Chevrolet Silverado Complaints (2004)

1,846 consumer complaints on file.

#10177242December 28, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
TL*- THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE HAD A COOLANT LEAK AND CRACKED HEADS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT GENERAL MOTORS WASAWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. THERE WAS A SERVICE BULLETIN ALREADY POSTED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE TOOK VEHICLE INTO DEALERSHIP FOR A PRESSURE CHECK, AND DEALERSHIP FOUND THAT ALL OF THE LEAKS WERE ON THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT GENERAL MOTORS WAS REFUSING TO SERVICE HIS VEHICLE BECAUSE ITWAS OUT OF WARRANTY, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE SERVICE BULLETIN RELEASED REGARDING THIS PROBLEM. *AK UPDATED 01/31/07. *JB
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#10176963December 26, 2006
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
TL* - THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL GAVE NO RESISTANCE WHEN HE APPLIED THE BRAKES, BUT THE VEHICLE DID STOP. THIS HAPPENED AT ALL SPEEDS. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSIS. THE DEALER STATED THAT GM TOLD THEM THAT THIS WAS NORMAL FOR THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THIS STARTED HAPPENING THE WEEK OF 12/18/06. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPAIRS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE. *AK UPDATED 1/29/2007 - THE CONSUMER IS CONCERNED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE HAS NOT OPERATED THIS WAY FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF OWNERSHIP. *NM
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#10176808December 22, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2004 SILVERADO WILL READ 30 MPH SITTING STILL.IT MIGHT NOT WORK AT ALL,HAS READ OVER 120.MPH. THIS SEEMS TO BE A BIG PROBLEM THAT CHEVROLET HAS FAILED TO ADDRESS WITH ANY KIND OF RECALL. *NM
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#10176722December 21, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY MY SPEEDOMETER READS 10-30+ MPH LOWER THEN ACTUAL SPEED. CAN NOT FIND A SERVICE RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM THOUGH I HAVE HAD NO PROBLEM FINDING HUNDREDS,IF NOT OVER ONE THOUSAND OTHERS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. *NM
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#10176678December 20, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
SPEEDOMETER EITHER DOES NOT WORK AT ALL, OR SHOWS AN INCORRECT SPEED. *NM
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#10176695December 20, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
THE SPEEDOMETER HAS QUIT WORKING. THIS IS COMMON ON 2004 CHEVY TRUCKS LIKE THE ONE I OWN. I HAVE ASKED AROUND AND IT IS A COMMON REPAIR. THE FAILURE OF A SPEEDOMETER IS A SERIOUS FAILURE OF A SAFETY DEVICE ON ANY VEHICLE. *NM
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#10176713December 20, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
THE SPEEDOMETER FAILED ON MY 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO PICKUP, WHEN I TOOK IN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE THE SERVICE MANAGER STATED THAT HE NEW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS AND THAT HE HAD FIXED SEVERAL OF THE DEFECTIVE SPEEDOMETERS. THE VEHICLE HAS APPROXIMATELY 69,000 MILES ON IT. I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT WHEN ANOTHER FAILURE OCCURS. FORTUNATELY I WAS NOT INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. *NM
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#10176480December 18, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
SPEEDOMETER ON A 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO GIVING FALSE READINGS, OR NO READINGS AT ALL. *NM
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#10176311December 16, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AS MANY. THE NEEDLE STARTED STICKING. THEN IT CONTINUOUSLY GOT WORSE. NOW I DO NOT KNOW HOW FAST I AM GOING. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND IT WILL COST 450.00 TO REPLACE. *NM
