2004 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN Complaints

2004 CHEVY TAHOE THAT HAS A SPEEDOMETER MALFUNCTION. THE VEHICLE IS GOING 120 MPH WHEN IT IS SITTING STILL.. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND GM HAS YET TO HAVE A RECALL AND FIX THIS PROBLEM..I BELIEVE THEY ARE WAITING FOR CONSUMERS TO DIE BEFORE THEY BRING THIS ISSUE TO THE FOREFRONT..CURRENT FIX IS A REPLACEMENT BEZEL FOR 600.00 ..IF THIS IS A COMMON FAILURE THEN WHY AREN'T WE FIXING IT?? *JB

MY SPEEDOMETER WENT FROM 55 TO 120 IN A MATTER OF SECONDS. THEN IF YOU GIVE IT A COUPLE OF DAYS IT WOULD BE RIGHT AGAIN. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I AM DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AND IT WOULD GO TO 120 AGAIN. THE DEALERSHIP HOOKED IT UP TO THE COMPUTER AND THEY SAID THEY "REBOOTED THE CLUSTER" AND IT'S WORKING FOR NOW. THEY SAID A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN AND IT MAY ONLY BE A TEMPORARY FIX. SO WHAT IF I HAVE MY CRUISE CONTROL SET AT 65 AND THEN MY SPEEDOMETER GOES TO 120? I SEE AN INSTANT ACCIDENT HAPPENING! CHEVROLET SHOULD HAVE A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE. *JB

SPEEDOMETER IS DEFECTIVE. REGISTERS BETWEEN 35 AND 120 MPH WHEN CAR IS STOPPED. *NM

04 SUBURBAN SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING. SPEEDOMETER SAID 120 MPH WHEN SITTING STILL. THEN GOT STUCK ND WOULD DROP SLOWLY. NOW IT DOES NOT WORK AT ALL. IT SITS ON ZERO. *JB

OUR SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING AND WOULD EITHER SHO US GOING MUCH SLOWER OR MUCH FASTER THAN WE REALLY WERE. WE WERE HOPING THAT IT WAS JUST A SENSOR, BUT IT WAS THE WIRING IN THE DASH, THEY REQUIRED THAT WE SEND IN THE WHOLE FRONT MODULE AND THEY SENT US A NEW ONE WITH OUR OLD ODOMETER MILES ALREADY SET. THEY ALSO REQUIRED THAT WE SEND IN THE OLD ONE. OUR MECHANIC TOLD US THAT THEY HAD JUST HAD TO REPLACE A PICKUPS SPEEDOMETER AS WELL. SAME YEAR, AND SIMILAR MODEL. *NM

I HAD A FLAT TIRE ON A 2004 CHEVY SUBURBAN. AFTER ABOUT 1 HOUR OF TRYING, I WAS NOT ABLE TO RELEASE THE SPARE TIRE HOIST ON THE VEHICLE. SINCE I COULD NOT ACCESS THE SPARE TIRE, I HAD TO CALL FOR A TOW TRUCK. THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER ALSO COULD NOT GET THE SPARE TIRE TO RELEASE FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER HAD TO REPLACE THE "BAD" HOIST. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I TRIED TO USE THE SPARE HOIST SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE DEALER SAID THAT THIS IS A COMMON FAILURE AND THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER AGREED. THE DEALER ALSO SAID IT WAS MY FAULT FOR ABUSING THE HOIST (DRIVING ON DIRT ROADS) AND NOT PROPERLY SERVICING THE HOIST. NO WHERE IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL DOES IT TALK ABOUT SPARE TIRE HOIST MAINTENANCE. THE TOTAL COST FOR A FLAT TIRE WAS OVER $400 AND 7 HOURS OF MY TIME. *JB

ORIGINAL DATE WAS IN 2005 WHEN I COMPLAINED REGARDING THE CLICKING NOISE WHEN STEERING WHEEL IS BEING TURNED TO THE LEFT. SERVICE PERSONNEL STATED THEY HAD LUBRICATED THE STEERING WHEEL BOLTS. WELL AFTER RECEIVING THE VEHICLE BACK ON 12/01/06 FOR 30K MILE INSPECTION THE CLICKING NOISE IS NOW BACK, BUT WORSE WHEN REVERSING NOT ONLY HAS THE CLICKING NOISE RETURNED, BUT WHEN REVERSING HAVING MY STEERING WHEEL TURN LEFT I CAN FEEL THE TIRES SLIDING. AFTER TALKING TO SAME PERSONNEL IN SERVICING SHE IS BEING TOLD NOT TO LUBRICATE OR LOOSEN THE BOLTS OF THE STEERING WHEEL SINCE IT WILL NOT IMPROVE THE SITUATION. ACCORDING TO THE SERVICE PERSONNEL SHE JUST RECEIVED (01/04/06) A NOTICE STATING THAT CHEVROLET IS WORKING ON THE PROBLEM UNFORTUNATELY THEY (CHEVROLET/GMAC) WILL GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD TO MAKE A PART THAT WILL FIX THIS PROBLEM. I EXPLAINED TO VERONICA OF MY FEARS OF DRIVING THE VEHICLE, BUT SHE STATES THAT THE VEHICLE IS SAFE. I DID NOTIFY THE SERVICE PERSONNEL AS WELL AS THE OWNER OF THE DEALERSHIP (WHERE THE WORK IS BEING DONE AND WAS PURCHASED FROM) THAT MY FEAR OF HAVING TO MAKE AN IMMEDIATE LEFT TURN OR REVERSING HAVING THE STEERING WHEEL TURNED LEFT WHAT IS THE GUARANTEE THAT THE TIRES WILL NOT SLIDE MAYBE HITTING SOMETHING FROM BEHIND. BOTH SERVICE PERSONNEL AND THE OWNER OF THE DEALERSHIP STATES THAT CHEVROLET WOULD NOT SAY IT WAS SAFE FOR SOMEONE TO DRIVE WHEN IN FACT IT ISN'T. NOTHING CAN BE DONE REGARDING THIS ISSUE SINCE THERE IS NO PART ON THE MARKET TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. MY COMPLAINT IS BASICALLY I FEEL THAT SINCE THERE ISN'T A PART CURRENTLY MADE TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM MAKING A LEFT TURN OR REVERSING THAT THIS VEHICLE IS UNSAFE FOR ME AND MY FIVE CHILDREN. *NM

2004 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN WINDOW MOTOR REPLACEMENT**CC THE RIGHT POWER WINDOW WAS SLOW GOING UP. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD A MOTOR AND REGULATOR WAS NEEDED. THE FRONT TIRES WERE SEVERELY WORN ON THE INSIDE. AN ALIGNMENT WAS PERFORMED AND THE TIRES WERE ROTATED. *JB

STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE SPEEDOMETER READING INCORRECT SPEED AT ABOUT 40K MILES. CURRENTLY HAVE 55K MILES ON MY 2004 SUBURBAN. THE SPEEDOMETER OFTEN READS OVER 100 MPH SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY. IT SEEMS TO OCCUR AFTER 30+ MINUTES OF CONTINUED DRIVING. ADDITIONALLY, THE TACHOMETER BECOMES ERRATIC AND SOMETIMES JUST DROPS TO 0 WHILE DRIVING. *NM

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN WITH APPROX. 60,000 MILES. THE SPEEDOMETER WORKS INTERMITTENTLY. SOMETIMES IT SEEMS TO REGISTER AND OTHER TIMES NOT AT ALL. WHEN "WORKING", THE SPEEDOMETER STEPS OR JAGGEDLY MOVES. I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE THAT EVEN IF IT IS "WORKING" IT IS NOT ACCURATE. I HAVE SEARCHED THE WEB AND THERE SEEMS TO BE A HIGH NUMBER OF SIMILAR CASES. ADDITIONALLY, I WAS IN A FRIEND'S SUBURBAN LAST WEEKEND AND HE, FOR THE FIRST TIME, HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN. HE HAD APPROX. THE SAME MILEAGE (60,000 MILES). VERY DANGEROUS NOT TO KNOW HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING AT ANY GIVEN TIME. *NM