2004 Chevrolet Silverado 1500

INSTRUMENT CLUSTER PANEL GAUGES QUIT WORKING. TRUCK HAS LITTLE LESS THAN 14,000 MILES ON IT. THROUGH INTERNET SEARCH DISCOVERED THAT A SPECIAL SERVICE BULLETIN WAS ISSUED BUT DID NOT RECEIVE ONE. NOTICED THAT IT ONLY COVERS 7 YEARS OR 70,000 MILES FOR GM TO REPLACE. I AM WELL UNDER THE 70,000 MILES AND FEEL THAT IT SHOULD BE REPLACED BY GM. SPEEDOMETER WAS THE FIRST GAUGE TO QUIT WORKING. ALL SERVICE ON VEHICLE HAS BEEN PERFORMED BY GM DEALERSHIP TO DATE. DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY I HAVE TO REPAIR THIS AT MY OWN COST.

2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO LS 1500 INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND HEATER ELECTRICAL FAILURES. IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM THAT THE STEPPER MOTORS IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ARE GUARANTEED TO FAIL RESULTING IN NOT KNOWING WHAT SPEED YOU ARE GOING OR ANY OTHER GAUGE SUCH AS FUEL, TEMPERATURE OR OIL PRESSURE. GM REFUSED TO FIX PROBLEM WHEN STILL UNDER WARRANTY. I FIXED THE FIRST 2 STEPPER MOTOR FAILURES MYSELF, NOW AT 268,XXX MILES THERE IS A PROBLEM IN THE IGNITION SWITCH WHICH LEAVES ME WITH NO FUNCTION OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND LOSS OF HVAC BLOWER FUNCTION. IT IS NOW WINTER HERE IN MICHIGAN, VEHICLE PROBLEMS STARTED WHEN IT WAS WINTER WHEN THE SPEEDOMETER AND FUEL GAUGE FAILED THE FIRST TIME. NOW, THE HEATER FAN AND INSTRUMENT CLUSTER HAVE FAILED AT THE SAME TIME! THE LAW REQUIRES A SPEEDOMETER! THIS SHOULD BE MADE A MANDATORY REPLACEMENT OF ALL INSTRUMENT CLUSTERS REGARDLESS OF MILES OR AGE OF THE VEHICLE. 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO LS 1500 THAT HAS THE FAILED INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND HEATER BLOWER PROBLEMS. AS A GM STOCK HOLDER I DEMAND ACTION BE TAKEN TO REPLACE INSTRUMENT CLUSTERS IN ALL AFFECTED GM VEHICLES AT NO COST. AS IT STANDS NOW, I WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER GM PRODUCT IF THIS PROBLEM IS NOT RECTIFIED AT NO COST TO ME!. LOYAL GM CUSTOMERS THAT HAVE BOUGHT GM VEHICLES ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY SHOULD HAVE THESE PROBLEMS RESOLVED AT "NO COST" REGARDLESS OF MILEAGE OR AGE OF THE VEHICLE MILEAGE. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THE VEHICLE AFFECTED. I AM ALSO A NATIVE BORN AMERICAN CITIZEN. LETS KICK GM'S BEHIND!

I WAS DRIVING MY TRUCK TO A FRIENDS HOUSE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAGES STARTED GOING CRAZY THEY SHOWED THAT MY TRUCK WAS OVERHEATING AND WHEN I STOPPED ITS WASN'T OVERHEATING THE THE AIR CONDITIONING STARTED TO GET HOT AND THEN COLD AND STOPPED. KNOW NONE OF THE CAGES WORK. TWO WEEKS AGAIN MY WIFE AND I WENT TO BREAKFAST AND WHEN I WENT TO TURN THE IGNITION OFF IT WOULDN'T TURN OFF SO I HAD TO LEAVE THE VEHICLE RUNNING AFTER BREAKFAST WE WENT HOME AND I DISCONNECTED THE CABLES AND THE TRUCK TURNED OFF . THEN THE NEXT MORNING I HOOKED THEM BACK UP AND IT STARTED BY IT SELF. I AM A 77 YEAR OLD SENIOR AND I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT THIS IS HAPPENING . I WOULD LIKE HELP IN TRYING TO FIGURE THIS ALL OUT IT SOUNDS LIKE DEFECTS TO ME I HAVE ALWAYS OWNED SILVERADO TRUCKS AND NEVER HAS ANYTHING LIKE THIS HAPPENED.