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#10176231December 15, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
THE GAUGE CLUSTER ON MY 2004 CHEVY SILVERADO HAS 6 GAUGES AND AFTER 2 YEARS 3 OF THE GAUGES NO LONGER WORK. THE 3 THAT NO LONGER WORK ARE THE SPEEDOMETER,TACHOMETER, AND VOLTMETER. WITH THE SPEEDOMETER NO LONGER WORKING IT IS VERY DANGEROUS. *NM
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#10176232December 15, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
SPEEDOMETER HANGS UP AND DOES NOT REGISTER CORRECT SPEED. *NM
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#10176118December 14, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS THE SPEEDOMETER ON SOME GM TRUCKS WILL HANG WHEN DECELERATING AND WHEN ACCELERATING AGAIN THE SPEEDOMETER STARTS FROM THE POSITION THAT IT HUNG. THE PART THAT IS FAILING IS A MOTOR THAT CONTROLS THE SPEEDOMETER AND TO REPLACE THE PART YOU MUST REPLACE THE WHOLE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AT A COST OF $600. IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN RIGHT AROUND 50K MILES AND AT THAT POINT IT IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. IT LEAVES YOU NOT KNOWING HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING AS WELL AS NOT BEING ABLE TO PASS A VEHICLE INSPECTION. *JB
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#10176073December 13, 2006
STEERING
CLUNKING AND RATTLING NOISE IN STEERING SHAFT THAT CAN BE FELT IN STEERING WHEEL. DEALER AND GM ACKNOWLEDGES PROBLEM BUT WILL NOT FIX IT UNDER WARRANTY. DEALER SAYS THAT GM HAS NOT COME UP WITH A FIX FOR THE PROBLEM. DEALER ALSO SAYS THAT PROBLEM IS NOT A SAFETY PROBLEM BUT I AM CONCERNED. DEALER ALSO STATES THAT THIS OCCURS IN OTHER MODELS SUCH AS SUBURBANS AND AVALANCHES, ETC. *JB
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#10175774December 11, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
SPEEDOMETER FAILED ON 2004 CHEVY 1500 4X4 SILVERADO DEALER WANTS 500-700 DOLLARS TO FIX NOT KNOWING HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING IS A SAFETY PROBLEM. *NM
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#10175790December 11, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
SPEEDOMETER MALFUNTIONED ON MY 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500HD. I NOTICED THE MALFUNTION ON THE INTERSTATE WHILE TRAVELING AT SAME SPEED AS OTHER DRIVERS. MY SPEEDOMETER WAS READING 50 MILES PER HOUR AND THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT WAS 70 MILES PER HOUR. I KNOW THAT THE AVERAGE SPEED ON THAT ROUTE IS BETWEEN 70 AND 75 MILES PER HOUR. IF SOMEONE WERE TO DRIVE THROUGH A SCHOOL ZONE WITH THE SPEEDOMETER READING 20 MILES PER HOUR AND WERE TO INJURE A CHILD WHILE THE ACTUAL SPEED TRAVELED WAS IN THE 40-45 MILE PER HOUR RANGE IT WOULD BE GM'S FAULT. IT IS WELL KNOWN TO CHEVY OWNERS THAT THERE IS A DEFECT IN THIS PARTICULAR INSRUMENT CLUSTER AND WELL KNOWN TO GM. SOMETHING SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN DONE, BUT AS OF TODAY NO RECALLS HAVE TAKEN EFFECT. *NM
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#10175807December 11, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
SPEEDOMETER ON 2004 SILVERADO (CHEVY) QUIT WORKING. STUCK AT 0 MPH FOR A WHILE AND THEN STUCK AT 30 MPH WHEN TRUCK IS OFF. WHEN DRIVING THE FREEWAY IT READS 120 MPH. GM DEALERSHIP SAYS IT IS A PROBLEM WITH IPC AND COST CLOSE TO $400 TO FIX. *NM
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#10175830December 11, 2006
STEERING
I HAVE HAD MY TRUCK 1 YEAR AND USE IT FOR WORK. (DRIVE 25K A YEAR) SINCE I HAVE PURCHASED IT I HAVE HAD IT IN THE SHOP 5 TIMES. EVERY TIME THEY SAY ITS THE INTERMITTENT STEERING SHAFT. IT FEELS LIKE MY FRONT END IS COMING APART AT TIMES AND FEELS VERY UNSAFE. GM WILL NOT REPLACE THESE PARTS AND ARE ONLY PACKING IT WITH GREASE. THIS CANT BE RIGHT. I AM SICK OF SPENDING MONEY ON THE PROBLEM. *JB
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#10175668December 9, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL, POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
