Tl* the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet avalanche 1500. The contact stated that the speedometer functioned erratically. Most recently, it was stuck at the highest speed. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer who stated that he was responsible for repair costs. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact called the manufacturer who offered no assistance. The current and failure mileage was approximately 85,970. Updated 5/9/11 *cn updated 05/18/11
2004 Chevrolet Avalanche 1500 electrical complaints
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On the 2004 avalanche z71 the speed gauge gets stuck therefore making a safety hazard. Not been able to know your speed could end up deadly.
Windshield wiper will not cut off. Left side of dash blows hot air while the right side blows cold air when air conditioner is on.
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet avalanche 1500. The speedometer would show that the vehicle was traveling at different rates of speed when the vehicle was parked. When driving, the speedometer would fluctuate so he had to use GPS to find out how fast he was driving. The vehicle had not been inspected at the time of the complaint. The failure mileage was approximately 46,000. The current mileage was approximately 50,200.
I own an 04 chevrolet avalanche and the tbc2 fuse always blows. So I have no dash lights to show me my speed or anything. I have read up on this and lots of these trucks have the same problem with wires rubbing and shorting out. As well as the service air bag light comes on as well which I think is another thing with wires being in a bad spot and shorting out.
My 2004 chevy avalanche z66's speedometer malfunctions constantly while I am driving by displaying that I am going over 120 miles per hour when its only just been backed up and out of a parking spot. Then when I drive, I have no idea how fast I am actually going due to this defective speedometer by chevy still displaying that I am going over 120mph. Even after it is parked and sits for awhile, and is turned off, it still reads over 120 miles per hour.
The speedometer will quit working correctly, after driving for a little bit the speedometer needle will get jerky and then start dropping down to zero while maintain the same speed on the vehicle. This is a serious issue as you don't really know how fast you are going any more and all the other dash instruments seem to be working fine and the odometer seem to keep working correctly too. I was checking on line about this issue and found that many other are having this issue too and felt this should be a safety recall to fix their issue.
My 2004 avalanche speedometer no longer operates, it says I am going 120 miles per hour and 70 miles per hour when stopped. I checked a web site and this seems to be a standard problem with this vehicle and I think this should be a recall.
I have a 2004 avalanche and it has been working great for the last 4 years. Recently within the last 6 months my speedometer had been twitching and sticking on a certain number. After a few weeks of that. It finally got stuck on 15 MPH. I called gm and they stated that they know it is a problem, and they have allowed for a special circumstance replacement for 7 years or 70,000 miles. I am over the miles, but believe that if gm has identified a problem they should cover the repair especially when it is a safety concern. On top of that, I never received a letter informing of such special circumstance.
The speedometer on my 2004 chevy avalanche is not working properly. Sometimes it sits at 0 when I am definitely going faster than that. When it does start moving, it isn't keeping the correct speed. I purchased the vehicle in june of 2009 and noticed the problem in july of 1009.
The cluster isn't working system states charging at 30 volts, tested with meter 14 volts, also speedometer states that I am doing 65mph while at a dead stop.
The speedometer in my 2004 chevy avalanche has gone haywire!! When I'm going 30 it reads 100, and sometimes when I'm going 20 it reads only 10 MPH.
2004 chevy avalanche..speedometer registering 55mph...running approx. 75mph to 80mph...or more....when decelerating...moves downward in clicking motion..accelerates in clicking motion...there is constant clicking/ticking noise behind panel..called gm...will not acknowledge issue...insulting as I am gm stockholder...had considered this year's trade to hummer...now considering foreign...no wonder they are in trouble...claim have to replace entire instrument panel at excess of $400 ! This is a safety issue in the truest sense of the word !
Speedometer quit working.
The speedometer on my 2004 avalanche (cluster) is failing. It reads 120 MPH when it is idling and shows the same when im doing 60-65 MPH. I bought the car used (with 25,000) and currently it has 108,000. This is ridiculous! Its a common problem thought the state, why isn't it being replaced free !
I have had problems with my dash cluster it pins itself at high speed and the amp gauge and temp gauges stop working too I had this problem just after buying it and it had 125000kms on it and chevy said it was over the kms too be covered to me their should not be a time frame or mileage set too have them replaced ...please let me know if their is anything that can be done ...thanks
The instrument panel on my vehicle is displaying the incorrect information for fuel level and oil level. This is occurring at startup and continues while I drive the vehicle and is a constant problem. Nothing has yet been done to correct the problem but feel that the manufacturer should assume financial responsibility of correcting the malfunction.
Speedometer has become erratic at zero to 120 MPH at any given time or any where inbetween truck running or setting still. Will be traveling down the road at flow of traffic and speedometer will be zero to 120. This is very dangerous. Gmc or federal government needs to issue a recall. This is a problem common to gmc chevy products silverado truck, impalas, and avalanche vehicles 2003 to 2005.
Driver side power window stopped working, locked in closed position. Nothing leading up to it. Happened in oct 2007 (1 month out of warranty). Finally took to dealer for repair in oct '08. Dealer replaced motor and regulator $588 cost. Complained to chevy in dec '08, they said small plastic part had failed but since it was past warranty and I waited 2 months to complain, there was nothing they would do. They also said it was a known, infrequent problem and they were redesigning the mechanism.
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet avalanche 1500. While driving approximately 70 MPH on normal road conditions, the speedometer displayed inaccurate readings. The failure occurred without warning. The vehicle has not been taken to an authorized dealer for a diagnostic. The contact was concerned of the safety risk involved. The failure mileage was 39,800 and current mileage is 40,000. Updated 3/3/09 *cn updated 03/04/09.
The speedometer in my 2004 chevy avalanche starting sticking - and now reads any were from 45 - 65 when I am at a stop and over 120 at times, very sporadic operation of speedometer can not determine true speed of travel.
Speedometer failure in chevy avalanche. It is a common problem and is widely discussed on the internet, yet no recall. 2004 chevy avalanche z71.
Instrument cluster on my 2004 chevy avalanche has stopped working. The failure occurred while driving down the road.
The speedometer had stopped working on my 04 avalanche. Not realizing this and traveling at night with no traffic I had gotten pulled over for speeding. Once I had stopped and noticed the gage was stuck at 60mph I showed it to the officer and he let me go. I realize there is a recall out for this if the vehicle has less than 70k miles but I am over that because of the amount of driving I do for my job. This could be a serious problem and should be covered for a longer period of time, or all clusters should be changed because they will fail at one point.
I own a 2004 chevrolet avalanche. My speedometer cluster recently stopped working all together. I have called the chevrolet place and they are saying it will be very expensive to fix. Then one told me that there was a recall on this. But it was for 7 years or 70 thousand miles. I just bought the truck and it was over the mileage when I purchased the vehicle. What can I do to get this fixed, with out breaking my bank.??? Please help me out on this......
Speedometer has been acting erratically.
The speedometer on my 2004 chevrolet avalanche 1500 2wd works erratically. When driving, it fails to work accurately on and off. This can lead to excessive speeds. General motors seems to ignore the hundreds of these complaints and has not issued any accurate repair instructions or a recall.
The speedometer on my 04 chevy avalanche stopped working. It is pegged out at 120 MPH.
Speedometer has quit working, I have recently found this to be a common problem with many different gm vehicles and they are covering it under a recall and my vehicle is not included, yet I have the same issue?
1 speedometer became erratic and now there is no movement of the speedometer at all. Unable to determine speed. Dealer informed me this has occurred often on 2003-2004 gm trucks and SUV's.
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