A FEW MONTHS AGO 2 OF THE SEAT BELTS ON THE MIDDLE ROW SEATS OF MY VEHICLE BECAME STUCK SO THEY ARE UNABLE TO BE PULLED OUT LONG ENOUGH TO REACH TO BE CLIPPED IN. AROUND 2010 SEVERAL OF THE GAUGE NEEDLES ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL OF MY 2004 CHEVY TAHOE STARTED TO STOP WORKING. FROM 2010 TILL 2015 I TRIED TO TAKE TO A DEALERSHIP 2 TIMES TO GET IT LOOK AT BUT BY THE TIME I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP IT WOULD START WORKING AGAIN SO I WAS ADVISE TO BRING IT IN WHEN IT WAS NOT WORKING. A COUPLE MONTHS AGO WHEN HAVING THE SAME ISSUE I DECIDED TO TAKE IT TO A LOCAL SHOP WHERE I HAVE PAID $300 TO TRY TO GET IT FIX, HOWEVER THE ELECTRICIAN FOUND A REPORT IN REGARDS TO MY CAR'S PROBLEM AND ADVISE ME TO TAKE MY VEHICLE TO A DEALERSHIP TO SEEK REPAIRS AT NO COST. I THEN TOOK IT TO RON TONKIN CHEVROLET ON 8/10/2015 LOCATED AT 122ND AVE AND WAS TOLD THAT NO RECALLS WERE FOUND FOR THIS ISSUE JUST A NOTICE AND ADVISED ME TO CONTACT GM TO SEEK COST ASSISTANCE. ON 8/11/2015 I CALLED GM AT (800)630-2438 AND TALKED TO A REP, THEN A SENIOR ADVISOR AND WAS TOLD THAT MY REQUEST WAS DENIED AND SO I REQUESTED TO TALK TO SOMEONE ABOVE THE SENIOR ADVISOR. I WAS TOLD THAT I WILL GET A CALL IN THE NEXT 24-48 HRS BUT SINCE I DIDN'T GET A CALL I CALLED THEM BACK ON 8/17/2014 AND WAS TOLD BY A SUPERVISOR THAT MY REQUEST IS DENIED BECAUSE THE SMART CARE COVERAGE ENDED IN 2011 AND I SHOULD HAD FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE NOTICE SENT TO VEHICLE OWNER BEFORE 2011 TO GET MY INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES AND SEAT BELTS REPAIR. I EXPLAINED THEM THAT I DID NOT RECEIVED THAT NOTICE BUT THEY CLAIMED THAT IT WAS SENT TO ME AND FOR THAT REASON NOTHING ELSE THEY CAN DO. I CONSIDER THAT THIS SHOULD BE A SAFETY MATTER AND THAT GM SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE TO COVER THE COST FOR THE REPAIRS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET 1500. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER FAILED TO DISPLAY THE CORRECT SPEED. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE DASH CLUSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 117,000. UPDATED 09/11/15*LJ

A MONTH OR TWO AGO THE HEATING SYSTEM STAYED BLOWING WHILE IN OFF POSITION AND EVEN WHILE THE CAR WAS TURNED OFF, KEPT KILLING THE BATTERY SO IT HAD TO BE DISCONNECTED. REAR WINDOW WILL ROLL DOWN AT START UP. RADIO WILL SQUEAL AT START UP AND HAD TO BE TURNED ON OR OFF FROM THE CENTER CONSOLE. THIS WEEK THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND CHECK TIRE. PERIODICALLY THE SERVICE STABILITY LIGHT WILL BLINK ON. TODAY THE WIPERS WILL NOT TURN OFF. VERY WORRIED THAT IT WILL ACCELERATE, CATCH FIRE OR SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. WE HAVE AN APT FOR REPAIR ON MONDAY. IS THE ELECTRICAL PANEL A CATEGORY INCLUDED INT HE RECALLS? *TR

THE GAS GAUGE BECAME VERY INACCURATE AND THEN STOPPED WORKING ALTOGETHER. THEN THE ALTERNATOR GAUGE STOPPED BEING ACCURATE. WORKS SOMETIME AND OTHERS IT INDICATES MAX AMPS. CHECKED WITH A METER AND THE CHARGE, WITH MOTOR RUNNING IS 14.2. MY BROTHER HAD A 2003 WHEN THE SAME HAPPEN, COST HIM 400.00 TO HAVE INSTRUMENT PACKAGE REPLACED. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL TO REPLACE DEFECTIVE INSTRUMENT PACKAGE. *TR

I HAVE OWNED SEVERAL CHEVY SILVERADOS AND HAVE HAD GOOD EXPERIENCES SO FAR. I NOTICED BACK IN 2013 THAT MY FUEL GAUGE WAS NOT REGISTERING CORRECTLY - NEEDLE GONE CRAZY. ALL THE OTHER GAUGES WERE PERFECT. THE DIAGNOSIS WAS A BAD FUEL SENSOR AND THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD CLUSTER HAD TO BE REPLACED. (OVER $500) I JUST CONTINUE TO RESET MY TRIPOMETER WHEN I FUEL UP NOW RATHER THAN SPEND THAT MUCH MONEY. THE DEALER SAID IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH DASHBOARD CONCERNS. MAYBE SOME DEFECTIVE PARTS????? ANYWAYS, SINCE THEN I HAVE REPLACED THE BRAKES, THE FRONT STRUTS, THE WATER PUMP, AND RECENTLY THE ENTIRE BRAKE LINES AT $1200 DUE TO SEVERE CORROSION. STILL HAVE NOT REPLACED THE DASHBOARD CLUSTER AS I AM WAITING FOR THE NEXT FAILURE. MY OTHER TRUCKS DID NOT SEEM TO FAIL AS MUCH AS SOON. MAY BE LOOKING AT THAT NEW ALUMINUM F150 SOON. *TR

THE DASH INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILED AND DOES NOT READ A CORRECT TEMPERATURE NOR DOES THE OIL GAUGE READ CORRECTLY. THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE READ THAT THE TEMPERATURE WAS ABOVE THE HIGHEST READING ON THE GAUGE. THERE IS A CLICKING SOUND WITHIN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CONTINUOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR EVALUATION AT A SERVICE STATION, THEY RAN A DIAGNOSTIC AND DETERMINED THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER IS FAILING AND ITS READINGS ARE NOT CORRECT. IT WILL REQUIRE REPLACEMENT. *TR