MY VEHICLE IS A 2004 CHEVY SLIVERED 4 X 4 EX. CAB. FIRST, AT AROUND JUNE OR JULY OF 2006 THE SPIDER GEARS HAD TO BE REPLACED IN REAR DIFFERENTIAL ($1,100 BILL...ABOUT 53,000 MILES). NOW, ON DECEMBER 8, 2006, THE SPEEDOMETER STOP WORKING (61,000 MILES). DEALER STATED THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT IT TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. I KNOW THERE WOULD BE LABOR COST CONCERNING THIS INSPECTION ($60-$80 PER HOUR). JUST YESTERDAY I SEARCHED THE INTERNET AND FOUND, LITERALLY, HUNDREDS OF OTHER OWNERS OF CHEVY SILVERADOS AND OTHER GM PRODUCTS WITH THE SAME SPEEDOMETER PROBLEM THAT I HAVE. THE COST FOR A DEALER REPAIR IS ANYWHERE FROM $450 UP TO $1100. FROM WHAT I'VE FOUND, THE SPEEDOMETER PROBLEM INVOLVES A "STEPPER MOTOR" NOT WORKING PROPERLY OR A PLASTIC COVERED GEAR THAT CRACKS, MAKING THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE MOVE ERRATICALLY. IF THIS SPEEDOMETER PROBLEM IS AS PREVALENT AS IT SEEMS, GM SHOULD BE FORCED TO OWN UP TO IT'S RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE! SOMEONE IN YOUR ORGANIZATION SHOULD TAKE A FEW MINUTES AND READ THE COMPLAINTS ON THE FOLLOWING INTERNET FORUM: HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.NET/FORUM/AUTOS/CHEVROLET-TAHOE/T2BGKBGI55EKNU77C/P2 THESE ARE REAL PEOPLE WITH VALID CONCERNS. THERE ARE 11 PAGES OF COMPLAINTS THERE! IT MAY SURPRISE YOU, OR IT MAY NOT, AS TO HOW POORLY GM PRODUCTS ARE CONSTRUCTED AND THE OUTRAGEOUS COST CONCERNING THE REPAIR BILLS TO FIX THEIR MISTAKES. THE INITIAL COST OF THE VEHICLE SHOULD COVER ANY AND ALL REPAIRS CONCERNING POOR CONSTRUCTION AND/OR ANY SAFETY ISSUES. ANY HELP YOU CAN PROVIDE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU.
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#10175679December 9, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
MY 2004 1500 SILVERADO PEGGED 120 MPH AND WILL NOT MOVE....AT 53K I THINK THIS IS A SAFETY MATTER..FOR IT READ 20 MILES LESS THAN WHAT I WAS DOING FOR AWHILE THEN STARTING CLIMBING TILL IT PEGGED 120 AND STAYED THERE..IF IT WAS NOT FOR THAT I WAS ALREADY NOTICING THE TRUCKS SPEEDOMETER WAS MESSED UP I MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT I COULD HAVE DONE FASTER...SO 55 COULD HAVE BEEN REALLY 75 MPH,..AND SO ON.. I THINK THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL I'VE SEEN MANY OTHERS THAT HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN...IF NOT FOR MY SAFETY MAYBE FOR THE SAFETY OF OTHERS....*JB
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#10175117December 4, 2006
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE DOES NOT RECORD SPEED ACCURATELY, RESULTING IN VEHICLE TRAVELING EITHER MUCH FASTER, OR MUCH SLOWER THAN THE SPEED INDICATED (ONBOARD COMPUTER INDICATED I WAS TRAVELING AT 92 MPH, WHILE THE SPEEDOMETER RECORDED 66; ANOTHER TIME THE ONBOARD COMPUTER INDICATED I WAS TRAVELING 56 MPH WHILE THE SPEEDOMETER INDICATED 87). EVENTUALLY, THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE PEGS TO 120 MPH AND STAYS THERE. IN RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE, I HAVE SEEN LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS OF THIS SAME PROBLEM. THE LOCAL DEALER SAID THEY HAVE BEEN FIXING A LOT OF THESE SPEEDOMETER PROBLEMS; PROBLEM IS WITH SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE ONLY (THE COUNTER WEIGHT FOR THE NEEDLE, OR THE PROBLEM WITH THE SPEEDOMETERS IN 2003 AND UP CHEVY TRUCKS IS CAUSED BY A TINY BROKEN GEAR IN THE ACTUAL METER MOVEMENT. THE GEAR IS A SMALL PIECE OF CYLINDRICAL METAL SURROUNDED BY A PLASTIC GEAR - THE GEAR IS HELD IN PLACE BY 3 PLASTIC RIBS. ONE OF THE RIBS CRACKS CAUSING AN OFFSET. IF YOU PICTURE THE GEAR AS A CHILD'S TOP - WHEN YOU NORMALLY SPIN THE TOP IT SPINS STRAIGHT UP AND DOWN. BECAUSE THE RIB BREAKS IT CAUSES THE GEAR TO BE OUT OF BALANCE AND THUS THE ROTATION THEN "WOBBLES". THIS CAUSES THE GEAR TO GET STUCK AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS. GM KNOWS OF THIS PROBLEM.. 2004 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2500 HD (ALSO MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS WERE RELATIVE TO SILVERADO 1500). *NM
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