplaintFiled":"04/26/2015","vin":"3GNGK23G53G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"2003 2500 AVALANCHE BRAKE LINES HEAVILY RUSTED DEEP PITS BELOW DRIVER SEAT AND ALONG LEFT FRAME RAIL WILL REPLACE.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10701341,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/23/2015","dateComplaintFiled":"03/24/2015","vin":"","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE.WHILE AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE CONTACT COULD NOT DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10693585,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/05/2015","dateComplaintFiled":"03/11/2015","vin":"3GNEK13T83G","components":"STEERING,SUSPENSION,STRUCTURE","summary":"I WAS DRIVING WEST ON PETERS RD IN MIDDLEFIELD WHEN I HIT A PATCH OF BLACK ICE PUTTING THE TRUCK INTO A SKID WHICH PUT ME IN THE DITCH I HIT A MAILBOX AND A CULVERT (DRAIN PIPE) HEAD ON TEARING UP THE WHOLE FRONT END OF THE AVALANCHE IT HIT RIGHT ON THE SENSORS BUT THE AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10691263,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/09/2015","dateComplaintFiled":"02/28/2015","vin":"3GNEK13T33G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"VEHICLE EXPERIENCED COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE UPON SLOWING FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT.  THIS WAS COMPOUNDED BY THE DOWNHILL ORIENTATION OF THE ROAD SURFACE.  LEFT ROADWAY TO AVOID COLLISION WITH TRACTOR-TRAILER.  THERE WAS NO WARNING OR INDICATION OF AN IMPENDING BRAKE FAILURE.  NO INDICATION THAT ANY PART OF THE BRAKING SYSTEM WAS STILL FUNCTIONING. IT WAS DISCOVERED UPON INSPECTION THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE EXCESSIVELY CORRODED COMPARED WITH OTHER BODY AND ENGINE COMPONENTS. METAL COMPOSITION OF BRAKE TUBING SEEMS VERY PRONE TO CORROSION.  COMPLETE BRAKE LINE REPLACEMENT OF THE ENTIRE SYSTEM IS NOW NECESSARY.    *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10690668,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/24/2015","dateComplaintFiled":"02/25/2015","vin":"3GNEK13T93G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"THE REAR BRAKE LINE BURST CATASTROPHICALLY AND MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR.  I WAS COMING UP TO STOPPED CARS AT AN INTERSECTION AND HAD TO SWERVE INTO THE ONCOMING LANE TO AVOID REAR ENDING ANOTHER TRUCK. LUCKILY THERE WERE NO CARS IN THE LANE AT THE TIME. I THEN HAD TO MAKE A SHARP TURN INTO A SHOPPING CENTER PARKING LOT TO AVOID RUNNING THROUGH THE INTERSECTION (WHICH DID HAVE TRAFFIC).  I HAD ZERO BRAKING POWER WHATSOEVER. I TRIED PUSHING DOWN THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND IT HAD NO EFFECT ( I LATER FOUND THAT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE LINES WERE FROZEN IN A LARGE CHUNK OF ICE NEAR THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR WHEEL AND WOULD NOT MOVE). THE PICKUP BED DRAINS DOWN ONTO THE LOWER FRAME IN THIS AREA AND THAT ACCOUNTED FOR THE ICE BUILDUP. I CONTINUED THROUGH THE SHOPPING CENTER PARKING LOT AND ALL I COULD TO WAS DOWNSHIFT TO SLOW MYSELF DOWN.  LUCKY AGAIN...THE PARKING LOT WAS NEARLY EMPTY AND VERY LONG. AFTER ABOUT 4-500 FT I WAS GOING SLOW ENOUGH THAT I WAS ABLE TO JAM THE TRANSMISSION INTO PARK.  THERE WAS NO WARNING OF THIS FAILURE.  THE LINES WERE NOT LEAKING.  I HAVE NOW READ ONLINE THAT GM HAS HAD MANY COMPLAINTS OF RUSTED LINES ON THEIR PICKUPS SUDDENLY FAILING.  THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. BRAKE LINES SHOULD NOT SUDDENLY FAIL. THEY SHOULD LAST THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE.  NON-CORROSIVE NICKLE COPPER BRAKE LINES EXIST THAT DO NOT RUST. THESE SHOULD BE MANDATORY ON ALL VEHICLES.  *JS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10679190,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/15/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"01/27/2015","vin":"3GNEK13T53G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH ATTEMPTING TO APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE BRAKE LINE FRACTURED. THE CONTACT REPAIRED THE BRAKE LINE INDEPENDENTLY. HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED ON THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE BRAKE LINE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10679203,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/15/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"01/27/2015","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SERVICE BRAKES,ENGINE","summary":"IT STARTED WITH THE AIRBAG LIGHT, BUT NOBODY WILL OWN UP TO FIXING IT, AS WE MOVED FROM PA TO FL. THEN THE BRAKE LINES WENT, ALL OF THEM, NOW WITH THE AIRBAG ISSUE THE PCM IS SENDING ALL KINDS OF STUPID CODES LIKE THE AIRBAG ISSUE IS AFFECTING THE WHOLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IN THE TRUCK.   *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10678976,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/24/2015","dateComplaintFiled":"01/26/2015","vin":"3GNEK13T73G","components":"SEATS","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE DRIVERS SEAT RECLINED INDEPENDENTLY, WHICH CAUSED THE CONTACT TO CRASH WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10676203,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/14/2015","dateComplaintFiled":"01/17/2015","vin":"3GNEK13T23G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"MY SON WAS DRIVING HOME FROM ICE FISHING , ON A HILLY AND CURVY ROAD WHEN THE BRAKES FAILED. HE HAD NO BRAKES AT ALL , HE AVOID A FEW TREE BEFORE SMASHING INTO A SMALLER TREE JUST MISSING WERE HIS FRIEND WAS SEATED.THE TRUCK HAS BEEN VERY WELL TAKEN CARE OF AND WAS IN GREAT CONDITION. I HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO A CHEVY DEALER WERE IT HAS ABOUT $5000 DOLLARS IN DAMAGE. I JUST GLAD MY SON AND HIS DIDN'T GET HURT.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10672249,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/10/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"01/13/2015","vin":"","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE ABS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE LINES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10670103,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/31/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"01/05/2015","vin":"","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"DRIVING HOME THE BRAKES WENT TO FLOOR WHEN STOPPING. BREAK FLUID WAS EVERYWHERE. FRONT BRAKE LINE BROKE. ALL BRAKE LINES EXTREMELY RUSTY AND NEED REPLACED. LIVE IN NORTH CAROLINA VERY LITTLE SALT ON ROADS. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10667608,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/20/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"12/22/2014","vin":"","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"I HAVE A 2003 TRUCK THAT IS REGULARLY SERVICED AT GM DEALERSHIPS AND ANOTHER PROFESSIONAL SHOP. I ALTERNATE SHOPS TO MAKE SURE I AM GETTING THE BEST SERVICE AND MAKING SURE ANY PROBLEMS ARE CAUGHT BEFORE THEY ARE SERIOUS. I WASH MY TRUCK ON A REGULAR BASIS ALWAYS GETTING THE UNDERBODY/CHASSIS WASHED OFF. SO, THE VEHICLE IS TAKEN CARE OF AND KEPT UP.THE INCIDENT ABOVE LUCKILY HAPPENED WHEN I WAS BACKING UP MY TRUCK TO CONNECT TO A TRAILER. THE BRAKE LINES BURST UNDER THE DRIVER SIDE LEAKING OIL ALL OVER WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED LIGHTLY.. GLAD IT DIDN'T HAPPEN FULLY LOADED DRIVING THROUGH A SCHOOL ZONE ON A WEEKDAY. SINCE THERE ARE SEVERAL SCHOOLS AND BUS STOPS NEAR ME. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR PROFESSIONALLY THE LINES KEPT DEVELOPING LEAKS AFFECTING SEVERAL LINES AND DIFFERENT AREAS. NOT ONCE DID EITHER OF THE SHOPS INCLUDING GM DEALERSHIP EVER TELL ME THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH MY BRAKE LINES. IF YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO CHECK THIS AS A REGULAR MAINTENANCE ISSUE THAN WHY DON'T GM SHOPS DO IT. THERE IS NO EXCUSE WHY THESE LINES ARE FAILING THIS SOON, OTHER THAN INFERIOR MATERIALS BEING USED. IT SEEMS GM USED INFERIOR STEEL MATERIAL IN THE EARLY 2000S AS CAN BE SEEN BY THE CORROSION THAT IS SEEN ON TRUCKS OF THIS ERA. I HAVE NEVER SEEN SO MUCH CORROSION ON VEHICLES OF SIMILAR AGE FROM OTHER YEARS. THE SCARY PART IS THESE TRUCKS USUALLY HAVE SEVERAL TONS OF WEIGHT BEHIND THEM, LET ALONE THE TRUCKS OWN WEIGHT OF OVER 3 TONS. EVERYDAY THESE VEHICLES ARE ON OUR HIGHWAYS AND STREETS DRIVING THROUGH RESIDENTIAL AND SCHOOL ZONES. WHEN YOU LOSE BRAKES YOU ARE NOT GOING TO REGAIN CONTROL UNTIL SOMETHING STOPS IT AND THE TONS ON BACK OF IT.   *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10664248,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/12/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"12/15/2014","vin":"3GNEK13TX36","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"WHILE DRIVING IN NORMAL TRAFFIC MY SON BRAKE THE VEHICLE AND THE PEDDLE WENT TO THE FLOOR. HE PULLED IT HOME AND INTO OUR DRIVEWAY AND BRAKE FLUID WAS LEAKING ALL OVER THE DRIVE. TURNS OUT THE RIGHT REAR BRAKE LINE BURST.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10663459,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/10/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"12/10/2014","vin":"3GNEK13TX3G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"BRAKES WOULD NOT HOLD VEHICLE STATIONARY AT A STOP SIGN/LIGHT (NO LIGHT ON DASH). UPON INVESTIGATION A BRAKE LINE HAS RUSTED THROUGH AND BRAKE FLUID COVERING UNDERSIDE OF VEHICLE.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10663469,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/15/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"12/10/2014","vin":"3GNEK13TX3G","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"STRAP ON GAS TANK BROKE (RUSTED THROUGH) WHILE DRIVING ON BUMPY ROAD. TANK FELL AND HIT DRIVESHAFT. I WAS SURPRISED IT DIDN'T RUPTURE THE TANK.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10661665,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/02/2008","dateComplaintFiled":"12/02/2014","vin":"3GNEK13T03G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,STRUCTURE","summary":"I HAVE A 2003 AVALANCHE AND I'VE NOTICE THAT OTHER CHEVY AVALANCHE HAS THE SAME RUST ON THE SAME PLACE IT SEEM THAT THE BACK QUARTER PANEL IS DEFECTIVE AND THE SPEEDOMETER TOO","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10659652,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/20/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"11/20/2014","vin":"3GNEK13T03G","components":"SUSPENSION,SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"THERE IS A GM RECALL #05068C- PRODUCT SAFETY- FRONT WHEEL SPEED SENSOR CORROSION.    THE 2002 AVALANCHE IS LISTED, BUT MY 2003 IS NOT.  I LIVE IN INDIANA, ONE OF THE STATES LISTED IN THE RECALL.  MY 2003 AVALANCHE HAS THIS FAILURE AND SHOULD BE COVERED BY THE RECALL.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10643784,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/04/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"10/10/2014","vin":"3GNEK13TX3G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, BUT THE BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT BRAKE FLUID WAS LEAKING AND THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED AND FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 143,053.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10643870,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/01/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"10/10/2014","vin":"3GNEK13T93G","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"ALL OF A SUDDEN WHILE DRIVING ONE DAY THE SERVICE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. I WAS TOLD THAT THE AIR BAG COULD DEPLOY AT ANY TIME AND NOT WORK IF WE WHERE IN A CRASH. I CALLED GM ABOUT THE ISSUE AFTER LOOKING ON LINE AND REALIZING MY TRUCK WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE EXPERIENCING THIS ISSUE AND WAS TOLD THEY WOULD NOT PAY TO FIX IT AS THERE IS NO RECALL. THE TRUCK WAS NEVER IN AN ACCIDENT AND HAS LOWER MILEAGE THEN ALLOWED. THIS IS DEFINITELY AND ISSUE. IT IS SUPPOSEDLY A MODULE UNDER THE FRONT SEAT OR WHEREVER IT IS LOCATED, AS SOME TRUCKS IT IS DIFFERENT PLACES. THEY SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO PAY FOR THIS ISSUE.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10641705,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/03/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"10/06/2014","vin":"","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"I WAS COMING DOWN THE HILL AND SAW 2 VEHILES STOPPED ONE WAS GOING TO TURN ONCE TRAFFIC WAS CLEAR. AND I STARTED SLOWING DOWN ALMOST TO A STOP ON A HILL AND I GOT ABOUT 2 CAR LENGHTS AWAY STILL STEPPING ON MY BRAKES AND ALL THE SUDDEN MY BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON. A WARNING CAME UP AND SAID SERVICE BRAKE SYSTEM WHEN I SLAMBED INTO THE REAR END OF THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME WHO INTERN HIT THE CAR INFRONT OF THEM. I HAD JUST REPLACED MY BREAKS AND ROTERS 45 DAYS BEFORE THIS. I BLEW THE BRAKELINE ON THE FRONT. JULY 2012 I BLEW A BRAKELINE. NOONE WAS INJURED THAT TIME AND ALSO BLEW A BRAKE LINE AUGUST 2013. SO FOR THE 3 TIME BLOWING A BRAKELINE THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG. I LIVED IN THE NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL MOVING TO WEST VIRGINIA IN 2012 AND THIS HAS HAPPEN EVERY YEAR SINCE I MOVED NORTH.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10641488,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/28/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"10/05/2014","vin":"3GNEK13T33G","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"THE SERVICE AIRBAG LIGHT WOULD COME ON INTERMITTENTLY. THERE WOULD BE A LOW THUMP THUMP SOUND EMANATING FROM THE AUDIO SPEAKERS. THE LOCK DOOR CHIMES STOPPED SOUNDING.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10641505,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/03/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"10/05/2014","vin":"3GNEK13T03G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT TO BACK BRAKE LINE CORRODED AND LEAKED ALL BRAKE FLUID CAUSING AN INABILITY TO STOP. THE BRAKE INDICATOR LIGHT DID NOT COME ON UNTIL ALL FLUID WAS GONE AND NORMAL BRAKING ABILITY WAS LOSS. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION ALL BRAKE LINES ARE SEVERELY CORRODED.   *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10641142,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/02/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"10/03/2014","vin":"","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"WHILE LEAVING A FUNERAL IN NEAR SWEETWATER TN, I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND FELT PRESSURE AND THEN THE PEDAL DROPPED TO THE FLOOR.  MY WIFE AND TWO SMALL CHILDREN WERE RIDING WITH ME. AFTER PUSHING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR, I NOTICED I DID HAVE BRAKES BUT NOT POWER BRAKES.  I PULLED OVER AND EXAMINED THE PROBLEM AND FOUND LEAKING BRAKE FLUID COMING FROM AROUND THE GAS TANK.  WITH NO CHOICE, I HAD TO DRIVE THE TRUCK BACK TO KENTUCKY.  APPR. 175 MILES IF NOT MORE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ON I-75.  I KNOW TRUCKS HAVE PROBLEMS AND I KNOW THERE IS ROUTINE MAINTENANCE BUT I HAVE NEVER SEEN THE AMOUNT  OF COMPLAINTS THAT THE BRAKE LINES HAVE HAD ON THESE TRUCKS.  I HAVE OWNED CHEVY TRUCKS MY WHOLE LIFE AND HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKE LINES.  DUE TO THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE ISSUE AND NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS, HOW IS CHEVROLET ISSUING A RECALL.   *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10640851,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/08/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"10/02/2014","vin":"3GNEC13TX3G","components":"TIRES","summary":"3 OF 4 TIRES, COOPER DISCOVERER LSX P265 / 70R17, FAILED WITHIN 8 MONTHS OF EACH OTHER DUE TO STEEL BELTS SEPARATING AT APPROXIMATELY 19 - 20,000 MILES. IN THE LAST INSTANCE I EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT WHILE DRIVING.  ALL 4 TIRES WERE PURCHASED NEW AND IN GOOD CONDITION WHEN THE INCIDENTS OCCURRED.  THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME D.O.T #:  UP1YCL71010.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"COOPER","productModel":"DISCOVERER LSX","size":"265/70R17","manufacturer":"Cooper Tire & Rubber Co."}]},{"odiNumber":10640307,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/30/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"09/30/2014","vin":"","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"MY BRAKE LINE SPLIT OPEN WHILE I WAS TRYING TO STOP AT A LIGHT. THEY ARE VERY RUSTED AND HAVE TO BE REPLACED.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10639624,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/28/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"09/28/2014","vin":"3GNEK13T13G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"LOSS OF BRAKES OCCURRED WHEN APPLYING BRAKE PEDDLE.  INSPECTION BY LOCAL MECHANIC SHOWED BOTH FRONT BRAKE LINES HAD RUSTED THROUGH.  FURTHER MECHANIC INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE REMAINING REAR LINES WERE ALSO CORRODED TO THE POINT WHERE FAILURE WAS IMMINENT.  LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT INDICATED COST OF REPAIR WOULD BE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND THAT THERE WERE NO OEM PRE-SHAPED LINES PRODUCED BY ANY MANUFACTURER FOR SUCH REPAIRS.  HENCE, THIS WOULD REQUIRE CUSTOM BRAKE LINE BENDING AND SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED REPAIR COSTS. SECOND OCCURRENCE RESULTED IN A COMPLETE LOST OF ALL BRAKING ABILITY.    THIS VEHICLE IS OFTEN USED TO HAUL HORSES WITH A HORSE TRAILER.  WE ARE EXTREMELY LUCKY WE WERE NOT HAULING HORSES AT THE TIME OF THE BRAKE LINES RUPTURED AND FAILED.  RESEARCH ON VARIOUS CHEVY AND AVALANCHE INTERNET SITES / BOARDS AS OF THIS DATE SHOWS THIS HAS BECOME AN INCREASINGLY COMMON PROBLEM FOR CHEVY TRUCKS OF THIS VINTAGE.  THE TRUE INCIDENCE OF THIS PROBLEM IS LIKELY HIDDEN BY FACT THAT PEOPLE ARE FORCED TO SEEK REPAIR ALTERNATIVES OTHER THAN AT CHEVY DEALERS AS THE DEALER QUOTED REPAIR COSTS ARE OUTRAGEOUS.    IT IS INCREDIBLE THAT WITH ALL THE PRESS ABOUT RECENT RECALLS ON LARGE NUMBERS OF CHEVY VEHICLES, AND THE GOVERNMENT AND TAXPAYER MONEY THAT WENT INTO BAILING OUT CHEVY, THAT SOMETHING AS SERIOUS AS INCREASINGLY FREQUENT CHEVY TRUCK BRAKE FAILURES, WHICH COULD PUT PEOPLE'S LIVES AT RISK, HAVE BEEN IGNORED.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10637806,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/17/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"09/21/2014","vin":"3GNEC13T23G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"WHILE PULLING MY BOAT ON A LONG DECLINE AT 55 MPH, A CAR IN FRONT OF ME SIGNALED TO TURN LEFT. I PUT ON MY BRAKES AND THE PEDAL EASED TO THE FLOOR BOARD. I TOLD MY WIFE THAT THE BRAKES ARE FAILING. THE CHECK BRAKE SYSTEM ALARM DID SOUND, BUT THAT DOES NOT COMFORT YOU WHEN YOU REALIZE THAT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO STOP BEFORE PLOWING A CAR IN FRONT OF YOU.  I WAS ABLE TO SWERVE TO THE RIGHT TO AVOID THE COLLISION, ONLY DUE TO LIGHT TRAFFIC AND THE FACT THAT I WAS A GOOD DISTANCE BEHIND THE TURNING VEHICLE WHEN THE BRAKES FAILED. I DIDN'T MEASURE MY STOPPING DISTANCE, BUT IT WAS WELL OVER 100 YARDS.  I GOT OUT OF MY AVALANCHE AND SAW THE FLUID TRAIL. THERE IS A CLUSTER OF 5 BRAKE LINES RUNNING TOGETHER BY THE FRAME, RIGHT AT THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR AND ONE OF THOSE LINES BROKE. THEY WERE ALL SEVERELY CORRODED. I HAD THE TRUCK AND BOAT TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND THEY WERE NOT SURPRISED. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT HE HAD REPAIRED 5 CHEVY TRUCKS WITH THE SAME ISSUE IN THE PAST WEEK. WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE TO AVOID A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10631227,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/11/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"09/06/2014","vin":"3GNEK13TX3G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"ON NOVEMBER 11, 2013 I WAS BACKING MY 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY IN MARYLAND WHEN THE BRAKES FAILED. AS I WAS STOPPING, THE BRAKE PEDAL SUDDENLY LOST ALL RESISTANCE. I TRIED PUMPING THE BRAKES BUT COULD NOT PRODUCE ANY BRAKING ACTION. I SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL AND USED THE PARKING BRAKE TO STOP. I TOWED THE VEHICLE TO A GM DEALER, WHO SAID THE METAL BRAKE LINES HAD CORRODED AND RUPTURED. I WAS CHARGED $1150 TO REPAIR THE BRAKES. TEN MONTHS (SEPT 5, 2014) AND LESS THAN 500 MILES LATER I AGAIN LOST ALL BRAKING POWER, THIS TIME WHILE TRAVELING AT 5 MPH LEAVING A PARKING LOT NEAR A CARWASH. I RETURNED TO THE SAME DEALER WHO SAID THE STEEL BRAKE LINES HAVE CORRODED. HIS ESTIMATE IS $2200 FOR REPAIRS.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10629240,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/07/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"08/28/2014","vin":"3GNEK13T33G","components":"SUSPENSION,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC),SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"ONE DAY WHILE DRIVING AT 55MPH THE TRUCK JUST SHUT DOWN. EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO CONTROL IT. I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED IT. IT WAS FINE BUT DID IT AGAIN WHEN I STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN. IT CONTINUED TO DO IT BUT THEN JUST STOPPED. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT GOES OFF AND ON ALL THE TIME WHEN I ACCELERATE UP A HILL. THE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD ARE DIM. EVERYTHING ON THE MIRROR COMES AND GOES. IT WILL GO MONTHS WITHOUT WORKING AND THEN COMES BACK ON. THE SUSPENSION IS TERRIBLE. FEELS LIKE IT'S GOING TO SHAKE THE WHEELS COMPLETELY OFF THE TRUCK WHEN I HIT EVEN A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD. I'VE ALMOST LOST CONTROL SEVERAL TIMES DUE TO IT SHAKING SO HARD. LATCH ON THE TAILGATE BROKE OFF AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. ROTOR ON BACK COMPLETELY BROKE AND HAD TO BE REPLACED.   *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10629236,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/28/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"08/28/2014","vin":"3GNEK13T33G","components":"STEERING","summary":"SINCE WE BOUGHT THIS TRUCK IN 2004 IT SOUNDS AS IF THE STEERING WHEEL IS LOOSE. IT MAKES A NOISE LIKE ITS LOOSE. THE STEERING WHEEL FEELS STURDY IT'S JUST UNDER THE STEERING WHEEL IT SOUNDS LOOSE.   *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10628481,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/25/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"08/26/2014","vin":"3GNEK13T53G","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE,POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"I WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 TO 20 MPH DOWN A HILL THAT WAS CURVY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY TRUCK COMPLETELY SHUTS OFF AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HILL AND ALMOST WENT INTO A DITCH BECAUSE THE TRUCK JUST SHUT OFF WHILE IN DRIVE AND LUCKILY I WAS QUICK ENOUGH TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL SO I COULD STEER IT AWAY FROM THE DITCH AND I TURNED THE IGNITION OVER AND LUCKILY IT TURNED ON WHILE IN NEUTRAL OTHERWISE I WOULD OF CRASHED INTO THE DITCH.  THEN IT SHUT OFF AGAIN ABOUT 30 SECONDS AFTER AND LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AGAIN SO I COULD STEER AND COAST DOWN THE HILL BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T START UP THE SECOND TIME WHEN IT ALL SHUT OFF.  I WAS STRANDED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL NEAR A LIGHT SO I TRIED TO START IT AGAIN AND IT WOULD KEEP TRYING TO TURN OVER BUT WOULDN'T START AGAIN.  I WAS STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND HAD TO CALL AAA TO TOW MY AVALANCHE TO MY HOUSE.  THIS COULD OF KILLED ME IF I WASN'T QUICK ENOUGH TO FIGURE OUT TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL TO BE ABLE TO STEER.  THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON WHATEVER MADE THIS HAPPEN AND I STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT BECAUSE IT HAPPENED LATE LAST NIGHT AND I WAS LOOKING FOR RECALLS AND IT DOESN'T SHOW ANYTHING ON THIS.    *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10626029,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/17/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"08/18/2014","vin":"3GNEK13T73G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"I WAS DRIVING MY 03 AVALANCHE LIKE ANY OTHER DAY AND AS I WAS PULLING INTO THE GAS STATION TO FILL UP, THE BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR. INSTINCTIVELY I PUT IT INTO 1ST GEAR AND ENGAGED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. COME TO FIND OUT, THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED OUT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT. I EXAMINED ALL LINES AND THEY SEEM TO ALL BE RUSTY. ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THEY BREAK TOO.   *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10617683,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/20/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"07/30/2014","vin":"3GNEC13T83G","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,ENGINE","summary":"ENGINE LIGHT AND REDUCE ENGINE POWER AND START LOOSING SPEED. AFTER TURNED OFF FOR A FEW MINUTES WORK FINE. THIS YEAR IN AN HOUR RIDE  HAVE TO STOP AT LEAST 20 TIMES. COMPUTER CODES STATED NEED TO CHANGE THROTTLE BODY. LAST WEEK I CHANGE IT AND AGAIN THE SAME PROBLEM.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10615537,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/01/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"07/23/2014","vin":"","components":"SEATS","summary":"I'M BEEN HAVING MAJOR BACK PROBLEMS CAUSED BY A DEFECT IN HOW THE DRIVER'S SEAT WERE MANUFACTURED IN MY 2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE. I'M NOT ALONE; A QUICK SEARCH REVEALS THAT MANY OTHERS ARE AS WELL AND GM WILL DO LITTLE TO NOTHING TO HELP RESOLVE THESE ISSUES.   HTTP://WWW.CHEVYAVALANCHEFANCLUB.COM/CAFCNA/INDEX.PHP?TOPIC=4047.15;WAP2  THE ISSUE IS THE HEAVY PIECE OF METAL THAT'S EXPOSED AS YOU ADJUST THE DRIVER'S SEAT. IT PRESSES AGAINST YOUR LEFT GLUT CAUSING GRADUAL BUT PROLONGED INJURY TO YOUR BACK, HIP, AND GLUT.  RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE I'VE SEEN OTHERS ATTEMPT TO RECUSHION THEIR SEATS, WITHOUT SUCCESS.  SOME THOUGHT TO SWAP THE SEAT OUT RIGHT, BUT THERE AREN'T ANY OTHER GM SEATS AVAILABLE WITH A SIMILAR WIRING HARNESS THAT WILL WORK.  ADJUSTMENTS TO THE  DRIVER'S SEAT IS NOT THE ISSUE I'VE TRIED SEVERAL ITERATIONS WITHOUT ANY SUCCESS. IT'S THAT HUGE CHUNK OF METAL THAT I'M FORCED TO SIT ON THAT'S CAUSING THE PROBLEM.  IT WAS A POORLY CONCEIVED DESIGN AND GM SHOULD BE FORCED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.  I'M MARRIED TO THIS VEHICLE FOR THE NEXT 11 YEARS WHETHER I LIKE IT OR NOT.  WITH YOUNG ONES, I CAN'T AFFORD TO JUST BUY A NEW ONE. GM APPARENTLY SWAPS SEAT MANUFACTURES OFTEN AND PAID NO ATTENTION TO THIS ISSUE IN THE DESIGN OF THE AVALANCHE.  I FEEL IT MUST BE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO PROPERLY SATISFY THE DAMAGE AND PAIN THEY'VE INFLICTED ON MYSELF AND OTHERS WITH SUCH A POOR DECISION.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10615470,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/12/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"07/20/2014","vin":"3GNEK13T03G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"I WAS LEAVING THE FISH AND GAME CLUB IN LONDONDERRY NH WHEN I WENT TO STOP THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR  I PUSHED HARDER IT FINALLY STOPPED.  I PUMPED THE PEDAL A FEW TIMES SOME PRESSURE BUILT UP I CONTINUED TO THE CORNER WHERE A STOP SIGN WAS HIT THE BRAKE AGAIN AND THIS TIME THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AGAIN BUT WOULD NOT STOP I PUT ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE THE TRUCK STARTED TO SLOW BUT I WAS ON A HILL AS I APROACED THE NEXT STOP SIGN GOING ABOUT 15 MPH WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON I HAD TO PUT THE TRUCK IN REVERSE TO STOP FROM TRAVELING IN TO THROUGH TRAFFIC.  I TOWED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND 3 BRAKE LINES HAD BURST ONE IN THE FRONT AND TWO IN THE REAR. I HAVE TAKEN GOOD CARE OF THIS TRUCK AND HAS NO RUST EXCEPT FOR THE BRAKE LINES.  I FEEL THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE LOOKED IN TO.  I HOPE THIS WILL BE SENT TO WARN OTHER OWNERS OF THIS ISSUE.  I HAVE OVER 2 MILLION MILES DRIVING AND HAVE LOST BRAKES BEFORE BUT NEVER THIS BAD. I FEEL THAT GM SHOULD AT LEAST WARN OWNER OF THIS POTENTIAL PROBLEM. I JUST HAD MY TRUCK INSPECTED IN MAY AND THIS WAS NOT WARNED TO ME. I LOOKED IN TO THIS ISSUE ONLINE AND FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS GM SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THIS PROBLEM AND WARN CUSTOMERS AND COMPENSATE THEM AS WELL. I UNDERSTAND THE TRUCK IS 11 YEARS OLD BUT I HAD A 1987 SABB UNTIL 2006 AND NEVER HAD THIS ISSUE.  MY FRIENDS FORD FROM 2000 WE TAKE TO NORTHERN MAINE AND HAS 160000 MILES DOES NOT HAVE RUSTED LINES.  I THINK GM USED INFERIOR MATERIAL. THANKS ERIC VAUGHAN","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10610688,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/14/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"07/15/2014","vin":"3GNEK13T53G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"AT A STOP LIGHT, WITH THE BRAKES APPLIED, A LOSS OF PRESSURE WAS FELT. LETTING OFF AND REAPPLYING THE BRAKES LEAD TO THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELING TO THE FLOOR / FRONT OF DRIVER CAB. AT THE POINT THERE WAS NO BRAKING PRESSURE FELT AND THE TRUCK BEGAN TO TRAVEL AT IDLE SPEED INTO THE INTERSECTION. TWO FAILED ATTEMPTS AT APPLYING THE BRAKES LEAD TO THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT GOING OFF, AFTER THE INITIAL FAILURE. APPLYING THE PARKING BRAKE YIELD SIMILAR / FAILED RESULTS. THE TRUCK WAS SAFELY STEERED INTO A PARKING LOT AND PUT IN PARK TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A REST. THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF AND LET REST A PERIOD OF 5 MINUTES AND THEN TURNED ON AND BRAKES TESTED WHILE IN PARK. NO BREAK PRESSURE WAS FELT AT THE PEDAL. BRAKE FLUID WAS OBSERVED UNDER THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT PORTION OF THE TRUCK. NO BYSTANDER INJURIES OR PROPERTY DAMAGE OCCURRED. ASIDE FROM THE DRIVER, A FOURTEEN MONTH OLD WAS THE ONLY OTHER OCCUPANT, NEITHER SUSTAINED ANY INJURIES.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10610117,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/01/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"07/13/2014","vin":"3GNEC13T93G","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"\"SERVICE AIRBAG SYSTEM\" DISPLAY ON VEHICLE INFORMATION READOUT FIRST APPEARED AROUND TEN YEARS AGO.  BROUGHT TO DEALER MULTIPLE TIMES FOR DIAGNOSTICS AND REPAIR (CODE B0026) BUT HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CORRECT THIS SAFETY SYSTEM DEFECT.  VEHICLE IS WAY OUT OF WARRANTY AND ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR ITEMS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO BE FIXED UNDER WARRANTY DOES NOT SEEM FINANCIALLY SOUND.  AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT AND \"SERVICE AIRBAG SYSTEM\" DISPLAY HAVE BEEN CONSTANTLY ON SINCE 2008.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10609276,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/01/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"07/09/2014","vin":"3GNEK13T73G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"I WAS DRIVING NORTHBOUND ON OLD US 23 IN BRIGHTON, MI AND STEPPED ON THE BRAKE.  THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND BARELY GOT THE TRUCK STOPPED.  ONE OF THE BRAKE LINES HAD RUPTURED.  POLARCHIOS AUTO REPAIR (BRIGHTON, MI) IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM AS A RUPTURED BRAKE LINE DUE TO CORROSION.  I HAD NEVER HEARD OF BRAKE LINES CORRODING AND WHILE NOT HAPPY ABOUT THE APPROX. $350 REPAIR DID NOT THINK TOO MUCH OF THE INCIDENT THINKING THIS WAS NOT A COMMON PROBLEM.  POLARCHIOS TOLD ME THIS WAS NOT AN ISOLATED PROBLEM AND HAD REPAIRED SEVERAL OTHER TRUCKS FOR THIS PROBLEM.    I SAW THAT THIS AGENCY WAS INVESTIGATING THE PROBLEM AND WAS ENCOURAGING GM TO RECALL AND REPAIR THESE VEHICLES AND WANTED TO PROVIDE MY EXPERIENCE.  I WOULD THINK A RECALL IS IN ORDER AS I ONLY HAD ONE LINE FAIL, THERE ARE 3 MORE......WHEN WILL THOSE FAIL?  AS SERIOUS AS THE GM IGNITION KEY ISSUES ARE, I WOULD THINK THE ABILITY TO STOP WOULD BE AT LEAST AS IMPORTANT.   PLEASE CALL ME AT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS - THANK YOU FOR THE GOOD WORK THAT YOU DO!  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10608792,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/07/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"07/07/2014","vin":"3GNEK13T83G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"SHIFTED FROM PARK TO DRIVE. BRAKE WENT TO THE FLOOR, AND BRAKE FLUID GUSHED FROM BRAKE LINE UNDER DRIVER'S SEAT. ALSO LEAKED ON DRIVER'S REAR PASSENGER SIDE. TOTAL LOSS OF BRAKING POWER.   *JS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10608466,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/06/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"07/06/2014","vin":"3GNEC13T83G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"BRAKES WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND WAS GETTING NO BRAKING AT ALL UNLESS EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS APPLIED...LUCKILY WAS AT A STOP IN A PARKING LOT WHEN THIS HAPPENED AND NOT TRYING TO STOP ON AT AM INTERSECTION OR ON THE HIGHWAY...WAS ABLE TO LIMP HOME USING EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP...AREN'T THESE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A SPLIT SYSTEM SO YOU CANNOT LOSE ALL BRAKES AT ONCE...PADS ARE NOT WORN LOW...AND FLUID IS SPRAYING FROM BRAKE LINE DIRECTLY UNDER DRIVERS SIDE DOOR...    *JS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10604858,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/19/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"06/20/2014","vin":"3GNEC13T13G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"I WAS DRIVING ON I95 TRAVELING AT A SPEED OF 60 MPH WHEN I TRIED TO APPLY THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR. I HAD ABSOLUTELY NO BRAKES. LIGHTS ON THE DASH BOARD STATED SERVICE BRAKES. LUCKILY THERE WERE NOT ANY CARS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ME. I WAS ABLE TO DRIFT ONTO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND WAITED FOR MY VEHICLE TO COME TO A STOP. AFTER COMING TO A STOP, I NOTICED A LARGE PUDDLE OF FLUID UNDER THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR. MY BRAKE LINE HAD RUPTURED. EVIDENTLY THIS IS KNOWN PROBLEM WITH GM TRUCKS AND IS A GREAT SAFETY HAZARD. I WAS VERY FORTUNATE THAT MY ENTIRE FAMILY WAS NOT IN THE CAR LIKE THE PREVIOUS WEEKEND. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO MY MECHANIC AND HE INFORMED ME THAT ALL 4 BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED. THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN ON A PART THAT IS ESSENTIAL TO STOPPING YOUR VEHICLE. GM CLAIMS THAT YOU STILL HAVE BRAKES WHEN THIS HAPPENS. THAT IS TOTALLY NOT TRUE. I HAD ABSOLUTELY NO BRAKES. GM NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS PROBLEM.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10588823,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/14/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"05/16/2014","vin":"XXXXXXXXX3G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"WHILE DRIVING MY TRUCK IN A CURVE I NOTICE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT RESPONSIVE AS I APPLIED THE BRAKES.  THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR.  I REGAINED CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE I PLACE THE VEHICLE IN THE N DRIVE ATTEMPTING TO LET THE VEHICLE COAST TO A STOP.  I DID A MAINTENANCE CHECK FOR LOW BRAKE FLUID, I FOUND THAT THE LEVEL WAS GOOD.  THAT'S WHEN I WAS INFORMED THAT MY BRAKE LINE HAD BROKEN. WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED BRAKE FLUID WAS SHOOTING OUT FROM THE BRAKE LINE.  THIS WAS THE THIRD TIME THAT THIS HAS HAPPEN TO ME THAT MY LIFE AND OTHERS HAS BEEN ENDANGERED.   THE FIRST INCIDENCE WAS A FEW YEARS AGO I WENT THROUGH A RED LIGHT BECAUSE I COULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE, THE SECOND TIME WAS NOVEMBER 2013 AND NOW THIS TIME.  ALTHOUGH I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE USED IN 2006 WITH ONLY 47,000 MILES ON IT FOR THIS TO OCCUR THREE TIMES IS TO OFTEN. I NOW HAVE 150000 MILES ON MY VEHICLE AND CANNOT AFFORD A NEW CAR OR NEW CAR PAYMENT.  