2003 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500 Complaints

I WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 50 MPH AND LOOKED DOWN AND MY SPEEDOMETER READ 120 MPH. I STOPPED, SHUT THE CAR OFF AND STARTED AGAIN, THE SPEEDOMETER FROZE AT 20 MPH. NOW IT RANDOMLY FREEZES OR READS A MUCH HIGHER SPEED THAN I AM GOING. *CN

SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT WORK CORRECTLY. IT HAS BEEN THIS WAY ON AND OFF FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS. IT WILL JUMP AROUND OR THE NEEDLE STICKS IN THE 120 MPH POSITION. I HAVE RECEIVED A NOTICE IN THE MAIL REGARDING THIS ISSUE ELCLOSURE LETTER 07187. I HAVE JUST WENT OVER THE 70,000 WARRANTY STATED IN THE LETTER BY 712 MILES. I'VE CONTACTED CHEVROLET AND THE DEALER WHICH THEY HAVE TOLD ME THAT I FALL OUTSIDE THE WARRANTY. THE COST OF REPAIR IS AROUND $560. I WOULD HAVE HAD IT FIX SIX MONTHS AGO BUT COULD NOT AFFORD IT. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL AND BE REPAIR AT NO COST SINCE THIS IS CLEARLY A MANUFACTURED DEFECT.*CN

THE SPEEDOMETER IN MY SUBURBAN 2003 WILL NOT RETURN TO ZERO WHEN I STOP. THEREFORE, IT READS HIGHER SPEEDS THAN ACTUAL DUE TO THIS OFFSET. THIS MORNING I HAD IT PAST 120 MPH WHILE DRIVING SLOWER THAN OTHER CARS ON THE HIGHWAY. I SEARCHED THE INTERNET AND IT LOOKS A COMMON PROBLEM. WHY IT IS NOT A RECALL. SPEED IS SAFETY, IS IN IT? WHY NHTSA IS KEEPING SILENT?*CN

COMMON SPEEDOMETER PROBLEM ON MY 2003 SUBURBAN (79K MILES). GAUGE READS ERRATIC INCORRECT SPEEDS. PULLING THE IPC/DIC FUSE RESETS THE GAUGE TEMPORARILY. MANY, MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE CAN BE FOUND, YET NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED. *TR

SPEEDOMETER READS 120 WHEN STOPPED. WORKS WHEN IT WANTS, BUT RIGHT NOW THE SPEEDO IS BURIED AS FAR AS IT CAN GO. DEALER WANTS $500.00 TO FIX WHEN THEY KNOW THE STEPPER MOTORS ARE BAD. VERY UNSAFE!!! *TR

SPEEDOMETER DEFECTIVE, JERKY BEHAVIOR, INCORRECT SPEED DISPLAYED, NOT RETURNING TO ZERO WHEN CAR IS STATIONARY. *TR

DEFECTIVE FUEL LEVEL SENSOR PROVIDES ERRONEOUS DATA TO FUEL GAUGE RESULTING IN GAUGE SHOWING MORE FUEL AVAILABLE THAN ACTUALLY IN THE TANK. HAZARD OF LEAVING MOTORISTS STRANDED IN REMOTE OR UNSAFE LOCATIONS/CONDITIONS, OR OF RUNNING OUT OF FUEL DURING VEHICLE OPERATION. CHEVROLET HAS IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM AS A FAULTY FUEL LEVEL SENSOR/FUEL STRAINER AND DOCUMENTED THE PROBLEM BY CORPORATE BULLETIN 04-06-04-012C BUT IS NOT OFFERING REPAIR OF THE PROBLEM FOR OUT OF WARRANTY VEHICLES. *TR

DRIVING 65 MPH ON HIGHWAY, SPEEDOMETER CREEPS UP TO 90 MPH. WHEN I STOP IT STAYS AT 30 MPH, THEN CREEPS UP TO 90 AGAIN. ALSO OIL GAUGE IS PEGGED ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD DISPLAY INACCURATE READINGS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THIS WAS AN INTERMITTENT FAILURE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE MOTORS INSIDE THE SPEEDOMETER FAILED. AS OF OCTOBER 30, 2007, THE DEALER HAD NOT REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 49,000.

SPEEDOMETER CLICKING, STICKING. THIS HAPPENED WITHOUT ANY WARNING. STARTED ACTING ERRATIC. STOPPED VEHICLE AND SPEEDOMETER SHOWED 80 MPH. STARTED DRIVING SLOWLY AND REGISTERED 110 MPH. THROUGH RESEARCH ON INTERNET FOUND MANY HAD SAME ISSUE. CAN TURN OFF ENGINE AND RESTART MULTIPLE TIMES TO GET SPEEDOMETER BACK TO ZERO, HOWEVER, WITHIN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME IT IS STUCK BACK ON A HIGHER SPEED WHEN STOPPED. CANNOT TELL WHAT THE CORRECT SPEED OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. *JB