2004 Chevrolet Suburban 1500

A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM GM INFORMING ME OF A POTENTIAL DEFECT ON THE SPEEDOMETER OF ANY 04 CHEVY SUBURBAN, BUT IT STATED THAT I SHOULD NOT TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP UNLESS THERE IS A PROBLEM. YESTERDAY 9-22-08 COMING BACK FROM MY SON BALL GAME THE SPEEDOMETER WAS STUCK ON 70 AND WHEN MY HUSBAND APPLIED THE BRAKE INSTEAD OF DECREASING THE SPEEDOMETER WAS GOING TOWARD THE 120 MARK AND WE WERE ALMOST AT A COMPLETE STOP. NOW GM DID SEND INFORMATION THAT THERE MIGHT BE PROBLEMS BUT DON'T DO ANYTHING UNLESS YOU SUSPECT PROBLEMS. ANYWAY I HAVE 78,000 MILES ON THIS VEHICLE AND GM SENT A LETTER THAT THEY WILL FIX IT NO CHARGE IF IT IS UNDER 70,000. ITS A DEFECT THERE SHOULDN'T BE A TIME LIMIT TO GET IT REPLACED A DEFECTIVE SPEEDOMETER. IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY WHEN CHILDREN ARE IN THE VEHICLE. WHY SHOULD ANYONE PAY FOR AN ITEM THAT IS DEFECTIVE. IT SHOULD BE REPLACED AT NO CHARGE. I HAVE HEARD OF OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AS I HAVE HAD. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE SUCH AS A RECALL INSTEAD OF A POSSIBLE DEFECT LETTER. PLEASE HELP! *TR

2004 SUBURBAN 85,000 MILES - SPEEDOMETER SKIPPED UNDER DECEL FROM 55 MPH, INACCURATE READINGS OF 20, 40, 60 MPH WHEN STOPPED. SPEEDOMETER NOW READS PAST 120 MPH & IS COMPLETELY INOPERATIVE. APPARENTLY THIS IS A RATHER COMMON OCCURRENCE - A VERY COSTLY INSTRUMENT CLUSTER REPAIR DOES NOT MEAN THE ISSUE IS CORRECTED (IT MAY REOCCUR). *TR

2004 CHEVROLET SURBURBAN. THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE STICKS. AT FIRST IT ONLY HAPPENED OCCASIONALLY. A MONTH LATER IT IS STICKING AT 0 MILES PER HOUR MOST OF THE TIME. MANY COMPLAINTS TO GM. THEY FINALLY ISSUED SPECIAL POLICY BUT WILL NOT FIX MY VEHICLE BECAUSE THE ODOMETER READS 79,216. THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT ON MANY GM MODELS YEAR 2003-2004. THE DEALERSHIP WILL NOT EVEN DISCUSS THE ISSUE. THIS IS SAFETY ISSUE THAT GM SHOULD TAKE CARE NO MATTER THE MILEAGE OF THE VEHICLE. THIS VEHICLE IS ONLY FOUR YEARS OLD. THE REPAIR WILL COST BETWEEN $800 - $1000 OR MORE. *TR

I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS ON AND OFF WITH SPEEDOMETER FOR THE LAST 4 OR 5 MONTHS. THOUGHT IT WAS A TEMPERATURE RELATED PROBLEM. TODAY I CALLED THE DEALER BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO BE ACTING UP MORE OFTEN. I WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE $500.00. THEN I FOUND OUT THAT THE WARRANTY HAD BEEN EXTENDED SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED. I HAVE SPOKE TO HAYWOOD ALLEN MOTOR CO. (5/28/08) AND ALSO CHEVROLET CUSTOMER SERVICE AND RECEIVED SR #71-631086777 (5/8/08). STILL WAITING FOR CHEVY DEALER TO CALL ME BACK ABOUT EXTENDED COVERAGE. *TR