2012 Chevrolet Tahoe Other Problems

Your dashboard has developed significant cracks despite using a protective cover. You've found that this is a widespread problem affecting many vehicles of your model year, and legal action was taken regarding it in 2018. You're concerned about the safety implications of a cracked dashboard.

Your dashboard has developed a 4-5 inch crack above the instrument panel, along with 1 inch cracks at the top corners near the passenger airbag area. You reported a similar issue two years ago. While this doesn't affect the car's immediate operation, you're concerned about potential safety implications with the airbag area and want documentation in case of a recall.

The plastic pull handle on the inside of your front door broke. To fix it, you need to replace the entire interior door panel rather than just the handle itself, which makes the repair more expensive than it should be.

DASH CRACKED. OVER TIME IS GETTING WORSE. ALREADY CRACKED HALF WAY ACROSS DASHBOARD. I DID NOTHING TO THE VEHICLE TO CAUSE THE CRACK.

I HAVE HAD TWO CRACKS DEVELOP ON THE DASH OF MY TAHOE. I HAVE NOT HIT ANYTHING NOR HAD AN ACCIDENT THAT WOULD CAUSE THESE CRACKS TO APPEAR. I BELIEVE THE PRODUCT USED TO CREATE THE DASH WAS INFERIOR WHICH HAS CAUSED THE CRACKING.

MY DASH IS CRACKED AND BROKEN TO THE POINT IT MAY COLLAPSE IN THE MIDDLE. I HAVE CRACKS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE PASSENGER AIRBAG AND ANOTHER ONE ABOVE THE SPEEDOMETER THAT RUNS TO THE MIDDLE OF THE DASH. IT IS CRACKED SO BADLY ACROSS THE LENGTH OF THE DASH THAT IT HANGS LOOSELY AND RATTLES WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE USED A SUNLIGHT VISOR SINCE BUYING THE VEHICLE AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THIS DAMAGE IS NOT MY FAULT. I HAVE LOOKED AT REPLACING THE DASH MYSELF BUT CANNOT AFFORD TO DO SO RIGHT NOW AND I AM AFRAID IT IS GOING TO COLLAPSE. THIS IS A "MOM" RIDE, I CARRY MY KIDS IN THIS VEHICLE. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE GOT INTO A WRECK? WOULD PIECES OF THE DASH FLY OFF AND POSSIBLY INJURE ONE OF THEM? PLEASE HELP

DASH CRACKING SEVERAL AROUND PASSENGER AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT

ABOUT A MONTH OR TWO MY WIFE NOTICES CRACK LINE ABOUT 4 INCHES ON THE DRIVES SIDE TOP OF THE DASHBOARD, A WEEK AGO SHE NOTICED ANOTHER CRACK HAD STARTED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE GOING INTO THE PASSENGERS AIR BAG COVER FROM THE TOP VENT, BECAUSE THIS SO CLOSE TO THE AIR BAG I STARTED TO DO SOME RESEARCH, I FOUND SOME COMPLAINTS AND SOMETHING THAT SAID GM WON'T WARRANTY THIS ISSUE.I HAVEN'T BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP YET BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS NOTHING BUT NOW THAT IS NEAR THE AIR BAG I WILL, HOPE THIS HELPS ANYBODY WITH THE SAME ISSUE OR MAYBE I COULD GET SOME MORE INFO IN CASE THIS IS NOT COVER BY GM

DASHBOARD CRACKS AT CORNER OF PASSENGER AIRBAG AND STEERING WHEEL COWLING.

THERE ARE THREE CRACKS IN THE DASH ONE OVER THE INSTRUMENT PANEL TWO OVER THE PASSENGER AIR BAG

DASHBOARD HAS CRACKED AND BROKE OFF.

CRACKED DASH AS MANY OTHERS HAVE REPORTED AROUND AIRBAG ETC. THIS CAN CAUSE SOME MAJOR INJURIES IF AIRBAGS DEPLOY.

THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY WHEN I NOTICED TWO BIG CRACKS ON MY DASHBOARD.

BADLY CRACKED DASH.

CRACKED DASH ON DRIVER SIDE, BY DEFROSTING VENT

I NEED MY CRACKED DASH REPLACED OR FIXED. IT JUST CRACKED ONE DAY. NO ACCIDENT OR ANYTHING IT WAS PARKED AND CRACKED. I BELIEVE IT'S A FAULTY DASH. WE HAVE AN 2004 TAHOE AND DASH HAS NEVER DONE THIS. FROM WHAT I'VE READ GM PURCHASED SOME DASH FROM ANOTHER COMPANY BUT REALIZED THEY WERE PROBLEMS AND WENT BACK TO ORIGINAL COMPANY. SO THEY NEED TO STEP UP AND BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS PROBLEM . . THE CRACK IS ON THR DRIVERS SIDE AND GROWING.

DASH CRACKED IN 2 PLACES.

DASH IS CRACKED AND DAMAGED

MY DASH IS CRACKED AND RUNNING IN 4 DIFFERENT PLACES. TWO ON EACH SIDE OF PASSENGER DASH BY AIR BAG AND TWO ABOVE MY DASH INFORMATION PANEL.

DASHBOARD IS CRACKED IN 4 PLACES. GM DEALER SAYS IT WILL NOT BE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY AND HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED.

CRACKED DASH NEAR PASSENGER AIRBAG AND IN SEVERAL AREAS NOT SURE WHEN THIS HAPPENED AS I AM NOT THE ORIGINAL OWNER

CRACKED DASHBOARD ABOVE STEERING COLUMN / INSTRUMENT PANEL.

DASHBOARD CRACKED AROUND AIR BAGS AND ON DRIVER SIDE

THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW IN 2012 AND HAS BEEN GARAGED FOR THE ENTIRETY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF VARIOUS TRIPS. THE VEHICLE HAS APPROXIMATELY 41.000 MILES AT THE TIME THE CRACKED DASH WAS DISCOVERED. THERE ARE NO FORESEEABLE REASON FOR THE DASH TO CRACK OTHER THAN A FAILURE IN THE MANUFACTURER PROCESS. PLEASE ADVISE.

MY DASH IS SEVERELY CRACKED, INCLUDING BY WHERE THE PASSENGER AIRBAG DEPLOYS FROM THE DASH. AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT SPLINTERING AND CAUSING HARM IN THE EVENT OF DEPLOYMENT.

LTZ TAHOE DASH CRACKED. ABOVE STEERING WHEEL AND PASSENGER AIRBAG. LESS THAN 37,000 MILES. STATIONARY. GM IS REFUSING NOT TO FIX. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED.

DASHBOARD CRACKING ON DRIVER SIDE IN TWO PLACES AND PASSENGER SIDE ON AIRBAG WITH NO KNOWN CAUSE.

2012 CHEVY TAHOE HAS LARGE CRACKS IN THE DASH , AND AM CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY.

CRACKED DASH IN PASSENGER SIDE BESIDE AIRBAG

DASHBOARD CRACKED ABOVE AIRBAG. CRACKED WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY.

MY DOOR HANDLES ON THE INSIDE OF MY VEHICLE ARR CHROME. THE CHROME MATERIL HAS STARTED TO PEEL AWAY AND HAS CAUSED ME DEEP CUTS ON THE SIDES OF MY FINGERS AFTER OPENING THE DOOR.

DASHBOARD HAS CRACKED IN TWO PLACES, UNDER ITS OWN WEIGHT. RATTLES EXCESSIVELY,GM REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. IT HAS BEEN CRACKED SINCE 2014 AND HAS JUST STARTED TO RATTLE.

