2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 Electrical System Problems

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND "LOW ENGINE POWER" FLASHED WHERE THE ODOMETER IS. THIS CAUSED THE RPM'S NOT TO GO OVER 2800. CODE READER CLAIMS O2 SENSORS OR THROTTLE CONTROL MODULE OR CATALYTIC CONVERTOR ISSUES. WE DISCOVERED IT WAS NONE OF THE ABOVE. TO FIX PROBLEM CHANGE 3 RELAYS LOCATED UNDER HOOD IN FUSE BOX. RELAY #8864. THEN CLEAR CODES, SHOULD FIX ISSUE UNLESS CODE PERSISTS. RELAYS WILL CAUSE A FIRE IF NOT CHANGED OUT ASAP.

MANY OF THE VEHICLES IN THIS FAMILY SUFFER FROM RANDOM ELECTRICAL SHORTS AND OR POOR ELECTRICAL GROUNDING RELATING TO THE DRIVE BY WIRE THROTTLE ACTUATOR. THE RESULT IS THAT THE VEHICLE WILL GO INTO 'REDUCED ENGINE POWER' MODE RANDOMLY. IN THIS MODE THE VEHICLE WILL IDLE BUT NOT ACCELERATE OR DRIVE. THIS ISSUE IS WELL DOCUMENTED ON MESSAGE BOARDS WITH NO CONSISTENT FIX. THIS CONDITION EXPOSES AN EXTREME HAZARD AS THE VEHICLE CAN LOOSE POWER AT ANY TIME. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE THAT SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED. I HAVE HAD MY VEHICLE LOOSE POWER ON THE INTERSTATE AND ON HIGH SPEED 2 LANE ROADS WITH NO SHOULDER AND HEAVY TRAFFIC ON 4 OCCASIONS. NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR THE ISSUE HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL.

MAY 2016 INSTALLED 5 YEARS WARRANTY BATTERY. BATTERY DEAD EVERY THREE MONTH. CHARGED BATTERY. INSTALLED NEW BATTERY LAST WEEK. BATTERY DEAD TODAY. HAD ALTERNATOR TESTED. (FINE) NOTICE DASHBOARD LIGHT WHERE READ MILAGE LOOKED LIKE THIS AFTER TRUCK OFF #######. ONLY GREEN LIGHT WILL NOT TURN OFF

DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 65-70 MPH TRUCK SHUT OFF NO POWER STEERING NO BRAKES SHOWING "REDUCED ENGINE POWER" ALMOST GOT INTO A WRECK WITH MY 2 YEAR OLD SON AND 70 YEAR OLD GRANDMOTHER...I STILL OWE $10,000 ON THIS HUNK OF CRAP...IT WENT AWAY AFTER A BROKEN WIRE WAS FIXED....BUT AS I SIT HERE IN MY TRUCK AT 3 AM BECAUSE I HAD TO MOVE IT I STARTED IT UP AND ONCE AGAIN REDUCED ENGINE POWER...JUST SO FRUSTRATING

AS WITH MANY OTHER POSTS HERE, I TOO HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH BOTH THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER(BAD SPEEDOMETER AND GAUGE READINGS, "ELECTRICAL") AND ALSO THE TRANSFER CASE WITH HOLES WEARING THROUGH THE CASE, "PUMP SLAP". EVERYTHING I HAVE RESEARCHED HAS LED TO ISSUES IN BOTH PROBLEMS. I HAVE SINCE REPLACED BOTH PROBLEMS BUT STILL NOTHING BACK FROM GM. WHAT A SHAME THAT THESE AND ALL OTHER ISSUES CAN'T BE ADDRESSED BY GM. I HAVE NOT YET HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES, YET, BUT I TELL YOU, IT WILL BE LOOKED INTO. THESE BOTH HAVE HAPPENED UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS.

I EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WHILE TRAVELLING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 FOUR WHEEL DRIVE WITH THE DURAMAX DIESEL AND ALLISON TRANSMISSION. ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2015, SHORTLY AFTER A FUEL STOP, I WAS TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE 24 NEAR PADUCAH, KY. AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH IN THE LEFT LANE WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL SET, I EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER ACCOMPANIED BY A LOUD ENGINE RATTLING, AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WITH SOME DIFFICULTY IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, I WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AT ABOUT 25 MPH ON THE SHOULDER. SINCE I WAS JUST A FEW MILES FROM THE PADUCAH EXIT, I LIMPED THERE AND INTO A HAMPTON INN PARKING LOT. AAA RESPONDED AND TOWED THE TRUCK TO ROYAL OAKS CHEVROLET IN...

WHEN I GOT INTO THE VEHICLE TO START, THE DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER SAYS "UNKNOWN DRIVER". AS A RESULT OF THIS CONDITION, I CANNOT ADJUST MIRRORS, ROLL UP WINDOWS, OR GET HEADLIGHTS TO WORK. ALSO, THE GAUGES FOR VOLTAGE, OIL PRESSURE, TEMPERATURE, AND FUEL DO NOT WORK. THE RADIO DOES NOT WORK AS WELL. BECAUSE OF OVER ENGINEERING AND FAULTY PARTS I CANNOT USE THIS VEHICLE. I HAVE ALREADY HAD THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER REPLACED AS PART OF A RECALL. MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM AS SEARCHED, WITH NO ANSWER. GENERAL MOTORS HAS FAILED TO PUT IN PLACE SAFETY SYSTEMS OR OVERRIDE FUNCTIONS TO ALLOW SAFE OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE. GM IS USING COMPUTER CONTROLS WHICH OFTEN FAIL TO CONTROL IMPORTANT SAFETY FUNCTIONS OF THE VEHICLE. I CURRENTLY HAVE THE VEHICLE AT THE DEALER AND THEY HAVE DISMANTLED THE BULK OF THE TRUCK TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. AFTER TWO DAYS IN...

ONE BY ONE, THE GAUGES ON THE DASH HAVE STOPPED WORKING, STARTING WITH THE ENGINE TEMPERATURE GAUGE. THEN THE FUEL LEVEL GAUGE, SPEEDOMETER, TACHOMETER, OIL PRESSURE, AND FINALLY THE TRANSMISSION TEMPERATURE GAUGE ALL WENT OUT, LEAVING ONLY THE BATTERY VOLTAGE METER WORKING CORRECTLY. I KNOW AT LEAST THREE OTHER PEOPLE LIVING WITHIN 20 MILES OF MY HOUSE THAT HAVE ALSO HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH THEIR 2004 SILVERADOS. *JS

I BOUGHT A 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO FROM MEDVED AND I FEEL IT HAS A PROBLEM AND GM SAYS IT'S WORKING AS DESIGNED. MY PROBLEM IS THE MESSAGE MODULE LED'S ARE SO DIM THEY CAN'T BE READ IN THE DAYLIGHT AND THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES BY MEDVED TO TRY AND FIX THE PROBLEM. THE P N R D D3 D2 LED"S ARE JUST FINE. THEY TOLD ME TO TAKE IT TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP TO SEE IF THEY CAN FIX IT. I TOOK IT TO [XXX] AND A 18 YEAR SERVICE TECH SAID IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER AND GM SHOULD HAVE SENT OUT A RECALL BUT DIDN'T. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR THIS COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE IF YOU CAN'T READ THE WARNINGS AND OTHER MESSAGES THAT APPEAR ON THE MODULE WHILE DRIVING. *TR

OIL PRESSURE GAUGE QUIT WORKING IN ABOUT 2009. TOOK INTO DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD WE WERE 4,000 MILES PAST THE RECALL OF THE CLUSTER. VERY EXPENSIVE REPLACEMENT!! SINCE THAT TIME THE SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING, THE TACHOMETER QUIT WORKING. VERY SCARY TO BE HAVING TO RELY ON TEMPERATURE GAUGES THAT I HOPE ARE WORKING CORRECTLY STILL, AND A GAS GAUGE THAT HOPEFULLY IS ALSO WORKING CORRECTLY. I CANNOT BELIEVE THEY DID NOT SUBMIT A FULL RECALL AND REPLACEMENT OF THIS INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WITHOUT AN EXPIRATION ON IT. SEEMS LIKE THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE TO ME TO HAVE NON WORKING GAUGES DUE TO A FACTORY DEFECT!! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE CONTACT ABNORMALLY DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL INTO THE FLOOR BOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE FRACTURED DUE TO CORROSION AND WERE LEAKING BRAKE FLUID. THE FRONT BRAKE LINES WERE ALSO REPLACED BECAUSE THEY WERE CORRODED AND LEAKING BRAKE FLUID. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. ALSO THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD NOT DISPLAY AN ACCURATE READING. THE SPEEDOMETER WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,000. UPDATED 08/02/12

