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My dashboard first cracked where the passenger airbag connects to the dashboard and now is cracked in 3 other places: 2 above the control panel connected to the vent and one above the radio. It is very frustrating and has got to be a safety issue with the location of the airbag and the crack. I am not willing to put my family at risk to just wait and see or take someone's word that "it is not a safety issue". a new dashboard is very expensive. I have read that this is a recurring problem among may Tahoe along with other models. These cracked dashboards are a lawsuit waiting to happen when they are not deployed appropriately during an accident. I have not seen when these 4 cracks occurred, but the cracks allow for the dashboard to shift and crack more when driving over bumps, etc.
Vehicle dashboard has began to crack in multiple areas if the dash. Mainly on the portion around the instrument cluster and one around the passenger airbag. Vehicle does not move often and it has tint to reduce heat inside and I use a window screen to keep direct sunlight off the dash along with conditioner to keep the palstics from cracking.
Recalls on numerous GM vehicles for catching fire: The vehicle was setting in driveway for over 7 hours and neighbors were awaken by loud explosion and looked out and saw flames under the hood. They woke myself and my daughter up out of deep sleep and car was engulfed in flames. From front bumper to back cargo area total loss. Fire department came but couldn't salvage the car. The garage door, garage entry door and downstairs basement were damaged ad possible replacement on them. There has never been any signs of over heating, or smoking, and any type of burning smells.
- Jefferson City, MO, USA
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The dash is cracked around the passenger air bag which worries me incase it deploys. I'm afraid it will have pieces of plastic thrown in the air which could result in a worse injury then what could have happened. Also around the steering column
The entire dash is cracked in multiple places and shards of plastic come off easily which during a crash or air bag deployment could cause chunks/shards to injure or kill someone. This is a know issue with these vehicles and GM should recall this known problem
Dash is cracking a part in two places and also around the passenger airbag with the possibility of becoming a projectile in a wreck and could possibly hurt or kill somebody
Dash is severely cracked over steering column and also around air bag. This is not due to a crash or any cosmetic changes to the vehicle. The vehicle has not been exposed to high heat for long periods of time either.
I bought my 2007 Tahoe in 2011. The vehicle had a small crack by my passenger side airbag. I bought a sun shade visor, but that did not help the problem. Over the past 6 six years the dash has cracked 6-7 more times. It cracked when I was driving on tbe highway, it cracked when my truck was parked right after I turned my A/C on, on a hot day. I'm concerned because if the faulty airbag that has to be replaced is deployed, small shards of plastic may become projectiles causing great bodily harm. There are hundreds of thousands of vehicles like mine on our roads everyday. This is dangerous and the problem needs to be rectified.
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- Ripley, MS, USA