NHTSA Complaint #10232339 — 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500

1. MY SILVERADO 2500HD, 2003 SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING AROUND 70K MILES, 3 YEARS AGO. 2. AT THE TIME I WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE $525 TO FIX IT - REPLACING A SMALL PLASTIC GEAR IN THE DASH. I DECIDED NOT TO WASTE THE MONEY AND LIVED WITH IT. 3. IN JANUARY 2008, I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM GM SAYING THE BROKEN SPEEDOMETER FOR MY TRUCK WAS A DEFECT AND IT WOULD BE FIXED AT NO CHARGE IF I WAS WITH IN 7 YEARS OLD AND 70K MILES. 4. I TOOK MY TRUCK INTO ESINGER CHEVROLET IN KALISPELL, MONTANA ON MAY 28, 2008. THEY REPAIRED THE SPEEDOMETER AND BILLED ME $414.85, ON 5. MY TRUCK HAD 118,735 MILES ON IT SO ESINGER WOULD NOT COVER IT UNDER THE RECALL PROGRAM. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT GM RECONSIDER THIS DECISION SINCE THE SPEEDOMETER BROKE 3 YEARS EARLIER AND IT WAS AROUND 70K MILES. IT IS KNOWN THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE SPEEDOMETER AND I FEEL IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPAIRED AT NO CHARGE. YOUR CONSIDERATION OF CREDITING ME THE $414.85 WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED. I HAVE BEEN A LONG TIME OWNER AND BUYER OF NEW CHEVY TRUCKS FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS. SINCERELY, RANDY WILSON *TR