2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500 Complaints

MY SPEEDOMETER IN MY CHEVROLET AVALANCHE HAS STARTED TO MALFUNCTION. IT WILL OFTEN READ 40 MPH WHEN AT IDLE AND DURING DRIVING SPEEDS ON THE FREEWAY IT EXTENDS MUCH OVER 120 MPH AND WILL STICK THERE AS I DECELERATE. THIS HAS CAUSED ME TO GET MULTIPLE SPEEDING TICKETS AS I HAVE NO ACCURATE READING OF MY SPEED. I CALLED THE LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AS WELL AS GM DIRECT AND THEY STATED THAT SINCE IT WAS NOT A DEFECT THAT IS RELATED TO "SAFETY" ISSUES THAT THEY HAVE NOT RECALLED IT AND EXPECT UPWARDS OF 400$ FOR A REPLACEMENT GAUGE CLUSTER. THERE ARE NUMEROUS OTHER CONSUMERS THROUGHOUT THE INTERNET WHO HAVE REPORTED IDENTICAL PROBLEMS WITH THIS SAME VEHICLE. *TR

THE RPM GAUGE AND SPEEDOMETER IS CONSTANTLY MALFUNCTIONING ON MY 2003 AVALANCHE. SO THAT I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY RPMS I'M TURNING OR HOW FAST I'M GOING. WE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AT WORK WITH ALL OF OUR 2003 AND 2004 CHEVEROLET PICK-UPS. THEY WERE ALL FIXED BY THE CHEVEROLET DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY WERE PURCHASED BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL PURCHASED THERE, BUT SINCE I AM AN INDIVIDUAL I CAN'T GET ANY SERVICE! *TR

MY 2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE HAS A KNOWN DEFECT WITH THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. ALL GAUGES ON THE VEHICLE CAN STOP FUNCTIONING WITHOUT NOTICE. THIS RESULTS IN THE DRIVER BEGIN UNABLE TO SEE THE VEHICLES SPEED OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE VEHICLE INCLUDING WHAT GEAR THE VEHICLE IS IN OR EVEN WHETHER THE VEHICLE IS IN "PARK". IN MY CASE THE GAUGES FAILED DURING A SNOW STORM IN COLORADO, WHICH MADE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS MUCH MORE DANGEROUS. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE WHICH COULD RESULT IN BOTH INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. APART FROM THE OBVIOUS ISSUE OF NOT SEEING ESSENTIAL VEHICLE INFORMATION, DRIVERS COULD INADVERTENTLY PUT THEIR VEHICLE IN THE WRONG GEAR SUCH AS REVERSE RATHER THAN PARK. GM ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS IS A KNOW DEFECT WITH THESE VEHICLES BUT REFUSES TO CORRECT IT UNLESS THE VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 70,000 MILES. GM REPRESENTS THAT YOUR OFFICE CONCURS WITH THEIR APPROACH, WHICH WOULD BE A SURPRISE TO ME SINCE THIS IS NOT A WEAR PART, IS KNOWN DEFECT WITH THESE VEHICLES, AND PRESENTS S SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. GM HAS CERTAINLY DONE A CALCULATION IS EXCLUDE AS MANY VEHICLES AS POSSIBLE FROM THEIR PROPOSED "FIX" AND IS APPALLINGLY UNCONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DEFECT. *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER WILL STOP WORKING AFTER A SHORT TIME OF DRIVING. THE NEEDLE WILL EITHER SLOWLY FALL TO ZERO OR NOT WORK ALL TOGETHER. CRUISE CONTROL IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS FAILURE. CHEVY HAS ISSUED A WARRANTY EXTENSION, BUT IT ENDS AT 70K MILES. MY TRUCK HAS 78K. I WOULD LIKE A RECALL TO BE ISSUED AFTER READING THAT MANY OTHER OWNERS OF THE SAME MODEL TRUCK ARE REPORTING THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

ALL THE GAUGES ON MY TEC ARE GOING CRAZY. YOU CAN NOT TELL HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING OR HOW MUCH GAS YOU HAVE LEFT OR IF YOUR OIL IS OKAY OR IF YOUR RADIATOR IS HOT OR NOT. GM SENT A LETTER ADVISING THEY HAD EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO 7 YEAR OR 70,000 MILES, GUESS WHAT MY AVALANCHE IS 80,000 AND THEY WILL NOT FIX IT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER WAS DEFECTIVE. HE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE CHEVROLET DEALER THAT STATED HIS VEHICLE HAD A DEFECTIVE COMPONENT (THE CLUSTER), WHICH COULD CAUSE THE METERS TO MALFUNCTION AND DISPLAY INACCURATE READINGS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WOULD BE DRIVING 10 MPH AND THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD DISPLAY 100 MPH. THE OIL METER WITHIN THE CLUSTER ALSO MALFUNCTIONED. THE DEALER SET A MILEAGE STIPULATION AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT BE REPLACED IF THE MILEAGE WAS OUT OF THE WARRANTY LIMIT. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 111,833 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,152.

SPEEDOMETER STARTED STICKING, WOULDN'T RESET TO 0, SHOWS BETWEEN 40 - 80 MPH WHEN SITTING STILL. *CN

2003 AVALANCHE WITH Z71 SUSPENSION OPTION. AFTER LESS THAN ONE YEAR OLD VEHICLE STARTED MAKING SEVERE CLUNKING NOISE FROM DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT WHEEL WHEN MAKING A TURN. TAKEN TO DEALER UNDER WARRANTY. DEALER REPLACED A PART AND STATED THAT SOME CLUNKING WAS "NORMAL". NOISE CEASED AFTER REPAIR. CLUNKING RETURNED IN ABOUT ANOTHER YEAR AND IS ONCE AGAIN SEVERE. SOUNDS LIKE THE FRONT WHEEL IS GOING TO FALL OFF. CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF VEHICLE. *TR

PROBLEMS WITH INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. SPEEDOMETER STUCK AT 30. OTHER PROBLEMS HAVE OCCURRED WITH OIL PRESSURE READING INCORRECTLY. TODAY, THE SPEEDOMETER IS STUCK AT 30 AND IT WON'T MOVE. *TR

I HAVE A 2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE. IT HAS ABOUT 70,000 MILES ON IT. JUST LAST WEEK THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED GOING HAYWIRE. IT WILL READ ANYWHERE FROM 20 TO 60 MPH WHEN STOPPED. WHEN DRIVING IT WILL READ ANYWHERE FROM 70 TO 110 MPH. IT IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING SO THERE IS NO WAY OF KNOWING HOW FAST YOU ARE REALLY GOING. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE IF YOU DO NOT KNOW HAW FAST YOU ARE GOING. I LOOKED ALL OVER THE INTERNET TO SEE IF IT WAS SOMETHING SIMPLE I COULD FIX. THERE SEEMS TO BE ALOT OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS NOT ONLY WITH THE AVALANCHE BUT WITH GM MODELS IN GENERAL FOR THE 2003-2006 YEARS. IF IT IS SUCH A PROBLEM THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. I WILL BE PRINTING THE COMPLAINT FORUMS AND TAKING IT TO THE DEALER TO SEE WHAT THEY WILL DO. *TR