2004 Chevrolet Avalanche

NO EVENTS BEFORE SPEEDOMETER STARTED TO STICK I WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE WHEN MY NEEDLE SHOWED 90 MPH BUT I FELT LIKE I WAS DOING 70 MPH AND WHEN I FINALLY STOPPED IT SHOWED 40 MPH AND NOW WHEN DRIVING ON INTERSTATE I DON'T KNOW HOW FAST I AM GOING BUT IT SHOWS 120 MPH I AM DRIVING BY RPMS I KNOW BETWEEN 2000 AND 3000 RPMS I SHOULD BE AROUND 80 MPH. *NM

MY 2004 AVALANCHE STARTED MAKING KNOCKING SOUNDS WHEN TURNING CORNERS - TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND $700 LATER AND A NEW STEERING YOKE THE KNOCK WAS SQUELCHED (NOT GONE) AND THE SPEEDOMETER COINCIDENTALLY STARTED MOVING LIKE A SECOND-HAND ON A WATCH (JERKY) - TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY WANT $525 FOR A NEW CLUSTER THAT THEY SAY IS NOT COMMON - LOOKING ON THE WEB, I FOUND THIS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH AVALANCHES AND THE WAITING LIST CAN BE IN THE HUNDREDS BEFORE ME - IF THIS IS SO COMMON, WHY ISN'T THERE A RECALL AND WHY DOES THE DEALER DENY THE NUMBER OF OCCURRENCES? *NM

THE SPEEDOMETER IN MY 2004 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE QUIT WORKING. PREVIOUSLY, IT HAD TEMPORARILY STUCK OR HESITATED OCCASIONALLY BUT THEN WAS OKAY. NOW IT DOESN'T WORK AT ALL. THE ODOMETER AND ALL THE OTHER GAUGES/INSTRUMENT CLUSTER INDICATORS ARE STILL WORKING. OBVIOUSLY, NOT KNOWING ONES' SPEED CREATES A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY HAZARD. IN ORDER TO CORRECT THIS FAILURE THE DEALER STATED THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER GAUGES WOULD HAVE TO BE REMOVED AND SENT TO THE GM REPAIR/REPLACE FACILITY IN TEXAS. COST; APPROXIMATELY $400.00 DOLLARS AND TAKE 7-10 DAYS. SINCE MY AVALANCHE HAS 42,000 MILES THIS IS NOT COVERED BY THE WARRANTY, AND IS TO COSTLY FOR ME TO REPAIR AT THIS TIME. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH THE VEHICLE LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING CAUSING THE SPEED TO DECREASE TO 30 MPH. THE SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER OCCURRED TEN TIMES, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON SIX OCCASIONS FOR INSPECTION OF THE PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY TWICE, BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. *NM UPDATED 2/7/2006 - *NM

DT: THE ELECTRICITY FROM THE AUTOMATIC CONTROL MONITOR THAT CONTROLS THE AIR CONDITIONING AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL ON THE ROOF OF THE TRUCK WAS CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO EXPERIENCE SEVERE HEADACHES AND SHE WAS NO LONGER ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE WITH THE HEAT OR AIR ON. SHE HAD TO PULL THE FUSE THAT CONTROLLED THE MONITOR BECAUSE TURNING IT OFF THE WAVE OF ELECTRICITY WAS STILL FLOWING. THE GAUSS METER THAT CHECKED THE WAVE OF ELECTRICITY WAS FLASHING RED WHEN SHE HELD IT UP TO HER HEAD. IT WAS NOT SUPPOSE TO BE LIKE THAT. THE SYMPTOMS WERE: HER SCALP WAS REAL TENDER AND SWOLLEN, HER LEFT SIDE OF SHOULDER AND NECK WAS HURTING A LOT, AND SHE HAD TO USE CONTACTS IN HER LEFT EYE BECAUSE OF VISION PROBLEMS. ALL OF THESE SYMPTOMS WERE FROM THE AUTOMATIC CONTROL MONITOR SHE HAS NEVER HAD ANY OF THESE SYMPTOMS PRIOR TO THIS. SINCE SHE UNPLUGGED THE FUSE THESE SYMPTOMS DISAPPEARED, AND SHE FELT BETTER. HER CONCERN WAS THAT OTHER PEOPLE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE MAY NEVER BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CAUSED THESE PROBLEMS AND SHE FELT THAT THIS WAS A SEVERE HEALTH RISK. *AK *JB

NEW 2004 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE PURCHASED 08/14/04. ON 09/24/04, VEHICLE STOPPED ON FREEWAY. TOWED TO DEALERSHIP PURCHASED FROM, WINTER CHEVROLET IN PITTSBURGH, CA. KEPT FOR 11 DAYS WITHOUT INFORMATION GIVEN VERBALLY OR IN THE MAIL. CONTINUE TO HAVE PROBLEMS. TRUCK AGAIN STOPPED ON FREEWAY ON 12/27/04. RE-STARTED AFTER TURNING OFF AND WAITING A COUPLE MINUTES. TAKING BACK IN TOMORROW. SALES DEPARTMENT WILL NOT RETURN CALL REGARDING TRADE OR RETURN OF DOWN. SIMPLY PATCH UP THE NEW VEHICLE AND SEND ME OUT AGAIN AWAITING NEXT PROBLEM. *JB