NHTSA Complaint #10290048 — 1998 CHEVROLET S10

MY SPEEDOMETER AND ODOMETER HAS QUIT WORKING. I AM SURE YOU HAVE HEARD THIS COMPLAINT BEFORE BUT I BELIEVE THAT GM SHOULD FIX THIS PROBLEM FOR FREE ONE FOR SAFETY AND ANOTHER FOR THE ECONOMIC STRESS THAT IT PUTS ON GM VEHICLE OWNERS FROM1997-2004 MAYBE EVEN NEWER THAN THAT.THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE SPEEDOMETER EITHER FLUCTUATES OR STOPS WORKING COMPLETELY AND THE ODOMETER STOPS WORKING AT THE SAME TIME, THE ONLY REPAIR IS TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER, WHICH IS NOT COST EFFECTIVE TO THE CONSUMER. THE SAFETY ISSUE TO IS THAT IF I CAN NOT DETERMINE MY SPEED THEN I PUT ME AND MANY OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD IN DANGER. THINK ABOUT IT IF I AM GOING TO SLOW THEN A VEHICHLE DRIVING THE SPEED LIMIT ON ANY ROAD COULD POSSIBLY HAVE TO STEER CLEAR OF ME AND OR HIT ME. WE ALL KNOW THE SAFETY RISK OF SPEEDING OF COURSE YOU COULD LOOK UP THE STATISTICS ON INJURY-RELATED CRASHES WHEN A DRIVER IS DOING 5-10MPH OVER THE LIMIT. THIS CONCERNS ME, BECAUSE I HAVE WORKED AT A GM DEALERSHIP AND GM CHARGES 500-700 DOLLARS TO REPAIR THIS ISSUE MOST OF WHICH IS LABOR RELATED. I FEEL THIS SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED THROUGHLY BECAUSE I PUT FAITH IN GM MOTORS BY BUYING THEIR PRODUCTS AND WORKING FOR THEM. I FEEL THAT THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CORRECTED LONG AGO IN JUST MY EXPIERENCE I HAVE WORKED ON THIS 7 YEAR SPAN OF DIFERENT MODELS OF GM, AND OVER THAT MANY YEARS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED. THIS PROBLEM COULD HAVE BEEN EARLIER THAN MY TIMELINE OR LATER THIS IS JUST FROM MY EXPIERENCE. YOU CAN CHECK THE OFFICAL GM TSB DATABASE UNDER MANY MODELS AND FIND THIS BULLITEN, ALSO MANY OTHER TSB IDENTIFACATION COMPANIES LIKE ALLDATA AND FIND THE SAME COMPLAINTS ON MANY DIFFERENT MODELS IT ALSO EFFECTS THE ODOMETER SO THIS PRETTY MUCH DENIES YOU QUALITY RESALE BECAUSE DEALERSHIPS KNOW OF THIS PROBLEM AND THERE IS NO TELLING HOW LONG IT WENT ON THAT WAY, SO THEY DEEM IT PAST IT'S MECHANICAL LIMITS WHETHER IT READS 7,500 MILES OR 150,000 MILES AND TO ME THIS IS UNFAIR TO US. *TR