general problems of the 2013 Chevrolet Tahoe

I have a 2013 Chevrolet Tahoe. It is one of the thousands of which the plastic dash has cracked into pieces. My concern is that the loose plastic will hurt someone if the airbag is deployed. Gm should have never used such flimsy plastic on the dashes of so many vehicles.

My dashboard has cracked into pieces, material used for dashboard was no good.

My dash is cracked and rattles really bad when driving and sounds like pieces breaking, when I hit bumps in road you can see the dash move and bounce and poses a safety risk if in an accident and airbags go off the pressure can further break dash and send pieces of sharp plastic in the faces of passengers, there is thousands of complaints online and social media about the dashes of chevy and GMC trucks and suvs cracking and in several cases totally breaking apart into pieces due to the faulty cheap materials used to make these dashes. This is a potetial serious and lethal defect if in an a accident and these pieces of plastic go flying into people like shrapnel.

One day I was driving normal and my engine light and two other lights came on. It dropped my speed under 30mph and I couldn't pass the gas. It said reduced engine power, service stabilitrak and service traction. I immediately took it to auto zone then placed it in the shop at the dealership. They had my truck for almost 2 months and finally said they fixed it. It ran ok for a month or so. I was so scared to drive because it does it randomly. Boom it happen again now im frustrated because what is the problem. Called shop they said bring it back they will have a new person look at it. They had it for a month again. Paid more money. Then boom a month later the same thing. So at this point im calling no one is answering they ignored me so I called the customer service on the truck to complain. I had to get rentals and everything with the same problem it is over a year later. No answer and nobody called back nothing. I parked my truck for months and yesterday June 24th the lights came on again. I have heard alot of my friends and family say they have a chevy vehicle and they did/do the same thing.

Transmission, vehicle stops functioning without notice on the road while driving acceleration stops. The problem was confirmed to be a transmission failure by Chevrolet. The inspection was done by Chevrolet to confirm the transmission has failed. The vehicle started to jump when sitting still and the drive train for 2wheel/4whell did stop working it only allowed the vehicle to be moved in 2whell drive. This happened after the vehicle went over 100k miles and when I took it to Chevrolet they said nothing was wrong with it, they said "it's an old car". When the car is driven over 35/40mph the vehicle now shakes along with it stopping to function while driving. Even with Chevrolet verifying that the transmission is bad(which is the recall on Tahoe models from the same year of production) they refuse to acknowledge it is all models unless it's on a specific list of VIN numbers. They refuse to replace the transmission recall at no cost according to the current recall that was done already for this year make and model. I've had all engine tune up maintenance requirements done and have not missed any vehicle scheduled maintenance this vehicle year make and model is on the recall list and I've attached the copy of it to show proof of the record. The record was provided by Chevrolet, along with the record of NHTSA recalls to show this is the same year make and model but the VIN isn't included, as well as the recalls they listed to show that zero apply to this vehicle when this is clearly the same exact symptoms listed on the recall but this VIN isn't listed when it should be if the same exact symptoms are failing on the vehicle with maintenance kept up.

Cracked dashboard.

Dash is cracking.

Dash board cracking.

The drivers side door handle has broken on my Tahoe. In the event of having to urgently egress from my vehicle it would be very difficult to do so because of the handle. Now before you think I'm just a disgruntled owner you should look at the rate of occurrence. I've checked online nationally and locally with used auto part sellers and there are none to be found. If a Tahoe comes in that actually does have one intact every auto yard has a waiting list of buyers and the part is immediately gone. Shouldn't the high rate of failure of trigger at least questions from the NHTSA. I did not mention the passenger door but since it is of the same construction it would fail too if under the same use I feel. My claim is easy enough to substantiate, place a call to any used car part dealer of your choice and search for the driver's side door interior. If you do find one available, call that dealer and you'll find that it's already gone. Then ask the person on the phone about how many people they get calling for that same part. I've been searching for over a year for this one part. This complaint isn't made because I'm angry, I've simply just finally paid attention to the fact that this is a high failure part and should be investigated.

Have a cracked dashboard on the driver side. Started to investigate and noticed panel under steering wheel is broke in multiple places making it not stay secured.

We contacted the recommended dealership and they refused to do the repair unless we as the owners accepted responsibility for the broken dash. This issue is also a know defect and gm is refusing to complete the repair. Due to gm defective parts the air safety bag cannot be replaced and I will be required to pay gm and additional $1500 to $2000 dollars to make the car safe to continue to drive. This type of safety defect should be repaired by gm including any item that is damaged due to the repair or defect that keeps the car from being repaired as this becomes nothing more than a way for gm to escape their responsibility for completing this safety defect if the ntsb allows this then the government then becomes responsible for the loss of life and is just as big a culprit as general motors. .

Dashboard has two large cracks, one by the steering column and the other one is on the passenger air bag area. Dealer estimated the repair at $1800 which is an unfair amount. The whole dashboard needs to be replaced do to rattling and squeaking noise from the cheap plastic they used.

Dash board is falling apart around air bag and instrument cluster.

Concern of brittle plastic dash pieces causing further injury in a crash or airbag deployment. Seem to be a problem with gm dashboards between 2007-2013. This a a well maintained vehicle garage kept and regularly detailed with uv protectant. The dash should not be this brittle.

A small crack in the dash start in 2018. I always use a sunshade in the windshield. Then it cracked in other places. It's like there is nothing supporting the dash around the speaker. It's now cracked all over. Nothing has been done extra to this Tahoe. It's cleaned regularly inside and out.

The rear defroster tab has popped off the rear window, this renders the rear defroster unusable, which could lead to someone not being able to see out the rear window. This is an issue that is prevalent in chevy Tahoes and suburbans as well as GMC yukons. A simple search reveals thousands of pages on the internet complaining about this issue and gm not doing anything about it.

The inside door panel on the drivers side broke where handle is. Very very disgusted at all the problems I have had with my vehicle while it was new.

The entire frame and all supporting bolts of the vehicle is rusting and rotting.

The dash has cracked above the instrument panel in several places. Also it is cracked at the passenger side air bag. This vehicle is well kept. Owned by an older lady, also the front drivers door pull it broken in half. The dealer has informed her that neither have been recalled but, should have been. This is unacceptable being as she paid $68,000. 00 dollars for this vehicle. The dealer also informed her that the airbag canister recall when done can crack the dash if it is replaced before the airbag recall is done. And that she would be responsible for the damage done to the plastic dash. Also unacceptable. She is on a fixed income. Vehicle manufacturers charge so much money for these vehicles, they should be forced to recall and replace any part damaged by completing the recall that is not done yet. The dash is not built heavy enough to keep it from cracking. It is built from cheap materials and they charge a mint for it. This is filled out by her mechanic, and it is his email.

I was driving up a grade during a snow storm and when I tried to select 4wd I had to take my eyes off the road to find the 4wd control knob,which is hidden behind the steering wheel. I consider this a serious problem because I nearly wrecked while trying to locate the 4wd control knob. I blame this on faulty engineering by gm!.

My door handle fell off on driver side twice and my other three have been replaced as well. Very cheaply made. Very disappointed I did not get what I paid for that's for sure. This has been the worst vehicle I have ever owned and the most expensive at 48,000!.