MY DASH BOARD BEGAN TO CRACK IN SEVERAL PLACES. WHEN I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP THEY SAID THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THAT BUT IT ONLY WENT TO YEAR MODELS UP TO 2011

THE DASHBOARD HAS STARTED CRACKING AND IT IS AT DEALER NOW AND THEY ARE TELLING ME THIS IS ONLY ONE THEY EVER HEARD OF AND THEY CAN DO NOTHING ABOUT BUT IT IS A CERTIFIED VEHICLE THAT I'VE ONLY PUT 20 SOME THOUSAND MILES ON AND IT WAS SOLD TO ME WITH FULL WARRANTY AS A NEW ONE AND AFTER LOOKING ON SEVERAL WEBSITES IT SEEMS THAT A LOT OF OTHERS HAVE THIS PROBLEM, AFRAID IF IT KEEPS CRACKING IT MAY GET RIGHT INTO MY INSTRUMENTS AND ELECTRICAL OR WORSE CONTINUE INTO MY AIRBAG , SURELY THERE IS SOMETHING CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS AND THE DISTRACTION FROM THE DASHBOARD FLOPPING UP AND DOWN CAN LEAD TO AN ACCIDENT, IT ONLY TAKES A MOMENT FOR SOMETHING BAD TO HAPPEN. PLEASE IF YOU ARE ABLE TO INFLUENCE A DECISION ABOUT THIS, DO SO IT COULD MEAN THE DIFFERENCE IN A LIFE MAYBE

MY DASH IS CRACKED RIGHT BY AIRBAG LIKE OTHER 1000'S OF GM TRUCKS YEARS 07-14. I HAVE 75,000 MILES ON MY TAHOE CURRENTLY AND THE CRACK APPEARED AT 70,000 MILES. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM, I BELONG TO A GROUP ON FACEBOOK CALLED 07-13 GM CRACKED DASH AND SAFETY HAZARD AND EVERYDAY THERE'S NEW PEOPLE WHO JOIN THE GROUP WITH THEIR CRACKED DASHES MOST OF THEM IN THE EXACT SAME SPOT RIGHT BY THE AIRBAG AND OTHERS HAVE WHERE THE ENTIRE DASH HAS CRACKED AND MOST SEEM TO HAPPEN BETWEEN 60,000 AND 75,000 MILES. THIS HAZARD COULD BE DEVASTATING IF AN ACCIDENT WAS TO HAPPEN. MY TAHOE IS IN GREAT CONDITION GM NEEDS TO RECALL THIS HAZARD.

THE DASH HAS CRACKED AND I FEAR THAT IN AN ACCIDENT PARTS OF THE DASH TO DEFLATE AIRBAG AND OR CAUSE PERSONAL INJURY. GENERAL MOTORS REFUSES TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY.

DASH CONTINUES TO CRACK AND RATTLE. MAKES WIFE NERVOUS WHEN DRIVING, MAKES HER FEEL IT MAY COME APART.

SEVERE CRACKS IN THE DASHBOARD

DASHBOARD CRACKED OVER INSTRUMENT PANEL AND AT AIRBAG PANEL. CAR IS ONLY 4 YEARS OLD! THOUGH PROTECTED BY WINDSHIELD DEFLECTOR ALL THE TIME DURING SUMMER WHEN PARKED.

THE DASHBOARD IS CRACKING MORE AND MORE EACH DAY

DASHBOARD CRACK NEAR PASSENGER AIRBAG. THE CRACK APPEARED OUT OF NOWHERE. THERE WASN'T ANY FORCE TO CAUSE THE DAMAGE. THE CRACK WAS NOTICED WHILE I WAS PARKED, I HEARD CRACKLING SOUNDS AND THAT IS WHEN I NOTICED IT. I LOOKED ONLINE FOR A RECALL AND CHEVROLET HASN'T RECALLED IT, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS FOR THIS PROBLEM. I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR THEIR DEFECT.

EXPLODING SUNROOF WHILE DRIVING IN 34 DEGREE WEATHER AT 60 MPH, NO VEHICLES AROUND ME AND I WAS NOT GOING UNDER AN OVERPASS.

