2004 Chevrolet Silverado acceleration problems

Filed Aug 27, 2014 · Acceleration · 60,000 miles · AZ

Driving through utah at posted speed limit of 75 with cruise control on, the speedometer suddenly started to indicate a deceleration from cruises speed to 30 MPH. My vehicle did not physically slow as evidenced by my GPS which continued to show actual speed of 75 MPH. Disengaging the cruise control did slow the vehicle when the actual speeds were 50+/- MPH than indicated on speedometer. Stopping my vehicle and turning the ignition off apparently reset something? Immediately restarting my pickup seemed to remedy the problem for a short period of time. This speedometer problem has persisted for over one year requiring the continual use of GPS to confirm my actual speeds. I have a significant cause of concern when indicated speeds are significantly faster than indicated. I contacted gm dealership, only to be told they have no idea of the problem and would not confirm the continual problem. In conjunction with the speedometer problem I'm also experiencing problems with the the fuel tank levels. Gauges indicate 1/2 tank, however when fueled at that level the tank required nearly 20 gallons of fuel to full. Again the gm dealership was not concerned with the safety problem. Online searches of similar problem have indicated many chevrolet silverados are experiencing similar safety problems.

Filed Jun 2, 2014 · Acceleration, Transmission · 200,000 miles · WA

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet silverado. The contact stated that while driving 70 MPH, the reduced engine power warning message illuminated as the vehicle decelerated to 15 MPH. The contact depressed the accelerator pedal all the way to the floorboard but the vehicle would not accelerate. The failure recurred intermittently through out the years and the dealer replaced the electrical harness, the throttle grounding wire, throttle body and the fuel cap, but to no avail. The dealer could not diagnose the problem. The manufacturer was notified of the problem. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 200,000.

Filed Nov 19, 2013 · Acceleration · 34,000 miles · PA

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet silverado. The contact stated that while driving 55 MPH, the speedometer failed. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact called the manufacturer and was informed that the vehicle was not recalled. The failure mileage was 34,000.

Filed May 28, 2013 · Acceleration · 128,500 miles · TX

Last month after driving about 1 hour at highway speeds; my speedometer started dropping. It would show I was going 35 on the freeway. This was clearly not accurate. The needle started jumping then dropped to 0. The next day, it was working fine. The next 2 long distance trips I took, the speedometer did the same thing on the way home; not on the trip down. I took my truck to the dealership and was told that it was some sort of cable to the transmission; that there had been a lot of trouble with the speedometer and that there had been a previous recall but it was too late. Bottom line the charge to repair is 440.00. I purchased this vehicle new and it currently has 130,000 miles. I never received any type of recall notice, I live in the same place I did when I purchased the truck, absolutely nothing has changed. How is it too late? If the part is defective, it is defective. If I had received a recall notice to have it fixed I certainly would have taken it in. This is a serious safety issue.

Filed Nov 9, 2011 · Acceleration, Electrical · 40,000 miles · AZ

Tachometer, speedometer and temperature gauge failures.

Filed Jul 15, 2007 · Acceleration · 42,667 miles · FL

The 2004 chevrolet silverado 1500 43000 miles and the speedometer stopped working and did not register anything. I looked online for recalls and found none pertaining to this. However, I found 208 similar complaints on topix.net/forum/autos/chevrolet-silverado-1500/tr5qab2mn19bl1d2j/p11#lastpost. Obviously this was a danger and chevrolet should be issuing a recall. All estimates range around 500.00.

Filed May 8, 2007 · Acceleration · 70,000 miles · CA

The 2004 chevrolet, silverado is running 50 plus MPH, and speedometer reads zero. When is general going to get there heads out of there.

Filed Apr 18, 2007 · Acceleration · 26,000 miles · CA

Speedometer on 2004 chevrolet silverado truck sticks at various places. If I turn off the engine and it is stuck on 30 MPH the next time I drive the needle went up from there as if that was zero. So I might only be going 30 MPH, but the speedometer said im going 60 MPH. This is dangerous because I don't know what speeed I am going. I have heard of many others with this problem on gm trucks.

Filed Mar 25, 2007 · Acceleration · 39,000 miles · GA

My 2004 chevrolet silverado speedometer was defective/ erratic, and intermittently operating, not reading speed accurately. It was jumpy, and did not not work at all at times. The vehicle has 41000 miles , and dealer will not fix it under warranty.

Filed Mar 2, 2007 · Acceleration · 47,000 miles · TX

Tl*- the contact stated that each time he drove the 2004 chevrolet silverado with 47000 failure mileage)at any rate of speed and coming to a stop the speedometer needle did not return to zero. The contact stated that each time the vehicle was put into park and turned off the needle will go to a lower position each time. The vehicle has been taken to the dealer and the vehicle will be repaired at another location. The contact was not able to continue the interview.*ak returned usps, 2nd attempt made 4/05/07 failed .