2004 Chevrolet Avalanche: wrong fuel gauge reading

Filed Jan 21, 2012 · Electrical, Fuel system · 75 miles · TX

Gas gauge not working always showing emty speedometer not working correctly sensor light keeps comming on and off.

Filed Jun 25, 2011 · Electrical · 77,000 miles · CA

First the speedometer stopped working, then the tachometer stopped working and the latest is the fuel gauge.

Filed May 2, 2011 · Fuel system · 80,000 miles · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet avalanche. The contact stated that the fuel gauge was providing inaccurate readings. The contact stated the failure would occur constantly and the readings would fluctuate. The contact was unable to determine the accurate amount of fuel in the vehicle. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostics. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not available. The approximate failure mileage was 80,000.

Filed Jul 7, 2010 · Electrical, Fuel system · 91,000 miles · NM

Tl*the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet avalanche. The contact stated that upon starting the vehicle the fuel gauge was not displaying the proper amount of fuel. The contact also stated that while driving approximately 65 MPH the service lights which tell him if the vehicle was a 2 wheel drive, 4 wheel drive or all wheel drive illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the contact was informed he would have to pay to have the vehicle to be repaired. The vehicle was not repaired and the failure continued to occur intermittently. The failure mileage was 91,000 and the current mileage was 103,000.

Filed Feb 19, 2009 · Electrical · 92,000 miles · CA

Tl*the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet avalanche. The contact stated that the speedometer would display inaccurate readings and failed intermittently. With the assistance of a navigation system that would read the traveled speed at 55 MPH, the vehicle's speedometer would display over 100 MPH. In addition, the fuel gauge failed and the oil gauge would display that there was no oil in the vehicle. Most of the gauges and components on the instrument panel became inoperable. The dealer stated that there were too many miles on the vehicle to assist and it would not be covered by the extended warranty. The repair cost was estimated at over $1,000. The failure mileage was 92,000 and current mileage was less than 130,000.

Filed Jan 14, 2009 · Electrical · 80,000 miles · VA

Failure has occurred twice on my 2004 avalanche surrounding the inefficiencies within my dash board. The speedometer was reading incorrectly. It was very dangerous as the accurate speed was not reporting. I was able to get this replaced at about 40,000 miles. Recently, the gas gauge is not working correctly. After filling up the tank and taking a road trip the gas gauge immediately reported an empty gas reading. The gas gauge continues to read incorrectly and fluctuates. I have contacted the company to find out that there is a service warranty on the vehicle up to about 70,000 miles. Currently my truck is at 86000 miles all due to highway traffic to work (30 miles each way). I do not feel that I should expense this cost since this is clearly a factory issue. Regardless of the number of miles on the vehicle if it is a known defect it should be covered. This is very dangerous as I could run out of gas on the road. This is also very disappointing as this depicts the quality of the vehicle. My father has bought nothing but chevrolet's over the years and states how efficient the vehicles are. In addition I have already replaced the entire dash board once from the first incident surrounding the speedometer to have received another defective dash board surrounding the gas gauge.

Filed Apr 3, 2008 · Electrical · 35,000 miles · FM

My speedometer quit working. This is a known defect with the 2004 avalanche. Other things that have went wrong are the gas gauge doesn't work. This to me is a big safety issue. You cant tell how fast you are going.

Filed Mar 24, 2008 · Electrical · 81,000 miles · LA

I own a 2004 chevrolet avalanche. The speedometer began going out at 60,000 miles, and now the gas gauge and tachometer occasionally fail. I have 123,000 miles on my vehicle. The local dealer, ryan chevrolet, informed me that gm would have fixed it prior to 72,000 miles. I found this out after 85,000 miles.