JAN 2011 DURING A REAL BAD WINTER WE LOST THE FRONT BRAKES WHILE DRIVING, MULTIPLE BRAKE LINES WERE REPLACED AT A COST OF $600+, APRIL 2012 WHILE DRIVING AGAIN 25MPH THE REAR BRAKE LINES BURST!! JUST HAD TO PAY FOR MORE BRAKE LINES AT A COST OF $485. THE TRUCK NOW HAS 117,000 MILES AND THIS IS NOT THE FIRST ISSUE WE HAVE HAD, THE ODOMETER NO LONGER WORKS AND HAD MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH THE BLOWER FOR HEAT AND A/C. *TR

2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO. FIRE INVESTIGATOR WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE DASH FIRE *TGW THE VEHICLE WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED BY A FIRE WHICH REPORTEDLY ORIGINATED IN THE DASH. THE FIRE SPREAD AND CONSEQUENTLY CONSUMED THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT, THEN SPREAD TO THE ENGINE. THE PROBLEM MANIFESTED WHILE THE DRIVER WAS USING THE CIGARETTE LIGHTER. PRIOR TO THE FIRE, THE TRANSMISSION, ALTERNATOR AND A 15 AMP FUSE LIGHTER FUSE WAS REPLACED. THE CIGARETTE LIGHTER WAS USED FREQUENTLY, PLUGGING A 400 WATT INVERTER WHICH ALLOWED THE DRIVER TO USE HIS COMPUTER. AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE, THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN HE UNPLUGGED THE INVERTER FROM THE CIGARETTE LIGHTER SOCKET AND INSERTED HIS CIGARETTE LIGHTER WHICH POPPED BACK. ABOUT A SECOND LATER, WHITE SMOKE STARTING COMING FROM THE DASH. THERE WERE NO CIGARETTES IN THE ASH TRAY. THE SMOKE STARTED TO INCREASE AND THE CONSUMER IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM AS AN...

NOTICE SENT OUT AFTER MY VEHICLE EXCEEDED WARRANTY,INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILURE,7YRS OR 70,000 MILES ,LETTER SENT OUT NOV 2007,80000PLUS ON MY CHEVY TRUCK AT TIME OF RECALL,GM STILL HAVING PROBLEMS INSTRUMENT CLUSTER,NOW THEY WANT $500-$650.00 TO REPAIR WHAT A JOKE,LAST CHEVY VEHICLE I PURCHASE!!!!!!! *TR

INSTURMENT PANEL MAKING NOISE AND MALFUNCTIONING. HAPPENED SINCE ABOUT 40,000 MILES ON TRUCK. THEN A FEW DAYS AGO SMOKE WAS COMING FROM DASH. SHUT TRUCK OFF AND DISCONNECTED BATTERY. CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID WARRANTY HAD JUST EXPIRED IN JANUARY. CALLED GM THEY SAID TO TAKE IT TO A DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND THEY WOULD SEE IF THE WOULD "POSSIBLY HELP" WITH THE COST OF REPAIRS. *TR

