2004 Chevrolet Suburban 1500: wrong fuel gauge reading

Filed Jun 6, 2017 · Acceleration, Electrical · 65 miles · CA · fire

Vehicle gas gauge and odometer gauges clusters are not working this puts us in danger I did not know how much gas I need and how fast I was going this should be fixed by the manufacturer because it was a cluster defect

Filed Mar 18, 2016 · Acceleration, Electrical · 150,000 miles · AL

The gm instrument cluster stepper motors and lights have failed. This results in a safety hazard because it is important to know the speed of the vehicle and the fuel level as well as other important engine information.

Filed Feb 25, 2011 · Electrical · 82,000 miles · MD

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet suburban 1500. The contact stated that the speedometer gauge and fuel gauge would not display an accurate reading whenever the vehicle was in operation. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer for a diagnostic testing where they detected that the needle within both gauges was stuck and informed that the instrument panel would need to be replaced to correct the problem. The manufacturer previously issued a voluntary recall associated with the instrument panel however the contact did not receive the notification. The vehicle was not included in the recall due to the excessive mileage, although the manufacturer stated that they would consider extending the special coverage under the recall. The contact was waiting upon a response from the manufacturer regarding the repair. The failure mileage was approximately 82,000.

Filed Feb 10, 2010 · Electrical · 36,000 miles · IA

Fuel gauge and speedometer on gmc/chevy suburban, 2004 year. This is the second time I have had to replace the gauge cluster and gmc/chevy dealer insist this is not a safety issue and not their problem. Since replacing the fist cluster, there have been many more complaints noted on the internet. This is clearly not an exceptional defect. The failure has come after about two to three years of use, and is worse in winter, but occurs inconsistently year around. I have not yet had an accident, but I did run out of gas in a rural area in the winter because the gauge said I had half a tank when it was infact empty. Speed is an issue in icy road conditions because it is very difficult to know if your speed is appropriate for the conditions when the speed shows zero or bounces around inconsistently. The failure has occurred at about 30k miles for each cluster. Lack of support by gm on this is disconcerting. Please assist.

Filed Nov 27, 2007 · Acceleration, Electrical · TX

Electrical components are not working. Odometer, fuel gauge, oil gauge, battery gauge, temperature gauge do not work - the only gauge that does work is the speedometer. Looking at all the complaints, I should assume the speedometer will be going out. The temperature gauge could be very dangerous - it reads 250 - 260 all the time. You do not know if your are running hot or not. The gas gauge needle is totally upset down - we have to go off our "how many miles 'til we run out go gas" screen to determine how much gas we have. I've replaced the power steering pump - $775, the chip for the gas pedal (when out - you could not go any faster than 10 miles per hour $800), the driver side leather seat started to wear down @ 40,000 miles - now has a tear in it, the steering column makes a knocking noise, the dash makes a popping noise when the air conditioner is on, front seem to wear down fast, etc. I could go on, but.......... It seems I got a lemon. This was a $47,000 sticker priced car - you would think you wouldn't have this many problems. There seems to be a lot of complaints on instrument panel problems - seems chev should look into this - dangerous. These are family - children vehicles!!!