Car Problem DataNHTSA records

2001 Chevrolet Avalanche

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the latches/locks/linkages › tailgate › latch. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Latches/Locks/Linkages › Tailgate › Latch1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Sep 19, 200648,000 milesOH

THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL INCIDENTS OF THE STALLING OF MY 8.1 L EQUIPPED AVALANCHE, MOSTLY AT IDLE, SUCH AS AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS, DRIVE THRU'S, ETC. THE MOST RECENT OCCURRENCE WAS TURNING IN TRAFFIC CAUSING ME TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH THE VEHICLE NOT RUNNING. SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO RESTART THE VEHICLE WORKED, BUT ONLY RESULTING IN THE VEHICLE STALLING AGAIN, OR RUNNING TILL THE VEHICLE WAS PUT IN DRIVE, WHICH AGAIN IT STALLED. IT WAS SEVERAL MINUTES TILL I WAS ABLE TO KEEP THE VEHICLE RUNNING. THE VEHICLE HAS ALWAYS RESTARTED RIGHT AWAY WITHOUT PROBLEM, UNTIL THIS LAST OCCURRENCE. I HAVE NOT INFORMED THE DEALER AS OF YET, SO NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN REGARDING THIS. *JB

Latches/Locks/Linkages › Tailgate › Latch
Filed Feb 27, 200468,000 milesMI

TAILGATE ON CHEVROLET AVALANCHE WON'T CLOSE OR POPS OPEN WHILE DRIVING.*AK

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2002
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
201382200Routine
201236300Routine
2011127300Routine
2010111400Routine
200976510Routine
2008258430Above average
2007377470Above average
200611100Routine
200571300Routine
2004165610Routine
2003204620Above average
2002444403Fatalities reported
2001 — this page2000Routine
20002000Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.