You can receive a refund by returning a suitable old core. So my complaint is : is there anything we can do? Had it reprogrammed at cost of 10. I believe this is a safety issue and warrants a recall, not a warranty extension. While driving approximately 55 mph, the instrument panel became inoperable and would not illuminate. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who determined that there was an internal failure of the instrument cluster.
Owner also not sent notification of problem nor was it on the carfax report when vehicle purchased. Repair Service This Instrument Cluster is repair service for the 2003 - 2007 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 2500 3500. On the vehicle in order for chevy to fix this defect. My vehicle is only 7 years old but has 100,000. Then I found out that gm had a recall of the this same part or instrument cluster in my model of truck.
The instrument panel would intermittently malfunction. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the instrumental panel connectors needed to be replaced. There is really no consistency to how the speedometer measures my speed. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who was unable to diagnose the failure. The speedometer displays inaccurate readings, which resulted in a traffic citation. I stopped tried to get it to reset and then it stuck at 80mph.
Customer stated that after 15,000 miles the speedometer malfunctioned. In the forum I found there is talk of a class action law suit and I would hate to see this problem go that far, when a recall would take care of the problem. In researching the problem on the internet, I see that I had been fortunate that I hadn't had problems with the cluster before this. Returning the core was simple to. The technician diagnosed that the instrument panel needed to be replaced.
Beginning with the tachometer not reading at all, the symptoms progressed to sporadic tachometer readings, and then the speedometer began to be affected. Complaint Number: 10218815 Incident Date: February 21, 2008 Date Added to File: February 21, 2008 Description of the Complaint: Approx. Complaint Number: 10242377 Incident Date: May 28, 2008 Date Added to File: September 16, 2008 Description of the Complaint: I received tickets for driving over the speed limit. It will stay at 0 mph or 30 mph then after turning off the vehicle a few times it would reset. At that time there was about 50k mi. But it only happened intermittently with no way to diagnose the problem. Now it is failing again.
The contact stated that the instrument panel failed to illuminate. How does one maintain proper separation distance? Complaint Number: 10213590 Incident Date: December 26, 2007 Date Added to File: January 3, 2008 Description of the Complaint: The displayed speedometer speed is less then actual. Complaint Number: 10181711 Incident Date: January 20, 2007 Date Added to File: February 5, 2007 Description of the Complaint: 2003 silverado speedometer problem. Problem has become much worse in past 2 months, I first reported to dealer at 70k in jan 2010. I can not get it fixed for I can not afford the 500-700 to fix it.
The vehicle was not repaired. This web site shows complaints of this problem dating back to Dec of 2005. We have collected lots of pictures, ideally this picture works for you, and also help you in finding the response you are trying to find. The speedometer needle is stuck on 120 mph. We have had many chevy tks. This seems to be a common problem with these vehicles. Oil pressure gauge goes to zero.
Some days they would work, some days they wouldn't. This unit will be restored to proper operation and ensures accurate readings. Complaint Number: 10231456 Incident Date: December 5, 2006 Date Added to File: June 18, 2008 Description of the Complaint: The speedometer work sometime,oil cluster needle not working. The contact stated that she was involved in an accident in December 2009. Instrument cluster was replaced my vehicle is no longer under warranty anymore and my speedometer has failed again. Everything was working fine going to work then home. The contact stated that the tachometer displayed inaccurate readings and failed intermittently.
Complaint Number: 10209256 Incident Date: October 6, 2007 Date Added to File: November 18, 2007 Description of the Complaint: The speedometer has started acting erratic. Why won't they recall this item. The current and failure mileages were 90,000. I was informed by an attorney, a law enforcement officer and a judge that gm is required to supply a speed ometer that registers the correct speed within +-5 mph. The contact would like to make a complaint concerning the speedometer cluster module.