Safety Score
70
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2003 Chevrolet Avalanche 1500.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-26 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2003 Chevrolet Avalanche 1500. The contact stated that while the vehicle was on a lift at an indepen… |
| 2021-01-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | 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 T… |
| 2020-12-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I AM A NEW OWNER OF A 2003 AVALANCHE, I WAS SATISFIED WITH MY PURCHASE BUT MY SOONROOF FALLS UNDER THE APPROPRIATE SERI… |
| 2019-03-08 | STEERING | No | 0 | I CAN HEAR A CLUNKING OR RATTLING NOISE IN MY STEERING WHEEL. I CAN ALSO FEEL IT IN THE STEERING WHEEL WHILE DRIVING. |
| 2018-10-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THIS IS THE SECOND TRANSMISSION, THE CLIP THAT HOLDS THE TRANSMISSION LINE TO THE RADIATOR BREAKS ALLOWING THE LINE TO … |
| 2018-09-18 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ON FOR THE SECOND TIME SAYING THAT IS A VACUUM LEAK IN THE FUEL CAP I REPLACE THE CAP |
| 2018-05-13 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | SERVICE LIGHT DOSE NOT COME ON WHEN MY TRUCK WON'T NOT STARTED UP UNTIL I GOT IT TOWED |
| 2017-09-22 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WAS DRIVING HOME AND BRAKES FAILED. MASSIVE HOLES IN THE LINES, PEDAL DOWN TO THE FLOOR NO BRAKE WARNING LIGHT UNTIL IT… |
| 2017-08-20 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I HAVE READ NHTSA # 05V37900 AND SEE THAT ADDRESSES THE BRAKE PROBLEMS WITH BRAKE LINE THAT I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WHERE … |
| 2017-08-16 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | INSTRUMENT PANEL HAS STOPPED WORKING. NONE OF THE GAUGES WORK. START VEHICLE NO GAUGES MOVE. DRIVE AND NO GAUGES MOVE, … |
| 2017-06-08 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WHILE BRAKING FOR A RED STOP LIGHT THE TRUCK WAS STOPPING NORMALLY AND WAS ALMOST STOPPED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT NEA… |
| 2017-04-13 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND N… |
| 2016-11-16 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | DASHBOARD IS CRACKED ABOVE THE SPEEDOMETER. I HAVE 56000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. I OWNED A 2008 MODEL AND HAD SAME ISSU… |
| 2016-11-14 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | 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 S… |
| 2016-10-15 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THE DASHBOARD HAS DEVELOPED A CRACK IN THE PLASTIC ON THE PASSENGER SIDE RIGHT NEAR THE AIRBAG AREA. |
| 2016-08-17 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | LOST TOTAL BRAKING AT RED LIGHT AT BUSY INTERSECTION,45 MPH WITH THE GRACE OF GOD AVOIDED A BROADSIDE HIT, JUST MISSED … |
| 2016-07-06 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | BRAKES WENT OUT WITH NO WARNING, TWO DIFFERENT TIMES. ON A HIGHWAY STOPPING FOR A RED LIGHT. |
| 2016-06-27 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I LOST THE COMPLETE HYDRAULIC BRAKING SYSTEM DUE TO A LINE(S) BURST DUE TO RUST. THANKFULLY I WAS JUST COMING OUT OF A … |
| 2016-04-14 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | WHEN YOU HIT A BUMP THE DOOR LOCKS UNLOCK AND LOCK ABS LIGHTS COME ON SAYS REDUCED POWER YOU MAYBE GOING 55 MPH THEN WH… |
| 2016-02-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE INSTR… |
| 2016-01-07 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 0 | MY AIRBAGS DEPLOYED AS I SLID INTO A VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. I WAS IN NUMBER TO NUMBER TRAFFIC AND I TRIED CHANGING LAN… |
| 2015-11-21 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | DRIVING 50MPH COMING UP TO A RED LIGHT WITH CROSS TRAFFIC ATTEMPTED TO STOP AND PEDDLE WENT DOWN TO THE FLOOR. NARROWL… |
| 2015-09-17 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING MY 2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE TO WORK DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, ANOTHER DRIVER HIT THEIR BRAKES ABRUPTLY IN FRO… |
| 2015-08-29 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | PRIMARY MASTER CYLINDER BRAKE LINE BURST LOST BRAKES. |
| 2015-05-17 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TOWING A SMALL LANDSCAPE TRAILER, PUSHED BRAKES, PEDAL GOES LOW. GOT HOME, ENTIRE FRAME ON DRIVERS SIDE SOAKED WITH BRA… |
