2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO Complaints

2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO SPEEDOMETER HAS STOPPED WORKING EXACTLY AS OUTLINED BY THE OTHER COMPLAINTS, SPEEDOMETER REGISTERS RANDOMLY WITH INCORRECT SPEED OR STUCK NEEDLE. I CALLED MY DEALER AND PARTS AND LABOR AMOUNTS TO AROUND $500.00. I ASKED A FRIEND OF MINE WHO IS ALSO A SERVICE MANAGER AT THE DEALERSHIP IF THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND HIS RESPONSE WAS ?OHHH YEAH, I DON?T KNOW WHY THEY HAVEN?T RECALLED IT YET. CHEVROLET MAY NOT BE CONSIDERING THIS A SAFETY ISSUE, BUT IF THAT IS THE CASE WHY DO WE EVEN HAVE SPEED LIMITS? SPEED LIMITS ARE INTENDED TO PROVIDE FOR THE SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY, WILL A PERSON WITH OUT A WORKING SPEEDOMETER BE ABLE TO STOP IN TIME WHEN A CHILD RUNS OUT IN FRONT THEM? CHEVY BETTER HOPE SO. *TR

CLUNKING NOISE FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. WAS TOLD THIS WAS CHRONIC PROBLEM BY A LOT OF OTHER OWNERS. *TR

SPEEDOMETER ON 2004 SILVERADO READS ERRATICALLY. NOT RELIABLE TO SHOW CORRECT SPEED. READING EVENTUALLY WILL REACH "0" WHILE SPEED HAS NOT CHANGED. *TR

AMBIENT OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE OF APPROXIMATELY 25-DEGREES FAHRENHEIT AND LOWER CAUSES IN-CAB HEATER/AC CONTROL THAT DETERMINES WHERE AIR FLOW WILL BE DIRECTED (DEFROST/FLOOR/DASH VENTS/COMBO) TO STICK. OCCURS AROUND ONE TIME IN FIVE; AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. IF, AFTER COMMENCING DRIVING, THE WINDSHIELD BEGINS TO FOG OVER AND THE OUTLET SELECTOR IS STUCK IN ANY POSITION OTHER THAN DEFROST, IT CAN BECOME IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE OUT THE WINDSHIELD. THIS HAS CAUSED DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ALONG WITH REQUIRING ME TO PULL OVER UNTIL THE INTERIOR OF THE CABIN HEATS UP, ALLOWING THE SELECTOR SWITCH TO FUNCTION. TRUCK TAKEN TO DEALER MANY TIMES UNDER WARRANTY ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. AT TIMES THE TRUCK WAS LEFT FOR SEVERAL DAYS TO ALLOW REPLICATION. FOR WHATEVER REASON, DEALER WAS UNABLE TO REPLICATE THE PROBLEM THUS REFUSING TO TRY TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM. IT APPEARS THE DEALERS I USED (3 TOTAL) WERE UNWILLING TO DIAGNOSE THE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CONDITION. THE DEALERS RESPONSES WERE SUCH THAT I WAS BASICALLY TOLD THAT I WOULD HAVE TO LIVE WITH A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CONDITION. I HAVE LEARNED TO LEAVE THE SWITCH SET IN THE DEFROST MODE WHEN PARKING THE TRUCK ALLOWING THE USE OF THE DEFROST MODE DURING INITIAL OPERATION DURING COLD WEATHER. OF COURSE, THAT MEANS THE A/C IS OPERATING, REDUCING GAS MILEAGE AND THE CABIN TAKES LONGER TO HEAT. IF I HAPPEN TO FORGET TO LEAVE THE SETTING AT DEFROST I FACE POSSIBLE CATASTROPHE IF THE WINDSHIELD FOGS SEVERELY WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE. GENERALLY, WHEN THE SWITCHING SYSTEM IN INOPERATIVE IT TAKES 20 MINUTES OF SO FOR IT TO BEGIN WORKING AGAIN. SURE WAS TIRESOME HEARING DEALERS ESCAPE WARRANTY WORK BY USING THE "CAN NOT REPLICATE" MANTRA. THIS LAME EXCUSE WAS USED WITH OTHER PROBLEMS. WHEN GMC EXPECTS ME TO SPEND MY DOLLARS WITH THEM IN THE FUTURE I, TOO, SHALL USE THE "CAN NOT REPLICATE" MANTRA.*JB