I RECENTLY PURCHASED IN CHEVY 2500 HD SILVERADO FROM AN INDIVIDUAL AND THE GAUGES ON THE DASH ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. LUCKILY, THE PERSON I BOUGHT IT FROM WAS HONEST ENOUGH TO LET ME KNOW THIS BEFORE I TEST DROVE THE TRUCK. HE TOLD HE HAD ALREADY SPOKE TO THE LOCAL CHEVY DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM AND IT COULD BE REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY IF THE VEHICLE HAD UNDER 75,000 MILES.THE TRUCK HAD 142,XXX WHEN I GOT IT. I TALKED TO ANOTHER MECHANIC AND HE ALSO VERIFIED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE TRUCKS, AS IS A HOLE BEING EATEN UP IN THE TRANSFER CASE OF THE 4X4. THE REPAIR ESTIMATE I GOT IS $350. I THINK A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT SHOULD BE FILED ON BEHALF OF ALL THE CURRENT OWNERS( OR PERSONS THAT HAD TO PAY FOR THIS REPAIR) AGAINST GM. I AM...

82000 MILES, SPEEDOMETER CLUSTER STOPPED WORKING. GAUGE SHOWS 75-120MPH AT ALL TIMES. IT IS UNKNOWN EXACTLY HOW FAST THE VEHICLE IS TRAVELLING AT ANY GIVEN TIME.

INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER HAS STARTED PROVIDING INACCURATE READINGS INCLUDING ERRATIC SPEED DISPLAY. PROBLEM STARTED AT 86,000 MILES. CHEVROLET WILL NOT COVER REPLACEMENT AS OVER THE MILEAGE LIMIT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 60 MPH WHEN THE SPEEDOMETER FAILED AND INDICATED THAT HE WAS TRAVELING 90-100 MPH. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEATER ELECTRICAL RESISTOR, AND CONNECTORS MELTED CAUSING THE HEATER BLOWER TO FAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED THE CONNECTORS, AND RESISTORS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, BUT THEY WILL NOT ASSIST WITH THE REPAIR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 85,500.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD DISPLAY THE CORRECT SPEED AND THEN IT REMAINED AT THE SAME SPEED REGARDLESS OF HOW FAST OR SLOW SHE WAS DRIVING. THE FAILURE BEGAN THREE MONTHS AGO. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED AND ADVISED HER THAT THERE WERE NO RELATED RECALLS. THE CONTACT DID NOT TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING DUE TO THE COST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 96,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 85,000.

HEATER FAN WIRING HARNESS OVERHEATS BURNS THRU AT CONNECTOR BETWEEN RESISTOR AND HARNESS. SEVERAL WIRES IN CONNECTOR -THE LEAD FOR FULL POWER TO MOTOR ( HIGH SPEED SETTING) IS SUPPLIED BY 40 AMP FUSE. WIRE IS APPROX 16 GAGE WITH TERMINAL CONNECTIONS SUBJECTED TO LONG DUTY CYCLE WITH HIGH AMP LOAD. WIRE HARNESS OVERHEATED CAUSING FIRE IN VEHICLE IN OCT 2005 ( 7,657 MILES). REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. REPEAT FAILURE IN AUG 2010 ( 24,615 MILES) ON 2ND FAILURE DEALER STATED HAPPENS ALL THE TIME SO HE HAD PARTS DEPT KEEP AMPLE SUPPLY OF RESISTORS AND HARNESSES IN INVENTORY. REFUSED TO REPAIR UNDER WARRANTY. 2ND REPAIR DONE BY VEHICLE OWNER. PART NUMBERS USED IN 1ST REPAIR BY DEALERSHIP WERE; CONNECTOR 88953358 AND RESISTOR 89018596. 2ND REPAIR BY VEHICLE OWNER USED DELCO PARTS #S - CONNECTOR DEL15-81086, AND RESISTOR DEL PT2485. ON 2ND REPEAT FAILURE THE NEW CONNECTOR APPEARED MORE ROBUST IN...

