Safety Score
66
Average
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-01-27 | 03V019000 |
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | 5,734 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-03-26 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | MY 17 YEAR OLD SON WAS ON THE FREEWAY AND THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELLED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STOP. … |
| 2015-07-29 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | BRAKE LINE FAILURE: I HAD A RUPTURED STEEL BREAK LINE FAILURE WHILE APPLYING NORMAL BREAKING PRESSURE ON THE PEDAL. … |
| 2015-06-13 | STEERING | No | 0 | 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… |
| 2015-03-23 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE.WHILE AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE CONTACT COULD NOT DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL… |
| 2015-02-24 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | THE REAR BRAKE LINE BURST CATASTROPHICALLY AND MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I WAS COMING UP TO STOPPED CARS AT AN… |
| 2015-01-24 | SEATS | Yes | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE DRIVERS… |
| 2015-01-14 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 0 | MY SON WAS DRIVING HOME FROM ICE FISHING , ON A HILLY AND CURVY ROAD WHEN THE BRAKES FAILED. HE HAD NO BRAKES AT ALL , … |
| 2015-01-09 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | VEHICLE EXPERIENCED COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE UPON SLOWING FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT. THIS WAS COMPOUNDED BY THE DOWNHILL ORIEN… |
| 2014-12-10 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | BRAKES WOULD NOT HOLD VEHICLE STATIONARY AT A STOP SIGN/LIGHT (NO LIGHT ON DASH). UPON INVESTIGATION A BRAKE LINE HAS R… |
| 2014-11-20 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | THERE IS A GM RECALL #05068C- PRODUCT SAFETY- FRONT WHEEL SPEED SENSOR CORROSION. THE 2002 AVALANCHE IS LISTED, BUT … |
| 2014-10-15 | ENGINE | No | 0 | 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 … |
| 2014-10-04 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, BUT THE BRAKES … |
| 2014-10-02 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WHILE LEAVING A FUNERAL IN NEAR SWEETWATER TN, I APPLIED THE BRAKES AND FELT PRESSURE AND THEN THE PEDAL DROPPED TO THE… |
| 2014-10-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | 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 COUL… |
| 2014-09-30 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | MY BRAKE LINE SPLIT OPEN WHILE I WAS TRYING TO STOP AT A LIGHT. THEY ARE VERY RUSTED AND HAVE TO BE REPLACED. *TR |
| 2014-09-17 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | 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 T… |
| 2014-09-03 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT TO BACK BRAKE LINE CORRODED AND LEAKED ALL BRAKE FLUID CAUSING AN INABILITY TO STOP. THE BRAKE INDI… |
| 2014-08-17 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | 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 … |
| 2014-07-14 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | AT A STOP LIGHT, WITH THE BRAKES APPLIED, A LOSS OF PRESSURE WAS FELT. LETTING OFF AND REAPPLYING THE BRAKES LEAD TO TH… |
| 2014-07-12 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | 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… |
| 2014-06-19 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING ON I95 TRAVELING AT A SPEED OF 60 MPH WHEN I TRIED TO APPLY THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT COMPLETEL… |
| 2014-04-07 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | WHILE EXITING HWY 75 THE BREAKS FAILED ON MY 2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE. THE FIRST APPLICATION OF THE BREAKS THE PEDAL WENT 3… |
| 2014-02-19 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING HOME AT ROUGHLY 35 MPH I ATTEMPTED TO STOP AND WHEN I PRESSED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FL… |
| 2014-01-07 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | RUPTURED REAR BRAKE LINE UNDER DRIVER SIDE DOOR DUE TO EXTREME RUST OF LINES. INSPECTION REVEALS ALL THE BRAKE LINES A… |
| 2014-01-04 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | CORRODED STEEL BRAKE LINE DEVELOPED A HOLE AND LEAK OF BRAKE FLUID. THIS LED TO INABILITY TO BRAKE ADEQUATELY TO STOP. … |
