2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO Complaints

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO WITH A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE! THE SPEEDOMETER WORKS INTERMITTENTLY AND WHEN THE NEEDLE ACTUALLY MOVES THE SPEED THAT REGISTERS IS NO WHERE NEAR CORRECT. THE DEALER WANTS $600 TO FIX IT BUT APPARENTLY IT IS WELL KNOWN THAT CHEVY'S ARE HAVING AN ISSUE WITH THE SPEEDOMETER. I HAVE HAD TO RESORT TO HOOKING UP MY LAPTOP COMPUTER WITH GPS TO BE ABLE TO MONITOR MY SPEED!! GM NEEDS TO RECALL!! *JB

I OWN A 2004 SILVERADO 2500 HD W/ALLISON TRANSMISSION. THE SPEEDOMETER IS FAULTY. THE SPEED SENSOR HAS BEEN REPLACED BUT HAS NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM. THE TRANSMISSION IS OK. THE SPEEDOMETER IS ERRATIC. ONE DAY IT WILL WORK...THEN I'LL BE DRIVING AT 60 MPH AND THE NEEDLE DROPS TO ZERO OR SHOOTS UP TO 120. I HAVE TO GAUGE HOW FAST I AM GOING BY THE OTHER TRAFFIC OR LOOK AT THE RPMS. THIS IS A TERRIBLE SAFETY HAZARD. I HAVE ALREADY SPENT $160. WHEN WILL CHEVY/GM ISSUE A RECALL? *JB

(1) THERE WERE NO SPECIFIC EVENTS THAT LEAD TO FAILURE. (2) MY 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING AT ABOUT 40K MILES WHEN WARRANTY WAS OUT. DEALER SAYS IT COSTS APPROXIMATELY $500. I'VE READ MANY WEBSITES DESCRIBING THIS ISSUE ALONG WITH LAWSUITS IN CA, OR, AND WA, SO I WAS HOPING GM WOULD RECALL. I'VE BEEN DRIVING FOR 9 MONTHS GUESSING MY SPEED. IT IS MARCH 2007 AND VEHICLE INSPECTION IS DUE SO NOW I HAVE TO PAY $500 SINCE GM HAS NOT RECALLED THIS ISSUE. I'VE SEEN CONCERNS ABOUT THIS ISSUE THAT GO BACK TO 2005. HOW IS IT THAT NO ONE HAS FORCED GM TO RECALL THIS POTENTIAL DANGEROUS DEFECT. (3) TO CORRECT PROBLEM, I WILL HAVE TO PAY $500 TO FIX A DEFECT THAT GM KNOWS ABOUT AND WON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT.*JB

MY 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO SPEEDOMETER WAS DEFECTIVE/ ERRATIC, AND INTERMITTENTLY OPERATING, NOT READING SPEED ACCURATELY. IT WAS JUMPY, AND DID NOT NOT WORK AT ALL AT TIMES. THE VEHICLE HAS 41000 MILES , AND DEALER WILL NOT FIX IT UNDER WARRANTY. *AK

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO. MY SPEEDOMETER STARTED GOING BAD AFTER 50K MILES (15K PAST WARRANTY) THE SPEEDOMETER DISPLAYS INACURRATE SPEEDS. DRIVING ON THE INTERSATE AT 70MPH, IT READS ANYWHERE FROM 0-15. SITTING AT RED LIGHTS IT STICKS AT 55 OR 40. I HAVE NO IDEAD HOW FAST I AM DRIVING AND I VIEW THIS AS A MAJOT SAFETY ISSUE. IF IT WERE A RARE THING I WOULD CONSIDER THIS A BAD APPLE, HOWEVER, THER ARE MANY MANY THOUSANDS OF OWNERS WHO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THERE IS CURRENTLY A LWASUIT IN WASHINGTON STATE PURSUING THIS ISSUE AND ONE IN OREGON WHICH IS TO FOLLOW. (HTTP://WWW.AUTOBLOG.COM/2007/03/05/GM-SUED-OVER-INACCURATE-SPEEDOMETERS/) BASCIALLY, GM IS IN DENIAL. IF YOU LOOK AT MYCARSTATS SECTION ON GM WEBSITE, EVERY SINGLE COMPLAINT IN THE MISC SECTION IS ABOUT SPEEDOMETERS. HOW CAN THIS BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE? WHY HAS A RECALL NOT BEEN ISSUED. I WISH SOMEON WOULD PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME HOW A COMPANY SUCH AS GM IS ALLOWED TO GET AWAY WITH PUTTING FAULTY SAFETY EQUIPMENT IN VEHICLES. I COULD BELIEVE A QUIRCK ON AN ASSEMBLY LINE CASUING THIS MALFUNCTION IF IT WERE 10-50 VEHICLES BUT WERE ARE TALKING IN EXCESS OF 10,000 VEHICLES.

