Speedometer not working properly and displaying incorrect speed. Misleading anywhere from 10 to 50 miles per hour. Works sometime and not others. Went through school zone when I noticed the problem speedometer displayed 25 but luckily realized I was doing closer to 50.
2004 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 electrical complaints
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Speedometer occasionally fluctuates from around 25 miles over the speed limit to 25 miles under. I recieved a speeding ticket for going 85 in a 60 when I had my cruise control set on 65.
I noticed, beginning in august, that the speedometer in my 2004 chevy silverado 1500 began sticking when my speed decreased. Beginning in september the gauge began sticking when accelerating, and on october 24th, the gauge stuck at 45mph, even while to truck was in park not moving. I received a paper back in august about a class action lawsuit regarding this mal-function and I believe I will take that, along with some of the research I have gathered from this and other websites, to my chevy dealer and see what they have to say about it. This is a safety hazard and gm needs to issue a recall and protect it's customers.
The speedometer on my 2004 chevy silverado has stopped working properly. When at a full stop, it reads 20 MPH, and increases accordingly from there, so the proper speed is never displayed. It is a constant problem, and consequently the driver of the vehicle is never sure what the actual speed of the vehicle is. The parts have not been replaced at this time.
Speedometer in my 2004 chevy, silverado quit working properly. Not recording proper speed high or low and sticking in one position.
I purchased a 2004 z-71 silverado on december 31, 2007 with 16,020 miles. In july of 2008 my gauge cluster started working intermittently, at first only the oil and fuel gauges stopped now my whole cluster has been rendered useless. The dealership is making excuses not to stand behind their product, even though it is a known issue that is common knowledge to almost everyone who owns a gm truck. They have told me that it is my ignition not the gauge cluster, even though everything else that is powered off ignition power works perfectly fine. Being a former mechanic I can tell when someone is informed about what they are telling me, these service consultant's are not! It is very frustrating that chevrolet is not taking responsibly for their defective engineering. I have been a 'gm guy' ever since I can remember. I currently have two chevrolet's 1984 z-28 camaro that I built from the ground up and a 2004 z-71 silverado. After this experience my loyalty to gm will be seriously scared. I will not purchase another gm vehicle. Cameron mcmillian
My speedometer cluster needs to be replaced it works when it wants to I received a speeding ticket because of this it is totally unsafe.
It started on august 24th the speedometer stopped working. Then it started to register at 40 MPH standing still. When placed into drive it maxs at 120 MPH while moving.
The digital instrument display on my 2004 chevy silverado z71w/53k miles quit working. After 5 minutes, the display appeared. The next day, the digital display did not appear for 45 minutes. All analog displays (MPH, oil, water, battery) were ok. The proposed class action lawsuit against gm appears related to the analog gauges only. Loss of digital display is also a concern, since transmission gear and any power train, brake, or vehicle warning messages are not visible. My concern is whether the loss of analog / digital display are related, such as a common electrical connector.
Speedometer inop.
The speedometer in my '04 chevrolet silverado will work part of the time, and display incorrect speeds or stay at zero at times. I know of many other owners with the same problem. When will gm issue a recall? It is a safety defect.
Instrument cluster goes haywire, no way to determine speed of vehicle.
Steering makes loud clicking noise it was repaired at 27,000 miles under warranty and needs done again at 72,000 miles.
Oil gauge not functioning, check engine light on, speedometer reading max 120 MPH,mileage not calculating properly, cannot get info. Of clear warranty on above. Don't know true mileage at this point!
Was driving down the road in my 2004 chevrolet silverado and the speedometer quit working. Granted, the vehicle just hit over 100,000 miles, but would not expect this to happen. The needle sits below 0 MPH and will occasionally jump to between 5- 10 MPH no matter the speed of the vehicle. I am apparently no the only individual that has this issue on the same model vehicle.
Speedometer does not read anywhere near correct.
Speedometer will just stop working for no reason, going along down highway and look down, and the speedometer has quite.
Speedometer in my 2004 chevrolet silverado hangs up showing the wrong speeds. Have to reset by continually turning ignition on and off so it will fall back to 0.
Gauges not working. First the temp gage would bottom out in either direction or start in between; checked all cooling devices/fluids. Then fuel gage would sit anywhere regardless of actual fuel; no leaks or stoppages, airways clear. Then speedometer sticks; at a stop would sit anywhere from 20-65 and start off from this point. I'm doing the math while driving to maintain speed limit.
Tl*the contact's father owns a 2004 chevrolet silverado 1500. Everytime the vehicle is driven, the air conditioning changes from hot to cold, the speedometer displays inaccurate readings, and the tachometer does not work at all. The contact had to constantly restart the vehicle in order for the components to work properly. He received a recall letter regarding the instrument cluster, but it was not repaired due to the mileage on the vehicle. The recall number was unknown. The current mileage was 91,400 and failure mileage was 75,000.
My speedometer just stopped working I have 72,000 miles on it. I was told it will cost 500 to fix . Alot of people are having problems this should be a recall.
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet silverado 1500. The contact stated that the speedometer displays inaccurate speeds and the fuel gauge does not display the correct amount of gasoline. The failures occur intermittently. The manufacturer has an extended warranty regarding these failures; however, the parts are unavailable. The current mileage was 67,250 and failure mileage was 50,000.
Speedometer began "sticking" on acceleration and deceleration at approximately 47000 miles. Eventually, it began to register up to 70 MPH while stopped at stop signs. Now, the only reliable way to tell my speed is with hand held GPS. I'm at approximately 54,000 miles and speedometer registers between -10 MPH and 120 MPH. According to the speedometer, I regularly do 100 MPH through school zones.
Electrical panel gauges (speedometer) quit working at 68,000 miles. I filed a complaint. Chevrolet notified me by letter they would replace the defective part if my vehicle had less than 70,000 miles. By the time I got the letter my vehicle had over 70,000 miles. Now chevrolet will not repair the defective part.
Speedometer and other gauges failure on 2004 chevrolet silverado. Started approximately fall last year. Now speedometer is inoperable. Causing me to have to guess my approximate speed. G m finally sent notices to owners of affected vehicles but mine is out of warranty. This seems to be a serious problem posing possible danger to the owners and other drivers. A lot of folks will probably not be able to get this repaired soon enough or at all due to high repair costs.
Started suddenly.. Speedometer registering much greater speed than actual speed. Even off/parked registering in excess of 120 MPH. All other gauges as of now seem to be functioning properly.
I have had trouble with my speedometer, heat, and gas gauges. The speedometer will set at 60mph or it will not work at all. Than it will start working when it feels like it. My temp. Gage will go to the red line or it won't move at all. My gas gage will set on empty when it full or it will work when it feels like it. This is very important to me and can cause problems with on how fast your going or not going, and with the other gauges you don't know if you have gas or don't, and with the head gauges that can scare you.
Instrument panel gauge needles stick, flutter and have become inoperative at times. This has caused inaccurate readings to the speedometer and fuel gauge.
Blower motor wiring harness melted.
Blower motor under the dash quit working. A fellow worker has the same truck and it also happened to his truck a couple of months ago. G.m. Dealer said the wiring harness and resistor was shorted and needed to be replaced. Over $400 dollars for repairs. The person that fixed my friends truck said he was lucky his truck didn't catch on fire.
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