Chevrolet Avalanche Complaints (2004)

319 consumer complaints on file.

#10193755June 19, 2007
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
VEHICLE HAD MULTIPLE OCCURRENCES OF AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT BEING DISPLAYED. THE FIRST EPISODE REQUIRED THREE VISITS TO REPLACE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG RESTRAINT MODULE AND COIL. SECOND EPISODE REQUIRED TWO VISITS TO REPLACE COIL AGAIN!), AND I HAVE LOST FAITH IN THE VEHICLE'S ABILITY TO PROPERLY MANAGE AIR BAG SYSTEM.*AK
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#10190996May 17, 2007
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THIS IS TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE FAILING SPEEDOMETERS IN GM TRUCKS AND SUVS. MINE IS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE AND THE SPEEDOMETER FAILED TO SHOW THE ACCURATE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE. THIS LEADS TO DANGEROUS SPEEDS WITHOUT THE DRIVER'S KNOWLEDGE.*AK
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#10187885April 15, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
THE SPEEDOMETER ON THE 2004 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE WORKS INTERMITTENTLY IT WILL INDACATE THAT THE SPEED IS 65 MPH WHEN I AM ACTUAULY GOING 75 MPH. SOMETIMES IT WILL READ THE OPPOSIE OR NOT AT ALL. GENERAL MOTORS HAS INDICATED THAT THIS IS NOT A SAFETY PROBLEM. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. IT IS VERY DIFICULT TO EXIT THE HIGHWAY ONTO A RAMP WHEN YOU ARE NOT SURE HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING. *AK
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#10187241April 7, 2007
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
SPEEDOMETER MALFUNCTIONED. *AK
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#10186086March 24, 2007
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I HAVE A 2004 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500, THE SPEEDOMETER HAS QUIT WORKING, AND THE TACHOMETER WORKS INTERMITTENTLY. PERIODICALLY THE SPEEDOMETER WILL MOVE, BUT NOT SHOW AN ACCURATE SPEED. CURRENTLY IT IS STUCK AT 0 MPH. THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE. IS ANYTHING BEING DISCUSSED WITH GM TO RECTIFY THIS SITUATION, AS THEIR RESPONSE SO FAR IS TO TELL CONSUMERS ARE ON THEIR OWN WITH Y THE DEALER. *AK
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#10185539March 19, 2007
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
WHEN REPLACING (FOR THE FIRST TIME) THE REAR BRAKES ON MY 2004 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE AT 28,767 MILES, I WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THE REAR ROTORS HAD SEVERE CORROSION. THE ROTORS WERE PITTED SUCH THAT THEY WOULD REQUIRE REPLACEMENT. I ASKED ABOUT MY 3-YEAR BUMPER-TO-BUMPER WARRANTY BECAUSE THERE WAS NOTHING I DID TO CAUSE THE DEFECT. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT GM WOULD NOT WARRANTY THE ROTORS. I CONTACTED GM TO INQUIRE ABOUT THE CORROSION AND THEIR WARRANTY AS PUBLISHED IN THE SALES BROCHURE AND WARRANTY BOOKLET. PLUS, I HAVE OWNED GM PRODUCTS FOR 30 YEARS AND NEVER HAD ANY CORROSION; BRAKES OR OTHERWISE. THEY REPLIED THAT THERE WAS NO DEFECT IN THE PARTS; AND THAT'S IT. AS FAR AS THEY ARE CONCERNED, CASE CLOSED.
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#10185446March 18, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
THE SPEEDOMETER IN MY 2004 CHEVY AVALANCHE IS MALFUNCTIONING AND DOES NOT SHOW THE CORRECT SPEED OF THE VEHICLE. I NOTICE A LOT OF OTHER CONSUMERS ARE HAVING THE SAME TROUBLE. WHAT IS YOUR ORGANIZATION DOING TO PRESSURE CHEVROLET/GMC IN MAKING GOOD ON THIS FAULTY PRODUCT?
