Driving down the highway speedometer indicated 57 in a 70 MPH zone so I accelerated to get up to speed.climbed ever so slowly to 70 when I realized tach at approx.3000 RPM and very quickly gaining on traffic ahead of me. Got off accelerator and speedometer went down to 30. Stayed there for a minute or two then dropped to zero. Hasnt worked since.
2004 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 electrical complaints
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All gauges on my 2004 chevy silverado 1500 have failed. Former class action suit was filed and won on behalf of truck owners. Suit only covers vehicles under 80k miles. Mine failed at about 100k. Discussed issue with gm and they will not fix the issue. Found on the federal safety agency web site others are having the same issue at about the same mileage. The cluster is a defective part installed in production and seems to be destined to fail. Part failure causes vehicle to fail emissions and thus makes vehicle unregistered. Part cost more that $500 to repair. No recall has been established at this time.
My speedometer is going crazy. It's stuck at 70mph pegs out over 120mph.
Instrument cluster failed, system has tried to restart while driving and gauges stick at various indications. Mileage doesn't update. Time issue recall the federal safety agency.
The speedometer on my 2004 chevrolet silverado stopped working. It is impossible to accurately tell the speed of travel. The correction is to have the speedometer replaced for a charge in excess of $400.
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet silverado 1500. The contact stated that the gauges on the instrument control panel were inoperative. The dealer has not yet inspected the vehicle to determine the cause of the failure. The failure and current mileages were 86,000. Updated 05/27/09. *lj updated 05/28/09.
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet silverado 1500. The contact noticed that the air bag warning light was illuminated on the instrument panel, which indicated that the air bags were inoperative. The failure could prevent the air bags from deploying in the event of a crash. The dealer could not determine the cause of the failure or provide a remedy. The failure and current mileages were 80,000. Updated 05/14/09. *lj the consumer stated the fuses blew which disabled the airbag and seat belt lights on the dashboard. Updated 05/14/09.
I have approximately 50,000 miles on my 2004 chevy silverado. My speedometer intermittent will fade from highway speed slowly down to reading zero. The speedometer seems to reset after the truck is shut off and sits.
Electrical problem: rear passenger doors & lift gate not locking, driver & passenger mirrors reposition to reverse mode when in driving mode. When in reverse mode mirrors reposition to driving mode. When driving I have set the doors to lock out of park position however, only the two front doors driver and passenger doors lock. The two rear passenger doors and lift gate remains unlock while in the driving mode. I have taken the vehicle for service and was told that the correction was made involving the vehicle being re-program at a cost of $150.00 and was required to leave the vehicle for the technician for about half the day. The repairs made turned out to be a temporary fix that only lasted two months before the same symptoms returned again. Currently having the locking/unlocking, & mirror reposition problem in addition in have a clunking noise under the hood and can be felt in the steering column this problem not yet address for service check conflict with service schedule availability of technician.
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet silverado 1500. While driving 35 MPH, the contact noticed that the speedometer was displaying inaccurate readings. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and they discovered that the internal cluster was faulty. The vehicle was repaired at the cost of $529.79. The manufacturer stated that no compensation would be provided because there were no recalls available. The failure mileage was 111,582 and current mileage was 111,600.
Instrument cluster failure on 2004 chevy silverado speedometer and odometer stopped while driving dealer said it was common on these trucks and repair cost is $600 because at 38k miles my warranty has expired on this . Only the power train is still under the 7yr 70k warranty.
Vehicle would lose antifreeze after 2 hour trips and knocking in the engine. Gmc replaced the lifters in 2005. Nothing changed, 2007 had the antifreeze issue corrected by replacing intake. Speedometer went out at 90,000 miles. At 100,000 miles started losing oil pressure, had oil pressure switch replaced, at 111,000 miles bearings went out had to replace engine, this vehicle has been extremely costly for me.
2004 silverado truck has a failure of oil pressure, temperature, tachometer, and speedometer gauges. Unable to gauge speed or possible engine problems due to intermittent failure of gauges. Am not covered due to mileage of vehicle.
The speedometer on my vehicle has gone haywire. I'll be driving 60mph and it shows that I am going 110mph. Very distracting and unsafe.