I OWN A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 AND YESTERDAY THE SPEEDOMETER BEGAN READING INCORRECTLY. NOW IT CURRENTLY READS 65 MPH AT BOTH A STANDSTILL AND WHEN THE TRUCK IS TURNED OFF. AT REGULAR SURFACE STREET SPEEDS (40-50 MPH) THE SPEEDOMETER READS APPROX. 95 MPH. I CALLED GM IN DETROIT AND THE DENIED ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROBLEM BEING WIDESPREAD AND REFERRED ME TO A DEALER WHO QUOTED ME A PRICE OF $495.00 TO REPAIR THE SPEEDOMETER. WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER GAUGES IN MY INSTRUMENT CLUSTER? HOW LONG TILL THEY FAIL? MORE IMPORTANTLY, HOW MUCH WILL IT COST FOR THE REPAIRS? *JB

THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. AT TIMES IT WILL SHOW 0 MPH WHEN THE CAR IS BEING DRIVEN. WHEN THE SPEEDOMETER DECIDES TO WORK IT MOVES IN A JERKING FASHION. THE FIRST TIME I REALIZED THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE SPEEDOMETER WAS BECAUSE I WAS PULLED OVER BY THE STATE POLICE ON A RURAL HIGHWAY GOING 26 MILES OVER THE SPEED LIMIT. OTHER GAUGES ALSO DO NOT WORK. THE OIL GAUGE DOES NOT REGISTER AND IS POINTING DOWNWARD. THE FUEL GAUGE NOW DOES NOT WORK AND POINTS OFF THE SCALE. I HAVE SEEN ON THE INTERNET MANY COMPLAINTS WITH SIMILAR ISSUES. *JB

MY SPEEDOMETER HAS HAD A 'JERKY' MOTION FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS. TODAY, ON MY WAY TO WORK, I SET MY CRUISE AT 78. WHEN I EXITED THE FREEWAY AND ENTERED THE SLOWER SECTION OF ROAD, MY SPEEDOMETER FAILED TO DECREASE AS MY SPEED DID. IT STILL READ 78 WHEN I SLOWED TO MATCH OTHER TRAFFIC IN A 55 ZONE. ADDITIONALLY, I STOPPED AT 3 STOP LIGHTS AND EACH TIME THE SPEEDOMETER FROZE AT A HIGHER SPEED THAN THE PREVIOUS ONE (I.E. FIRST STOP 40, THEN 52, THEN 64). I FEEL THIS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN AS MYSELF OR ANOTHER DRIVER OF MY VEHICLE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DETERMINE THEIR ACTUAL SPEED AND MAY PUT OTHERS IN DANGER. *JB

SPEEDOMETER MALFUNCTION IN MOST OF THE 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO'S I HAVE DRIVEN IN. I OWN 1 SILVERADO. THE COMPANY I WORK FOR OWNS SEVERAL 2004 SILVERADO'S. EVERYONE I HAVE DRIVEN ALONG WITH THE BOSS TRUCK ALL HAVE THE SAME SPEEDOMETER MALFUNCTION IS A SAFETY ISSUE. PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW HOW FAST THEY ARE GOING. *JB

2004 CHEVY SILVERADO SPEEDOMETER STARTED TO STICK AT AROUND 55 MPH THEN START WORKING, THIS WENT ON FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS, THEN IT PEGGED OUT AT 120 MPH AND HAS STUCK WHILE DRIVING, WHEN TRUCK IS AT IDLE IT SETS AT 70 MPH. *JB