2004 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE Complaints

MY 2004 CHEVY AVALANCHE IS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE SPEEDOMETER. I WAS ON A CROSS COUNTRY TRIP AND IT STARTED GOING PAST 120 WHEN I WAS DRIVING 10 MPH IN THE SNOW!!! THE IT STICKS AT WHATEVER SPEED IT FEELS LIKE STICKING ON.. MY RPM GAUGE HAS BEEN ACTING A BIT FUNNY ALSO. IT DIDN'T WORK AT ONE POINT JUST LAST NIGHT. I TURNED THE TRUCK OFF AND RESTARTED IT. I CAN BEEN ABLE TO "RESET" THE SPEEDOMETER BY ALMOST TURNING THE TRUCK ON UNTIL IT GETS BACK TO "0", BUT I AM AFRAID THIS WILL EVENTUALLY BREAK MY STARTER. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE (EVEN THOUGH GM SAYS IT IS NOT) BECAUSE IF SPEED WASN'T A FACTOR IN AUTO SAFETY WE WOULDN'T HAVE SPEED LIMITS! HOW CAN A CONSUMER BE SAFE IF THEY CANNOT TELL HOW FAST THEY ARE DRIVING? *NM

1) I HAVEN'T REPLACED ANYTHING, OR DONE ANYTHING THAT WOULD CAUSE THIS TO HAPPEN. 2) A-PROBLEM THAT IM EXPERIENCING IS THAT WHEN MY AVALANCHE IS SITTING STILL IN THE DRIVEWAY THE SPEEDOMETER SHOWS THAT I AM DOING 30 TO 40 MILES PER HOUR. WHEN I DRIVE ON THE FREEWAY IT COMPLETELY STOPS WORKING AND GOES TO OVER 120 MPH. B-MY DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW DOESN'T WORK EITHER, THE MOTOR SLOWLY STARTED GIVING OUT ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO. NOW IT DOESN'T WORK AT ALL. IT SEEMS LIKE MANY MORE CHEVY AVALANCHE OWNERS HAVE THE SAME ISSUE; HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.NET/FORUM/AUTOS/CHEVROLET-AVALANCHE/TJI11LGM9554MERNA 3)THE ONLY THING I DID FOR THE WINDOW NOT WORKING WAS CHECK SOME FUSES THAT WERE GOOD. *NM

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE SPEEDOMETER FAILED WHILE I WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AND NOW DOES NOT WORK. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A TREND IN 2003-04 CHEVROLET'S. RECOMMEND A RECALL TO FIX THIS ONGOING PROBLEM. *JB

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE WITH 38,456 MILES AND THE SPEEDOMETER IS ERRATIC. IT BEGAN YESTERDAY, 12/25/06 WHILE DRIVING TO MY FAMILY'S CHRISTMAS DINNER. I WAS ON THE FREEWAY 70 MPH AND THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE JUMPED TO 95 MPH WITHOUT ME ACCELERATING. I EXITED THE FREEWAY, CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE REGISTERED 35 MPH. THIS MORNING 12/26/06, THE SPEEDOMETER IS STILL INCORRECT. IT NOW REGISTERS 20 MPH IN PARK. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS ON THE INTERNET AND THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH CHEVY TRUCKS/SUV'S 2003 OR NEWER. IT SEEMS GMC NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL. REPAIR COST SEEM TO START AT $500 AND GO UP. FROM WHAT I WAS ABLE TO DECIPHER, THE "CLUSTER" NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *JB

NO EVENTS BEFORE SPEEDOMETER STARTED TO STICK I WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE WHEN MY NEEDLE SHOWED 90 MPH BUT I FELT LIKE I WAS DOING 70 MPH AND WHEN I FINALLY STOPPED IT SHOWED 40 MPH AND NOW WHEN DRIVING ON INTERSTATE I DON'T KNOW HOW FAST I AM GOING BUT IT SHOWS 120 MPH I AM DRIVING BY RPMS I KNOW BETWEEN 2000 AND 3000 RPMS I SHOULD BE AROUND 80 MPH. *NM

2004 GM AVALANCHE HAVE ONLY 38,000 MILES ON TRUCK SPEEDOMETER READS 120 WHEN GOING 50 MILE PER HOUR WILL NOT ZERO OUT. SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE READ 100'S OF POSTINGS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. DEALER WANTS OVER $700 TO REPAIR. NOT RIGHT AFTER SPENDING LOT FOR THE TRUCK THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL. *NM

DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE MY SPEEDOMETER SUDDENLY QUITS AND SAYS I AM DRIVING 120 MPH (EVEN WHILE PARKED). THIS IS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE WITH ONLY 28,000 MILES ON IT GM NEEDS TO RECALL THIS BECAUSE OF THE FREQUENCY THIS IS HAPPENING WITH AVALANCHE OWNERS. *NM

MY 2004 AVALANCHE STARTED MAKING KNOCKING SOUNDS WHEN TURNING CORNERS - TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND $700 LATER AND A NEW STEERING YOKE THE KNOCK WAS SQUELCHED (NOT GONE) AND THE SPEEDOMETER COINCIDENTALLY STARTED MOVING LIKE A SECOND-HAND ON A WATCH (JERKY) - TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY WANT $525 FOR A NEW CLUSTER THAT THEY SAY IS NOT COMMON - LOOKING ON THE WEB, I FOUND THIS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH AVALANCHES AND THE WAITING LIST CAN BE IN THE HUNDREDS BEFORE ME - IF THIS IS SO COMMON, WHY ISN'T THERE A RECALL AND WHY DOES THE DEALER DENY THE NUMBER OF OCCURRENCES? *NM

(1) 2005 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. 119,000 MILES, 95% INTERSTATE. VEHICLE DOES NOT TOW, GO OFF ROAD, OR ENGAGE IN OTHER ACTIVITIES WHICH WOULD INCREASE THE STRESS ON THE DRIVE TRAIN BEYOND NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. TRANSMISSION HAS RECEIVED REGULAR MAINTENANCE PER THE MANUFACTURERS RECOMMENDATIONS. (2) PART FAILED DURING MERGE ONTO HIGHWAY FROM COMPLETE STOP. FAILURE RESULTED IN A POWER LOSS TO VEHICLE, MAKING ACCELERATION VERY DIFFICULT AND MAXIMIZING VEHICLE SPEED AT 35 MPH. TRAFFIC BEHIND VEHICLE HAD TO SIGNIFICANTLY SLOW DOWN TO AVOID ACCIDENT. (3) DEALER REPLACED TORQUE CONVERTER AND IMMEDIATELY SHIPPED PART OFF SITE BEFORE REQUEST FOR RETURNED PART. DEALER CLAIMS CUSTOMER ABUSE. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 20-35 MPH, THE VEHICLE VIOLENTLY VIBRATED. TOTAL CONTROL WAS LOST OF THE VEHICLE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO VEER INTO THE OTHER LANE RESULTING IN THE VEHICLE HITTING THE SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT, POPPING NOISES WERE HEARD WHILE TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT GOING FORWARD AND IN REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE PASSENGER SIDE TIE ROD WAS BROKEN. THERE WAS DAMAGE DONE TO THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS NOT A POLICE REPORT FILED.