Chevrolet Avalanche 1500
Owners filed 897 complaints across 12 model years of the Chevrolet Avalanche 1500. The 2003 drew the most (182).
Which Chevrolet Avalanche 1500 years should you avoid?
Going by 897 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Chevrolet Avalanche 1500 years to avoid are 2002.
- 20022.3× the usual share of fires, crashes and deaths for a car of its age (1 fire, 15 crashes, 1 death).
Better bets: among years old enough for a low count to mean something, the 2011 and 2013 drew the fewest complaints without an unusual share of serious ones.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Chevrolet Avalanche 1500 model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 29 | 1 | — | 1 | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2012 | 16 | 0 | — | — | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2011 | 28 | 2 | — | 1 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2010 | 6 | 0 | — | — | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2009 | 20 | 0 | — | — | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2008 | 37 | 0 | — | 1 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2007 | 113 | 1 | 3 | 5 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2006 | 39 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Power Train | Routine | |
| 2005 | 129 | 2 | 4 | 1 | Electrical System › Instrument Cluster/Panel | Routine | |
| 2004 | 144 | 2 | — | 7 | Electrical System › Instrument Cluster/Panel | Routine | |
| 2003 | 182 | 2 | 3 | 5 | Electrical System › Instrument Cluster/Panel | Routine | |
| 2002Avoid | 154 | 2 | 1 | 15 | Service Brakes | Fatalities reported |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.