2004 Chevrolet Silverado 2500: wrong fuel gauge reading

Filed Jul 28, 2014 · Electrical · 50,000 miles · LA

One by one, the gauges on the dash have stopped working, starting with the engine temperature gauge. Then the fuel level gauge, speedometer, tachometer, oil pressure, and finally the transmission temperature gauge all went out, leaving only the battery voltage meter working correctly. I know at least three other people living within 20 miles of my house that have also had this problem with their 2004 silverados.

Filed Oct 11, 2013 · Electrical · 84,000 miles · AK

Oil pressure gauge quit working in about 2009. Took into dealership and was told we were 4,000 miles past the recall of the cluster. Very expensive replacement!! Since that time the speedometer quit working, the tachometer quit working. Very scary to be having to rely on temperature gauges that I hope are working correctly still, and a gas gauge that hopefully is also working correctly. I cannot believe they did not submit a full recall and replacement of this instrument cluster without an expiration on it. Seems like this is a huge safety issue to me to have non working gauges due to a factory defect!!

Filed Oct 27, 2011 · Brakes · 70,000 miles · NJ

Not only have I had problems with the emergency brake sticking and rear brakes but the brakes and fuel lines where it makes a turn around the frame just under the driver side foot well are scary rusted as if they used a cheap steel for the lines. I was a chevy dealer mechanic in the 1980s and know what im looking at. I havent had the lines blow out yet but im sure they will. Also all the gauges in the instrument cluster exept the odometer and gas gauge and the fan controls do not work.

Filed Jan 29, 2009 · Fuel system · 59,000 miles · FL

Fuel gauge at fill up went past full and completely clock wise...gauge reading is all over the place everytime I start engine. Vehicle has 59,000 miles. I have to read my "range" reading, (uncertain of accuracy)to approximate fuel in diesel tank.

Filed Jul 23, 2008 · Electrical · 85,000 miles · CA

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.

Filed Dec 26, 2007 · Electrical · 53,809 miles · NM

Digital instrument panel failure ( speedometer, fuel gauge, RPM gauge & oil pressure gauge all malfunction at 50,000, now at 81,900 miles. We received a recall letter a bit late. The recall was up to 70,000 or 7 years. Called gm when recall letter was received dec.17, 2007. Told us it was too late to fix because of our mileage. If only we would have received the letter way earlier. Now gm can not fix the problem for us, unless we pay out of our own pocket! And they knew that the problem existed!