2003 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500 Complaints

1.SPEEDOMETER FAIED S DAILY. IT WILL READ 90 MPH WHEN I HAVE JUST BEGAN ACCELERATING. OTHER TIMES IT WILL READ 10 MPH WHEN I AM DRIVING WITH TRAFFIC ON THE FREEWAY. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED, DEALERSHIP ADVISED IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A RECALL ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE RECEIVED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS. 2. SECOND ROW MIDDLE SEAT BELT FAILED TO RETRACT. SECOND MIDDLE SEATBELT FASTENER GOT STUCK AND UNABLE TO UNFASTEN SEAT BELT WITHOUT FORCE. HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. 3. PAINT ON RADIO CONTROLS & DASHBOARD IS PEELING OFF - PAINT WAS ORIGINALLY GREY AND NOW SOME AREAS ARE BLACK AND OTHER CLEAR WITH THE BRIGHT LIGHT SHINING THROUGH WHEN THE RADIO IS IN USE. 4. BRAKES SQUEEK EXCESSIVELY, REPLACED BRAKES & PADS NOISE CEASED FOR A MONTH AND THEN BEGAN AGAIN. 5. REAR ACCESS DOOR RATTLES CONSTANTLY 6. REAR ACCESS DOOR PLASTIC MOLDING ON INSIDE OF DOOR CRACKED 7. FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT PLASTIC COVER CRACKED AND BROKE OFF 8. LEFT REAR PASSENGER DOOR LIGHT CASING CRACKED AND FELL OFF 9. STEERING MAKES AN ABNORMAL NOISE WHEN TURNING. *AK

I HAVE A 2003 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN WHICH HAS EXPERIENCE SEVERAL EPISODES OF SPEEDOMETER MALFUNCTION WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE. USUALLY, THE SPEEDOMETER WILL MALFUNCTION WHEN DISENGAGING THE CRUISE CONTROL, SPEEDING UP OR STOPPING. AFTER 1-2 DAYS THE SPEEDOMETER WILL GRADUALLY RETURN TO BASELINE. THE MALFUNCTION HAS CAUSED ME TO ASSUME THAT I WAS DRIVING SLOWER THAN I WAS WHICH HAS RESULTING IN A HIGH RISK FOR ACCIDENTS. *JB

SPEEDOMETER STICK AND JUMPS. ONLY WAY TO RESOLVE IS TO PULL FUSE OR START/STOP IGNITION REPEATEDLY UNTIL IT REACHES 0. IT THEN WORKS FOR A WHILE AND THEN DOES IT AGAIN. THE STARTING/STOPPING THE IGNITION SURELY IS NOT GOOD FOR STARTED. IT FIRST STARTED BACK IN JANUARY AND CONTINUES TO HAPPEN. *JB

I OWN A 2003 SUBURBAN MADE BY CHEVROLET AND THE SPEEDOMETER WILL KNOW LONGER WORK . THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH GM VEHICLES OF THIS YEAR CLASS. IT SEEMS DANGEROUS AND THE FIX IS $500 OR MORE DEPENDING ON DEALER FOR THE TOTAL INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. SEEMS LIKE A FAULTY PRODUCT TO ME. *JB

SPEEDOMETER AND OTHER GAUGES IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER OF MY 2003 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN NOT WORKING PROPERLY. SPEEDOMETER INDICATES 60 MPH WHEN AT A FULL STOP AND 120 MPH WHEN MOVING. *NM

2003 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN. SPEEDOMETER ACTS VERY ERRATICALLY, OFTEN INDICATING INCORRECT SPEED. THE PROBLEM CAUSING THE SPEEDOMETER TO FAIL ALSO SEEMS TO AFFECT THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE. 2004 GMC K1500 Z71- SPEEDOMETER IS ERRATIC ALSO. *NM

2003 SUBURBAN INSTRUMENT CLUSTER STOPPED WORKING, SPEEDOMETER IS ERRATIC, SOMETIMES IT GETS STUCK OTHER TIMES IT READS EXTREMELY HIGH ALSO BATTERY GAUGE IS DEAD. I HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS WEB FORUMS WITH COUNTLESS THREADS DEDICATED TO COMPLAINTS ON 2003 GM INSTRUMENT CLUSTERS. WHOLE CLUSTER MUST BE REPLACED, AS IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO NOT KNOW YOUR SPEED. *JB

I HAVE A 2003 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN AND THE SPEEDOMETER STAYS AT 30 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STOPPED. WHEN TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD I HAVE NO IDEA HOW FAST I AM GOING BUT AM SURE THAT 110 MPH IS NOT CORRECT. *JB

I WAS RECENTLY PULLED OVER FOR SPEEDING . THE PATROLMAN CLOCKED MY @68 MPH IN A 45 MPH SPEED ZONE. MY SPEEDOMETER SHOWED 52 MPH. NOW 2 WEEKS LATER IT READS 75 MPH PARKED IN MY DRIVE. I CAN BE DRIVING 30 MPH AND MY SPEEDOMETER WILL READ 105-100 MPH OR DRIVING SOMEWHERE AROUND 50-60 MPH AND IT WILL BE PEGGED OUT ABOVE 120 MPH. I AM READING ON THE INTERNET AND I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. *JB

THE SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING (GETS STUCK AND REPORTS IN ACCURATE SPEEDS OR STICKS BELOW 0 MPH) ON MY 2003 SUBURBAN WITH ONLY 59000 MILES. I AM TOLD THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND THAT GM ISSUED A TSB BUT NO RECALL EVEN WITH THE MANY REPORTS AND COMPLAINTS OF SAFETY CONCERNS. I AM TOLD THE REPAIR COST WILL BE $500-$700. I ALSO HAD TO REPLACE A BAD A/C COMPRESSION COSTING $1K AND INTAKE GASKETS $320 IN THE LAST 3 MONTHS. THIS IS RIDICULOUS FOR THIS NEW OF A VEHICLE. I THOUGHT GM BUILT BETTER QUALITY PRODUCTS THAN THIS. IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE NOT KNOWING HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING OR IF THE OTHER GAUGES ARE WORKING CORRECTLY. I AM NERVOUS PUTTING MY WIFE AND 4 KIDS IN THIS VEHICLE DUE TO THESE SAFETY CONCERNS. I WILL NOT RISK MY FAMILY'S SAFETY DUE TO THIS LOW QUALITY OF PRODUCT. *JB