NHTSA Safety Recalls
2004 Chevrolet Avalanche Recalls
The 2004 Chevrolet Avalanche has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 3, 2006.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2004 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
- 165
- Crashes reported
- 6
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★☆☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2004 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 2004 Chevrolet Avalanche
Engine and engine cooling
- Campaign
- 06V289000
- Reported
- August 3, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 38,439
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 5 other models
Seat belts: rear/other
- Campaign
- 05V163000
- Reported
- April 22, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,359,824
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2003, 2005 Avalanche, 6 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic
- Campaign
- 05V043000
- Reported
- February 8, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 77,411
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2005 Avalanche, 8 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 2002–2003 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 2003 Avalanche, 11 other models
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 06E043000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2003 Avalanche, 14 other models
2004 Chevrolet Avalanche complaints by year
NHTSA has received 165 owner complaints about the 2004 Chevrolet Avalanche, the newest on November 23, 2021. Of these, 6 describe a crash (4%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 6 injuries.
In complaints about the 2004 Chevrolet Avalanche, the component group named most often is the electrical system (36%), followed by the service brakes (15%) and the service brakes, hydraulic (9%).
2 of the 2004 Chevrolet Avalanche's 6 recalls also concern the service brakes, hydraulic.
Where 2004 Chevrolet Avalanche owners gave the mileage (140 complaints), the median was 54,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System60
- Service Brakes25
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic15
- Power Train14
- Steering10
- Air Bags9
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 10 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 22 | |
| 2006 | 16 | |
| 2007 | 23 | |
| 2008 | 10 | |
| 2009 | 14 | |
| 2010 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 14 | |
| 2012 | 11 | |
| 2013 | 9 | |
| 2014 | 16 | |
| 2015 | 12 | |
| 2016 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2004 Chevrolet Avalanche peaked in 2007, when NHTSA received 23. 43% arrived between 2003 and 2007, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2004 vehicles, the 2004 Chevrolet Avalanche drew 4.6× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Avalanche year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 8 ranked years.
That makes 2004 one of the Chevrolet Avalanche years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 3/5
The 165 complaints about the 2004 Chevrolet Avalanche are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Avalanche by model year
Other 2004 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: November 23, 2021. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted