Ownership Cost for 2002 Chevrolet Avalanche 1500
Estimated: $44543 over the next 5 years
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation | $2134 | $1024 | $896 | $811 | $726 | $5591 |
| Insurance | $1491 | $1543 | $1597 | $1653 | $1711 | $7995 |
| Fuel | $2600 | $2678 | $2772 | $2883 | $3012 | $13945 |
| Maintenance | $2763 | $2291 | $1187 | $1103 | $2291 | $9635 |
| Repairs | $977 | $1138 | $1298 | $1417 | $1627 | $6457 |
| Taxes & Fees | $621 | $621 | $621 | $621 | $621 | $920 |
| Total Ownership Costs | $10586 | $8745 | $7840 | $7924 | $9447 | $44543 |
| Model year | COMPONENT | Complaint |
| 2005 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT VEHICLE SMELLED OF FUEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE FUEL PUMP MODULE AND THE FUEL FEED PRESSURE LINE HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF RUST. THE TECHNICIAN ALSO STATED THAT THE LINES WERE EXPOSED AND THE ROAD SALT CAUSED THE LINES TO RUST. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 75,370. *TR |
| 2002 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | I TOOK MY 02 AVALANCHE IN FOR WARRANTY SERVICE WORK FOR SERVERAL ITEMS. ONE ITEM WAS NOT FIXED TO MY SATISFACTION. I REPORTED CONDENSATION IN MY DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS/FOG LIGHT HOUSING. NOT ONLY WAS THERE CONDENSATION, THERE WAS STANDING WATER. WHEN I PICKED UP MY VEHICLE I LOOKED AND THE LIGHTS SEEMED TO BE OK, BUT BY THE TIME I ARRIVED HOME 15 MINUTES LATER, THERE WAS CONDENSATION IN THEM AGAIN. I CALLED THE DEALER TO FIND OUT THAT THEY DIDN'T REPLACE THEM, THEY ONLY "CLEANED THEM OUT AND RESEALED THEM". UPON FURTHER INSPECTION I NOTICED THAT THEY SEPARATED THE HOUSING FROM THE LENS AND THEN USED SILICONE SEALANT TO PUT THEM BACK TOGETHER. THE DEALERSHIP I TOOK IT TO STATED THERE WAS A BULLETIN FROM GM STATING THAT SOME CONDENSATION IS NORMAL AND THE FIX THEY PERFORMED WAS ALL THEY WERE ALLOWED TO DO. I CONTACTED GM AND RECEIVED THE SAME INFORMATION. I TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK IN AGAIN FOR THE CONDENSATION, THEY HAVE NOW PERFORMED THE SAME FIX. I TOLD THEM AND THE GM REP ON THE PHONE THAT THIS WAS A SAFETY ISSUE, THAT NO AMOUNT OF CONDENSATION IN MY LIGHT HOUSING IS ACCEPTABLE. NOW I AM UNWILLING TO USE MY FOG LIGHTS DUE TO THE FACT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBLE SAFETY ISSUES WITH THE LENS AND THE CONDENSATION AS WELL AS THE NOW SILICONE BEING SO CLOSE TO THE HEAT OF THE FOG LIGHTS. GM IS REFUSING TO REPLACE MY LIGHT HOUSINGS, I CONSIDER THIS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE.*AK |
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