Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||
| 07/05/2011 | 58000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet silverado 2500. while driving approximately 55 mph, the contact noticed the speedometer was registering an inaccurate reading. the failure occurred sporadically. the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic and authorized dealer whom both stated the speedometer would need to be replaced. the vehicle had not been repaired. currently the speedometer was inoperable. the manufacturer was notified and informed that the vehicle exceeded the service warranty. the approximate failure mileage was 58,000. kmj | |||
| 07/05/2011 | 58000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet silverado 2500. while driving approximately 55 mph, the contact noticed the speedometer was registering an inaccurate reading. the failure occurred sporadically. the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic and authorized dealer whom both stated the speedometer would need to be replaced. the vehicle had not been repaired. currently the speedometer was inoperable. the manufacturer was notified and informed that the vehicle exceeded the service warranty. the approximate failure mileage was 58,000. js | |||
| 11/05/2011 | 91000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet silverado 2500. the contact stated that while driving 45 mph, the speedometer displayed an erroneous reading of 10 mph. the contact continued driving at the same speed and the speedometer began to display a reading of 65 mph. the vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer and the contact was informed that the entire instrument cluster would need to be replaced. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure and offered no assistance. the failure mileage was 91,000. kmj | |||
| 11/05/2011 | 91000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet silverado 2500. the contact stated that while driving 45 mph, the speedometer was displaying a reading of 10 mph. the contact continued driving at the same speed and the speedometer began to display a reading of 65 mph. the vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer and the contact was informed that the entire instrument cluster would need to be replaced. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was made aware of the failure and offered no assistance. the failure mileage was 91,000. sm. | |||
| 04/01/2008 | 50000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet silverado 2500hd. the contact stated that after purchasing his vehicle he noticed that the a.c. starte to burn under the dash. the owner took the vehicle apart and noticed burnt and melted wires. the vehicle was repaired for the wire harness and a blower motor. a few months later the vehicle was experiencing the same failure again. the dealer was contacted and they advised him of which components that he needed to replace. he later on received a recall which is not listed on safercar.gov. the manufacturer was contacted and they offered to reimburse him for one part but not other components associated with the wire harness. the failure mileage was approximately 50,000. the vin was unavailable. tb | |||
| 11/15/2010 | 92000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet silverado. while driving the contact noticed the gauges on the instrument panel were not providing an accurate reading. the vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. the technician stated the instrument cluster had to be replaced. the vehicle was not repaired. the approximate failure mileage was 92,000. rvk | |||
| 01/10/2011 | 115000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet silverado 2500 hd (na). the vehicle was parked when the contact noticed that the heater/ air conditioner fan motor wires were severely melted. the contact planned to take the vehicle for diagnosis and repair. the contact had concern of a potential fire. the failure mileage was approximately 115,000. the vin was unavailable. js | |||
| 11/05/2010 | 84689 | ||
| Speedometer is failing to maintain accurate speed. it goes all over the scale and then back to zero. | |||
| 11/08/2010 | 25000 | ||
| Speedometer does not show the right speed which the vehicle is traveling. at almost standstill speeds is shows 15 mph. at higher speeds the speedometer shows speeds that are much higher than those being driven by the vehicle. i cannot trust this gauge any longer. will be contacting gm to request a fix. car has only 25000 miles. | |||
| 09/15/2010 | 76000 | ||
| At about 76,000 miles my 2005 chevy silverado started having speedometer issues. then all of a sudden it was working fine for about another 7,000 miles. and now over 80,000 miles it is stuck at 120 mph. gm has recalled 2003 & 2004 models with this same known issue and has used the same clusters for 2005, but does not have a recall. | |||
| 11/20/2009 | 110000 | ||
| Heater harness caught fire in my 2005 chevy silverado | |||
| 11/04/2009 | 99000 | ||
| Instrument cluster failure (speedometer, oil pressure, etc.) | |||
| 07/16/2009 | 80000 | ||
| Speedometer does not work properly | |||
| 04/10/2010 | 56000 | ||
| 2005 silverado 2500 hd speedometer malfunction. speedometer registers very high speeds (i.e. 80 mph), or no speed at all (i.e. 0 mph) regardless of what speed is actually being driven | |||
| 11/11/2009 | 55000 | 1 | |
| Speedometer gives false readings. this problem is so common with this model year (2005) chevy/gmc trucks people are selling repair components on ebay, yahoo and other spots on line. instruction are shared online also. some 2005s are being repaired by the manufacture depending on the vin other not, yet they all have the same parts that are known to be bad. 2003 & 2004s have their warranty extended to 7 yrs. 70,000 mile to cover this problem. so far we're lucky no one has been hurt or killed. *tr | |||
| 11/14/2009 | 910000 | 1 | |
| Early speedometer failure on 2005 chevy silverado. *tr | |||
| 11/07/2009 | 47500 | 1 | |
| I was pulling out of a side street on to a busy highway had to merge quickly the truck would not accelerate engine was skipping check engine light comes on had to pull over all most got hit by traffic due to the lack of power and not able accelerate i take the truck to dealer they have it 3 days working on wiring harness shorts to injector 6 caused by improper wiring harness routing i had to inform them of gm tsb on this they fix it and said not covered under engine warranty costs $370 this truck was in may 09 for skip and p1238 open circuit injector 6 and problem was not found cost $100 the tsb had been out since 07 this is very dangerous when crossing busy highways and loss of power occurs. *tr | |||
| 10/05/2009 | 58000 | 1 | |
| The speedometer just went to 80 one day and stuck there sometimes it fixes it self then its breaks again and is right back to 80 miles and up. *tr | |||
| 09/01/2009 | 25000 | 1 | |
| Blower for heat/air works intermittently. dealer said resistor has probably gone bad. i removed the resistor which was all rusted from water (resistor is located in the air supply chamber inside the passenger compartment) and replaced. problem resurfaced 48 hours later. returned to dealer who advised there is a service bulletin on this, it's a common problem because the wire harness/connector goes bad due to overheating. gm has a part specific to repair the wire harness connector. do not have old resistor, wire harness still attached. i have not replaced the wire harness yet as i am trying to get gm to replace. gm is well aware of this design defect and electrical hazard. *tr | |||
| 10/05/2008 | 37350 | 1 | |
| Receive an intermittent service brake system with abs & park brake dash light illuminated, and the aural alarm sounds. when this happens the abs system is made inoperable. the error does not create a dtc code and is not stored on the vehicle computer. an independent shop and the local chevrolet dealer could not identify the defective part be. each replaced the speed sensor and abs computer (2 weeks apart). the independent shop was able to identify the 200 milli-second electrical fault but could not find the source. the independent shop updated the computer firmware. since the error could not be recorded the dealer could not do anything else and gave up. the problem continues. if it is raining or it is warm spring day the error happens every couple of miles. it appears to be tied to the throttle and does not react to any other vehicle condition. it reacts at constant throttle when the foot is removed or reduced pressure on the throttle pedal. *tr | |||
| 03/28/2009 | 51000 | 1 | |
| Speedometer on 2005 duramax chevrolet hd pickup is not working. it is jumping up and down, and is not going past 50 mph. *tr | |||
| 03/22/2009 | 73795 | 1 | |
| On january 23, 2009, the #7 injector harness shorted and had to be replaced. on march 21, 2009, the ses light came on and the truck sounded different running, but did not lose power. diagnostics showed problems with the fuel injector module. on march 22, 2009, the ses light came on and the truck started running rough and lost engine power (just like it did on january 23). the truck had to be towed to the chevrolet dealership again. this time the #2 fuel injector harness had shorted and had to be replaced. with both incidents, the fuel injector harnesses were replaced with a new harness that has a 90 degree plug and longer wires. this is not covered by warranty and costs $400+ to replace each one. within 2 months and 2500 miles both the #2 and #7 fuel injector harnesses have shorted and had to be replaced. *tr | |||
| 12/14/2008 | 22000 | 1 | |
| Bad speedometer. sticks. *tr | |||
| 03/20/2008 | 1 | ||
| I own a 2005 chevy 2500 silverado ext. cab 4x4 since new. last year in late march the wiring plug and resistor for the heater/ac blower motor shorted out, caught fire and melted right at the resistor. this is located on the passenger side of the pickup, under the dash, visible from below. the same thing, only not as severe this time, (i caught it early) just happened again. this time i took the pickup to the dealer to have them look at it and fix it. they replaced the resistor and semi-melted plug, the same fix i did myself the first time. they had no explanation for why this happened. with minimal searching on the internet, i found numerous occasions of the same thing happening to other chevy pickup owners. when these resistors fail, there is great potential for fire, personal injury. i burned my fingers pretty bad the first time.*tr | |||
| 01/23/2009 | 71395 | 1 | |
| When i was driving down interstate the truck (2005 2500 hd diesel) suddenly started running rough and lost engine power. the ses light came on. i pulled to the shoulder and turned the truck off. when i restarted the truck the ses light stayed on, but the truck would run. it went about 2 more miles and did the same thing again. it had to be towed to the chevrolet dealership. the #7 injector harness had shorted and had to be replaced. *tr | |||
| 02/05/2009 | 43000 | 1 | |
| Speedometer faulty incorrect at times to fast and to slow other times, one time it showed 120+ while cars were passing me on the freeway 0 or slower at 65 (staying with traffic?) never knew the speed i was going had have the instrument panel replaced at a cost over $600.00 at 43000 miles on truck 05 chevy silverado 2500 hd duramax. *tr | |||
| 09/15/2008 | 60000 | 1 | |
