2004 Chevrolet Tahoe

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVY TAHOE WITH 87000 MILES ON IT. PROBLEM IS INTERNAL GAUGE CLUSTER DEFECT. IN OTHER WORDS, THE SPEEDOMETER DOESN'T WORK. CHEVY/GM ADMITS THAT CERTAIN VINS HAD DEFECTIVE CLUSTERS INSTALLED (INCLUDING MINE) YET THEY WILL NOT RECALL THEM AND/OR REPLACE THEM UNLESS THE VEHICLE HAS LESS THEN 70000 MILES ON IT. THE FACT THAT THIS IS A DEFECTIVE PART AND NOT JUST NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR AND ALSO THAT THOUSANDS OF CHEVY/GM OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM SHOULD CONSTITUTE A RECALL, REGARDLESS OF MILEAGE. THERE ARE SPEED LIMITS SET ON ALL ROADS BECAUSE IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AT TOO HIGH OF A SPEED. IF WE COULD ALL ACCURATELY JUDGE HOW FAST WE WERE GOING WE WOULD NOT NEED SPEEDOMETERS. HOWEVER, WE DO NEED THEM AND WHEN THEY ALL THE SUDDEN YOUR SPEEDOMETER STARTS GOING CRAZY (I.E. SHOW YOUR SPEED AS 120 WHEN YOU ARE IN FACT DOING 30 OR SHOWING IT AT 35 WHEN YOU ARE DOING 75) IT BECOMES A SAFETY CONCERN. THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED MY CAR WANTS $575 TO FIX THEIR DEFECTIVE PART AND GM/CHEVROLET HAS TOLD ME "SORRY, CAN'T HELP YOU". *TR

2004 CHEVROLET TAHOE SPEEDOMETER CLUSTER FAILED AROUND THANKSGIVING 2008 WHILE I WAS OUT OF STATE AND NOT NEAR A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP. I WAS OVER THE EXTENDED COVER ALLOWANCE ON MILES. SPEEDOMETER CLUSTERS ON SEVERAL MAKES AND MODELS FOR CHEVROLET VEHICLES ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM AND CHEVROLET IS NOT RECALLING THEM. SPEEDOMETER ONLY WORKS SOMETIMES. HALF OF THE SPEEDOMETER IS LIGHT UP WHILE OTHER HALF IS NOT. SPEEDOMETER SHOWS 20 MILES AN HOUR WHEN TRAVELING AT LEAST 60 MILES PER HOUR. *TR

MY SPEEDOMETER HAS BEEN FREEZING UP AND NOT WORKING PROPERLY LATELY. SOMETIMES, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S COLD OUT, THE SPEEDOMETER WILL STAY AT 0 MPH AND NOT EVEN MOVE - ONCE IT DOES GET GOING, IT GO UP, BUT WHEN I COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, IT WON'T GO BACK TO 0 - IT MAY STOP AT 20 OR 30. SOMETIME, THE SPEEDOMETER WILL EVEN EXCEED THE MAX SPEED ON THE DASH AND I KNOW I'M NOT GOING THAT FAST. THIS PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE A REOCCURING ISSUE WITH MANY USERS OF A '04 CHEVY TAHOE - I WOULD THINK THIS WOULD WARRANT A RECALL IF THIS MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE HEARD GM HAD SENT OUT A LETTER ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE, BUT WILL ONLY COVER IT IF THERE'S 70,000 OR LESS ON THE VEHICLE - WHAT DO THE PEOPLE DO IF THEY ARE OVER THAT MARK, WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS - ESPECIALLY IF EVERYONE IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM - THIS SEEMS TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE AS WELL. WHAT CAN BE DONE? *TR

I OWN A 2004 CHEVY TAHOE. ON JANUARY 14, 2009, MY SPEEDOMETER STARTED MALFUNCTIONING. AT FIRST, WHEN I WOULD START THE CAR AND DRIVE, IT WOULD WORK BUT AFTER ABOUT 10 MIN. IT WOULD START INDICATING THE WRONG SPEED. IT'S NOW BEEN A FEW DAYS AND THE SPEEDOMETER ISN'T WORKING CORRECTLY AT ALL. WHEN I'M DRIVING APPROX. 30 MILES PER HR., THE NEEDLE READS 120 MPH. I WON'T BE ABLE TO GET MY VEHICLE INTO THE DEALERSHIP UNTIL NEXT WEEK...BY THE LOOKS OF ALL THE COMPLAINTS, THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH MANY 2004 TAHOE OWNERS. I WAS HOPING THIS WAS A RECALLED ITEM. *TR

I OWN A USED 2004 CHEVY TAHOE AND HAVE RECENTLY STARTED HAVING SPEEDOMETER PROBLEMS, I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THIS WAS A COVERED ITEM TO FIX FREE OF CHARGE BECAUSE OF SOME SPECIAL CLASS ACTION, BUT HOWEVER MY TAHOE HAS JUST OVER 72,000 MILES THAT IT IS NOW NOT COVERED. PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME WHY IT IS NOT COVERED. THANKS JILL OWENS *TR

