2008 Chevrolet Suburban Body & Structure Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS CRACKED ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG COMPARTMENT. THE LOCAL DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,000.

I HAVE A 2008 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN AND THERE IS A LARGE CRACK ACROSS THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE DASH. I AM NOT SURE WHAT CAUSED IT. UPON READING EMAILS ON THIS AND OTHER WEBSITES, IT APPEARS THAT I AM NOT ALONE WITH THE PROBLEM. *TR

EARLIER TODAY, THE DASHBOARD ON MY SUBURBAN SPONTANEOUSLY THREE CRACKSWITH NO IMPACT WHATSOEVER. ONE OF THE CRACKS RUNS ALL THE WAY FROM THE WINDSHIELD TO THE TOP OF THE DASH ABOVE THE STEERING WHEEL. THE SECOND CRACK SPLITS OFF THE FIRST ONE AND IS HEADING TOWARD THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW. THIS OCCURRED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS SITTING IN A PARKING LOT, LOCKED UP AND WITH NOBODY IN THE VEHICLE. PRIOR TO THIS HAPPENING, THERE WAS NO PREVIOUS SIGN OF CRACKS OF ANY KIND AND THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE SHADE UNDER A TREE FOR THE ENTIRE DAY. IN ADDITION, IT WAS A RAINY OVERCAST DAY AND THE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE WAS ONLY ABOUT 70 DEGF.

THE DASHBOARD IS CRACKING AND IM WORRIED IT WILL AFFECT AIRBAG. IT CONTINUES TO GET LOOSER BY THE DAY.

DASH 2 CRACKS. ONE ABOVE STEERING COLUMN AND ONE AT THE TOP LEFT OF AIRBAG.

DASHBOARD IS CRACKED IN TWO DISTINCT PLACES AND IS A SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE IT IS NEXT TO THE AIR BAGS

FRONT DASHBOARD HAS CRACKED AND SEPARATED INTO PIECES. THE PIECES FLY AROUND INTERIOR OF VEHICLE WHEN DRIVING. *TR

DASH BOARD CRACKING AND SPLITTING APART IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS// IT STARTED OFF SMALL, AND IS CONTINUING HEADING FOR THE GAUGE CLUSTER.~~~ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE IT HAS COMPLETED A SPLIT FROM THE DEFROSTER DUCTING TO THE PASSENGER FRONT AIR BAG COVER.

NTSB: 2008 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN: CONSUMER STATED THERE WERE CRACKS IN THE DASHBOARD. *SS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT'S WIFE PROCEEDED TO OPEN THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR FROM THE INSIDE. THE CHROME PAINT ON THE DOOR HANDLE FRACTURED AND CUT HER HAND. NO MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS REQUIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 137,000.......UPDATED 12/30/15 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED AN EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLE, THAT BROKE OFF, HAD TO BE REPLACED. THROUGH RESEACHTHE CONTACT DISCOVERED CHROME PEELING OFF OF THE INTERIOR DOOR CAUSING THE PASSENGER OR DRIVER TO CUT HIS OR HER HAND. UPDATED 2/23/2016*JS *CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD DEVELOPED TWO CRACKS. ONE WAS NEAR THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND THE OTHER WAS NEAR THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000. MA 10/25/15

BEGAN NOTICING LARGE CRACKS ON DASHBOARD, WHICH HAS CAUSED THE ENTIRE FRONT INSTRUMENT PANEL TO SHIFT. PANEL NOW SAGS 1/4" LOWER ON RIGHT SIDE. CRACKS ARE ALSO SURROUNDING AIRBAG LOCATIONS. SHOULD AIRBAGS DEPLOY, THE PLASTIC COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS (IE, SHRAPNEL) ALSO, ELECTRIC LIFT-GATE HAS FAILED TWICE, FALLING WHILE I AM UNDERNEATH IT. I WAS NOT INJURED. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY IN BOTH INSTANCES OF THE CRACKS AND THE FAILED LIFT-GATE.

CHROME PLATING ON INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES PEELED OFF FROM THE PLASTIC BASE MATERIAL AND CAUSED FINGER INJURY . *TR

DRIVERS DOOR HAS HAD TROUBLE CLOSING. HINGE WAS STIFF AND CREAKED LOUDLY. SEVERAL ATTEMPTS JUST TOLD NEEDED GREASED. SO WE CONTINUED TO GREASE WHEN NECESSARY AT HOME. KEPT GREASING THE HINGE. FINALLY THE DOOR WOULD NOT SHUT AT ALL AROUND 90,000 PLUS MILES WHEN FIRST NOTICED THE DOOR ISSUE. HAD TO HAVE SOMEONE COME AND HELP CLOSE THE DOOR. THE DOOR TURNED OUT TO BE DEFECTIVE METAL AND NEAR THE HINGE THE METAL HAS TORN ACROSS AND THUS LOWERED THE DOOR TO WHERE IT DOES NOT CLOSE PROPERLY. A SMALL WELD WAS DONE TO HOLD WHILE I PURSUED HELP THROUGH CHEVY TO NO AVAIL AS BY THEN WE WERE OVER 100,000 AND TOLD TOO LATE. I EVEN HAD THE BODY MANAGER TELL THEM NO RUST AROUND HINGE, DEFECTIVE METAL. NOW THE PASSENGER DOOR HAS SAME ISSUE. WINDOWS ARE STARTING TO HAVE TROUBLE CLOSING SINCE DOOR OFF LINE.

