2004 Chevrolet Avalanche

MY 2004 AVALANCHE SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER READ COMPLETELY INACCURATE. EXAMPLE=SHOWS ME GOING 120MPH AND 3000M RPM WITH MOTOR OFF. I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE USED FROM A CHEVY DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT HAD WARRANTY REMAINING. WHEN THE PROBLEM BEGAN LAST YEAR I WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT WARRANTED. I LACKED THE MONEY FOR THE REPLACEMENT AND HAVE BEEN DRIVING IT BROKEN. NOW I AM FINDING OUT THROUGH OTHER AVALANCHE OWNERS THAT IT HAS BEEN BEING FIXED BY DEALERS AT NO CHARGE AS THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY PROBLEMS. I FEEL THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL. I KNOW MY VEHICLE NOW HAS 110,000 MILES, BUT I CAN DOCUMENT BY LAW ENFORCEMENT NOTES ON A TICKET I RECEIVED LAST YEAR THAT I HAD THE PROBLEM ABOUT 30,000 MILES AGO. I FEEL THIS SHOULD BE REPAIRED AT NO EXPENSE TO ME. THEY TOLD ME WHEN I CALLED THAT THEIR PARTS DEPT HAD A LONG WAITING LIST FOR THE REPLACEMENT PANEL SO YOU KNOW ?CHEVROLET KNEW THEY HAD A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM. THANK YOU. I HOPE TO HEAR BACK FROM YOU. ALSO AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME MY ABS/BRAKE LIGHT STARTED COMING ON AFTER I DRIVE A FEW MILES. I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS AS COMMON OF A PROBLEM OR RELATED TO THE INSTRUMENT PANEL PROBLEM OR NOT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD DISPLAY INACCURATE READINGS AND FAILED INTERMITTENTLY. WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF A NAVIGATION SYSTEM THAT WOULD READ THE TRAVELED SPEED AT 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE'S SPEEDOMETER WOULD DISPLAY OVER 100 MPH. IN ADDITION, THE FUEL GAUGE FAILED AND THE OIL GAUGE WOULD DISPLAY THAT THERE WAS NO OIL IN THE VEHICLE. MOST OF THE GAUGES AND COMPONENTS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL BECAME INOPERABLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WERE TOO MANY MILES ON THE VEHICLE TO ASSIST AND IT WOULD NOT BE COVERED BY THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. THE REPAIR COST WAS ESTIMATED AT OVER $1,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS LESS THAN 130,000.

I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE SPEEDOMETER SHOWING INACCURATE SPEED ON MY 2004 CHEVY AVALANCHE. THE PROBLEM STARTED WHILE I WAS SLOWING FROM 55MPH TO 45 MPH DO TO A REDUCE SPEED AREA, THE VEHICLE SLOWED BUT THE SPEEDOMETER SAID AT 55MPH. IT STAYED AT 55MPH EVEN WHEN I CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP, SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE AND RESTARTED, WHEN I PUT THE VEHICLE IN GEAR AND STARTED MOVING AGAIN THE SPEEDOMETER BEGAN TO MOVE UP TO 60MPH WHEN I WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 10MPH. I SPED UP A LITTLE MORE AND THE SPEEDOMETER CLIMBED MORE. I SLOWED DOWN TO A STOP AND THIS TIME THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED AT 60MPH WHILE I WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP. I TURNED AROUND TO GO BACK HOME AS I COULD NOT LEGALLY JUDGE MY SPEED AND AS I PROCEED TO TRAVEL AT MY BEST ESTIMATE 50-55 MPH THE SPEEDOMETER CLIMBED UP PAST 120MPH. WHEN I PARKED THE VEHICLE AT HOME THE SPEEDOMETER SHOWED 65 MPH. I OPENED THE HOOD, DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY AND LET IT SIT UNCONNECTED FOR APPROXIMATELY HOUR AND THEN RECONNECTED THE BATTERY. THIS DID NOT HELP, THE SPEEDOMETER STILL SHOWED 65MPH. I CONTACTED MY LOCAL CHEVY DEALER AND ASKED THEM ABOUT THE PROBLEM I WAS HAVING, THEY TOLD ME THAT SINCE I HAVE OVER 40,000 MILES ON MY VEHICLE THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY 400 DOLLARS FOR A NEW CLUSTER. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND IT SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. I CAN NOT DRIVE MY VEHICLE FOR FEAR OF INADVERTENTLY SPEEDING AND THUS GETTING ONE OF THOSE NICE DRIVER AWARDS FOR SPEEDING. PLEASE HELP RESOLVE THIS MATTER. *TR