PLEASE LOOK INTO TO SO THAT I AND OTHER LIVES WILL NOT BE FURTHER ENDANGERED.  RECALL AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT THESE BRAKE LINES BREAKING SO THAT WE ARE SAFE.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10586332,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/03/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"05/03/2014","vin":"3GNGK23G03G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"BRAKES SUDDENLY GAVE OUT.  PEDAL FELL TO FLOOR AND WHEN I TOOK IT TO BE REPAIRED I WAS TOLD ALL THE BRAKE LINES ROTTED OUT.  I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS BECAUSE BY VEHICLE WAS GARAGE KEPT.  MY TOTAL BILL WAS $875.00.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10584334,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/25/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"04/22/2014","vin":"","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"THE FIX AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT ACTIVATED ON DRIVERS INFORMATION PANEL.  THIS WARNING MEANS THAT THE AIRBAG WILL NOT DEPLOY IN AN ACCIDENT.  GM IS FULLY AWARE THAT THE 2003 AIRBAG SYSTEM HAS FAULTY WIRING CONNECTORS ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE FOOT PANEL BUT NEVER RECALLED THIS VEHICLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM.  INSTEAD,  THEY PUBLISHED A TECH BULLETIN EXPLAINING HOW TO FIX THE FAULTY WIRING.  I CONTACTED GM AND THEY REFUSED TO REPAIR THE FAULTY AIRBAG SYSTEM WIRING AT THEIR COST.  MANY CONSUMERS THAT OWN AVALANCHE 2003 SUV ' S HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS SAFETY PROBLEM BUT DENIED RECOVERY FROM GM. RECALL OF ALL AFFECTED AVALANCHE 2003 MODELS SHOULD BE MANDATED.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10582772,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/07/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"04/11/2014","vin":"3GNEK13T53G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WHILE EXITING HWY 75 THE BREAKS FAILED ON MY 2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE. THE FIRST APPLICATION OF THE BREAKS THE PEDAL WENT 3/4 OF THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, THE SECOND TIME THE PEDAL WENT THE THE FLOOR I PUMPED THE PEDAL SEVERAL TIMES UNTIL THE PRESSURE BUILT UP ENOUGH TO FINALLY GRAB. I WAS HALF WAY THRU THE INTERSECTION WHEN THE TRUCK STOPPED, WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC APPROACHING I MADE A LEFT TURN TO CONTINUE UNDER THE OVERPASS AND THE STOPLIGHT WAS RED I COULDN'T STOP AND WENT THRU THAT AS WELL. I USED MY EMERGENCY BREAK TO FINALLY STOP THE TRUCK AND WAS ABLE TO PULL INTO A GAS STATION AND PARK THE TRUCK. THIS HAPPENED SO FAST AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING I NEVER HAD ANY INDICATION THAT I WAS HAVING ANY BREAK ISSUES. THIS COULD HAVE GONE SO WRONG. THE TRUCK IS IN THE SHOP AND SO FAR THEY HAVE FOUND ALL FOUR BRAKE LINES SEVERELY CORRODED.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10575443,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/11/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"03/28/2014","vin":"3GNEK13TX3G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,AIR BAGS,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"KEY IGNITION SWITCH IS LOOSE AND CAR WILL SHUT OFF WHILE OPERATING, KEY CAN BE PULLED OUT OF IGNITION WHILE RUNNING.  IF VEHICLE SHUTS OFF WHILE OPERATING THEN YOU LOOSE CONTROL OF BRAKES, STEERING, AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS.  GM IS DENYING THERE IS A PROBLEM.  MY VEHICLE IS PROOF THAT THE PROBLEM EXISTS AND THE CHEVY AVALANCHE 2003 HAS A PROBLEM.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10575166,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/13/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"03/27/2014","vin":"3GNEC13T63G","components":"ENGINE","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LOW COOLANT LEVEL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CYLINDER HEADS WERE FRACTURED AND ALLOWING COOLANT TO INADVERTENTLY ENTER THE ENGINE. AS A RESULT, THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT THE OWNER'S EXPENSE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 129,000.   UPDATED 05/28/14 MA    UPDATED 06/4/2014  *JS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10568961,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/22/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"03/13/2014","vin":"3GNEC13T93G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"IN LIGHT OF THE RECENT INFORMATION CONCERNING GM'S INTENTIONAL WITHHOLDING OF PROBLEMS WITH THE IGNITION SWITCH IN CERTAIN GM VEHICLES, I FEEL COMPELLED TO SHARE MY STORY.  I DO SEE OTHER COMPLAINTS FILED HERE CONCERNING THE SAME ISSUE.  IN OCTOBER 2003, I PURCHASED A NEW 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500.  THE VEHICLE HAD 5,500 DEMO MILES ON THE ODOMETER.  I DROVE MANY MILES FOR WORK AND FOR TRANSPORTING HOCKEY KIDS TO PRACTICE, GAMES, TOURNAMENTS, ETC.  IN DECEMBER 2006 I ALREADY HAD 80,000+ MILES ON THE VEHICLE AND THE SPEEDOMETER, GAS GAUGE (CAUSING ME TO RUN OUT OF GAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT!), OIL GAUGE, BATTERY VOLTMETER, RPMS, WHICH ARE ALL COMPONENTS OF AN ELECTRICAL CLUSTER BEGAN FAILING.  I CONTACTED MY GM DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT A 'SILENT RECALL' HAD BEEN ISSUED TO DEALERS STATING THAT IF A VEHICLE WITH LESS THAN 3 YEARS AND UNDER 70,000 MILES WAS BROUGHT IN, THE DEALER SHOULD FIX THE ITEM AS A WARRANTY REPAIR.  SINCE MY VEHICLE WAS 2 MOS OVER THE 3 YR AND OVER THE 70,000 MILES, I WAS DENIED A WARRANTY REPAIR AND QUOTED $700.00 TO FIX THE PART.  SINCE THAT DATE, MY SON'S CHEVROLET VEHICLE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM!  AND, IN 2009 A FRIEND'S BRAND NEW DENALI WITH LESS THAN 10,000 MILES HAD THE SAME PROBLEM.  I HAVE NEVER FIXED THE PROBLEM DUE TO COST AND DISAGREEMENT WITH GM.  I WROTE THE CORPORATE OFFICE AND GOT NOWHERE.  I DON'T SEE HOW A SAFETY ISSUE LIKE THIS CAN BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE TO HAPPEN NOR HOW GM CAN KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEM BUT NOT TELL OWNERS OF THE VEHICLE AND/OR FUTURE POSSIBLE BUYERS OF THE VEHICLE.  OH WAIT, YEA GM DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING BECAUSE CONSUMERS MIGHT TAKE THEIR BUSINESS ELSEWHERE!  I SIMPLY WANTED TO GM TO FIX THE PROBLEM, THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY KNOWN ABOUT, BUT RATHER, GM SIMPLY KEEPS PUTTING THE SAME BAD COMPONENT IN FUTURE VEHICLES!!  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10568754,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/31/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"03/12/2014","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"I BELIEVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE GM KEY/IGNITION SWITCH IS MORE COMMON THEN WHAT IS BEING REPORTED.  THE AVALANCHE 2003 HAS HAD THE SAME LOOSE IGNITION SWITCH FOR YEARS. OUR KEY SYSTEM HAS TO BE JIGGLED AND FORCED TO THE START POSITION 80 PERCENT OF THE TIME.  THE IGNITION SWITCH WILL ALSO MOVE THE OFF POSITION WHILE THE VEHICLE IS MOVING AND THE KEY WILL FALL OUT.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10566758,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/07/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"03/03/2014","vin":"3GNEK13TX3G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"RUPTURED REAR BRAKE LINE UNDER DRIVER SIDE DOOR DUE TO EXTREME RUST OF LINES.  INSPECTION REVEALS ALL THE BRAKE LINES ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF EXTREME RUST, WHICH SHOULD NOT HAPPEN FOR AN 11 YEAR OLD TRUCK.   BY THE GRACE OF GOD, I WAS IN MY DRIVEWAY WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND NOT DRIVING ON THE ROADS AT ANY SPEED.    WHY THE RISK OF USING SUBSTANDARD MATERIALS FOR BRAKE LINES?  WHY NOT USE STAINLESS STEEL BRAKE LINES?  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10566066,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/01/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"02/26/2014","vin":"3GNEK13T83G","components":"ENGINE","summary":"FOR THE LAST YEAR OR SO MY 2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE HAS HAD AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM OF THROTTLING DOWN WHEN I HIT ABOUT 60 MPH. THE ERROR WORDS POP UP OF \"REDUCED ENGINE POWER\" AND I HAVE TO PULL OVER (AFTER NEGOTIATING HIGHWAY TRAFFIC TO GET TO SHOULDER WITH NO POWER) AND TURN ENGINE OFF AND LET IT SIT FOR A FEW MINUTES BEFORE STARTING IT. SOMETIMES IT DOES IT MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE FIRST HOUR OF DRIVING. SEEMS TO DO IT MORE WHEN THE WEATHER IS COLDER THAN WHEN HOT.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10565173,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/19/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"02/20/2014","vin":"3GNEK13T73G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"WHILE DRIVING HOME AT ROUGHLY 35 MPH I ATTEMPTED TO STOP AND WHEN I PRESSED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE ON BOARD COMPUTER SYSTEM CAME ON AND SET CHECK BRAKE SYSTEM. I WAS ABLE TO PUMP THE BRAKE AND GET SOME PRESSURE BUT I COULD HERE A HISSING SOUND ANYTIME I PRESSED THE PEDAL. I WAS WITHIN TWO MILES OF THE HOUSE AND WAS ABLE TO GET HOME. MY HUSBAND LOOKED AT THE BRAKE SYSTEM AND THERE WAS A HOLE FROM A RUSTY SECTION OF THE BRAKE LINE OVER THE TOP OF THE CHASSIS IN THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR AREA. EVERY TIME YOU STEP ON THE PEDAL IT WOULD SPRAY A STEADY STREAM OF BRAKE FLUID.     *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10558604,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/04/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"01/06/2014","vin":"","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"CORRODED STEEL BRAKE LINE DEVELOPED A HOLE AND LEAK OF BRAKE FLUID. THIS LED TO INABILITY TO BRAKE ADEQUATELY TO STOP. ALL 4 BRAKE LINES NEED REPLACED DUE TO SEVERE CORROSION. THERE APPEARS TO BE A LARGE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THESE AND SIMILAR GM VEHICLES EXPERIENCING BRAKE LINE FAILURES.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10556640,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/17/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"12/19/2013","vin":"3GNEK13T83G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME STUCK TO THE FLOORBOARD WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC, WHO FOUND THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED AND LEAKING BRAKE FLUID. THE BRAKE LINES WERE REPLACED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 59,353.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10556405,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/09/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"12/17/2013","vin":"3GNEK13TX3G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH MY WIFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER  WHEN ALL THE BRAKES ,I MEAN ALL THE BRAKES WENT, AND A SERVICE BRAKE LIGHTS CAME ON AT THE SAME TIME.I MANAGED TO DRIFT TO A STOP, OTHERWISE WE WOULD HAVE HURT SOMEONE OR BEEN KILLED. NO WARNING. I HAD TO PAY 1900 FOR THE REPAIR WHICH WE CANNOT AFFORD SINCE I AM ON DISABILITY. IT STILL SCARES US.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10556147,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/21/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"12/16/2013","vin":"3GNEC13T33G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"BRAKES FAILED DUE TO A RUSTED BRAKE PIPE WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK. LUCKILY I WAS ON MY STREET AND TRAVELING JUST UNDER 25 MPH. AFTER INSPECTION OF THE UNDER SIDE OF VEHICLE I DISCOVERED NOT ONE BUT, TWO LEAKS. I DO EXPECT SOME ISSUES WITH A VEHICLE MY AGE AND MILEAGE BUT, NOT A TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE. I DID CONTACT THE DEALER FOR REPLACEMENT PARTS JUST TO LEARN THAT THE PARTS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUE.   *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10556208,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/14/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"12/16/2013","vin":"3GNEK13T13G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"MY SPEEDOMETER AND SEVERAL GAUGES HAVE BEEN ACTING ERRATICALLY FOR MONTHS, AND NOW THE SPEEDOMETER BATTERY GAUGE, AND THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE HAVE STOPPED WORKING COMPLETELY.  IN RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM, I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS A RECALL TO FIX THIS PROBLEM SEVERAL YEARS AGO.  I NEVER RECEIVED NOTICE OF THIS RECALL.  I HAVE LIVED IN THE SAME LOCATION SINCE 2001, BUT HAVE NEVER BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE RECALL.  IF THERE WAS A RECALL AFFECTING THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, I WOULD HAVE TAKEN IT IN.  WHY DIDN'T CHEVROLET NOTIFY ALL OWNERS?  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10550520,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/29/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"11/01/2013","vin":"3GNEK13T83G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"APPROACHING STOP LIGHT, HIT BRAKES, AND PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, THERE WAS NO BRAKE AT ALL.  NO ONE WAS IN FRONT OF ME AT LIGHT , SO I TURNED RIGHT AND COASTED INTO PARKING LOT.   HAD TRUCK TOWED HOME,   FOUND RUSTED AND SPLIT BRAKE LINE UNDER DRIVERS DOOR, THE OTHER 3 LINES IN THE BUNDLE WERE ALMOST GONE TOO, JUST MOVING ANOTHER ONE CAUSED IT TO BREAK OPEN, SO .AS OF TODAY , I REPLACED THE FRONT4 LINES.AND PLAN ON DOING THE REAR THIS WEEK...  THE ENTIRE UNDER- CARRIAGE IS RUSTY, WAY MORE THAN NORMAL,  I RESTORE ARS AND HAVE A 1951 CHEVY,  THAT'S ORIGINAL FRAME AND LOOKS NEW..  I COMPARE TRUCKS EVERY TIME I GET A CHANCE,,,AND THIS CHEVY IS BADDD.  LOVE THE TRUCK,  JUST HATE REPLACING, BRAKES, ROTORS, LINES ALL THE TIME...REAR BACKING PLATES HAVE BEEN. RUSTED AWAY, SINCE 2005.   *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10549475,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/25/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"10/25/2013","vin":"3GNEK13T63G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"EXPERIENCED LOSS OF BRAKING POWER DUE TO A LEAK IN ONE OF THE FRONT METAL BRAKE LINES.  TOOK VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP WHO INFORMED ME ALL THE METAL BRAKE LINES WERE HIGHLY CORRODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.  I CONTACTED JIM MCKAY DEALERSHIP AND WAS INFORMED THESE BRAKE LINES ARE ON BACK ORDER WITH NO INDICATION OF WHEN PARTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE.  REPAIR SHOP HAS TO CUSTOM MAKE ALL BRAKE LINES WITH AN ESTIMATE OF $1,500 - $1,600.  BRAKE LINES SHOULD NOT CORRODE, THIS IS DEFECTIVE MATERIAL.  LINES SHOULD BE STAINLESS STEEL, IF NOT, COATED AT A MINIMUM.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10548348,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/17/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"10/18/2013","vin":"3GNEK13T73G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"VEHICLE WAS MOVING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MILES PER HOUR AND BRAKES WERE APPLIED TO PREPARE FOR A RIGHT TURN. AT FIRST THE BRAKES WERE BEGINNING TO BE EFFECTIVE, BUT SUDDEN LOSS OF HYDROLOGICAL PRESSURE RESULTED IN BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELING ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND LITTLE TO NO BRAKING POWER WAS AVAILABLE. INDICATOR LIGHTS AND BELLS ILLUMINATED INDICATING THAT THE BRAKING SYSTEM NEEDED SERVICED. VEHICLE COASTED TO A STOP AND WAS PLACED INTO PARK. BRAKE FLUID WAS VISIBLE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT WHEEL WELL.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10544528,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/01/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"09/20/2013","vin":"3GNEK13T23G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"BRAKES WENT OUT WHILE PULLING A TRAILER.  WENT THROUGH AN INTERSECTION.  THANK GOD IT WAS EARLY ON A SUNDAY MORNING.  BRAKE LINE HAD A COMPLETED RUSTED AND BURST.  WHEN LOOKING TO REPAIR, THE ENTIRE BRAKE LINE WAS RUSTED AND BLISTERED.  ALL OTHER LINES WERE ABOUT TO BURST.  HAD TO REPLACE ALL BRAKE LINES ON THIS VEHICLE.  I HAVE OWNED MANY VEHICLES AND MUCH OLDER AND HIGHER MILEAGE VEHICLES AND NEVER HAD TO REPLACE BRAKE LINES.  THIS IS RIDICULOUS HOW BAD THE LINES WERE.  I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE AND I KNOW IT WAS WELL TAKEN CARE OF.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10543328,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/12/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"09/12/2013","vin":"3GNEK13T52G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE COASTED UNTIL IT EVENTUALLY STOPPED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE COVERED WITH RUST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10541753,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/03/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"09/04/2013","vin":"3GNEK13T03G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"LOST BRAKES. LINE FROM FRONT OF TRUCK TO BACK BRAKES RUPTURED. HAD TO USE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP. ALL BRAKE LINES ARE IN RUSTED CONDITION AND NEED REPLACEMENT. *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10541835,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/28/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"09/04/2013","vin":"3GNEK13T83G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND WAS DIAGNOSED AS CORROSION OF THE BRAKE LINE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT AND HE WAS ADVISED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10538262,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/23/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"09/01/2013","vin":"3GNEK13T53G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MOVE AN UNLOADED TRAILER IN MY YARD, I BEGAN TO BACKUP TO THE TRAILER APPLYING THE BRAKES SINCE I WAS LINED UP TO THE TRAILER, APPLIED THE BRAKES TO STOP AND THE BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE MESSAGE FLASHED STATING BRAKE ISSUE AND LOTS OF BELLS GOING OFF.  INCIDENT OCCURRED 8/23/13, HAD TRUCK TOWED TO GARAGE SINCE IT TOOK 10X THE DISTANCE TO TRY TO STOP THE TRUCK AND WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE.  SINCE THE TRUCK IS AT THE GARAGE WAITING ON PARTS I DO NOT HAVE ACTUAL MILEAGE BUT HAS APPROXIMATELY 91K MILES.  I DID NOT HAVE ANY OTHER WARNINGS AND HAD NEW BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS INSTALLED IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS.   *JS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10538264,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/23/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"09/01/2013","vin":"3GNEK13T53G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"UPDATE TO COMPLAINT 10538262  AFTER REVIEWING OTHER COMPLAINTS WITH SIMILAR ISSUES I FORGOT TO PUT IN KEY DATA.  I HAD A BRAKE LINE FAILURE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE LEFT FRONT AND FORGOT TO LIST THAT IN MY ORIGINAL COMPLAINT AND ALSO LINES UP WITH THE CURRENT OPEN ITEM: NHTSA ACTION NUMBER   EA11001   ALL THE BRAKES LINES NEED TO REPLACED SINCE THEY ARE RUSTY, FALLING APART AND VERY BRITTLE.  LUCKY THIS ISSUE TO NOT OCCUR WHEN I USING THE TRUCK EARLIER IN THE DAY WHEN MY DAUGHTER WAS IN THE TRUCK.    WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MOVE AN UNLOADED TRAILER IN MY YARD, I BEGAN TO BACKUP TO THE TRAILER APPLYING THE BRAKES SINCE I WAS LINED UP TO THE TRAILER, APPLIED THE BRAKES TO STOP AND THE BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE MESSAGE FLASHED STATING BRAKE ISSUE AND LOTS OF BELLS GOING OFF. INCIDENT OCCURRED 8/23/13, HAD TRUCK TOWED TO GARAGE SINCE IT TOOK 10X THE DISTANCE TO TRY TO STOP THE TRUCK AND WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. SINCE THE TRUCK IS AT THE GARAGE WAITING ON PARTS I DO NOT HAVE ACTUAL MILEAGE BUT HAS APPROXIMATELY 91K MILES. I DID NOT HAVE ANY OTHER WARNINGS AND HAD NEW BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS INSTALLED IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS.   *JS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10533308,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/01/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"08/02/2013","vin":"3GNEK13TO3G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"APPLIED BRAKES, PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR - TRUCK COULD NOT STOP - RAN INTO BUSHES ON SIDE OF ROAD.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10531950,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/22/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"07/26/2013","vin":"3GNEK13T13G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"I WAS DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 50 MPH APPROACHING STOPPED TRAFFIC, WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE BRAKE PEDDLE WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE DO NOT SLOW DOWN. THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME AND  I APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO SLOW TO A STOP. I THEN HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE THEY TOLD ME THAT ALL FOUR OF THE BRAKE LININGS WERE RUSTED THROUGH. I HUNT AND FISH WITH THIS VEHICLE AND GO OFF ROAD A LOT, THIS IS WHY I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IN THE FIRST PLACE. TO HAVE A OFF ROAD VEHICLE MANUFACTURED WITH BRAKE LININGS THAT RUST THROUGH IS CRIMINAL.   *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10531880,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/22/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"07/25/2013","vin":"3GNEK13T13G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE","summary":"RATTLE FORM THE A/C BELT TENSION-ER WHEN ACCELERATING.  HAVE CHANGED MULTIPLE NEW TENSION-ERS AND THERE IS STILL THE RATTLE FROM THE BELT TENSIONER.  I HAVE FOUND A TSB ON THE A/C COMPRESSOR THAT LEADS TO THE ISSUE.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10524322,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/10/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"07/11/2013","vin":"","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, HE DEPRESSED THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOOR BOARD. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE CORRODED AND FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10521329,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/19/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"06/24/2013","vin":"3GNEK13T63G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500.  CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE.  *SMD  THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE BRAKE LIGHT FAILURE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. WHEN THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKE, THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER SAFELY.  THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A CERTIFIED CHEVROLET DEALER, WHERE AN INSPECTION REVEALED, THE BRAKE FAILURE WAS DUE TO A BREAK IN ONE OF THE BRAKE LINES, AND ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES WERE SO DETERIORATED AND RUST ENCRUSTED, THAT ALL OF THE LINES HAD TO BE REPLACED.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10515081,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/09/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"06/04/2013","vin":"3GNEC13T33G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"DRIVING WENT TO STOP DIDN'T HAVE ANY BRAKES  I REPLACE ALL THE BRAKE LINES AND REPLACE BUMPER LIGHTS COST ABOUT 4, 000.00 THE ABS WENT OUT WHICH IS NOT FIX.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10512352,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/31/2011","dateComplaintFiled":"05/16/2013","vin":"3GNEC13T83G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"08/31/2011 BRAKE LINE FAILURE. SECOND BRAKE LIE FAILURE OCCURRED 04/15/2012.THIRD BRAKE LINE FAILURE OCCURRED 7/28/2012.FOURTH BRAKE LINE FAILURE OCCURRED 1/27/2013. AT THAT TIME IT WAS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO REPLACE ALL REMAINING BRAKE LINE SEGMENTS WHICH WERE SHOWING SIGNS OF CORROSION. THE TOTAL FOR THE INCIDENCES MENTIONED WAS $1586.15.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10510179,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/02/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"04/30/2013","vin":"3GNEK13TX3G","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"TRANSMISSION BEGAN MAKING A LOW WHIRLING NOISE AND NOW SLIPS AND CHUGS. NO TOWING OR 4-WHEELING BEATINGS. I HAVE TAKEN VERY GOOD CARE OF THIS VEHICLE. I LOVE MY AVALANCHE BUT NOW THE REAR WHEEL BEARING ARE GOING AS WELL!!!  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10509234,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/13/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"04/23/2013","vin":"3GNGK23G83G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP, PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I WAS GOING UPHILL.  THAT WAS PROBABLY WEN FRONT BRAKE LINE BLEW.  HAD A LITTLE BRAKE POWER LEFT, TURNED TRUCK AROUND, WENT ONE BLOCK TO MY HOME , PLLED INTO MY DRIVEWAY GOING UPHILL AGAIN WHEN THE REAR BRAKE INE BLEW, STOPED THE TRUCK WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE.  HAD TO HAVE ALL BREAK LINES REPLACED DUE TO RUST.  FORTY YEARS SERVICING AOTOS NEVER HAD ALL OR ANY BREAKLINE RUST OUT.  REPLACED FLEXIABLE HOSES ON BRAKE CALIPERS WHEN THE BECAME BRITTLE, BUT NEVER HARD LINES, EVEN ON A 1971 CADDY I HAD FOR 25 YEARS. THIS HAPPENED ONE BLOCK FROM HOME AT THE BEGINNING OF A PLANNED 100 MILE HIGHWAY TRIP, AT 65MPH WE PROBABLY COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. SOMEONE WAS WATCHING OVER US,  NOT GM, THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE PREMADE BRAKELINES TO FIX A KNOWN PROBLEM!  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10508893,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/20/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"04/20/2013","vin":"3GNEK13T83G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"STARTED DRIVING AND THE BRAKE PEDAL SUDDENLY WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR.  THE VEHICLE EVENTUALLY STOPPED AND A WARNING LIGHT FINALLY TURNED ON TO \"SERVICE BRAKE SYSTEM\".  I GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE TO CHECK AND SEE IF THE BRAKE FLUID WAS LOW AND SAW THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED.  UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE, I WAS ABLE TO SEE BRAKE FLUID LEAKING AT A CONSISTENT RATE.  PRIOR FROM THIS HAPPENING, THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS OR ALERTS.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10508720,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/17/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"04/18/2013","vin":"3GNEK13TX3G","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"I NOTICED A SPRAY ON THE BACK OF MY AVALANCHE. I CHECKED NUDER THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED A SMALL PUDDLE OF FLUID WHICH APPEARED TO BE TRANSMISSION FLUID. I CHECKED THE FLUID LEVEL AND IT WAS NEAR EMPTY. I ADDED FLUID AND WHEN I USED THE VEHICLE IT RAN OK, BUT WHEN I STOPPED IT LEFT A LARGER PUDDLE UNDER THE VEHICLE.    I DROVE MY VEHICLE FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND WHEN I CHECKED AGAIN IT WAS LEAKING STILL. I CRAWLED UNDER THE VEHICLE AND SAW THAT IT WAS LEAKING FROM WHERE IT CONNECTS TO THE ENGINE OR AXLE. (NOT SURE WHAT ITS CALLED). I HAVE READ SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT AVALANCHES HAVING BAD TRANSMISSIONS. MOST WERE AROUND THE SAME MILEAGE.    I CANNOT AFFORD TO FIX MY VEHICLE, AND SINCE I NOTICED IT NOW IT MAY JUST NEED A NEW SEAL, BUT WHERE THE TRANSMISSION  IS LEAKING FROM IT IS EXPENSIVE.WHAT HELP CAN I GET, THIS IS MY ONLY VEHICLE MY FAMILY AND I OWN.    ALSO WHEN I START MY AVALANCHE, SOMETIMES THE STARTER WILL STAY ON AND I HAVE TO TURN THE KEY OFF AND RESTART IT. IT APPEARS THE IGNITION OR STARTER IS DEFECTIVE.    ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED..THANK YOU!!  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10505375,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/12/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"04/02/2013","vin":"3GNEK13T43G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, HE APPLIED THE BRAKES BUT THEY FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT DUE TO CORROSION, THE BRAKE LINES WERE FAULTY AND NEEDED REPLACING. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. IN ADDITION, AS PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZE DEALER WHERE ALL OF THE BRAKE LINES WERE REPLACED, INCLUDING THE ONE THAT WAS RECENTLY REPLACED BY THE INDEPENDENT MACHANIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 62,392.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10505419,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/15/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"04/02/2013","vin":"","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"FREQUENTLY WHILE IN DRIVE THE SERVICE AIR BAG COMES ON. WHEN THIS LIGHT/INDICATOR COMES ON THIS DEACTIVATES THE ENTIRE AIR BAG SYSTEM WHICH IS A SAFETY ISSUE/DEFECT. THIS NEEDS TO BE A RECALL BY GM/CHEVROLET TO HAVE THIS FIXED IMMEDIATELY.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10503759,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/26/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"03/20/2013","vin":"3GNEK13T23G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,STRUCTURE,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AT A 2-WAY STOP. UPON TURNING RIGHT, MY FOOT WENT FROM THE BRAKE TO THE GAS PEDAL AND GOT HOOKED ON A PIECE OF METAL EXTENDING FROM THE ARM OF THE ACCELERATOR. THIS CAUSED MY FOOT TO BE TRAPPED BELOW THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT ATTACHED TO THE GAS PEDAL. THE VEHICLE SPUN BACK AND FORTH WHILE TRYING TO GET MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR.  I HIT A TRUCK COMING FROM THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION FROM WHICH I WAS TURNING PINNING IT TO THE GUARD RAIL. ALTHOUGH BOTH TRUCKS HAD STOPPED, THE TIRES ON MY TRUCK WERE STILL SPINNING BECAUSE MY FOOT WAS STILL HOOKED ON THE ACCELERATOR AND WEDGE BELOW THE BRAKE PEDAL. ONLY AFTER I TURNED THE KEY OFF COULD I PUT THE TRUCK IN PARK.  IN ORDER TO GET OUT OF MY TRUCK I HAD TO UNLACE MY SHOE AND PULL MY FOOT OUT, THEN PRY IT OFF THE SIDE OF THE ACCELERATOR, LEAVING A HOLE IN THE SIDE OF MY SHOE.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10503526,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/14/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"03/18/2013","vin":"3GNEK13T83G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT 45 MPH AND THE BRAKES WENT OUT WITHOUT WARNING OR A WARNING LIGHT. IT MADE ME ALMOST HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. MY PREGNANT WIFE AND I WERE IN THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME. IT SEEMS MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM, IT SHOULD BE FIXED ASAP.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10501109,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/08/2011","dateComplaintFiled":"03/03/2013","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"I WAS DRIVING MY TRUCK AND THE SPEEDOMETER WAS READING 60 AND WHEN I LOOK DOWN AGAIN IT WAS READING 120. I STOP AND STARTED AGAIN THEN I REALIZE THAT IT WAS NOT READING NOW. MY FUEL, RPM, OIL PRESSURE GAUGES STOP ALSO. I HAD A MECHANIC LOOK AT IT AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE CLUSTER. I RESEARCH AND I NOTICE THAT ALL THESE VEHICLE IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. I THINK THAT CHEVY SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS DEFECTIVE ITEM. I BROUGHT THIS TRUCK NEW AND I DIDN'T THINK THAT I WOULD BE HAVING ANY PROBLEMS LIKE THIS. I REPLACED THE PART BUT GUESS WHAT, ITS DOING THE SAME THING AFTER SIX MONTHS. NOW THE DOOR CHIME WILL NOT STOP WHEN THE DOOR IS CLOSE AND WHILE IM DRIVING SO I DON'T DRIVE IT.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10500720,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/23/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"02/28/2013","vin":"","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"I WAS ABOUT TO SLOW DOWN TO MAKE A TURN ON TO A SIDE STREET AND MY BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR. I HAD TO TAKE BACK ROADS AND PLAN MY STOPS WHILE DRIVING IN LOW GEAR TO SAFELY MAKE IT TO THE SHOP. A BRAKE LINE BURST. I WAS TOLD THAT THE LINES ARE RUSTED AND ROTTED. ALL THE LINES HAD TO BE REPLACED. IT COST ME ABOUT $1800.00.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10494841,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/28/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"01/27/2013","vin":"","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"I WAS  APPLYING BRAKES AND A FRONT BRAKE LINE BLEW OUT. THE TRUCK HAD A TOUGH TIME STOPPING ALMOST HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE, I HAD IT TOWED TO  A REPAIR FACILITY AND THEY REPLACED THE LINE $300. THE REPAIR FACILITY STATED TO ME THAT IT WAS VERY COMMON FOR CHEVY VEHICLE TO HAVE BAD BRAKE LINES. TO REPLACE THE REST OF THE LINES IT WOULD COST ME $ 900 TO $1200. CHEVY SHOULD OF RECALLED THESE VEHICLES FOR BAD BRAKE LINES.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10493064,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/01/2013","dateComplaintFiled":"01/15/2013","vin":"3GNEK13T83G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM","summary":"MY SPEEDO AND FUEL GAUGE EITHER DO NOT WORK OR PEG OUT IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER.  I NEVER RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE FOR MY Z71 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE AND CHEVROLET IS SAYING THAT THEY PUT A LIMIT ON THE YEAR AND MILEAGE.  IF I WOULD HAVE KNOWN IT WAS A RECALL I WOULD HAVE TAKEN IN MY VEHICLE TO HAVE IT FIXED FOR FREE. CHEVROLET IS SAYING I HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS.... THIS IS NOT RIGHT.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10489028,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/14/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"12/17/2012","vin":"3GNEK13T83G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"BRAKE LINES ARE LEAKING SO I TOOK TRUCK TO THE DEALER AND THEY ADVISED ME THE LINES WERE CORRODED AND IT WOULD COST ME $1200. TO $1500. TO FIX AND IT WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. LUCKY I NOTICED THE LEAKING BEFORE MY BRAKES FAILED ME. I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS WAS NOT RECALLED AND FIXED AT NO COST BY GM DEALER. PLEASE LET ME KNOW GM'S RESPONSIBILITY HERE.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10485413,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/01/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"11/21/2012","vin":"3GNEK13T23G","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON. WHILE AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON, AIRBAGS DO NOT FUNCTION. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE BY CHEVROLET. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCE THE SAME PROBLEM. NEEDS A RECALL. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD NOT COST THE CONSUMER TO REPAIR.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10482493,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/27/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"10/28/2012","vin":"3GNEK13T53G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"WENT TO APPLY BRAKES AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. A COMPLETE FAILURE OF THE BRAKING SYSTEM. IMMEDIATELY SHIFTED THE TRUCK INTO NEUTRAL AND APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO COME TO A STOP. NO PRIOR WARNING ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND BRAKES FAILED COMPLETELY, FRONT AND BACK.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10481345,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/19/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"10/22/2012","vin":"3GNEK13T03G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"REPLACED REAR BRAKE LINE TWO WEEKS PRIOR. WENT TO LEAVE FOR WORK AND FRONT BRAKE LINES BLEW OUT.