2004 Chevrolet Tahoe

WE HAVE SEEN DOZEN OF INCIDENTS IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS WHERE THE SPEEDOMETER BEGAN TICKING, BECAME JERKY, OR STOPPED WORKING ALL TOGETHER. SOMETIMES IT WILL DISPLAY A SPEED OBVIOUSLY LOWER THAN THE ACTUAL SPEED (LIKE 30 ON THE HIGHWAY WHERE WE ARE GOING AT LEAST 55). OTHER TIMES, IT WILL SIT AT 0 WHILE THE CAR IS CRUISING DOWN THE ROAD. THIS PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. SOMETIME STOPPING AND RESTARTING THE CAR FIXES IT. WE WILL GO A WEEK OR MORE WITHOUT THE PROBLEM AND SOMETIME WE SEE IT MULTIPLE TIMES IN ONE DAY. WE HAVE NOT REPAIRED THE ISSUE YET. INTERNET SEARCHING INDICATES THE AVERAGE REPAIR COST TO BE BETWEEN $500 AND $1,200. SIMILAR SEARCHING ALSO INDICATES THAT THIS HAS BEEN SEEN BY AT LEAST HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ON VARIATIONS OF THE TAHOE (SUBURBAN, AVALANCHE, ETC). THERE IS EVEN SOMEONE ON EBAY WHO HAS A HOLE BUSINESS AROUND FIXING BROKEN INSTRUMENT CLUSTERS FOR THESE VEHICLES. *JB

MY SPEEDOMETER MALFUNCTIONED WHILE I WAS DRIVING. I WAS UNABLE TO TELL MY ACCURATE SPEED. I HAD TO TAKE MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND HAVE THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER REPLACED WITH AN INSTRUMENT CLUSTER THAT HAD BEEN REPAIRED. I WAS WITHOUT MY VEHICLE FOR TWO DAYS. I HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY AND THEREFORE HAD TO PAY MY PORTION ($100.00).*JB

MY HUSBAND AND I OWN A 2004 CHEVROLET TAHOE WITH 30,000 MILES CURRENTLY ON IT. WE WERE DRIVING HOME FROM SUPPER LAST NIGHT WHEN OUR SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING. WE WERE DOING 65 MPH DOWN A LOCAL HIGHWAY WHEN MY HUSBAND LOOKED DOWN AT HIS SPEED AND THE SPEEDOMETER READ 35. WE STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT AND THE SPEED DROPPED TO 0. WHEN WE ACCELERATED, THE SPEED STAYED AT 0 WHEN WE WERE DOING AT LEAST 35. WE THEN PULLED OVER, TURNED THE CAR OFF, RECRANKED THE CAR AND THEN BEGAN DRIVING. STILL NOTHING. I HAVE TO SAY THAT THIS IS DEFINITELY IMPACTING OUR SAFETY. WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW FAST WE'RE DRIVING. I GOOGLED THE PROBLEM AND FOUND AROUND 100 OTHER GMC/GM CAR OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THEY ARE STATING IT COSTS BETWEEN $500 AND $700 TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM AND MANY TIMES THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS AFTER THE REPAIRS. WE HAVE NOT CONTACTED OUR LOCAL DEALER BECAUSE IT IS THE WEEKEND. WE PLAN TO CALL ON MONDAY MORNING TO FIND OUT THE COST TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *NM

I DRIVE A 2004 TAHOE LS. I AM A SALESMAN AND DRIVE QUITE A BIT AND HAVE RACKED UP AROUND 95,000 MILES TO THIS DAY. WHILE DRIVING, ABOUT A YEAR AGO, I NOTICED MY SPEEDOMETER ACTING ERRATICALLY. THE NEEDLE WOULD JUMP OR LURCH PAST EACH NUMBER AS IT ASCENDED THROUGH THE NUMBERS ON THE SPEEDOMETER. IT WAS MORE NOTICEABLE IN THE 55 TO 75MPH RANGE. THE SPEED WAS STILL ACCURATE SO I VIEWED IT AS A NON-ISSUE. HOWEVER, AS TIME WENT ON THE ACCURACY BEGAN TO DEGRADE AS I STARTED NOTICING THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD STOP AT 40 MPH WHILE I WAS DRIVING HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE DEGRADATION HAS CONTINUED UP TO NOW WHERE I AM LUCKY IF THE NEEDLE EVEN MOVES OFF OF 0 MPH. WHEN THE NEEDLE DOES MOVE IT FREEZES AT ABOUT 15 MPH FORCING ME TO GUESS AT MY SPEED BY MONITORING THE TACHOMETER. THIS IS A PRETTY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASSUME GM WOULD LOOK TO REMEDY THIS SITUATION QUICKLY. THE ALTERNATIVE IS FOR THE CONSUMER TO FOOT THE BILL OF A $500-$1100 REPAIR COST FOR A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT AS MANY DEALERS ALREADY KNOW THAT THE "CLUSTER NEEDS TO BE REPLACED". THIS IS A WELL-DOCUMENTED ISSUE FOR GMS BUILT IN THE 2003 TO 2005 MODEL YEARS WHICH WE, AS CONSUMERS WHO HAVE ALREADY INVESTED AT LEAST $40,000 ON THESE VEHICLES, NEED TO SEE REMEDIED. P.S. THE 07 FORD EXPEDITION AND EXPEDITION EL APPEAR TO BE VERY NICE