| We have a 2005 chevy silverado and the speedometer stopped working 3 months ago, mileage approx. 60,000 miles. we contacted dealer and was told we would have to pay to have it fixed since there was no recall. now i get on line and read lots of complaints. needless to say the way the economy is we don't have the money ourselves to pay for the repair, so now we drive it and hope we are going speed limit or under. i think that gm should repair this problem since there are alot of people having the same problem. what kind of company will ask us to help them with bailouts but won't fix the problems their vehicles have? *tr | |||
| 12/21/2008 | 92000 | 1 | |
| Speedometer worked intermittently for past year and now has quit completely. it registers 120+. gm is replacing speedometers with this problem up to 70-80k miles i have 92,000 and have been told it is not covered, after searching the internet it seems that there is a class action lawsuit and multiple incidents of 2003-2005 gm vehicles with this problem. *tr | |||
| 10/24/2008 | 74000 | 1 | |
| Speedometer will only go up and not down. it sticks upon shutdown, and will go down if i restart the vehicle 20 times before i leave. *tr | |||
| 10/08/2008 | 64000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet silverado 2500. the contact used the lighter installed in the vehicle to light a cigarette. minutes later, he noticed blue smoke emanating from the instrument control cluster. upon further inspection, he noticed that the wiring in the fuse box melted. the contact took the vehicle to the dealer and they stated that the wiring harness and fuse box needed to be replaced at the cost of over $2,500. the vehicle has not been repaired. he is in the process of notifying the manufacturer. the failure and current mileages were 64,000. | |||
| 07/03/2008 | 65000 | 1 | |
| Air conditioning blower resistor and harness burned wires at 14,000 miles and was replaced by authorized chevy mechanic. replaced harness and resistor caught fire a 65,000 miles. *tr | |||
| 09/08/2006 | 15000 | 1 | 07/02/2005 |
| Dt*: the contact stated after parking the vehicle in the carport for two hours, it caught on fire without warning. the fire department was called and the fire was extinguished. there was property damage to the house and the vehicle was totaled. a report was taken with the fire department. the dealer was notified. | |||
| 06/30/2006 | 3690 | 1 | 07/20/2005 |
| After entering vehicle which had been parked for 2 weeks a heavy brunt electrical fire order was present. at the same time a heavy smoke like haze was present. upon through exam the fire wall blanket in the engine compartment was found melted in a roundish pattern. one month latter there is still a burning odor in the cab. *nm | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - INSTRUMENT PANEL | |||
| 01/20/2011 | 59500 | 1 | |
| Driving down the road and my speedometer is pinned at 120mph. my truck sits in the drive way and it says i am doing 120mph along with my tach is stuck on 5. *tr | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING | |||
| 10/01/2008 | 1 | ||
| 2005 chevy 2500 diesel truck has a fuel injector problem caused by a short in the electrical wiring due to fraying of the wire bundle. *nj the consumer stated the vehicle developed a loud knock in the engine during warm-up and while driving. the knock was intermittent. the consumer stated if fraying on the outside of the wire bundle harness was evident it could be re-wrapped and re-routed. it currently is attached to a very sharp post on the engine manifold with a nylon pull tie. as the motor runs, the wire rubs against a sharp edge of the post and frays which can cause a short and make the fuel injector misfire. *jb | |||
| 09/05/2006 | 65491 | 1 | 11/20/2004 |
| Electrical/instrument cluster/sdm- first reported service air bag light on at 65,000 mile's scanned system found fault in sdm and wiring given estimate of $825.00 for repairs, at 84,000 whole instrument panel/speedometer/radio went on/off repeatedly while driving. scanned system found fault in wiring and sdm, i have had no air bags/speedometer/instruments for 18 months. very unsafe in mi. *tr | |||
| 02/14/2007 | 53610 | 1 | 06/23/2005 |
| During a routine morning commute, i noticed the check engine light had illuminated. immediately following the malfunction, i noticed a severe decrease in engine power and the engine started to vibrate and mis-fire heavily. i was in heavy traffic and had to pull off of the road to avoid a potential accident situation. i then shut the truck off, and re-started the vehicle to possibly re-set the light. the engine started and seemed to run smoothly again, but the light stayed illuminated. it was 7am, so i decided to very slowly drive to the dealership where i had purchased the truck. the technician performed a diagnosis, and found a hard code of p2146 insulate ficm. i was then told that the main fuel injector system wiring harness had chaffed on a factory installed bracket and that it would need to be replaced. i was then told that they did not have the parts in stock, and that i would have to wait for one week to have the parts replaced. in the meantime, the technician stated that he had insulated the harness, and that the light was out. he stated that i should be able to drive the truck without any issues, but if the check engine light comes on again and i also receive a low power message on the annunciator panel in the dashboard, that i must park the truck and get a rental vehicle until the parts arrive and repairs can be made. the technician stated that this would cause four of the eight cylinders to shut down and cause a lean engine fuel condition which could result in engine failure. as of yet, parts to be replaced within one weeks time. *nm | |||