THERE IS A BIG CRACK SPANING THE LENGTH OF THE DRIVER SIDE DASHBOARD. STARTSIN THE CORNER AND OVER THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND GETTING BIGGER.

THE DASHBOARD HAS CRACKED AT THE FRONT LEFT CORNER OF THE PASSENGER AIRBAG. IT HAS ALSO CRACKED AT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. THESE CRACKS ARE EXTREMELY CONCERNING, ESPECIALLY IF I AM IN A CRASH. I AM CERTAIN THAT THE CRACK NEAR THE AIRBAG WILL EXPAND AND CREATE SHARDS OF PLASTIC OR WORSE, PREVENT THE AIRBAG FROM DEPLOYING PROPERLY.

DOOR HANDLES ARE ALL COMING OFF ON EXTERIOR OF VEHICLE ON BOTH OF THE FRONT AND REAR PASSENGER DOORS. *TR

I CUT MY FINGER ON THE INTERIOR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR HANDLE WHEN EXITING MY VEHICLE LAST WEEKEND. THE METAL LIFTED, MAKING AN EXTREMELY SHARP EDGE. I EMAILED CHEVROLET ON SATURDAY IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON, BUT HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM THEM YET. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS, AND I AM NOT SURE HOW TO PROCEED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP! *TR

COMPLAINT TO DOCUMENT A SAFETY ISSUE ON A 2008 CHEVY SUBURBAN. SHARP EDGES ON INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES CAUSING SERIOUS INJURIES TO THE HANDS OF PASSENGERS. THE CHROME FINISH IS DELAMINATING FROM THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES CAUSING SHARP KNIFE LIKE EDGES AS NOTED ON SEVERAL 2007 GM MODELS IN DEFECT INVESTIGATION REPORT EA10004. MY 2008 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AS DESCRIBED IN THE PREVIOUS INVESTIGATION. SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INJURED BY THE SHARP EDGES ON THE DOOR HANDLES IN MY 2008 SUBURBAN WHEN TRYING TO OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE INSIDE. THE SHARP EDGES HAVE CAUSED DEEP CUTS TO THE HANDS OF MY WIFE, AND HER MOTHER, AS WELL AS MINOR CUTS TO OTHERS. THERE IS A VERY SERIOUS POTENTIAL FOR INFECTION AND TRANSMISSION OF DISEASE BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF BLEEDING FROM THESE INJURIES. DOORS HANDLES INHERENTLY CARRY GERMS, AND BECAUSE THE INJURIES ARE CAUSED BY THESE DOOR HANDLES, THE RISK IS CONSIDERABLY HIGHER. BASED ON THE RESEARCH I HAVE PERFORMED ON THE SUBJECT, THIS IS A MUCH MORE WIDESPREAD PROBLEM THAN PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED, AND IS NOT ISOLATED TO 2007 MODELS ALONE. I HAVE FILE A COMPLAINT THE GM CUSTOMER SERVICE IN AN ATTEMPT TO RESOLVE THE MATTER. IF GM IS UNWILLING TO REPLACE THESE DEFECTIVE DANGEROUS HANDLES, THEN I WILL REPLACE THE HANDLES TO PREVENT FURTHER INJURIES AT MY OWN EXPENSE. *TR

LAST YEAR 2012, THE SUBURBAN WAS BLOWING SMOKE OUT TAILPIPE, LESS THAN 100K MILES, SO DEALERSHIP INSTALLED NEW VALVE COVER WITH PROPER GROMMIT FOR PCV UNDER WARRANTY. SEPT. 2013 115K MILES, ENGINE BUCKING, DASH LIGHTS ALL ON, RUNNING ON 7 CYLINDERS, CHEVY DEALERSHIP STATES #1 SPARK PLUG "CAME OUT". AND THAT OIL PRESSURE SENSOR WAS BAD, BUT STILL PRESSURE, SO NOT URGENT....NOV 19, 2013 - TRUCK NOW MAKING 'BACK FIRE' NOISES AND PRESSURE SENSOR MOVING BACK AND FORTH ACROSS 40....AFRAID WILL BREAK DOWN AGAIN. ALSO, HAVE PEELING CHROME ON INSIDE DOOR HANDLES LIKE PRIOR COMPLAINT, THAT IS CUTTING HANDS/FINGERS! *TR