A HUGE CRACK ON DRIVERS SIDE AND A SMALLER CRACK ON PASSENGERS SIDE DASHBOARD

2012 TAHOE DASHBOARD CRACKED FOR THE SECOND TIME APPARENTLY DUE TO DEFECTIVE MATERIAL. DASHBOARD WAS REPLACED LESS THAN ONE YEAR AFTER PURCHASING IT AND 2 YEARS LATER IT CRACKED AGAIN. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY ACCIDENTS AND CRACKS APPEARED FOR NO KNOWN REASON. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY REPORTS FROM OTHER OWNERS OF GM VEHICLES AND GM HAS NOT HAD A RECALL. SINCE THE AIR BAGS ARE LOCATED IN THE DASH, THERE COULD BE A POTENTIAL HAZARD IF AIR BAGS ARE DEPLOYED. ACCORDING TO THE DEALERSHIP, GM IS STILL USING THE SAME MATERIAL AND OWNERS HAVE TO PAY FOR PART OR ALL OF THE REPLACEMENT AFTER ORIGINAL 3-YEAR MANUFACTURER WARRANTY. IF IT CRACKS AGAIN AFTER ONE YEAR OF INSTALLATION, WE ARE LOOKING AT ANOTHER REPAIR BILL!

DASH BOARD CRACKED IN 2 PLACES OVER THE LAST WEEK. FIRST CRACK OCCURRED OVER THE GAUGE CLUSTERS, AND THE SECOND CRACK OCCURRED OVER THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG.

OUR 2012 LTZ TAHOE ONLY HAS 64,768 MILES ON IT AND IS GARAGE KEPT. WE ALSO KEEP A SUNSCREEN IN THE WINDOW WHEN IT IS SITTING OUTSIDE. WE HAVE STARTED NOTICING CRACKS IN THE DASHBOARD IN 2 DIFFERENT PLACES. WE TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER AND THEY SAID WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR REPLACEMENT. AROUND $1000.00. I DO NOT THINK WE SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE RECALLED SEEING AS THOUGH THE INTERNET IS FLOODED WITH PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I ALSO FEEL THIS COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE SINCE IT IS AROUND THE AIRBAGS!

DASHBOARD CRACKING FROM PASSENGER AIR BAG DOOR TO WINDSHIELD DEFROST VENT. CONTACTED DEALER - BUTCH DAVIS CHEVROLET IN RIPLEY, MS SALESPERSON ADVISED THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH NO SOLUTION. THE DEALER REFUSED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE AND ADVISED FILING A COMPLAINT WITH CHEVROLET CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE BUT THAT TO HIS KNOWLEDGE, THIS ISSUE IS WIDE SPREAD AND NOT BEING ADDRESSED BY CHEVROLET.

I HAVE A 2012 TAHOE THAT HAS AN CRAKING ISSUE WITH THE DASH BOARD. ONE MONTH AGO IN AUGUST,2016 I WAS DRIVING AND OUT OF THE BLUE A 1 1/2 INCH CRACK SUDDENLY APPEARED FROM THE DASH AREA INTO SIDE PASSENGER AIR BAG AREA. TODAY IS SEPTEMBER 2016 AND I WENT OUT TO MY CAR THIS MORNING TO LEAVE AND NOTICED WHILE I WAS STARTING MY CAR THAT THERE WAS A NOW A 4 INCH CRACK JUST ABOVE THE COUNSEL AREA IN THE DASH. MY VEHICLE JUST HIT 40 THOUSAND MILES AND THIS IS JUST UNEXCEPTABLE FOR CHEVY TO NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE 2007 IN MANY OF THERE VEHICLES MAINLY THE TAHOE. MY VEHICLE IS VERY WELL MAINTAINED AND STILL LOOKS AS IT DID THE DAY I BOUGHT IT AND THE CRACKS IN THE DASH ARE TO ME A HAZARD ESPECIALLY THE ONE AROUND THE AIR BAG.

