NHTSA Complaint #10483620 — 2004 CHEVROLET IMPALA

I HAVE BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH MY SPEEDOMETER STICKING THE PAST FEW MONTHS. MY HUSBAND TOOK MY CAR IN TO OUR LOCAL CHEVY DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD WE NEED TO REPLACE THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL WHICH WOULD COST AROUND $600. NOT HAPPY WITH THE FACT THAT WE WILL HAVE TO SHELL OUT THIS KIND OF MONEY FOR A FAULTY FACTORY PART, I CONTACTED THE CHEVROLET CUSTOMER COMPLAINT LINE. I WAS TOLD BY THE COMPLAINT LINE THAT THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING FOR US AT THIS TIME. I HAVE READ MANY COMPLAINTS IN REGARDS TO THE SAME ISSUES FROM THE FOLLOWING LINK: HTTP://WWW.AUTOMOTIVEFORUMS.COM/T752665-DISCUSS2004_IMPALA_SPEEDOMETER_PROBLEMS.HTML IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A FACTORY RECALL ON THIS ISSUE A LONG TIME AGO. APPARENTLY IT IS GOING TO TAKE AN ACCIDENT OR DEATH IN ORDER FOR CHEVROLET TO MAKE THIS RIGHT. THE GOVERNMENT JUST BAILED OUT GMC NOT TO LONG AGO; HOWEVER, GMC CAN'T STEP UP AND FIX THIS. WHAT KIND OF BUSINESS DOES THIS TO THEIR CUSTOMERS. I INFORMED CHEVROLET THAT I WILL NO LONGER BUY THEIR VEHICLES. NO WONDER EVERYONE IS BUYING FOREIGN THESE DAYS. *TR