2004 CHEVY SILVERADO 2500HD INSTRUMENT PANEL FULL FAILURE WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION CAUSING LOSS OF ALL INSTRUMENT READOUTS. *TR

UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS THE HVAC SYSTEM SWITCHES FROM COOLING FINE TO FULL HEAT MODE. THE HVAC COMPRESSOR IS STILL RUNNING, HOWEVER SOME TYPE OF DAMPER SERVO MALFUNCTIONS TO LET IN HOT AIR (POSS FROM THE HEATER CORE AREA) OPENS FULL AND REPLACES THE COLD AIR WITH EXTREMELY HOT AIR. IT HAPPENS ABOUT EVERY 7-10 MILES ON A BAD DAY AND ONCE A DAY ON A GOOD DAY. THE ONLY REMEDY I HAVE FOUND FOR IT IS TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, PLACE THE VEHICLE IN PARK, TURN OFF THE IGNITION, OPEN THE DOOR TO KILL THE INTERIOR POWER, CLOSE THE DOOR, RESTART THE VEHICLE. THIS SOME HOW RESETS THE DAMPER SERVO TO ITS PROPER OPERATING RANGE. *TR

WIPERS WILL NOT TURN OFF. HAVE TO PULL FUSE TO GET WIPERS TO TURN OFF. I CANNOT RE-INSTALL THE FUSE UNLESS I STOP AND GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE TO DO THIS. IF I DO NOT PULL THE FUSE, THE WIPERS WILL EVENTUALLY START TO DAMAGE THE WINDSHIELD. I HAVE READ MULTIPLE INCIDENTS OF THIS ONLINE, WITH NO DEFINITE FIX. TRUCK HAS 68,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

GM PICK UP TRUCKS HAVE WHAT IN MY OPINION IS A SAFETY ISSUE WITH INSTRUMENT CLUSTERS FAILING. ONE CAN BE CRUISING ALONG AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE SPEEDOMETER GOES CRAZY. MINE REGISTERS 120 MPH AT ALL TIMES. IT PUTS ONE IN UNKNOWN TERRITORY WHEN IN HEAVY TRAFFIC NOT TO MENTION NOT KNOWING WHEN ONE IS SPEEDING. FURTHER ONE DOES NOT HOW MUCH FUEL THEY HAVE OR IF THEIR VEHICLE IS OVERHEATING. GM SENT LETTERS TO OWNERS OF THESE VEHICLES INDICATING THAT THEY WOULD REPLACE THE CLUSTER IF IT WENT BAD BEFORE 72000 MILES.THEY KNOW THAT ANY OR ALL OF THE CLUSTERS ARE PRONE TO FAILURE AND GM SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO ISSUE A RECALL AND CORRECT THIS PROBLEM AT NO COST TO THE OWNER.THE LOCAL GM DEALER TELLS ME THAT IT IS ABOUT A $300. FIX.GM SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO GET AWAY WITH SELLING VEHICLES WITH SUCH POTENTIAL...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH HE PLACED THE CIGARETTE LIGHTER IN THE ASH-TRAY. NEXT, SMOKE WAS EXPELLED FROM THE CIGARETTE LIGHTER HOUSING. HE PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE. UPON INSPECTION, HE SAW FLAMES UNDERNEATH OF THE HOOD NEAR THE FUSE BOX. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A COLLISION CENTER. THE CAUSE OF FAILURE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE UNKNOWN. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

SPEEDOMETER WENT CRAZY. SAID I WAS GOING 120MPH WHEN I WAS GOING 60. COME TO FIND OUT, THERE ARE MANY OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS, ALONG WITH FAILURE OF THE OTHER INSTRUMENTS IN THE CLUSTER AS WELL. *TR

SPEEDOMETERS ON MY 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO AND MY 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER ARE DEFECTIVE. THE SILVERADO DOES NOT REGISTER THE CORRECT SPEED AND THE TRAILBLAZER DOES NOT REGISTER AT ALL. BOTH VEHICLES HAVE OVER 70,000 MILES AND GM REFUSES TO FIX THEM. THE SPEEDOMETER IS A SAFETY APPLIANCE AND SHOULD BE WORKING CORRECTLY, NO MATTER WHAT THE MILEAGE OF A VEHICLE. THIS SHOULD BE FIXED BY GM AT NO EXPENSE TO THE VEHICLE OWNER !! *TR

