NHTSA Complaint #10265459 — 2004 BUICK RAINIER

MY HUSBAND AND I PURCHASED A USED 2004 BUICK RAINIER WITH 33,000 MILES LAST MAY 2008. ONE EVENING DURING THE SUMMER WE WERE MAKING A 20 MINUTE TRIP AND THE SPEEDOMETER JUST STOPPED WORKING WHILE EN ROUTE. SINCE THEN THE SPEEDOMETER GETS STUCK WHILE MAKING 20+ MINUTE TRIPS AND WILL ONLY GO DOWN 5 MPH EACH TIME YOU SHUT OFF THE SUV AND RESTART. SO YOU HAVE TO SHUT OFF AND RESTART SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE IT REACHES BACK DOWN TO ZERO AND IT WILL THEN OPERATE OKAY FOR A LITTLE WHILE UNTIL YOU MAKE THAT 20+ MINUTE TRIP AGAIN. SOMETIMES WHILE JUST DRIVING AROUND TOWN RUNNING ERRANDS IT WILL GET STUCK. SO I WOULD SAY AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK IT GETS STUCK. IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING WHEN YOU HAVE TO WATCH YOUR SPEED ESPECIALLY AROUND THE SCHOOL ZONES. I OFTEN TAKE MY EYES OFF THE ROADS TO WATCH MY RPM'S AND TRY TO CALCULATE HOW FAST I'M GOING. I'M CURRENTLY SAVING TO HAVE THE PROBLEM FIXED AS I'VE HEARD OF IT BEING A VERY PRICING ITEM (INSTRUMENT CLUSTER) TO HAVE REPLACED. I'VE BEEN DOING SOME RESEARCH ON A POSSIBLE RECALL FOR THIS ITEM AND I'VE FOUND THERE HAVE BEEN MANY COMPLAINTS AND EVEN A CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST GM FOR OTHER SUV'S SIMILAR TO THE RAINIER BUT THE BUICK RAINIER WAS NOT LISTED IN THIS CLASS ACTION SUIT AND NO RECALLS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR THIS ITEM ON BUICK RAINIERS. ANY HELP YOU CAN GIVE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU. *TR