2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 Complaints

2004 CHEVY SILVERADO 2500 HD WITH FUEL INJECTORS PROBLEMS CUSTOMER STATES THAT THEY HAVE HAD THE FUEL INJECTORS REPLACED THREE TIMES AND WANTS GM TO STAND BEHIND IT'S PRODUCT**NAR**CC ON 8/01/06 THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE TRUCK BEGAN TO EMIT WHITE SMOKE. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER IT WAS NOTED THAT THE FUEL INJECTORS HAD HIGH BALANCE RATES SO ALL WERE REPLACED. IN APRIL THE GAUGES ALL SHUT DOWN AND THE TRUCK STOPPED RUNNING IN THE DESERT IN 100 DEGREE WEATHER AND WERE INFORMED BY A SECOND DEALER FUEL INJECTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED YET AGAIN. THE CONSUMER STATED WAS PREPARING FOR A TRIP DECIDED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE BACK INTO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE TRUCK CHECKED AND BEHOLD A THIRD TIME THE FUEL INJECTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONSUMER STATED WOULD LIKE VEHICLE FIXED. *TR

2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500HD WITH APPROIMATELY 32000 MILES NEEDED TO REPLACE ALL BRAKES AND ROTORS. REAR ROTORS AND PADS WERE SEVERELY RUSTED AND DAMAGED. I BELIEVE IT IS A QUALITY DEFECT IN EITHER THE ROTORS OR I NTHE BRAKE SYSTEM ITSELF. THIS TRUCK WAS BOUGHT AT LOCAL DEALERSHIP(POUGHKEEPSIE CHEVROLET). IT WENT THROUGH NYS INSPECTION AT THIS SAME LOCAL DEALERSHIP. TIRES WERE ROTATED REGULARLY. TRUCK HAD BEEN INSPECTED AT 25,000 MILES WITH NO INDICATION(FROM DEALER) THAT BRAKES WERE WEARING. TOOK TRUCK IN TO HAVE THEM LOOK AT THEY QUOTED ME A PRICE OF OVER $1,800.00 TO REPLACE ALL BRAKES AND ROTORS. THE MECHANICS AND SERVICE MANAGER POINTED TO A PILE OF ROTORS IN THE BACK AND INDICATED IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. FURTHER SEARCH OF INTERNET AND TALKING TO OTHER CHEVROLET OWNERS, INDEED INDICATES THAT THE BRAKE SYSTEM ON THIS MODEL YEAR TRUCK HAS NOT PERFORMED TO A QUALITY STANDARD. I AM AN ATTENTIVE PERSON SO I NOTICED THAT SOMETHING WAS NOT RIGHT. OTHERS MAY NOT BE AS ATTENTIVE AND WITHOUT THE RIGHT ATTENTION, THESE BRAKES SYSTEMS COULD COMPLETELY FAIL DUE TO THIS DEFECT AND CAUSE CRASH AND INJURY. CHEVROLET SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THE DEFECT AND TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS. *AK

THE SPEEDOMETER IN MY 2004 SILVERADO HAS STARTED TO MALFUNCTION. IT DOES NOT SHOW THE SPEED OF THE TRUCK ON ANY CONSISTENT BASIS. IT WILL START OUT AT 30 MPH AND INCREASE CORRECTLY THEN RESET IT SELF 60 MPH ANDTHE LOWEST POINT. IT IS DANGEROUS. I RESEARCHED SEVERAL ONLINE DISCUSSION BOARDS AND THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS OUT THERE. MY DEALERSHIP WANTS $600 DOLLARS TO REPLACE THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND THE TRUCK WILL NOT BE DRIVABLE FOR AT LEAST A WEEK WHILE A NEW CLUSTER IS PROGRAMMED WITH MY MILEAGE AT THE FACTORY. THIS LENDS ITSELF TO MANY PEOPLE NOT WANTING TO GET THE CLUSTER FIXED AND LEADING TO SAFETY ISSUES. *TR

