2010 Chevrolet Tahoe UNKNOWN OR OTHER
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Dash board is cracking around passanger side air bag and above instrument panel. Could shatter into pieces upon air bag deployment sending shards of dashboard flying. Could lacerate air bags. GM is aware of the problem but failed to recall vehicles from 2007 to 2013 Silverado, Tahoe,and Suburban
Dash is cracked and showing engine parts
Dash is cracked
Dash cracked. The entire dash. Multiple cracks multiple areas.
THE DASH HAS CRACKED BEHIND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND NEAR THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG. THIS LEADS TO DASH MOVEMENT WHILE IN MOTION, WHICH IS DISTRACTING. ALL THE CLIPS ON THE FRONT DASH ASSEMBLY HAVE BROKEN OFF, PRESUMABLY FROM DASH MOVEMENT, WHICH LEAVES IT UNSECURED DURING A COLLISION.
ONE WEEK AFTER PURCHASING A 2010 CHEVY TAHOE I SAW WHAT LOOKED LIKE A SCRATCH ON THE DASH BEHIND THE STEERING WHEEL. WHEN I LOOKED AT IT CLOSER THE DASH SCRATCH WAS ACTUALLY A CRACK. WHEN I TOUCHED IT THE DASH CRACKED BEHIND THE STEERING WHEEL AND ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WHERE IT WAS NOT TOUCHED.DEALER TOLD ME TO BUY A DASH COVER. NOT RIGHT ANSWER AFTER GIVING HIM $20,000.00 A WEEK EARLIER. TOLD ME IT WAS FROM THE SUN. THE MATERIAL USED WAS OF VERY POOR QUALITY BECAUSE OF ALL THE COMPLAINTS. THEY COULD HAVE OFFERED TO INSTALL A DASH COVER AT THERE EXPENSE $100.00. VERY BAD DEALER CUSTOMER SUPPORT. WILL NEVER WALK IN THERE AGAIN FOR ANYTHING. THAT IS WHY I DO NOT LIKE CAR DEALERS. IT COULD HAVE BEEN A GOOD EXPERIENCE BUT THEY RUINED IT OVER A $100.00 PART. AND A KNOWN DEFECT. THIS HAPPENED WHILE CAR WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVE WAY.
DASHBOARD CRACKED IN SEVERAL PLACES.
DASHBOARD HAS ABNORMAL CRACKING SINCE 2012. I HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR REPLACEMENT WHICH I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO DO
THE PLASTIC DASH COVER IS CRACKED IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS. A SMALL CRACK LOCATED IN FRONT OF THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG COMPARTMENT AND NUMEROUS CRACKS ON THE DRIVERS SIDE DOMED AREA ABOVE THE CLUSTER OF GAUGES. THIS DOES CONCERN ME BECAUSE IF A FRONTAL ACCIDENT WERE TO OCCUR, I FEAR THE PLASTIC DASH WILL CERTAINLY CAUSE SERIOUS DAMAGE TO THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER. THIS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING AND I HEARD A LOUD POP.
MY DASHBOARD HAS CRACKED MORE AND MORE OVER THE YEARS. AT THIS POINT PIECES HAVE ACTUALLY BROKEN OFF. THIS VEHICLE WAS TOO EXPENSIVE TO HAVE CHEAPLY MADE PARTS INSTALLED. *TR
I NOTICED CRACKS ON MY CHEVY 2010 DASHBOARD. I RESEARCHED ONLINE AND FOUND OUT THIS WAS HAPPENING TO OTHER CHEVY VEHICLES
DASH BOARD CRACKING
DASHBOARD STARTED CRACKING AND IS NOW BROCKEN AROUND THE AIRBAGS ON BOTH PASSENGER AND DRIVER'S SIDE.