2004 TAHOE (NOW 81,000 MI) - STICKING/MISREADING SPEEDOMETER. PROBLEM FIRST APPEARED INFREQUENTLY APPROX 3 YEARS AGO. IT NOW HAPPENS EVERY TIME I DRIVE AFTER DARK AND OVER 65MPR (INTERSTATE TRAVEL). I HAVE NOTICED THAT IF ANYTHING ELSE IS IN USE AT THE MOMENT (A/C, DVD PLAYER, PASSENGER LIGHTING, WINDSHIELD WIPERS, DASHLIGHTING) THE SPEEDOMETER ALWAYS STICKS. RESETTING IT REQUIRES ME TO RESTART THE VEHICLE (DEPENDING ON WHERE SPEEDOMETER STUCK) UP TO 20 TIMES. (IT RESETS 5 MPR AT A TIME) I USED TO BE ABLE TO PULL THE FUSE AND REPLACE IT FOR A QUICK FIX, THOSE DAYS ARE LONG GONE. *TR

INSTRUMENT PANEL MALFUNCTIONS BY STICKING WHILE DRIVING AND NOT RETURNING TO ZERO WHEN THE CAR IS TURNED OFF. IN ORDER TO GET THE SPEEDOMETER TO ZERO OUT YOU HAVE TO TURN THE CAR ON AND OFF UNTIL THE NEEDLE DROPS TO ZERO. OTHER TIMES THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILS TO REGISTER ANY VALUES. I CALLED CHEVROLET CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER THEY REFERRED ME TO THE DEALERSHIP WHICH WANTS TO CHARGE ME $ 500 FOR THE PART AND AN AMOUNT TO BE DETERMINED IN LABOR ($200-300) TO REPLACE THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. THIS APPEARS TO BE A KNOWN DEFECT FOR MODEL YEARS 2003-2007. SEVERAL COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN FILED IN COURT. NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CA. ONE SUCH MATTER. HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS OF DEFECTIVE INSTRUMENT PANELS HAVE BEEN CITED BY THE CASE FILING AND THE LISTING ON SEVERAL PUBLIC WEBSITES THAT INCLUDE THE NHTSA WEBSITE. THE NHTSA CITES IN REPORTS THAT IN 2005 30% OF ACCIDENTS LEADING TO FATALITIES ARE SPEED RELATED CRASHES; THE SAME REFERENCE LISTS 13,113 LIVES WERE LOST. CONSIDERING THIS ASSESSMENT BY THE NHTSA - I FIND THIS MATTER NOT SUBJECT TO FULL RECALL OR FURTHER DETAILED INVESTIGATION AN ALARMING ISSUE. DUE TO THE INSTRUMENT PANEL BEING A VITAL MEASURING DEVICE FOR THE OPERATOR THIS BECOMES A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY AND CONCERN FOR ALL CONSUMERS WHO ARE ON ROADS WHERE THESE VEHICLES ARE USED NOT JUST THE OWNERS. *TR

INSTRUMENT PANEL MALFUNCTIONS BY STICKING WHILE DRIVING AND NOT RETURNING TO ZERO WHEN THE CAR IS TURNED OFF. IN ORDER TO GET THE SPEEDOMETER TO ZERO OUT YOU HAVE TO TURN THE CAR ON AND OFF UNTIL THE NEEDLE DROPS TO ZERO. OTHER TIMES THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILS TO REGISTER ANY VALUES. I CALLED CHEVROLET CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER THEY REFERRED ME TO THE DEALERSHIP WHICH WANTS TO CHARGE ME $ 500 FOR THE PART AND AN AMOUNT TO BE DETERMINED IN LABOR ($200-300) TO REPLACE THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. THIS APPEARS TO BE A KNOWN DEFECT FOR MODEL YEARS 2003-2007. SEVERAL COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN FILED IN COURT. NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CA. ONE SUCH MATTER. HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS OF DEFECTIVE INSTRUMENT PANELS HAVE BEEN CITED BY THE CASE FILING AND THE LISTING ON SEVERAL PUBLIC WEBSITES THAT INCLUDE THE NHTSA WEBSITE. THE NHTSA CITES IN REPORTS THAT IN 2005 30% OF ACCIDENTS LEADING TO FATALITIES ARE SPEED RELATED CRASHES; THE SAME REFERENCE LISTS 13,113 LIVES WERE LOST. CONSIDERING THIS ASSESSMENT BY THE NHTSA - I FIND THIS MATTER NOT SUBJECT TO FULL RECALL OR FURTHER DETAILED INVESTIGATION AN ALARMING ISSUE. DUE TO THE INSTRUMENT PANEL BEING A VITAL MEASURING DEVICE FOR THE OPERATOR THIS BECOMES A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY AND CONCERN FOR ALL CONSUMERS WHO ARE ON ROADS WHERE THESE VEHICLES ARE USED NOT JUST THE OWNERS.