2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 Complaints

INTERMITTENT AND ERRONEOUS OPERATION OF THE SPEEDOMETER IN MY 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 DIESEL TRUCK. THE SPEEDOMETER FREQUENTLY INDICATES THE WRONG SPEEDS, AT TIME OVER +100MPH. AT OTHER TIMES, INDICATES SPEEDS LESS THAN ACTUAL OR FREEZES ALTOGETHER. GM REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE ISSUE OR OFFER TO REPAIR. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND CAN RESULT IN DRIVING AT SPEEDS ABOVE OR BELOW POSTED LIMITS. *TR

SPEEDOMETER READINGS ARE INACCURATE. GM ISSUED SPECIAL WARRANTY COVERAGE FOR VEHICLES WITH LESS THAN 70,000 MILES. MY ISSUE WAS REPORTED TO THE DEALER AT 58,000 MILES, BUT WAS NOT DOCUMENTED IN THEIR SYSTEM. SPEEDOMETER READINGS ARE ERRATIC. SOMETIMES ACCURATE, SOMETIMES 50% OR MORE LESS THAN ACTUAL SPEED. INACCURACY HAS INCREASED OVER THE LAST YEAR. *TR

2004 SILVERADO 2500 HD ABS KICKS IN AT SLOW SPEEDS. NOW ABS LIGHT AND BRAKE LIGHT ARE ALWAYS ON AND I GET DINGING SOUND FROM WARNING SYSTEM WITH MESSAGE SERVICE BRAKE SYSTEM. *TR

I AM EXPERIENCING THE STEERING CLUNK THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH CHEVROLET'S TRUCKS. UPON TURNING IT IN IN FOR SERVICE I WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD COST $280 TO FIX IT. I ONLY DRIVE MY TRUCK APPROX 6K MILES PER YEAR UNDER VERY LIGHT DUTY. IT IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR A HEAVY DUTY VEHICLE THAT WEARS OUT FROM VERY LITTLE LIGHT USE TO BE SOLD LIKE THIS. THE TRUCK HAS 27,700 MILES NOW AND STARTED HAVING THE PROBLEM AT APPROX 18K MILES. I CAN ONLY ASSUME THAT THIS MEANS I WILL HAVE TO PAY ABOUT $300 EVERY 18K MILES TO FIX A DEFECTIVE, POORLY ENGINEERED PRODUCT. IS THIS PART GOING TO FAIL AT SOME POINT AND CAUSE A LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL? *TR

SPEEDOMETER READS IMPROPERLY. YOU LOOK DOWN AND YOUR GOING 110 THIS MAKES YOU WANT TO SLAM ON YOUR BRAKES. HOW SAFE WOULD THAT BE ON A INTERSTATE? *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. WHILE DRIVING UPHILL AT 55 MPH, THE ENGINE FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. HE REPRIMED THE FUEL FILTER AND THE VEHICLE DROVE APPROXIMATELY A MILE AND A HALF BEFORE IT SHUT OFF AGAIN. HE HAD TO REPRIME THE FILTER AGAIN. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO COOL OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE STATION AND THE MECHANIC SPOKE WITH CHEVROLET, WHO WAS NOT AWARE OF ANY RECALLS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 95,000. *UPDATED 12/27/07 *LJ UPDATED 12/12/07 *TR

NO SPECIFIC EVENT LED TO THIS INCIDENT OTHER THAN FAULTY ENGINEERING. THE PUMP WITHIN MY TRUCKS TRANSFER CASE HAS WORN A HOLE THROUGH THE CASING. THIS IS A VERY PREVALENT PROBLEM IN THIS MODEL TRUCK. I HAVE THIS PROBLEM TEMPORARILY PATCHED. I JUST NOTICED THE PROBLEM A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF THE PROBLEM: HTTP://ADAPTACASE.COM/TC236CBRNY.HTML *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL EXTENDED TO THE FLOOR WHEN DEPRESSED. AS OF SEPTEMBER 10, 2007, THE DEALER HAD NOT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 24,194. *UPDATED 12/12/2007 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER FIX PROBLEM. UPDATED 12/12/07 *TR

2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500HD PICKUP THAT CAUGHT FIRE CUSTOMER STATES THAT HE WAS DRIVING WHEN HE BEGAN TO SMELL SMOKE AND THEN NOTICED THAT SPARKS WERE COMING FROM THE FRONT WHEEL**CC THE VEHICLE BECAME ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THERE WAS NO CAUSE OF THE FIRE. *JB

THE SPEEDOMETER WORKS INTERMITTENTLY AND I FOUND MYSELF GOING FASTER THAN THE SPEEDOMETER REGISTERED. GOING AROUND A TURN I WAS FORCED INTO THE OTHER LANE OF TRAFFIC DO TO THE EXCESSIVE SPEED. *JB