THE DASH RIGHT BY THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ON THE DRIVERS SIDE CRACKED FOR NO APPARENT REASON OTHER THAN DEFECTIVE MATERIALS USED BY GM AFTER RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM . THE VEHICLE HAS 31000 MILES AND IS GARAGE KEPT 95 % OF THE TIME. I SPOKE TO MY LOCAL DEALER THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THE PROBLEM SO THE COST WOULD BE ON ME TO REPLACE AT $1000.00....GM SHOULD FIX THESE AFTER ALL THE VEHICLE ONLY COST 54,000 NEW .
I WAS WASHING MY CAR AND CLEANING THE INTERIOR, THEN NOTICED MY DASH BOARD HAD A CRACK IN IT. IT HAS GROWN BIGGER SINCE INITIAL FINDING. THIS IS A FACTORY DEFECT.
MY DASHBOARD ON MY 2010 TAHOE IS CRACKED IN MULTIPLE PLACES.
THE BLACK PLASTIC DASHBOARD CRACKED IN TWO PLACES AND NOW RATTLES AND MAKES A RATTLING NOISE WHEN THE VEHICLE IS MOVING.
DASH HAS CRACKED IN THREE SPOTS, ONE BEING WHERE PASSENGER AIR BAGS IS HELD IN. LOCAL GM REFUSED TO CORRECT AFTER WARRANTY EXPIRED. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM ON MANY TAHOES.
SUNROOF EXPLODED WHILE DRIVING. I WAS IN AN 45MPH AREA, COMING TO A RED LIGHT AT @30 MPH, JUST EXPLODED. NO AC OR HEAT ON, TEMP OUTSIDE WAS 73 DEGREES
DASHBOARD CRACKS OVER CLUSTER ALSO ON THE RIGHT SIDE BY THE AIR BAG. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT MY SAFETY AS WELL AS OTHERS.
MY 2010 TAHOE LT HAS A CRACKED DASHBOARD IN TWO PLACES. I HAVE CONCERNS THAT IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT THAT THE CRACKED COMPONENTS MAY BREAK OFF AND CAUSE INJURY. APPARENTLY THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM.
THE CRACKING DASH, IN MY OPINION, ON A 2010 CHEVY TAHOE HAS BEEN A LONG RUNNING ISSUE THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR. ASIDE FROM THE PHYSICAL APPEARANCE AND SAGGING, I FEEL THAT IN THE EVENT OF AN AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT THERE WOULD BE MORE CHANCE FOR IMPROPER INFLATION OR FRAGMENTS FROM ALREADY BROKEN DASH BECOMING PROJECTILES. THE BLIND EYE THAT HAS BEEN TURNED TO THIS ISSUE FROM THE POWERS AT BE IS ASTONISHING. I BELIEVE THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN DONE AN UNJUST SERVICE WHILE THE MANUFACTURER IS GETTING AWAY WITH NOT HAVING TO CORRECT A SAFETY FAULT.
REAR WINDOW GLASS IS NO LONGER STABLE IN THE TRACKS. WINDOWS COULD POSSIBLY FLY OUT OF VEHICLE. FMVSS 10
I HAVE MAJOR CRACKS THROUGHOUT MY DASHBOARD TO INCLUDE NEAR THE PASSENGER AIRBAR AND THE DASHBOARD ABOVE THE STEERING WHEEL COLUMN.
MY 2010 TAHOE HAS THE NOTORIOUS CRACK IN THE DASH AT THE PASINGER SIDE AIR BAG. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED ON THE SAME VEHICLE. I PAYED FOR IT TO BE REPLACE THE FIRST TIME AND NOW IT HAS HAPPENED AGAIN. I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A EXTREME SAFETY HAZARD TO ME AND MY FAMILY. IF WE WHERE TO BE INVOLVED IN A ACCIDENT I AM AFRAID THAT PIECES OF THE DASH COULD FLY OFF AND BECOME PROJECTILES INJURING A MEMBER OF MY FAMILY.
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The 2010 Chevrolet Tahoe has 100 UNKNOWN OR OTHER complaints on file. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.