2005 silverado 2500 hd speedometer malfunction. Speedometer registers very high speeds (I.e. 80 MPH), or no speed at all (I.e. 0 MPH) regardless of what speed is actually being driven.
2005 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 electrical complaints
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2005 chevy 2500hd diesel - the number 2 and number 7 injector wire harness is not mounted properly. It rubs through and puts the truck into what they call "limp mode". It only allows the motor to got up to 2000 RPM. This happened to me twice with my current truck. The second time I was running down interstate I-80 @ 70mph on cruise control. It automatically began downshifting and slowing down. I was lucky a semi wasn't bearing down on me. Go to diesel place or any other blog on chevy durmax diesels and do a search for no. 2 & 7 wire harness for the second generation diesel (2004.5-2005) - they must have fixed it after that.
Speedometer failure--speedometer would read incorrectly and now has completely failed. Nothing to date has been done to correct the problem.
I have had my blower fan motor replaced the dealer just replaced my cigarette lighter when they were replacing my recalled speedometer they said the wires were melted to cig assembly, days later my truck burnt to the ground. The cause was the heater resister and fan motor started this fire. I am out a truck the dealer says that's what insurance is for. Big deal I get 75% of my truck's value. This was a 2005 2500hd extended cab truck in excellent condition. Why do we as customers have to put up with these defects and take the loss. We suffer. The question is how many fires have been associated with this year truck and the factories problems. When do we as high paying customers get some help with or struggle to keep what we paid for still working with out being burnt. Tw*
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet silverado 2500. While driving approximately 45 MPH the contact noticed that the speedometer displayed an inaccurate reading regardless of the speed rate being driven. The vehicle has not been repaired for the malfunction at this time. The contact had concerns of the safety risk involved. The failure mileage was unknown.
Speedometer gives false readings. This problem is so common with this model year (2005) chevy/gmc trucks people are selling repair components on ebay, yahoo and other spots on line. Instruction are shared online also. Some 2005s are being repaired by the manufacture depending on the VIN other not, yet they all have the same parts that are known to be bad. 2003 & 2004s have their warranty extended to 7 yrs. 70,000 mile to cover this problem. So far we're lucky no one has been hurt or killed.
Speedometer does not show correct speed.
Early speedometer failure on 2005 chevy silverado.
I was pulling out of a side street on to a busy highway had to merge quickly the truck would not accelerate engine was skipping check engine light comes on had to pull over all most got hit by traffic due to the lack of power and not able accelerate I take the truck to dealer they have it 3 days working on wiring harness shorts to injector 6 caused by improper wiring harness routing I had to inform them of gm tsb on this they fix it and said not covered under engine warranty costs $370 this truck was in may 09 for skip and p1238 open circuit injector 6 and problem was not found cost $100 the tsb had been out since 07 this is very dangerous when crossing busy highways and loss of power occurs.
The speedometer just went to 80 one day and stuck there sometimes it fixes it self then its breaks again and is right back to 80 miles and up.
Speedometer failure it is never accurate, I can not trust what it says it even goes to 130 MPH while parked.
Speedometer faulty incorrect at times. When towing my 5th wheel camper. From time to time the speedometer will stop at 0, 20, or 40 MPH while I am reaching speeds of 65 MPH verified by my GPS. This seems to be intermittent. I am at 27,000 miles on my truck, 05 chevy silverado 2500 hd duramax.
Blower for heat/air works intermittently. Dealer said resistor has probably gone bad. I removed the resistor which was all rusted from water (resistor is located in the air supply chamber inside the passenger compartment) and replaced. Problem resurfaced 48 hours later. Returned to dealer who advised there is a service bulletin on this, it's a common problem because the wire harness/connector goes bad due to overheating. Gm has a part specific to repair the wire harness connector. Do not have old resistor, wire harness still attached. I have not replaced the wire harness yet as I am trying to get gm to replace. Gm is well aware of this design defect and electrical hazard.
My speedometer has failed. 2005 chevrolet 2500hd 4x4. Sometimes says I'm doing 50 at a stop sign. It might read 25 when I'm doing 35 (like the ticket I just got). Chevy says I need a new ipc at $1100 with parts and labor. I read on the internet that there are hundreds and hundreds of late model chevy truck owners with the same problem. Someone is going to get killed because of this or does that need to happen before a recall is issued..? The speedometer is an integral part of safe driving and reading the number of failures shows that his is not a random occurrence. Do an internet search of "erratic speedometer on chevrolet" and you will find hundreds and hundreds. Got a spare $1100 to fix an engineering problem on your vehicle..?
The blower motor (for heat & air conditioning) stopped working and was replaced on our 2005 chevy silverado 2500. With in a year it stopped working again and upon inspection we along with raymond chevrolet in antioch, illinois noticed that the blower motor was burned out and the resister harness was burnt. As if it was on fire. Thankfully no further damage was done besides the burning of the motor, wires and harness. This was replaced again on 10-30-08 and now on 06-23-09 again the motor has burnt out again. The dealership service department had no explanation why this has happened 3 times and being aware of this we make sure nothing is close to the dash preventing a spread of fire in case it were to happen again, which it has.
Speedometer stopped working at about 57,000 miles
Receive an intermittent "service brake system" with ABS & park brake dash light illuminated, and the aural alarm sounds. When this happens the ABS system is made inoperable. The error does not create a dtc code and is not stored on the vehicle computer. An independent shop and the local chevrolet dealer could not identify the defective part be. Each replaced the speed sensor and ABS computer (2 weeks apart). The independent shop was able to identify the 200 milli-second electrical fault but could not find the source. The independent shop updated the computer firmware. Since the error could not be recorded the dealer could not do anything else and gave up. The problem continues. If it is raining or it is warm spring day the error happens every couple of miles. It appears to be tied to the throttle and does not react to any other vehicle condition. It reacts at constant throttle when the foot is removed or reduced pressure on the throttle pedal.
Speedometer on 2005 duramax chevrolet hd pickup is not working. It is jumping up and down, and is not going past 50 MPH.
I purchased a "new" 2005 chevy silverado 2500 utility bed work truck...the dealership ripped me off with the trade in;refused to apply the cash back and down payment assistance gm was offering-and when I got the truck home,saw the inside of toolboxes were rusted...the heater blew,the airconditioning quit working,stereo/cd player quit,as well...the dealer refused to fix the rust;destroyed the pics and service report regarding the trust. The oil cap blows off...it's been replaced several times- and in jan 2009,truck kept overheating & brake lights went out...dealer could not find source of engine leak;and failed to fix brake lights,.they state it's not their problem. The truck has 33,000 miles on it-I even purchased an extended warranty-but no one can or will fix it.filed 2nd complaint with gm-they state the service department never documented the engine leak/overheating/brake problem !I took the truck back to dealer day after signed the contract-tried to get it resolved-they hid from me!!!!and sent my trade in to auction...they also failed to inform me of my 3 day right to rescind;so I canceled the loan on jan.2009-under the tila law. They are refusing to acknowledge my rights as a consumer;I will not pay 23,000 for a truck that is inoperable...help!
On january 23, 2009, the #7 injector harness shorted and had to be replaced. On march 21, 2009, the ses light came on and the truck sounded different running, but did not lose power. Diagnostics showed problems with the fuel injector module. On march 22, 2009, the ses light came on and the truck started running rough and lost engine power (just like it did on january 23). The truck had to be towed to the chevrolet dealership again. This time the #2 fuel injector harness had shorted and had to be replaced. With both incidents, the fuel injector harnesses were replaced with a new harness that has a 90 degree plug and longer wires. This is not covered by warranty and costs $400+ to replace each one. Within 2 months and 2500 miles both the #2 and #7 fuel injector harnesses have shorted and had to be replaced.
Bad speedometer. Sticks.
I was driving down the road in my 2005 chevy silverado 2500 hd when I noted the speedometer reading >90 MPH (I was not going that fast...towing a 5th wheel camper). The speedometer continued to malfunction and has not returned to correct operation since. There is little doubt this is a safety issue and apparently is a consistent problem with many 2002-2005 chevy vehicles. This vehicle has only 36000 miles on it and has not been abused. Issue is not yet repaired as it happened only yesterday.
I own a 2005 chevy 2500 silverado ext. Cab 4x4 since new. Last year in late march the wiring plug and resistor for the heater/AC blower motor shorted out, caught fire and melted right at the resistor. This is located on the passenger side of the pickup, under the dash, visible from below. The same thing, only not as severe this time, (I caught it early) just happened again. This time I took the pickup to the dealer to have them look at it and fix it. They replaced the resistor and semi-melted plug, the same fix I did myself the first time. They had no explanation for why this happened. With minimal searching on the internet, I found numerous occasions of the same thing happening to other chevy pickup owners. When these resistors fail, there is great potential for fire, personal injury. I burned my fingers pretty bad the first time.
My speedometer is not working. It is frozen at 30 MPH.
2005 chevrolet silverado 2500 hd - speedometer stuck/inop.
When I was driving down interstate the truck (2005 2500 hd diesel) suddenly started running rough and lost engine power. The ses light came on. I pulled to the shoulder and turned the truck off. When I restarted the truck the ses light stayed on, but the truck would run. It went about 2 more miles and did the same thing again. It had to be towed to the chevrolet dealership. The #7 injector harness had shorted and had to be replaced.
Speedometer faulty incorrect at times to fast and to slow other times, one time it showed 120+ while cars were passing me on the freeway 0 or slower at 65 (staying with traffic?) never knew the speed I was going had have the instrument panel replaced at a cost over $600.00 at 43000 miles on truck 05 chevy silverado 2500 hd duramax.
We have a 2005 chevy silverado and the speedometer stopped working 3 months ago, mileage approx. 60,000 miles. We contacted dealer and was told we would have to pay to have it fixed since there was no recall. Now I get on line and read lots of complaints. Needless to say the way the economy is we don't have the money ourselves to pay for the repair, so now we drive it and hope we are going speed limit or under. I think that gm should repair this problem since there are alot of people having the same problem. What kind of company will ask us to help them with bailouts but won't fix the problems their vehicles have?
The speedometer on my 2005 chevy 2500hd 4x4 gave out at about 27000 miles two months ago. We were pulling a trailer on mountain roads at the time. Knowing your speed in the mountains is important and this could have been a deadly problem. Gm has known about the problem and I understand did a "special policy" on 2003 and 2004 vehicles. There needs to be a recall and the defective parts fixed before someone is killed. Please help us out and do not let this faulty equipment game continue just to make or save gm money at buyers expense and safety.
Speedometer worked intermittently for past year and now has quit completely. It registers 120+. Gm is replacing speedometers with this problem up to 70-80k miles I have 92,000 and have been told it is not covered, after searching the internet it seems that there is a class action lawsuit and multiple incidents of 2003-2005 gm vehicles with this problem.
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