2004 CHEVY SILVERADO 2500 HD I HAD SPEEDOMETER ISSUES PRIOR TO THE WARRANTY GOING OUT. AT THE TIME I INITIALLY NOTICED THE ISSUE IT WAS TAKEN IN FOR EVALUATION AND I WAS TOLD IT WAS GOING TO BE OVER 700 DOLLARS TO FIX. IT WASN'T 6 MONTHS LATER I GOT NOTICE THAT IT WAS COVERED UNDER A RECALL. UNFORTUNATELY BY THEN THE MILEAGE WAS WELL OUT (SEEING I TRAVELED FOR WORK), AND I WAS STILL RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BILL. I FEEL ITS A VERY UNFAIR PROCESS IN WHICH I WAS TOLD IT WAS MY RESPONSIBILITY AND THEN HAD THINGS GONE AT A FASTER RATE AT THAT TIME, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED. I STILL HAVE THIS ISSUE AS DO MANY OTHERS.. SHOULDN'T IT STILL BE COVERED NO MATTER THE MILES? IT'S STILL SAFETY AFFILIATED! *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER HAS GONE ABOUT 30 MPH OVER SPEED SHOULD BE GOING. IT IS SAYING THE TRUCK IS DOING 35MPH WHILE PARKED. THIS IS A PROBLEM CHEVROLET IS AWARE OF BUT ONLY COVERS TRUCKS UP TO 70,000MILES. OUR IS LESS THAN 20,000 OVER. HOW SAFE CAN IT BE TO NOT KNOW HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING. HAS STARTED TO DO IT IN THE PAST BUT NOW WE ARE STUCK NOT KNOWING OUR SPEED. *TR

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVROLET 2500 CREWCAB PICKUP. SOME WHERE BETWEEN 80,000 AND 90,000 THE SPEEDOMETER BEGAN GIVING FALSE READINGS. SOMETIMES IT APPEARS TO WORK CORRECTLY, SOMETIMES NOT AT ALL AND YET OTHER TIMES IT IS CLEARLY GIVING AN INCORRECT READING. *TR

DRIVING AT 55 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE WENT TO 5 MPH, THEN TO 0. LATER IN THE SAME TRIP, WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL AT 60, (VERIFIED BY GPS), SPEEDOMETER SHOWED SPEEDS FROM 50 DOWN TO 8MPH. NO WARNING BEFORE FAILURE, EXCEPT FOR A BARELY NOTICEABLE TREMOR OR LACK OF SMOOTHNESS IN THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE. THE TRUCK HAS ONLY 36000 MILES ON IT. ON NEXT DRIVE, SPEEDOMETER WAS OK FOR THE 20 MINUTES. THE DRIVE AFTER, RANDOM SPEEDS FROM STARTUP. NO CORRECTIVE WORK DONE YET, BUT IT SEEMS THAT THE SERVO MOTOR DRIVING THE SPEEDOMETER, OR THE ENTIRE GAUGE CLUSTER HAS TO BE REPLACED. *TR

THIS IS HOW IT STARTED.. I HAVE A 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO 2500 HD. AS I DROVE DOWN THE ROAD THE DOORS WOULD LOCK AND UNLOCK ON THEIR OWN, AND THE TRUCK WOULD LOSE RPM'S AND WOULD ACT AS IF THE TRUCK SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED ITSELF. ALSO THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD BLINK WITH THE LOCKING AND UNLOCKING OF THE DOORS. DID THIS OFF AND ON A FEW TIMES AS WE BABIED IT HOME. GOT IT HOME IN THE DRIVEWAY AND IT THREW 2 CODES CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR HIGH VOLTS AND LOW VOLTS. SO WE REPLACED THE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. TRUCK DROVE FINE FOR 4 DAYS. HOWEVER ON THE 5TH DAY WE ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE THE TRUCK AND AS WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THIS TIME THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON AND DOORS STARTED LOCKING AND UNLOCKING AGAIN ON THEIR OWN AS WELL AS THE DIC...

