NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Chevrolet Avalanche Recalls
The 2005 Chevrolet Avalanche has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on April 22, 2005.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 Chevrolet Avalanche. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 71
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★☆☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 Chevrolet Avalanche, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2005 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 2003–2004 Avalanche, 6 other models
Power train: manual transmission: shift pattern indicator
- Campaign
- 05V055000
- Reported
- February 14, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 7,194
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 102, transmission shift position and starter interlock
- Same campaign
- also 9 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 2004 Avalanche, 8 other models
2005 Chevrolet Avalanche complaints by year
NHTSA has received 71 owner complaints about the 2005 Chevrolet Avalanche, the newest on August 6, 2021. Of these, 2 describe a crash (3%); owners reported 4 injuries.
In complaints about the 2005 Chevrolet Avalanche, the component group named most often is the electrical system (30%), followed by the air bags (15%) and the power train (13%).
1 of the 2005 Chevrolet Avalanche's 3 recalls also concerns the power train.
Where 2005 Chevrolet Avalanche owners gave the mileage (62 complaints), the median was 68,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System21
- Air Bags11
- Power Train9
- Fuel/Propulsion System8
- Engine And Engine Cooling5
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic4
Complaints received, by year
| 2005 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 7 | |
| 2010 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 7 | |
| 2012 | 10 | |
| 2013 | 10 | |
| 2014 | 11 | |
| 2015 | 9 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2005 Chevrolet Avalanche peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 11. 14% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Chevrolet Avalanche drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Avalanche year in the same window: 8th highest of the 8 ranked years.
That makes 2005 one of the three best-measured Chevrolet Avalanche years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 3/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 71 complaints about the 2005 Chevrolet Avalanche are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Avalanche by model year
Other 2005 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: August 6, 2021. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted