Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||||
| 01470 | 01/01/2004 | 01470A | 10004413 | Erratic idle, idle surge, rough run, or near stall. *tt | 12/05/2003 |
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - ACCELERATOR PEDAL | |||||
| 00786 | 01/01/2004 | 00786A | 10007714 | Buzz noise and virbation in the accelerator pedal at approx. 10 mph on start up. *mj | 07/08/2004 |
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - CRUISE CONTROL | |||||
| 3073 | 01/01/2004 | 10009593 | Downhill cruise control surge. *tt | 10/08/2004 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 10/02/2012 | 198502 | ||
| The speedometer fluctuated over a period of 2-3 days, then stopped working. i called a mechanic and was told this is a known problem with this vehicle and that there was a campaign. unfortunately, this campaign has long expired. this is an expensive safety issue because the driver cannot tell how fast the vehicle is traveling. it should be a safety recall. | |||
| 11/05/2011 | 142000 | ||
| I was driving on the highway when i glanced at my guages. the tachometer reading was below zero. then suddenly my speedodometer started slowly falling from 65 to 70 mph to just below zero as well. still driving. about 20 minutes later. the speededometer started to slowly rise. finally it stayed steady at about 35 mph. this created a problem. because i wasn't going 35mph on the highway. during this time, i tried not to increase or decrease my speed. i went with the flow of traffic. because, obviously, it was a safe rate of speed at that time. because the tachometer wasn't working too. the approximate calulation of my rate of speed. could not be ascertained. speed is a significant threat to public safety. whether it be the regular streets throughout your town or the interstate highway. another reason to consider this a public safety issue is. someone maybe driving faster than the speed rating of their tires. because of instrument panel malfunction. the risk of serious tire issues have now increased. this is a direct safety issue. through some research of my own. i found that alot of the effected vehicles. started having this issue after 70000 to 80000 miles. gm's attempt to rectify this safety hazzard is lame at most. 7 yrs 70.000 miles. these numbers were picked so they could keep their costs at a minimum. we, the consumer, are being forced. to take it once again. from the big businesses that refuse to take responsibility. for the very dangerous issues of which they created! has anyone figured out how many suv's have been or will be effected? how many of them are or will be on the road? also, once the instrument panel cluster gets replaced. the odometer & hour readings need to be reset. this opens the door for a new set of problems. odometer fraud. | |||
| 01/18/2011 | 115000 | ||
| 2004 chevy tahoe speedometer is defective and reads inaccurately by at least 15 to 20 mph. does not return to zero when stop, even after vehicle power is turned off. begins working again and will soon thereafter malfunction as just described. this is inaccurately calculating mileage, and, when i spoke with service personnel at huffines chevrolet, q chevrolet and classic chevrolet (all in the dallas/fort worth area), all acknowledged this as a known problem that gm will not fix after 80k miles. although i'm inundated with junk email from gm, they never, ever provided me with any indication that this was an issue. national highway traffic safety administration (nhtsa) should never, never allow this to occur. please insist that gm provide full replacement, including all parts and labor, for such a serious and known safety defect. | |||
| 11/03/2010 | 78000 | ||
| 2004 chevy tahoe speedometer sticks at various speed levels and intermittently will not return to zero when the vehicle is not in motion. speedometer can stick at excessive speeds indicated on the cluster, this had intermittently effected the cruise control operation. this was a known issue by gm, no recall was provided. my vehicle is over 80,000 (82,500) miles. issue started with my vehicle at about 78k, but was not brought in by me to gm because there was not an announced recall. gm decided to replace the clusters for customers who had the defect occur between 70 and 80k, with a charge for the labor, not the part. given the fact this is a safety issue (speed indication and intermittent cruise control, gm should provide full replacement, parts and labor. | |||
| 08/15/2010 | 108000 | ||
| 2004 chevy tahoe (108k miles) speedometer was stuck at 70 mph, then slowly decreased down to zero. over the next 3 weeks it became more sporadic and now it only reads 0 all the time. mechanic wanted to charge me $350 to replace the entire instrument cluster. this is a known defect and chevy should take responsibility for it. | |||
| 09/05/2009 | 101000 | ||
| 1. normal daily driving 2. the speedometer stopped working as did the tachometer, battery gauge and oil pressure gauge. 3. nothing was done. not a recall not under warrenty. | |||
| 03/27/2010 | 86000 | ||
| Speedometer does not indicate correct speed. speedometer does not return to zero mph when vehicle stopped. speedometer is intermittant. | |||
| 07/19/2009 | 60000 | 1 | |
| I was driving down one of the busy roads in manatee county, and the back hatch glass of my 2004 chevy tahoe blew off of my car. it went air born and landed in the south bound lane almost on top of a car. if the car had not slammed on its brakes and swerved, it could have killed someone. i contacted the dealership, and the will not fix the problem. the hinges are still attached to my vehicle and the insurance company wants a $500 deductible. i know i have been online researching this kind of incident and i am not the only person to have this problem. i feel like it should be a recall before someone gets killed. it is not normal for a 4 year old vehicle to have its glass blow off. *tr | |||
| 12/10/2008 | 89700 | 1 | |
| I have a 2004 chevrolet tahoe z71. i have about 89,000 miles. my speedometer started acting erratic about 3 weeks ago. working sometimes and not sometimes. sometimes it would look like it was sticking in the way it would rise in speed. now it has stopped working all together. i bought this car used about 9 months ago. when i bought it, it already had over 70k miles on it. i have read on different forums and blogs that gm has sent a letter offering to fix or reimburse, but only if under 70k miles. how can gm put a cap on something like this? *tr | |||
| 12/26/2008 | 53974 | 1 | |
| After coming off cruise control at 55 mph and proceeding through town, i hit the resume button to once again increase speed from 45 mph to 55 mph but while on a road with a slight incline (less than 5% grade.) after pressing and quickly releasing the resume button as i normally do, the cruise control accelerated unintentionally and proceeded to increase speed to over 101 mph before i disengaged it. this has happened at least 3 times on this vehicle and in the past i always would disengage it immediately but seeing as how i was on an open road i figured i would see if it would disengage itself. when i felt i was going way too fast to talk a policeman out of a ticket and actually didn't feel safe any longer i disengaged the cruise control after figuring that it wasn't going to disengage itself until the speed limiter was reached. this vehicle has 54000 miles on it and the only thing that has been done on it was the dash was replaced under a recall when the speedometer went to malfunctioning. i have called gm and reported this but they have indicated they have never heard of this problem in the past. i use the cruise control in probably about 80% of my driving and this has happened on 3 occasions (all with my family in the car) and on longer trips (after driving for more than 1 hour) in excess of 75 miles. *tr | |||
| 05/10/2007 | 36000 | 50 | |
| !st accurrence just over 36000 miles --speedometer would read faster by about 20 mph driv iving it has done this numerous time, s but i found if turning key on and off a few times it would be alright for a few weeks . seemed worse in cold and damp weather. now, at 60000 miles the speedometer will not correct itself and was stuck at 25 mph faster then was traveling ---- dealer wanted $500 to fix this. i saw where numerous people had the same problem. this should be fixed by the company as it was a safety problem. thank you for your time . *ak | |||
| 05/03/2007 | 1 | ||
| I have a 2004 chevy tahoe z71. the speedometer recently quit working. the mileage keeps accumulating but the speed does not show. i know of several other owners with the same problem. this would seem to be a huge safety concern. the chevy dealer tells me the fix is about 200 dollars and they must keep the car for up to a week to send the module back to factory. i can assume most people are like me and cannot do without a car for a week which makes this an issue of a lot of these models on the road without any idea how fast they are going. is there any history of this on record or recalls. thanks randy *tr | |||
| 11/02/2006 | 40000 | 1 | 12/12/2004 |
| I have a 2004 chevy tahoe and in november of 2006 the speedometer started acting odd. sometimes it would be on a speed when i was sitting still other times it would be at zero whe i was driving and now it is stuck at zero. apparently, this is not an isolated incident for this vehicle as i have seen numerous complaints about this problem with many other gmc vehicles in this model year. i currently have my truck in a shop to get this repaired but i would hope with the number of complaints that gmc would do the right thing and initiate a recall. *tr | |||
| 02/03/2007 | 1 | 02/03/2004 | |
| 2004 chevrolet tahoe, speedometer registered incorrect speed and slowly stopped working. i called the chevrolet dealer, and they knew exactly what was wrong, and told me it would cost $500.00 to fix it. i asked them about recalls since my brother had the same vehicle and it was doing the same thing. they told me there were no recalls. after several weeks i decided to go ahead and have the repair done. i had it fixed last week and was charged $500.00. ak | |||
| 12/12/2006 | 48700 | 60 | 11/20/2004 |
