Tl* the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet silverado 2500. While driving 65 MPH he placed the cigarette lighter in the ash-tray. Next, smoke was expelled from the cigarette lighter housing. He pulled over to the side of the road to inspect the vehicle. Upon inspection, he saw flames underneath of the hood near the fuse box. The fire department extinguished the flames. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to a collision center. The cause of failure has not been determined. The failure and current mileages were unknown. The VIN was unavailable.
2004 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 electrical complaints
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Speedometer went crazy. Said I was going 120mph when I was going 60. Come to find out, there are many other people that have experienced this, along with failure of the other instruments in the cluster as well.
2004 chevy silverado 2500 hd I had speedometer issues prior to the warranty going out. At the time I initially noticed the issue it was taken in for evaluation and I was told it was going to be over 700 dollars to fix. It wasn't 6 months later I got notice that it was covered under a recall. Unfortunately by then the mileage was well out (seeing I traveled for work), and I was still responsible for the bill. I feel its a very unfair process in which I was told it was my responsibility and then had things gone at a faster rate at that time, it would have been covered. I still have this issue as do many others.. Shouldn't it still be covered no matter the miles? It's still safety affiliated!
Speedometers on my 2004 chevrolet silverado and my 2004 chevrolet trailblazer are defective. The silverado does not register the correct speed and the trailblazer does not register at all. Both vehicles have over 70,000 miles and gm refuses to fix them. The speedometer is a safety appliance and should be working correctly, no matter what the mileage of a vehicle. This should be fixed by gm at no expense to the vehicle owner !!
The speedometer has gone about 30 MPH over speed should be going. It is saying the truck is doing 35mph while parked. This is a problem chevrolet is aware of but only covers trucks up to 70,000miles. Our is less than 20,000 over. How safe can it be to not know how fast you are going. Has started to do it in the past but now we are stuck not knowing our speed.
I have a 2004 chevrolet 2500 crewcab pickup. Some where between 80,000 and 90,000 the speedometer began giving false readings. Sometimes it appears to work correctly, sometimes not at all and yet other times it is clearly giving an incorrect reading.
Speedometer provided false readings.
Driving at 55 MPH, the speedometer needle went to 5 MPH, then to 0. Later in the same trip, with the cruise control at 60, (verified by GPS), speedometer showed speeds from 50 down to 8mph. No warning before failure, except for a barely noticeable tremor or lack of smoothness in the speedometer needle. The truck has only 36000 miles on it. On next drive, speedometer was ok for the 20 minutes. The drive after, random speeds from startup. No corrective work done yet, but it seems that the servo motor driving the speedometer, or the entire gauge cluster has to be replaced.
This is how it started.. I have a 2004 chevy silverado 2500 hd. As I drove down the road the doors would lock and unlock on their own, and the truck would lose RPM's and would act as if the truck shut off and restarted itself. Also the check engine light would blink with the locking and unlocking of the doors. Did this off and on a few times as we babied it home. Got it home in the driveway and it threw 2 codes camshaft position sensor high volts and low volts. So we replaced the camshaft position sensor. Truck drove fine for 4 days. However on the 5th day we attempted to drive the truck and as we were driving down the road this time the engine light came on and stayed on and doors started locking and unlocking again on their own as well as the dic read service brake system and the truck completely died in the middle of traffic, we were able to pull over into a parking lot and truck restarted long enough to get home. At this point the gm dealer wasn't sure of this problem and what causes it but stated to unplug the battery and reset the computer(after speaking to 4 different gm dealers mind you). Wow low and behold fixed the problem for about 45 minutes, as we again tried to see how far we could make it before it started acting up again. Only this time doors would lock and unlock and all kinds of weird things were going on, for example doors locking and unlocking, truck stalling and restarting, idol was ruff and noisy, service engine light came on and stayed on, and the dic read this time reduced engine power!! And at this point we were only able to go 15 miles an hour and thankfully we were on a road with no traffic and were about 2 miles from our home. Also in the mist of all of this the truck was chiming and the truck thought it didn't have any brakes at this point thankfully we were able to get the truck to come to a complete stop. We have had this truck for less than 1 yr and it only has 82,000 on it and noone seems to be able to tell us what is wrong with it.
2004 chevy silverado instrument cluster sticks and reads a constant 120+ MPH. Started to stick at around 75 MPH for a month. Now is stuck on 120+ MPH and will not move even when truck is restarted or flashing computer.
My speedometer is reading the wrong speed in my 2004 2500hd chevy.
Speedometer and tachometer indicate erratic speeds, they will lock up at anywhere from 40 to 120mph and 4 to 6000 RPM, has been acting this way for the last 5 months, usually at highway speeds. Purchased from original owner sept 2008 with 84,000 miles on it, don't know if it was an existing problem or not, dealer says it is out of warranty and is not covered. Safety issue for speedometer, or other gauges should they fail (fuel, oil pressure etc).
Speedometer starting acting up by over registering my speed and now reads 120+MPH no matter what my speed. It falls back to 50mph when I turn off the ignition.
I have had multiple issues interior wise with replacing different electrical components in the vehicle going out or not functioning correctly. I replaced the duel heater switch the radio and A/C switches. I also was having an issue with the automatic 4wd shift that would engage on its own. Then my instrument cluster (gauges) started to stick. Different ones at different times. Now till this date the speedometer is stuck at 5 MPH. I received a letter from a lawyer stating that a lawsuit had been brought up to get this corrected and to take my truck in but once I had received it and took it in they said that it was 500 miles over the mileage and would not fix it. I would think that this is still a safety issue and part of the state of texas inspections. Need some help please to get this rectified.