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#10185209March 15, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
STARTING IN NOVEMBER OF 2006, THE SPEEDOMETER HAS NOT OPERATED CORRECTLY. WHEN SITTING AT A STOP, IT REGISTERS 30-50 MPH AND WHEN ACTUALLY DRIVING, IT GOES TO 120 AND STAYS THERE. DOES NOT COME BACK DOWN UNTIL VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE - OR IS IT CHEVROLET'S WAY OF EARNING EXTRA MONEY? THE DEALER WANTS TO CHARGE OVER $1500 TO FIX THE PROBLEM SINCE DUE TO MILEAGE WE ARE OUT OF WARRANTY. *JB
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#10184028March 2, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS I HAVE NOTICED THAT MY 2004 CHEVY AVALANCHE SPEEDOMETER SUDDENLY GOES OFF BY 10-80 MILES AN HOUR. THERE ARE NO EVENTS THAT "CAUSE" THIS TO OCCUR, IT APPEARS TO DO IT RANDOMLY. I NOTICE IT WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY APPEARS TO BE GOING FASTER OR SLOWER THAN THE SPEED INDICATED. I TRIED CONTACTING THE DEALER FOR REPAIR BUT THEY HAVE IGNORED MY ONLINE REPAIR APPOINTMENT SUBMITTAL. THE UPSETTING PART IS THAT MY WARRANTY JUST RAN OUT. THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO BE FIXED. LUCKILY MY CELL PHONE HAS GPS AND WILL INDICATE GROUND SPEED. I CAN USE IT TO VERIFY THE VEHICLE SPEED. I AM LUCKY THAT I HAVE NOT GOTTEN A TICKET OR KILLED. I HAVE A PHOTO OF MY SPEEDOMETER NEARLY PEGGED OUT AT 115 MILES AN HOUR TO PROVE IT. I HAVE NEVER DRIVEN MY VEHICLE THAT FAST. I HEARD THAT OTHERS ARE HAVING PROBLEM WITH GM SUV SPEEDOMETERS. THIS APPEARS TO BE A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM. *JB
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#10183701February 27, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
HERE'S ABOUT MY DISAPPOINTMENT WITH MY 2004 AVALANCHE WHICH I PURCHASED ON JULY 28, 2004 WITH 137 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. I PURCHASED THE VALUE GUARD GM PROTECTION PLAN. OF COURSE, THE VEHICLE WAS GREAT FOR THE FIRST 37,990 MILES. MY FIRST PROBLEM CAME ON 10/31/06, ONLY 2 YEARS 3 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE DATE. MY TAILGATE HANDLE BROKE WHILE OPENING IT HANDLE REPLACEMENT WAS $568. TO MY SURPRISE AND APPARENTLY ALSO TO THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE DEALERSHIP THE EXISTING SPOILER HAD TO BE TORN OFF AND REPLACED WITH A NEW ONE TO ACCESS THE HANDLE. THAT WAS AN ADDITIONAL $186 PLUS LABOR. I QUESTION THE DESIGNERS OF THE TAILGATE ASSEMBLY. WHY WOULD ANYONE DESIGN PARTS THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE DESTROYED IN ORDER TO SERVICE ANOTHER PART? IN FACT, WHY WOULD ANY PART THAT WOULD NORMALLY BE USED FREQUENTLY BY A REGULAR TRUCKER BREAK SO EASILY? OF COURSE, NEITHER THE WARRANTY NOR THE GM PROTECTION PLAN COVERED THIS. THE NEXT PROBLEM OCCURRED ON 12/27/06 AT 41,901 MILES, MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULDN'T SHUTOFF. INTO THE DEALERSHIP WE WENT AND $334 LATER A WIPER BOARD WAS REPLACED. NO WARRANTY AGAIN COVERED THIS PROBLEM. I NO SOONER GOT HOME AND HAD TO RETURN ON 12/28/06 AT 41,944 MILES. NOW MY DASHBOARD LIGHT SERVICE 4 WHEEL DRIVE WAS ON. THIS TIME I WAS TOLD THE TRANSFER CASE ENCODER SHORTED OUT AND $779 LATER IT WAS FIXED. I MIGHT HAVE USED THE 4-WHEEL DRIVE 8-10 TIMES AT THE MOST. AT THAT TIME, I'D OWNED THIS VEHICLE FOR 29 MONTHS, THAT'S PRETTY SAD!! TODAY WITH THE LATEST EPISODE, I TRIED TO LOWER MY FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW AND IT WOULDN'T WORK. THE OTHER 3 WINDOWS WORK FINE. I WAITED AND TRIED AGAIN LATER STILL NO LUCK. I HEAR A CLICKING SOUND BUT NO ACTION.THIS PROBABLY MEANS ANOTHER VISIT TO THE DEALER. *NM
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#10183554February 26, 2007
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD REGISTER ABNORMAL MILES PER HOUR. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 68,000. THE DEALER WAS AWARE THAT THE PROBLEM EXISTED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BE REPAIRED.*AK
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#10182963February 19, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY VEHICLE STICKS AND DOES NOT REFLECT THE ACTUAL SPEED OF THE VEHICLE. *NM
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#10182926February 18, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