AFTER HAVING THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT REPLACED TWICE BECAUSE OF STEERING CLUNK, THE 3RD REPLACEMENT WAS A NEWLY DESIGNED SHAFT, AND THE PROBLEM WAS WORSE AFTER THE REPLACEMENT. WHEN I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER, THEY SAID NOW THE STEERING COLUMN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE A BEARING HAD GONE BAD, AND WON'T COVER IT BECAUSE I'M OUT OF WARRANTY, EVEN THOUGH THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT PROBLEM WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO WAY THE IS PROBLEM CAUSED THE COLUMN BEARING TO GO OUT. I HAD A PREVIOUS TRUCK WHICH GM REPLACED THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT ON 4 TIMES IN LESS THAN 4 YEARS, AND AFTER DOING A LITTLE RESEARCH ON THE WEB, FOUND MANY SITES AND FORUMS WHERE OWNERS DISCUSS THE VERY SAME ISSUE WITH THE NEWLY DESIGNED SHAFT MAKING THE PROBLEM WORSE. I THINK GM NEEDS TO BUCK UP AND ADMIT THEY HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THEIR STEERING DESIGN, AND REPLACE THE PARTS NEEDED TO MAKE IT RIGHT AT NO CHARGE TO THE CUSTOMER. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WORKS INTERMITTENTLY. THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD INDICATE THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING 35 MPH WHEN IT WAS IDLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS A DEFECT WITH THE ELECTRONIC SPEEDOMETERS. THE DEALER DID NOT PERFORM THE REPAIR. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE REAR DOOR LOCKS ARE INOPERABLE. THE DEALER HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 53,500 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,000.

SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER BECAME ERRATIC, THEN FAILED COMPLETELY. AFTER RESEARCHING, I FOUND THAT THIS PROBLEM IS COMMON IN CHEVROLET / GMC TRUCKS. IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS A DEFECTIVE PART AND THAT CHEVROLET / GMC IS AWARE OF IT. MY LOCAL DEALER WANTS $500.00, A COST THAT CHEVROLET SHOULD PAY. *TR

THE TACHOMETER REGISTERS INCORRECTLY. THE RPM INDICATOR WILL ONLY ADVANCE. WITH THE ENGINE OFF, IT REGISTERS 5,000 RPMS. ALSO, THE SPEEDOMETER OPERATES ERRATICALLY. AT TIMES IT INDICATES A LOWER SPEED THAN ACTUAL OR NO SPEED AT ALL. NONE OF THESE MAY BE A SAFETY HAZARD, BUT IT MAKES COMPLIANCE WITH POSTED SPEED LIMITS DIFFICULT. *JB

SPEEDOMETER WORKING ERRATICALLY. STAYS ON ZERO, OR READS LOWER THAN CORRECT SPEED. IT STARTED WORKING SPORADICALLY ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO, SOMETIMES WORKS, AND SOMETIMES DOESN'T. CURRENT MILEAGE 38290. *TR

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 WITH A FAILURE MILEAGE OF 21,566. WHILE DRIVING THE AT 35 MPH AND COMING TO A STOP, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT DOWN PROPERLY, BUT IT DID NOT STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER TWICE, WHO STATED THAT THE BRAKE ROTORS HAD DETERIORATED DUE TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 23,000.*AK

TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 C2500 CHEVROLET PICKUP. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER HADN'T BEEN WORKING FOR AT LEAST SIX MONTHS. THE SPEEDOMETER WAS STUCK AT 25 MPH, EVEN THOUGH THE ODOMETER WAS REGISTERING THE MILEAGE CORRECTLY. THE PROBLEM ORIGINATED IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. THE VEHICLE WAS PART OF A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY'S FLEET WHICH INCLUDED CHEVROLET PICK-UP TRUCKS FROM 2003 - 2005. SEVEN OUT OF THE 40 TRUCKS HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE SPEEDOMETER FAILING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR IN THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 85,118.*AK CONSUMER STATES A 20% FAILURE RATE ON SPEEDOMETER STICKING. UPDATE *4/23/07 TR