2004 Chevrolet Suburban 1500

TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE; DRIVER SIDE MIRROR DEFECTS; HEAD LAMPS & LOOSE STEERING COLUMN. BIGGEST ISSUE IS TRANSMISSION. WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH, TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING. SITUATION WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS IT WAS NIGHT-TIME DRIVING WITH LITTLE OR NO OPPORTUNITY TO GET VEHICLE OFF THE INTERSTATE. OTHER FAMILY VEHICLES HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSION GOING OUT WITHOUT WARNING. ALSO, THE DRIVER SIDE MIRROR GOES OUT GRADUALLY, AS THE LIQUID THAT DEFROSTS THE MIRROR GOES BAD AND LEAKS INTO THE MIRROR. THIS MIRROR HAS ALREADY BEEN REPLACED ONCE, AT THE COST OF $400+. THIS MIRROR IS ALSO A HAZARD AS THE DRIVER IS UNABLE TO USE THE MIRROR TO ADEQUATE LANE AND TRAFFIC MANEUVERING. THE STEERING COLUMN ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE LOOSE. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE, AS OF TODAY'S DATE, TO CORRECT THE TRANSMISSION ISSUE AS IT IS A COSTLY REPAIR. *TR

I BOUGHT A NEW 2004 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 1500 LS IN EARLY SEPTEMBER 2005. ONE EVENING I WENT TO A RESTAURANT TO EAT, WENT INSIDE AND WAS SEATED. MAYBE 5 MINUTES PASSED, COULD HAVE BEEN LESS. THE OWNER BEGAN YELLING THAT A VEHICLE IN THE LOT WAS ON FIRE. I LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW AND SAW WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A CAR NEXT TO MINE BELLOWING SMOKE. I RAN OUTSIDE TO MOVE MY 2004 SUBURBAN AWAY FROM THE BURNING CAR AND TO MY AMAZEMENT DISCOVERED IT WAS MY SUBURBAN! THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO PRIOR INDICATION OF ANYTHING WRONG SUCH AS AN OVER-HEATED ENGINE. NO INDICATION OF ANY MALFUNCTION WHATSOEVER. THE ENGINE WAS COMPLETELY OFF WHEN THIS FIRE STARTED. *TR

SPEEDOMETER STICKS THEN AT IDLE IT SAYS YOU ARE GOING 70 MPH. IF YOU START AND STOP THE VEHICLE MULTIPLE IT COMES DOWN 5 MILES PER HOUR AND EVENTUALLY YOU GET BACK TO ZERO. HOWEVER, IT WILL DO THIS AGAIN AND AGAIN AND NEEDS TO BE FIXED BECAUSE YOU CAN'T TELL YOU HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING AND I ALMOST LOST IS ON A 45 MILE HOUR TURN SPEEDO SAID I WAS GOING 120 BUT IN REALITY AFTER STOPPING THE SUBURBAN I FIGURED OUT I WAS DOING ABOUT 55. THIS HAPPENS AT ALL MILEAGE AND IS A DEFECT. CHEVY RECALLED, I BELIEVE, UP TO 30,000 MILES. OWNERS SAY IT HAPPENS AT 20,000; 40,000; 50,000, AND WELL ANY MILEAGE. I HAD 90,000 WHEN MINE STARTED. I READ ONE PERSON WHO AT 90,000 GOT HIS FIXED FREE. CHEVY WOULDN'T FIX MINE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE CALLED. PLEASE HELP. I REPORTED TO CHEVY BUT THEY WOULDN'T FIX. INTERNET SAYS IT CAN HAPPEN TO ANY OF THE GAUGES IN THE CLUSTER. THERE IS A GUY IN OREGON THAT REPLACES THE 6 STEPPER MOTORS. CHEVY SHOULD DO THIS FOR US. I'VE OWNED CHEVY'S ALL MY LIFE (I"M 49) BUT IF THEY DON'T FIX THIS I'M DONE. I'D RATHER HAVE A TOYOTA AT LEAST THEY ARE RECALLING. DO A GOOGLE SEARCH - EVERYONE IS HAVING THIS PROBLEM. *TR

