2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO Complaints

SPEEDOMETER FAILURE-2004 CHEVY. SILVERADO-Z71- INCORRECT SPEED INDICATED ON SPEEDOMETER-AT STOP SPEEDOMETER CONTINUES TO REGISTER MOVEMENT-WHEN MOVING SPEEDOMETER REGISTERS SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF OR LOWER THAN ACTUAL SPEED. *JB

SPEEDOMETER FAILURE : NEEDLE PEGS AT 120 AND WILL NOT RETURN TO 0, FLUCTUATES. *JB

ON 12/24/06 I STARTED HAVING TROUBLE WITH STEERING AND BRAKING, ON 12/26/06 I LOST THE ABILITY TO STEER OR TO BRAKE. ON 12/28/06 I TOOK THE TRUCK TO PARKS CHEVROLET IN CHARLOTTE, NC---I WAS TOLD THAT THE TRUCK WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE UNLESS I REPLACED THE BRAKE HYDRD-BOOSTER, I AGREED TO AT A COST OF $784.81. *JB

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY MY SPEEDOMETER READS 10-30+ MPH LOWER THEN ACTUAL SPEED. CAN NOT FIND A SERVICE RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM THOUGH I HAVE HAD NO PROBLEM FINDING HUNDREDS,IF NOT OVER ONE THOUSAND OTHERS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. *NM

THE SPEEDOMETER HAS QUIT WORKING. THIS IS COMMON ON 2004 CHEVY TRUCKS LIKE THE ONE I OWN. I HAVE ASKED AROUND AND IT IS A COMMON REPAIR. THE FAILURE OF A SPEEDOMETER IS A SERIOUS FAILURE OF A SAFETY DEVICE ON ANY VEHICLE. *NM

I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AS MANY. THE NEEDLE STARTED STICKING. THEN IT CONTINUOUSLY GOT WORSE. NOW I DO NOT KNOW HOW FAST I AM GOING. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND IT WILL COST 450.00 TO REPLACE. *NM

THE GAUGE CLUSTER ON MY 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO HAS 6 GAUGES AND AFTER 2 YEARS 3 OF THE GAUGES NO LONGER WORK. THE 3 THAT NO LONGER WORK ARE THE SPEEDOMETER,TACHOMETER, AND VOLTMETER. WITH THE SPEEDOMETER NO LONGER WORKING IT IS VERY DANGEROUS. *NM

UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS THE SPEEDOMETER ON SOME GM TRUCKS WILL HANG WHEN DECELERATING AND WHEN ACCELERATING AGAIN THE SPEEDOMETER STARTS FROM THE POSITION THAT IT HUNG. THE PART THAT IS FAILING IS A MOTOR THAT CONTROLS THE SPEEDOMETER AND TO REPLACE THE PART YOU MUST REPLACE THE WHOLE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AT A COST OF $600. IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN RIGHT AROUND 50K MILES AND AT THAT POINT IT IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. IT LEAVES YOU NOT KNOWING HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING AS WELL AS NOT BEING ABLE TO PASS A VEHICLE INSPECTION. *JB

CLUNKING AND RATTLING NOISE IN STEERING SHAFT THAT CAN BE FELT IN STEERING WHEEL. DEALER AND GM ACKNOWLEDGES PROBLEM BUT WILL NOT FIX IT UNDER WARRANTY. DEALER SAYS THAT GM HAS NOT COME UP WITH A FIX FOR THE PROBLEM. DEALER ALSO SAYS THAT PROBLEM IS NOT A SAFETY PROBLEM BUT I AM CONCERNED. DEALER ALSO STATES THAT THIS OCCURS IN OTHER MODELS SUCH AS SUBURBANS AND AVALANCHES, ETC. *JB

SPEEDOMETER ACTING ERRATIC NOW STUCK ON 120 MPH NON FUNCTIONAL NOW VERY EXPENSIVE FIX FROM GM(NEW INSTRUMENT CLUSTER) *JB