2003 CHEVROLET TAHOE Complaints

WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW IN DEC. 2002. STARTING IN FEBRUARY, THE SPEEDOMETER ACTS ERRATICALLY, SOMETIMES READING HIGHER THAN SPEED TRAVELED, SOMETIMES READING SLOWER THAN SPEED TRAVELED OR BEING STUCK ALL TOGETHER. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAD AROUND 43,000 MILES ON IT WHEN THIS STARTED AND ONLY HAS 46,200 NOW. RIGHT NOW THE SPEEDOMETER IS STUCK ON 52 WHETHER I AM SITTING STILL OR TRAVELING 70 MPH. *TR

MY WIFE AND I PURCHASED A NEW 2003 CHEVY TAHOE ON MARCH 17, 2003 FROM A CHEVROLET DEALER IN NOVATO, CALIFORNIA. APPROXIMATELY 10 MONTHS AGO THE SPEEDOMETER BEGAN REGISTERING 60 MPH WHILE THE CAR WAS NOT MOVING. THIS EVENTUALLY CHANGED TO 120 MPH DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE CAR WAS NOT MOVING AND THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. THE SPEEDOMETER NEVER REGISTERED ANYTHING BELOW 120 MPH THEREAFTER. WE FINALLY HAD TO GET IT REPAIRED AS WE NEVER HAD ANY IDEA AT WHAT SPEED THE AUTOMOBILE WAS ACTUALLY TRAVELING. WE TOOK IT TO THE SAME DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CAR WAS PURCHASED TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. WE WERE ADVISED THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER PANEL HAD TO BE REPLACED AS THERE WAS NO OTHER WAY TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS COST $359.88. WHEN I ASKED TO SEE THE BROKEN SPEEDOMETER I WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT AVAILABLE AS IT HAD TO BE EXCHANGED FOR THE REPLACEMENT. THIS CAR HAD ONLY 53,600 MILES ON IT WHEN THE SPEEDOMETER WAS REPLACED. *AK I HAVE THE INVOICE AND WOULD BE WILLING TO PROVIDE A COPY AT YOUR REQUEST. I HAVE NEVER SEEN A SPEEDOMETER STICK IN THIS MANNER IN 35 YEARS OF DRIVING. THIS IS A DANGEROUS CONDITION AS DRIVERS OF VEHICLES WITH THIS PROBLEM HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEIR TRUE RATE OF SPEED IS.

HAVE HAD THIS TAHOE SINCE 2003, BOUGHT NEW. THIS PAST WINTER 2006 AT APPROXIMATELY 51,000 MILES THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED ACTING VERY ERRATIC. SOMETIMES REGISTERING THE CORRECT SPEED, OTHER TIMES NOT. AS TIME WENT ON IT APPEARED THAT THE TEMPERATURE WOULD EFFECT IT. WOULD WORK ON WARM DAYS, WOULDN'T WORK ON COLDER DAYS. IT IS NOW APRIL, 2007 AND IT IS NOT WORKING AT ALL. SITTING STILL IN MY DRIVEWAY IT REGISTERS 60 MPH. AS OF NOW IT APPEARS TO BE STUCK AT OVER 60 MPH, AND IS NOT RETURNING TO ZERO UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. AFTER READING THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS WITH REGARDS TO THE SAME ISSUE, IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THIS IS A FACTORY DEFECT.*AK

THE SPEEDOMETER ON MU TAHOE WILL SAY THAT I DOING 60 AND THE CAR IS IN PARK. OVERTIME THE PROBLEM CORRECTS ITSELF AND THEN IT HAPPENS AGAIN. IT IS SOMETHING THAT I FEEL IS NOT ANYHTING THAT I HAVE DONE TO THE VEHICLE. IT HAPPENS APPROXIMATELY EVERY 2 MONTHS. THE INCIDENT DATE IS THE MOST RECENT DATE THAT IT HAS HAPPENED.*AK

I HAVE A 2003 CHEVROLET TAHOE WITH 58,000 MILES AND THE SPEEDOMETER HAS STARTED MALFUNCTIONING. IT WILL APPEAR TO BE JUMPING AT TIMES AND ALSO NOT MOVING AT ALL. I COULD BE TRAVELING AT 60 MPH AND THE SPEEDOMETER WILL SAY I'M GOING 25 MPH, MAKING THE SITUATION A SAFETY HAZARD AND NEEDLESS TO SAY A SPEEDING TICKET WAITING TO HAPPEN.*JB

MY CONCERNS ARE THE SPEEDOMETER FAILURE ON MY 203 TAHOE. I SEARCHED THIS SAME PROBLEM ON MANY WEB SITES AND THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF REPORTS ON GM AUTOS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THE COST TO FIX THIS FAILURE IS $300-$500. I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS A MAJOR RECALL BY GM MOTORS. *JB

SPEEDOMETER IS ACTING UP. IT RESTS ON 40 MPH,AND SHOWS THAT I AM REACHING 110 MPH.WHEN I AM ONLY GOING 60 MPH,AND VEHICLE ONLY HAS 45,000 MILES,I CONSIDER THIS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE ON A 2003 VEHICLE. *AK

THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2003 CHEVY TAHOE BEGUN WORKING ERRATICLY AT AROUN 43,000 MILES AND SINCE QUIT WORKING ALL TOGETHER. MY DEALER SAID THE PROBLEM IS COMMON BET NOT A RECALL. THIS SEEMS ODD BEING THAT THIS IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE SAFETY OF THE PASSENGERS OF THIS VEHICLE AS WELL AS OTHER DRIVERS.

I OWN A 2003 CHEVY TAHOE Z71 AND PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN 07/2005 WITH ROUGHLY 25,000 MILES. AS OF 10/2006 MY SPEEDOMETER STARTED ACTING ERRATIC WHEREIN IT WASN'T GIVING THE CORRECT SPEED OF MY VEHICLE. IT HAS SINCE COMPLETELY STOPPED WORKING AND AM SEEKING ASSISTANCE IN REPLACING THE PART TO REMEDY THIS PROBLEM AS I SEE WHILE BEING ON A FORUM (HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.NET/FORUM/AUTOS/CHEVROLET-TAHOE) THAT AMONGST THE HUNDREDS AND POSSIBLY THOUSANDS ON THIS WEBSITE ARE INDICATING THEIR DISSATISFACTION WITH CHEVROLET/GM AND THEIR LACK OF ASSISTANCE IN REMEDYING THIS PROBLEM. IT'S NOT JUST ONE SPECIFIC MAKE, BUT APPARENTLY WILL ALL MAKES RANGING FROM 2002 TO 2007. I WOULD STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT CHEVROLET/GM LISTEN TO THEIR CONSUMERS AND REMEDY THIS PROBLEM IMMEDIATELY OR THEY WILL SURELY RECEIVE A THRASHING FROM THE CONSUMER BY NO LONGER PURCHASING THEIR VEHICLES. THE PRICE TO REMEDY THIS PROBLEM RANGES FROM $550 TO $600 DEPENDING ON WHICH DEALER YOU CONTACT TO REPAIR YOUR VEHICLE. THIS IS SURELY A NOMINAL AMOUNT TO A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR COMPANY, YET WOULD MEAN A GREAT DEAL TO THEIR CONSUMERS. *JB

THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER IS NOT OPERATING OIL PRESSURE INTERMITENT ALONG WITH SPEEDOMETER. 2003 TAHOE HAS LESS THEN 28000 MILES AND OUT OF WARRANTY. *JB