Speedometer not working properly all the time. Can be doing 25 MPH and all of the sudden speedometer goes to 60mph. It will not reset until I stop and turn truck off and on numerous times. Sometimes it will be pegged over 120 MPH when on the highway and I am only doing 65mph.
Today driving home my cable was at 65 MPH in a 40 stopping noticed that the speedometer cable would not go down went to local repair shop and told about the recall called chevy dealer and yes the same 70000 miles. When I purchased this vehicle it had more then 70,000 miles so I get penalized for the purchase ! Looks like chevy should stick by there products and bring a recall for all the pickups !!
Speedometer fails to register correct speed. Remains at zero while driving and needle jumps erratically.
Faulty speedometer on 2004 silverado. Problem started outside of normal warranty and finally completely failed outside of extended warranty through lawsuit. Just paid for it to be fixed at a cost of $525. Gm should have to pay for this.
The dash board gauges stopped work. I was driving down the road and the gauges dropped down to 0.
I was driving, going about 55 MPH, when I looked down at my speedometer and it showed that I was going about 135mph. Now, with the vehicle parked, with the key on, it still shows that I'm going 70 MPH. The vehicle has only 34,600 miles on it, and gm says they will repair it free, up to 70,000 miles, which is fine, but they (gm) won't recall these trucks because its not a safety matter. If you are exiting an interstate highway with a sharp turn rated at 35mph and you don't have a working speedometer it could be tragic. Just check the internet about if there are recalls of these trucks will show this problem is widespread. Thanks
At approx 65,000 miles my speedometer stopped working along with other gauges in the instrument panel. Gm refused to fix the problem. When I had 80,000 miles gm offered to fix the defect only on vehicles with less than 70,000 miles. They refused to correct the defect on my vehicle. The dealer estimates the cost to fix this defect at approx $450.00 I now have approx 105,000 miles and continue to drive without a working speedometer. This vehicle and many with this same defect is used for towing. Gm has put profit ahead of safety and customer satisfaction. The ntsb has continued to allow thousands of vehicles to operate unsafely with this well known and documented defect by failing to force gm to recall these vehicles many of which were still being manufacture after the defect was discovered.
The speedometer in my 2004 chevrolet silverado 2500 has begun intermittently showing speeds that vary widely and do not indicate actual road speed. The speedometer fails to return to zero at rest and has shown speeds more than 40 MPH in excess of estimated actual speed. This seems to be a common complaint, although I have not yet contacted a dealer or gm. I believe there are two components to this problem: 1) I cannot rely on the speedometer reading; 2) this could affect the miles shown on the odometer or at least cast doubt on their veracity. The truck presently has just under 42,00 miles on it and has been relatively free of major defects other than recall items.
Taking my son to school and while driving past the high school, I noticed my speedometer was showing me driving over 70 MPH. Concerned that I was traveling too fast and worried about getting a ticket, I slowed very drasticly to slow down to the posted (during school hours speed limit), causing a near traffic accident from vehicle behind me. Mean while, young high school student were distracted while crossing the road because of my abrupt speed change. After slowing down, I notice that while almost stopped, my speedometer was continuing to show speeds over 50mph. This all happened with my milage showing around 85,000 miles. The next day, I recieve a notice from gm saying that the vehicle may experiance speedometer problems and that gm will repair the problem with vehicles less than 70.000 miles. Since then I have been to the dealers and have heard price from $750 to $1200 to fix the problem. I have been driving very careful and been waiting for gm to recall all trucks with the problems. I am tried of waiting and feel that I am at risk for not having the proper speed shown. Meanwhile, my oil pressure gauge is failing which cause enging alarm to sound and I can no longer trust my fuel gauge because it will show half full when it is completely empty. These are all safety problems in my eyes.
Speedometer quit working.
Intermittently shift display and door locks not working. When shifting from reverse to drive, the truck would buck. Locks would not unlock when put into park. Check engine light kept coming on. Code p0708 in system for park/neutral switch. Replace park/neutral switch for a total of $416.48.
Instrument panel failure in 2004 chevy silverado 2500hd the panel is required by law isn't ? Chevy is very unco-operative with this if you have over 70,000 miles but as far as my experience goes you can and will get a ticket for an inop speedo. Mine will hang up past 120mph and even when not running the RPM will read 4500. This is absolutely a safety issue and chevy should eat the replacement cost of $450.00.
I purchased a 2004 chevy 2500 hd last fall and now my instrument cluster is sticking and on occasion giving false readings. The needle of the speedometer was stuck on several occasions and the RPM needle does not read accurately> I don't even know if any of the other gauges are working properly. So far I have not had a speeding ticket, but with the gauges not working who knows how long.
Speedometer and tachometer have both failed. With the key off it reads 4200rpm and over 120mph chevy knows of this problem and wont cover it because I have over 70,000 miles. But they know the problem is there and I would think not knowing your speed is a safety issue. It will cost me over $400.00 to fix this and I think chevy should be responsible for this cost.
Electrical malfunction/instrument panel.
Speedometer and tachometer have fails at 35,000 miles in 2004 chevrolet silverado 2500hd.
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