Speedometer failure.
2004 Chevrolet Silverado electrical complaints
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Speedometer reads 75 when the truck is stopped and quickly pegs when moving. Chevy wants hundreds of dollars to repair. A quick search on the internet revealed that this is a frequent problem with chevy truck newer than 2003. It should be a recall issue.
For over 2 years and 30,000 miles the speedometer in my 2004 chevrolet silverado pickup has been sticking. Starting at about 20,000 miles about every 3 or 4 months the speedometer needle would stick at 25 MPH, 30 MPH or 35 MPH. This sticking was where the speedometer needle would stop at when you turned the key off. When the needle would stick it caused the speedo to read incorrect speed. The vehicle was under warranty when this started. I did not take it into the dealership because it would require taking a whole day to take it in and the dealer would not guarantee he would fix it in one visit. The dealer said bring it in. They would check it and order the parts. Then bring it back when the parts arrived. Before wasting the time with the dealer I tried removing the battery cable and allowing the computer system to reset itself. This worked for the first 10 times the speedo stuck. The speedo is stuck again and removing the battery cable over 10 times has not reset the speedo correctly. Gm has known about this speedo problem for over 5 years but is only bandaiding the problem. This speedo problem is a safety issue.
Failure of speedometer and tachometer gauges. Needles pegged. No idea how fast truck is traveling.
2004 chevrolet silverardo - ext cap, 4wd, ls, faulty speedometer.
Speedometer inoperative.
2004 silverado 1500 4 door. Under normal driving conditions the speedometer started registering way too high... Dead stop, the speedometer reads about 30-45 MPH. Normal driving with flow of traffic on interstate displayed as greater than 120 MPH.
After I drive about 11 miles the speedometer drops to zero. After about 30 to 40 miles it will run between 20 and 30 miles slow. This happens every day I drive the truck. Why can't general motors get there heads out of the sand and do something about these problems.
Speedometer dropped to zero when driving at 55 MPH, after about 40 miles speedometer runs slower than actual speed. This is happening on a regular basis.
Speedometer on my 2004 gm chevy silverado reads drastically different from actual speed while driving, making it impossible to determine actual speed which could cause a crash due to improper speed, or traffic safety violation for improper speed. Gm does not have recall on this safety issue. Gm is aware of this problem with many of its vehicles and demands $500.00 for labor to repair the problem at the owners expense.
I have a 2004 chevrolet silverado with a serious safety issue! The speedometer works intermittently and when the needle actually moves the speed that registers is no where near correct. The dealer wants $600 to fix it but apparently it is well known that chevy's are having an issue with the speedometer. I have had to resort to hooking up my laptop computer with GPS to be able to monitor my speed!! Gm needs to recall!!
I own a 2004 silverado 2500 hd w/allison transmission. The speedometer is faulty. The speed sensor has been replaced but has not fixed the problem. The transmission is ok. The speedometer is erratic. One day it will work...then I'll be driving at 60 MPH and the needle drops to zero or shoots up to 120. I have to gauge how fast I am going by the other traffic or look at the rpms. This is a terrible safety hazard. I have already spent $160. When will chevy/gm issue a recall?
(1) there were no specific events that lead to failure. (2) my 2004 chevy silverado speedometer stopped working at about 40k miles when warranty was out. Dealer says it costs approximately $500. I've read many websites describing this issue along with lawsuits in ca, or, and wa, so I was hoping gm would recall. I've been driving for 9 months guessing my speed. It is march 2007 and vehicle inspection is due so now I have to pay $500 since gm has not recalled this issue. I've seen concerns about this issue that go back to 2005. How is it that no one has forced gm to recall this potential dangerous defect. (3) to correct problem, I will have to pay $500 to fix a defect that gm knows about and won't do anything about.
I have a 2004 chevy silverado. My speedometer started going bad after 50k miles (15k past warranty) the speedometer displays inacurrate speeds. Driving on the intersate at 70mph, it reads anywhere from 0-15. Sitting at red lights it sticks at 55 or 40. I have no idead how fast I am driving and I view this as a majot safety issue. If it were a rare thing I would consider this a bad apple, however, ther are many many thousands of owners who have the same problem. There is currently a lwasuit in washington state pursuing this issue and one in oregon which is to follow. (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/05/gm-sued-over-inaccurate-speedometers/) bascially, gm is in denial. If you look at mycarstats section on gm website, every single complaint in the misc section is about speedometers. How can this be allowed to continue? Why has a recall not been issued. I wish someon would please explain to me how a company such as gm is allowed to get away with putting faulty safety equipment in vehicles. I could believe a quirck on an assembly line casuing this malfunction if it were 10-50 vehicles but were are talking in excess of 10,000 vehicles.
I own a 2004 chevrolet silverado 1500 and yesterday the speedometer began reading incorrectly. Now it currently reads 65 MPH at both a standstill and when the truck is turned off. At regular surface street speeds (40-50 MPH) the speedometer reads approx. 95 MPH. I called gm in detroit and the denied any knowledge of the problem being widespread and referred me to a dealer who quoted me a price of $495.00 to repair the speedometer. What about the other gauges in my instrument cluster? How long till they fail? More importantly, how much will it cost for the repairs?
The speedometer on my 2004 chevrolet silverado does not work properly. At times it will show 0 MPH when the car is being driven. When the speedometer decides to work it moves in a jerking fashion. The first time I realized there was an issue with the speedometer was because I was pulled over by the state police on a rural highway going 26 miles over the speed limit. Other gauges also do not work. The oil gauge does not register and is pointing downward. The fuel gauge now does not work and points off the scale. I have seen on the internet many complaints with similar issues.
My speedometer has had a 'jerky' motion for the past few weeks. Today, on my way to work, I set my cruise at 78. When I exited the freeway and entered the slower section of road, my speedometer failed to decrease as my speed did. It still read 78 when I slowed to match other traffic in a 55 zone. Additionally, I stopped at 3 stop lights and each time the speedometer froze at a higher speed than the previous one (I.e. First stop 40, then 52, then 64). I feel this a major safety concern as myself or another driver of my vehicle will not be able to determine their actual speed and may put others in danger.
Speedometer malfunction in most of the 2004 chevy silverado's I have driven in. I own 1 silverado. The company I work for owns several 2004 silverado's. Everyone I have driven along with the boss truck all have the same speedometer malfunction is a safety issue. People need to know how fast they are going.
2004 chevy silverado speedometer started to stick at around 55 MPH then start working, this went on for about two months, then it pegged out at 120 MPH and has stuck while driving, when truck is at idle it sets at 70 MPH.
Speedometer was stuck on 50 MPH and never moves lower. Unable to tell what speed one is traveling.
Chevy silverado 2004 4 wd pickup approx miles 38,000 when driving truck speedometer raced past 120 MPH .vehicle stayed at 50 MPH when shut off. I understand this is a common problem and gm is in denial.
My 2004 chevrolet silverado speedometer started working erratically or not at all about 3 months ago.
Speedometer failure @48000 miles. It would work intermittently but most times it was too fast or too slow. The entire instrument cluster had to be replaced at the dealership.
My chevrolet 2004 silverado ls does not read the speed correctly. Sometimes it does not move and others it will have me going 110 when I am doing 45 MPH.
The speedometer quit working at 40000 miles. Checking on line there are hundreds possibly even thousands defective speedometers. This is a safety problem and the dealer stated it would cost $500 to fix and take two days.
56000 miles on 2004 chevy silverado and speedometer has been showing 110 when doing 30, showing 0 when doing 70, showing 0 period.
I have a 2004 silverado s71. It has 35k miles on it at this time. In sept. Of 2006 I noticed that the speedometer was not returning to zero MPH smoothly. It would drop in steps. It is not indicating the correct speed, sometimes it is high and other times it maybe low or not working at all. Now the tach is also acting erratic. Sometimes it works and other times it doesn't, at times it does not return to zero when the engine is turned off or it hangs at some arbitrary point. (1) events leading up to the failure - none. (2) failure and its consequences - received speeding ticket. (3) what was done to correct the failure; I.e, parts repaired or replaced (and if old part is available) . - none at this time.
2004 silverado speedometer. The speedometer began failing about a year ago and now fails on trips of 5 miles or more. Speedometer most often begins registering low. It is so gradual that it is not obvious when it begins happening. It will eventually register below zero at any speed. The only way to reliably judge speed is via the tachometer. A few times, it has registered high, so as to read >100 MPH at highway speeds. My research shows this is a very common problem with this make/model of gm vehicle. Of course this is a very dangerous situation, especially when it first occurred with me. I am uncertain how fast I was actually going when I realized I was going way too fast in relation to what the speedometer was reporting. I believe the speedometer should be considered a critical piece of safety equipment. In addition, law enforcement requires you to follow posted speed limits, which is difficult when the speedometer is reporting inaccurately. In my opinion, this device should not fail at 35000 miles. Again, in my opinion, this is a manufacturing defect and the consumer should not have to bear the expense for the repair.
Erratic speed reading on the speedometer of my chevy silverado.
While traveling, my speedometer on my 2004 chevy silverado would not read an accurate mileage, for example while traveling 60 MPH, the speedometer would be in excess of 100 MPH, thus causing a safety issue, due to the fact that I do not know the exact speed of my vehicle, and can only judge that my vehicle is traveling the correct speed by pacing other vehicles on the highway. In fact I was pulled over for speeding, and when asked how fast I was going, I showed the police officer that my speedometer was reading 40 MPH when I was parked, when in fact I was going approximately 10 miles above the speed limit. I went to the chevy dealership, and the service representative said that he has had to replace a couple of theses, and with parts and labor would be approximately $700. My warranty expired just 700 miles prior to this defect starting. I was about to pay to get this repaired, when I decided to do research online to see if this was a problem with other silverados, and come to find out, there are many cases like mine. I feel due to the fact that there are so many cases like this, that it should be considered a defect, and be repaired at no cost to the customer.
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