Speedometer some times does not register correctly.
2004 chevy silverado speedometer I hear they recalled them but only up to 70,000 miles. We are over that but didn't start messing up until reached about 85,000 if you read any forums on the internet there are alot of people having this problem and costing 500.00 to get fixed, and alot of speeding tickets. It will work for a bit then you stop and it will read 30 or something stop the next time read 95 then wont work. Then work fine for a day for so then mess up again. The other clusters are now messing up to at 95000 miles.
Speedometer not working.
I have a 2004 chevy silverado and the speedometer keeps failing on it one day it quits at 40 or 60 then somedays it quits at 120 or don't register at all now it seems to have quit all together I have not seen it work in a couple weeks , after seeing all the complaints about this same problem I believe that gm should recall these problems.
I have a 2004 chevy silverado z71. At 40,000 mi, the speedometer started to lag and move in "fits and starts" (very jumpy). It finally stopped working and now only reads 60 MPH regardless of actual speed. All other instruments work fine. Only the speedometer exhibits this behavior.
My speedometer on my 2004 chevy silverado started sticking at 30mph this past weekend and is now stuck on 15mph and does not move. I have 72k miles on it. It has occurred to me from my research that this has been a problem with gm products.
My 2004 chevy silverado speedometer started reading wildly. With ignition off it might read 60mph, or 10mph. While driving it was wildly erratic and even maxed out at 120mpg while driving approx 45mph. I had 81,600 miles on the vehicle. Thus happened suddenly one day without warning while driving down the road. I almost had an accident at the sight of seeing my speedometer tell me I was doing 100mph when I was just driving slowly. It was a shocking experience.
I had the same type of problem with my '04 silverado. The entire instrument panel went down. Spedometer, gas, oil, temp gauges all were inoperative. There is an entire bunch of silverados, gmc and other chevy vehicles with this problem. The dealer fixed mine for free. Call your chevy or gm district managers and complain like hell! This is a big problem for chevy and gmc. I believe it included 02 through 05 vehicles. Frank
My 2004 silverado tachometer and fuel gage are totally erratic or not working beginning around 73,000 miles. I just have to guess what fuel I have in the tank and fill up frequently. Had a flat and could not remove spare, removed entire hoist system and found the secondary latching system totally froze up, so just threw the tire in the bed of the truck. Cost a tow to get home with a load of christmas gifts.
Instrument cluster,speedometer,fuel guage,oil pressure,volt,tach,stoppes working or is very erratic.
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet 1500. While driving less than 45 MPH, the speedometer dial moved from 45 MPH to zero, and then from 80 MPH and back to zero. The dealer stated that the repair would cost over $500. There were no recalls pertaining to the failure. The VIN was unknown. The failure and current mileages were less than 46,000.
The speedometer needle on my 2004 chevrolet silverado pick up sticks part of the time in all different spots. It dose not matter I am accelerating or decelerating. An some times it dose not even leave the 0 mark. This problem can result if drivers getting pulled over for speeding when there speedometer is telling them that they are going the proper speed limit.
I have a 2004 chevrolet truck with 90,000 miles on it. Everything on the truck worked fine then without any notice the speedometer, tach, and oil pressure gauges started working intermittently.
I own a 2004 chevy silverado and the speedometer has stopped working just over 70,000 miles. I brought my truck in for service, and the dealer says it will cost about $600.00 for a repair. I looked this up online, and have found out that many other trucks have this same problem, and since this is a safety issue, I believe that there should be a recall on the dash cluster. If gm produced a faulty, unsafe part, they should stand behind the product. Feel free to contact me.
The speedometer in my 2004 silverado is starting to stick. Two days ago it was reading 20mph when I was doing 55. I have noticed that it does not move smoothly when I increase or decrease my speed.
I have a 2004 silverado,z71,and it has 106,000 miles. I just recently had the 4x4 system repaired,at a cost of $802.50. The encoder on the transfer case motor went bad,thus not allowing the 4x4 to engage. I am aware of three other similar trucks that have had the same problems. This is a very costly repair to someone like myself.thanks...david
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