2004 Chevrolet Tahoe

ONE DAY WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT AROUND 70 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER WAS ACTING STRANGE. THE SPEEDOMETER WAS JERKY. ONCE I GOT OFF THE HIGHWAY AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP THE SPEEDOMETER WENT PASS 0 MPH. THEN WHEN I GOT GOING AGAIN ON CITY STREETS THE SPEEDOMETER WAS OFF BY 20 MPH. EVENTUALLY THE SPEEDOMETER STOP WORKING ON THAT TRIP. EVER SINCE THAT DAY THE SPEEDOMETER HAS BEEN JERKY AND SOMETIMES REPORTING THE WRONG SPEED OR NOT WORKING AT ALL. *JB

SPEEDOMETER INTERMITTENTLY INDICATES VEHICLE'S SPEED WELL BELOW ACTUAL SPEED. PROBLEM SEEMS TO OCCUR AFTER VEHICLE HAS RUN FOR 2 TO 3 HOURS. ON INTERSTATE, RUNNING WITH NORMAL TRAFFIC AT APPROX. 70 MPH, SPEEDOMETER WILL INDICATE 35 TO 40 MPH OR NOT WORK AT ALL. CRUISE CONTROL ALSO FAILS TO WORK WHEN SPEEDOMETER BECOMES ERRATIC. *NM

SPEEDOMETER INDICATED MUCH HIGHER SPEED THAN INDICATED (ANYWHERE FROM 50 TO OVER 120 MILES PER HOUR WHEN COMPLETELY STOPPED, OR OVER 120 MPH WHEN DRIVING AT ABOUT 70 MPH ACTUAL. WAS RESET BY REPEATED RESTARTING THE ENGINE (WHICH LOWERRED THE MINIMUM INDICATED SPEED BY 7-10 MPH PER START). DROVE 120 MILES WITH GPS CONFIRMING SPEEDOMETER'S INDICATED SPEED, BUT I'M NOT COMFORTABLE ISSUE IS RESOLVED. 2004 CHEVY TAHOE LT, APPROX 30,000 MILES. NEVER INVOLVED IN ANY ACCIDENT, NO BODY/MECHANICAL/ELECTRICAL REPAIRS OR MODIFICATIONS. *NM

ON OCTOBER 27TH, THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2004 CHEVY TAHOE BEGAN TO STOP WORKING. MY VEHICLE HAS 49K MILES ON IT. THE SPEEDOMETER GETS STUCK AT VARIOUS POINTS AND WILL PEG OUT AT OVER 120. ON MANY OCCASIONS, IT WILL NOT COME OFF OF ZERO. IF YOU TURN THE CAR OFF AND RESTART IT, IT WILL DROP THE NEEDLE ABOUT 5 MPH, BUT WILL NEVER ZERO ITSELF BACK OUT. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP (BILL HEARD CHEVROLET, COLLIERVILLE, TN) THE DAY THAT IT OCCURRED. I WAS ADVISED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON OCCURRENCE AND WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER. I WAS ALSO ADVISED THAT IT WOULD COST AROUND $600-$700 TO REPAIR. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE A DEFECT IN GM TRUCKS AND SUV'S. IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS! I ASKED THE DEALERSHIP IF THERE WAS A RECALL AND WAS ADVISED THAT THERE WAS NOT. THIS IS NOT JUST HAPPENING TO ME. I TRULY BELIEVE THAT GM SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL TO HAVE THIS INSTRUMENT PANEL REPAIRED. PEOPLE EXPECT RELIABILITY WHEN THEY INVEST THIS TYPE OF MONEY INTO A VEHICLE AND THEY ARE NOT GETTING IT FROM GM OR IT'S PARTS. *NM

I OWN A 2004 CHEVY TAHOE WHICH HAS 46K MILES. MY SPEEDOMETER IS ACTING ERRATICALLY. IT WILL NOT DROP LOWER THAN 70 MPH, OFTEN NOT DROPPING BELOW 80 AND EVEN 90 MPH. IT WILL TOP OUT ON THE FREEWAY AND EVEN DRIVING DOWN STREETS. I AM BEING TOLD THIS IS COMMON AND BEING QUOTED HAVING TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE CLUSTER AT OVER $1K OUT OF POCKET. PLEASE HAVE CHEVY RECALL THIS DANGEROUS MALFUNCTION THAT IS OBVIOUSLY A COMMON OCCURRENCE. PLEASE MAKE THEM PAY FOR THEIR POOR WORKMANSHIP AND PROTECT HARD WORKING CONSUMERS WHO SIMPLY CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY FOR CHEVROLET'S POOR WORKMANSHIP. *JB