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10479444,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/13/2011","dateComplaintFiled":"10/09/2012","vin":"3GNEC13T53G","components":"STEERING","summary":"TL*  THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, A KNOCKING NOISE WAS HEARD FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE STEERING SHAFT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT SHE NEEDED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER FOR FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.. ..UPDATED 11/09/12 *BF  UPDATED 11/14/12","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10479479,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/08/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"10/09/2012","vin":"3GNEK13T63G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"A VERY GOOD FRIEND NOTIFIED ME YESTERDAY THAT HIS SAME YEAR AVALANCHE EXPERIENCED A BURST BRAKE LINE AND CAUSED HIM TO HAVE TO CRASH HIS VEHICLE TO STOP IT. HE TOLD ME WHERE THE LINE HAD BURST AND STATED THAT CHEVROLET USES STEEL BRAKE LINE INSTEAD OF STAINLESS STEEL. I INSPECTED MY 2003 AVALANCHE AND NOTICED THAT MY BRAKE LINES ARE SHOWING SEVERE SIGNS OF CORROSION. LMC TRUCK PARTS SELLS A REPLACEMENT BRAKE LINE KIT FOR THIS VEHICLE FOR A REASONABLE PRICE OF 379.00. IT IS THAT HARD TO FORCE VEHICLE MANUFACTURES TO USE STAINLESS STEEL INSTEAD OF REGULAR STEEL IN THEIR BRAKING SYSTEMS. YOU FORCED SEAT BELTS, ANTI-LOCK BRAKES, TRACTION CONTROL, STABILITY CONTROL, DAYTIME DRIVING LIGHTS, ETC... WHY NOT THIS!  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10478840,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/06/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"10/06/2012","vin":"3GNEK13T83G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"I WAS IN ANSONIA CT ON 6TH OCTOBER 2012 AT APPROXIMATELY 09:47.  HAD PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY TO REFUEL.  NO ISSUES AS I TRAVELED IN THE MORNING.  AFTER LEAVING THE SERVICE STATION TO HEAD BACK TO THE HIGHWAY I WENT TO PLACE ON THE BRAKES WHILE GOING DOWNHILL APPROACHING  AN INTERSECTION AT APPROXIMATELY 35MPH.  BRAKE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR.  WITHIN 2 SECONDS DASH WARNING OF \" CHECK BRAKE SYSTEM \" FLASHED ON INFORMATION DISPLAY.  HAD NO BRAKES, NON AT ALL.  PULLED INTO LOWEST GEAR AND RAN THRU THE RED LIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION.  I PROCEEDED TO PULL A SHARP RIGHT TURN INTO A COMMUTER LOT USING THE CURB TO STOP THE VEHICLE.  EMERGENCY BRAKE INEFFECTIVE AT REDUCING SPEED.  CALLED AAA AND DISCOVERED RUPTURED BRAKE LINES ALONG THE FRAME RAIL BELOW DRIVERS SIDE FOOTWELL AREA.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10476637,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/19/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"09/21/2012","vin":"3GNEC13T83G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"I HAD JUST LEFT A STORE AND STOPPED AT A SIGNAL LIGHT WITH NO PROBLEMS BUT WHEN I PROCESSED TO THE NEXT LIGHT I PUT MY FOOT ONTO THE BRAKE PEDAL AND MY TRUCK STARTED TO SLOW DOWN AND THEN ALL THE SUDDEN THE BRAKE PIDDLE WENT TO THE FLOOR AND I WENT THROUGH A RED LIGHT, LUCKILY THE OTHER DRIVER ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE SIGNAL LIGHT DID NOT LEAVE TO GO THROUGH THE LIGHT RIGHT AWAY AND THAT GAVE ME TIME TO GO THROUGH WITHOUT INCIDENT BUT NEVERTHELESS IT WAS VERY SCARY AND COULD OF BEEN REAL BAD, AND NOW IT IS COSTING ME $1400.00 TO REPLACE ALL OF MY BRAKE LINES DUE TO THIS INCIDENT AND CAUSE GM DOES NOT MAKE THE PRE-BENT BRAKE LINES FOR MY TRUCK ANYMORE (WHICH IS STUPID). AS MUCH AS THESE VEHICLES COST I WOULD OF THOUGHT THAT THESE BRAKE LINES WOULD BE MADE OF STAINLESS STEEL AND NOT (PROBABLY) CHINA METAL.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10475513,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/15/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"09/15/2012","vin":"3GNEK13T33G","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"ON OCCASION THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT WOULD COME ON, USUALLY WHILE DRIVING.  ON SUBSEQUENT STARTS, NO LIGHT WAS DISPLAYED.  EVENTUALLY THE LIGHT WOULD STAY ON FOR SEVERAL DAYS.  I ASSUMED THIS WAS A MANUFACTURER INITIATED ALERT TO HAVE THE AIRBAGS CHECKED AFTER 100,000 MILES.  WHEN I NEXT BROUGHT MY VEHICLE IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE SERVICE, I ASKED THE ADVISER TO HAVE THE AIRBAGS CHECKED BECAUSE OF THE WARNING LIGHT.  HE TOLD ME THAT WHEN THE LIGHT WAS ON THE AIRBAGS WERE INOPERATIVE!  I TOLD HIM TO GET IT CORRECTED.    AFTER 90 MINUTES MY CAR WAS RETURNED WITH THE NOTICE THAT A PRELIMINARY CHECK DID NOT UNCOVER THE CAUSE, AND I WOULD HAVE TO RETURN THE VEHICLE AT ANOTHER TIME AND EXPECT TO INCUR SEVERAL HOURS OF TROUBLE SHOOTING TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE.  SINCE MY TRUCK WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, I WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE TO PARTS AND LABOR.    I CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY AN INOPERATIVE AIRBAG SYSTEM IS NOT A SAFETY RECALL ISSUE.  PERHAPS IF GOVERNMENT MOTORS WAS PRIVATELY HELD, THE ACTUAL GOVERNMENT WOULD FORCE THE MANUFACTURER TO REPAIR ALL SUCH SAFETY RELATED ISSUES.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10473948,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/05/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"09/05/2012","vin":"3GNEK13TX3G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THERE WAS COMPLETE LOSS OF THE BRAKING SYSTEM. THERE WAS NO WARNING OF THIS HAPPENING.  WHEN IT HAPPENED THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THERE WAS NO SLOWING OF THE VEHICLE.  WHEN IT WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP I WAS TOLD THAT A BRAKE LINE RUSTED THROUGH AND 8FT OF BRAKE LINE HAD TO BE REPLACED.  FORTUNATELY THE CAR WAS GOING SLOW DUE TO TRAFFIC.  HAD I BEEN MOVING FASTER OR ON A HIGHWAY THIS COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS.  CONSIDER THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE ON GM TRUCKS I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT THE MANUFACTURER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REPLACING ALL THE BRAKE LINES BEFORE PEOPLE START DIEING.  I AM AWARE OF THE NHTSA INVESTIGATING THIS PROBLEM WITH NUMBER EA11001.  THIS IS WHY I MADE IT A POINT TO WRITE.  I AM HOPING THAT THIS PROBLEM GETS RESOLVED QUICKLY.   *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10473143,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/29/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"08/31/2012","vin":"3GNEK13TX3G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"I WAS TAKING MY 3 BOYS TO SCHOOL WHEN THE VEHICLE LOST ALL PRESSURE IN THE BRAKES.  ONCE AGAIN ONE OF THE BRAKE LINES ON THE TRUCK HAS RUSTED THROUGH AND IS NOW LEAKING.  THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I HAVE HAD AN ISSUE WITH A RUSTY BRAKE LINE IN THE PAST TWO YEARS.  THERE IS NO REASON THAT THESE LINES SHOULD BE RUSTING OUT SO PREMATURELY.  I HAVE LIVED IN THE SAME AREA MY ENTIRE LIFE AND HAVE NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH ANY OF MY OTHER VEHICLES.  I OWNED A 1988 CHEVROLET S-10 BLAZER FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS AND HAPPILY PUT OVER 228,000 MILES ON IT AND NEVER ONCE HAD A BRAKE LINE RUST THROUGH.  I AM REPLACING THE DEFECTIVE PART WITH AN IMPROVED TEFLON COATED BRAKE LINE.  I DO NOT WANT THE SAME INFERIOR ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT PUT BACK IN PLACE OF THE CURRENT RUSTED LINE.  THE LINES HAVE RUSTED OUT BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT MANUFACTURED TO PROPER STANDARDS.  THE WORST PART IS NOW WONDERING WHICH BRAKE LINE WILL BE NEXT.  ALL GM VEHICLES AFFECTED BY THIS ISSUE SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED.  YOU CAN FIND THOUSANDS OF STORIES JUST LIKE MINE ALL OVER THE INTERNET.  YESTERDAY I SPOKE TO A GM EMPLOYEE WHERE I BOUGHT MY TRUCK AND HE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH HIS 2002 TAHOE.  GM AGREED TO REPLACE EVERY BRAKE LINE ON HIS TRUCK FOR A FLAT FEE OF $250 BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THE BRAKE LINES ARE DEFECTIVE.  THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED NOW BECAUSE FOUR LIVES WERE AT STAKE ON 8/29/2012 WHEN I LOST ALL THE BRAKES ON MY TRUCK.  I WAS LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE SITUATION BUT NO ONE SHOULD DIE OVER AN ISSUE SUCH AS THIS WHICH HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED MANY TIMES ALREADY.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10471379,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/15/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"08/18/2012","vin":"3GNEK13T23G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"I WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AND AS I WENT TO STOP THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT SOFT AS SOON AS THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, GOING TO THE VERY NEARLY TO THE FLOOR.  (NORMALLY THE PEDAL STAYS SEVERAL INCHES FURTHER ABOVE THE FLOOR.)  THE SERVICE BRAKES LIGHT CAME ON ALONG WITH THE TRUCK'S WARNING CHIMES. I GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK AND SAW LARGE AMOUNTS OF BRAKE FLUID DRIPPING OFF THE UNDERCARRIAGE NEAR THE LEFT SIDE REAR TIRE.    ABOUT 1 TO 1.5 HOURS EARLIER, WHEN I WAS PARKING THE TRUCK, THE BRAKES OPERATED NORMALLY.    A CHEVROLET DEALER HAD TO REMOVE AND REPLACE THAT BRAKE LINE.    APPROXIMATELY 3 MONTHS PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT THE CHEVROLET DEALER WHO NORMALLY SERVICES THE TRUCK ALERTED TO ME TO EXTENSIVE RUSTING OF ALL OF THE TRUCK'S BRAKE LINES.  THEY DID NOT THINK THERE AS IMMEDIATE DANGER OF A BRAKE LINE FAILURE, BUT STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THAT ALL BRAKE LINES BE REPLACED PRIOR TO THE ONCOMING WINTER WHERE CORROSION MIGHT BECOME ACCELERATED.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10470124,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/01/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"08/10/2012","vin":"3GNEK13T53G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER  FAILED TO PROVIDE ACCURATE SPEED READINGS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 108,965.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10469493,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/07/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"08/07/2012","vin":"3GNEK13TX3G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 5 MPH WHEN THE BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED TO THE FLOORBOARD AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP PROPERLY. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE HE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS BRAKE FLUID LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 190,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10468788,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/31/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"08/01/2012","vin":"3GNEK13T23G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"ON APPROACHING A STOP SIGN THE REAR BRAKES FAILED. THE LINE HAD RUSTED THRU ABOVE THE LEFT REAR SPRING. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME A LINE HAS RUSTED THRU. THE FIRST TIME I LOST BOTH BRAKES. I HAD IT REPAIRED BY A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP. AS YOU CAN SEE THEY DID NOT REPLACE ALL THE PROBLEM LINES. I HAD IT DONE BY OAKWOOD SERVICE CENTER IN AUBURN, NY. AT LEAST NOW I BELIEVE I AM SAFE.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10467582,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/22/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"07/24/2012","vin":"3GNEK13T13G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"BRAKE LINE BLEW WHEN BRAKE PEDAL WAS PUSHED DO TO RUST.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10460951,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/14/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"06/07/2012","vin":"3GNEK13T93G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"TRUCK IN REVERSE MY FOOT ON THE  BRAKE PEDAL, ON A DRIVEWAY WITH AN INCLINE , I WAS WAITING TO BACK OUT OF THE DRIVE WAY ONTO THE STREET WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR , AND THE TRUCK STARTED TO ROLL BACKWARDS INTO THE STREET. WITH SOME LUCK , I REMEMBERED TO APPLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND STOP THE TRUCK. AFTER BEING TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP  I WAS SHOWN THAT THE BREAK LINES WERE ALL RUSTED VERY BAD , AND THAT 1 OF THEM HAD BLOWN OUT WITH NO WARNING AND ALL FLUID WAS LOST. I FELT LUCKY TO BE ALIVE.MY TRUCK LOOKS NEW FROM THE OUT SIDE AND IN , I KEEP IT CLEAN AND HAVE IT INSPECTED FOR THE STATE OF PA YEARLY. WHEN I LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK AT THE REPAIR SHOP I WAS SHOCKED THAT EVERYTHING WAS COVERED IN RUST , IT LOOKED LIKE A 50 YEAR OLD TRUCK. I OWNED A 1978 GM TRUCK FOR 16 YEARS - 250,000 MILES AND IT WAS NOT RUSTED UNDER THE BODY LIKE THIS.     *JS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10458677,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/12/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"05/16/2012","vin":"3GNEK13T53G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE BRAKE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES, BUT THE PEDAL DEPRESSED TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT ALL THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED AND FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 130,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10457446,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/26/2011","dateComplaintFiled":"05/04/2012","vin":"3GNEK13T63G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"MY 2003 AVALANCHE HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AS STATED IN THE RECALL FOR 2002 REGARDING THE ANTILOCK COMING ON AT LOW SPEEDS WHEN COMING TO A STOP.  GM REFUSES TO INCLUDE OUR VEHICLE FOR REPAIR EVEN THOUGH THEY STATED THAT NO CHANGE HAS BEEN MADE TO THE ANTILOCK SPEED SENSOR AND/OR HUB ASSEMBLY FROM THE 2002 TO 2003. IF WE HAVE THE SAME PRODUCT IN OUR 2003 AVALANCHE, THEN WHY DOES IT NOT DESERVE TO BE INCLUDED WITH RECALL AND REQUIRE GM TO PAY FOR REPAIRS TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. GM IS IGNORING THE CONTINUED PROBLEM WITH LATER YEAR VEHICLES AND IS NOT BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.  AVALANCHE OWNERS NEED TO GET TOGETHER TO COMPLAIN TO FORCE THEM TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10452982,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/26/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"03/26/2012","vin":"3GNEK13T13G","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AN ABNORMAL GASOLINE ODOR WOULD ENTER THE VEHICLE WHENEVER THE CONTACT WOULD DRIVE OVER A ROAD BUMP.  THE CONTACT LATER NOTICED GASOLINE LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY A DEALER NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 105,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10451608,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/10/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"03/14/2012","vin":"3GNEK13T63G","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 30 MPH WHEN THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 107,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10449648,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/02/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"02/28/2012","vin":"3GNEC13T23G","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"AIR BAG LIGHT KEEPS SHOWING UP EVERY COUPLE DAYS THEN IT DISAPPEARS I BELIEVE GM IS AWARE BUT WILL NOT FIX.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10446922,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/19/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"02/06/2012","vin":"3GNEK13T23G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"DURING TRIP FROM NC->TX->FL->TX I WAS STOPPED FOR SPEEDING (75 IN 60 ON I-10 IN LA) -- I DO *NOT* KNOWINGLY SPEED.  I BEGAN WATCHING MY SPEED TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHY THIS HAPPENED.  THE PROBLEM REPEATED SEVERAL TIMES ON THIS TRIP, AND I WAS ABLE TO RECORD A NUMBER OF PHOTOS OF THE PRECISE PROBLEM.  AFTER DRIVING FOR MORE THAN A COUPLE OF HOURS (PROBABLY WHY I NEVER NOTICED THIS BEFORE), THE SPEEDOMETER WILL BEGIN A VERY SLOW DRIFT DOWNWARD.   SINCE I HAD BEEN ON 70MPH ROADS FOR QUITE SOME TIME, I APPARENTLY ADJUSTED MY SPEED CONTROL UP TO MAINTAIN WHAT I THOUGHT WAS 70.  THEN, WHEN I REACHED IBERVILLE PARISH IN LA, I NOTICED THE SPEED LIMIT WAS NOW 60; BUT WHEN I LOOKED DOWN, THE SPEEDOMETER WAS CLOSE ENOUGH TO 60 THAT I DIDN'T REALIZE ANYTHING WAS WRONG UNTIL A TROOPER FLAGGED ME DOWN.  IN NO POSITION TO ARGUE, I WAS PUZZLED -- UNTIL I REACHED TX WHEN I NOTICED THE SPEEDOMETER DROPPING EVER SO SLOWLY.  I HAD NO REAL IDEA OF MY SPEED, SO I JUST STAYED WITH TRAFFIC.  A FEW DAYS LATER, ON THE TX->FL LEG, THE PROBLEM RESUMED AFTER A FEW HOURS.  THIS TIME, I GOT THE IDEA TO START THE GPS ON MY BLACKBERRY PHONE.  SURPRISE!  MY REAL SPEED WAS DEFINITELY FASTER THAN INDICATED.  SO I BEGAN TAKING PICTURES OF THE SPEEDOMETER AND PHONE.  I HAVE A SERIES OF PHOTOS PROVING THE FAILURE.   WHAT IS ALSO INTERESTING IS THAT STOPPING AND TURNING OFF THE ENGINE FOR A MOMENT, THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED WORKING AGAIN FOR A WHILE.  ###############  OVER A YEAR AGO, I HAD A ONE-TIME ISSUE WITH THE SPEEDOMETER.  IT INDICATED MUCH FASTER THAN I WAS GOING -- MAYBE 50 WHILE STOPPED.  WHEN RESTARTING THE ENGINE, I NOTICED THE NEEDLE \"STEPPING\" BACKWARDS FOR LESS THAN A SECOND.  OUT OF CURIOSITY, I STOPPED AND STARTED THE ENGINE ABOUT 8 TIMES -- EACH TIME THE NEEDLE STEPPED BACKWARDS A FEW MPH, UNTIL IT EVENTUALLY FULLY RETRACTED BACK TO 0 AND WORKED FINE UNTIL THIS LONG TRIP.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10445963,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/26/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"01/30/2012","vin":"3GNEK12T44G","components":"EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY","summary":"2004 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE BROKEN MANIFOLD BOLTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE 5.3 ENGINE THIS IS A SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE GM SHOULD RECALL THIS ISSUE INSTEAD OF TURNING THERE BACK AND STICKING THERE LOYAL CUSTOMERS WITH THE BILL!  *TT","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10444881,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/20/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"01/23/2012","vin":"3GNEK13T73G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,POWER TRAIN","summary":"I HAVE HAD SEVERAL ISSUES WITH MY 2003 CHEVORLET AVALANCHE Z71 ONLY 62,000 MILES.  MY PROBLEMS STARTED AROUND 8,000 MILES WITH THE REAR BRAKES GOING BAD.  I HAVE REPLACED THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKES FOUR (4) TIMES SINCE I HAVE OWNED IT.  THE ABS SPEED SENSORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED ONCE AND NEED REPLACED AGAIN. THE SPEEDOMETER IS STUCK AT 120 MPH, THE U JOINTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND NOW THE TRANSMISSION HAS GONE OUT. I FEEL THAT CHEVORLET SHOULD FIX THESE PROBLEMS UNDER A WARRANTY/RECALL.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10441787,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/30/2011","dateComplaintFiled":"12/30/2011","vin":"","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"REAR PASSENGER-SIDE BRAKE LINE FAILED, ABOVE THE REAR AXLE ON EXIT RAMP OF MAJOR HIGHWAY.   COMPLETELY CORRODED LINE REQUIRING REPLACEMENT. ELECTRONIC RUST PREVENTION SYSTEM (SACRIFICIAL ZINC AT ALL 4 CORNERS) INSTALLED BY DEALERSHIP WHEN TRUCK WAS PURCHASED, YET ALL BRAKE LINES NEED REPLACEMENT.   DEALERSHIP (HEINRICH CHEVROLET OF LOCKPORT, NY) QUOTED APPROXIMATELY $1000 JUST IN LABOR TO REPLACE THE BRAKE LINES. NEEDLESS TO SAY, I'LL REPLACE THEM MYSELF.   *KB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10440998,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/12/2011","dateComplaintFiled":"12/22/2011","vin":"3GNEC13T73G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"ROTTING BRAKE LINES IN THE VEHICLE LISTED ABOVE, NOTICED BRAKE FLUID LEAKING FROM LINES.  CORROSION SO BAD REQUIRES ALL LINES TO BE REPLACED.  DEALER ALSO DAMAGED BRAKE CONTROLLER DURING REPAIR AND CHARGED ME THE REPLACEMENT COST.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10441014,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/12/2011","dateComplaintFiled":"12/22/2011","vin":"3GNEK13T33G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"THE BRAKE LINES ON MY 2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE HAVE COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT LEADING TO A COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE INCIDENT WHILE ON THE ROAD.  ALTHOUGH IT'S A 2003 YEAR MODEL, I HAVE LESS THAN 20,000 YES, LESS THAN 20,000 TOTAL MILES ON THE VEHICLE.  I WILL NEVER EVER BY A CHEVY AGAIN.  I ALSO HAVE A 1998 ACURA WHICH I HAVE DRIVEN FOR THE PAST 11 YEARS AND IT HAS NO SUCH PROBLEMS.  NOPE.  I WILL NEVER EVER BY A CHEVY AGAIN.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10440306,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/15/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"12/18/2011","vin":"3GNEK13T03G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"SEVERE BRAKE LINE RUST THAT STARTED WHEN VEHICLE WAS LESS THAN 3 YEARS OLD. 2 SEPARATE DEALERS SAW THE RUST BUT SAID THEY COULD NOT ACT ON THE PROBLEM UNLESS THERE WAS A FAILURE OR THEY WERE LEAKING. I BROUGHT THIS TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENTS ATTENTION WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS UNDER WARRANTY.( ORIGINAL & OEM EXTENDED).  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10439649,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/03/2011","dateComplaintFiled":"12/12/2011","vin":"3GNEC13T03G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"PULLING OUT OF PARKING LOT AND WHEN MERGING INTO TRAFFIC I PRESSED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND IT WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR WITHOUT ANY BRAKING ACTION.  THE PEDAL CAME BACK UP TO NORMAL POSITION AND I PRESSED IT AGAIN HARDER THE SECOND TIME WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY SHIFTING INTO FIRST GEAR.  THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AGAIN BUT LOCKED UP THE WHEELS AND THE VEHICLE GRADUALLY CAME TO A STOP.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10439243,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/01/2011","dateComplaintFiled":"12/10/2011","vin":"3GNEK13T83G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"BRAKE LINE EXPLOSIVE FAILURE BEFORE THE FIREWALL.  95% LOSS OF STOPPING POWER. INSPECTION OF LINES INDICATES CORROSION. ALSO HEAVY CORROSION ON FRAME MEMBERS NOTED. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES FOR CORROSION OF THE BRAKE ROTORS.  AT 25000 MI. REPLACED ALL ROTORS AND PADS WITH NON CHEVY PARTS. NO MORE ROTOR ISSUES.  NOW ALL BRAKE LINES CHANGED DUE TO CORROSION AND BURST LINE HAS CAUSED A MASTER CYLINDER FAILURE.  THERE ARE SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUES HERE AND IT'S TIME FOR NHTSA TO STEP IN.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10437792,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/16/2011","dateComplaintFiled":"11/30/2011","vin":"3GNEK13T83G","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE Z21. THE CONTACT STATED THE BLOWER MOTOR FOR THE HEATER COULD NOT BE TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC  TEST AND STATED THE BLOWER MOTOR AND RESISTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AT THE OWNERS EXPENSE FOR $200. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10436489,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/19/2011","dateComplaintFiled":"11/20/2011","vin":"3GNEK13T93G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"I WAS DRIVING DOWN HWY 316 AND BEGAN APPROACHING A RED LIGHT. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO BEGIN STOPPING FOR THE RED LIGHT, MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND THE BRAKES DIDN'T SEEM TO BE WORKING. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY PULL OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WAS ABLE TO AVOID HITTING ANY OTHER VEHICLES OR OBJECTS. I THEN PULLED INTO AN EMPTY PARKING LOT ABOUT 50 FEET AWAY. WHEN I GOT OUT OF MY VEHICLE AND STARTING LOOKING AROUND I COULD SEE FLUID DRIPPING ON THE GROUND NEXT TO THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT WHEEL. I THEN WAS ABLE TO FIND THAT THE FLUID WAS BRAKE FLUID AND IT WAS COMING FROM A PINHOLE SIZED LEAK IN THE STAINLESS STEEL BRAKE LINE COMING FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER AND GOING TO THE ABS SYSTEM. AFTER CLOSER INSPECTION I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT ALL MY STEEL BRAKE LINES ARE SEVERELY RUSTED. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNS, LIGHTS, BONGS, OR BEEPS UNTIL AFTER MY BRAKES FAILED.MY BRAKES WOULD BARELY WORK,THE PEDAL WOULD GO TO THE FLOOR AND I WOULD ONLY BE ABLE TO SLOW MY VEHICLE DOWN ENOUGH TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL AND THEN SHIFT INTO PARK TO COMPLETELY STOP. I CONSIDER MYSELF AND MY FAMILY EXTREMELY FORTUNATE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO AVOID A CRASH AND WERE NOT HARMED OR DIDN'T HARM ANYONE ELSE. AFTER THIS OCCURRED I STARTING DOING RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND DISCOVERED THAT THIS HAS BECOME A MAJOR ISSUE WITH CHEVROLET VEHICLES IN THE SALT BED STATES. I LIVE IN GEORGIA, BUT MY CHEVY AVALANCHE IS FROM A SALT BED STATE AND WAS ONLY RECENTLY BROUGHT TO GA.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10434443,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/07/2011","dateComplaintFiled":"11/07/2011","vin":"3GNEK13T73G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"THIS IS THE SECOND COMPLAINT THAT I WILL BE GIVING IN REGARDS TO THE BRAKE LINE ON MY CHEVY AVALANCHE AS PER COMPLAINT NUMBER: 10430307. I TOOK MY TRUCK TO A GMC/CHEVY DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE BRAKE LINE REPLACE WHICH COST 600.00. NOT EVEN A WEEK AFTER BRINGING THE TRUCK HOME, I START UP THE TRUCK, PUT IT INTO REVERSE AND AS I START MOVING BACKWARDS AND APPLY THE BRAKES, THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND A LOUD POP IS HEARD. UPON INSPECTION, BRAKE FLUID WAS POURING OUT FROM UNDER THE DRIVER SIDE AGAIN AND NOW I WILL HAVE TO RETURN IN THE TRUCK TO THE DEALERSHIP. GMC DID NOT OFFER ANY HELP TO REPAIR/REPLACE THE BRAKE LINES THE LAST TIME AND IT IS UNKNOWN AS OF NOW IF THEY WILL THIS TIME. IT WAS NOT EVEN ONE WEEK AND THE BRAKE LINES GAVE OUT YET AGAIN EVEN AFTER JUST BEING FIXED. SOMEONE MUST HOLD GM ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS BEFORE MORE PEOPLE GET HURT OR WORSE DUE TO FAULTY MATERIALS USED ON THESE VEHICLES.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10430911,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/20/2011","dateComplaintFiled":"10/20/2011","vin":"","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 60 THE TRUCK WILL JUST SHUT DOWN. THE TRUCK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND IT READS REDUCE ENGINE POWER. I HAVE NO GAS, NO BRAKE, VERY LITTLE STEERING. CHEVY DEALER SAYS IT'S THE TRUCK GOING INTO LIMP MODE. IS LIMP MODE A REAL THING? I GOOGLED IT..BUT COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING ON IT. I TRIED TO LOOK UP RECALLS ON 2003 CHEVY AVALANCHES BUT COULDN'T FIND ANY OF THOSE EITHER. THERE HAVE GOT TO BE MORE PEOPLE OUT THERE EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM. HELP!!!!  I HAVE 2 SMALL CHILDREN AND DON'T WANT THEM HURT IN THE VEHICLE.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10430307,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/14/2011","dateComplaintFiled":"10/15/2011","vin":"3GNEK13T73G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"OCTOBER 14, 2011: MY FAMILY AND I WERE BACKING OUT FROM OUR HOME WHEN WE LOST PRESSURE IN THE BRAKE PEDAL. UPON VISUAL INSPECTION UNDER THE DRIVERSIDE DOOR, BRAKE FLUID WAS FLOWING FREELY ONTO THE ROAD. A CLOSER LOOK REVEALED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE SEVERELY CORRODED AND THAT THEY HAD RUPTURED WHEN PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO THE BRAKES. AS I PULLED MY TRUCK BACK INTO THE DRIVEWAY, IT TOOK 10-15 FT JUST TO BRING THE TRUCK TO A COMPLETE STOP USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND I DID NOT EVEN GET UP TO 3 MPH. I AM VERY CONCERNED AS TO WHAT COULD OF HAPPENED TO MY FAMILY AND I WERE TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD AT 45 MPH OR FASTER AND WENT TO BRAKE AND THE LINE RUPTURED NOT TO MENTION ANYONE ELSE I WOULD OF CRASHED INTO. I DID SOME RESEARCH ONLINE AND HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THERE IS A CURRENT INVESTIGATION (NHTSA ACTION NUMBER :EA11001) THAT IS PENDING FINAL RESULTS. PLEASE ADD MY OWN EXPERIENCE TO YOUR GROWING LIST OF ISSUES WITH GM'S MANUFACTURING/INSTALLATION OF BRAKE LINE. IT IS APPARENT THAT THIS ISSUE IS NOT ONE THAT HAS AFFECTED A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF BUYERS. I STRONGLY ASK THAT SOMEONE PLEASE FIGURE OUT THE CORRECTIVE ACTION FOR GM TO TAKE THAT DOES NOT NEGATIVELY AFFECT THE CUSTOMERS BOTH ETHICALLY AND FINANCIALLY.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10428160,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/01/2011","dateComplaintFiled":"10/01/2011","vin":"3GNEC13T13G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"I PURCHASED A USED AS-IS 2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE 1500 AND I DIDN'T NOTICE UNTIL A COUPLE OF HOURS LATER THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WASN'T WORKING. I DON'T WHEN IT FAILED.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10420047,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/02/2011","dateComplaintFiled":"08/18/2011","vin":"3GNEK13T93G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN BRAKING, THE REAR BRAKE WOULD SEIZE AND BEGAN TO SMOKE. THE  BRAKE PADS WERE REPLCED BY A LOCAL MECHANIC AND THE BRAKE BOOSTER AND MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED THREE TIMES. THE REPAIR DID NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE AND THE REAR BRAKE CONTINUED TO SEIZE AND SMOKE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURED WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS.  THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 133,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10419632,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/03/2011","dateComplaintFiled":"08/16/2011","vin":"3GNEK13T03G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PERFORMING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ON THE BRAKES, HE NOTICED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE RUSTED AND CORRODED. AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ADDRESSING THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 61,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10415612,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/28/2011","dateComplaintFiled":"07/29/2011","vin":"3GNEK13T03G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND GAUGES FAILED TO OPERATE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000... UPDATED 08-07-12  *BF","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10415146,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/09/2011","dateComplaintFiled":"07/26/2011","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10404000,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/20/2011","dateComplaintFiled":"06/01/2011","vin":"3GNEK13T13G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,AIR BAGS","summary":"\"SERVICE ABS LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY...DISABLING AIR BAGS!  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10402928,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/23/2011","dateComplaintFiled":"05/27/2011","vin":"3GNEK13T43G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"THE METAL BRAKE LINES ON MY 03 CHEVY AVALANCHE 1500 Z1 TRUCK ARE CATASTROPHICALLY FAILING. THERE IS NO WARNING PRIOR AS THERE WOULD BE WITH OTHER BRAKE RELATED PROBLEMS. THIS FAILURE LEADS TO AN INABILITY TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE RESULT OF WHICH COULD BE DEADLY. THE DEGRADATION OF THE STEEL LINES IS SO BAD THAT REPLACEMENT OF ALL LINE ARE REQUIRED.   *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10399977,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/15/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"05/11/2011","vin":"3GNEK13T53G","components":"TIRES","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO RETRIEVE THE SPARE TIRE. HE STATED THAT IN ORDER TO REMOVE THE TIRE, HE HAD TO USE A BLOW TORCH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HOIST WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE 100, 000.   UPDATED 06/06/11  *BF  UPDATED 12/19/11","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10399250,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/05/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"05/05/2011","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE WAS READING INACCURATELY AND HE WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH GAS WAS ACTUALLY IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHO INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. THE CONTACT DID NOT INFORM THE DEALER OR MANUFACTURER OF THE FAILURE NOR WAS THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 151,494 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 120,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10394246,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/02/2011","dateComplaintFiled":"04/04/2011","vin":"","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"I CHANGED THE FRONT BRAKES AND WAS ADJUSTING THEM WHEN THE REAR BRAKE LINE STARTED GUSHING OUT BRAKE FLUID. IHAD IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC AND EXPLAINED WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND BEFORE I FINISHED HE SAID LET ME GUESS \"YOU BLED THE FRONT BRAKES AND BLEW OUT THE BACK LINE NEXT TO THE GAS TANK BE HIND THE REAR DRIVER SIDE WHEEL.\"   THIS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED HE SAID ALOT OF CHEVY TRUCKS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. HE IS GOING TTO CHANGE THE REAR LINE.    HE SAID WHERE THE LINE IS MOUNTED ALLOWS GRIT SALT AND THINGS BUILD UP IN THIS SPOTCAUSING THE BRAKE LINE TO RUST INTO.   THIS COULD HAVE GOTTEN US KILLED HAD I NEEDED TO HIT MY BRAKES HARD.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10384571,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/18/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"02/26/2011","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"THE TEMPERATURE IS NOT FUNCTIONING. THE GAUGE DID A 360 ROTATION AND STUCK IN THE FINAL POSITION.  I HAVE SEEN SOME WEB POSTING WHICH SAY PEOPLE HAVE RECEIVED A RECALL AND MY MAKE/YEAR ARE LISTED, BUT I DO NOT SEE THE RECALL LISTED ON YOUR SITE.  IS THIS A RECALL ITEM?  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10375336,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/27/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"01/09/2011","vin":"3GNEK13TX3G","components":"STEERING","summary":"TURNING AT LOW SPEEDS  POWER STEERING PUMP STOPS WORKING AT LOW SPED. NO APPARENT PROBLEMS W/ THE PUMP NO LOOSE BELT. NEED TO REV TO 1500 RPM TO GET THE POWER STEERING TO WORK.   SEAMS TO WORK OK WHEN IT IS COLD  PROBLEM STARTS WHEN VEH.. IS WARMED UP.  REPAIR HAS NOT BEEN MADE YET. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10375031,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/10/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"01/06/2011","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"SPEEDOMETER FAILED ON MY SONS 2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE. READ WHERE THIS IS A PREVALENT PROBLEM. WHY IN THE WORLD HAS THIS NOT BEEN THE SUBJECT OF A RECALL. I AM REPORTING THIS TO CONGRESS. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10368825,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/15/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"11/29/2010","vin":"3GNEK13T13G","components":"STEERING,EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"I HAVE A 2003 AVALANCHE WITH APPROX.113000 MILES. RECENTLY WHILE DRIVING IN A MINI SHOPPING CENTER I WENT TO TURN INTO A PARKING SPOT AND MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKED ON ME. I COULD NOT MOVE MY STEERING WHEEL AT ALL. I THEN PUT MY TRUCK IN PARK AND TURNED THE IGNITION OFF AND CRANKED IT BACK UP AND MY STEERING WHEEL IMMEDIATELY UNLOCKED. ON THAT FRIDAY WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 264E COMING OF EXIT MY STEERING LOCKED AGAIN. FORTUNATELY THERE WAS NO VEHICLE BEHIND ME, AND I WAS ABLE TO SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND TURN IT BACK ON TO UNLOCK THE STEERING WHEEL. ON BOTH OCCASIONS I WAS DRIVING AT TWO DIFFERENT SPEEDS. MY VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP. IS THERE A RECALL IN THE WORKS? THIS IS SO DANGEROUS.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10361580,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/16/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"10/21/2010","vin":"3GNEK13T33G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"I HAVE A 2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE THAT I BOUGHT NEW. IN OCTOBER 2007 MY MECHANIC REPLACED ALL 4 ROTORS AND PADS ON THE BRAKES. HE SAID THE BRAKES HAD RUSTED OUT FROM THE BACKSIDE. AT THAT TIME I PAID $390, AND THE REST WAS COVERED BY WARRANTY. ON OCTOBER 16, 2010, I WAS DRIVING FROM THE PHILADELPHIA AIRPORT TO MY HOME IN WEST CHESTER, PA. SHORTLY AFTER LEAVING THE AIRPORT, I SUDDENLY LOST ALL BRAKING POWER.  THE BRAKES WERE COMPLETELY GONE. WHEN I PRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL, NOTHING HAPPENED. I DROVE FOR MORE THAN 20 MILES THIS WAY, TO MY MECHANIC IN WEST CHESTER, ON SEVERAL ROADS WITH HEAVY TRAFFIC AND MANY STOP LIGHTS. I DID THIS BY SHIFTING GEARS AND BY TURNING THE ENGINE OFF AND ON. MY MECHANIC HAD TO FABRICATE SOME PARTS TO REPLACE THE BRAKE LINES, SINCE THESE PARTS ARE NO LONGER MADE BY GM. HE COMPLETELY REPLACED BOTH BRAKES. I PAID $394.  I HAVE LEARNED ONLINE THAT SOME 110 OWNERS OF CERTAIN GM TRUCKS AND SUVS, INCLUDING THE MODEL I OWN, HAVE REPORTED THEIR VEHICLES TO THE NHTSA FOR BRAKE DEFECTS, AND THAT THERE IS AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION THAT BEGAN IN SPRING 2010. I WANT TO ADD MY COMPLAINT TO THOSE OTHERS. I THINK GM DID A SHODDY JOB MANUFACTURING THE BRAKES FOR MY 2003 AVALANCHE. IF THERE IS ANY WAY TO GET COMPENSATION FOR THIS, I AM INTERESTED. BUT AT THE VERY LEAST, I WANT THE NHTSA TO KNOW THAT MY BRAKES COMPLETELY FAILED ON A MAJOR URBAN HIGHWAY, AND THAT I BELIEVE POOR MANUFACTURING MATERIALS WERE THE CAUSE. HOPEFULLY THE REPAIRS DONE BY MY MECHANIC WILL PREVENT A RECURRENCE. BUT FOR WHAT I PAID FOR MY AVALANCHE (ABOUT $35K), I DIDN'T EXPECT ROTTEN BRAKES.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10359667,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/15/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"10/08/2010","vin":"3GNEK13TX3G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 GMC 1500 AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH AND THE BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND UPON ENGAGEMENT. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO SIX DIFFERENT VEHICLES. THERE WERE NO PERSONAL INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED FOR THE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE BRAKE LINES FRACTURED DUE TO CORROSION. THE BRAKE LINE TUBING WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10353413,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/28/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"09/01/2010","vin":"3GNEK13T63G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"RUSTED BRAKE LINE TO REAR BRAKES FAILED. REDUCED BRAKING ABILITY PREVENTED VEHICLE FROM STOPPING ALLOWING VEHICLE TO PASS INTO AN INTERSECTION. ALL RUSTED BRAKE LINES REAR AND FRONT HAD TO BE REPLACED. OLD PARTS MAY STILL BE AVAILABLE. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10351585,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/22/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"08/24/2010","vin":"3GNEK13T03G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"RUSTED OUT 2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE BRAKE LINE LEADING TO BRAKE FAILURE.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10351060,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/21/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"08/21/2010","vin":"3GNEK13T93G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE HAD CATASTROPHIC BRAKE FAILURE WHILE BEING DRIVEN.  UPON INSPECTION FOUND SEVERELY CORRODED BRAKE LINES DRIVER SIDE ABOVE CHASSIS RAIL. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10349079,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/07/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"08/12/2010","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,AIR BAGS","summary":"I OWN A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE, MY SPEEDOMETER IS STUCK AT 50 MPH, I CANNOT ACCURATELY GAUGE MY SPEED, I ALSO HAVE A SERVICE AIR BAG LIGHT THAT WILL NOT GO OFF.  THESE ARE SOME SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUES AND A  RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10347770,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/15/2008","dateComplaintFiled":"08/06/2010","vin":"3GNEC13T43G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"WHILE DRIVING MY 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE Z66 THE SPEEDOMETER STOPS & STARTS WORKING. I FEEL THIS IS OF GREAT CONCERN FOR MY SAFETY AS WELL AS THE OTHERS AROUND ME.  I VISITED MY LOCAL DEALER ONLY TO FIND THAT WILL BE COVERED UNDER A RECALL AS LONG AS I HAVE UNDER 70,000 MILES.  I HAVE EXCEEDED THE MILEAGE AND AM EXPECTED TO PAY AN ESTIMATED $1000.00 TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM.  THIS IS A NON-WEAR & TEAR ITEM THAT SHOULD BE COVERED BY CHEVY DESPITE MILEAGE. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10344070,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/14/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"07/19/2010","vin":"3GNEC13T53G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE INSTRUMENTAL CLUSTER GEAR LIGHT INDICATOR FAILED AND SHE WAS UNABLE TO SEE WHAT  GEAR THE VEHICLE WAS IN. THE MANUFACTURER HAD A VOLUNTARY RECALL WHICH INCLUDED A LIMITED WARRANTY UP TO 70,000 MILES; THEREFORE, THEY WOULD NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE WITH THE REPAIRS. THE MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE EXCEEDED THE WARRANTY MILEAGE. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 83,600. UPDATED 10/01/2010*LJ  UPDATED 10/05/10.*JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10343163,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/12/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"07/14/2010","vin":"3GNEK13T23G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"APROACHING A STOP SIGN BEHIND ANOTHER VEHICALE AT ABOUT 50 MPH WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES I FELT A POP AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE BRAKES HAD COMPLETELY FAILED. USING THE PARKINNG BRAKE AND DOWN SHIFTING BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO A STOP BEFORE I HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. IT IS AN AUTOMETIC. AT THE END I HAD IT IN 1ST GEAR AND TURNED OFF THE IGNITION FOR THE STOP. IT IS A 2003 AVALANCH VIN# [XXX].   INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10342900,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/11/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"07/13/2010","vin":"3GNEC13T33G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT  STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO /MAKE A RIGHT TURN, THE BRAKES WOULD NOT ENGAGE. THE BRAKE SERVICE LIGHT THEN ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED //WHERE AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC REPLACED BOTH BRAKE LINES. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 32,000. UPDATED *LJ  THE CONSUMER STATED BOTH BRAKE LINES WERE REPLACED. HOWEVER, HE HAS SINCE TRADED THE VEHICLE FOR ANOTHER AVALANCHE. UPDATED 10/26/10*JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10340181,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/19/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"06/26/2010","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE CAUGHT ON FIRE FROM DEFECTIVE WIRES BEHIND RADIO PANEL THAT SHORTED. BURNED ALL THE WIRING AND SMOKED THE VEHICLE. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10336320,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/02/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"06/14/2010","vin":"3GNEK13T53G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"THE SPEEDOMETER QUITS WORKING WHILE DRIVING OR STOPS WORKING ALL TOGETHER. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10329064,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/28/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"05/05/2010","vin":"","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WEAK BRAKES, LONG STOPPING DISTANCE, NO WEAR ON FRONT PADS, FRONT PADS STUCK, TAKEN TO DEALER 3 TIMES AND THEY SAY NOTHING IS WRONG, I BELIEVE I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO STOP IN TIME UNDER EMERGENCY CONDITIONS.  THE BACK BRAKES HAVE BEEN CHANGED 3 TIMES (WORE TO WEAR INDICATOR) AND THE FRONTS PADS AND ROTORS LOOK NEW (GLAZED OVER NO FRICTION)  THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE BUYING TRUCK BRAND NEW IN 2003. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10327631,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/01/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"04/26/2010","vin":"3GNEK13T53G","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER SEEMED TO BE DEFECTIVE. THE SPEEDOMETER FAILED PERIODICALLY WHICH CAUSED THE CRUISE CONTROL TO FAIL. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED BUT THE DEALER, WHEN CALLED, STATED THAT THE CONTACT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY REPAIR EXPENSES. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 130,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 155,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10326431,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/25/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"04/19/2010","vin":"3GNEK13T33G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH; HOWEVER, THE SPEEDOMETER READING WAS 100 MPH. THE SPEEDOMETER AND ODOMETER DISPLAYED INACCURATE READINGS. THE ODOMETER CONTINUED TO INCREASE THE MILEAGE TRAVELED BY ONE MILE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT A SERVICE LETTER WAS MAILED TO HIM PRIOR TO THE FAILURE REGARDING THE ODOMETER AND A REPAIR WAS ALSO PERFORMED; THEREFORE, THEY VEHICLE COULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL FREE REMEDIES. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED WHEN THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 98,000.  UPDATED 11/16/10. *LJ","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10325541,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/07/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"04/13/2010","vin":"KL1TD56686B","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"MY DAUGHTER HAD A WRECK IN HER VECHICLE AND THE AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CHEVROLET","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10325070,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/12/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"04/12/2010","vin":"3GNEK13T13G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH WITH THE BRAKES DEPRESSED WHEN THE ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM ACTIVATED. THE BRAKES BECAME EXTREMELY SPONGY WHICH MADE IT DIFFICULT TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE BRAKES FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 51,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10324828,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/05/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"04/10/2010","vin":"3GNEK13T63G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKES DUE TO CORROSION AND RUPTURE OF BRAKE LINES. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10324581,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/01/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"04/08/2010","vin":"3GNEC13T73G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)    MY 2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE Z-66 HAS JUST NOW DEVELOPED SPEEDOMETER PROBLEMS AND I AM SORRY IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND CONCERN BUT GENERAL MOTORS HAS BRUSHED IT OFF AS NO CASE CLOSED. MY SPEEDOMETER STARTED ACTING WEIRD,IT ONLY WORKS FOR SHORT DISTANCE DRIVING THEN EITHER SHOWS LAST SPEED OBTAINED OR ZERO. MY EXAMPLE FOR GM IS THIS: NO OTHER GM VEHICLE I PURCHASE EVER HAD THIS PROBLEM AND EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY NOT THINK OF IT AS A SAFETY ISSUE PERHAPS YOU MIGHT RETHINK THIS THOUGHT BY GETTING INTO A VEHICLE WHERE THE SPEEDOMETER SPORADICALLY WORKS THEN STOPS WORKING ALL TOGETHER WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING. PERHAPS GM CAN TELL ME HOW THEY WOULD/COULD TELL THE SPEED THEY ARE GOING WHEN THIS HAPPENS 0 READING  SO THAT I CAN TELL THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL WHO PULLED ME OVER FOR SPEEDING OR DRIVING UNDER THE LIMIT THAT I TRIED TO JUDGE MY SPEED BUT MY GM SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING AND GM SAID IT WASN'T A SAFETY ISSUE. IT'S A DEFECT AND GM HAS A LIMIT OF 70,000-80,000 MILES OR 7 YEARS WHICH EVER OCCURS FIRST...THIS IS A COP OUT.   I EVEN WROTE AND ADDRESSED AN EMAIL TO [XXX]TO NO AVAIL. I WOULD LIKE TO COPY AND PASTE MY LETTER SO THAT YOU WILL SEE THAT I AM SEEKING A FREE REPAIR/ REPLACEMENT INCLUDING FREE LABOR FOR A NEW IPC. IT IS A DEFECT THEY ADMIT AND IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND CONCERN THAT AFFECTS MANY VEHICLES BESIDES MINE NO MATTER HOW MANY MILES THE VEHICLE HAS ON IT. GOD..THIS IS AN AMERICAN CAR COMPANY, HAVE THEY NOT LEARNED ANYTHING ABOUT LOYALTY? *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10323554,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/12/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"04/02/2010","vin":"3GNEC13T33G","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"SPEEDOMETERGAUGE STOOP WORKING ALONG WITH THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE TAILGATE CAUSED A ONE [XXX] TO RUPTURE THE TENDANTS IN HIS LEFT KNEE DUE TO THE MALFUNCTIONING OF THE CABLE STRAPS THAT HOLD THE TAILGATE.  INFORMATION Redacted PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).\u201d","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10318177,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/13/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"03/09/2010","vin":"3GNEK13TX3G","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 25 MILES PER HOUR WHEN A CRASH OCCURRED. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE WHEN IT ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO A TELEPHONE POLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO ADVISED HIM THEY WOULD NOT TOUCH THE VEHICLE UNTIL GENERAL MOTORS ADVISED THEM TO DO SO. THE INSURANCE COMPANY STATED THAT THERE WAS A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT; HOWEVER, THEY DIDN'T PROVIDE WHAT PART OF THE VEHICLE WAS DEFECTIVE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILES WERE 117,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10317175,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/01/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"03/05/2010","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"SPEEDOMETER ON 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE NOT WORKING, STUCK AT 120MPH. I CONSIDER THIS A SAFETY ISSUE.  OTHER CLUSTER GAUGES -- TACHOMETER AND FUEL GAUGE -- HAVE ALSO FAILED.  COMPLETE CLUSTER NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.  GM WILL NOT CORRECT PROBLEM BECAUSE IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY.   THERE WAS A TSB ISSUED BY GM TO REPAIR THE CLUSTER.  HOWEVER, THE TSB ONLY REQUIRES GM TO REPAIR VEHICLES (AT THEIR EXPENSE) WITH LESS THAN 70K MILES.  MY VEHICLE HAS OVER 110 MILES.  IS THIS PROBLEM ANY LESS OF A SAFETY ISSUE FOR ME THAN IT IS FOR THOSE WITH LESS THAN 70K MILES?  GM IS CHARGING $500 TO REPAIR THE MOST IMPORTANT INSTRUMENT IN THE CAR.  SPEEDOMETER FAILURE IS CLEARLY A SAFETY ISSUE THAT SHOULD BE CORRECTED.  THE VEHICLE?S MILEAGE SHOULD NOT BE A DETERMINING FACTOR AS TO WHETHER GM OR THE OWNER HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR.  A SPEEDOMETER SHOULD LAST FOR THE EXPECTED LIFE OF THE VEHICLE, NOT JUST 70K MILES. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10314983,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/18/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"02/28/2010","vin":"3GNEK13T53G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"WHEN DRIVING MY CHEVROLET 2003 AVALANCHE MY SPEEDOMETER WOULD STICK AND EVENTUALLY FALL TO ZERO. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION I HAVE FOUND THAT A MAJORITY OF THIS MODEL FROM 2003 -2004 HAVE THIS PROBLEM. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10303947,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/02/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"02/02/2010","vin":"3GNGK23GX3G","components":"VISIBILITY,STRUCTURE","summary":"2002-2009 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE REAR REMOVABLE WINDOW (FRAME). LOWER L/H SIDE (PASSENGER SIDE).PLASTIC FRAME SUBJECT TO SPLITTING IN TIME WITH HEAT AND SEPARATES AND PULLS AWAY EXPOSING TEMPERED GLASS.TEMPERED GLASS IS NOW IN CONTACT WITH SUPPORTING FRAME AND VULNERABLE TO SHATTERING FROM ROAD VIBRATION OR WORSE, COLLISION,THUS INJURING PASSENGER(S) INCLUDING INFANTS IN REAR SEAT .MY 2003 AVALANCHE FRAME BEGAN CRACKING EARLY 2007 AND IS NOW HAS A 1 1/2 INCH GAP.I ALONG WITH SEVERAL THOUSAND OWNERS (RESEARCH ON INTERNET), HAVE BROUGHT THIS MATTER OF DEFECTIVE MATERIALS TO GM AND CHEVROLETS ATTENTION ONLY TO BE TOLD  \"SORRY IT'S NOT COVERED\".I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED AND RATHER ANGRY THAT GM WOULD NOT OFFER TO REPAIR OR EVEN REPLACE THESE OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE WINDOW FRAME ASSEMBLYS.ACCORDING TO MY RESEARCH WITH OTHER OWNERS UP TO 2009 MODEL YEAR, THIS DEFECT STILL EXISTS AND  OWNERS THAT WERE FORTUNATE TO HAVE THEIRS REPLACED IF STILL UNDER WARRANTY HAVE REPORTED THAT THE REPLACEMENT HAS STARTED CRACKING JUST THE SAME! THIS IS PROOF THAT GM HAS DONE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO IMPROVE/REPLACE INFERIOR MATERIALS THAT MADE THIS FRAME. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10299001,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/10/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"01/11/2010","vin":"3GNEC13T03G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10298399,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/06/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"01/06/2010","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"SPEEDOMETER STUCK AT 52 WHILE STOPPED. WILL NOT ACCURATELY MEASURE RATE OF SPEED.   SPEEDOMETER ZERO'S AT 52. ODOMETER APPEARS TO FUNCTION CORRECTLY. NO APPARENT CAUSE OTHER THAN DEFECTIVE EQUIPMENT.  CAR MAKE: CHEVROLET YEAR: 2003. MODEL: AVALANCHE 1500 4 DOOR. MILEAGE 102,000. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10297938,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/01/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"01/04/2010","vin":"","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"AIRBAG SERVICE LIGHT. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10297879,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/01/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"01/03/2010","vin":"3GNEK13T13G","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"SERVICE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON   BEEN THIS WAY FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS   CHEVROLET KNOWS OF THE PROBLEM BUT WILL NOT DO A RECALL. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10296794,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/20/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"12/23/2009","vin":"3GNGK23G73G","components":"PARKING BRAKE","summary":"PARKING BRAKE CABLE CORRODED AND FAILED.  WENT TO APPLY PARKING BRAKE WHILE PARKED ON A HILL AND THE CABLE BROKE AT THE LEFT REAR WHEEL.  THE END OF THE CABLE FELL TO THE GROUND AND CORROSION WAS VERY EVIDENT. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10296665,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/24/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"12/22/2009","vin":"3GNEK13T73G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE.  WHILE REVERSING OUT OF THE DRIVE-WAY HE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER STEERING.   HE APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THE STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO OPERATE NORMALLY.  THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY.  THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION  AND HE WAS ADVISED THE HE EXPERIENCED AN IDENTICAL FAILURE REFERENCED IN RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V045000(SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM THE RECALL DEFECT.  THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED FOR THE MALFUNCTION.  THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE UNAVAILABLE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10291242,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/16/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"11/06/2009","vin":"1GNDX03E53D","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET VENTURE.  CONDENSATION ACCUMULATES INSIDE OF THE HEADLIGHTS.  AFTER FUELING THE VEHICLE, SHE SMELLED A STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE.  THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS INTERMITTENTLY FAIL . SHE SPECULATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAS AN ELECTRICAL DEFECT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT SHE WAS NOT PROVIDED WITH ANY ASSISTANCE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 109,200 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CHEVROLET","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10289860,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/22/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"10/26/2009","vin":"1G1JH12F637","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"DRIVING DOWN A CITY ROAD THE LOW TRAC LIGHT CAME ON WHEN STOPPED AT A LIGHT THE CAR DIES PUSHED IT TO A PARKING LOT TRIED TO START WOULD NOT. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND FOUND THAT IT WAS A BAD FUEL PUMP. THIS COULD OF BEEN SCARY IF IT WOULD OF DIED ON THE HIGHWAY VEHICLE HAS 84,000 MILES ON IT. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CHEVROLET","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10285688,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/06/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"09/29/2009","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"MY SPEEDOMETER IN MY 2003 AVALANCHE RANDOMLY STARTED GOING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN WORKING AND NOT WORKING.  NOW IT ISN'T WORKING AT ALL.  I CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER REPLACED, WITH ALL THE PROBLEMS I HAVE READ ABOUT, THIS IS SOMETHING CHEVY SHOULD FIX AT NO COST. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10281579,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/10/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"08/24/2009","vin":"3GNEK13TX3G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC","summary":"THE ABS BRAKES SENSORS ON MY 2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE ENGAGE EVERYTIME AT THE END OF THE STOP.  RECENTLY THE ABS INDICATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATES CONSTANTLY AND NOW IT VIBRATES AND CAUSES VEHICLE TO SKID. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10280174,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/29/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"08/12/2009","vin":"3GNEC13T73G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"SAME PROBLEM AS FOUND IN NHTSA ID # 05V37900 IN 2002 CHEVY AVALANCHE IS OCCURRING IN MY 2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE.  THE ABS IS ACTIVATED WHEN REACHING A SPEED OF 5 MPH OR LESS.  THIS IS CAUSING MY AVALANCHE TO NOT STOP IMMEDIATELY AT STOP SIGNS OR RED LIGHTS.  MY AVALANCHE WILL TRAVEL APPROXIMATELY 2 TO 3 FEET CLOSER TO THE CAR OR INTERSECTION I AM STOPPING AT.  IF I ROLL THROUGH THE STOP SIGN OR NOT GO BELOW 5 MPH WHILE TURNING, THE ABS DO NOT COME ON. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10278748,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/27/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"07/30/2009","vin":"3GNEC13T93G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"SERVICE BRAKE SYSTEM LIGHT COMES ON IN INFORMATION CENTER, BRAKE AND ABS LIGHTS ARE ON. THE GARAGE SAYS THE BRAKE COMPUTER FOR THE ABS IS NOT FUNCTIONS DISABLING THE ABS ON THE VEHICLE. THE COMPUTER PART FOR THE VEHICLE IS UNAVAILABLE. THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM REMAINS DISABLED. IT IS A 2003 MODEL YEAR VEHICLE. BRAKE PARTS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR THE ABS SYSTEM. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10269661,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/25/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"05/21/2009","vin":"3GNEK13T43G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"SPEEDOMETER ON 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE NOT WORKING, STUCK AT 120MPH. COMPLETE CLUSTER NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.  I NEVER RECEIVED ANY RECALL NOTICE AFTER PURCHASING VEHICLE IN 2003. GM WILL NOT CORRECT PROBLEM BECAUSE IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10268554,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/12/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"05/12/2009","vin":"3GNEC13TX3G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"ENGINE STALLS SHORTLY AFTER STARTING. UNABLE TO GET ANY RESPONSE AFTER THE INITIAL STALL (IT WOULD NOT CRACK). BATTERY CABLES MUST BE DISCONNECTED FROM THE BATTERY AND RECONNECTED AFTER TWO TO THREE MINUTES IN ORDER TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. NO ENGINE TROUBLE CODE DISPLAYED AFTER THE INCIDENT. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10267412,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/03/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"05/01/2009","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"MY SPEEDOMETER ISN'T WORKING PROPERLY. IT GETS STUCK WHILE I DRIVE AND I DON'T KNOW THE SPEED OF MY TRUCK WHEN I DRIVE AND I SEEN THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE TO CHEVROLET. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10267438,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/30/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"05/01/2009","vin":"3GNEK13T33G","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"I HAVE A 2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE AND THE BACK WINDOW IS CRACK WHEN I TALKED TO GM THEY SAID THAT IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10264079,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/05/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"04/03/2009","vin":"3GNEK13TX3G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"WWW-ODI.NHTSA.DOT.GOV. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10263309,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/16/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"03/28/2009","vin":"3GNEK13T33G","components":"PARKING BRAKE","summary":"(2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE 1500  ~ 67,000 MILES)    1.  THIS WAS A SPONTANEOUS FAILURE - THAT IS TO SAY, THERE WAS NO EVENT LEADING UP TO IT.    2.  THERE IS A SPRING-CLIP THAT RETAINS THE EMERGENCY BRAKE SHOE.  THIS SPRING-CLIP (ON THE DRIVER-SIDE, REAR WHEEL) CAME APART, ALLOWING THE E-BRAKE SHOE TO COME LOOSE.  THIS HAD 2 RESULTS:  1) THE E-BRAKE SHOE FELL OUT OF POSITION, WEDGED ITSELF SOMEWHERE INSIDE OF THE DRUM, AND THEN THE BRAKE-SHOE & DRUM GROUND AGAINST EACH OTHER UNTIL THEY WERE BOTH EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED AND/OR DESTROYED, 2) THE ENTIRE EMERGENCY-BRAKE SYSTEM WAS RENDERED COMPLETELY USELESS.    3.  THE DAMAGE FROM THE FAILURE CAN BE REPAIRED BY REPLACING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE SHOE, BRAKE ROTOR AND SPRING-CLIP.  (I WILL PRO-ACTIVELY REPLACE THE SPRING-CLIP ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WHICH HAS NOT YET FAILED).  THE OLD PARTS ARE STILL AVAILABLE.  I DO NOT KNOW IF THIS SPRING-CLIP HAS BEEN REDESIGNED OR NOT.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10263306,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/14/2008","dateComplaintFiled":"03/28/2009","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"JUST DRIVING MY TRUCK TO WORK AND THE SPEEDOMETER JUST QUIT WORKING NOW WHEN DRIVING YOU NEVER KNOW HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING IT MIGHT STOP AT 50MPH AND THE NEXT TIME YOU DRIVE IT  WILL START FROM THERE I HAVE NOT YET HAD THIS SERVICED AS I FEEL THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE, AND APPARENTLY IT IS A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM WITH CHEVY'S BUT THEY WILL NOT STAND BEHIND IT. I HAVE EVEN GOTTEN A SPEEDING TICKET OVER THIS . *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10262924,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/15/2008","dateComplaintFiled":"03/24/2009","vin":"3GNEK13TX3G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"AT APPROXIMATELY 91K MILES THE SPEEDOMETER BEGAN TO INTERMITTENTLY FAIL, THEN AT APPROX. 96K MILES, THE TACHOMETER BEGAN HAVING THE SAME ISSUES.  I'VE NOTICED ON MULTIPLE BULLETINS WHERE HUNDREDS TO THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS SAME ISSUE AND WE'RE ALL CURIOUS TO KNOW WHY GM HAS NOT BEEN INSTRUCTED TO ISSUE A RECALL.  GM HAS STATED (VIA CUSTOMER SERVICE REPS) THAT KNOWING YOUR SPEED IS NOT A SAFETY CONCERN.  I POSE THE QUESTION THEN, WHY DO WE HAVE SPEED LIMITS?  OF COURSE YOUR SPEED IS A VERY IMPORTANT SAFETY CONCERN OR IT WOULDN'T BE REGULATED.  THEY NEED TO REPLACE THESE DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS THEY'VE PUT ON THE ROAD & REIMBURSE THOSE THAT HAVE ALREADY PAID TO HAVE THE REPAIRS COMPLETED.  PUTTING A MILEAGE LIMIT ON THIS ISSUE IS ABSURD CONSIDERING THAT MOST PEOPLE EXPERIENCING THIS ISSUE EITHER GOT THE LETTER FROM GM AFTER THE 70K MILE MARK OR DON'T EXPERIENCE THE DEFECT UNTIL AFTERWARDS.  SINCE WHEN DOES SAFETY HAVE A MILEAGE LIMIT? *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10262818,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/31/2008","dateComplaintFiled":"03/23/2009","vin":"3GNEC13T03G","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"HEATER BLOWER NOT WORKING ON FIRST 3 SETTINGS ONLY WORKS ON HIGH. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10262636,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/20/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"03/21/2009","vin":"3GNEK13TX3G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"I HAVE 79,000 MILES ON MY 03 AVALANCHE AND ABOUT A MONTH AGO THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED FAILING AT AROUND 78,000 MILES. RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM ONLINE AND FOUND THERE WAS A FIX FOR THIS DEFECT UP TO 70,000 MILES OR 7 YEARS. WAS TOLD I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR IT MYSELF! WHY!! THIS IS A SAFETY DEFECT THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE A MILEAGE OR YEAR STIPULATION ON IT!! IF YOU READ ALL THE COMPLAINTS, THIS HAPPENS OVER THE 70,000 OR 7 YEARS STIPULATION WITH MANY OTHER OWNERS!!! I'VE OWNED MANY TRUCKS AND NEVER HAD A SPEEDO OR CLUSTER PROBLEM!! THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED WITH NO MILEAGE OR YEAR RESTRAINTS ON IT!! VERY DISSATISFIED CUSTOMERS OUT THERE ABOUT THIS!! THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE DEFECT THAT THE CONSUMER SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR!! *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10261896,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/26/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"03/15/2009","vin":"","components":"VISIBILITY,EQUIPMENT","summary":"I HAVE A 2003 AVALANCHE, I ONLY HAVE HAD THE TRUCK ABOUT A YEAR. I TRUCK HAVE A SHORTAGE IN THE WINDOWS I HAVE PAID TO HAVE THE WINDOWS FIX, AFTER THEY WHERE  FIX ABOUT TWO DAYS LATER THEY TELLS ME I HAVE A SHORTAGE IN SOMETHING THAT'S CAUSING MY PASSAGE WINDOWS AND SEATS TO STOP WORKING. MY WINDOWS STOP WORKING ABOUT 3 MONTHS AFTER I GOT THE TRUCK, THEY TOLD ME THAT THE WINDOWS WERE NOT UNDER WARRANTY. I NEED TO KNOW WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT THIS I HAVE TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS.  I AM SCARED THAT ITS GOING TO START A FIRE, IT KEEP SHORTEN OUT MY FUELS IN MY FUEL BOX UNDER THE HOOD. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"},{"type":"Equipment","productYear":"1998","productMake":"CHEVROLET TRUCK","productModel":"M/L VAN","manufacturer":"GM PRODUCTS DIV. GM CORP."}]},{"odiNumber":10261408,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/15/2008","dateComplaintFiled":"03/10/2009","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"HAD TO REPLACE CLUSTER TWO TIMES FOR THE GAUGES. NOW I AM IN FOR THE SECOND TIME IN A MONTH FOR THE 4X4....CHEVY HAS HAD MY VEHICLE MORE THEN I HAVE...... *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10258105,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/06/2008","dateComplaintFiled":"02/09/2009","vin":"3GNEK13T73G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"SPEEDOMETER FAILURE ON 03 CHEVY AVALANCHE.  APPARENTLY THERE WAS A LAWSUIT AGAINST GM BECAUSE THEY USED INFERIOR PARTS WITHIN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER THAT ARE PRONE TO FAIL.  THEY HAVE SINCE SETTLED THE SUIT IN LATE 2007 AND AGREED TO FIX ALL VEHICLES WITH LESS THAN 70K MILES.  HOWEVER, WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF US WITH MORE THAN 70K MILES THAT ARE DRIVING WITHOUT A SPEEDOMETER BECAUSE GM IS CHARGING $500 TO REPAIR THE MOST IMPORTANT INSTRUMENT IN THE CAR, THE ONE THAT SHOULD LAST THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWSUIT......  I'VE EVEN GONE SO FAR AS TO TRY TO FIND THE PARTS FOR THE SPEEDOMETER, BUT THEY ARE NOT AVAILABLE.  YOU HAVE TO PURCHASE THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AS A UNIT.  IF THAT IS NOT ENOUGH, I CAN PURCHASE THE CLUSTER FOR $275 AND INSTALL IT MYSELF, BUT THE UNIT HAS TO BE PROGRAMMED TO THE VEHICLE IN ORDER TO WORK.  THIS PROGRAMMING WILL COST $150.00 BY THE DEALERSHIP.  SO BASICALLY, GM HAS EVERYONE IN MY SITUATION HOSTAGE FOR NEGLIGENCE ON THEIR PART.  IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE I GET A SPEEDING TICKET OR WORSE, HURT SOMEBODY IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT BECAUSE I AM NOT AWARE OF MY SPEED OF TRAVEL. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10254370,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/10/2008","dateComplaintFiled":"01/09/2009","vin":"3GNEK13T83G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2003 AVALANCHE STICKS AT RANDOM POINTS AND THEN INDICATES AN INCORRECT SPEED WHICH IS VERY UNSAFE.  FOR EXAMPLE IT WILL STICK AT 45 MPH AND THEN INCREASE FROM THERE AS THE VEHICLE SPED IS INCREASED.  OR IT MAY SLIP TO SOME OTHER INDICATED SPEED FROM ONE MOMENT TO THE NEXT.  VERY UNSAFE.  I CHECKED THE INTERNET AND THIS PROBLEM IS BEING TALKED ABOUT BY MANY, MANY CONSUMERS.  I BELIEVE THAT YOU SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL TO REQUIRE GM (CHEVROLET) TO FIX THIS PROBLEM.  THANK YOU. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10252497,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/22/2008","dateComplaintFiled":"12/22/2008","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"2003 AVALANCHE SPEEDOMETER FLUCTUATES. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10252547,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/30/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"12/22/2008","vin":"3GNEK13T43G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"SHORTLY AFTER 75, 000 MILES THE SPEEDOMETER IN MY 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE STARTED TO REGISTER INCORRECT READINGS.  AT A IDLE IT WOULD REGISTER THAT I WAS GOING 60 MPH.  AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH IT WOULD REGISTER THAT I WAS GOING 0 MPH.  THERE WAS NO RHYME OR REASON.   *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10251955,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/09/2008","dateComplaintFiled":"12/16/2008","vin":"","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"IN THE MORNINGS I TURN ON THE TRUCK AND IT STALLS,AND THE IDLE BOUNCES UP AND DOWN LIKE IT IS GOING TO TURN OFF. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10251739,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/12/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"12/14/2008","vin":"","components":"EQUIPMENT,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"I HAVE REPLACED THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER 4 TIMES.  2 TIMES IN 2006 AND 2 TIMES IN 2008, BECAUSE THE NEW ONES PUT IN WERE DEFECTIVE.  THE CUSTOMER SHOULD IN NO WAY HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS MANUFACTURING DEFECT.  THIS WAS ON A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"},{"type":"Equipment","productYear":"1998","productMake":"CHEVROLET TRUCK","productModel":"M/L VAN","manufacturer":"GM PRODUCTS DIV. GM CORP."}]},{"odiNumber":10250156,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/19/2008","dateComplaintFiled":"11/29/2008","vin":"3GNEC13T63G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT READ ZERO WHILE VEHICLE IS STOPPED.  IT READS APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10248693,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/20/2008","dateComplaintFiled":"11/13/2008","vin":"","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"LAST YEAR IN MY 2003 AVALANCHE I WAS CRUISING ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AND I NOTICED MY SPEEDOMETER START TO MOVE BACKWARDS UNTIL IT READ ABOUT 25 MPH, HOWEVER, I WASN'T SLOWING DOWN. IT WAS VERY CONCERNING TO ME, SO I FIRST PULLED OVER TO LOOK UNDER THE HOOD, BUT I FOUND NOTHING. CURRENTLY THE SPEEDO DOES NOT OPERATE AT ALL, BUT I WENT THROUGH A FEW MONTHS WHERE IT WOULD START TO WORK PARTIALLY AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR OF DRIVING.    THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE THAT SO MANY PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. OBVIOUSLY THIS PART WAS SUPPLIED BY GM IN LARGE NUMBERS OF FAULTY PARTS, AND REGARDLESS OF MILEAGE I BELIEVE I SHOULD BE COMPENSATED TO FIX THE SPEEDO. I HAD NO MAINTENANCE CONTROL OVER THE LIFE OF THE ELECTRONICS, AND IT'S NOT LIKE IF I HAD CHANGED THE OIL MORE REGULARLY I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM.    CHEVY'S ARE TOO GOOD OF TRUCKS TO HAVE THIS KIND OF PROBLEM ON SO MANY OF THEIR TRUCKS. I'M SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING MOVING BACK TO A FORD TRUCK BECAUSE I OWNED A '95 BRONCO THAT HAD 248K MILES AND NEVER HAD AN ELECTRONIC PROBLEM. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10247559,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/11/2008","dateComplaintFiled":"11/03/2008","vin":"3GNEK13T23G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"SPEEDOMOTER WILL NOT WORK, THEN STICK AND THEN NOT WORK. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10246037,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/22/2008","dateComplaintFiled":"10/19/2008","vin":"3GNEC13T93G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"MY SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE STARTED GOING HAYWIRE. SOME DAYS IT WORKS AND SOME IT DOESN'T. WHEN IT ISN'T WORKING IT WILL SAY I AM DOING ANY WHERE FROM 30  TO 120 WHEN I AM NOT MOVING.  THIS IS A GENUINE SAFETY HAZARD AND THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL DONE ASAP.  I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND TO SEE IF THE VEHICLE QUALIFIES. I HAVE READ MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE SAME PROBLEM.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10244624,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/01/2008","dateComplaintFiled":"10/07/2008","vin":"3GNEC13TX3G","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE.  THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER BECAUSE THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR WAS ILLUMINATED.  AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED, HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG WAS NOT WORKING BECAUSE THE MODULE WAS DEFECTIVE.  THERE WAS ALSO TOO MUCH COMPRESSION IN THE AIR BAGS, WHICH CAUSED THE WARNING INDICATOR TO ILLUMINATE.  THE VEHICLE IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE REPAIRS.  THEY REFUSE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE FOR FREE AND THE CONTACT BELIEVES IT IS DUE TO A MANUFACTURER DEFECT; THEREFORE, IT SHOULD BE REPAIRED.  THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 79,228.  UPDATED 11/14/08 *CN  UPDATED  11/19/08. *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10244577,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/02/2008","dateComplaintFiled":"10/06/2008","vin":"3GNEK13T33G","components":"TIRES","summary":"DRIVING MY 2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE ON PA I -380 TIRE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS 265/70/16 BLOW-OUT ON REAR DRIVER SIDE CAUSE DAMAGE TO PLASTICS COVERS .MY WIFE HEAR THE BLOW TIRE AND SHE WAS THINKING IT WAS FROM TRUCK PASSING BUT IT WAS ON MY CAR. STOP THE CAR SAFE AND USED SPARE TIRES TO NEXT SERVICE SHOP. STOP IN SCRANTON AT FIRESTONE DEALER AND REPLACE BLOW TIRE WITH SAME BRAND {APROX 4 MONTHS JUST REPLACE 2 NEW FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES ON FRONT]  I HAVE 25 YEARS EXP. ON CDL CLASS A AND NEVER EXPECT ON CARS TIRE BLOW-OUT LIKE TRUCKS. I ALL TIME CARE FOR VEHICLE IM DRIVING AND NEVER JUST DRIVE. TIRES PRESSURE CK IS ALL TIME IN MY MAINTENANCE AND KEPT AT 36PSI. FIRESTONE DEALER REFUSE TO CHANGE BLOW TIRE WITH OUT OF CHARGE SO I PAID 140.00 FOR NEW TIRE AND KEEP THE BLOW TIRE FOR RECORD. HOPE NOT FOR REFUND JUST TO KEEP ROUNDS SAFE AND NOT HAVE A ACCIDENT FROM A CAR WITH BLOW TIRES. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"FIRESTONE","productModel":"WILDERNESS LE","size":null,"manufacturer":"Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations"}]},{"odiNumber":10243599,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/01/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"09/27/2008","vin":"3GNEK13T43G","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"THE PLASTIC CLADDING ON MY 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE TURNED FROM ITS ORIGINAL BLACK TO A CHALKY COLOR WITH STREAKING.  THIS WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY, ACCORDING TO THE DEALERSHIP.    THE TRUCK WAS EXPOSED TO NORMAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS IN ALABAMA AND TENNESSEE. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10242653,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/06/2008","dateComplaintFiled":"09/17/2008","vin":"","components":"SUSPENSION,TIRES","summary":"I WENT TO PRIMM NEVADA FOR A OFF ROAD RACE AND NOTICE THAT AT HIGH SPEEDS THE TIRES DEVELOP A PULL TO ONE SIDE.  I HAVE HAD THE TRUCK ALIGNED AND NOT ABLE TO FIX THE PULL.  THE TIRES ARE PRO COMP EXTREME ALL TERRAINS.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"PRO COMP","productModel":"PRO COMP ALL TERRAIN","size":"LT265/75R16","manufacturer":"Cooper Tire & Rubber Co."}]},{"odiNumber":10242419,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/01/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"09/16/2008","vin":"3GNEK13TX3G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"SPEED ODOMETER HAS NOT WORKED FOR 3 OUT OF THE 6 YEARS I HAD THE TRUCK, 2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10236987,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/19/2008","dateComplaintFiled":"08/05/2008","vin":"3GNEK13T53G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"THE INSTRUMENT PANEL TO INCLUDE THE SPEEDOMETER, OIL PRESSURE, AND BATTERY GAUGE HAVE STOPPED WORKING ON MY 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. BEING UNABLE TO TELL THE SPEED OF MY VEHICLE IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO GET GM TO RESOLVE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY TYPE OF ACCIDENT THE SPEEDOMETER JUST STARTED GOING FROM 10 MILES PER HOUR TO 100 MILES PER HOUR. I CALLED GM SERVICE, WENT TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND CALLED THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. I RECEIVED NO HELP EVEN WHEN I TRIED TO EXPLAIN THAT NOT BEING ABLE TO TELL THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE WAS A PROBLEM.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10236657,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/15/2008","dateComplaintFiled":"08/01/2008","vin":"","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"ABS SYSTEM  VEHICLE ACTIVATES ABS SYSTEM BELOW 5 MPH  805 THOUSAND RECALLS FROM 99-02 FOR THE SAME THING!  GM CUSTOMER SERVICE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW OF THE 805 THOUSAND?  WHAT A JOKE!!!!  NEVER AGAIN WILL I BUY A GM,THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT A SAFETY AS BAD AS THIS?  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10232274,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/01/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"06/25/2008","vin":"3GNEC13T83G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"MY SPEEDOMETER, OIL GAUGE,GAS GAUGE HAS STOPPED WORKING IN THE DASH APPROXIMATELY 9 MOTHS AGO AND WE HAVE CONTACTED OUR LOCAL GM RETAILER AND THEY SAID THAT THERE IS NOT A RECALL ON A MANUFACTURER DEFECT.  I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS A CLUSTER THAT WAS THE PROBLEM BY MY PERSONAL MECHANIC AND THAT IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE TO FIX.  I DO NOT THINK THAT I SHOULD HAVE TO FIX THIS PROBLEM SINCE IT IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT.  I HAVE SEVERAL FRIEND THAT HAVE A CHEVROLET WITH THE SAME PROBLEM.  I PAID ALOT OF MONEY FOR THIS VEHICLE AND I THINK THAT GM SHOULD FIX THE PROBLEM THAT WE DID NOT KNOW WE WERE PURCHASING IN THE FIRST PLACE.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10227444,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/12/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"05/12/2008","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING CORRECTLY ON MY 2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE.  RECEIVED A LETTER FROM GM SAYING THEY WOULD REPLACE THE CLUSTER ON VEHICLES UNDER 75,000 MILES.  MY VEHICLE HAD 90,000.  THIS ISSUE IS BEING EXPERIENCED BY A LARGE AMOUNT OF OWNERS AND IS A SAFETY HAZARD.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10227257,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/05/2008","dateComplaintFiled":"05/11/2008","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"I HAVE A 03 CHEVY AVALANCHE AND THE SPEEDO IS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. IT DOES NOT REGISTER THE RIGHT MPH ON THE GAUGE, SOMETIMES IT REGISTERS AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS EXAMPLE IS THAT WHEN YOU ARE DOING THE SPEED LIMIT IT WILL REGISTER 120 MPH AND WHEN YOU ARE STOPPED IT SAYS YOUR ARE GOING 50 MPH. THIS IS A PRODUCT DEFECT AND I THINK GM SHOULD RECALL THIS PROBLEM. THE ONLY THING THAT THEY HAVE DONE IS EXTEND THE WARRANTY ON THIS TO 70,000 MILES, SO IF YOU ARE OVER THIS MILEAGE THEN YOU HAVE TO BUY A NEW CLUSTER FOR 300+ DOLLARS. THIS IS NOT RIGHT GM SHOULD STAND GOOD FOR THEIR DEFECT...THEY HAVE RECOGNIZED THIS PROBLEM BY EXTENDING THE WARRANTY SO THEY KNOW THIS IS A PROBLEM AND SHOULD STAND GOOD FOR IT.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10225784,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/01/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"04/26/2008","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"SPEEDOMETER FAILURE-  READ ANYWHERE FROM 20 -80 MPH WHILE AT REST  THEN WOULD MOVE BACK DOWN TO 0 AFTER STARTING THE CAR SEVERAL TIMES (DROPPING 5-10 MPH PER START)  NOW IT IS PEGGED AT OVER 120 MPH AND WILL NOT MOVE.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10223825,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/18/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"04/09/2008","vin":"3GNEK13T63G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500.  WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE SPEEDOMETER IS SLOW TO REACT TO THE CHANGE IN SPEED.  IT WOULD ALSO REMAIN AT A SPEED AND THEN JUMP TO ANOTHER OR DISPLAY A LOWER SPEED WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED.  THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT SERVICED.  THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 110,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10223644,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/06/2008","dateComplaintFiled":"04/07/2008","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"ALL OF A SUDDEN I REALIZE THAT MY SPEEDOMETER IS NOT WORKING AND OTHER GAUGES ON MY PANEL ARE NOT WORKING CORRECTLY. I CAN NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THERE ARE ONLY COMPLAINTS AND NO DEFECT INVESTIGATIONS ON THIS WEBSITE. SINCE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE I WOULD HAVE THOUGH THERE TO BE MORE OF A CONCERN. THUS WE QUESTION WHY THERE ARE SO MANY DEATHS ON OUR HIGHWAYS. I ALSO RECEIVED A SERVICE ISSUE FROM CHEVROLET BUT MY AVALANCHE IS OVER THE MILEAGE SPECIFIED. LIKE MANY OF THE OTHER COMPLAINTS I READ. THERE IS AN OBVIOUS DEFECT WITH THE PART SO WHY IS THE NO INVESTIGATION? DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE FIRST?  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10220982,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/01/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"03/12/2008","vin":"3GNEK13T43G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"THE SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT WORK RIGHT. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS FROM CHEVROLET, HOWEVER, IT WAS ONLY FOR VEHICLES WITH LESS THAN 70000 MILES. WE HAD TAKEN OUR VEHICLE IN TO GET FIXED AND OUR WARRANT WOULD NOT COVER THIS. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING AS THE SPEEDOMETER IS OVER 120 MILES.   *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10220096,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/11/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"03/04/2008","vin":"3GNEK13T13G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"DEFECT SPEEDOMETER.  THE SPEEDO RECORDS 100 MPH AT 20 MPH.  DOES NOT RETURN TO ZERO.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10217653,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/10/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"02/11/2008","vin":"3GNEC13T73G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"MY SPEEDOMETER IN MY CHEVROLET AVALANCHE HAS STARTED TO MALFUNCTION. IT WILL OFTEN READ 40 MPH WHEN AT IDLE AND DURING DRIVING SPEEDS ON THE FREEWAY IT EXTENDS MUCH OVER 120 MPH AND WILL STICK THERE AS I DECELERATE. THIS HAS CAUSED ME TO GET MULTIPLE SPEEDING TICKETS AS I HAVE NO ACCURATE READING OF MY SPEED. I CALLED THE LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AS WELL AS GM DIRECT AND THEY STATED THAT SINCE IT WAS NOT A DEFECT THAT IS RELATED TO \"SAFETY\" ISSUES THAT THEY HAVE NOT RECALLED IT AND EXPECT UPWARDS OF 400$ FOR A REPLACEMENT GAUGE CLUSTER. THERE ARE NUMEROUS OTHER CONSUMERS THROUGHOUT THE INTERNET WHO HAVE REPORTED IDENTICAL PROBLEMS WITH THIS SAME VEHICLE.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10216725,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/13/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"02/01/2008","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"THE RPM GAUGE AND SPEEDOMETER IS CONSTANTLY MALFUNCTIONING ON MY 2003 AVALANCHE. SO THAT I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY RPMS I'M TURNING OR HOW FAST I'M GOING. WE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AT WORK WITH ALL OF OUR 2003 AND 2004 CHEVEROLET PICK-UPS. THEY WERE ALL FIXED BY THE CHEVEROLET DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY WERE PURCHASED BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL PURCHASED THERE, BUT SINCE I AM AN INDIVIDUAL I CAN'T GET ANY SERVICE!   *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10216194,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/15/2008","dateComplaintFiled":"01/27/2008","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"MY 2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE HAS A KNOWN DEFECT WITH THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER.  ALL GAUGES ON THE VEHICLE CAN STOP FUNCTIONING WITHOUT NOTICE.  THIS RESULTS IN THE DRIVER BEGIN UNABLE TO SEE THE VEHICLES SPEED OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE VEHICLE INCLUDING WHAT GEAR THE VEHICLE IS IN OR EVEN WHETHER THE VEHICLE IS IN \"PARK\".  IN MY CASE THE GAUGES FAILED DURING A SNOW STORM IN COLORADO, WHICH MADE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS MUCH MORE DANGEROUS.  THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE WHICH COULD RESULT IN BOTH INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE.  APART FROM THE OBVIOUS ISSUE OF NOT SEEING ESSENTIAL VEHICLE INFORMATION, DRIVERS COULD INADVERTENTLY PUT THEIR VEHICLE IN THE WRONG GEAR SUCH AS REVERSE RATHER THAN PARK.  GM ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS IS A KNOW DEFECT WITH THESE VEHICLES BUT REFUSES TO CORRECT IT UNLESS THE VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 70,000 MILES.  GM REPRESENTS THAT YOUR OFFICE CONCURS WITH THEIR APPROACH, WHICH WOULD BE A SURPRISE TO ME SINCE THIS IS NOT A WEAR PART, IS KNOWN DEFECT WITH THESE VEHICLES, AND PRESENTS S SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. GM HAS CERTAINLY DONE A CALCULATION IS EXCLUDE AS MANY VEHICLES AS POSSIBLE FROM THEIR PROPOSED \"FIX\" AND IS APPALLINGLY UNCONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DEFECT.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10215531,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/19/2008","dateComplaintFiled":"01/21/2008","vin":"3GNGK23G83G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"CHEVROLET AVALANCHE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILURES.   OVER THE PAST 32 MONTHS THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ON MY 2003 AVALANCHE HAS BEEN INTERMITTENTLY MALFUNCTIONING CAUSING THE SPEEDOMETER, FUEL, TEMP, OIL PRESSURE AND ALL OTHER GAUGES TO NOT OPERATE. AS OF 1/19/2008 ALL OF THE GAUGES ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILED COMPLETELY. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND CHEVROLET HAS ISSUED A EXTENSION OF THE WARRANTY TO 70,000 MILES FOR THIS SINGLE ISSUE BUT THIS IS A SAFETY RELATED PROBLEM THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF UNDER A RECALL OF ALL VEHICLES WITH THIS INSTRUMENT CLUSTER.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10215448,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/18/2008","dateComplaintFiled":"01/19/2008","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"THE SPEEDOMETER WILL STOP WORKING AFTER A SHORT TIME OF DRIVING.  THE NEEDLE WILL EITHER SLOWLY FALL TO ZERO OR NOT WORK ALL TOGETHER.  CRUISE CONTROL IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS FAILURE.  CHEVY HAS ISSUED A WARRANTY EXTENSION, BUT IT ENDS AT 70K MILES.  MY TRUCK HAS 78K.  I WOULD LIKE A RECALL TO BE ISSUED AFTER READING THAT MANY OTHER OWNERS OF THE SAME MODEL TRUCK ARE REPORTING THE SAME PROBLEM.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10214957,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/01/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"01/15/2008","vin":"3GNEK13T73G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"ALL THE GAUGES ON MY TEC ARE GOING CRAZY. YOU CAN NOT TELL HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING OR HOW MUCH GAS YOU HAVE LEFT OR IF YOUR OIL IS OKAY OR IF YOUR RADIATOR IS HOT OR NOT. GM SENT A LETTER ADVISING THEY HAD EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO 7 YEAR OR 70,000 MILES, GUESS WHAT MY AVALANCHE IS 80,000 AND THEY WILL NOT FIX IT.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10214952,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/01/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"01/15/2008","vin":"3GNEK13T43G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"GENERAL MOTORS MAILED ME A NOTICE ADVISING THAT MY VEHICLE (2003 AVALANCHE WHICH I PURCHASED NEW IN OCT 2003) \"COULD DEVELOP A CONDITION WHERE ONE OR MORE OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGE NEEDLES MAY STICK, FLUTTER, OR BECOME INOPERATIVE.\" IT WAS ADDITIONALLY NOTED THAT \"THIS CONDITION MAY CAUSE INACCURATE READINGS, INCLUDING SPEEDOMETER AND THE FUEL GAUGE.\" REMEDY OF REPLACEMENT WAS OFFERED FOR VEHICLES WITHIN 7 YEARS OF ORIGINAL DATE PLACED IN SERVICE OR 70,000 MILES, WHICHEVER OCCURS FIRST.   MY VEHICLE EXHIBITS THIS PROBLEM IN SPEEDOMETER. MY VEHICLE HAS OVER 80,000 MILES AND IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE REPAIR OFFER. THE CONDITION IN MINE IS EXHIBITED WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW 45-50 DEGREES (TYPICALLY IN WINTER), AND BEGAN LAST WINTER. I ASSOCIATED IT WITH THE WEATHER AND DIDN'T THINK TOO MUCH ABOUT IT. HOWEVER, NOW THAT I KNOW IT IS A DEFECT, I BELIEVE GM SHOULD BE EXPECTED TO CORRECT THIS DEFECT IN ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES. I BELIEVE IT CAN BE CONSIDERED A SAFETY ISSUE - NO SPEEDOMETER - NO FUEL GAUGE READING, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE WORKING PROPERLY SOMETIMES AND AT OTHERS NOT AT ALL OR INACCURATELY.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10214341,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/24/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"01/09/2008","vin":"3GNEK13T63G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500.  THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER WAS DEFECTIVE.  HE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE CHEVROLET DEALER THAT STATED HIS VEHICLE HAD A DEFECTIVE COMPONENT (THE CLUSTER), WHICH COULD CAUSE THE METERS TO MALFUNCTION AND DISPLAY INACCURATE READINGS.  THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WOULD BE DRIVING 10 MPH AND THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD DISPLAY 100 MPH.  THE OIL METER WITHIN THE CLUSTER ALSO MALFUNCTIONED.  THE DEALER SET A MILEAGE STIPULATION AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT BE REPLACED IF THE MILEAGE WAS OUT OF THE WARRANTY LIMIT.  THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN.  THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 111,833 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,152.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10213844,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/06/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"01/06/2008","vin":"3GNEC13T43G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"IT JUST BEGAN ABOUT A MONTH AGO. THE SPEEDOMETER WAS REGISTERING THE WRONG SPEED AND NOW IT DOES NOT MOVE AT ALL. HUGE SAFETY ISSUE! I AM AN MP AND HOW CAN I EXPECT OTHERS TO FOLLOW THE LAWS WHEN I CAN NOT EVEN TELL HOW FAST I AM GOING?  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10213977,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/10/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"01/06/2008","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"SPEEDOMETER STARTED JUMPING ALL OVER UNTIL IT FINALLY QUIT ONE WEEK LATER.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10213813,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/03/2008","dateComplaintFiled":"01/05/2008","vin":"3GNEK13T33G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"SPEEDOMETER STARTED STICKING, WOULDN'T RESET TO 0, SHOWS BETWEEN 40 - 80 MPH WHEN SITTING STILL. *CN","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10213056,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/07/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"12/28/2007","vin":"3GNEC13T03G","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"TRAVELING AT 55 MPH AND REAR-ENDED A TOWED VEHICLE WITHOUT LIGHTS.  DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10212891,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/01/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"12/27/2007","vin":"1GNEC13Z73J","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"I PURCHASED A 2003 CHEVROLET TAHOE LT AND THE BACK GLASS HINGE HAS CAME UNGLUED FROM THE GLASS AND FALLEN ON ONE SIDE. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY FOUR GLASS COMPANY'S THAT THEY HAVE HAD TO REPLACE MANY OF 2003 TAHOES AND SURBURBANS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE BACK GLASS AND THAT IT IS A DEFECT. I CALLED THE CHEVROLET COMPANY AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO BECAUSE IT WAS OVER 100,000 MILES BUT ITS THERE PROBLEM THEY ARE THE ONES THAT GLUED THE HINGES TO THE GLASS AND WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO PAY 900.00 DOLLARS TO REPLACE THE GLASS ESPECIALLY WHEN I DON'T HAVE IT. PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM I KNOW THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE MAKE THE CHEVROLET COMPANY FIX THIS PROBLEM. IT HAS CAUSED THE BACK GLASS TO STICK UP OVER THE BACK ABOUT A INCH AND YOU CAN NOT EVEN OPEN IT BECAUSE THE HINGE ON THE GLASS HAS COME COMPLETELY UNGLUED IT  FALLS DOWN WHEN YOU OPEN IT AND IS VERY VERY HARD TO CLOSE ONCE YOU OPEN IT. BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO PICK UP ON THE GLASS AND TRY TO CLOSE IT AT THE SAME TIME BELIEVE ME MY FINGERS HAS GOTTEN SMASHED MANY TIMES SO I STOPPED EVEN OPENING IT. BUT BEFORE THIS HAPPENED I REALLY USED IT ALOT TO PUT STUFF IN THE BACK WHEN THE 3RD ROW SEAT WAS BEING USED IF YOU OPENED THE WHOLE DOOR THEN YOUR STUFF FALLS OUT BECAUSE THERE'S NOT MUCH ROOM TO PUT YOUR STUFF BACK THERE.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CHEVROLET","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10212660,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/01/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"12/24/2007","vin":"3GNEK13T23G","components":"STEERING","summary":"2003 AVALANCHE WITH Z71 SUSPENSION OPTION. AFTER LESS THAN ONE YEAR OLD VEHICLE STARTED MAKING SEVERE CLUNKING NOISE FROM DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT WHEEL WHEN MAKING A TURN.  TAKEN TO DEALER UNDER WARRANTY.  DEALER REPLACED A PART AND STATED THAT SOME CLUNKING WAS \"NORMAL\". NOISE CEASED AFTER REPAIR.  CLUNKING RETURNED IN ABOUT ANOTHER YEAR AND IS ONCE AGAIN SEVERE.  SOUNDS LIKE THE FRONT WHEEL IS GOING TO FALL OFF.  CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF VEHICLE.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10212474,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/20/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"12/21/2007","vin":"1GNEC13Z33R","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"I HAVE A 2003 TAHOE AND HAVE HAD THE SPEEDOMETER STICK A NUMBER OF TIMES.  I HAVE TAKEN IT IN FOR REPAIR SEVERAL TIMES HOWEVER THE SERVICE TECH COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE CONDITION SO THEY TOLD ME NOT TO REPAIR THE ISSUE BECAUSE OF THE COST.  GM IS NOW OFFERING A \"SPECIAL COVERAGE\" THAT EXTENDS THE WARRANTY OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, HOWEVER ONLY IF THE TAHOE HAS LESS THAN 70,000 MILES OR YOU HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE UNDER 7 YEARS WHICHEVER OCCURS FIRST. I FEEL THAT GM HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND SHOULD ISSUE A FULL RECALL TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE.  THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.   *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CHEVROLET","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10212457,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/01/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"12/20/2007","vin":"3GNEC13T93G","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"SPEEDOMETER MALFUNCTION. THE  PROBLEM AFFECTS THE SPEEDOMETER GIVING ERRATIC READINGS. REGARDLESS OF THE SPEED, THE SPEEDOMETER READS 80 -120 MPH. OR DOESN'T REGISTER AT ALL.  WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN PARK OR COMPLETELY STOPPED THE SPEEDOMETER READS 60 MPH. I HAVE TO TURN THE  TRUCK ON AND OFF SEVERAL TIMES UNTIL IT GOES DOWN TO 0.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10212008,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/15/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"12/16/2007","vin":"3GNEK13T13G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"PROBLEMS WITH INSTRUMENT CLUSTER.  SPEEDOMETER STUCK AT 30.  OTHER PROBLEMS HAVE OCCURRED WITH OIL PRESSURE READING INCORRECTLY.  TODAY, THE SPEEDOMETER IS STUCK AT 30 AND IT WON'T MOVE.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10211464,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/03/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"12/11/2007","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"I HAVE A 2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE. IT HAS ABOUT 70,000 MILES ON IT. JUST LAST WEEK THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED GOING HAYWIRE. IT WILL READ ANYWHERE FROM 20 TO 60 MPH WHEN STOPPED. WHEN DRIVING IT WILL READ ANYWHERE FROM 70 TO 110 MPH. IT IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING SO THERE IS NO WAY OF KNOWING HOW FAST YOU ARE REALLY GOING. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE IF YOU DO NOT KNOW HAW FAST YOU ARE GOING. I LOOKED ALL OVER THE INTERNET TO SEE IF IT WAS SOMETHING SIMPLE I COULD FIX. THERE SEEMS TO BE ALOT OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS NOT ONLY WITH THE AVALANCHE BUT WITH GM MODELS IN GENERAL FOR THE 2003-2006 YEARS. IF IT IS SUCH A PROBLEM THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. I WILL BE PRINTING THE COMPLAINT FORUMS AND TAKING IT TO THE DEALER TO SEE WHAT THEY WILL DO.   *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10211040,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/01/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"12/06/2007","vin":"1GNEC13Z93J","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM CHEVROLET STATING \"THIS LETTER IS INTENDED TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT YOUR VEHICLE COULD DEVELOP A CONDITION WHERE ONE OR MORE OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGE NEEDLES MAY STICK, FLUTTER, OR BECOME INOPERATIVE. THIS MAY CAUSE INACCURATE READINGS, INCLUDING THE SPEEDOMETER AND THE FUEL GAUGE\"  THE LETTER CONTINUES TO STATE THAT \"GENERAL MOTORS IS PROVIDING SPECIAL COVERAGE THAT EXTENDS THE WARRANTY\" IF \"YOUR 2003 CHEVROLET MODEL YEAR CHEVROLET TAHOE WITHIN 7 YEARS OF THE DATE\" OR \"70,000 MILES\".  MY CHEVROLET TAHOE HAS BOTH THESE ISSUES.  THEY STARTED ABOUT TWO WEEKS BEFORE I RECEIVED THE LETTER.  WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND AND WOULD LIKE A RESPONSE FROM GENERAL MOTORS IS WHY MY SAFETY IS NOT AN CONCERN TO THEM BECAUSE I HAVE DRIVEN MORE THAN 70,000 MILES IN MY TAHOE?  I TRAVEL THROUGH A LOT OF RURAL AREAS TO WORK AND I FEEL IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO NOT RUN OUT OF GAS.  I FEEL IT EQUALLY IMPORTANT TO KNOW HOW FAST I AM GOING.  THE SPEEDOMETER REGISTERS THAT I AM GOING 60 OR 70 MILES PER HOUR WHEN I AM SITTING AT A RED LIGHT.  WHEN I AM GOING DOWN THE ROAD IT REGISTERS THAT I AM GOING OVER 120 MILES PER HOUR.  THIS IS ANOTHER SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW FAST I AM GOING.  NOT TO MENTION THE POTENTIAL FOR SPEEDING TICKETS.  I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT GENERAL MOTORS CARES ABOUT THEIR CUSTOMERS SAFETY REGARDLESS OF HOW MANY MILES THEY HAVE DRIVEN.   THESE GAUGES ARE VERY EXPENSIVE TO HAVE REPLACED AND THEY ARE A SAFETY HAZARD.  NOT BEING ABLE TO MONITOR YOUR RATE OF SPEED OR BE AWARE IF YOU HAVE ENOUGH GAS TO GET HOME ARE SAFETY ISSUES TO ME FOR MY HEALTH AS WELL AS MY PEACE OF MIND AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY GENERAL MOTORS DOESN'T FEEL RESPONSIBLE FOR CORRECTING THIS DEFAULT THEY ARE AWARE FOR ALL THEIR TAHOE OWNERS. I HAVE A COMPLAINT WITH THE GENERAL MOTORS ANSWER CALL CENTER BUT HAVE NOT RECEIVED A  RESPONSE. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CHEVROLET","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10209971,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/10/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"11/26/2007","vin":"3GNEC13TX3G","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"FIRST OF ALL MY VEHICLE IS A 2003 CHEVY. AVALANCHE, WELL MAINTAINED AND ONLY HAS 62,000 MILES.   TO GET STARTED, I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET WHEN I HEARD THIS BANGING NOISE, SO I PULLED INTO THE NEAREST GMC DEALERSHIP.  THEY CHECKED THE ENGINE OUT AND FOUND OUT THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO FLUID GOING INTO THE ENGINE.     WE WERE TOLD WE NEEDED A NEW ENGINE SO  I AUTHORIZED THEM TO PUT A NEW ONE IN.  THE SERVICE MANAGER AND A COUPLE OF  TECH'S  LOOKED AT THE ENGINE AND AGREED IT WAS A DEFECT.  I CONTACTED GMC IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THEY HAVE A GOODWILL POLICY AND THEY FELT THEY SHOULD PAY SOMETHING TOWARDS THE ENGINE. CUSTOMER SERVICE INSISTED THAT I PUT THE ENGINE PUT BACK IN AND HAVE IT OWED TO A CHEVY DEALER.  I ASKED THEM WHAT THE DIFFERENCE WAS BETWEEN GMC AND A CHEVY DEALER AND THEY COULD NOT RESPOND TO ME.  I DID NOT HAVE THE VEHICLE REMOVED BECAUSE OF THE COST   ALL I WAS ASKING WAS FOR THEM TO HAVE A REP. GO TO THE DEALERSHIP AND LOOK AT THE ENGINE BUT THEY SAID NO.  BY THIS TIME I WAS VERY FRUSTRATED AND ANGRY.  I CALLED GMC EXECUTIVE OFFICE AND SPOKE TO ANOTHER GIRL AND SHE ASSURED ME SHE WOULD HELP ME.  WELL LOW AND BEHOLD SHE SAID \"I DIDN'T BRING MY VEHICLE TO A CHEVY DEALER THEREFORE THEY WILL NOT  HELP ME OUT FINANCIALLY. .  ALL I WANT IS SOME FINANCIAL HELP FROM GMC AS $6,000.00 IS ALOT OF MONEY AND I AM ON A  FIXED INCOME, SS ONLY. I HAD TO PAY THE BILL OF $6,000 PLUS $125.00 FOR A RENTAL ON VARIOUS CHARGES BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE THE CASH.   IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED IF YOU COULD ADVISE ME ON HOW TO PROCEED.  I SENT A CERTIFIED LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF GMC AND HE WON'T EVEN PICK UP THE LETTER FROM THE POST OFFICE.  I WROTE A LETTER TO THE DETROIT PRESS AND HAVE HEARD NOTHING ALSO.  THE DEALERSHIP THAT REPAIRED MY TRUCK ALSO COVERS THE WARRANTIES AND REPAIRS CHEVORLET VEHICLE.  SO WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO TOW MY VEHICLE OUT OF THERE?  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10209837,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/20/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"11/25/2007","vin":"3GNEC13T33G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"SPEEDOMETER BROKEN.  CAN READ ANYWHERE BETWEEN 40 AND 120 MPH WHEN STOPPED.  I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT SPEED I AM GOING.  THIS SEEMS VERY DANGEROUS AND SOMETHING THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD FIX.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10208760,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/01/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"11/13/2007","vin":"3GNEC13T33G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"FAILURE OF MY SPEEDOMETER TO WORK PROPERLY ON MY 2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10208777,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/12/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"11/13/2007","vin":"3GNEC13T03G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"I HAVE A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE THAT I PURCHASED NEW FROM THE DEALER.  IT HAS APPROXIMATELY 104,000 MILES ON IT.  THE PROBLEM IS THAT MY SPEEDOMETER IS ACTING ERRATICALLY.  SOME TIMES IT WILL SAY I AM DOING 120 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY OR CITY STREET AND SOMETIMES IT WILL NOT MOVE AT ALL.  WHEN I TURN OFF MY VEHICLE, IT IS OFTEN STUCK AT SOME SPEED SUCH AS 65MPH.  I CAN HEAR A PHYSICAL GRINDING NOISE IN THE SPEEDOMETER ITSELF.  THIS DOES NOT SEEM TO ADVERSELY AFFECT THE ODOMETER.  I CANNOT RELIABLY TELL WHAT SPEED I'M GOING, AND MY VEHICLE WILL NOT PASS THE TEXAS STATE INSPECTION WITH THIS PROBLEM.  I CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE ADVISOR THAT THIS WAS EXTREMELY COMMON, BUT THAT THERE IS NO RECALL.  THEY SAID IT WILL COST OVER 500.00 TO FIX THIS PROBLEM.  I RESEARCHED IT ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF CASES OF THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM.  I POINTED THIS OUT, AND THE DEALER SAID BASICALLY THAT CHEVROLET WILL NOT ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10208866,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/01/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"11/13/2007","vin":"3GNEK13T33G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500.  WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER DISPLAYED 100 MPH.  THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER DECREASED FROM 100 TO APPROXIMATELY 5 TO 10 MPH.  THE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE SEPTEMBER OF 2007.  THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED.  THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10208045,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/03/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"11/06/2007","vin":"3GNEK13T13G","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"AT A REGULAR SERVICE INTERVAL, THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP INFORMED ME THE FRONT DIFFERENTIAL HAS A BAD SEAL AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THIS SEEMS PREMATURE SINCE THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 34,000 MILES ON IT. THE DEALER STATED IT WAS NOT A WARRANTY REPAIR DUE TO TIME ELAPSED SINCE PURCHASED WAS OVER 36 MONTHS.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10207973,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/28/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"11/05/2007","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"SPEEDOMETER OF 2003 CHEVY TAHOE, STOPPED WORKING ON THE FREEWAY.  I HAD NO WAY O MAKING SURE WHAT MY SPEED WAS. I WAS STOPPED BY A POLICE OFFICER AND EXPLAINED MY SITUATION. THE OFFICER LOOKED AT MY SPEEDOMETER THAT WAY SHOWING 60 MPH AT A DEAD STOP. HE GAVE ME A WARNING AND TOLD ME TO GET IT FIXED.