| 2004 chevrolet tahoe . speedometer sticks at 70 mph, then decreases to 40 mph and ultimitely falls to 0 mph even thoughthe cruise control is set at 70 mph. other times the speedometer works fine for a while until the vehicle slows down, then it drops to 0mph, although the vehicle is moving.ak | |||
| 01/05/2007 | 37000 | 50 | 08/16/2006 |
| Speedometer is not functioning correctly in my 2004 chevy tahoe. *ak | |||
| 02/26/2007 | 80000 | 30 | 01/09/2004 |
| 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 | |||
| 01/23/2007 | 40080 | 6 | 12/30/2006 |
| Tl* the contact stated while driving his 2004 chevrolet tahoe at 70 mph and using the cruise control and after he coming to a complete stop, the speedometer read 48 mph. while accelerating the speedometer increased to 120 mph and was inconsistent with the speed he was driving. the contact has an appointment scheduled for repair.*ak | |||
| 11/25/2006 | 42400 | 1 | 04/01/2004 |
| Speedometer is not registering correct speed. started reading inaccurately and now does not read at all. our 2004 chevy tahoe is being taken to the dealership to be repaired. vehicle considered out of warranty due to miles and did not purchase extended warranty. *jb | |||
| 11/14/2006 | 48000 | 1 | |
| Speedometer suddenly jumped up 20 mph. with car off, says its going 20 mph. 2004 chevy tahoe. very dangerous, almost caused an accident looking down and slamming on the brakes. car only has 48000 miles. *jb | |||
| 11/08/2006 | 51000 | 1 | 07/19/2004 |
| Speedometer stopped working totally. *nm | |||
| 08/15/2006 | 70000 | 9999 | 04/06/2004 |
| I drive a 2004 tahoe ls. i am a salesman and drive quite a bit and have racked up around 95,000 miles to this day. while driving, about a year ago, i noticed my speedometer acting erratically. the needle would jump or lurch past each number as it ascended through the numbers on the speedometer. it was more noticeable in the 55 to 75mph range. the speed was still accurate so i viewed it as a non-issue. however, as time went on the accuracy began to degrade as i started noticing the speedometer would stop at 40 mph while i was driving highway speeds. the degradation has continued up to now where i am lucky if the needle even moves off of 0 mph. when the needle does move it freezes at about 15 mph forcing me to guess at my speed by monitoring the tachometer. this is a pretty dangerous situation and i would like to assume gm would look to remedy this situation quickly. the alternative is for the consumer to foot the bill of a $500-$1100 repair cost for a manufacturer's defect as many dealers already know that the cluster needs to be replaced. this is a well-documented issue for gms built in the 2003 to 2005 model years which we, as consumers who have already invested at least $40,000 on these vehicles, need to see remedied. p.s. the 07 ford expedition and expedition el appear to be very nice | |||
| 09/23/2006 | 68223 | 1 | 01/13/2004 |
| 2004 chevy tahoe-speedometer acting erratic. first notice problem while driving on the freeway doing 70 mph,then applied brakes to slow down and the speedometer went down to 30 mph. i came back to 70 mph, so i thought ,but traffic was passing me up like if they were doing 100 mph. in reality i was doing about 50 mph. next day it was working fine,but now the speedometer is jerky. reading chevy tahoe forums a lot of people are having the same problems and after a few days of the jerky speedometer the speedometer completely goes out. this needs to be recalled. *nm | |||
| 01/06/2006 | 0 | 10/01/2003 | |
| Dt*: the contact stated while starting the vehicle it lurches forward six inches to one foot. this only occurs while the vehicle is parked. the dealer determined this was a common problem with this year, make, and mode,l but did not offer a remedy. *ak | |||
| 02/26/2004 | 5000 | 1 | 02/01/2004 |
| Whenever i try to accelerate the car does not respond. this is a safety issue, for example when i try to merge on to the freeway. chevy stated that the car is performing as it should. i have driven other identical cars, that do not have the same problem. but they refuse to fix the safety issue.ui. *ak | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - ACCELERATOR PEDAL | |||
| 07/19/2004 | 13000 | 1 | |
| When braking/acclerating there would be vibration in the pedal linkages. dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem. *ak | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - CABLES | |||
| 01/27/2006 | 30600 | 1 | 01/09/2006 |
| I just purchased a 2004 chevrolet tahoe z71 with 29854 miles on it. today while driving on the freeway the odometer stopped functioning correctly. while driving 70 mph the odometer was reading 20 mph. then while driving 45 mph it was reading between 10-20 mph. i read through the other complaints and found 3 that seemed to be having the same problem. i just lucked out by finding this web site and wonder how many other people are having the same problem. this appears to be a safety defect in the vehicle. i have a 36/36 bumper to bumper warranty and monday plan on calling the dealer to bring it in to have it repaired under the warranty. this should be a recall since it appears to be happening to several vehicles.*ak | |||