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Chevrolet Avalanche by model year

2,473 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Chevrolet Avalanche across 12 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

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Complaints by model year

Total NHTSA complaints by model year, Chevrolet Avalanche 0 300 600 2002: 562 '02 2003: 238 '03 2004: 202 '04 2005: 85 '05 2006: 14 '06 2007: 493 '07 2008: 323 '08 2009: 96 '09 2010: 147 '10 2011: 161 '11 2012: 43 '12 2013: 105 '13
Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.
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Model yearComplaints
2002562
2003238
2004202
200585
200614
2007493
2008323
200996
2010147
2011161
201243
2013105

All model years

Model yearComplaintsMost reportedRecallsMPGSafety
2013 105 Air bags (21%) 2
2012 43 Air bags (14%) 3
2011 161 Air bags (34%) 3
2010 147 Air bags (36%) 3
2009 96 Air bags (43%) 5
2008 323 Air bags (41%) 4
2007 493 Air bags (46%) 4
2006 14 1
2005 85 Electrical system (25%) 3
2004 202 Electrical system (30%) 5
2003 238 Brakes (34%) 4
2002 562 Brakes (40%) 2