2004 Chevrolet Tahoe

THE SPEEDOMETER WORKS FINE SOMETIMES BUT SOME OTHER TIMES IT STARTS OFF AT ABOUT 35 MPH AND COUNTS UP FROM THERE. IT IS HARD TO FIGURE OUT WHAT SPEED YOU ARE GOING AND I AM REALLY AFRAID OF GETTING A SPEEDING TICKET OR GOING TO SLOW AND CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. I THINK THIS NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO SO MAYBE WE CAN PREVENT FUTURE MAJOR PROBLEMS. ALSO A NUMBER OF FRIENDS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH GAUGES IN THEIR CHEVROLET VEHICLES. *JB

SEVERAL MONTHS AGO I STARTED TO NOTICE PROBLEMS WITH THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2004 CHEVY TAHOE. IT DOES NOT REGISTER THE CORRECT SPEED SOMETIMES. SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE. THERE IS NO SPECIFIC TIME OR DRIVING CONDITION THAT THIS OCCURS. LAST NOTICED THE PROBLEM WHILE DRIVING ON THE TURNPIKE. THE SPEEDOMETER READS 35 WHEN I WAS ACTUALLY GOING OVER 60. SOMETHING REALLY NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS. I CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE A NEW SPEEDOMETER PUT IN THE VEHICLE AT $500.00. *JB

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVROLET TAHOE LT. THE SPEEDOMETER HAS BEEN ACTING VERY ERRATIC - READING 35, 45, 75, ETC. WHILE STOPPED AND 125+ WHILE TRAVELING AT 50 MPH... I HAVE READ HUNDREDS OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS AND MY CHEVROLET DEALER IMMEDIATELY KNEW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS JUST BY GIVING A BRIEF DESCRIPTION AND WANTS TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FOR $400+ THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS - SO MUCH MONEY WAS SPENT ON THESE VEHICLES AND CHEVROLET CANNOT ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT IS A DEFECT WHICH CAN VERY EASILY POSE A SAFETY HAZARD. SEE ATTACHED LINK TO VIEW HUNDREDS OF SIMILAR ISSUES: HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.NET/FORUM/AUTOS/CHEVROLET-TAHOE/T2BGKBGI55EKNU77C/P2 *JB

MY 2004 CHEVY TAHOE HAS A DEFECTIVE SPEEDOMETER. AT 37,500 MILES, CONVENIENTLY JUST AFTER WARRANTY EXPIRED, THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE STARTED JUMPING ERRATICALLY, AND THEN A FEW DAYS LATER, IT QUIT WORKING COMPLETELY. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY 2 LOCAL DEALERS IN THE S.F. BAY AREA THAT IT WILL COST APPROX $600-900 TO REPAIR, AND I WILL BE WITHOUT MY VEHICLE FOR UP TO A WEEK. UNFORTUNATELY, I CANNOT BE WITHOUT IT B/C I WORK FULL TIME AND AM A SINGLE MOTHER. I DID SEE ON EBAY THAT THERE IS A PERSON THAT CAN REPAIR THE CLUSTER AND IT IS A WHOLE LOT CHEAPER THAN TAKING IT TO THE DEALER, BUT I WOULD BE WITHOUT THE WHOLE CLUSTER FOR QUITE SOME TIME. THIS IS DANGEROUS! I HAVE BEEN DRIVING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOT HAVING A CLUE AS TO HOW FAST I AM ACTUALLY DRIVING, AND IT MAKES ME REALLY NERVOUS. I CANNOT AFFORD THE $600-900 TO HAVE IT REPAIRED, AND FEEL THAT GM SHOULD BE FORCED TO RECALL AND REPAIR THIS PROBLEM IMMEDIATELY! COME ON, THIS HAS AFFECTED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ALREADY! *JB

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET TAHOE WITH AN ODOMETER READING OF 80000 MILES. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT WHEN DRIVING FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME AND COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP THEN START MOVING AGAIN THE SPEEDOMETER WILL STAY AT ZERO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ONLY WAY TO GET THE SPEEDOMETER TO WORK AGAIN WAS TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF, THEN LET IT SIT FOR A MOMENT AND RESTART. THIS PROBLEM MADE THE CONTACT RUN OUT OF GAS SEVERAL TIMES SINCE THE GAS GAUGE DID NOT WORKING PROPERLY, THE OIL GAUGE WASINCORRECT AS WELL. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND THEY TOLD HIM THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK