2004 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500 Complaints

THE CLUSTER ON A 2004 AVALANCHE CHEV IS BROKEN. THE SPEEDOMETER IS MALFUNCTIONING ON A DAILY BASIS. I'M DOING 30MPH IN THE CITY, THE SPEEDOMETER READS 65MPH; I'M DOING 65MPH ON I-75, THE SPEEDOMETER READS OVER 100MPH. *TR

WHEN MERGING INTO TRAFFIC ON THE FREEWAY, THE TRUCK WENT INTO 4 WHEEL DRIVE LOW BY ITSELF, NEARLY CAUSING ME TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. I WAS TRAVELING AT ABOUT 55 MPH. I HAD TO IMMEDIATELY PULL OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BECAUSE THE TRUCK WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF 4WD. THE VEHICLE MANUAL STATES THAT THE TRUCK CANNOT BE SHIFTED INTO 4WD UNLESS IT IS IN NEUTRAL AND ROLLING AT LESS THAN 3 MPH OR MAJOR DAMAGE WILL OCCUR. IT ALSO STATES THAT THERE ARE SAFETY FEATURES THAT PREVENT THE 4WD FROM ENGAGING AT ANY OTHER TIME. OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE 4WD ON MY VEHICLE AND THE SAFETY FEATURE FAILED. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP AT THE DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES FOR A TOTAL OF TEN DAYS AND ALL OF THE PROBLEMS ARE STILL NOT REPAIRED. I WILL BE RETURNING THE TRUCK THERE AGAIN TOMORROW. THEY CLAIM TO HAVE THOROUGHLY GONE OVER ALL OF THE PROBLEMS AND HAVE REPAIRED EVERYTHING, BUT THE 4WD SYSTEM IS STILL NOT FUNCTIONAL. SO FAR, I HAVE BEEN CHARGED OVER $600. WHEN I ASKED IF THIS WOULD EVER HAPPEN AGAIN, THE DEALERSHIP ASSURED ME THAT IT COULD NOT HAPPEN AGAIN BECAUSE THE PART THAT FAILED HAD BEEN UPGRADED. THIS TELLS ME THAT GM KNEW THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THIS PART AND SHOULD HAVE RECALLED IT. A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED FOR THESE VEHICLES. ALL OF THE DAMAGED PARTS ON MY TRUCK SHOULD BE REPLACED OR REPAIRED FREE OF CHARGE AND MY MONEY SHOULD BE REFUNDED. AFTER ALL REPAIRS ARE COMPLETED, I SHOULD BE GIVEN A WARRANTY FOR THE DRIVE TRAIN OF THE VEHICLE. ALL OF THE PARTS REPAIRED SO FAR HAVE NOT BEEN COMPLETELY REBUILT AND I FEEL THAT THE TRUCK WILL GIVE ME NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THE DRIVE TRAIN IN THE FUTURE. IT'S RIDICULOUS THAT THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED; I COULD HAVE LOST CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE AND HAD A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *TR

SPEEDOMETER HAS QUIT WORKING, I HAVE RECENTLY FOUND THIS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH MANY DIFFERENT GM VEHICLES AND THEY ARE COVERING IT UNDER A RECALL AND MY VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED, YET I HAVE THE SAME ISSUE? *TR

1 SPEEDOMETER BECAME ERRATIC AND NOW THERE IS NO MOVEMENT OF THE SPEEDOMETER AT ALL. UNABLE TO DETERMINE SPEED. DEALER INFORMED ME THIS HAS OCCURRED OFTEN ON 2003-2004 GM TRUCKS AND SUV'S. *TR

MY SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER ON MY 2004 AVALANCHE IS VERY ERRATIC, TO SAY THE LEAST. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE SPEEDOMETER INDICATED HIGHER OR LOWER SPEEDS THAN WHAT I WAS ACTUALLY GOING. THE FIRST TIME I NOTICED IT WAS ON A RAINY DAY WHEN THE SPEEDOMETER INDICATED 65MPH, BUT AFER LATER COMPARING THE TACH TO THE SPEEDOMETER, I ESTIMATE I WAS ACTUALLY GOING ABOUT 80MPH. SOME TIMES IT INDICATES 0 MPH AND SOME TIMES IT GETS BURIED OVER 120MPH. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY FACTOR AND SHOULD BE RECALLED AND FIXED BY THE MANUFACTURER BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED OR SERIOUSLY INJURED. *TR

WHILE HAVING ALL SUPPLIES FOR POLICE FIREARMS TRAINING LOCK IN THE BACK OF MY 2004 AVALANCHE THE TAILGATE WOULD NOT UNLOCK, DEALER NEED TO REPLACE UNIT, SAME THING HAPPENED THE VERY NEXT DAY AT THE RANGE. RETURNED TO DEALER AND THIS TIME I WAS TOLD THEY WERE USING BAD SPRINGS. *TR

STEERING SOME TIMES MAKING A KNOCKING TYPE NOISE, BROUGHT TO DEALER STEERING SHAFT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED WAS TOLD CHEVY KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY TRUCK TRANSMISSION STARTED NOT SHIFTING AND AT 55MPH WAS RUNNING 4500 RPM, TRUCK SYSTEM THEN WARNED OF A HOT TRANSMISSION. BROUGH TO DEALER TOLD TRANSMISSION IS NO GOOD, UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY CAN ONLY GET A REBUILT TRANSMISSION IF APPROVED BY GM. *TR

AROUND 37,000 MILES, THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2004 CHEVY AVALANCHE WENT ERRATIC. THE TRUCK WAS 1 MONTH OR 1000 OUT OF WARRANTY. THIS HAS LED TO INACCURATE SPEEDS WHICH IS POSING A DANGER PROBLEM TO MY YOUNG TEENAGE DRIVERS. THEY DO NOT KNOW HOW TO REGULATE THEIR SPEED USING THE TACHOMETER LIKE I DO. I HAVE NOT FIXED IT YET BECAUSE I THOUGHT SOMETHING AS IMPORTANT AS A SPEEDOMETER WOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED. IT APPEARS THAT THEIR ARE THOUSANDS OF THESE LATE MODEL GM VEHICLES THAT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

AT IDOL OR LOW SPEEDS LIKE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE, IT WAS AS IF MY 2004 AVALANCHE HAD NO POWER STEERING TO THE RIGHT AND ONLY THE RIGHT. UPON TAKING IT TO A MECHANIC, THEY PULLED UP A SERVICE BULLETIN STATING THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING BOX AND THERE IS A REDISIGNED STEERING BOX AND SHOULD BE REPLACED , I DONE THAT AND $732.96 LATER THE PROBLEM IS FIXED AT MY EXPENCE WHEN IT IS THEIR POOR DISIGN. SIDE KNOTE: MY WIFES A CANCER PATIENT, I SHOULD BE PAYING DR. BILLS WITH THAT MONEY!!!!!