2004 GMC Yukon Denali

MY SPEEDOMETER FAILED ON MY 2004 GMC YUKON DENALI. THERE IS A RECALL ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FOR THIS FOR MODEL YEAR 2003-2006, BUT ONLY UP TO 80,000. I HAD 104,000 WHEN THE INCIDENT HAPPENED ON MY VEHICLE. IT COST ME $600 TO GET THIS DIAGNOSED AND REPLACED. I CONSIDER THIS A SAFETY ISSUE AND IT SHOULD NOT HAVE A LIMIT ON MILEAGE. NOT KNOWING HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. BY DRIVING TO SLOW, ONE CAN CAUSE OTHER DRIVERS TO ERRATICALLY PASS AND ZOOM BY YOU OR DRIVING TO FAST CAN CAUSE OTHER DRIVERS TO HURRIEDLY GET OUT OF YOUR WAY AND CAUSE ACCIDENTS. THIS IS MORE THAN LIKELY THE CAUSE OF A SPEEDING TICKET I GOT BACK IN MAY 2009. IT POSSIBLY WAS ACTING UP, BUT DIDN'T COMPLETELY FAIL UNTIL JULY 2009. *TR

IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ON MY 2004 GMC YUKON, THE SPEEDOMETER HANGS UP INDICATING A HIGHER SPEED THAN ACTUALLY TRAVELING. INITIALLY, THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AT INTERVALS GREATER THAN 6 MONTHS BUT SEEMS TO BE RECURRING MUCH MORE FREQUENTLY - EVERY 2 WEEKS OR SO. UPON INITIAL PROBLEM BEING NOTICED, I FOUND THAT OTHER MODEL YEAR YUKONS HAD THIS ISSUE AND WERE REPAIRED, POSSIBLY UNDER RECALL BUT MY MODEL YEAR WAS EXCLUDED. *TR

WE PURCHASED OUR GMC DENALI USED IN JULY 2007. IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR I NOTICED SOMETIMES THAT WHEN I WOULD LOOK AT THE SPEEDOMETER IT WOULD SAY THAT I WAS DOING ABOUT 40 MPH, WHEN I KNEW THAT I WAS NOT GOING THAT SPEED. I WAS KEEPING UP WITH TRAFFIC WHEN I FIRST NOTICED IT AND THE SPEED LIMIT WAS 55MPH. ABOUT A MONTH LATER I NOTICED THAT THE SPEED ODOMETER WOULD SAY I WAS NOT MOVING AT ALL THAT MY SPEED WAS 0, AND I WOULD BE DRIVING AT THE TIME. THEN IN JULY OF THIS YEAR WE WERE COMING BACK FROM A FAMILY DAY TRIP AND WE WERE PULLED OVER FOR SPEEDING. THE OFFICER INFORMED US THAT WE WERE GOING ABOUT 55 WHEN THE SPEED LIMIT WAS 40. ACCORDING TO THE SPEED ODOMETER WE WERE GOING THE SPEED LIMIT. NOW WHEN I DRIVE THE VEHICLE I AM EITHER GO NO SPEED AT ALL OR THE SPEED ODOMETER STARTS GOING CRAZY OR GETS STUCK AT 40MPH. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FINE ANY RECALL ON THIS MATTER. *TR

2004 GMC YUKON XL DENALI SYSTEM STABILIZATION DISABLED WARNING LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY COMES ON. THE DEALER CANNOT REPAIR THIS ISSUE BECAUSE THERE ARE NO DIAGNOSTIC CODES IN THE CAR COMPUTER. I HAVE TAKEN THE TRUCK TO THE DEALERSHIP WITH THE WARNING LIGHT ON, BUT STILL NO ERROR CODES. ONSTAR RUNS DIAGNOSTICS AND REPORTS NO ERRORS AND TELLS ME TO DRIVE TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE. THIS FIRST OCCURRED IN DECEMBER WHILE THE TRUCK WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY, NOW SEVERAL TRIPS TO THE SERVICE SHOP AND IT STILL IS COMING ON. I AM WORKING WITH GMC CUSTOMER SUPPORT TO TRY TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE, BUT TO DATE THEY ARE SAYING THEY CAN'T FIX IT BECAUSE THERE ARE NO DIAGNOSTIC CODES. I HAVE ASKED THEM IF THE TRUCK IS SAFE TO DRIVE WITH WARNING LIGHT ON, BUT THEY CANNOT ASSURE ME THAT IT IS. THEY REFUSE TO DOCUMENT ANYTHING IN WRITING ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE TRUCK. TO DATE THERE HAVE BEEN NO ACCIDENTS NOR INJURIES, BUT I HAVE LOST ALL CONFIDENCE IN THE VEHICLE AS I WAS TOLD THE STABILIZATION SYSTEM WAS MANDATED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND IT MUST BE OPERATIONAL. WHAT RECOURSE DO I HAVE TO INSURE THE TRUCK IS SAFE? WHY CAN'T THEY REPLACE COMPUTER MODULES UNTIL THERE IS A RESOLUTION? THE TRUCK DID NOT DO THIS FOR THE FIRST 35 MONTHS I OWNED IT, DRIVING THE SAME EXACT ROADS THAT THE WARNING FLASHES ON NOW. *TR

FOR THE PAST 2 WEEKS MY SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE HAS BEEN GETTING STUCK. ONCE I HIT 60MPH, IT GETS STUCK THERE. WHEN I TURN OFF THE CAR IT STAYS AT 60 SO IT ACTS AS IF IT'S AT 0MPH. AT THAT POINT IT LOOKS LIKE I'M GOING 100MPH WHEN IN REALITY I'M GOING 40MPH UNTIL IT GETS STUCK PAST 120MPH. AFTER A FEW DAYS IT STARTS SLOWLY DROPPING. IT'S AMAZING THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN CARE OF AFTER MANY MANY COMPLAINTS FROM OWNERS. I WILL MAKE SURE TO GIVE NEGATIVE REPORTS TO ANYONE LOOKING TO BUY A GM VEHICLE AS WELL AS TO POTENTIAL USED GM OWNERS. *TR