2004 z71 chevy suburban, broken speedometer. @ 55,000 miles.
2004 Chevrolet Suburban electrical complaints
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I have a 2004 chevrolet suburban. The speedometer was very erratic , sometimes showing 30 to 50 MPH when parked. While driving the speedometer would jump and show 20 to 60 miles over the accurate GPS speed. Now it read 120 MPH all the time. This was a very dangerous matter.
Speedometer failure. Bad instrument cluster. Very unsafe.
Speedometer on 2004 chevy suburban works sporadically since nov. 2006. Cost to replace will be approx. $500.
Speedometer on 2004 suburban pegs out at 120 when driving slowly and it never returns to 0. Based on web searches this is typical failure mode of gm instrument cluster which requires $400-$500 to replace. I, like many others can't afford to replace defective parts and therefore drive at unknown speeds
I have a 2004 chevy suburban lt and the speedometer is stuck and runs wildly on occasion. Rarely functions properly. The dealership says it will cost $500+ to replace and is not covered by warranty. Vehicle had 51k miles when the problem started. I think this is a defect built into the car and I should not have to pay for replacement!
Owner of a 2004 chevy tahoe z71 4x4 lat august 2006 my vehicle will not start after an overnight stay. Since purchasing the vehicle in may of 2004, I had to replace the speedometer. After towing my vehicle to the dealer, 5 times I was told that I had a bad intake manifold and it was causing my vehicle to not start. They replaced it. A few weeks later. About a month later my vehicle did not start. I took it back to the dealer, they claimed that they couldn't find anything wrong. 3 weeks later the problem emerged again, this time I was told that my battery was bad, they replaced it. Now this weekend of march 10, the same problem. My vehicle is dead and will not start. I am very anal about taking my vehicle for regular checkups. Why is that there is something wrong with the vehicle but the dealer cannot find or fix it. I cannot rely on y vehicle, I may go to work or to store etc. Expect to get in my vehicle to come home or even on vacation. The point is that I don't know when it is going to start or halt on me.
Faulty speedometer. While idling, the speedometer would begin at approx 80 mpg and go higher as I started to drive (30 MPH read 110 MPH). Then it would gradually go down each time the vehicle came to a stop. It would take 5 - 10 stops before it would finally go to zero. This occurred over a couple of months and finally the speedometer completely quit working.
4 days ago I noticed that my speedometer arrow was all the way top the right. Shut of the car and the needle reset to 30 MPH and then it went up as I increased my speed. Yesterday it was stuck on 0 even though I was moving. Then it worked okay later that evening. Later it registered the wrong speed.
2004 chevrolet suburban speedometer erratic. Reading 40 MPH parked. Found long list of other owners with same complaint at http://www.topix.net/forum/autos/chevrolet-tahoe/t2bgkbgi55eknu77c/p8 .
Speedometer became erratic. Jumping to 120 MPH while driving 30 MPH. Showing 70 MPH while standing still. I have videos of this phenomenon. Dealer stated it is a common occurrence, had to pull instrument cluster from dash and ultimately replace it at a cost of $595.
2004 chevy tahoe that has a speedometer malfunction. The vehicle is going 120 MPH when it is sitting still.. I have read numerous complaints about this issue and gm has yet to have a recall and fix this problem..I believe they are waiting for consumers to die before they bring this issue to the forefront..current fix is a replacement bezel for 600.00 ..if this is a common failure then why aren't we fixing it??
My speedometer went from 55 to 120 in a matter of seconds. Then if you give it a couple of days it would be right again. Then all of a sudden I am driving down the interstate and it would go to 120 again. The dealership hooked it up to the computer and they said they "rebooted the cluster" and it's working for now. They said a lot of people have had this happen and it may only be a temporary fix. So what if I have my cruise control set at 65 and then my speedometer goes to 120? I see an instant accident happening! Chevrolet should have a recall on this issue.
Speedometer is defective. Registers between 35 and 120 MPH when car is stopped.
Speedometer on 04 tahoe stopped working.
04 suburban speedometer quit working. Speedometer said 120 MPH when sitting still. Then got stuck nd would drop slowly. Now it does not work at all. It sits on zero.
Our speedometer quit working and would either sho us going much slower or much faster than we really were. We were hoping that it was just a sensor, but it was the wiring in the dash, they required that we send in the whole front module and they sent us a new one with our old odometer miles already set. They also required that we send in the old one. Our mechanic told us that they had just had to replace a pickups speedometer as well. Same year, and similar model.
Started having problems with the speedometer reading incorrect speed at about 40k miles. Currently have 55k miles on my 2004 suburban. The speedometer often reads over 100 MPH sitting in my driveway. It seems to occur after 30+ minutes of continued driving. Additionally, the tachometer becomes erratic and sometimes just drops to 0 while driving.
I have a 2004 chevrolet suburban with approx. 60,000 miles. The speedometer works intermittently. Sometimes it seems to register and other times not at all. When "working", the speedometer steps or jaggedly moves. I have no confidence that even if it is "working" it is not accurate. I have searched the web and there seems to be a high number of similar cases. Additionally, I was in a friend's suburban last weekend and he, for the first time, had the same thing happen. He had approx. The same mileage (60,000 miles). Very dangerous not to know how fast you are going at any given time.
2004 chevy suburban speedometer goes crazy,sometimes set at 120 MPH while setting still. While driving I never know the speed I'm going. One day my wife was driving the speedometer just kept climbing to 120 MPH , that is when it started. Sometimes the speedometer goes down to 0 MPH then while driving say 30 MPH I guess it may take you to 60 MPH, 80 MPH while at the same RPM. Nothing has been done ,it has 44000 miles therefore my warranty is out I have to see if the ext warranty I got covers this, also I have been checking the internet if anyone had similar problems and I have found numerous people on topix.net . Thank you for you're time.
2004 chevrolet suburban - speedometer not working properly. Does not give the right speed. May be going 30 but says 70 and vice versa.
Speedometer does not work properly on 2004 chevy z71 tahoe. It is either pegged at 120 MPH, reads too high , or reads too low.
Last night the speedometer started ticking loudly and moving with sudden jerking movements. It then showed I was going 85 MPH when I was actually going less than 45. This got progressively worse as I continued, to the point it showed I was going over 120 MPH when stopped. Now it is all the way to far right side and is stuck. It will not reset when the vehicle is turned off.
Dt*: the contact stated without warning the speedometer stopped working. The dealership determined the speedometer cluster needed to be replaced. Also, while turning the contact felt a knocking in the steering. The dealership determined the intermediate steering shaft needed to be replaced. *nm updated 2/7/2006 -
Dt: the consumer stated at 22,000 miles she was told there was a computer glitch in the vehicle. When the consumer turned the ignition off, the seat would shoot forward into the steering wheel. The controls for the seat work backwards. The consumer had to push the button forward in order for the seat to go back. She was told by her service dealer that there was a computer glitch in the program. *jb resetting the seat did not correct the problem. The heated seats came on by themselves.
I learned through a friend today that there may be a condition in my 2004 chevrolet suburban that I should be very careful with when leaving small children in the vehicle for brief periods of time. I was told that when the key is turned to the first/accessories position, that the shifter lock disengages so that the shifter can be moved out of park and into neutral, etc. Because this could easily be an issue when I leave my child in the vehicle and leave the key turned to the accessory position while I'm loading the car, walking around to reach him to fasten seat-belt, fill gas, etc., I tested it, and it's true. The shifter can be easily moved into neutral when the key is in the accessory position. I know this is true not only on some or all of the suburbans, but on yukons, too. This should be recalled and corrected.
The vehicle lost it's service stability control at 40 miles per hour making it difficult for the driver to maintain control of the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for repair for the fourth time, but there still continues to be a steering problem. *nm there were five repair attempts to repair the system. The brakes would pulse and come on while the vehicle was in motion followed by the service stability light. The vehicle would shake violently as if it were out of control. The transmission would slip at times. A service bulletin was found in re to the clutch. The forward clutch seal/piston diss pump as well as the shift cable. The yaw rate sensor table was replaced and the ABS module was reprogrammed. There was popping coming from the left when turning due to the crossmember. Static noise was heard under the dash at times when the headlights flickered. Both upper shock insulators were squeaking. Both shock insulators were removed and replaced by new style insulators. The yaw rate sensor was replaced again with one form a new unit, the steering rotation sensor was replaced and the stability module was reprogrammed. *sc
I own a 2004 chevy suburban. My son was detailing the car in the driveway. My other son was detailing his truck behind it. My son detailing the suburban had the key turned to "accessory" and was listening to music while working. As he was wiping the dash board off, his arm hit the steering wheel shifter and popped the truck out of gear! It rolled down the driveway hitting my other son's truck, luckily missing him! Come to find out, gm had produced this vehicle with the accessory position unlocking the shifter. I checked the manual and found no warning or reference to this situation. I own a 2002 gm truck and it put in accessory does not unlock the shifter. I contacted gm to investigate and warn it's owners, but they found on march 17, 2005 by letter to me that the suburban was "operating as designed". No other vehicle has ever unlocked the shifter in the accessory position. Lives are in danger. Many people listen to the music in their vehicle while detailing or even tailgating at a football game. Someone will be crushed if they are not warned of the design flaw. I have tried writing a couple news orginizations and have warned everyone I know. I think it may take you to help. Please help!!
New, 6 month old vehicle caught fire while in a parking lot. Was in parking lot for approx 1 1/2-2 hrs before fire, windows up, doors locked. Insurance appraiser and fire marshal says electrical fire, accidental. Fire marshal says driver's seat control, insurance says driver's door or window control. Never heard what gm says caused by. Gm took no responsibility - insurance had to pay off. Was reported to fire dept, fire marshal investigated. Gm send someone to investigate about 2-3 weeks later. I met him at dealership. He pulled off seat control box and said it didn't cause the fire. Pulled off driver's door cover and looked. Never said what he thought caused fire.
Center console with rear climate and radio controls stopped working. Took it to riverton chevrolet, and they replaced some faulty wiring.
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