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CHEVROLET","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10207705,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/18/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"11/02/2007","vin":"3GNEK13T43G","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"SINCE PURCHASING THIS TRUCK ON 02/01/2007, THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION, ENGINE, AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM THAT HAVE NOT GOTTEN RESOLVED, HOWEVER THEY DO SEEM TO GET WORSE. THE WORST OF THESE PROBLEMS HAS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING ON THE NORTHEAST EXTENSION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE IN THE LEFT LANE THE ENGINE \"SHUT OFF\". I WAS DOING APPROX. 60-65 MPH WHEN THIS OCCURRED DURING THE AM RUSH HOUR. AFTER LOSING ENGINE POWER I SOMEHOW MADE IT SAFELY TO THE RIGHT HAND SHOULDER AND LET THE TRUCK \"COAST\" TO A STOP. THE POWER STEERING WAS NOT WORKING, NOR WERE THE POWER BRAKES. AFTER FINALLY STOPPING, THE TRUCK DID RESTART AND I SLOWLY CONTINUED ON MY WAY TO WORK. THE TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO A DEALERSHIP, AND FOR ALMOST (2) WEEKS THE TRUCK SAT THERE WHILE THEY TRIED TO FIGURE THIS OUT. AFTER GETTING THE TRUCK BACK, THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED, AND IT WENT BACK TO THE SAME DEALERSHIP. SINCE THEN IT HAS BEEN OK, EXCEPT I HAVE LOST DASHBOARD LIGHTS, RADIO LIGHTS, AND ALSO THE CRUISE CONTROL INDICATOR LIGHT, THEY CLAIM OTHER PROBLEMS, HOWEVER THESE ISSUES WERE NEVER A PROBLEM BEFORE THEY WORKED ON THE TRUCK. NOW I HAVE AIR-BAG LIGHTS FLASH AT ME WHILE DRIVING, AND THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING, THIS WAS THE FIRST PROBLEM WITH THE TRUCK THAT I REPORTED ON 03/14/2007 TO THE DEALERSHIP THAT I PURCHASED THIS TRUCK FROM. I HAVE ALREADY PAID OVER $1500.00 I REPAIR COSTS, ONLY TO HAVE THEM TELL ME IT WILL COST APPROX. ANOTHER $800.00-$1000.00 TO CORRECT THE AIR-BAG, AND TRANSMISSION ISSUES. THESE SHOULD BE COVERED BY MY WARRANTY, EXCEPT THE DEALERSHIP INSISTS I PAY FOR THE REPAIRS. I HAVE PAID ENOUGH, AND I AM AT MY WIT'S END WITH THIS TRUCK, AND THE DEALERSHIP. I FEEL THAT I CAN NO LONGER \"SAFELY\" DRIVE MY FAMILY AROUND IN THIS TRUCK, AND I STILL HAVE MANY YEARS OF PAYMENTS LEFT. ( I HAVE NEVER BEEN LATE ON A PAYMENT) PLEASE HELP ME, I FEEL AS THOUGH I HAVE BEEN SOLD A \"MONEY PIT\".  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10207685,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/01/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"11/01/2007","vin":"1GNEC13Z53J","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"WE HAVE A 2003 CHEVY TAHOE AND THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING AROUND 50,000 MILES.  CHEVY HAS SENT NO RECALL NOTICE AND I HAVE NO IDEA HOW FAST OR SLOW I AM GOING.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CHEVROLET","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10207506,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/31/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"10/31/2007","vin":"1G1ND52J93M","components":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"HAZARD FLASHER RELAY/SWITCH \"SOUNDS OFF\" AFTER THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH IS RETURNED TO THE REST POSITION AFTER SIGNALING A RIGHT OR LEFT HAND TURN, THIS CLICKING SOUND ALSO HAPPENS WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL IS ADJUSTED AND WHILE I AM DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD ALL BY IT'S SELF. THE HAZARD AND TURN SIGNALS DO NOT LIGHT, ONLY THE AGGRAVATING CLICKING SOUND CAN BE HEARD. I CAN ALSO MAKE THE HAZARD/SIGNAL RELAY/SWITCH CLICK BY WIGGLING THE TURN SIGNAL INDICATOR SWITCH. I HAD THE HAZARD SWITCH REPLACED AT THE DEALER BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. I HAVE THE HAZARD/FLASHER RELAY/SWITCH AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CHEVROLET","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10206953,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/01/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"10/26/2007","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"FAULTY SPEEDOMETER AND GAS GAUGE.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10205720,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/08/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"10/15/2007","vin":"3GNEK13T73G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"THE ACCESSORY LIGHTS ON MY STEERING WHEEL THAT OPERATE RADIO VOLUME, SOUCE, ON-STAR, ETC  ARE NOT ALL WORKING.  I WAS TOLD AT BRADSHAW CHEVROLET THAT THEY HAVE HAD TO REPAIR ALOT OF THESE  AND WOULD NOT BE INCLUDED AS RECALL.  THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND YOU CAN'T SEE AT NIGHT WHICH BUTTON TO SELECT. ALSO NOW THE LIGHT FOR MY MILEAGE AND ENGINE OPERATION HAS  FADED OUT UNTIL I CAN BARELY READ IT.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10199103,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/01/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"08/10/2007","vin":"3GNEK13T43G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,VISIBILITY","summary":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE.  WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH OR GREATER HE WOULD HAVE TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL TO THE FLOORBOARD TO STOP, WHICH INCREASED THE VEHICLE STOPPING DISTANCE.  THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE.  THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THERE WAS A FLAPPING NOISE COMING FROM THE WINDSHIELD WIPER.  THE DEALER TOOK THE WINDSHIELD WIPER APART AND GLUED AROUND THE SIDES, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM CONTINUED TO OCCUR.  THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 29,500 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10198958,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/03/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"08/09/2007","vin":"3GNEK13T33G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500.  WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE STOPPED WITHOUT WARNING.  APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES LATER, THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE AND HEARD A LOUD POP COMING FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE.  HE NOTICED THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE BRAKE CALIPER HANGING FROM THE VEHICLE.  THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE BRAKE CALIPER BOLTS FAILED AND MADE THE REPAIR.  THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 69,346 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 69,350.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10197912,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/17/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"07/31/2007","vin":"2G1WH55KX39","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"MY FIANCE AND I BOUGHT A 2003 CHEVY IMPALA IN  NOV OF 2006 WITH ONLY 40,000 MILES. IN JULY OF 2007, THE CAR WAS STARTED AND SHUT OFF BY ITSELF A FEW MINUTES LATER. IT WOULD THEN NOT START. WE FIRST HAD IT TOWED TO A LOCAL SHOP THAT INFORMED US THAT THE UPPER INTAKE MANIFOLD HAD CRACKED. IT LEAKED ANTIFREEZE INTO THE CYLINDERS, THE SPARK PLUGS AND OTHER PARTS OF THE ENGINE AND THE COST FOR REPAIR WOULD BE 1400.00. WE HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A 2ND SHOP FOR A 2ND OPINION. THEY TOLD US THAT THE ANTIFREEZE THAT LEAKED HAD TOTALLY LOCKED UP THE ENGINE AND WE NEEDED A WHOLE NEW ONE. THAT WAS GOING TO COST US AT LEAST 2,000 FOR A USED ONE. WE THAN DECIDED THAT A 4 YEAR OLD CAR WITH 60K MILES ON IT SHOULD NOT BE IN NEED OF A NEW ENGINE SO WE AGAIN HAD IT TOWED TO A CHEVROLET DEALER REPAIR SHOP. THEY TOLD US THE SAME THING. THE CAR WAS OFFICIALLY IN NEED OF A WHOLE NEW ENGINE. WE CONTACTED CHEVROLET'S CUSTOMER CARE DEPT AND THEY ARE SO FAR UNWILLING TO HELP. WE'VE ONLY HAD THE CAR 8-9 MONTHS AND ARE CONTINUING TO MAKE PAYMENTS ON THE LOAN. PER THE DEALER, THE USED ENGINE WILL COST US 3000.00 AND A NEW ONE WILL COST IS 5050.00. *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CHEVROLET","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10197780,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/04/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"07/30/2007","vin":"3GNEK13T33G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"MY SPEEDOMETER STARTED REPORTING ERRORS IN SPEED AND NOW SHOWS 60 MPH WHEN PARKED AND IMMEDIATELY GOES OFF SCALE WHEN DRIVEN AT ANY SPEED ABOVE 30 MPH. *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10197733,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/18/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"07/28/2007","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"WHEN DOING 60 MPH THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE READS OVER A 100 MPH.  YOU HAVE TO STOP AND START THE ENGINE SEVERAL TIMES TO GET IT RESET TO 0 MPH.  I SPENT 2 WEEKS RESEARCHING THIS AND IT IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH 2003 CHEVY TAHOE.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CHEVROLET","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10195914,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/01/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"07/09/2007","vin":"3GNEC13T33G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"THE SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT FUNCTION CORRECTLY ALL THE TIME.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10195535,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/05/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"07/07/2007","vin":"3GNEK13T33G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"ABS PUMP MOTOR WILL NOT SHUT OFF DUE TO A FAILED ELECTRONIC BRAKE CONTROL MODULE. ABS FUSE MUST BE REMOVED TO KEEP MOTOR FROM BURNING UP.  ABS SYSTEM IS DISABLED. I AM TRYING TO FIND AN AFFORDABLE WAY TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. NEW FACTORY PART IS TO  EXPENSIVE.  MUST USE VEHICLE WITH FAULTY ABS SYSTEM UNTIL REPAIRED.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10193664,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/16/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"06/18/2007","vin":"","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"MY COMPLAINT IS ABOUT  CHEVROLET, CAVALIER 2003.  THE  CAR JUST QUIT WHILE DRIVING, THANK GOD I WAS ONLY ONE ON ROAD. THE  CAR ONLY HAD 57,000 MILES ON IT, AND I HAVE BEEN KEEPING UP WITH MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE; SUCH AS OIL CHANGES, TRANSMISSION FLUIDS, FILTERS, ETC. AFTER BEING TOWED TO THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AND WAITING TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS  IT  WAS DETERMINED TO  BE A BAD FUEL PUMP. THIS COASTED ME $721.29, WHICH WAS VERY UNEXPECTED. WHAT AMAZED ME EVEN MORE WAS MANY MORE HAD SAME PROBLEM ONCE I SEARCHED IT ONLINE. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS WEBSITE. TP://WWW.TOPIX.NET/FORUM/AUTOS/CHEVROLET-CAVALIER/TVINIC5TFU5SFSI5H  I FOLLOWED ANOTHER FORUM POSTERS RESPONSE AND CAME HERE TO LET MY EXPERIENCE BE HEARD.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CHEVROLET","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10193530,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/17/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"06/17/2007","vin":"1G1ND52J93M","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"I DROVE THE CAR HOME FROM A FRIEND'S HOUSE ABOUT 3 MILES TURNED IT OFF AND LOCKED IT USING THE REMOTE.  WHEN I TRIED STARTING THE CAR ABOUT AN HOUR LATER , AFTER UNLOCKING IT USING THE REMOTE), THE CAR WOULD NOT START. IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WANTED TO START BUT JUST COULDN'T TURN OVER. LUCKILY, I HAVE A MECHANIC IN THE FAMILY THAT SUGGESTED A PROBLEM WITH  THE  ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM.  THE PROBLEM WAS SOLVED BY TURNING THE KEY TO THE ON POSITION FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES TO RESET THE SYSTEM.  AS A RESULT I ENDED UP MISSING A VERY IMPORTANT MEETING. EVERY NOW AND THEN THE THEFT SYSTEM LIGHT ON DASHBOARD POPPED ON AND THEN EVENTUALLY  WENT  AWAY.   I DIDN'T ALWAYS HAVE 10 EXTRA MINUTES TO SPARE JUST IN CASE THE  CAR DECIDED  TO DO THIS.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CHEVROLET","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10193047,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/22/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"06/12/2007","vin":"3GNEC13T83G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"SPEEDOMETER FAILURE, IT REGISTERS THE WRONG SPEED ALL THE TIME.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10192347,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/02/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"06/03/2007","vin":"3GNEC13T93G","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE SPEEDOMETER FAILS.  FUEL GAUGE FAILS.    NO WAY TO KNOW HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING.  DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH FUEL IS IN VEHICLE.  HAVE TO RESET SYSTEM NUMEROUS TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.  DEALER QUOTED $700.00 PLUS TO FIX.  PROBLEM STARTED SOON AFTER WARRANTY EXPIRED.  TOO MANY FAILURE INSTANCES TO RECALL ACCURATELY.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10192289,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/05/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"06/02/2007","vin":"3GNEK13T03G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WENT BAD AT 42,000 MILES. AFTER READING SOME OF THE OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL,  HOW DO I KNOW IF MY SPEEDOMETER IS WORKING RIGHT.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10191588,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/22/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"05/23/2007","vin":"","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER","summary":"2003 CHEVROLET CAVALIER LS SPORT BROKE DOWN ON THE HIGHWAY NEEDING A FUEL PUMP AT 67000 MILES. A VERY EXPENSIVE JOB TO BE DONE SO EARLY IN THE CAR'S LIFE.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CHEVROLET","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10191501,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/12/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"05/22/2007","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"THE CLUSTER WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE TEMPERATURE  GAUGE AND SPEEDOMETER WENT OUT, AND WASHINGTON  AND OREGON HAD RECALLS ON THIS, BUT NOT CALIFORNIA, AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY IN THOSE STATES AND NOT CALIFORNIA.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10190836,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/05/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"05/15/2007","vin":"3GNEC13T43G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"SPEEDOMETER DISPLAYS ERRONEOUS SPEEDS.  MOST OF THE TIME LESS THAN WHAT THE VEHICLE IS ACTUALLY TRAVELING WHICH CREATES A PUBLIC SAFETY HAZARD.  THERE IS NO INDICATION TO THE DRIVER OF A PROBLEM.  ALL OTHER INDICATIONS ARE NORMAL.   IT WAS NOT UNTIL A GPS WITH SPEED INDICATING CAPABILITY WAS INSTALLED IN THE VEHICLE THAT THE ERRONEOUS SPEEDOMETER INDICATION WAS KNOWN.  FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALS THE SPEEDOMETER OPERATES CORRECTLY UNTIL THE DASH/INSTRUMENT PANEL HEATS UP.  AT THIS POINT THE INDICATED SPEED CAN GRADUALLY VARY, SOMETIMES DRASTICALLY FROM ACTUAL VEHICLE SPEED UNKNOWING TO THE DRIVER.   AFTER REVIEWING THE NHTSA SITE, THIS DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE AN ISOLATED INCIDENT AND BECAUSE OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY IMPLICATION OF A SPEEDING VEHICLE, AT THE MINIMUM I RECOMMEND A NOTICE BE SENT TO ALL CURRENT OWNERS OF THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE ADVISING THEM THIS CONDITION MAY BE PRESENT OR OCCUR IN THE FUTURE.  THIS VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AWAITING REPAIR PARTS.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10190529,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/11/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"05/11/2007","vin":"","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"I HAVE A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE THAT WAS PURCHASED NEW IN JANUARY 2003.  IT CURRENTLY HAS 110,000 MILES ON IT, BUT SINCE ABOUT 40,000 MILES THE SPEEDOMETER HAS BEEN ACTING UP.  IT IS REAL JERKY WHEN MOVING AND STICKS ON SPEEDS.  CURRENTLY, IT IS PARKED AND ON 100.  YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL WORK CORRECTLY - SOMETIMES IT DOES.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10190021,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/01/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"05/07/2007","vin":"","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,EQUIPMENT","summary":"I HAVE A 2003 AVALANCHE AND OUT OF THE BLUE ONE DAY  THE TACHOMETER STARTED SHOOTING UP TO 6000  RPMS, AND THEN  THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED TICKING INSTEAD OF MOVING SMOOTHLY, AND NOW IT STAYS AT 0 ONCE I AM DRIVING FOR 5 - 10 MINUTES.*AK    (1)  NOT SURE WHAT LEAD TO IT.. IT JUST STARTED HAPPENING OUT OF THE BLUE  (2) I CAN NOT TELL HOW FAST I AM GOING  (3) NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE     I HAVE SPOKEN WITH 3 PEOPLE IN MY OFFICE AND  LOOKED AT FORUMS AND MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS ISSUE AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE BY GM I WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER CHEVY IF THIS ISNT RESOLVED AND I AM ONLY 25.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"},{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"GMC","productModel":"L SERIES","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10188416,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/19/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"04/20/2007","vin":"","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE.  THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW LOCKED IN THE UP POSITION A YEAR AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED.  THE FAILURE WAS REPAIRED.  ON APRIL 19, 2006, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WINDOW LOCKED IN THE DOWN POSITION.  THE CONTACT WAS GIVEN A CASE NUMBER FROM CHEVROLET, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER COVERED UNDER WARRANTY.  THE WINDOWWAS RARELY ROLLED DOWN ,AND CHEVROLET STATED THAT THE LESS THE MOTOR WAS  USED THE FASTER IT CAN BECOME WORN.  THE CONTACT BELIEVED THAT EXPLANATIONWAS JUST AN EXCUSE.  THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 68,000. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10186528,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/28/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"03/29/2007","vin":"3GNEK13T13G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2003 Z71 AVALANCHE WORKS ERRATICALLY OR NOT AT ALL. A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP FROM WHO I BOUGHT MY VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL ON SPEEDOMETER (INSTRUMENT CLUSTERS) FOR MY TYPE OF VEHICLE AND THAT THEY COULD NOT REPLACE THE CLUSTER AS PART OF \"GOODWILL\" BY GM BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT BEEN INSTRUCTED TO DO SO. THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF THE FACT THAT MANY AVALANCHES AND OTHER GM SUVS HAVE IDENTICAL PROBLEMS (USUALLY A BAD STEPPER MOTOR IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER). COST TO REPLACE CLUSTER IS ABOUT $350-$400 INCLUDING LABOR. GIVEN THE NATURE OF THE FAILURE AND HOW WIDESPREAD IT IS, I THINK THE NHTSA ENGINEERS SHOULD INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM AND PERHAPS TELL GM THEY NEED TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES BEFORE ACCIDENTS OCCUR. I HAVE TO ESTIMATE MY SPEEDS ON A VEHICLE WITH ONLY 58000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE TALKED WITH MY CHEVROLET SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY SAID THIS IS BECOMING VERY COMMON.  GM SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL TO GET THIS FIXED.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10185771,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/01/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"03/21/2007","vin":"3GNEK13T33G","components":"STEERING","summary":"NOTICED CLUNKING IN STEERING, GMC DEALER REPLACED INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT, UNDER WARRANTY AT APPROX. 20,000. CLUNKING RETURNED AGAIN AT 40,000 MILES, AND AGAIN REPLACED INTRMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT., AT THE COST OF $270. THIS IS A LOT TO SPEND EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS FOR A PROBLEM THAT IS SO WELL KNOWN AND DOCUMENTED IN CHEVY AND GMC PRODUCTS OF THIS TYPE (AVALANCHE, SUBURBANS,TAHOE AND YUKONS) ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT SUPPOSE TO BE A \"SAFET ISSUE\", IT IS QUITE DISCERNING, AND I BELIEVE GM SHOULD PROVIDE SOME TYPE OF APPOPRIATE ACTION TO OWNERS OF THESE VEHICLES.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10185583,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/18/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"03/19/2007","vin":"3GNEK13T33G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"MY 2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE SPEEDOMETER  WITH 49,000 MILES HAS STOPPED WORKING. IT EITHER STICKS AT 40MPH OR REGISTERS 0.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10185237,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/15/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"03/15/2007","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WENT BAD AT ABOUT 50,000 MILES SPEEDOMETER GIVES FALSE READING.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10185119,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/01/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"03/14/2007","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2003 AVALANCHE WENT BAD.   IT WOULD WORK FOR A WHILE AND THEN WOULD FAIL TO SHOW THE TRUE SPEED, USUALLY RECORDING 10-20 MPH WHEN I WAS GOING 70.  THIS WAS A DAILY OCCURRENCE.  I FINALLY HAD IT REPLACED IN FEB, 2006.  IT STARTED IN DECEMBER, 2005.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10184632,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/01/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"03/09/2007","vin":"3GNEC13TX3G","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"TL* -  THE CONTACT CALLED REGARDING THE  2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE.  THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WAS FAULTY.  HE WAS TRAVELING AT 70 MPH AND WITHOUT ACCELERATING THE VEHICLE THE SPEEDOMETER WENT TO 120 MPH.  THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN HE TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF THE SPEEDOMETER REMAINED AT 40 MPH.  THE CONTACT  TOOK  THE VEHICLE TO A CHEVROLET DEALER , AND THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED AS NEEDING A NEW SPEEDOMETER CLUSTER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 45000.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10184494,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/07/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"03/08/2007","vin":"3GNEK13T33G","components":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"THE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL ASSEMBLE FELL OFF MY VEHICLE AND HAD TO BE REPLACED- THE HOUSING BOLTS HAD BROKEN OFF - I WAS INFORMED THIS WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY.  1 YEAR AND 3 MONTHS LATER I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN AND WAS TOLD THAT EVEN THOUGH IT HAD BEEN REPLACED ALREADY AT MY EXPENSE SINCE IT WAS OVER A YEAR I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR IT AGAIN.  HOW CAN THE SAME THING HAPPEN?  THIS IS DANGEROUS AS THE LAMP AND HOUSING FELL OUT AND WERE DANGLING ON MY VEHICLE WITH A SMALL WIRE AS I DROVE, UNAWARE OF THE PROBLEM UNTIL I HAD STOPPED.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10183978,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/02/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"03/02/2007","vin":"3GNEC13T63G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"SPEEDOMETER SHOWING 50 MPH AT A COMPLETE STOP. INACCURATE SPEED INDICATION. VEHICLE HAS 54634 MILES ON IT.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10183550,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/15/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"02/26/2007","vin":"3GNEC13T33G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"SPEEDOMETER NOT INDICATING SPEED, WILL STAY STUCK ON NUMBER AND DO NOT MOVE EVEN WHEN VEHICLE ITS OFF.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10183547,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/01/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"02/26/2007","vin":"3GNEK13T93G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"SPEEDOMETER FAILURE ON A 2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE.  THE SPEEDOMETER IS PEGGED OUT AT TOP SPEED AT A CONSTANT.  OCCASIONALLY IT WILL BOUNCE AROUND, BUT IT IS NEVER ACCURATE.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10182873,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/17/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"02/17/2007","vin":"3GNEK13T43G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"MY SPEEDOMETER IN MY 2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE IS VERY ERRATIC. IT STICKS, IT SAYS THAT I AM GOING 40 TO 50 MPH HIGHER THAN I AM AND SOMETIMES IT WORKS JUST FINE. I HAVE READ ABOUT OVER 400 OTHER OWNERS OF GM TRUCKS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM.  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10182258,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/02/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"02/11/2007","vin":"3GNEK13T03G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE WHERE SPEEDOMETER JUST QUIT AND IS NOW PEGGED AT 120 MPH WHEN PARKED.  THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE REALLY HAVE NO IDEA OF WHAT SPEED I AM GOING.  BASED ON MANY OTHER GM OWNERS I KNOW THAT HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM, GM NEEDS TO PUT A RECALL ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER.  TWO PEOPLE I KNOW HAVE HAD IT QUOTED AS A $600 FIX.  THIS IS INSANE. *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10182073,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/01/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"02/09/2007","vin":"","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"REAR WINDOW LEAKED FROM DAY 1, REPORTED TO DEALER, UPON LEASE TURN IN IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT RUBBER AROUND WINDOW WAS CRACKED, THEY ARE NOW CHARGING ME FOR THE DAMAGE. *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 2500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10180790,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/04/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"01/26/2007","vin":"3GNEK13T03G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"SPEEDOMETER IS VERY ERRATIC. WHEN I AM AT A DEAD STOP THE SPEEDOMETER SAYS  70  MPH AND IT TOPS OUT AT 120 MPH WHEN I AM DOING ONLY 30 MPH. *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10178986,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/15/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"01/17/2007","vin":"3GNEK13T53G","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"I HAVE A 2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE Z71 WITH 59000 MILES.  I NOTICED MY VEHICLE BEING VERY SLUGGISH THE DAY BEFORE. WHEN I LEFT FOR WORK, I COULD BARELY GET UP TO 50 MPH, IN ORDER FOR ME TO STAY AT 50 MPH I WOULD HAVE TO REACH 3000 RPM. AFTER I TURNED DOWN A SIDE ROAD, I COULD ONLY GET UP TO 20  MPH AT 3000 RPM. I PULLED OVER AND CALLED FOR HELP. I TOOK IT TO A CHEVY DEALERSHIP. THEY FOUND THE INTAKE GASKET WAS BAD WHICH CAUSED THE CONVERTERS TO FAIL AND CLOG UP THE Y PIPE.  IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THIS HAPPENED WITH ONLY 59000 MILES. I TAKE GREAT CARE OF MY AVALANCHE. I'VE READ ON FORUMS WHERE THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE SAME TYPE OF TRUCK AND YEAR.  THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE GASKET, BOTH CONVERTERS, Y-PIPE AND THE O2 SENSORS.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10178775,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/05/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"01/16/2007","vin":"3GNEK13T73G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"SPEEDOMETER READS INCORRECT OR NOT AT ALL.   *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10178762,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/04/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"01/15/2007","vin":"3GNEK13T43G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"SPEEDOMETER STARTED READING INACCURATE SPEEDS. LATELY IT READS 55 MPH WHEN AT A STOP AND PEGS OUT AT AROUND 60 MPH. REPLACEMENT RANGES FROM $220  FOR \"DO IT YOURSELF\" KIT WITH OLD PART NEEDING TO BE RETURNED FOR CORE CHARGE TO $650 AND UP FROM THE DEALER. STILL HAVEN'T FIXED PROBLEM. PART IS STILL IN THE VEHICLE. *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10178421,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/19/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"01/11/2007","vin":"3GNEK13TX3G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2003 Z71 AVALANCHE WORKS ERRATICALLY OR NOT AT ALL. A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP FROM WHO I BOUGHT MY VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL ON SPEEDOMETER (INSTRUMENT CLUSTERS) FOR MY TYPE OF VEHICLE AND THAT THEY COULD NOT REPLACE THE CLUSTER AS PART OF \"GOODWILL\" BY GM BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT BEEN INSTRUCTED TO DO SO. THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF THE FACT THAT MANY AVALANCHES AND OTHER GM SUVS HAVE IDENTICAL PROBLEMS (USUALLY A BAD STEPPER MOTOR IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER). COST TO REPLACE CLUSTER IS ABOUT $350-$400 INCLUDING LABOR. GIVEN THE NATURE OF THE FAILURE AND HOW WIDESPREAD IT IS, I THINK THE NHTSA ENGINEERS SHOULD INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM AND PERHAPS TELL GM THEY NEED TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES BEFORE ACCIDENTS OCCUR. I HAVE TO ESTIMATE MY SPEEDS ON A VEHICLE WITH ONLY 58000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE READ REPORTS WHERE SPEEDOMETER FAILURES HAVE OCCURRED WITHIN 10,000 MILES. *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10177194,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/01/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"12/28/2006","vin":"3GNEC13T83G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2003 AVALANCHE WENT OUT. IT REGISTERS UP TO 120 MPH SITTING STILL. THE TACHOMETER RECENTLY WENT OUT, ALSO. VERY DANGEROUS FOR MY WIFE (WHO DRIVES THE VEHICLE) AND MY CHILDREN. I HAVE SEEN HUNDREDS OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET. WHY IS THERE NO RECALL?  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10176952,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/26/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"12/26/2006","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"SPEEDOMETER AND FUEL GAUGES NOT FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10175896,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/24/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"12/12/2006","vin":"3GNEK13T43G","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"STARTED TO NOTICE A TWITCH IN THE SPEEDOMETER READING ABOUT A MONTH AGO. PROGRESSIVELY BECAME WORSE TO THE POINT THAT IT READS FASTER AND FASTER AND DOES NOT GO BACK DOWN TO ZERO. NOW IT IS PRESENTLY STUCK PAST 140 MPH.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10175698,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/08/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"12/10/2006","vin":"3GNEK13T53G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"SPEEDOMETER STICKING ON 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500 4WD,NOTHING LEADS UP TO IT JUST DRIVING AND IT STICKS AT A CERTAIN SPEED WONT CORRECT ITSELF,TO CORRECT IT YOU HAVE TO UNHOOK BATTERY CABLES AND THEN IT IS OK FOR A WHILE UNTIL IT STICKS AGAIN,THIS HAS HAPPENED OVER 4 TIMES NOW HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR A RECALL TO FIX PROBLEM. THIS CAN NOT BE CAUSED BY BAD DRIVING BY OWNER OR IMPROPER MAINTENANCE,THIS IS SOMETHING ELECTRONIC.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10175440,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/10/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"12/07/2006","vin":"3GNEK13T13G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"AFTER PURCHASING A 2003 IN AUG, ITS NOW AT 80,000 MILES AS NOV 06, AND THE SPEEDOMETER HAS BROKEN.  ACCORDING TO CHEV, THE FUSE FOR SPEEDOMETER IS LOCATION IN DASH AND IS PART OF A CLUSTER UNIT SUPPORTING MANY INSTRUMENTATION PARTS.  IT COST 550.00 TO REPLACE.  I WORKED WITH CHEV FOR A MONTH TRYING TO OBTAIN A CLEAR ANSWER FOR THIS DEFECTIVE SAFETY ITEM. ALL I GOT WAS 75,000 MILE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED.  I EXPLAINED THAT IF ANYTHING, A SPEEDOMETER SHOULD WORK FOR THE LIFE OF THE CAR.  SIX CALLS LATER AND PLENTY OF \"ILL GET BACK WITH YOU\", CHEV WOULD NOT STAND UP TO ANY REPAIR OR REVIEW OF THIS FAULTY ITEM AT THEIR EXPENSE.  I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF ANY OTHER REPORTS ON THIS ITEM HAVE BE FOUND AND IF ANY RECOURSE IS AVAILABLE TO CONSUMERS WITH THIS ISSUE???  THANK YOU.  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10174651,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/22/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"11/29/2006","vin":"3GNEK13T53G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE - 48K MILES.    WHILE DRIVING, THE SPEEDOMETER \"TICKS\" SOMEWHAT LIKE A WATCH AND DOES NOT MEASURE ACCURATE SPEED.  THE SPEEDOMETER WILL SLOWLY REDUCE TO ZERO, EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE IS STILL MOVING.  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10173211,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/10/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"11/11/2006","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE; MY SPEEDOMETER SUDDENLY QUIT WORKING. THE READINGS ARE CRAZY, SHOWING THAT I AM GOING OVER 100 MPH WHEN I AM ONLY GOING ABOUT 50 MPH. AT ONE STOP SIGN, THE SPEEDOMETER INSISTED I WAS GOING 120 MPH! THIS SITUATION IS DANGEROUS.  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10172963,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/15/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"11/08/2006","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO MY SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE STARTED GOING HAYWIRE. SOME DAYS IT WORKS AND SOME IT DON'T. WHEN IT ISN'T WORKING IT WILL SAY I AM DOING 30 WHEN I AM REALLY DOING 70 OR I CAN COME TO A STOP AND IT SAYS I AM DOING 20 MPH. THIS IS A GENUINE SAFETY HAZARD AND THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL DONE ASAP. I HAVE READ MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE SAME PROBLEM AND THEY ALL HAVE SEEMED TO START OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS WHICH IS RIGHT AFTER THE 3 YEAR WARRANTY FOR MOST OF US. MY TRUCK HAS 80K MILES ON IT AND I AM NOT ABOUT TO PAY $500 FOR A SAFETY HAZARD THAT GM SHOULD PAY FOR.  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10172706,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/02/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"11/06/2006","vin":"3GNEK13T93G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"SPEEDOMETER FAILURE ON OUR 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE AT 43,000 MILES.  SPEED DOES NOT REGISTER WHATSOEVER OR DISPLAYS,FOR EXAMPLE, 20 MPH WHEN TRAVELING IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  IT IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION; A DISTRACTION AND NOT KNOWING ONE'S RATE OF TRAVEL.  GM SHOULD ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10172508,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/04/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"11/03/2006","vin":"3GNEK13T33G","components":"STEERING,EQUIPMENT","summary":"AFTER ONLY 26K MILES HAD A CLUNKING NOISE IN THE FRONT END AND ESPECIALLY WHEN MAKING A HARD TURNING MOTION. EVIDENTLY THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM BECAUSE THE CHEVY DEALER KNEW EXACTLY WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. THE DESCRIPTION ON THE REPAIR INDICATES END-LUBE I-SHAFTAND THEY USED A GN LUBE KIT FP#26098419. AFTER ONLY 19 MONTHS AND 8K MILES LATER IT'S DOING THE EXACT SAME THING.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"},{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1995","productMake":"GMC","productModel":"S SERIES","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10172437,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/01/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"11/02/2006","vin":"3GNEK13T83G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE, Z71 PACKAGE.  THE SPEEDOMETER ON THE VEHICLE SPORADICALLY STOPS WORKING OR STICKS ON A PARTICULAR SPEED.  THE DIAL IS NOT ACCURATE AND I CANNOT TELL HOW FAST I AM GOING.  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10172028,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/12/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"10/28/2006","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"I HAVE A 2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE THE SPEEDOMETER SHOW WHEN I AM AT A FULL STOP IT IS GOING 30MPH. I HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING HOW FAST I AM GOING. I ONLY HAVE 50,000 MILES.  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10171402,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/19/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"10/20/2006","vin":"3GNEC13T93G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"SPEEDOMETER READS ERRATICALLY. YESTERDAY \"0\" WAS 30 MPH. EACH TIME I START THE VEHICLE \"0\" IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT.  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10170615,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/12/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"10/12/2006","vin":"3GNEC13T13G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"SPEEDOMETER MALFUNCTIONS. STICKS AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS... +10 MPH, +30 MPH, +60 MPH ETC. WILL RESET ITSELF AFTER VARIOUS AMOUNTS OF TIMES. MINUTES TO DAYS LATER.  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10170213,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/06/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"10/07/2006","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE Z66 SPEEDOMETER FAILURE, SEEMS LIKE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY THE MANUFACTURER WITH RECALL.  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10169041,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/02/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"09/23/2006","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"SPEEDOMETER CLUSTER FAILS IN MANY OF THE GM TRUCKS, REQUIRING A NEW GAUGE CLUSTER..  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10168662,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/18/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"09/19/2006","vin":"3GNEK13T53G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE BRAKES BECAME LESS AND LESS EFFECTIVE OVER TIME.  THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE ROTORS WERE RUSTED.  THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, WHERE THE ROTORS WERE REPLACED.  THE VEHICLE WAS LOCATED IN A SALT BELT STATE.    THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT. THE CONSUMER STATED THE ROTORS SHOULD WEAR OUT NOT RUST. UPDATED 10/13/06. *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10167904,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/10/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"09/11/2006","vin":"3GNEC13T63G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"MY 2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE 1500 SPEEDOMETER READS 30 MPH WHEN I'M DRIVING AT 70 MPH. AFTER I STOPPED THE TRUCK, SHUT OFF MOTOR AND TOOK KEY OUT OF IGNITION AND RESTARTED TRUCK AND BEGAN DRIVING, SPEEDOMETER READ CORRECTLY AGAIN. LATER, SAME DAY, SPEEDOMETER STARTED READING 25 MPH WHEN I WAS DRIVING AT 70 MPH WITH TRAFFIC, HAD TO GAUGE SPEED WITH TRUCKS TACH. SAME FIX WORKED AGAIN. PLEASE GO TO WEB SITE TOPIX.NET , THERE ARE 30 MORE PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF WITH THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR CHEVY AVALANCHE/TAHOE/SUBURBAN SPEEDOMETER.  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10163595,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/20/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"07/27/2006","vin":"3GNEC13T93G","components":"STEERING","summary":"THE VEHICLE (2003) CHEVROLET AVALANCHE HAS A VERY NOTICEABLE POPPING SOUND WHEN STEERING AT LOW SPEEDS.  THE POPPING SOUND IS STILL PRESENT DESPITE HAVING THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR IT ABOUT FIVE TIMES.    I'VE BEEN INFORMED BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THE SOUND IS IN THE STEERING BOX AREA AND IS A DEFECT WITH IT AND THAT GM IS INVESTIGATING.    I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE, BUT IF IT CONCERNS THE STEERING BOX, I AM CONCERNING ABOUT AN (POSSIBLE)EVENTUAL STEERING FAILURE.  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10163446,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/01/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"07/25/2006","vin":"3GNEK13T43G","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE OUTER HUB BEARING BECAME DEFECTIVE CAUSING THE INNER HUB BEARING TO BECOME DEFECTIVE.  WHILE DRIVING, THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. SHORTLY AFTER THAT SOMETHING FLEW OFF THE VEHICLE, AND THE TIRE AND RIM CAUGHT ON FIRE.  THE DEALER DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE WAS A DEFECTIVE HUB BEARING.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10163111,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/01/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"07/21/2006","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"MY WIFE WAS DRIVING ALONG INTERSTATE 40 AND ONE OF THE TIRES BLEW OUT.  SHE WASN'T INJURED, NOR WAS THERE ANY DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE.  WE TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO A LOCAL TIRE SHOP AND THEY STATED THAT THE TIRE WASN'T PUNCTURED, THAT THE TREAD WALL COLLAPSED AND THEY RECOMMENED NEW TIRES.  THE ORIGINAL TIRES WERE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS WITH 44,000 MILES ON A 2003 CHEVY TAHOE.  THE VEHICLE AND TIRES WERE LESS THAN 3 YEARS OLD.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CHEVROLET","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"FIRESTONE","productModel":"WILDERNESS AT I","size":null,"manufacturer":"FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO."}]},{"odiNumber":10162165,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/10/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"07/11/2006","vin":"3GNEK13T23G","components":"STEERING","summary":"I HAVE A 2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE IT HAS A CLUNKING NOISE IN THE FRONT . THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT AT APPROX. 25000 MILES . NOW AT 56000 MILES IT IS CLUNKING AGAIN. THE DEALER SAYS THAT CHEVY DOESN'T SELL THE PART ANY MORE AND THAT THEY ONLY CAN GET IT UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS AND JUST MAKING NOISE ISN'T ONE OF THEM THEY ALSO CLAIM THERE IS NO DANGER BUT I CAN'T BELIEVE IF THERE IS SOMETHING LOOSE IN THE STEERING THAT IT WON'T BE DANGEROUS. WHEN YOU CAN'T EVEN GET IT REPAIRED. I'VE WORK AS A MECHANIC FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND DID N.Y.STATE INSPECTIONS AND HAD TO FAIL CARS WITH BAD STEERING PARTS BUT MAYBE THE SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC ISN'T IMPORTANT ANYMORE JUST THE PROFIT OF THE COMPANIES . THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10161366,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/30/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"07/04/2006","vin":"","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"I HAVE BEEN HAVING ERRONEOUS SPEEDOMETER PROBLEMS WITH MY VEHICLE FOR ABOUT 2 YEARS NOW.  THE SPEEDOMETER HAS A MIND OF ITS OWN.  IT WILL BE WORKING FINE, AND THEN GO ERRONEOUS.  IT WILL GET STUCK AT 60 MPH OR HIGHER.  SOMETIMES IT IS EVEN 120!  THIS SEEMS TO OCCUR MORE WHEN IT IS RAINING.  I HAVE FOUND THAT IF I REMOVE THE NEGATIVE TERMINAL FROM THE BATTERY AND RESET THE COMPUTER, IT BEGINS WORKING AGAIN.  I NEVER KNOW HOW FAST I AM GOING WHICH CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10160048,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/15/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"06/16/2006","vin":"3GNEC13T23G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"SPEEDOMETER NOT WORKING PROPERLY.  DRIVING IN 40 MILES SPEED LIMIT AND THE SPEEDOMETER READS 120.  SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT RESET TO 0 WHEN STOPPED.  NO INJURIES, NO CRASHES BUT WITH THE SPEEDOMETER DEFECTIVE COULD CAUSE ACCIDENT AND POSSIBLE INJURY.  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10158913,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/02/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"06/03/2006","vin":"","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL NOT TURN OFF. I HAVE HAD TO REMOVE THE FUSE TO GET THEM TO STOP. I AM TAKING IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THIS COMING WEEK. THIS HAS BEEN AN ON-GOING CONDITION. IT WORKS AND THEN IT DOESN'T. THIS LAST TIME WAS DIFFERENT SINCE IT WOULD NOT SHUT OFF AT ALL.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10158780,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/01/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"06/01/2006","vin":"3GNEC13TX3G","components":"STEERING,SUSPENSION,STRUCTURE","summary":"PURCHASED A USED 2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE AT A DEALERSHIP IN FEB 2006 UPON SERVICING THE VEHICLE TWO MONTHS LATER WAS TOLD THAT THE CAR HAD EXTENSIVE UNDER CARRIAGE RUST. THIS CAR ORIGINATED IN MICHIGAN BUT I AM WONDERING IF IT WAS A KATRINA VEHICLE DURING AUCTION? RECENTLY HAD PROBLEMS WITH U-JOINTS WHICH HAD TO BE REPLACED. GM MECHANIC SAYS THE RUST IS EXTENSIVE AND CAUSED THIS PROBLEM IT WILL NEED A LUBE KIT TO RE-LUBE ALL THE MECHANICS UNDER THE TRUCK. NONE OF THIS UNDER CARRIAGE BODY RUST WAS DISCLOSED TO US UPON PURCHASING THE VEHICLE IN FACT THE DEALER TOLD US HE ONLY GETS THE BEST USED VEHICLES. THERE IS ALSO A PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING COLUMN WHICH MAKES A CLUNKING NOISE WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL - THE MECHANIC AT THE GM DEALERSHIP SAYS THIS IS A KNOW PROBLEM.  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE 1500","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10157271,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/04/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"05/11/2006","vin":"3GNEC13T93G","components":"TIRES","summary":"DT*:  THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE HAD TREAD SEPARATION WITHOUT WARNING CAUSING A CRASH.  THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED AND WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT REMAINS.  THE INSURANCE AGENCY WAS ALERTED AND DETERMINED THE TIRE DELAMINATED.  A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED.  THE TIRE IS A GOODYEAR WRANGLER HP P26570R17.    *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"GOODYEAR","productModel":"WRANGLER","size":null,"manufacturer":"Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10156501,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/01/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"05/01/2006","vin":"3GNEC13T43G","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENLY.  BECAUSE THIS IS RELATED TO ONE OF THE VEHICLES SAFTEY FEATURES IT SEEMS LIKE THE TSB (050941001) FOR THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE A RECALL.  ESPECIALLY SINCE THE DEALERSHIP REFUSES TO FIX THIS PROBLEM WITHOUT A COMMITMENT FROM THE OWNER TO PAY FOR A DIAGOSTIC CHECK AND THEN FIGHT THEM TO PAY. *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10153328,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/15/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"03/21/2006","vin":"","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"2003 CHEVORLET AVALANCHE 1500 - DRIVE SHAFT UNIVERSALS FAILED (FRONT GONE, REAR GOING.  I HAD DEALER REPLACE BOTH) - I NOTICED THE NOISE AND IMMEDIATELY TOOK VEHICLE IN.  HAD I NOT NOTICED OR COULD NOT PINPOINT THE CAUSE I MAY HAVE CONTINUED DRIVING AND IT COULD HAVE FAILED AND FAILING WHILE DRIVING ON THE THRUWAY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A GOOD THING AS THE FRONT END OF THE DRIVESHAFT IMPACTS THE ROAD.  MY CONCERN IS THAT WHEN TALKING WITH GM CUSTOMER SERVICE ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION THE FOLKS WITH WHOM I TALKED COULD NOT SAY WHETHER GM HAD A DATA BASE ON THE AVERAGE/MEAN FAILURE TIME ON THE UNIVERSALS.  I WANTED TO DETERMINE SHOULD I START CONCERNING MYSELF AS I GET TO 100,000 MILES, BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO ASSIST ME.  SO I AM WRITING YOU IF YOU HAVE HAD OTHER UNIVERSAL FAILURES AROUND 50,000 MILES.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10151936,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/01/1901","dateComplaintFiled":"02/24/2006","vin":"","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE 2003 AVALANCHE WAS NOT A STANDARD TANK AND THAT THE FUEL LEAKAGE ISSUES WERE NOT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY.  *TS  THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE GAS TANK HAD A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT THAT CAUSED IT TO BE TOO THIN AROUND ONE OF THE SEALS.  THE TANK WAS SO THIN, THAT IT COULD BE PRESSED AS IF IT WAS SOFT RUBBER.  THE SOFT AREA HAD BECOME SO WEAK, THAT GAS WAS LEAKING FROM  THE VEHICLE.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10150389,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/09/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"02/15/2006","vin":"3GNEC13T63G","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"MULTIPLE FAILURES OF SPEEDOMETER. SOMETIMES STICKS, REPORTS INCORRECT SPEED, OR JUMPS ABOUT. PERIODICALLY WORKS FINE. NO RHYME OR REASON TO PROBLEM. DEALER - MORITZ CHEVROLET FORT WORTH SAYS INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED ($500), THAT THEY HAVE SEEN MULTIPLE FAILURES, AND THAT THE ITEM IS NOT COVERED AS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT.  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10149462,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/26/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"02/05/2006","vin":"3GNEK13T83G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"AFTER GREEN LIGHT AND I CROSSING MAIN ROAD NORTH ON PAXTON ST. ADVANCING AT APROX. 30 MPH A TRUCK IN FRONT STOPPED QUICKLY TO MAKE A 'U' TURN ON PAXTON AND I SLAMMED MY BRAKES AT LEAST 400 FEET AWAY BUT MY TRUCK DIDN'T STOP AND CRASHED TO THE BACK OF THE OTHER TRUCK.   MY INSURANCE PAID FOR REPAIRS OF OTHER VEHICLE BUT FEARING PREMIUM INCREASE I DIDN'T CLAIM THE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE ON MY  AVALANCHE TRUCK.  AS OF TODAY I HAVEN'T RECEIVED A RECALL FROM GM ABOUT REPAIRS NEEDED ON MY TRUCKS ABS BRAKING SYSTEM.  POLICE REPORT AVAILABLE AND BOB WATSON CHEVROLET DEALER KNOWS ABOUT MY TRUCKS DAMAGE.   *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10149146,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/31/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"01/31/2006","vin":"3GNEC13T43G","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"DT*: THE CONTACT STATES THE SPEEDOMETER REFLECTS AN INACCURATE READING INTERMITTENTLY.  THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE SPEEDOMETER CLUSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10148793,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/17/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"01/26/2006","vin":"","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VISIBILITY,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,INTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"PICK A PROBLEM. PIN FROM TRANSMISSION GEARS WERE TOO SHORT FROM THE MANUFACTURER, CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO NOT SHIFT PROPERLY. THIS REPAIR WAS DONE AT 8000 MILES. 4 QUARTS. LOW ON OIL WITHIN MONTH OF CHANGING. NO LEAKS AND NO EXPLANATION FROM THE DEALER AS TO WHERE THE OIL WENT. A/C FUNCTIONED IMPROPERLY AFTER TRUCK SURGED AT TRAFFIC LIGHT. STILL NO EXPLANATION. REMOTE ENTRY WORKS WHEN IT WANTS TO. INTERIOR LIGHTS PULSE WHEN TRUCK IDILING. HEATER MOTOR FUNCTIONS ACCORDING TO SPEED OF VEHICLE, SLOW WHEN BRAKING AND SPEEDS UP WHEN ACCELERATING. DRIVERS POWER WINDOW STOPPED FUNCTIONING AND STARTED WORKING THE EVENING BEFORE TAKING IT TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR. POPPING NOISE FROM EXHAUST JUST AFTER STARTING AND SHUTTING OFF. FROM INSIDE THE VEHICLE WHILE RUNNING I CONTINUOUSLY HEAR COOLING FLUIDS FLOWING. SOMETIMES THE HORN DOES NOT FUNCTION WHILE THE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF. BRAKING HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PROBLEM FROM DAY ONE. ALWAYS FEELS AS THERE ISN'T ENOUGH BRAKE PRESSURE TO STOP IN A NORMAL DISTANCE. ALONG WITH THE REMOTE ENTRY NOT WORKING THE PERSONAL PRESETS FOR DRIVER 1 MOST OF THE TIME DO NOT OPERATE WITH THE REMOTE ENTRY. I HAVE TO SELECT DRIVER 1 FROM THE INTERIOR TO ENGAGE SETTINGS. BED PLASTICS ARE FADING. BUTTONS FOR RADIO ON THE STEERING WHEEL AND RADIO ARE FLAKING. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10146780,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/02/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"01/03/2006","vin":"3GNEK13T53G","components":"VISIBILITY,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"DT: THE CONTACT HAD TWO PROBLEMS WITH  VEHICLE. THE FIRST ONE AFFECTED  THE  SPEEDOMETER GIVING  FALSE READINGS. REGARDLESS OF THE SPEED, THE SPEEDOMETER READS 120 MPH.  WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN PARK, OR COMPLETELY STOPPED,THE SPEEDOMETER READS  90 MPH. THE SECOND PROBLEM DEALS  THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS  NOT TURNING OFF INTERMITTENTLY. WHEN THIS HAPPENS SHE PULLS THE FUSE TO GET THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS TO TURN OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, BUT  REPAIRS HAVE NOT BEEN MADE. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10146784,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/08/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"01/03/2006","vin":"3GNEC13T43G","components":"VISIBILITY,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"DT: THE CONTACT  HAD TWO PROBLEMS WITH  VEHICLE. THE FIRST PROBLEM AFFECTED THE  SPEEDOMETER GIVING  FALSE READINGS. REGARDLESS OF THE SPEED, THE SPEEDOMETER READS  120 MPH.  WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN PARK OR COMPLETELY STOPPED THE SPEEDOMETER READS  60 MPH. THE SECOND PROBLEM INVOLVED THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS. THEY WIPE IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. ONE WIPER GOES LEFT AND THE OTHER GOES RIGHT. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE WINDSHIELD  WIPERS HIT EACH OTHER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDSHIELD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, BUT REPAIRS HAVE NOT BEEN MADE. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10145801,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/19/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"12/21/2005","vin":"3GNEC13T43G","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"THIS CONCERNING MY 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE WITH 47,987 MILES.  THE \"SERVICE AIRBAG\" STAYS ON AFTER IGNITION ABOUT 20% OF THE TIME.  ADDITIONALLY ON TRIPS OF OVER 15 MINUTES IT WILL COME ON DURING DRIVING.  ONCE THE WARNING LIGHT COMES ON IT STAYS ON UNTIL THE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF.  CONTACTED THE CHEVROLET ASSISTANCE CENTER AND THEY EXPLAINED THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR A DIAGNOSTIC WORK UP BEFORE THEY WOULD CONSIDER COVERING THE COSTS ON FIXING THE PROBLEM.  THEY STATED THEY WERE UNAWARE OF THE PROBLEM, DESPITE THE OWNERS OF THE VEHICLES BEING VERY AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.  THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THE SAFETY FEATURES AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED WITHOUT QUESTION.   *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10145733,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":3,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/20/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"12/20/2005","vin":"3GNEK13T33G","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"DT:  THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING AT 60 MPH HE STRUCK A MEDIAN HEAD ON AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THREE PEOPLE SUSTAINED  INJURIES.  A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10145146,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/13/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"12/13/2005","vin":"1G1JH12F737","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"I PURCHASED A  PRE-OWNED 2003 CAVALIER LS EARLIER THIS YEAR. ON A REGULAR BASIS, THE DRIVERS SEAT BELT SLIPS OUT OF THE LOOP ON THE TOP OF THE SEAT THAT IS SUPPOSED TO HOLD IT, WHILE I AM BUCKLING UP, AND SMACKS ME IN THE NECK. SOMETIMES I DRIVE WITH IT THIS WAY, BUT WAS SINCE TOLD BY MY MECHANIC THAT I SHOULDN'T BECAUSE THE SEAT BELT IS NOT DOING ITS JOB EFFECTIVELY THAT WAY. THE LATEST TIME BEING TODAY, BUT THIS HAS HAPPENED EVER SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THE NUMBER OF FAILURES I HAVE BELOW IS 15, BUT THIS IS JUST AN ESTIMATE.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CHEVROLET","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10145374,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/01/1901","dateComplaintFiled":"12/06/2005","vin":"3GNEK13T33G","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE FUEL TANK BEGAN EMITTING A GAS SMELL WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS MORE THAN HALF FULL.  *TS  OVER TIME SMALL PUDDLES OF GAS COULD BE SEEN UNDER THE VEHICLE WHEN IT WAS STOPPED.  THE MECHANIC FOUND THAT THE TANK HAD A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT, WHICH CAUSED IT TO BE TOO THIN AROUND ONE OF THE SEALS.  THE TANK WAS SO THIN IN THAT AREA, THAT ONE COULD PHYSICALLY PRESS IT DOWN LIKE SOFT RUBBER.  THE SOFT AREA HAD BEEN STEADILY WEAKENING THE SEAL UNTIL IT FINALLY FAILED CAUSING GAS TO LEAK OUT OF IT.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10144018,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/30/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"11/30/2005","vin":"3GNEK13T03G","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE STICKS AND ONLY LOWERS THE NEEDLE 5 MPH FOR EACH TIME THE ENGINE IS TURNED OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN. I HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND HAVE NOT TAKEN THIS IN YET.  I WILL BE TAKING THIS IN NEXT WEEK. THE DEALER SAID WHEN I CALLED THAT THEY HAVE SEEN THIS BEFORE AND THEY WOULD NEED TO LOOK AT TO VERIFY THAT IT IS THE SAME PROBLEM THEY ARE HAVING WITH THE AVALANCHE AND THE SILVERADO PICKUPS. *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10141449,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/01/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"11/01/2005","vin":"3GNEK13T83G","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"DT:  THE CONTACT STATED THE  WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL NOT TURN OFF.  HE HAS NOT CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP OR MANUFACTURER.  WHEN HE STARTED  THE VEHICLE THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS CAME ON, HE HAS TO REMOVE THE FUSE TO TURN THEM OFF.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10141298,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/25/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"10/31/2005","vin":"3GNEK13T13G","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE STICKS AND ONLY LOWERS THE NEEDLE 5 MPH FOR EACH TIME THE ENGINE IS TURNED OFF AND THEN ON AGAIN.  DEALER HAS SEEN SEVERAL IN THE PAST 2 MONTHS.  NEEDLE MOVES WITH A JUMPING MOTION AND DOES NOT MOVE SMOOTHLY AS IT DID BEFORE.  DEALER QUOTED A COST OF $500-$600 TO REPLACE ELECTRONIC SPEEDOMETER.  THIS IS NOT A USUAL ITEM THAT IS EXPECTED TO BE REPLACED IN VEHICLES.  AS SEVERAL HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY ONE DEALER (RELIABLE CHEVROLET) IN THE PAST 2 MONTHS, NOT ONLY WITH THE AVALANCHE, BUT OTHER SILVERADO MODEL TRUCKS, REQUESTING RESEARCH ON MANUFACTURER DEFECT FOR RECALL.  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10133893,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/15/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"10/18/2005","vin":"3GNEK13T43G","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"DT:  THE CONTACT STATED THE TAILGATE WHEN LOWERED HAS A TWO EDGED HOOK PROJECTION ON EACH SIDE THAT IS SHARP.  ON 7-15-05 HIS GRANDDAUGHTER JUMPED OFF THE TAILGATE AND SCRATCHED HER LEG ALONG HER THIGH; A 8-10\"LONG SCRATCH.  *AK  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10136901,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/19/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"09/19/2005","vin":"3GNEK13T13G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"DT:  THE CALLER  COMPLAINED ABOUT  BRAKE FAILURE AT LOW SPEEDS. HE STATED THAT ON CURVES WHEN SLOWING DOWN  BRAKES FAILED. THE CALLER HAD PADS AND ROTORS REPLACED A MONTH AGO. HE SAID THE REAR ROTORS WERE MORE  WORN OUT  THAN THE FRONT ROTORS.   RECALL 05V379000 ON ABS BRAKES WAS ISSUED.  THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO MODEL YEAR. DEALER SAID IT WAS THE CONSUMER'S  FAULT, AND THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. DEALER SAID THEY WOULD CALL MANUFACTURER, AND HAVE THEM GET IN CONTACT WITH DEALER. THE CALLER HAD A NEAR MISS ACCIDENT AT A STOP SIGN. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10136645,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/15/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"09/15/2005","vin":"3GNEK13T43G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"DT: WHEN TRYING TO START THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START.  THE CONSUMER INSPECTED UNDERNEATH THE HOOD AND DISCOVERED THAT THE POSITIVE SIDE OF THE BATTERY  MELTED.  THERE WERE NO PREVIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE BATTERY.  THE CONSUMER CONSULTED THE DEALER, AND THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, AND NO RECALLS WERE INVOLVED.  THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO REPAIR SERVICE SHOP, AND THEY REPLACED THE OLD BATTERY WITH A NEW ONE.  THE TECHNICIAN NOTED THAT HE HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.  A FRIEND SEARCHED THE INTERNET AND DISCOVERED A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT PENDING AGAINST AC DELCO BATTERIES.  THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL BATTERY THAT CAME ON THE VEHICLE.  IT WAS AN AC DELCO FACTORY BATTERY.  NO PROBLEMS SINCE THE REPLACEMENT. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10136394,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/15/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"09/13/2005","vin":"3GNEK13T23G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"DT:  2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE.  THE CONSUMER STATED THE BRAKES FADED AT 25000 MILES.  WHILE SITTING IN TRAFFIC THEY WILL GO TO THE FLOOR.  THE DEALERSHIP CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THESE WERE THE ORIGINAL BRAKES FOR THE VEHICLE.  THIS HAS NOT CAUSED ANY INJURY OR ACCIDENTS.  THIS STARTED ON JUNE 15, 2005.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10136128,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/27/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"09/11/2005","vin":"2G1WF52E339","components":"STEERING","summary":"SINCE THE TIME I PURCHASED MY CHEVROLET IMPALA I HAVE HAD TROUBLE WITH THE STEERING COLUMN. I HAVE BROUGHT THE VEHICLE INTO THE SHOP NUMEROUS TIMES. 12 TO BE EXACT.  THE FIRST 6 TIMES WAS WITHIN THE FIRST 7 MONTHS. I ASKED ABOUT THE LEMON LAW AND WAS TOLD THAT IT DIDN'T QUALIFY UNLESS THE EXACT PART WENT BAD 3 TIMES.  TWO FULL NEW STEERING COLUMNS HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLUS ALL OTHER INDIVIDUAL PARTS HAVING BEEN FOUND INADEQUATE WERE REPLACED.  THE STEERING ALSO CONTINUOUSLY SQUEALED AND CLUNKED WHEN TURNING.  AFTER ALL THE REPAIRS IT IS STILL DOING IT. THEN AFTER NUMEROUS OTHER VISITS WHEN I TRIED AGAIN TO EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF THE LEMON LAW I WAS TOLD IT WAS THREE WEEKS TO LATE.  THEY PUT ME OFF AND STALLED UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE LEMON THE TIME OR KNOWLEDGE TO INVESTIGATE. I HAVE BEEN LEFT NO RECOURSE AND I HAVE A CAR THAT STILL ISN'T FUNCTIONING PROPERLY AND THAT I AM AFRAID TO TAKE OUT ON THE HIGHWAYS OR INTERSTATE. I AM A WIDOWED SENIOR OF 74  I FEEL HAVE BEEN GREATLY TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF.   MONTHS AGO THEY OFFERED ME AND EXTENDED 75,000 MILE WARRANTY. I HAVE YET TO RECEIVE IT. THEN  I CALLED GM CONSUMER SERVICE. I SPOKE TO JEAN WHYRE AND SHE WAS OF NO HELP AT ALL. SHE DENIED ME BOTH THE EXCHANGE OF VEHICLES AND THE WARRANTY ON THE COLUMN.  SHE THEN SAID THAT SHE WAS WITHDRAWING IT CAUSE I REFUSED IT BEFORE THINKING THAT I WAS GOING TO GET A NEW CAR UNDER THE LEMON LAW. WHEN I TRIED TO EXPLAIN THAT TO HER SHE MALICIOUSLY RECANTED THE OFFER AND SAID I WOULD NOT GET IT THEN HUNG UP ON ME. I INQUIRED WITH THE FL. BAR ASSOCIATION BUT NO LAWYER WITH IN THE STATE WILL COVER THIS TYPE OF CASE. I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE TO GO TO FOR HELP WITH THIS PROBLEM SO I AM NOW CONTEMPLATING CONTACTING THE LOCAL TELEVISION STATION. THEY HAVE A DEPARTMENT WHICH TAKES CARE OF CONSUMER COMPLAINTS AND ABUSE.  I FEEL THAT THIS IS A CASE OF GROSS SENIOR ABUSE.  I WOULD TO MAKE CLEAR THAT I DID ENQUIRE ABOUT THE LEMON TWICE. *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CHEVROLET","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10135868,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/08/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"09/08/2005","vin":"3GNEK13T13G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"DRIVING TO WORK.  DRY CONDITIONS.  HAD 4-5 CAR LENGTHS BETWEEN ME AND CAR IN FRONT OF ME.  CAR IN FRONT OF ME STOPPED.  I WAS GOING ABOUT 30-35 MPH.  TRUCK WOULD NOT STOP.  ABS DID NOT COME ON AND WHEELS DID NOT LOCKUP.  I REAR ENDED THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF ME.  IT FELT LIKE THERE WAS NO BRAKING POWER AT ALL.  BRAKE PEDAL WAS TO THE FLOOR.  TRUCK JUST SLOWLY SLOWED DOWN.  THERE IS DEFINITELY A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM.  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10132123,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/01/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"09/06/2005","vin":"3GNEC13T43G","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"DT: THE REAR WINDOW WAS REFLECTIVE AS IF IT WAS A MIRROR.  WHEN HEADLIGHTS WERE ON THE BACK WINDOW, IT REFLECTED  FORWARD INTO  THE CONSUMER'S VIEW.  THIS HAPPENED NOT ONLY WHEN BACKING OUT BUT ALSO WHEN DRIVING.  THE WINDOW SURFACE WAS VERY REFLECTIVE.  THIS WAS EVIDENT IN DAY OR NIGHT.  HAD NOT CONTACTED DEALER/ MANUFACTURER. *AK  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10135348,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/30/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"09/05/2005","vin":"3GNEK13T93G","components":"PARKING BRAKE","summary":"PREMATURE EMERGENCY (PARKING BRAKE) FAILURE. *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10133393,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/17/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"08/18/2005","vin":"1GNEK13Z03J","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"MY TRANSMISSION IS GOING OUT OF MY TAHOE IT IS A 2003 MODEL AND HAS LESS THAN 40,000 MILES ON IT.   *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CHEVROLET","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10133199,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/17/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"08/17/2005","vin":"3GNEK13T93G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"ON 3/23/04 WE PURCHASED A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE, VIN: [XXX], WITH 13067 MILES ON IT FROM JERRY HAGGERTY CHEVROLET, GLEN ELLYN, IL.  OVER THE WEEKEND OF AUGUST 6 & 7, 2005, MY HUSBAND AND I WERE DRIVING THE TRUCK WHICH BEGAN MAKING A NOISE WHEN THE BRAKES WERE USED.  ON 8/12/05 I DROVE THE VEHICLE AGAIN AT WHICH TIME AN EVEN  LOUDER NOISE WAS HEARD WHEN USING THE BRAKES. AN APPOINTMENT WAS MADE FOR THE BRAKES TO BE CHECKED ON 8/17/05 AT BILL JACOB'S CHEVROLET, PLAINFIELD,IL.  THE TRUCK HAD 25,000 MILES.  THEY DETERMINED THE TRUCK NEEDED NEW REAR BRAKES AND A RIGHT SIDE ROTOR AND QUOTED A PRICE OF $400.00.  IT WAS NOT CONSIDERED WARRANTY WORK EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD SEEN BRAKES FAIL WITH AS LITTLE AS 10,000 MILES. WE DISCUSSED THIS WITH A SECOND COMPANY, MIDAS, WHO STATED THIS WAS A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM WITH GM TRUCKS WHERE THE BRAKES RUST AND FAIL PREMATURELY.  MIDAS AGGREED TO REPLACE BOTH REAR ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS AT OUR COST OF $340.00.       *AK  UPDATED 07/19/2012 *JS    INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10131140,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/25/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"08/02/2005","vin":"3GNEK13T63G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"BRAKES FAILED, ALMOST SLIDE INTO CROSS WAY TRAFFIC. TOOK INTO 2 DIFFERENT REPAIR FACILITIES( FIRESTONE & MERLIN BRAKES) THEY BOTH INFORMED ME THAT ALL 4 ROTORS WERE RUSTED ENTIRELY THROUGH FROM INSIDE OUT, MY TRUCK IS ONLY 2 YEARS OLD. I TRIED TO GET THE MANUFACTURE TO COVER THE COST OF THE ROTORS BUT THEY REFUSED AND INFORMED ME THAT THE ONLY ITEMS TO RUST ON MY CAR WAS CAUSED BY THE ENVIRONMENT, AND THE 2 PEOPLE I SPOKE TO WERE OF NO HELP, VERY RUDE AND WOULD NOT GIVE ME THE TELEPHONE NUMBER TO THE CORPORATE OFFICE. ( MICHELL BALYKEO AND STEVEN SCHWAUSCH). I HAVE JUST BEEN TURNED DOWN TODAY AND WILL TRY TO HAVE MY TRUCK REPAIRED SHORTLY. *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10130086,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/25/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"07/26/2005","vin":"3GNEC13T43G","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"DT: CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER ON 7-25-05 CONCERNING SEAT BELTS.  NO RECALL  NUMBER WAS AVAILABLE.  SHE CALLED THE DEALER TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT,  AND COULD NOT  REACH ANYONE BY TELEPHONE.  SHE WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY TOLD HER SHE COULD BRING  CAR IN THE NEXT MORNING AND PICK IT UP BY LUNCH TIME. SHE DID NOT THINK  THIS WAS ACCEPTABLE BECAUSE THE RECALL LETTER SAID  IT SHOULD ONLY TAKE 15 MINUTES TO DO THE REPAIR WORK. SHE FELT SHE WAS DISCRIMINATED AGAINST. CONTACT  TOOK THE CAR TO ANOTHER DEALER, AND HE MADE  AN APPOINTMENT TO BRING THE CAR IN ON 7-27-05 AT 10:00 AM. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10128814,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/01/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"07/14/2005","vin":"3GNEC13T03G","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"FAILURE OF FRONT CROSS MEMBER BEAM, EXCESSIVE NOISE(POPPING AND GRINDING)AND PREMATURE WEAR. FAILURE OCCURED AT 25000 MILES.PER CHEVROLET, THE PERSCRIBED FIX IS TO INSTALL HARDENED WASHERS AND GRIND AND POLISH FRICTION POINTS. THIS HAS BEEN DONE, YET PROBLEM CONTINUES. DEALER HAS TOLD ME THIS IS COMMON TO THE VEHICLE IN QUESTION BUT THEY CAN DO NO MORE AS CHEVROLET DOES NOT HAVE A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10124406,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/06/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"06/06/2005","vin":"","components":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"THE REAR WINDOW IN MY AVALANCHE) I WAS WASHING MY TRUCK AND TOOK OUT THE REAR WINDOW TO CLEAN IT  AND I NOTICE THAT THE RUBBER THAT IS AROUND IT, IS TOTALLY CRACKED ON THE DRIVER SIDE AND IN THE OTHERSIDE ITS STARING TO CRACK MY QUESTION IS DO I HAVE TO CHECK WITH OTHER AVALANCHE OWNERS TO SEE IF THATS ONLY ON MINE OR DEPENDS ON HOW MANY LETTERS ABOUT THIS YOU RECIVE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10124088,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/14/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"06/03/2005","vin":"3GNEK13T43G","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"DT:THE TAILGATE LATCHES ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY ,AND THAT IS WHAT IS CAUSING TAILGATE TO FALL DOWN AND WEAKENING  OF THOSE CABLES.