NHTSA Safety Recalls
2010 Chevrolet Avalanche Recalls
The 2010 Chevrolet Avalanche has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 5, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2010 Chevrolet Avalanche. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 111
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2010 Chevrolet Avalanche, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2010 Chevrolet Avalanche
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 21V050000
- Reported
- February 5, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,641,272
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2009, 2011 Avalanche, 13 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 21V053000
- Reported
- February 5, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 692,526
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2009, 2013 Avalanche, 13 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 21V054000
- Reported
- February 5, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,778,128
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2011–2013 Avalanche, 11 other models
Equipment
- Campaign
- 10E043000
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 10 other models
2010 Chevrolet Avalanche complaints by year
NHTSA has received 111 owner complaints about the 2010 Chevrolet Avalanche, the newest on November 11, 2024. Owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2010 Chevrolet Avalanche, the component group named most often is the air bags (48%), followed by the structure (14%) and the electrical system (7%).
3 of the 2010 Chevrolet Avalanche's 4 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2010 Chevrolet Avalanche owners gave the mileage (75 complaints), the median was 65,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags53
- Unknown Or Other51
- Structure16
- Electrical System8
- Engine6
- Electronic Stability Control (Esc)3
Complaints received, by year
| 2011 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 6 | |
| 2015 | 11 | |
| 2016 | 24 | |
| 2017 | 26 | |
| 2018 | 14 | |
| 2019 | 8 | |
| 2020 | 13 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2010 Chevrolet Avalanche peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 26. 3% arrived between 2009 and 2013, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 111 complaints about the 2010 Chevrolet Avalanche are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Avalanche by model year
Other 2010 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: November 11, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted