NHTSA Complaint #10261856 — 2004 GMC ENVOY XUV

I PURCHASED MY 2004 ENVOY XUV NEW. I LOVE IT, BUT THE SPEEDOMETER HAS BEEN GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. I GUESS I'VE BEEN ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES. THE BRAKES ARE FINE AND EVERYTHING ELSE SEEM TO BE OK SO FAR. I CURRENTLY HAVE 89,000 MILES ON IT AND THE FREQUENCY OF THE SPEEDO ACTING UP ARE GETTING MORE COMMON. I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME WAS LATE IN '07. THE SPEEDO JUST KEPT CLIMBING HIGHER AND HIGHER TILL IT WAS PINNED. AND STAYED THERE FOR A DAY OR TWO. IT WOULD READ 120 MPH PARKED IN THE GARAGE. I BROUGHT IT IN AND THE DEALER JUST ROLLED THEIR EYES AND SAID THEY COULD ORDER ANOTHER DASH BOARD FOR AROUND $500.00, BUT I OPTED NOT TO FIX IT AT THAT TIME. THE DEALER TOLD ME IT WAS A COMMON THING WITH THE ENVOY, BUT GM HAS NO RECALLS ON IT. IT HAD SEEMED FINE FOR A WHILE. THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN A FEW TIMES IN '08. NOW IT'S ONLY MARCH OF '09 AND IT HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST ONCE EVERY TWO WEEKS. IT IS CLEARLY OUT OF WARRANTY BUT BEING A SAFETY ITEM SUCH AS A INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ONE WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE A RECALL ITEM. THIS APPEARS TO BE A NATION WIDE ISSUE AND GM AND THE DOT / NHTSA DO NOT RECOGNIZE IT? I LIKE THE VEHICLE, I AM HAPPY WITH IT OTHERWISE. JUST DISAPPOINTED AND FRUSTRATED WITH THE NHTSA AND GM. *TR