I HAVE A 2004 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE Z66 AND IT HAS 45K MILES ON IT. THE SPEEDOMETER HAS STOPPED WORKING. IT EITHER STICKS IN ONE SPOT OR JITTERS BUT I CAN BE IN PARK AND IT SAYS I AM GOING 60 MPH. GM HAS NOT RECALLED THIS ALTHOUGH I FOUND A WEBSITE WWW.TOPIX.NET/FORUM/AUTOS/CHEVROLET-AVALANCHE/TJI11LGM9554MERNA AND THERE ARE 46 POSTS ON THIS WEBSITE OF PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE 04 AVALANCHE AND GM HAS NOT RECALLED IT YET. *JB
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#10182836February 17, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
SPEEDOMETER DIDN'T WORK AT ALL THOUGHT IT WAS JUST THE COLD, WHEN IT STARTED WORKING, THE NEEDLE KEPT GOING UNTIL IT WAS PINNED WELL PAST 120. THAT IS WHERE IT SITS RIGHT NOW. *JB
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#10182648February 15, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
SPEEDOMETER CLUSTER STOPPED WORKING. SPEED SHOWS 120 MPH WHEN STOPPED OR DRIVING. CHEVY DEALERSHIP SUGGESTED I "FOLLOW SOMEONE", BUT REFUSED TO ADMIT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. *JB
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#10182094February 9, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
RPM GAUGE, SPEEDOMETER, AND TILTING SIDEVIEW MIRRORS (WHILE IN REVERSE) DOESN'T WORK ALL THE TIME. THE SPEEDOMETER DOESN'T READ ACCURATELY AND SOMETIMES THE NEEDLE DOESN'T EVEN REGISTER A SPEED. ONE EVENING THE SPEEDOMETER WAS REGISTERING 35 MPH AND I WAS DOING AT LEAST 55 MPH. THAT SAME EVENING I CAME TO A FOUR-WAY STOP AND AT ACCELERATION THE SPEEDOMETER DIDN'T WORK AT ALL THE REMAINDER OF THE TRIP HOME. THE RPM GAUGE WAS THE FIRST THING I NOTICED WRONG WITH MY TRUCK AND THEN THE SIDEVIEW MIRRORS. SOMETIMES WHILE BACKING MY MIRRORS WON'T TILT DOWN. *JB
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#10181812February 6, 2007
STEERING:RACK AND PINION, STEERING:GEAR BOX:SHAFT SECTOR
IN THE MORNING - BELOW SAY ABOUT 55 DEGREES WHEN I FIRST GET IN AND DRIVE, I HAVE TO TURN THE WHEELS TO THE LEFT TO EXIT MY DRIVEWAY. FOR THE FIRST MINUTE OR TWO, THE STEERING IS VERY STIFF, ALMOST LIKE MANUAL - THEN IT GOES NORMAL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY.
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#10181126January 30, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
MY 2004 CHEVY AVALANCHE IS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE SPEEDOMETER. I WAS ON A CROSS COUNTRY TRIP AND IT STARTED GOING PAST 120 WHEN I WAS DRIVING 10 MPH IN THE SNOW!!! THE IT STICKS AT WHATEVER SPEED IT FEELS LIKE STICKING ON.. MY RPM GAUGE HAS BEEN ACTING A BIT FUNNY ALSO. IT DIDN'T WORK AT ONE POINT JUST LAST NIGHT. I TURNED THE TRUCK OFF AND RESTARTED IT. I CAN BEEN ABLE TO "RESET" THE SPEEDOMETER BY ALMOST TURNING THE TRUCK ON UNTIL IT GETS BACK TO "0", BUT I AM AFRAID THIS WILL EVENTUALLY BREAK MY STARTER. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE (EVEN THOUGH GM SAYS IT IS NOT) BECAUSE IF SPEED WASN'T A FACTOR IN AUTO SAFETY WE WOULDN'T HAVE SPEED LIMITS! HOW CAN A CONSUMER BE SAFE IF THEY CANNOT TELL HOW FAST THEY ARE DRIVING? *NM
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#10181050January 29, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2004 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE INDICATED A RISING SPEED WHILE, IN FACT, I WAS DECELERATING TO TRY TO MEET THE SPEED LIMIT (I THOUGHT). THE NEEDLE CONTINUED UNTIL IT WAS COMPLETELY OFF THE SCALE WHILE ACTUALLY DOING ABOUT 65 MPH. NOW, AT A STOP, IT REGISTERS ABOUT 45 MPH AND VARIES WITH ACTUAL SPEED. *JB
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#10180704January 25, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL, VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
1) I HAVEN'T REPLACED ANYTHING, OR DONE ANYTHING THAT WOULD CAUSE THIS TO HAPPEN. 2) A-PROBLEM THAT IM EXPERIENCING IS THAT WHEN MY AVALANCHE IS SITTING STILL IN THE DRIVEWAY THE SPEEDOMETER SHOWS THAT I AM DOING 30 TO 40 MILES PER HOUR. WHEN I DRIVE ON THE FREEWAY IT COMPLETELY STOPS WORKING AND GOES TO OVER 120 MPH. B-MY DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW DOESN'T WORK EITHER, THE MOTOR SLOWLY STARTED GIVING OUT ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO. NOW IT DOESN'T WORK AT ALL. IT SEEMS LIKE MANY MORE CHEVY AVALANCHE OWNERS HAVE THE SAME ISSUE; HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.NET/FORUM/AUTOS/CHEVROLET-AVALANCHE/TJI11LGM9554MERNA 3)THE ONLY THING I DID FOR THE WINDOW NOT WORKING WAS CHECK SOME FUSES THAT WERE GOOD. *NM
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