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10121004,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/01/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"05/16/2005","vin":"1GNEK13Z33R","components":"STEERING","summary":"DT: 07/03 PROBLEM BEGAN. CONTACT STATES MOSTLY DURNING TURNING, AT LOW SPEEDS, THE ELECTRIC STABILITY CONTROL MALFUNCTIONS AND RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER WHEEL LOCKS AND VEHICLE AND PULLS STEERING WHEEL TO THE RIGHT AND TURNS THE VEHCILE IN THE DIRECTION OF THE WHEEL LOCK UP. EVERY TIME THE MESSAGE \"SERVICE STABILLITY\" AND \"STABILITY SYSTEM ACTIVE\" POPS UP. IN ACCORDANCE WITH VEHCILE MANUAL, VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP.COMPUTER AT THE DEALERSHIP READS THAT VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING A SKID. THE DEALERSHIP HAS REPLACED THE SENSORS, WIRING, AND ALL REMEDIES PER GM. PROBLEM IS STILL THERE. CONTACT IS IN TOUCH WITH GM. GM HAS SPOKEN WITH DEALER AND VISITED VEHICLE, HOWEVER NO RESPONSE TO THE OWNER.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CHEVROLET","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10120824,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/18/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"05/13/2005","vin":"3GNEK13T83G","components":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"I'M HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH MY TURN SIGNALS AS HAS BEEN LISTED IN THE RECALL OF 305,729 SUV LISTING THE 2003-2004 GMC ENVOY, OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA & ISUZU ASCENDER. BUT MINE IS NOT LISTED. I HAVE A 2003 AVALANCHE. I FEEL SOMEONE MIGHT WANT TO CHECK THE FULL SIZE SUV'S AND TRUCKS.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10119913,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/20/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"05/05/2005","vin":"1G1JC52F437","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"I PURCHASE A USED 2003 CHEV CAVALIER ON APRIL 20, 2005 AND THE ODOMETER DOESN'T LIGHT UP PROPERLY I AM UNABLE TO SEE THE MILAGE ON THIS VEHCILE","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CHEVROLET","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10118624,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/01/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"04/28/2005","vin":"1GNEK13Z63J","components":"SEATS","summary":"DRIVER'S SEAT MEMORY DOES NOT WORK.  WHEN YOU GET IN AND PUT YOUR KEY IN OR PRESS THE BUTTON IT MOVES THE SEAT TO EXTREME POSITIONS.  WE HAVE TAKEN IT TO DEALER AT LEAST 5 TIMES, AND THEY FINALLY TOLD US THAT WE NEED TO JUST TURN THAT (PAID FOR) OPTION OFF THERE IS NO FIX FOR IT.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CHEVROLET","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10116279,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/02/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"04/02/2005","vin":"3GNEK13TX3G","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"WHEN IGNITION KEY IS IN ACCESSORY POSITION AND VEHICLE IS IN PARK, THE BRAKE/SHIFTER INTERLOCK IS DISABLED, ALLOWING THE SHIFTER TO BE ACCIDENTALLY SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. IF THE VEHICLE IS ON A SLOPE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY STARTS FREEWHEELING DOWNHILL.*AK  FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO APPLY THE BRAKE AND STOP WITHOUT INCIDENT...","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10110762,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/05/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"02/18/2005","vin":"3GNEC13T33G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VISIBILITY","summary":"WINDSHELD WIPERS WILL NOT RESPOND TO SWITCH. I'VE BEEN TOLD BY GM SERVICE MANAGERS THAT GM GOT A BATCH OF BAD MOTORS. I'VE TRIED THE 800-222-1020 NUMBER AND WAS TOLD TOUGH OUT OF WARRENTY. MY STEERING COLUMN HAS A CLICKING VIBREATING NOISE AND FEEL WHEN TURNING. I'M TOLD AGAIN BY THE SERVICE MGRS. THAT A NUMBER OF GM PRODUCTS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM BUT IT IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE.\"IT'S A LUBERCATION PROBLUM CAUSING THE NOISE AND AGAIN TOUGH. THE WIPER MOTOR COSTS $325.00 AND THE STEERING COLUMN ANOTHER $300.00. MY CAR IS 2 YEARS OLD WITH 93000 MI. THE SPARK PLUGS ARE SUPPOST TO LAST 100,000. WHY IS EVERY THING ELSE FALLING APART? I WAS TOLD THEY WOULD SEND ME A LOYAL CUSTOMER DISCOUNT FOR A NEW GM NO WAY. I'LL BUY A TOYOTA TUNDRA NEXT TIME IF I CAN'T GET SOME RESTITUTION FROM GM.   *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10111627,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/13/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"02/16/2005","vin":"3GNEK13TX2G","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"WHEN IT RAINS THE MID GATE AREA BECOMES FULL OF WATER.  THE WATER THEN ENTERS THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE.  THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO RETRO-FITTED THE MID GATE AREA.  AFTER THE DEALER SERVICED IT THE WATER CAME  INTO BOTH SIDES OF THE VEHICLE.   MANUFACTURER OFFERED NO SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10110655,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/16/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"02/16/2005","vin":"3GNEC13T53G","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"I PURCHASED A CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 2003 MODEL IN JUNE OF 2003. SINCE MY OWNERSHIP OF THE VEHICLE I HAVE HAD CRACKING NOISES COME FROM THE CAR. I HAVE TAKEN IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP ON AT LEAST 6 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, AND THEY SAID THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE CROSSMEMBER. THEY NEEDED TO REDRILL AND TIGHTEN THE CROSSMEMBER AGAIN. I SEARCHED THE INTERNET TODAY (2-16-05) AND SEEN AT LEAST 20 SIMILAR COMPLAINTS FROM CHEVY AVALANCHE OWNERS. MODELS RANGING FROM 2002 UP TO 2005. OBVIOUSLY GENERAL MOTORS HAS MADE NO EFFORT TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. I FEEL THAT THIS IS NOW A SAFTEY RISK AS IF IT COMES LOOSE IT CAN INJURE OR KILL OTHER PEOPLE ON THE ROAD.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10107526,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/15/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"01/19/2005","vin":"3GNGK23G93G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"INTERIOR BLOWER MOTOR SHORTS OUT CAUSING SMOKE TO FILL THE CABIN,  THIS IS THE SECOND MOTOR THAT HAS BEEN REPLACED IN MY 2003 AVALANCHE.  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10107528,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/01/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"01/19/2005","vin":"3GNGK23G93G","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"SERVICE 4WD COMES ON AND TRUCK REVERTS TO 2WD,  DEALER HAS REPROGRAMMED A FEW TIMES UNABLE TO CORRECT.  WHEN TRAVELING DOWN ICY ROADS WITH NO NOTICE.   *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10107531,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/01/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"01/19/2005","vin":"3GNGK23G93G","components":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"\"ELECTRICAL POWER SURGE\"  IS WHAT THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT CALLED IT.  BLOWS HEAD AND FOG LIGHTS ON A REGULAR BASIC.  I HAVE REPLACED THEM 6 TIMES IN 2 YEARS.  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10107532,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/30/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"01/19/2005","vin":"3GNGK23G93G","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"ENGINE USES 1 QT PER 2K MILES OF ENGINE OIL,  ACCORDING TO DEALER THIS IS ACCEPTABLE,  BUT IF NOT NOTICED OR CHECKED IT COULD LEAD TO ENGINE FAILURE.  I WOULD HAVE NOT BOUGHT THE TRUCK IF IT SAID \"ENGINE BURNS OIL\".   *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10107538,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/04/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"01/19/2005","vin":"3GNGK23G93G","components":"EQUIPMENT","summary":"PURCHASED VEHICLE WITH ONSTAR SYSTEM.  PAID OVER 800 DOLLARS FOR A SYSTEM THAT DOES NOT WORK IN ALASKA ACCORDING TO THE DEALER I JUST HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT.  I CAN'T USE THE SYSTEM IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION \" WHICH HAS HAPPENED\"  I HAD TO FLAG SOMEONE DONE WITH A CELL PHONE AT 40 BELOW ZERO WEATHER.   *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10107254,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/04/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"01/12/2005","vin":"3GNEK13T13G","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"THE REAR PASSENGER STEP USED FOR ASSISTANCE NEAR THE BUMPER BROKE UNEXPECTEDLY, CAUSING INJURY TO THE DRIVER. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BY OWNER.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10105747,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/04/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"01/04/2005","vin":"3GNEK13T23G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"PREMATURE WEAR OF EMERGENCY BRAKES ON A 2003 CHEVROLET AVANLANCHE 1500.  THE BRAKE IS NOT USED AND THE SERVICE PEOPLE COULD NOT EXPLAIN WHY THE BRAKES WORE OUT. MY REGULAR BRAKES JUST AT 28700 MILES JUST NEEDED TO BE REPLACED IN THE BACK BUT NOT THE FRONT. THE FRONT BRAKES ARE ALMOST LIKE NEW. EVEN THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID THAT IT DID NOT SEEM RIGHT. GM JUST SAYS NOTHING THEY WILL DO. IT COST ME ABOUT $150 DOLLARS(REQUIRED FOR INSPECTION) TO FIX THOSE EMERGENCY BRAKES AND I BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE SYSTEM THAT ALLOWED THE BRAKES TO WEAR OUT. THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY WEAR AS EMERGENCY BRAKES. GM SAID THEY HAD A LOT OF COMPLAINTS BUT THEY COULD NOT EXPLAIN IT EITHER. CAN YOU HELP ME AND INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM? BASICALLY I WAS TOLD BY GM THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT DON'T KNOW WHAT IS CAUSING IT. SO MAYBE I SHOULDN'T USE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AT ALL. SINCE THEY CAN'T PROVE WHAT'S WRONG THEY WON'T HELP ME. SOUNDS LIKE AN EXCUSE NOT TO FIX WHAT'S WRONG. MAYBE IT'S JUST A WAY OF CAUSING THE OWNERS OF THESE VEHICLES TO PAY MORE AT SERVICE/INSPECTION TIME. A SCAM!*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10105774,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/09/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"01/04/2005","vin":"3GNEK13T93G","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE WITH HARSH AND SUDEN UNEXPECTED DOWN SHIFTS. DEALER HAS ATTEMPED REPAIR SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT REPAIRING THE PROBLEM. WHEN SLOWING IN TRAFFIC OR FOR A TURN THE TRANSMISSION WILL DOWNSHIFT HARD AND CLUNK AND BANG AS IF SOMETHING IS GOING TO BREAK. THIS IN MY OPINION IS A SAFETY HAZARD ON SLIPPERY ROADS WHILE MAKING A TURN AS IT COULD CAUSE A SPINOUT. LAST CALL FROM DEALER THE SERVICE MANAGER READ TO ME A TSB FROM CHEVROLET SAYING THIS WAS A NORMAL CONDITION AND NOT TO ATTEMPT A REPAIR. NOT ACCEPTABLE. I HAVE BEEN AN AUTO TECH FOR 38 YEARS. I FEEL THE TRANSMISSION IS SHIFTING INTO 1ST GEAR INSTEAD OF 2ND WHEN SPEED DROPS JUST BELOW 20MPH. THIS JUST MAY BE A SHIFT PROGRAM PROBLEM, BUT WHAT DAMAGE IS BEING DONE TO TRANSMISSION OVER LONG TERM? *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10102751,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/07/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"12/11/2004","vin":"","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"I AM HEARING A ROARING NOISE COMING FROM MY REAR WHEEL, I TOOK MY Z66 INTO THE SHOP AND HE SAID THE WHEEL BEARINGS NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 50000 MILES ON IT. THE BEARINGS SHOULD NOT NEED TO BE REPLACED THAT SOON.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10099700,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/01/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"12/07/2004","vin":"3GNEK13T73G","components":"STEERING,AIR BAGS,STRUCTURE,EQUIPMENT","summary":"AIR BAGS DO NOT WORK. AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON. VEHICLE IS BEING TAKEN TO THE MANUFACTURER FOR INVESTIGATION AND REPAIR.*AK  THE VEHICLE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE AIR CONDITIONING AND THE POWER STEERING MADE A SQUEALING NOISE.  THE RUNNING BOARDS FELL OFF OF THE VEHICLE.  THE CONSUMER HEARD A CLUNK IN THE TRANSMISSION.  THE 4X4 LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY.  THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THERE WAS A FLUID LEAK IN THE ENGINE.  THE AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY.  AFTER 7.5 MONTHS OF HAVING REPAIRS DONE ON HIS VEHICLE THE CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO CLASSIFY IT UNDER THE LEMON LAW.  *TC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10102157,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/01/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"12/04/2004","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"FIRESTONE TIRES FR680, 215/70R15. REPLACED THE TIRES ON THE FRONT OF MY VEHICLE AT 25,000 MILES DUE TO SEVERE FLAT SPOTTING & STEEL CHORDS SHOWING. THE REAR TIRES ARE PERFECT. CHEVY DEALER AND TIRE STORE BOTH CONFIRMED NO ALIGNMENT ISSUES ARE PRESENT. THE TIRES ARE REALLY DEFFECTIVE. I HAD THE REAR TIRES MOVED TO THE FRONT AND BOUGHT NEW TIRES FOR THE REAR.  THE SAME WEARING OCCURRED, SO BOUGHT A NEW SET OF FOUR.  THERE HAS NOT BE ANY PROBLEM SINCE.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CHEVROLET","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"FIRESTONE","productModel":"FR680","size":null,"manufacturer":"FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO."}]},{"odiNumber":10100907,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/16/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"12/02/2004","vin":"3GNEC13T53G","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"TRANSMISSION STARTED MAKING GROWLING AND WHINING NOISE WHILE ATTEMPING TO SHIFT INTO 4TH GEAR, THEN STARTED SLIPPING IN 4TH GEAR.SHIFTING WAS ALSO STIFF OR HARSHER THAN WAS NORMAL FOR THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THIS. I TOOK TO DEALER AND WAS DISMISSED AS THEIR COMPUTER DID NOT RECORD ANY TROUBLE CODES. 1 WEEK LATER, AND ONLY 65 MILES TRAVEL DISTANCE, BOTH 2ND AND 4TH GEARS COMPLETELY FAILED, CAUSING A COMPLETE OVERHAUL AND REBUILD OF TRANSMISSION. VEHICLE HAD ONLY 14, 700 MILES ON IT WHEN PROBLEM SURFACED. DEALERSHIP TOLD ME NO KNOWN PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS MODEL VEHICLE.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10100181,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/27/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"11/19/2004","vin":"3GNEC13T93G","components":"STEERING,EQUIPMENT","summary":"THE STEERING GEAR BOX APPEARS TO BE LOOSE, VEHICLES UNDER WARRANTY ARE GETTING REPAIRED BUT THOSE OUT OF WARRANTY ARE NOT. WHEN I HAD THE TAILGATE HINGES REPLACED, THE DEALER EXPLAINED WHAT WAS WRONG WITH MY TRUCK BUT COULD NOT REPAIR IT.  IT'S  A NERVE RACKING VIBRATION WHICH SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF AND FEELS LIKE THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL ASSEMBLT IS ABOUT TO FALL OFF.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"},{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"GMC","productModel":"S UTILITY","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10100118,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/08/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"11/17/2004","vin":"3GNEC13T43G","components":"STEERING","summary":"1. LOOSE STEERING: INETMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT,  2. IT HAS NOT FAILED. ACCORDING TO THE DEALER IT WAS TWISTED.  3. PART WAS STRAIGHTENED OUT, AND A NEW REPLACEMENT PART WAS ORDERED. AS OF THIS WRITING THIS IS THE 2ND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED WITH THE SAME PART. IT HAS BE OVER 30 DAYS. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10100047,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/21/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"11/16/2004","vin":"3GNEK13T53G","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE, DRIVING DOWN ROAD SERVICE 4 WHEEL DRIVE LIGHT COMES ON AND VEHICLE IS LOCKED IN ALL WHEEL DRIVE,  OR 4 WHEEL DRIVE.LIGHT HAS COME ON 6 TIMES, DEALER HAS INSPECTED SEVERAL TIMES, AND CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.NO CORRECTION HAS BEEN MADE SO FAR.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10096743,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/07/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"11/09/2004","vin":"3GNEK13TX3G","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND REMAINED ON UNTIL THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF.   *JB   *SC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10095671,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/01/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"10/13/2004","vin":"","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"VERY LOUD POPPING, CLANKING, SNAPPING SOUND COMING FROM FRONT END WHILE TURNING AT LOW SPEEDS. HAVE TAKEN TO DEALER WITH NO RESOLUTION.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10093901,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/04/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"10/10/2004","vin":"3GNEK13T83G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"ALL GAUGES, WARNING LIGHTS,RADIO, AND HEAT/AIR CONTROLS START CHANGING ON THEIR OWN ,QUIT WORKING AND DON'T WORK PROPERLY WHILE DRIVING. AT TIMES IT SMELLS LIKE SOMETHING IS BURNING.    DEALER HAVE REPLACED ALOT OF WARNING SENSORS, REPLACED INSTRUMENT CLUSTER TWICE, FUEL SENDING UNIT,CHECKED ALL THE MAIN GROUND POINTS OF WIRING.  DEALER HAS THE OLD PARTS. I'M STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS THEY ARE STILL NOT FIXED.   *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10093086,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/15/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"09/23/2004","vin":"3GNEK13T03G","components":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"I WAS REMOVING THE RUBBER MAT IN THE BED OF THE 2003 AVALANCHE TRUCK TO CLEAN IT. TO REMOVE THE MAT YOU MUST FIRST REMOVE THE PLASTIC TRANSITION PLATE AT THE FRONT, JUST BEHIND THE REAR SEAT. TO REMOVE THIS PLATE YOU MUST SLIDE YOUR FINGER UNDER IT TO POP IT UP. AS YOU SLIDE YOUR FINGER UNDER IT YOU WILL SLICE YOUR FINGERS ON THE RAZOR SHARP PLASTIC. I SLICED MY FINGERS TO THE BONE, THE CUTS SHOULD HAVE HAD STITCHES BUT I BUTTERFLY BANDAGED THEM. I HAVE NOT CORRECTED THE PROBLEM AS OF YET, BUT I THINK FILING DOWN THE SHARP EDGE WOULD PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.   *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10090512,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/05/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"09/06/2004","vin":"3GNEK13T73G","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"ON SEPT 5TH 2004 WHILE PARKING MY VEHICLE IT LOST  POWER AND VEHICLE CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP. I WAS UNABLE TO START MY VEHICLE. UPON CHECKING THE ENGINE I FOUND THAT THE BATTERY HAD EXPLODED AND I FOUND THAT THE POSITIVE BATTERY CABLE HAD COME OFF COMPLETELY ALONG WITH THE BATTERY TERMINAL. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT CAUSED IT, BUT I BOUGHT ANOTHER BATTERY AND THE VEHICLE WORKED FINE. I AM JUST WORRIED THAT IT MAY OCCUR AGAIN.  HAS THERE BEEN ANYTHING SIMLILAR OCCUR WITH OTHER VEHICLES LIKE MINE? I HAVE KEPT THE OLD BATTERY AND WILL CONTACT THE DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT MY VEHICLE ON 9-7-04, DUE TI HOLIDAY I WAS UNABLE TODO ANYTHING ELSE. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10075115,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/15/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"06/09/2004","vin":"","components":"POWER TRAIN,EQUIPMENT","summary":"THE TRUCK CONTINUED TO SHAKE WHEN DEPRESSING THE GAS PEDAL. TURNS OUT THE TRANSMISSION WAS MESSED UP. THE DEALER FOUND LOTS OF METAL IN THE PAN.  REBUIT THE BROKEN PARTS @ 15,000 MILES NOT A NEW ONE JUST REBUILT.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"},{"type":"Equipment","productYear":"9999","productMake":"DEALERS","productModel":"DEALERS","manufacturer":"DEALERS TRUCK EQUIP. CO."}]},{"odiNumber":10066521,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/12/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"04/19/2004","vin":"3GNEK13T73G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VISIBILITY","summary":"WHILE DRIVING MY 2003 CHEV AVALANCHE DOWN A HILL I REALIZED THAT WHEN I STEPPED ON MY BRAKES, THEY WENT TO THE FLOOR, THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN, BUT VERY SLOWLY. I HAVE TOWED MY BOAT WITH THIS VEHICLE IN THE PAST AND I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS HAVING A HARD TIME SLOWING DOWN. I'M AFFRAID THAT IF I HAVE TO STOP QUICKLY THE BRAKES WILL NOT STOP THE VEHICLE IN TIME. I AM A STATE TROOPER AND I AM VERY FAMILLIAR WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEMS TO INCLUDE ABS. I ONLY HAVE 9000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE AND THIS SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL GM DEALERSHIP FOR SEVERAL REPAIRS, I REQUESTED THEM TO CHECK THE BRAKES. I WAS ADVISED BY THE SERVICE MGR THAT THE BRAKES WERE WITHIN GM SPECS. I ASKED HIM WHAT THAT MEANT? HE SAID THAT HE HAD HAD A LADY COME IN SEVERAL WEEKS AGO COMPLAINING OF THE SAME THING AND BECAUSE SHE WOULDN'T GO AWAY HE CONTACTED THE GM ENGINEERS, THEY CAME OUT AND INSPECTED HER BRAKES, THEY TOLD HIM THAT HER BRAKES WERE WITHIN SPECS AND THEY WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING. HE THEN TOLD ME THAT MY BRAKES WERE BETTER THAN HER'S. I ASKED HIM WHAT HE MEANT BY THAT, HE SAID THAT IF HER BRAKES WERE OK THEN MY BRAKES WOULD BE WITHIN SPECS. I TOLD HIM THAT I WASN'T SATISFIED WITH THE WAY THE BRAKES WORKED AND THAT I WANTED HIM TO MAKE A NOTE OF MY DIS-SATISFACTION. HE NEVER WROTE THIS ON MY INVOICE.     THE SECOND COMPLAINT IS THAT I HAD ADVISED THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF  A PROBLEM WITH THE REMOTE CONTROLED OUTSIDE MIRRORS. THEY WERE NOT WORKING THE WAY THEY WERE DESIGNED. I WAS ADVISED THAT IT WAS OPERATOR ERROR. I TOLD THEM THAT I WAS VERY CAPABLE OF READING AND SETTING THE OPERATOR PREFERENCES. I TOLD HIM THAT THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME THAT THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO A GM DEALERSHIP FOR THE OUTSIDE MIRRORS NOT WORKING PROPERLY.  I HAVE READ ON YOU SERVICE BULLETIN WEB SITE THAT THEIR HAD BEEN ONE ISSUED FOR THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM. I AM ALSO HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE ALARM SYSTEM, IT DOESN'T SET PROPERLY, THEY AGAIN ADVISED ME THAT IT WAS OPERATOR ERROR.   *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10066001,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/01/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"04/12/2004","vin":"3GNEK13TX3G","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"DURING A PANIC STOP/HARD BRAKE, BRAKING IS INSUFFICIANT.  WITH MULTIPLE HARD BRAKES IN A ROW, BRAKING POWER IS REGAINED, THOUGH RETURN TO PREVIOUS STATE OCCURS WHEN VEHICLE IS NOT DRIVEN FOR APPROXIMATELY 6-12+ HOURS.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10064129,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/29/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"03/29/2004","vin":"3GNEC13T13G","components":"LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES","summary":"2003 CHEVROLETR AVALANCHE, TAILGATE OPENS BY ITSELF. THIS HAPPENED REPEATEDLY IN COLDER TEMPERATURES TAILGATE LATCHES HAD TO BE MANUALLY OPENED TO GET TAILGATE TO SHUT AFTER A FEW DAYS TAILGATE WOULD DROP AGAIN. THIS HAPPENED CONTINUALLY DURING WINTER MONTHS.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10063582,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"03/22/2004","vin":"3GNEC13T93G","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"WHEN DRIVING AT HIGH SPEEDS VEHICLE VIBRATED SO HARD THAT THE DASHBOARD RATTLED. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10062568,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/01/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"03/18/2004","vin":"2GCEC19X631","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"THE MUFFLER ON MY 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO NEEDS ITS SECOND MUFFLER IN AS MANY YEARS.  IT APPEARS THE BAFFLE IS BECOMING LOOSE DUE TO INSUFFICIENT WELDS WITHIN THE MUFFLER.  THIS IS CAUSING A VIBRATION A VARIOUS RPM/SPEEDS.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CHEVROLET","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10056963,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/07/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"02/10/2004","vin":"3GNEK13TX3G","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"A WARNING LIGHT STATING \"SERVICE 4WD NOW\" APPEARED ON MY DASH OF MY 2003.  CHEVROLET AVALANCHE.  ACCORDING TO THE OWNER'S MANAUL, THIS INDICATES THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE 4-WHEEL DRIVE OF MY VEHICLE.  UPON INSPECTION AT THE LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP, I WAS INFORMED THAT THERE IS A BULLETIN FROM GM STATING NOT TO DO ANY REPAIRS FOR THIS CONCERN.  MY VEHICLE IS NOW STUCK IN 2WD AND GM DOES NOT KNOW IF OR WHEN THEY WILL BE ABLE TO REMEDY THIS DEFECT.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10057638,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"02/06/2004","vin":"","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"WHILE TRAVELING  ERROR CODE LIGHT FOR 4-WHEEL DRIVE CAME ON.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10053419,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"01/06/2004","vin":"","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"WHILE PARKING  PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETECT THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10051944,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"12/22/2003","vin":"3GNEK13T53G","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT  VEHICLE DROPPING SPEED AND LOSING POWER WHILE BEING DRIVEN. IF VEHICLE IS GOING UPHILL 25 MPH IS THE MAXIMUM SPEED. ON THE LEVEL ROADS  40 MPH IS THE MAXIMUM SPEED. THIS VEHICLE WAS SERVICED 3 TIMES FOR THE SAME DEFECT, BUT PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10050771,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/15/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"12/19/2003","vin":"","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"AIR BAG DEPLOYED AFTER IGNITION SWITCH WAS TURNED ON.  VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY AND WAS NOT MOVING.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CHEVROLET","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10050525,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/15/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"12/15/2003","vin":"","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN","summary":"ON DECEMBER 12, 2003  VEHICLE STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION, RESULTING IN A CRASH THAT COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL. CONSUMER STATED,  THIS VEHICLE HAD BEEN SEVEN TO EIGHT TIMES AT  DEALER WITH ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION  PROBLEMS. DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10048703,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/30/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"11/26/2003","vin":"3GNEC13T93G","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"SHORTLY AFTER REFUELING THE VEHICLE THE CONSUMER SMELLED A FUEL ODOR. HE STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND AS HE PULLED THE HOOD RELEASE HE SAW FLAMES SHOOTING UP ONTO THE WINDSHIELD. A POLICE OFFICER NEARBY ATTEMPTED TO PUT THE FIRE OUT USING A FIRE EXTINGUISHER.  A SECOND POLICE OFFICER ARRIVED AND EMPTIED HIS FIRE EXTINGUISHER BEFORE THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT.  THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS COMPLETELY BURNED OUT.  THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.  THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS UNKNOWN.  *NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10048699,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"11/25/2003","vin":"3GNEK13TX3G","components":"SUSPENSION,TIRES","summary":"THE VEHICLE WAS VERY UNSTABLE DURING CROSSWINDS WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SWAY LEFT OR RIGHT UNEXPECTEDLY.   *NLM   THE TIRE AIR PRESSURE WAS FOUND TO BE 4-5 P/SI LOWER THAN THE DESIGN VALVE.  THE PRESSURE WAS INCREASED TO THE PROPER VALVE BROUGHT THE VEHICLE HANDLING AND THE STEERING RESPONSE BACK TO A STABLE CONDITION.   *SC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"UNKNOWN","productModel":"UNKNOWN","size":null,"manufacturer":"UNKNOWN MANUFACTURER"}]},{"odiNumber":10047353,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/12/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"11/22/2003","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE WITH \"Z66\" PACKAGE SPARE TIRE IS A 16 INCH TIRE. THE VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH 17 INCH TIRES. SALES LITERATURE INDICATES THAT THE \"Z66\" PACKAGE UPGRADES ALL WHEELS 17 INCH WHEELS. DESPITE MANUFACTURE AND DEALERS CLAIMS THE VEHICLE HANDLING IS VERY ERRATIC WITH 16 INCH SPARE INSTALLED. DEALER STATED SPARE IS FOR TEMPORARY USE ONLY. THIS IS NO CONSOLATION WHEN THE NEXT EXIT ON THE HIGHWAY IS 40+ MILES AWAY. MANUFACTURE AND DEALER BOTH STATE THAT THE TSB RELEASED RESOLVES THIS ISSUE. HOWEVER, CONSUMERS ARE NOT PROVIDED TSB'S IN THE SHOW ROOM.  PROBLEM WAS DISCOVERED WHEN PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE WENT FLAT.  WHILE REPAIRING FLAT TIRE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE ORIGINAL TIRE WAS OUT OF ROUND AND COULD NOT BE BALANCED EVEN WITH OVER 5 OZ OF WEIGHT ON TIRE.  REPLACED TIRE WITH BRAND NEW TIRE WHICH REQUIRED 3.5 OZ WEIGHT TO BALANCE INDICATING BAD RIM. DEALER AND MANUFACTURE BOTH STATE THAT IS NORMAL AMOUNT OF WEIGHT FOR 17 INCH TIRES. THE 3 OTHER TIRES ON VEHICLE HAVE LESS THAN 3.5 OZ COMBINED WEIGHT TO BALANCE THOSE. DEALER AND MANUFACTURE BOTH STATE PROBLEM MUST HAVE BEEN CAUSED WHEN ORIGINAL TIRE WENT FLAT. ORIGINAL TIRE CAME FROM DEALER WITH NO WEIGHTS INSTALLED AND TRUCK HAD PULL TO RIGHT WHEN NEW.   *LA","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"GOODYEAR","productModel":"WRANGLER ST","size":null,"manufacturer":"Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10045732,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/29/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"11/08/2003","vin":"1G1YY32G035","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"SERVICE ISSUE, NON-REMOVAL OF SHOCK SNUBBERS ON MAGNETIC SELECTIVE RIDE SHOCKS.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CHEVROLET","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10046200,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/03/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"11/03/2003","vin":"","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"CONSUMER STATED DRIVER'S SIDE  REARVIEW  INTERIOR MIRROR AND  REARVIEW  EXTERIOR MIRROR DO NOT ADJUST ENOUGH TO SEE ONCOMING TRAFFIC.  THIS CAUSES POOR VISIBILITY, AND A BLIND SPOT. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10041577,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/09/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"10/10/2003","vin":"","components":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"WITH THE INCREASED BRIGHTNESS OF HEADLIGHTS IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO SPOT FRONT TURN SIGNALS AT NIGHT WHEN THEY ARE PLACED ADJACENT TO THE LOW BEAM LAMP.  PLEASE CONSIDER MANDATING THAT SIGNAL LAMPS MUST BE AT LEAST THREE INCHES FROM THE EDGE OF THE LOW BEAM'S REFLECTOR.  *LA","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CHEVROLET","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10040666,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/25/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"09/25/2003","vin":"","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH THE  CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE,  ROLLED OVER TWICE AND HIT A TREE.  NEITHER SIDE NOR FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED.  THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED.  PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR POLICE REPORT.  *NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10028693,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/01/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"07/21/2003","vin":"","components":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"I WANT TO ADD MY VOICE TO THOSE WHO FIND THE XENON HEADLIGHTS A DANGER TO OTHER DRIVERS.  THEY ARE BLINDING AND SOMETIMES CAUSE A MOMENT OF BEING UNABLE TO SEE ANYTHING ON THE ROAD BEFORE ME.  EVEN IF THE MOMENT LASTS A HALF-SECOND, I THINK IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE.  I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THESE HEADLIGHTS BANNED.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10028368,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/15/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"07/16/2003","vin":"3GNEK13T93G","components":"TIRES","summary":"THE TRUCK CAME WITH 17 INCH GOODYEAR TIRES. THE SPARE IS A 16 INCH BRIDGESTONE TIRE. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10024566,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/04/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"07/11/2003","vin":"3GNEC13T33G","components":"SUSPENSION,TIRES","summary":"THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS MISALIGNED.*AK   PH  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"FIRESTONE","productModel":"WILDERNESS LE","size":null,"manufacturer":"Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations"}]},{"odiNumber":10023962,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/29/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"06/28/2003","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"THE FOLLOWING HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR YEARS AND IS REACHING EPIDEMIC PROPORTIONS NATIONWIDE CAUSING A SAFETY HAZARD FOR DRIVERS OF AMERICAN MADE AUTOMOBILES -- ALL MAKES, MODELS, AND  YEARS.  THERE IS AN EPIDEMIC RISE IN THE NUMBER OF CARS DRIVING WITH ONLY ONE HEADLIGHT BECAUSE OF POOR ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING/MANUFACTURING OF THAT SYSTEM IN AMERICAN MADE CARS.  I DO NOT SEE THAT PROBLEM WITH FOREIGN MADE CARS.  IT IS DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE THAT IN 2003 AMERICAN CAR MANUFACTURERS CANNOT BUILD A CAR WHERE HEADLIGHTS WILL NOT FAIL -- AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT FAILURES CAUSED BY ACCIDENTS OR IMPACTS.  IN OHIO IT WAS REALLY BAD, AND AS I MOVE AROUND THE COUNTRY IT IS NOT ISOLATED AT ALL, THERE ARE MILLIONS OF HEADLIGHT FAILURES IN AMERICAN CARS, REGARDLESS OF THEIR AGE OR YEAR.  THIS IS A WIDE-SPREAD PROBLEM THAT CAN BE TRACED TO AMERICAN CAR MANUFACTURING AND ENGINEERING PROBLEMS.  HEADLIGHTS ARE A MAJOR SAFETY ITEM IN A CAR, AND THEY SHOULD NOT BE FAILING AT SUCH AN ALARMING RATE.  I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT NO-ONE HAS TAKEN ACTION TO DATE REGARDING THIS OBVIOUS ISSUE.   *NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"CHEVROLET","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10020008,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"06/26/2003","vin":"3GNEK13T93G","components":"PARKING BRAKE","summary":"THE POSITION AND DESIGN OF THE PARKING BRAKES COULD CAUSE SERIOUS INJURIES TO THE DRIVERS LOWER LEFT LEG IF THE VEHICLE WAS IN AN FRONTAL COLLISION.    *NLM    *CB   *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10020321,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/21/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"05/21/2003","vin":"PROVIDE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WHEN THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES THE PEDAL WENT DOWN TO THE FLOOR AND THERE WERE NO BRAKES.  THIS FORCED THE DRIVER TO PULL OFF THE ROAD.  *NLM      RETURNED USPS, 2ND ATTEMPT MADE 10/16/07 FAILED . *LJ","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10011130,"manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/06/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"03/07/2003","vin":"3GNEC13T13G","components":"TIRES","summary":"THE PASSENGER FRONT RIGHT TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION.*JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2003","productMake":"CHEVROLET","productModel":"AVALANCHE","manufacturer":"General Motors, LLC"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"FIRESTONE","productModel":"FIRESTONE","size":null,"manufacturer":"FIRESTONE STEEL PROD. CO."}]}]}