2004 Chevrolet Silverado 1500

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH THE SPEEDOMETER AUTOMATICALLY INCREASED TO 120 MPH WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER PANEL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 45,000. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER CONTACTED GM AND INFORMED THEM OF THE PROBLEM AND GM STATED THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING COVER THE REPAIR OF THE VEHICLE. UPDATE 05/04/07*TR

SPEEDOMETER DRIVE MOTOR FAILURE, 2004 CHEVROLET 1500 PU. WHEN DRIVE MOTOR FAILS THE SPEEDOMETER WILL FREEZE AT A RANDOM SPEED. SINCE THE SPEEDOMETER IS STUCK, YOU MUST CALCULATE YOUR SPEED FROM A START POSITION OF WHERE IT WAS STUCK. EXAMPLE: IF THE SPEEDOMETER IS STUCK AT 70 MPH, AND YOUR DESIRED SPEED IS 45 MPH. YOUR SPEEDOMETER WILL READ 115 MPH. IF YOUR DESIRED SPEED IS 70 MPH, YOUR SPEEDOMETER WILL PEG OUT AT 110 MPH. IF YOU ARE NOT AWARE THAT THE SPEEDOMETER IS STUCK WHEN REDUCING YOUR SPEED, YOU COULD PANIC, AND ATTEMPT TO REDUCE SPEED TOO RAPIDLY POTENTIALLY CAUSING A REAR END ACCIDENT. WHEN DRIVING THROUGH MULTIPLE SPEED ZONES YOU HAVE TO CONSTANTLY CALCULATE YOUR SPEED, ASSUMING THAT THE SPEEDOMETER IS TRACKING ACCURATELY. IN ORDER TO FIX THE PROBLEM, THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER MUST BE REPLACED. MY COST WAS $386.00. THE SPEEDOMETER WILL SLOWLY RESET, EACH TIME THE VEHICLE IS STARTED, BY 5 MPH. GM CUSTOMER SERVICE ACKNOWLEDGED THIS AS A FREQUENT PROBLEM, YET REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT AS A SAFETY ISSUE. THE LOCAL DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT THE TRUCK SAID THEY REPLACE 3-4 PER MONTH. WHERE I HAD THE REPAIR MADE, THEY HAVE ESTABLISHED A VENDOR THAT DOES IT SO ROUTINELY THEY HAVE A 24 HOUR EXCHANGE TURN-AROUND.*AK

MY SPEEDOMETER STARTED ACTING ERRATICALLY AT ABOUT 35,800 MILES. AT FIRST IT STUCK AT A SPEED AND WOULDN'T GO DOWN WHEN THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN. THEN IT SIMPLY STAYED AT ZERO MPH. THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY FOR A FEW WEEKS, AND BECAUSE I COULDN'T REPRODUCE IT, I ALLOWED THE VEHICLE TO ROLL OVER MY WARRANTY MILEAGE OF 36,000 MILES. EVER SINCE THEN, THE PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN MORE COMMON AND MORE ERRATIC, UNTIL FINALLY TODAY DURING A 200 MILE DRIVE, THE SPEEDOMETER WENT TOTALLY DEAD. IT NOW READS 60 MPH WHEN I'M STANDING STILL AND IT IS BURIED AT 120+MPH AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. NO LUCK YET FROM GM ABOUT A RECALL OR ANYTHING ELSE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION AND NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED. *JB

THE SPEEDOMETER IN MY 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO TRUCK IS NON FUNCTIONAL. AT TIMES IT PEGS OUT PAST THE 120 MPH MARK. AT OTHER TIMES IT PEGS BELOW THE 0 MPH MARK AND WILL NOT MOVE. IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION (VIA INTERNET SEARCHES ON THE PROBLEM) THAT THIS IS A COMMON MALFUNCTION IN CHEVROLET TRUCKS, YET GM HAS ISSUED NO RECALL. I FEEL THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND SHOULD BE REMEDIED BY GM. *JB

THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING AT 40,000 MILES. IT MAKE A CLICKING SOUND AND SOMETIMES WORKS BUT THEN DROPS TO 0 MILES PER HOUR. I LOOKED ONLINE AND FOUND HUNDREDS OF OTHER PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM. THE DEALER SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO EXCEPT TAKE THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER OUT AND SEND IT AWAY FOR A $500.00 REPAIR. GENERAL MOTORS REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH IT IS ONLY OUT OF WARRANTY 4,000 MILES. IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD BECAUSE IT WORKS SOMETIMES BUT IS WAY OFF UNDER THE REAL SPEED. *JB