YearsTell

all vehicles · every Avalanche year · method

Chevrolet Avalanche 2010

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

0.05 per 1,000

better than this nameplate’s own median · from 1 complaints filed in the first three years, of 111 ever. 95% lower bound 0.00.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model yearPer 1,000Complaints
20080.145
20090.164
20100.051
20110.255
20120.327
20130.000

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Air Bags 53 complaints

dash1936%
cracked1631%
dashboard1325%

Unknown Or Other 51 complaints

dash3568%
cracked2855%
air bag1632%
cracking1530%
dash cracked1020%
passenger airbag1020%

When it breaks

8% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 65,000 miles, from 75 complaints that recorded one).

Failures arrive late and spread out, which looks like wear. Service history matters more than model year here.

What NHTSA did

1 investigation covering this model year, 0 of which list a recall campaign.

Desiccated Air Bag Inflator Rupture

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

10410067

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is automated checks only, not verified against an external source.