Chevrolet Avalanche 1500: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 5 recall campaigns for the Chevrolet Avalanche 1500, model years 2002 to 2013. NHTSA has 897 complaints on file for this model line. 9 of the 12 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Chevrolet Avalanche 1500 | 1 | 29 | 39% | 54,686 |
| 2012 Chevrolet Avalanche 1500 NHTSA page | 0 | 16 | 21% | |
| 2011 Chevrolet Avalanche 1500 | 2 | 28 | 37% | 31,828 |
| 2010 Chevrolet Avalanche 1500 NHTSA page | 0 | 6 | 8% | |
| 2009 Chevrolet Avalanche 1500 NHTSA page | 0 | 20 | 27% | |
| 2008 Chevrolet Avalanche 1500 | 0 | 37 | 49% | |
| 2007 Chevrolet Avalanche 1500 | 1 | 113 | 151% | 3,227 |
| 2006 Chevrolet Avalanche 1500 | 1 | 39 | 52% | 38,439 |
| 2005 Chevrolet Avalanche 1500 | 1 | 129 | 173% | 38,439 |
| 2004 Chevrolet Avalanche 1500 | 0 | 144 | 193% | |
| 2003 Chevrolet Avalanche 1500 | 0 | 182 | 243% | |
| 2002 Chevrolet Avalanche 1500 | 0 | 154 | 206% |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
1,115 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Electrical System | 204.5 | 228 |
| Air Bags | 131.8 | 147 |
| Service Brakes | 113.9 | 127 |
| Unknown or Other | 83.4 | 93 |
| Structure | 64.6 | 72 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 64.6 | 72 |
| Power Train | 56.5 | 63 |
| Steering | 39.5 | 44 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 26.9 | 30 |
| Tires | 25.1 | 28 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- Malibu66 campaigns
- Silverado 150055 campaigns
- Impala57 campaigns
- Tahoe80 campaigns
- Equinox32 campaigns
- Silverado46 campaigns
- Blazer40 campaigns
- Suburban82 campaigns
- Cobalt10 campaigns
- Trailblazer29 campaigns
- S1033 campaigns
- Traverse32 campaigns
- Corvette48 campaigns
- Cavalier40 campaigns
- Silverado 250044 campaigns
- Cruze26 campaigns
- Colorado29 campaigns
- HHR7 campaigns
- Camaro56 campaigns
- Lumina29 campaigns
- Astro17 campaigns
- Venture18 campaigns
- Monte Carlo44 campaigns
- Avalanche18 campaigns
- Volt8 campaigns
- Suburban 15007 campaigns
- Aveo4 campaigns
- Silverado 350045 campaigns
- Malibu Maxx4 campaigns
- Bolt EV14 campaigns
- Trax11 campaigns
- Sonic16 campaigns
- Trailblazer EXT9 campaigns
- Corsica15 campaigns
- C15001 campaign
- Caprice50 campaigns
- Express72 campaigns
- Uplander5 campaigns
- Beretta15 campaigns
- Spark9 campaigns
- Chevrolet Truck10 campaigns
- Pickup0 campaigns
- Lumina APV11 campaigns
- Tracker0 campaigns
- C/K Pickups4 campaigns
- K15001 campaign
- Captiva1 campaign
- Malibu Classic2 campaigns
- Cobalt SS0 campaigns
- Trailblazer EXT 3700 campaigns
- G2022 campaigns
- Equinox EV7 campaigns
- 15003 campaigns
- C152 campaigns
- C25001 campaign
- Van0 campaigns
- Celebrity15 campaigns
- Silverado 1500 HD0 campaigns
- C1041 campaigns
- Suburban 25000 campaigns
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Chevrolet Avalanche 1500: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/chevrolet/avalanche-1500/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- GENERAL MOTORS CORP.
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Chevrolet Avalanche 1500 model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2011 with 2, 2013 with 1, 2007 with 1. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Chevrolet Avalanche 1500 model year has the most complaints?
- The 2003 model year, with 182 of the 897 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Chevrolet Avalanche 1500 name?
- Electrical System: 204.5 per 1,000 component mentions. Air Bags: 131.8 per 1,000 component mentions. Service Brakes: 113.9 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Chevrolet Avalanche 1500?
- 3 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.