2004 Chevrolet Suburban 1500

OUR 2004 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN LT HAS APPROXIMATELY 115K MILES. PERIODICALLY THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A COUPLE OF LIGHTS, STOPS WORKING. NO GAUGES, NO SPEEDOMETER, ETC. SOMETIMES WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER DISPLAYS STRANGE AND RANDOM CHARACTERS, SOMETIMES THE DIC SECTION IS ALL BLUE, AND SOMETIMES IT IS BLANK. I HAVE TRIED DISCONNECTING THE BATTERY TO RESET THE COMPUTER. THIS SEEMED TO WORK ONE TIME, BUT THE REST OF THE TIME THIS HAD NO EFFECT. THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY PATTERN (DAY/NIGHT, HOT/COLD, ETC.) AS TO WHEN THIS MALFUNCTION WILL OCCUR, OR WHEN IT WILL RETURN TO NORMAL. WE ARE IN DAY 2 OF AN INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILURE AT THIS TIME. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE IT FELL TO THE FLOOR BOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIANS STATED THE BRAKE LINE FAILED DUE TO AN ENVIRONMENTAL CLIMATE DAMAGE. THE BRAKE LINE WAS REPLACED WITH STAINLESS STEEL BRAKE LINES. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 71,920. UPDATED 08/05/11*LJ UPDATED 3/02/2012 *LN

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH ON AN INTERSTATE, THE SUN ROOF ON MY 2004 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN RIPPED OFF NARROWLY MISSING THE CAR FOLLOWING US. THE SUN ROOF WAS CLOSED AT TIME OF THE INCIDENT. OTHER THAN WHAT SOUNDED LIKE AN AIR LEAK, THERE WAS NO WARNING OR OTHER INDICATION OF PROBLEMS. THE SUN ROOF HAS RARELY BEEN OPENED SINCE THE CAR WAS PURCHASED AND DEFINITELY HAD NOT BEEN OPENED IN THE PAST 2 YEARS AT LEAST. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER GAUGE AND FUEL GAUGE WOULD NOT DISPLAY AN ACCURATE READING WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WHERE THEY DETECTED THAT THE NEEDLE WITHIN BOTH GAUGES WAS STUCK AND INFORMED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER PREVIOUSLY ISSUED A VOLUNTARY RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH THE INSTRUMENT PANEL HOWEVER THE CONTACT DID NOT RECEIVE THE NOTIFICATION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE MILEAGE, ALTHOUGH THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WOULD CONSIDER EXTENDING THE SPECIAL COVERAGE UNDER THE RECALL. THE CONTACT WAS WAITING UPON A RESPONSE FROM THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING THE REPAIR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 82,000.

TRANSFER CASE HAD TO BE REPLACED BEFORE 70000 MILES DUE TO BEARING. PASSENGER AIR WENT OUT AND ONLY BLEW HOT AFTER A BATTERY CHANGE, HAD TO REPLACE ENTIRE AIR SYSTEM. AIR SYSTEM WENT OUT AGAIN WITH 2ND BATTERY REPLACEMENT, BUT DEALER WAS ABLE TO "RESET" IT. SPEEDOMETER ONLY WORKS SOMETIMES. BINDING NOISE IN STEERING COLUMN , HAS BEEN LUBED NUMEROUS TIMES WHILE WAITING FOR CHEVY TO ISSUE A RECALL ACCORDING TO DEALER. THIS VEHICLE IS DRIVEN UNDER 15000 MILES A YEAR. *TR

WE HAD TO CHANGE A REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO ADD AIR TO THE TIRE AND THE SENSOR CONTROL WAS BROKEN. WE TOOK THE TIRE OFF AND REPLACED IT WITH THE SPARE. WHEN RETRIEVING THE SPARE WE HAD A VERY DIFFICULT TIME GETTING IT OFF THE SPARE TIRE HOLDER WINCH. AFTER STRUGGLING WITH THE SPARE TIRE FOR 30 MINUTES WE GOT IT RELEASED AND WHEN WE TRIED TO HOIST THE WINCH BACK UP, IT WOULD NOT GO UP. WE TRIED REPEATEDLY FOR ANOTHER 30 MINUTES WITHOUT ANY SUCCESS. WE HAD TO REMOVE THE ENTIRE TIRE WINCH HOLDER PART SO IT WOULDN'T HANG DOWN WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE BEEN CALLING ALL MORNING TO TRY TO FIND THE PART AND DRAPER CHEVROLET SAID THEY HAVE HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS PART BUT MAINLY WHEN CUSTOMERS ARE TRYING TO RETRIEVE THE TIRE. MY INCIDENT IS DIFFERENT SINCE IT WOULDN'T GO BACK UP. DRAPER CHEVROLET DID NOT HAVE THIS PART IN STOCK AND I HAVE BEEN CALLING SALVAGE SHOPS AS WELL WITHOUT ANY SUCCESS. I AM CURRENTLY DRIVING WITHOUT A SPARE AND I DRIVE 60 MILES A DAY ON THE HIGHWAY AND THIS IS UNSAFE TO BE DRIVING WITHOUT A SPARE TIRE BECAUSE THE OTHER TIRES SENSOR STEM BROKE ON ITS OWN. WHEN CALLING DRAPER CHEVROLET THEY SAID THE PART COST $170.42 NEW BUT THEY DO NOT HAVE THE PART IN STOCK. I WORK 8:30 A.M. TO 6:00 P.M. MONDAY THRU FRIDAY AND CAN ONLY TAKE CARE OF THIS ON THE WEEKEND. WHICH THIS WEEKEND IS CHRISTMAS DAY. I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND MY PREDICAMENT AND CAN HELP ME IN SOME WAY TO RECTIFY THIS PROBLEM. I COME FROM A GENERAL MOTORS FAMILY AND HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO COUNT ON GENERAL MOTORS DOING THE RIGHT THING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. *TR

2004 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN AIR CONDITIONING INTERMITTENTLY BLOWS HOT AIR ONLY ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE USING THE DUAL ZONE AC CONTROL. GM HAS NO IDEA HOW TO FIX THIS ISSUE. WHILE RESEARCHING FOUND THOUSANDS OF CHEVY OWNER ALL WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT AND WITH NO REAL FIX. THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME CONNECTION BETWEEN THE BATTERY/LOSS OF POWER AND THE CLIMATE CONTROL MODULE BEING DEFECTIVE. *TR