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Chevrolet Tahoe 2010

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

0.12 per 1,000

better than this nameplate’s own median · from 9 complaints filed in the first three years, of 319 ever. 95% lower bound 0.04.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model yearPer 1,000Complaints
20080.4945
20090.2319
20100.129
20110.2620
20120.097
20130.2418
20140.1816
20151.65153
20160.6663
20170.2929
20180.2828
20190.2627
20200.1312
20211.24120
20220.6266
20231.36147

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Unknown Or Other 142 complaints

dash cracked2417%
dashboard cracked1914%
side airbag1712%
deploys107%
side air107%

Air Bags 118 complaints

cracked4236%
cracks2824%
dashboard cracked1412%

Structure 90 complaints

dashboard cracked1820%
above instrument1113%
dash cracked1113%

When it breaks

7% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 74,000 miles, from 203 complaints that recorded one).

Failures arrive late and spread out, which looks like wear. Service history matters more than model year here.

What NHTSA did

3 investigations covering this model year, 1 of which list a recall campaign. Owners had filed 16 complaints about this component over roughly 8 months before an investigation opened.

Rollover Side Curtain Air Bags

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

10325511 · 10339639 · 10348062 · 10360684 · 10389768 · 10420235

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is automated checks only, not verified against an external source.