2004 Chevrolet Tahoe: adaptive cruise control problems

Filed Dec 29, 2010 · Acceleration, Electrical · 78,000 miles · MI

2004 chevy tahoe speedometer sticks at various speed levels and intermittently will not return to zero when the vehicle is not in motion. Speedometer can stick at excessive speeds indicated on the cluster, this had intermittently effected the cruise control operation. This was a known issue by gm, no recall was provided. My vehicle is over 80,000 (82,500) miles. Issue started with my vehicle at about 78k, but was not brought in by me to gm because there was not an announced recall. Gm decided to replace the clusters for customers who had the defect occur between 70 and 80k, with a charge for the labor, not the part. Given the fact this is a safety issue (speed indication and intermittent cruise control, gm should provide full replacement, parts and labor.

Filed Dec 30, 2008 · Acceleration · 53,974 miles · AL

After coming off cruise control at 55 MPH and proceeding through town, I hit the resume button to once again increase speed from 45 MPH to 55 MPH but while on a road with a slight incline (less than 5% grade.) after pressing and quickly releasing the resume button as I normally do, the cruise control accelerated unintentionally and proceeded to increase speed to over 101 MPH before I disengaged it. This has happened at least 3 times on this vehicle and in the past I always would disengage it immediately but seeing as how I was on an open road I figured I would see if it would disengage itself. When I felt I was going way too fast to talk a policeman out of a ticket and actually didn't feel safe any longer I disengaged the cruise control after figuring that it wasn't going to disengage itself until the speed limiter was reached. This vehicle has 54000 miles on it and the only thing that has been done on it was the dash was replaced under a recall when the speedometer went to malfunctioning. I have called gm and reported this but they have indicated they have never heard of this problem in the past. I use the cruise control in probably about 80% of my driving and this has happened on 3 occasions (all with my family in the car) and on longer trips (after driving for more than 1 hour) in excess of 75 miles.

Filed Dec 8, 2007 · Electrical · 120,000 miles · CT

The speedometer on my vehicle failed--received notification from gm about a possibility of this type of failure a week earlier- the failure occurred during my commute(60+mi) while using cruise control--although I didn't have a negative experience, I believe this needs to be highlighted as a potential. I can't understand why this isn't an immediate recall versus a "notification".

Filed Nov 6, 2007 · Electrical · 64,000 miles · GA

Tl*the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet tahoe. The contact set the cruise control at 60 MPH when he noticed the speedometer increased to 120 MPH. He deactivated the speed control and pulled off the road. When he turned off the vehicle, the needle remained at 120 MPH. The following day, the speedometer fluctuated from 100 to 0 and began working normally for over one year before the failure recurred. The contact received a letter from general motors stating that the special extended warranty for the instrumental cluster panel would be repaired for free within 7 years or 70,000 miles, whichever came first. The vehicle is over 70,000 miles. The manufacturer advised him to take the vehicle to a dealer for a diagnosis. The current mileage was 79,400 and failure mileage was 64,000. Updated 12/04/07

Filed Mar 26, 2007 · Acceleration · 48,700 miles · TX

2004 chevrolet tahoe . Speedometer sticks at 70 MPH, then decreases to 40 MPH and ultimitely falls to 0 MPH even thoughthe cruise control is set at 70 MPH. Other times the speedometer works fine for a while until the vehicle slows down, then it drops to 0mph, although the vehicle is moving.ak

Filed Jan 24, 2007 · Acceleration · 40,080 miles · LA

Tl* the contact stated while driving his 2004 chevrolet tahoe at 70 MPH and using the cruise control and after he coming to a complete stop, the speedometer read 48 MPH. While accelerating the speedometer increased to 120 MPH and was inconsistent with the speed he was driving. The contact has an appointment scheduled for repair.

Filed Dec 11, 2006 · Electrical · 46,800 miles · FL

Speedometer intermittently indicates vehicle's speed well below actual speed. Problem seems to occur after vehicle has run for 2 to 3 hours. On interstate, running with normal traffic at approx. 70 MPH, speedometer will indicate 35 to 40 MPH or not work at all. Cruise control also fails to work when speedometer becomes erratic.