THERE ARE 2 CRACKS ON THE CENTER DASH ON EITHER SIDE OF THE RADIO SPEAKER. THEY APPEARED OUT OF NOWHERE AND ARE GETTING WORSE.

DASH CRACKING IN MULTIPLE PLACES.

I HAVE A CRACK ON THE DASH AND IT IS NEAR TO THE PASSENGER AIR BAG LID. IN CASE OF A CRASH THIS IS A RISK. I AM RESIDENTE OF COSTA RICA. AND THE CAR WAS IMPORTED TO COSTA RICA. A CONTACT PHONE IN COSTA RICA IS: + (506) 8701-2196

2012 TAHOE RECENTLY BOUGHT AND HAS BEGAN CRACKING AROUND THE AIR BAG AND DRIVER SIDE AS MENTIONED ON PREVIOUS POST BY OTHER CONSUMERS. A CONCERN IF THE AIR BAG IS DEPLOYED THAT SHAPREL WILL SHOOT OUT IF IN AN ACCIDENT. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AND APPEARED OUT OF NOWHERE.

TWO ADVANCING CRACKS IN THE DASH.

THE DASHBOARD ON MY 2012 TAHOE STARTED CRACKING ON THE PASSENGER SIDE NEAR THE AIRBAG. AS A FEW WEEKS HAVE GONE BY, THE DRIVER'S SIDE HAS STARTED CRACKING TOO. THE DASH LOOKS HORRIBLE AND I HAVE ONLY HAD THE CAR 1 MONTH. I AM WORRIED THAT IF I WERE IN A WRECK, THE BROKEN DASH WILL FLY OFF WHEN THE AIR BAG DEPLOYS.

THE TOP DASHBOARD PIECE HAS MULTIPLE CRACKS IN IT SIMILAR TO OTHER REPORTS MADE BY CONSUMERS. ONE CRACK IS NEXT TO THE PASSENGER AIRBAG COMPARTMENT, AND ANOTHER IS AT THE BASE OF THE DASHBOARD BEHIND THE STEERING WHEEL. NO IMPACT OR ACCIDENT CAUSE THESE CRACKS; THEY SIMPLY APPEARED ON THE CAR AND HAVE CONTINUED TO GROW IN SIZE.

THERE IS A CRACK ON THE DRIVERS SIDE DASH, AT THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNED OF THE AIRBAG. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN IN A COLLISION SINCE I PURCHASED IT NOR DO I DO ANY KIND OF OFFROADING ON ROUGH TERRAIN. VEHICLE IS ALWAYS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY. I WOKE UP ONE MORNING, GOT IN THE TRUCK AND THE CRACK WAS THERE. THE EVENING PRIOR, THERE WAS NO CRACK IN THE DASH. I DO NOT KNOW THE SPECIFIC CAUSE OF THIS CRACK. WHILE DOING RESEARCH, I NOTICED THAT OTHER VEHICLES LIKE MINE HAVE EXPERIENCED AIRBAG FAILURES WHICH HAVE RESULTED IN ACCIDENTS AND AT LEAST ONE FATALITY. THE CRACK TENDS TO EXPAND WHEN THE WEATHER IS HOT AND CONTRACTS TO ALMOST AN UNNOTICEABLE STATE WHEN COOL.

SEVERELY CRACKED DASH OVER THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND MULTIPLE CRACKS AROUND THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG.

CRACKING DASH BY PASSENGER AIR BAG CLOSET TO THE WINDSHEILD.

DASH ABOVE INSTRUMENT PANEL JUST SPLIT. ALSO DISCOVERED CRACK ON DASH ABOVE PASSENGER AIRBAG.

THERE IS A CRACK IN THE DASHBOARD NEXT TO THE PASSENGER AIRBAG.

2012 CHEVROLET TAHOE. BROKEN DASH NEAR THE PASSENGER AIR BAG AND DRIVERS ODOMETER.