| 2013-12-17 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME STUCK TO THE FLOOR… |
| 2013-11-21 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | BRAKES FAILED DUE TO A RUSTED BRAKE PIPE WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK. LUCKILY I WAS ON MY STREET AND TRAVELING JUST UN… |
| 2013-11-11 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | ON NOVEMBER 11, 2013 I WAS BACKING MY 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY IN MARYLAND WHEN THE BRAKES FAILED. A… |
| 2013-10-29 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | APPROACHING STOP LIGHT, HIT BRAKES, AND PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, THERE WAS NO BRAKE AT ALL. NO ONE WAS IN … |
| 2013-10-25 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | EXPERIENCED LOSS OF BRAKING POWER DUE TO A LEAK IN ONE OF THE FRONT METAL BRAKE LINES. TOOK VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP W… |
| 2013-10-17 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | VEHICLE WAS MOVING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MILES PER HOUR AND BRAKES WERE APPLIED TO PREPARE FOR A RIGHT TURN. AT FIRST THE… |
| 2013-09-12 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE … |
| 2013-09-03 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | LOST BRAKES. LINE FROM FRONT OF TRUCK TO BACK BRAKES RUPTURED. HAD TO USE EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP. ALL BRAKE LINES ARE … |
| 2013-09-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | BRAKES WENT OUT WHILE PULLING A TRAILER. WENT THROUGH AN INTERSECTION. THANK GOD IT WAS EARLY ON A SUNDAY MORNING. B… |
| 2013-08-28 | STEERING | No | 0 | SINCE WE BOUGHT THIS TRUCK IN 2004 IT SOUNDS AS IF THE STEERING WHEEL IS LOOSE. IT MAKES A NOISE LIKE ITS LOOSE. THE ST… |
| 2013-08-28 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS… |
| 2013-08-23 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MOVE AN UNLOADED TRAILER IN MY YARD, I BEGAN TO BACKUP TO THE TRAILER APPLYING THE BRAKES SINCE I W… |
| 2013-08-23 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | UPDATE TO COMPLAINT 10538262 AFTER REVIEWING OTHER COMPLAINTS WITH SIMILAR ISSUES I FORGOT TO PUT IN KEY DATA. I HAD … |
| 2013-08-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | APPLIED BRAKES, PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR - TRUCK COULD NOT STOP - RAN INTO BUSHES ON SIDE OF ROAD. *TR |
| 2013-07-22 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 50 MPH APPROACHING STOPPED TRAFFIC, WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE BRAKE PEDDLE WENT TO THE… |
| 2013-07-15 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | STRAP ON GAS TANK BROKE (RUSTED THROUGH) WHILE DRIVING ON BUMPY ROAD. TANK FELL AND HIT DRIVESHAFT. I WAS SURPRISED IT … |
| 2013-07-10 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE ABS WARNI… |
| 2013-06-03 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE BRAKE PEDAL EXTENDED TO THE FLO… |
| 2013-04-20 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | STARTED DRIVING AND THE BRAKE PEDAL SUDDENLY WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE EVENTUALLY STOPPED AND A … |
| 2013-04-17 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I NOTICED A SPRAY ON THE BACK OF MY AVALANCHE. I CHECKED NUDER THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED A SMALL PUDDLE OF FLUID WHICH AP… |
| 2013-04-13 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP, PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. I WAS GOING UPHILL. THAT WAS PROBABLY WEN FRONT BRAKE… |
| 2013-03-14 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT 45 MPH AND THE BRAKES WENT OUT WITHOUT WARNING OR A WARNING LIGHT. IT MADE ME ALMOST HIT A… |
| 2013-02-23 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | 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 A… |
| 2013-01-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | FOR THE LAST YEAR OR SO MY 2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE HAS HAD AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM OF THROTTLING DOWN WHEN I HIT ABOUT 60 … |
| 2013-01-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL | No | 0 | MY SPEEDO AND FUEL GAUGE EITHER DO NOT WORK OR PEG OUT IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. I NEVER RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE F… |