NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 Chevrolet Avalanche Recalls
The 2003 Chevrolet Avalanche has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on April 22, 2005.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2003 Chevrolet Avalanche. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 204
- Crashes reported
- 10
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★☆☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2003 Chevrolet Avalanche, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2003 Chevrolet Avalanche
Seat belts: rear/other
- Campaign
- 05V163000
- Reported
- April 22, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,359,824
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2005 Avalanche, 6 other models
Structure: body: tailgate: hinge and attachments
- Campaign
- 04V129000
- Reported
- March 17, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,662,211
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2002, 2004 Avalanche, 5 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic
- Campaign
- 04V045000
- Reported
- February 4, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 68,875
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 135, light vehicle brakes
- Same campaign
- also 2004 Avalanche, 11 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly
- Campaign
- 03V019000
- Reported
- January 27, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5,734
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 06E043000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2002, 2004 Avalanche, 14 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002 Avalanche, 57 other models
2003 Chevrolet Avalanche complaints by year
NHTSA has received 204 owner complaints about the 2003 Chevrolet Avalanche, the newest on April 14, 2016. Of these, 10 describe a crash (5%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 7 injuries.
In complaints about the 2003 Chevrolet Avalanche, the component group named most often is the service brakes (25%), followed by the electrical system (21%) and the service brakes, hydraulic (13%).
1 of the 2003 Chevrolet Avalanche's 6 recalls also concerns the service brakes, hydraulic.
Where 2003 Chevrolet Avalanche owners gave the mileage (160 complaints), the median was 65,543 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes51
- Electrical System42
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic27
- Air Bags14
- Power Train14
- Vehicle Speed Control11
Complaints received, by year
| 2003 | 13 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 19 | |
| 2005 | 32 | |
| 2006 | 18 | |
| 2007 | 17 | |
| 2008 | 11 | |
| 2009 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 8 | |
| 2011 | 10 | |
| 2012 | 13 | |
| 2013 | 21 | |
| 2014 | 25 | |
| 2015 | 10 | |
| 2016 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2003 Chevrolet Avalanche peaked in 2005, when NHTSA received 32. 40% arrived between 2002 and 2006, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2003 vehicles, the 2003 Chevrolet Avalanche drew 5.1× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Avalanche year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 8 ranked years.
That makes 2003 one of the Chevrolet Avalanche years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 3/5
- Rollover: 2/5
The 204 complaints about the 2003 Chevrolet Avalanche are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Avalanche by model year
Other 2003 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: April 14, 2016. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted