2004 Chevrolet Silverado 1500

MY VEHICLE IS A 2004 CHEVY SLIVERED 4 X 4 EX. CAB. FIRST, AT AROUND JUNE OR JULY OF 2006 THE SPIDER GEARS HAD TO BE REPLACED IN REAR DIFFERENTIAL ($1,100 BILL...ABOUT 53,000 MILES). NOW, ON DECEMBER 8, 2006, THE SPEEDOMETER STOP WORKING (61,000 MILES). DEALER STATED THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT IT TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. I KNOW THERE WOULD BE LABOR COST CONCERNING THIS INSPECTION ($60-$80 PER HOUR). JUST YESTERDAY I SEARCHED THE INTERNET AND FOUND, LITERALLY, HUNDREDS OF OTHER OWNERS OF CHEVY SILVERADOS AND OTHER GM PRODUCTS WITH THE SAME SPEEDOMETER PROBLEM THAT I HAVE. THE COST FOR A DEALER REPAIR IS ANYWHERE FROM $450 UP TO $1100. FROM WHAT I'VE FOUND, THE SPEEDOMETER PROBLEM INVOLVES A "STEPPER MOTOR" NOT WORKING PROPERLY OR A PLASTIC COVERED GEAR THAT CRACKS, MAKING THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE MOVE ERRATICALLY. IF THIS SPEEDOMETER PROBLEM IS AS PREVALENT AS IT SEEMS, GM SHOULD BE FORCED TO OWN UP TO IT'S RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE! SOMEONE IN YOUR ORGANIZATION SHOULD TAKE A FEW MINUTES AND READ THE COMPLAINTS ON THE FOLLOWING INTERNET FORUM: HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.NET/FORUM/AUTOS/CHEVROLET-TAHOE/T2BGKBGI55EKNU77C/P2 THESE ARE REAL PEOPLE WITH VALID CONCERNS. THERE ARE 11 PAGES OF COMPLAINTS THERE! IT MAY SURPRISE YOU, OR IT MAY NOT, AS TO HOW POORLY GM PRODUCTS ARE CONSTRUCTED AND THE OUTRAGEOUS COST CONCERNING THE REPAIR BILLS TO FIX THEIR MISTAKES. THE INITIAL COST OF THE VEHICLE SHOULD COVER ANY AND ALL REPAIRS CONCERNING POOR CONSTRUCTION AND/OR ANY SAFETY ISSUES. ANY HELP YOU CAN PROVIDE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU.

2004 CHEVY TAHOE SPEEDOMETER SUDDENLY READS 120 MPH THEN SETTLES TO 60 MPH WHEN PARKED. GRADUALLY CORRECTS ITSELF WITH STOPS AND STARTS ONLY TO REOCCUR. ITS DANGEROUS NOT KNOWING THE SPEED I'M ACTUALLY TRAVELING ON THE FREEWAY. DEALERS X 3 SAY $500+ TO REPLACE INSTRUMENT PANEL WITH THIS OBVIOUS AND VERY COMMON FACTORY DEFECT. A RECALL IS NEEDED. *JB

THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2004 SILVERADO K1500 IS PEGGED RIGHT NOW AND IS NOT WORKING AT ALL. THIS HAPPENED SHORTLY AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. I HAVE SEEN MANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ONLINE AT WWW.TOPIX.NET/FORUM/AUTOS/CHEVROLET-TAHOE/T2BGKBGI55EKNU77C. THIS IS UNSAFE AND APPARENTLY FAIRLY COMMON WITH GM VEHICLES, YET THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL ISSUED AS OF YET. *JB

MY 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500'S SPEEDOMETER FUNCTIONS ERRATICALLY SOMETIMES STATING THAT I AM GOING 120 MPH OR 0 MPH. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THEY JUST REPLACED AN INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ON A TAHOE. WAS TOLD THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WOULD HAVE TO BE SENT TO GM FOR REPAIR AND COST ABOUT $350 OR $400. I HAVE BEEN READING HERE AND ON THE INTERNET AND IT SEEMS THAT A LOT OF FOLKS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. CAN A RECALL BE FORCED OR SUGGESTED BY THE GOVERNMENT?*JB