| 2015-01-05 | SUSPENSION | Yes | 1 | 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 … |
| 2014-12-31 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | DRIVING HOME THE BRAKES WENT TO FLOOR WHEN STOPPING. BREAK FLUID WAS EVERYWHERE. FRONT BRAKE LINE BROKE. ALL BRAKE LINE… |
| 2014-12-12 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING IN NORMAL TRAFFIC MY SON BRAKE THE VEHICLE AND THE PEDDLE WENT TO THE FLOOR. HE PULLED IT HOME AND INTO O… |
| 2014-10-15 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH ATTEMPTING T… |
| 2014-10-03 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 0 | I WAS COMING DOWN THE HILL AND SAW 2 VEHILES STOPPED ONE WAS GOING TO TURN ONCE TRAFFIC WAS CLEAR. AND I STARTED SLOWIN… |
| 2014-08-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 TO 20 MPH DOWN A HILL THAT WAS CURVY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY TRUCK COMPLETELY SHUTS OFF A… |
| 2014-07-08 | TIRES | No | 0 | 3 OF 4 TIRES, COOPER DISCOVERER LSX P265 / 70R17, FAILED WITHIN 8 MONTHS OF EACH OTHER DUE TO STEEL BELTS SEPARATING AT… |
| 2014-07-07 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | SHIFTED FROM PARK TO DRIVE. BRAKE WENT TO THE FLOOR, AND BRAKE FLUID GUSHED FROM BRAKE LINE UNDER DRIVER'S SEAT. ALSO L… |
| 2014-07-06 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | BRAKES WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND WAS GETTING NO BRAKING AT ALL UNLESS EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS APPLIED...LUCKILY WAS… |
| 2014-06-28 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | LOSS OF BRAKES OCCURRED WHEN APPLYING BRAKE PEDDLE. INSPECTION BY LOCAL MECHANIC SHOWED BOTH FRONT BRAKE LINES HAD RUS… |
| 2014-05-14 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING MY TRUCK IN A CURVE I NOTICE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT RESPONSIVE AS I APPLIED THE BRAKES. THE BRAKE PEDAL WEN… |
| 2013-12-09 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH MY WIFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER WHEN ALL THE BRAKES ,I MEAN ALL THE BRAKES WENT, AND A SERV… |
| 2013-11-13 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LOW COOLANT LEVEL WARNING LIGHT ILLUM… |
| 2013-08-14 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY SPEEDOMETER AND SEVERAL GAUGES HAVE BEEN ACTING ERRATICALLY FOR MONTHS, AND NOW THE SPEEDOMETER BATTERY GAUGE, AND T… |
| 2013-08-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING NORTHBOUND ON OLD US 23 IN BRIGHTON, MI AND STEPPED ON THE BRAKE. THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOO… |
| 2013-07-22 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | RATTLE FORM THE A/C BELT TENSION-ER WHEN ACCELERATING. HAVE CHANGED MULTIPLE NEW TENSION-ERS AND THERE IS STILL THE RA… |
| 2013-07-20 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | ENGINE LIGHT AND REDUCE ENGINE POWER AND START LOOSING SPEED. AFTER TURNED OFF FOR A FEW MINUTES WORK FINE. THIS YEAR I… |
| 2013-07-10 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, HE DE… |
| 2013-05-19 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATE… |
| 2013-04-02 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION BEGAN MAKING A LOW WHIRLING NOISE AND NOW SLIPS AND CHUGS. NO TOWING OR 4-WHEELING BEATINGS. I HAVE TAKEN … |
| 2013-03-15 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | FREQUENTLY WHILE IN DRIVE THE SERVICE AIR BAG COMES ON. WHEN THIS LIGHT/INDICATOR COMES ON THIS DEACTIVATES THE ENTIRE … |
| 2012-12-28 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I WAS APPLYING BRAKES AND A FRONT BRAKE LINE BLEW OUT. THE TRUCK HAD A TOUGH TIME STOPPING ALMOST HITTING ANOTHER VEHI… |
| 2012-12-14 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | BRAKE LINES ARE LEAKING SO I TOOK TRUCK TO THE DEALER AND THEY ADVISED ME THE LINES WERE CORRODED AND IT WOULD COST ME … |
| 2012-10-02 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | I HAVE COMPLAINED BEFORE, WANT TO KNOW WHY THIS HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED. LIGHT CAME ON FOR NO REASON. WASN'T IN ANY KIND … |
| 2012-09-26 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AT A 2-WAY STOP. UPON TURNING RIGHT, MY FOOT WENT FROM THE BRAKE TO THE GAS PEDAL AND GOT HOOKE… |