2004 CHEVY SILVERADO INSTRUMENT CLUSTER STICKS AND READS A CONSTANT 120+ MPH. STARTED TO STICK AT AROUND 75 MPH FOR A MONTH. NOW IS STUCK ON 120+ MPH AND WILL NOT MOVE EVEN WHEN TRUCK IS RESTARTED OR FLASHING COMPUTER. *TR

SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER INDICATE ERRATIC SPEEDS, THEY WILL LOCK UP AT ANYWHERE FROM 40 TO 120MPH AND 4 TO 6000 RPM, HAS BEEN ACTING THIS WAY FOR THE LAST 5 MONTHS, USUALLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. PURCHASED FROM ORIGINAL OWNER SEPT 2008 WITH 84,000 MILES ON IT, DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS AN EXISTING PROBLEM OR NOT, DEALER SAYS IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND IS NOT COVERED. SAFETY ISSUE FOR SPEEDOMETER, OR OTHER GAUGES SHOULD THEY FAIL (FUEL, OIL PRESSURE ETC). *TR

I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE ISSUES INTERIOR WISE WITH REPLACING DIFFERENT ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS IN THE VEHICLE GOING OUT OR NOT FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY. I REPLACED THE DUEL HEATER SWITCH THE RADIO AND A/C SWITCHES. I ALSO WAS HAVING AN ISSUE WITH THE AUTOMATIC 4WD SHIFT THAT WOULD ENGAGE ON ITS OWN. THEN MY INSTRUMENT CLUSTER (GAUGES) STARTED TO STICK. DIFFERENT ONES AT DIFFERENT TIMES. NOW TILL THIS DATE THE SPEEDOMETER IS STUCK AT 5 MPH. I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM A LAWYER STATING THAT A LAWSUIT HAD BEEN BROUGHT UP TO GET THIS CORRECTED AND TO TAKE MY TRUCK IN BUT ONCE I HAD RECEIVED IT AND TOOK IT IN THEY SAID THAT IT WAS 500 MILES OVER THE MILEAGE AND WOULD NOT FIX IT. I WOULD THINK THAT THIS IS STILL A SAFETY ISSUE AND PART OF THE STATE OF TEXAS INSPECTIONS. NEED SOME HELP PLEASE TO GET THIS RECTIFIED. *TR

SPEEDOMETER FAILS TO REGISTER CORRECT SPEED. REMAINS AT ZERO WHILE DRIVING AND NEEDLE JUMPS ERRATICALLY. *TR

THE DASH BOARD GAUGES STOPPED WORK. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE GAUGES DROPPED DOWN TO 0. *TR

AT APPROX 65,000 MILES MY SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING ALONG WITH OTHER GAUGES IN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. GM REFUSED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. WHEN I HAD 80,000 MILES GM OFFERED TO FIX THE DEFECT ONLY ON VEHICLES WITH LESS THAN 70,000 MILES. THEY REFUSED TO CORRECT THE DEFECT ON MY VEHICLE. THE DEALER ESTIMATES THE COST TO FIX THIS DEFECT AT APPROX $450.00 I NOW HAVE APPROX 105,000 MILES AND CONTINUE TO DRIVE WITHOUT A WORKING SPEEDOMETER. THIS VEHICLE AND MANY WITH THIS SAME DEFECT IS USED FOR TOWING. GM HAS PUT PROFIT AHEAD OF SAFETY AND CUSTOMER SATISFACTION. THE NTSB HAS CONTINUED TO ALLOW THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES TO OPERATE UNSAFELY WITH THIS WELL KNOWN AND DOCUMENTED DEFECT BY FAILING TO FORCE GM TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES MANY OF WHICH WERE STILL BEING MANUFACTURE AFTER THE DEFECT WAS DISCOVERED. *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER IN MY 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HAS BEGUN INTERMITTENTLY SHOWING SPEEDS THAT VARY WIDELY AND DO NOT INDICATE ACTUAL ROAD SPEED. THE SPEEDOMETER FAILS TO RETURN TO ZERO AT REST AND HAS SHOWN SPEEDS MORE THAN 40 MPH IN EXCESS OF ESTIMATED ACTUAL SPEED. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON COMPLAINT, ALTHOUGH I HAVE NOT YET CONTACTED A DEALER OR GM. I BELIEVE THERE ARE TWO COMPONENTS TO THIS PROBLEM: 1) I CANNOT RELY ON THE SPEEDOMETER READING; 2) THIS COULD AFFECT THE MILES SHOWN ON THE ODOMETER OR AT LEAST CAST DOUBT ON THEIR VERACITY. THE TRUCK PRESENTLY HAS JUST UNDER 42,00 MILES ON IT AND HAS BEEN RELATIVELY FREE OF MAJOR DEFECTS OTHER THAN RECALL ITEMS. *TR