FAILURE HAS OCCURRED TWICE ON MY 2004 AVALANCHE SURROUNDING THE INEFFICIENCIES WITHIN MY DASH BOARD. THE SPEEDOMETER WAS READING INCORRECTLY. IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS AS THE ACCURATE SPEED WAS NOT REPORTING. I WAS ABLE TO GET THIS REPLACED AT ABOUT 40,000 MILES. RECENTLY, THE GAS GAUGE IS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY. AFTER FILLING UP THE TANK AND TAKING A ROAD TRIP THE GAS GAUGE IMMEDIATELY REPORTED AN EMPTY GAS READING. THE GAS GAUGE CONTINUES TO READ INCORRECTLY AND FLUCTUATES. I HAVE CONTACTED THE COMPANY TO FIND OUT THAT THERE IS A SERVICE WARRANTY ON THE VEHICLE UP TO ABOUT 70,000 MILES. CURRENTLY MY TRUCK IS AT 86000 MILES ALL DUE TO HIGHWAY TRAFFIC TO WORK (30 MILES EACH WAY). I DO NOT FEEL THAT I SHOULD EXPENSE THIS COST SINCE THIS IS CLEARLY A FACTORY ISSUE. REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF MILES ON THE VEHICLE IF IT IS A KNOWN DEFECT IT SHOULD BE COVERED. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AS I COULD RUN OUT OF GAS ON THE ROAD. THIS IS ALSO VERY DISAPPOINTING AS THIS DEPICTS THE QUALITY OF THE VEHICLE. MY FATHER HAS BOUGHT NOTHING BUT CHEVROLET'S OVER THE YEARS AND STATES HOW EFFICIENT THE VEHICLES ARE. IN ADDITION I HAVE ALREADY REPLACED THE ENTIRE DASH BOARD ONCE FROM THE FIRST INCIDENT SURROUNDING THE SPEEDOMETER TO HAVE RECEIVED ANOTHER DEFECTIVE DASH BOARD SURROUNDING THE GAS GAUGE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH MY SPEEDOMETER BEGAN TO READ 120 MPH. I CONSIDER IT A DRIVING HAZARD (SAFETY) WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND IN TRAFFIC. VERY DISTRACTING. WHEN I INVESTIGATED ON-LINE I DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS A WELL DOCUMENTED DEFECT. THE COST FOR REPAIR IS OVER $400 AND SHOULD NOT BE BOURN BY THE CONSUMER FOR A KNOWN DEFECT. *TR

OIL GAUGE BEGAN TO SHOW LOW PRESSURE THEN NO PRESSURE. CARRIED TO DEALER, THEY REPLACED OIL SENSOR ON ENGINE. PROBLEM STILL OCCURS BUT ONLY AFTER VEHICLE HAS BEEN DRIVEN FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS STRAIGHT. NOW THE PRESSURE GAUGE PEGS TO THE RIGHT. HOWEVER, ONCE THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TURNED OFF FOR THE NIGHT, IT PERFORMS CORRECTLY AND I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO GET IT TO DEMO FOR DEALER AS IT ONLY DOES IT ON LONG TRIPS WHICH OCCUR ON WEEKENDS AND NIGHT. *TR