2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500 Complaints

LAST YEAR IN MY 2003 AVALANCHE I WAS CRUISING ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AND I NOTICED MY SPEEDOMETER START TO MOVE BACKWARDS UNTIL IT READ ABOUT 25 MPH, HOWEVER, I WASN'T SLOWING DOWN. IT WAS VERY CONCERNING TO ME, SO I FIRST PULLED OVER TO LOOK UNDER THE HOOD, BUT I FOUND NOTHING. CURRENTLY THE SPEEDO DOES NOT OPERATE AT ALL, BUT I WENT THROUGH A FEW MONTHS WHERE IT WOULD START TO WORK PARTIALLY AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR OF DRIVING. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE THAT SO MANY PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. OBVIOUSLY THIS PART WAS SUPPLIED BY GM IN LARGE NUMBERS OF FAULTY PARTS, AND REGARDLESS OF MILEAGE I BELIEVE I SHOULD BE COMPENSATED TO FIX THE SPEEDO. I HAD NO MAINTENANCE CONTROL OVER THE LIFE OF THE ELECTRONICS, AND IT'S NOT LIKE IF I HAD CHANGED THE OIL MORE REGULARLY I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM. CHEVY'S ARE TOO GOOD OF TRUCKS TO HAVE THIS KIND OF PROBLEM ON SO MANY OF THEIR TRUCKS. I'M SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING MOVING BACK TO A FORD TRUCK BECAUSE I OWNED A '95 BRONCO THAT HAD 248K MILES AND NEVER HAD AN ELECTRONIC PROBLEM. *TR

DRIVING MY 2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE ON PA I -380 TIRE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS 265/70/16 BLOW-OUT ON REAR DRIVER SIDE CAUSE DAMAGE TO PLASTICS COVERS .MY WIFE HEAR THE BLOW TIRE AND SHE WAS THINKING IT WAS FROM TRUCK PASSING BUT IT WAS ON MY CAR. STOP THE CAR SAFE AND USED SPARE TIRES TO NEXT SERVICE SHOP. STOP IN SCRANTON AT FIRESTONE DEALER AND REPLACE BLOW TIRE WITH SAME BRAND {APROX 4 MONTHS JUST REPLACE 2 NEW FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES ON FRONT] I HAVE 25 YEARS EXP. ON CDL CLASS A AND NEVER EXPECT ON CARS TIRE BLOW-OUT LIKE TRUCKS. I ALL TIME CARE FOR VEHICLE IM DRIVING AND NEVER JUST DRIVE. TIRES PRESSURE CK IS ALL TIME IN MY MAINTENANCE AND KEPT AT 36PSI. FIRESTONE DEALER REFUSE TO CHANGE BLOW TIRE WITH OUT OF CHARGE SO I PAID 140.00 FOR NEW TIRE AND KEEP THE BLOW TIRE FOR RECORD. HOPE NOT FOR REFUND JUST TO KEEP ROUNDS SAFE AND NOT HAVE A ACCIDENT FROM A CAR WITH BLOW TIRES. *TR

THE PLASTIC CLADDING ON MY 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE TURNED FROM ITS ORIGINAL BLACK TO A CHALKY COLOR WITH STREAKING. THIS WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY, ACCORDING TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE TRUCK WAS EXPOSED TO NORMAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS IN ALABAMA AND TENNESSEE. *TR

I WENT TO PRIMM NEVADA FOR A OFF ROAD RACE AND NOTICE THAT AT HIGH SPEEDS THE TIRES DEVELOP A PULL TO ONE SIDE. I HAVE HAD THE TRUCK ALIGNED AND NOT ABLE TO FIX THE PULL. THE TIRES ARE PRO COMP EXTREME ALL TERRAINS. *TR

THE INSTRUMENT PANEL TO INCLUDE THE SPEEDOMETER, OIL PRESSURE, AND BATTERY GAUGE HAVE STOPPED WORKING ON MY 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. BEING UNABLE TO TELL THE SPEED OF MY VEHICLE IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO GET GM TO RESOLVE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY TYPE OF ACCIDENT THE SPEEDOMETER JUST STARTED GOING FROM 10 MILES PER HOUR TO 100 MILES PER HOUR. I CALLED GM SERVICE, WENT TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND CALLED THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. I RECEIVED NO HELP EVEN WHEN I TRIED TO EXPLAIN THAT NOT BEING ABLE TO TELL THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE WAS A PROBLEM. *TR

I HAVE A 03 CHEVY AVALANCHE AND THE SPEEDO IS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. IT DOES NOT REGISTER THE RIGHT MPH ON THE GAUGE, SOMETIMES IT REGISTERS AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS EXAMPLE IS THAT WHEN YOU ARE DOING THE SPEED LIMIT IT WILL REGISTER 120 MPH AND WHEN YOU ARE STOPPED IT SAYS YOUR ARE GOING 50 MPH. THIS IS A PRODUCT DEFECT AND I THINK GM SHOULD RECALL THIS PROBLEM. THE ONLY THING THAT THEY HAVE DONE IS EXTEND THE WARRANTY ON THIS TO 70,000 MILES, SO IF YOU ARE OVER THIS MILEAGE THEN YOU HAVE TO BUY A NEW CLUSTER FOR 300+ DOLLARS. THIS IS NOT RIGHT GM SHOULD STAND GOOD FOR THEIR DEFECT...THEY HAVE RECOGNIZED THIS PROBLEM BY EXTENDING THE WARRANTY SO THEY KNOW THIS IS A PROBLEM AND SHOULD STAND GOOD FOR IT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE SPEEDOMETER IS SLOW TO REACT TO THE CHANGE IN SPEED. IT WOULD ALSO REMAIN AT A SPEED AND THEN JUMP TO ANOTHER OR DISPLAY A LOWER SPEED WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT SERVICED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 110,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

ALL OF A SUDDEN I REALIZE THAT MY SPEEDOMETER IS NOT WORKING AND OTHER GAUGES ON MY PANEL ARE NOT WORKING CORRECTLY. I CAN NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THERE ARE ONLY COMPLAINTS AND NO DEFECT INVESTIGATIONS ON THIS WEBSITE. SINCE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE I WOULD HAVE THOUGH THERE TO BE MORE OF A CONCERN. THUS WE QUESTION WHY THERE ARE SO MANY DEATHS ON OUR HIGHWAYS. I ALSO RECEIVED A SERVICE ISSUE FROM CHEVROLET BUT MY AVALANCHE IS OVER THE MILEAGE SPECIFIED. LIKE MANY OF THE OTHER COMPLAINTS I READ. THERE IS AN OBVIOUS DEFECT WITH THE PART SO WHY IS THE NO INVESTIGATION? DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE FIRST? *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT WORK RIGHT. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS FROM CHEVROLET, HOWEVER, IT WAS ONLY FOR VEHICLES WITH LESS THAN 70000 MILES. WE HAD TAKEN OUR VEHICLE IN TO GET FIXED AND OUR WARRANT WOULD NOT COVER THIS. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING AS THE SPEEDOMETER IS OVER 120 MILES. *TR

DEFECT SPEEDOMETER. THE SPEEDO RECORDS 100 MPH AT 20 MPH. DOES NOT RETURN TO ZERO. *TR