SPEEDOMETER READS 75 WHEN THE TRUCK IS STOPPED AND QUICKLY PEGS WHEN MOVING. CHEVY WANTS HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS TO REPAIR. A QUICK SEARCH ON THE INTERNET REVEALED THAT THIS IS A FREQUENT PROBLEM WITH CHEVY TRUCK NEWER THAN 2003. IT SHOULD BE A RECALL ISSUE. *JB

MY 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO Z71 HAS A FAILURE IN THE STEERING COLUMN LINKAGE WHERE IT MAKES A CLUNKING & WHINING NOISE, PRIMARILY WHEN TURNING LEFT. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT MY MECHANIC TELLS ME WILL CAUSE THE STEERING TO FAIL AND THAT ALMOST ALL OF HIS CUSTOMERS WHO OWN LATE MODEL GM TRUCKS HAVE THIS FAILURE. MY DEALER, CLASSIC CHEVROLET, HAS ALSO CONFIRMED THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON FAILURE IN CHEVY TRUCKS. MY 2002 SUBURBAN HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM AND THE DEALER HAD TO REPLACE IT TWICE BEFORE IT WAS REPAIRED PROPERLY.*JB

FOR OVER 2 YEARS AND 30,000 MILES THE SPEEDOMETER IN MY 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO PICKUP HAS BEEN STICKING. STARTING AT ABOUT 20,000 MILES ABOUT EVERY 3 OR 4 MONTHS THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE WOULD STICK AT 25 MPH, 30 MPH OR 35 MPH. THIS STICKING WAS WHERE THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE WOULD STOP AT WHEN YOU TURNED THE KEY OFF. WHEN THE NEEDLE WOULD STICK IT CAUSED THE SPEEDO TO READ INCORRECT SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS UNDER WARRANTY WHEN THIS STARTED. I DID NOT TAKE IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE IT WOULD REQUIRE TAKING A WHOLE DAY TO TAKE IT IN AND THE DEALER WOULD NOT GUARANTEE HE WOULD FIX IT IN ONE VISIT. THE DEALER SAID BRING IT IN. THEY WOULD CHECK IT AND ORDER THE PARTS. THEN BRING IT BACK WHEN THE PARTS ARRIVED. BEFORE WASTING THE TIME WITH THE DEALER I TRIED REMOVING THE BATTERY CABLE AND ALLOWING THE COMPUTER SYSTEM TO RESET ITSELF. THIS WORKED FOR THE FIRST 10 TIMES THE SPEEDO STUCK. THE SPEEDO IS STUCK AGAIN AND REMOVING THE BATTERY CABLE OVER 10 TIMES HAS NOT RESET THE SPEEDO CORRECTLY. GM HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS SPEEDO PROBLEM FOR OVER 5 YEARS BUT IS ONLY BANDAIDING THE PROBLEM. THIS SPEEDO PROBLEM IS A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

THE 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 43000 MILES AND THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING AND DID NOT REGISTER ANYTHING. I LOOKED ONLINE FOR RECALLS AND FOUND NONE PERTAINING TO THIS. HOWEVER, I FOUND 208 SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON TOPIX.NET/FORUM/AUTOS/CHEVROLET-SILVERADO-1500/TR5QAB2MN19BL1D2J/P11#LASTPOST. OBVIOUSLY THIS WAS A DANGER AND CHEVROLET SHOULD BE ISSUING A RECALL. ALL ESTIMATES RANGE AROUND 500.00.*AK

FAILURE OF SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER GAUGES. NEEDLES PEGGED. NO IDEA HOW FAST TRUCK IS TRAVELING. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH IN THE CENTER LANE, THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT GOODYEAR WRANGLER TIRE BLEW OUT. THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO THE MEDIAN. AAA ARRIVED AND CHANGED THE TIRE. THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER HE FOUND THAT ALL OF THE TIRES AND THE SPARE WERE PASSENGER CAR TIRES WITH MAXIMUM INFLATION PRESSURE RECOMMENDATION OF 44 POUNDS. THE CUSTOMER STATED THE TIRES WERE OVER INFLATED THUS PUTTING HIM AT RISK FOR EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED SINCE INFLATING THE TIRES AS RECOMMENDED. UPDATED 07/25/07 *TR