2004 CHEVY SUBURBAN - ABOUT A YEAR OR TWO AGO MY SPEEDOMETER STARTED ACTING UP. IT WOULD SAY I WAS DOING 10 MPH WHEN I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY OR I COULD BE GOING 30 OR 35 AND IT WOULD SAY I WAS GOING 110 MPH. THIS WENT ON FOR MONTHS BEFORE IT FINALLY JUST QUIT WORKING. I HAVE TO DRIVE WITH A GPS JUST TO KNOW HOW FAST I'M GOING. I HAVE HEARD AND READ OF MANY OTHER CASES EXACTLY LIKE THIS. SEEMS TO ME THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR A DEFECTIVE SPEEDOMETER. I DON'T HAVE THE $400 OR $500 THEY WANT TO FIX IT. *TR

FUEL GAUGE AND SPEEDOMETER ON GMC/CHEVY SUBURBAN, 2004 YEAR. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE GAUGE CLUSTER AND GMC/CHEVY DEALER INSIST THIS IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE AND NOT THEIR PROBLEM. SINCE REPLACING THE FIST CLUSTER, THERE HAVE BEEN MANY MORE COMPLAINTS NOTED ON THE INTERNET. THIS IS CLEARLY NOT AN EXCEPTIONAL DEFECT. THE FAILURE HAS COME AFTER ABOUT TWO TO THREE YEARS OF USE, AND IS WORSE IN WINTER, BUT OCCURS INCONSISTENTLY YEAR AROUND. I HAVE NOT YET HAD AN ACCIDENT, BUT I DID RUN OUT OF GAS IN A RURAL AREA IN THE WINTER BECAUSE THE GAUGE SAID I HAD HALF A TANK WHEN IT WAS INFACT EMPTY. SPEED IS AN ISSUE IN ICY ROAD CONDITIONS BECAUSE IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO KNOW IF YOUR SPEED IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE CONDITIONS WHEN THE SPEED SHOWS ZERO OR BOUNCES AROUND INCONSISTENTLY. THE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED AT ABOUT 30K MILES FOR EACH CLUSTER. LACK OF SUPPORT BY GM ON THIS IS DISCONCERTING. PLEASE ASSIST. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE AND HAD A FLAT TIRE. I COULD NOT GET MY SPARE TIRE TO COME DOWN AS IT WAS SEIZED UNDER TH BACK OF THE VEHICLE. I HAD A REPAIR SHOP FIX IT AND THEY ADVISED ME THIS IS COMMON ON ALL GENERAL MOTOR VEHICLES THAT SALT GET INSIDE THEM AND RUSTS OUT THE SPARE TIRE HOIST UNIT MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO GET THE TIRE DOWN. I AM CONCERNED AS IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO MY WIFE AND KIDS ON A COLD NIGHT. AFTER LOOKING ONLINE THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM THAT MOST PEOPLE DO NOT REALIZE UNTIL THEY GET STRANDED WITH A FLAT TIRE.

SLOWING DOWN COMING TO STOP ABOUT 7TO 4 MPH THE ABS SENSORS TELLS THE ABS PUMP TO TURN ON MAKING A GROWLING NOISE THIS IS THE SAME PROBLEM THE OLDER MODELS HAD THERE FIX WAS TO BRING THEM IN TO A DEALER AND PULL AND CLEAN THE ABS SENSORS OR REPLACE IF FOUND BAD . I TOOK MINE IN FOR AN ABS SENSOR LIGHT ON AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE RIGHT SENSOR WAS BAD BUT THE LEFT NEEDED TO BE PULLED AND CLEANED BUT THEY SAID IF THE WENT TO PULL IT AND IT BROKE I WOULD HAVE TO PAY THE COST OF THE REPLACEMENT SENSOR INSTEAD OF THE CLEANING COST WHICH IS ABOUT $250.00 TO REPLACE PART AND LABOR THIS WAS IN DEC 2009. *TR