2004 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500 Electrical System Problems

VEHICLE LOOSES POWER AND BRAKES GO OUT THEN DIES,DOESN'T MATTER SPEED. IF SLOWING DOWN AND PRESS THE BRAKES, THE LOCKS, LIGHTS, AND SECURITY GOES CRAZY. THIS IS DANGEROUS AS IT IS IN INTERSECTIONS AND CAUTION FOR COLLISION. THE VEHICLE HAS TO BE OFF FOR A TIME FRAME AND RESTARTS FINE AND CAN GO. HAPPENED WHEN COMING FROM RAMP AND IN MIDDLE OF ROAD WITH SEMI TRUCK COMING DOWN BY US.

THE VEHICLE'S ABS AND BRAKE LIGHTS ARE ON. I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIR AND A STATE INSPECTION. THE PART TO REPAIR THE ABS AND BRAKE LIGHT ARE ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER WITH NO DEFINITE AVAILABILITY DATE. THE TRUCK IS NOT USABLE BECAUSE OF THE FAILED STATE INSPECTION. *TR

UPON START UP OF THE TRUCK, THE ABS LIGHT STAYED ILLUMINATED AND STARTED CHIMING AT ME. EVERYTIME I START THE TRUCK THIS HAPPENS. I HAD MY BRAKES INSPECTED AND THEY WERE FINE. I CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE ABS. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO A MECHANIC THIS LAST WEEK AND HAD IT LOOKED INTO. IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE CHEVY AVALANCHE AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THERE IS A PART FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT IT IS ON INDEFINITE BACKORDER. WHAT AND HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? THE ABS SYSTEM IS THROWING FAULT CODES STOPPING IT FROM WORKING PROPERLY BUT THERE IS NOT A PART TO REPLACE IT. PER CHEVY! *TR

OIL PRESSURE AND WATER TEMPERTURE GAUGE'S PEGGED OUT TO THE HIGH SIDE AND WILL NOT RETURN TO NORMAL. *TR

SPEEDOMETER BEGAN WORKING ERRATICALLY AND THEN NOT AT ALL. DEALERSHIP REPLACED "STEPPER MOTOR CLUTCH". CHARGED FOR LABOR ONLY. *KB

2004 CHEVY AVALANCHE 1500 2WD SPEDOMETER BECAME ERRATIC AND STOPED WORKING. THE PROBLEM WAS FIRST NOTICED WITH THE TACHOMETER ACTING ERRATIC, IT STOPPED ACTIN FUNNY AND THEN THE SPEEDOMETER BEGAN ACTING CRAZY AND THEN STUCK. *TT

WAS DRIVING MY 2004 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500 DOWN THE ROAD, WHEN I NOTICED THAT MY SPEEDOMETER WAS ACTING FUNNY. WAS MOVING ERRATICALLY IN UPWARD INCREMENTS OF ONE MILE PER HOUR, WHILE STICKING AND JUMPING ON EACH INCREMENT. THEN, IT JUST FLAT QUIT! NOT KNOWING THE MECHANICS OF MY VEHICLES SPEEDOMETER (IE; SPEEDO CABLE, ELECTRONIC, OR WHAT HAVE YOU), WENT ONLINE TO SEARCH THIS OUT. FOUND OUT THAT THERE ARE MANY, MANY OF THIS INCIDENT HAPPENING WITH CONSUMERS. SEEMS THAT GM REFUSES TO RECALL THIS, EVEN THOUGH IT SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM?? HAVE READ THAT THIS CAN COST UPWARDS OF $600 TO REPAIR? JUST BOUGHT THIS TRUCK/AVALANCHE (USED) FROM A DEALER IN PORTLAND, OREGON. CAN I GET ANY HELP WITH GETTING THIS REPAIRED? FROM MY UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT I HAVE READ (ONLINE), THERE ARE SEVERAL "STEP MOTORS". THESE STEP MOTORS ARE APPARENTLY A POOR (DESIGN) PRODUCT, AND ARE...

WINDSHIELD WIPER WILL NOT CUT OFF. LEFT SIDE OF DASH BLOWS HOT AIR WHILE THE RIGHT SIDE BLOWS COLD AIR WHEN AIR CONDITIONER IS ON. *TR

I OWN AN 04 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE AND THE TBC2 FUSE ALWAYS BLOWS. SO I HAVE NO DASH LIGHTS TO SHOW ME MY SPEED OR ANYTHING. I HAVE READ UP ON THIS AND LOTS OF THESE TRUCKS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH WIRES RUBBING AND SHORTING OUT. AS WELL AS THE SERVICE AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON AS WELL WHICH I THINK IS ANOTHER THING WITH WIRES BEING IN A BAD SPOT AND SHORTING OUT.

I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY DASH CLUSTER IT PINS ITSELF AT HIGH SPEED AND THE AMP GAUGE AND TEMP GAUGES STOP WORKING TOO I HAD THIS PROBLEM JUST AFTER BUYING IT AND IT HAD 125000KMS ON IT AND CHEVY SAID IT WAS OVER THE KMS TOO BE COVERED TO ME THEIR SHOULD NOT BE A TIME FRAME OR MILEAGE SET TOO HAVE THEM REPLACED ...PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THEIR IS ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE ...THANKS *TR

THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ON MY VEHICLE IS DISPLAYING THE INCORRECT INFORMATION FOR FUEL LEVEL AND OIL LEVEL. THIS IS OCCURRING AT STARTUP AND CONTINUES WHILE I DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND IS A CONSTANT PROBLEM. NOTHING HAS YET BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM BUT FEEL THAT THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD ASSUME FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF CORRECTING THE MALFUNCTION. *TR

SPEEDOMETER HAS BECOME ERRATIC AT ZERO TO 120 MPH AT ANY GIVEN TIME OR ANY WHERE INBETWEEN TRUCK RUNNING OR SETTING STILL. WILL BE TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD AT FLOW OF TRAFFIC AND SPEEDOMETER WILL BE ZERO TO 120. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. GMC OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL. THIS IS A PROBLEM COMMON TO GMC CHEVY PRODUCTS SILVERADO TRUCK, IMPALAS, AND AVALANCHE VEHICLES 2003 TO 2005. *TR

DRIVER SIDE POWER WINDOW STOPPED WORKING, LOCKED IN CLOSED POSITION. NOTHING LEADING UP TO IT. HAPPENED IN OCT 2007 (1 MONTH OUT OF WARRANTY). FINALLY TOOK TO DEALER FOR REPAIR IN OCT '08. DEALER REPLACED MOTOR AND REGULATOR $588 COST. COMPLAINED TO CHEVY IN DEC '08, THEY SAID SMALL PLASTIC PART HAD FAILED BUT SINCE IT WAS PAST WARRANTY AND I WAITED 2 MONTHS TO COMPLAIN, THERE WAS NOTHING THEY WOULD DO. THEY ALSO SAID IT WAS A KNOWN, INFREQUENT PROBLEM AND THEY WERE REDESIGNING THE MECHANISM. *TR

SPEEDOMETER FAILURE IN CHEVY AVALANCHE. IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND IS WIDELY DISCUSSED ON THE INTERNET, YET NO RECALL. 2004 CHEVY AVALANCHE Z71. *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2004 CHEVY AVALANCHE DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. WHEN I AM GOING 25 MPH IT INDICATED 80 MPH. SOMETIMES WHEN I AM STOPPED THE SPEEDOMETER INDICATES 30 MPH. BASICALLY THE SPEEDO WORKS SOMETIMES, BUT I CANNOT RELY ON IT TO DRIVE SAFELY-AT ANY SPEED, BECAUSE I DO NOT KNOW WHAT SPEED I AM ACTUALLY GOING. *NM

SPEEDOMETER FAILURE, DEALER WILL NOT REPLACE PART EVEN THOUGH IS CLEARLY A FACTORY PROBLEM ISSUE AS WELL AS A SAFETY ISSUE. *NM