Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIGITAL INSTRUMENT PANEL | |||||
| 3331 | 3331B | 10017177 | Voltmeter is flucuating between 12 and 14 volts on their new 2005 chevrolet/ gmc/ cadillac model year light duty full size pickup and utility. *sc | 10/26/2005 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIGITAL INSTRUMENT PANEL | |||
| 04/24/2010 | 51000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet avalanche 1500. the contact stated that the speedometer would intermittently become stuck on one speed and would also display the inaccurate speed traveled. the speedometer would indicate that the contact was driving 30 mph, become stuck and would then immediately increase to 60 mph regardless of the actual speed driven. the contact would have to shut off the engine and restart it in order for the speedometer to reset itself. the dealer stated that the instrument panel cluster gauge was failing and needed to be replaced. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure mileage was 51,000 and the current mileage was 53,000. | |||
| 01/03/2010 | 55582 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet avalanche 1500. the contact stated that the speedometer and tachometer failed; the components would not go back down to zero. she had not noticed any prior issues with those components. she had not taken the vehicle to the dealer or the manufacturer. the vehicle had not been repaired to-date. the current and failure mileages were 55,582. | |||
| 12/09/2009 | 51000 | 1 | |
| I own a 2005 chevrolet avalanche and the speedometer stopped working. the truck has 51k miles and not been modified. this is a danger to my family and the cost of repair is expensive. this is a know issue and should be a recall. *tr | |||
| 02/20/2009 | 1 | ||
| Speedometer on my 2005 chevy avalanche is stuck on 100 plus miles per hour. *tr | |||
| 03/01/2008 | 65000 | 1 | |
| At about 65k miles, speedometer stopped registering accurately. now about 75k on the vehicle if odometer accurate. when stopped speedometer reads anywhere from 60 to 100mph and when driving reads anywhere from 90 to off the scale (6 o'clock position on the speedometer where no speed is listed). in short, wildly inaccurate. researched the problem and it appears chevy is replacing the instrument cluster for this problem on up to 2004 vehicles but not 2005 although it appears the problem is rampant among avalanche owners. request nhtsa implement a recall on this widespread problem. *tr | |||
| 01/10/2008 | 64500 | 1 | |
| Speedometer continually goes haywire; it appears you are driving 50+ mph when you are in park; when you actually do start moving you have no idea how fast you are going; max out at 120 mph when you are flowing with traffic in a 70 mph zone. occurs intermittently with increasing frequency; i have not had an assessment of the cost associated with this repair done yet. *tr | |||
| 12/30/2008 | 1 | ||
| Speedometer is failing to work correctly. most of the time it is stuck at 120 mph. or doesn't work at all. *tr | |||
| 12/10/2007 | 40000 | 1 | |
| 2005 chevrolet avalanche at approx. 40,000 miles the speedometer has gone crazy never giving the correct speed. several others with this problem and recall has been call for 2002 -2004 models that use the same cluster and step motor that controls the speedometer. contacted the dealer to fix problem but they wanted 600+ to fix the problem. *tr | |||
| 03/18/2008 | 52000 | 1 | |
| I was driving down the road and realized that my odometer was not working properly.. it was registering that i was going 120 mph, in a 35, i knew that was wrong...all the other gauges are working well. i now recorded 120 mph or sometimes it will record between 75 and 90. i haven't corrected it.. i'm waiting for gmc do something. or until the inspection sticker expires *tr | |||
| 05/12/2008 | 44000 | 1 | |
| Speedometer needle was tacky last week while driving in town around 45-50 mph. i watched the gauge and the problem seemed to have corrected itself. *tr yesterday, the speedometer completely went crazy while i was driving, quit working at 25 mph, and when i slowed down, the needle went below the mph gauge line and is now pointing straight down, blocking my view of the gear shift panel on the instrument cluster. i have 44,000 miles or so on this vehicle and just bought it used two weeks ago. | |||
| 04/13/2008 | 54000 | 1 | |
| While driving looked down at speedometer doing 150 mph when i stopped went to 60mph while setting still. many friends having the same problem with these models of chevy avalanches. called chevy they stated there was not a recall for this problem. something wrong. *tr | |||
| 12/02/2007 | 40000 | 1 | 11/15/2005 |
| Speedometer does not operate properly. *tr | |||
| 09/10/2007 | 1 | 06/10/2007 | |
| I own a 2005 chevy avalanche which i bought last june 2007 from a private party and i noticed that last septermber 2007 as i was driving on the street, i noticed that my speedometer was reading 110 and i was only going at 25mph. i wish to know what to do and i have not yet fixed my truck due to the fact that fixing my truck is over $1,000 dollars. is there anyway i can fix my truck w/o paying anything? *tr | |||
| 02/04/2008 | 71000 | 1 | 02/01/2005 |
| My speedometer begin skipping on my 05 chevy avalanche when i was driving. it did this for about a week or so. then it started showing that i was doing 20-mph faster than i was actually going. when i would stop, it would still indicate i was going 20-40mpn. finally, on feb 4th, it got stuck at over 120 mph. so now i no longer have a working speedometer. *tr | |||
| 10/21/2007 | 60000 | 15 | 06/16/2005 |
| Chevy avalanche - first speedometer stopped working as well as rpm gauge. next gas & oil gauge stopped working as well. now it's hit or miss when they will work again. very dangerous. dealership not cooperative to fix. recall needed!! *cn | |||
| 06/09/2006 | 52000 | 1 | 06/21/2005 |
| Speedometer cluster broken on 2005 chevy avalanche. at 52,000 miles chevy has a known problem with faulty speedometers. please see below website to get a feel of how many people are having the same problem ... http://www.topix.com/forum/autos/chevrolet-tahoe/t2bgkbgi55eknu77c. *tr | |||
| 12/10/2007 | 1 | 03/05/2005 | |
| I took my son to school and after i drop him off,my speedometer stopped working! it was saying i was going 120 miles an hour! i call the dealership them told oh they go out all of the time? *tr | |||
| 12/06/2007 | 78780 | 5 | 03/25/2005 |
| Speedometer will read erratically at times. while at a stop light, speedometer dial will read a value other than zero mph (60mph for example). then eventually the dial will return to zero. then it will repeat the above again... *tr | |||
| 05/10/2007 | 58000 | 1 | 10/05/2004 |
| My speedometer is stuck on 0. *tr | |||