TAKING MY SON TO SCHOOL AND WHILE DRIVING PAST THE HIGH SCHOOL, I NOTICED MY SPEEDOMETER WAS SHOWING ME DRIVING OVER 70 MPH. CONCERNED THAT I WAS TRAVELING TOO FAST AND WORRIED ABOUT GETTING A TICKET, I SLOWED VERY DRASTICLY TO SLOW DOWN TO THE POSTED (DURING SCHOOL HOURS SPEED LIMIT), CAUSING A NEAR TRAFFIC ACCIDENT FROM VEHICLE BEHIND ME. MEAN WHILE, YOUNG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WERE DISTRACTED WHILE CROSSING THE ROAD BECAUSE OF MY ABRUPT SPEED CHANGE. AFTER SLOWING DOWN, I NOTICE THAT WHILE ALMOST STOPPED, MY SPEEDOMETER WAS CONTINUING TO SHOW SPEEDS OVER 50MPH. THIS ALL HAPPENED WITH MY MILAGE SHOWING AROUND 85,000 MILES. THE NEXT DAY, I RECIEVE A NOTICE FROM GM SAYING THAT THE VEHICLE MAY EXPERIANCE SPEEDOMETER PROBLEMS AND THAT GM WILL REPAIR THE PROBLEM WITH VEHICLES LESS THAN 70.000 MILES. SINCE THEN I HAVE BEEN TO THE DEALERS AND HAVE HEARD PRICE FROM $750...

INTERMITTENTLY SHIFT DISPLAY AND DOOR LOCKS NOT WORKING. WHEN SHIFTING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE, THE TRUCK WOULD BUCK. LOCKS WOULD NOT UNLOCK WHEN PUT INTO PARK. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT KEPT COMING ON. CODE P0708 IN SYSTEM FOR PARK/NEUTRAL SWITCH. REPLACE PARK/NEUTRAL SWITCH FOR A TOTAL OF $416.48. *TR

2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500HD PICKUP THAT CAUGHT FIRE CUSTOMER STATES THAT HE WAS DRIVING WHEN HE BEGAN TO SMELL SMOKE AND THEN NOTICED THAT SPARKS WERE COMING FROM THE FRONT WHEEL**CC THE VEHICLE BECAME ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THERE WAS NO CAUSE OF THE FIRE. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WORKS INTERMITTENTLY. THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD INDICATE THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING 35 MPH WHEN IT WAS IDLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS A DEFECT WITH THE ELECTRONIC SPEEDOMETERS. THE DEALER DID NOT PERFORM THE REPAIR. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE REAR DOOR LOCKS ARE INOPERABLE. THE DEALER HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 53,500 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,000.

SPEEDOMETER MALFUNTIONED ON MY 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500HD. I NOTICED THE MALFUNTION ON THE INTERSTATE WHILE TRAVELING AT SAME SPEED AS OTHER DRIVERS. MY SPEEDOMETER WAS READING 50 MILES PER HOUR AND THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT WAS 70 MILES PER HOUR. I KNOW THAT THE AVERAGE SPEED ON THAT ROUTE IS BETWEEN 70 AND 75 MILES PER HOUR. IF SOMEONE WERE TO DRIVE THROUGH A SCHOOL ZONE WITH THE SPEEDOMETER READING 20 MILES PER HOUR AND WERE TO INJURE A CHILD WHILE THE ACTUAL SPEED TRAVELED WAS IN THE 40-45 MILE PER HOUR RANGE IT WOULD BE GM'S FAULT. IT IS WELL KNOWN TO CHEVY OWNERS THAT THERE IS A DEFECT IN THIS PARTICULAR INSRUMENT CLUSTER AND WELL KNOWN TO GM. SOMETHING SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN DONE, BUT AS OF TODAY NO RECALLS HAVE TAKEN EFFECT. *NM