NHTSA Owner Complaint Log
This page lists owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA for the 2004 Chevrolet Tahoe. Complaints are unverified consumer reports submitted to NHTSA and do not by themselves prove a defect or defect rate.
SPEEDOMETER INTERMITTENTLY QUITS WORKING. YOU CAN BE DRIVING ALONG AT 60 MPH AND 50 MILES LATER, THE SPEEDOMETER HAS GONE TO 0 WHILE YOU ARE TRAVELING DOWN THE INTERSTATE. IF YOU STOP, TURN OFF THE ENGINE AND GET OUT OF THE CAR, THEN RESTART THE CAR, THE SPEEDOMETER WILL WORK AGAIN FOR A LITTLE WAYS. *JB
I HAVE A 2004 CHEVROLET TAHOE AND RECENTLY THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED ACTING FUNNY. IT WOULD SHOW I WOULD BE GOING 60 MPH OVER WHAT I WAS ACTUALLY GOING. WHEN PARKED IT WOULD READ 45- 60 MPH. NOW IT STAYS STUCK AT 120 MPH. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP, AND TOLD ME THE ENTIRE CLUSTER WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED FOR ABOUT $500. ALSO, SAID THAT IT WOULD BE 90 TO JUST LOOK AT THE PROBLEM. I DID SOME RESEARCH ,AND FOUND THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE TO WHOM THIS IS HAPPENING TO. WHAT MADE ME MAD WAS THAT THIS HAPPENED 7500 MILES AFTER MY WARRANTY RAN OUT. *AK
FAILURE OF SPEEDOMETER. *AK
MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE ON HIS WAY TO WORK IN OUR 2004 CHEVROLET TAHOE WITH CURRENT MILEAGE OF 39,000 MILES, AND THE SPEEDOMETER SUDDENLY LOCKED UP AT 53 MPH, IT WILL NOT MOVE. *JB
SPEEDOMETER STUCK IT WILL BE AT 50 SITTING IN DRIVEWAY. *JB
2004 CHEVROLET TAHOE SPEEDOMETER READS WRONG AND THEN DOESN'T READ A SPEED AT ALL. ON A 70 MILE TRIP, MY SPEEDOMETER REGISTERED SPEED FOR THE FIRST 10 MILES AND THEN READ 0 MILES/HOUR THE REST OF THE 60 MILES. *JB
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
SPEEDOMETER HAS COMPLETELY FAILED AT 46,000 MILES THEREFORE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW HOW FAST I AM DRIVING. *NM
DRIVING VEHICLE, LOOKED TO CHECK MY SPEED AND SHOWED I WAS DRIVING AROUND 30 MPH I KNOW I WAS DRIVING FASTER THAN THAT BECAUSE MY RPM'S SHOWED 2000. THEN SPEEDOMETER CHANGED TO 110, THEN CONTINUED TO FLUCTUATE BACK AND FORTH. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON 6-8 MONTHS NOW, TO NO AVAIL DEALERSHIP STATED IN THE PAST NO RECALL TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. MILEAGE OF ORIGINAL INCIDENT 60,000-65,000 MILES. *JB
2004 CHEVY TAHOE FAULTY SPEEDOMETER STARTED OCCURRING IN JANUARY 2007 AS OF TODAY 2/14/07 IT IS INACCURATE EACH TIME AUTO IS STARTED. NEVER RESETS ITSELF. HAVE NOT HAD IT REPAIRED AS THE COSTS ARE TOO EXPENSIVE FOR AN ISSUE THAT IS CLEARLY A GM PROBLEM. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AS THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITH SAME ISSUE. *NM
SEVERAL MONTHS AGO I STARTED TO NOTICE PROBLEMS WITH THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2004 CHEVY TAHOE. IT DOES NOT REGISTER THE CORRECT SPEED SOMETIMES. SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE. THERE IS NO SPECIFIC TIME OR DRIVING CONDITION THAT THIS OCCURS. LAST NOTICED THE PROBLEM WHILE DRIVING ON THE TURNPIKE. THE SPEEDOMETER READS 35 WHEN I WAS ACTUALLY GOING OVER 60. SOMETHING REALLY NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS. I CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE A NEW SPEEDOMETER PUT IN THE VEHICLE AT $500.00. *JB
SPEEDOMETER ERRATIC ON 2004 CHEVY TAHOE. SAYS I AM GOING 120 PARKED, AND 30 WHEN I AM GOING 70. *JB
SPEEDOMETER FAILURE- VEHICLE IN A PARKED POSITION AND SPEEDOMETER STATES THAT VEHICLE IS TRAVELING AT 50 MPH. WHEN TRAVELING AT A SPEED OF 65 ON HIGHWAY SPEEDOMETER SHOWS TRAVELING 120 MPH. *JB
I HAVE A 2004 CHEVROLET TAHOE LT. THE SPEEDOMETER HAS BEEN ACTING VERY ERRATIC - READING 35, 45, 75, ETC. WHILE STOPPED AND 125+ WHILE TRAVELING AT 50 MPH... I HAVE READ HUNDREDS OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS AND MY CHEVROLET DEALER IMMEDIATELY KNEW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS JUST BY GIVING A BRIEF DESCRIPTION AND WANTS TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FOR $400+ THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS - SO MUCH MONEY WAS SPENT ON THESE VEHICLES AND CHEVROLET CANNOT ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT IS A DEFECT WHICH CAN VERY EASILY POSE A SAFETY HAZARD. SEE ATTACHED LINK TO VIEW HUNDREDS OF SIMILAR ISSUES: HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.NET/FORUM/AUTOS/CHEVROLET-TAHOE/T2BGKBGI55EKNU77C/P2 *JB
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
THE SPEEDOMETER WORKS FINE SOMETIMES BUT SOME OTHER TIMES IT STARTS OFF AT ABOUT 35 MPH AND COUNTS UP FROM THERE. IT IS HARD TO FIGURE OUT WHAT SPEED YOU ARE GOING AND I AM REALLY AFRAID OF GETTING A SPEEDING TICKET OR GOING TO SLOW AND CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. I THINK THIS NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO SO MAYBE WE CAN PREVENT FUTURE MAJOR PROBLEMS. ALSO A NUMBER OF FRIENDS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH GAUGES IN THEIR CHEVROLET VEHICLES. *JB
DEALER INFORMS ME OF PROBLEM WITH STEERING COLUMN. REQUIRES OVER $100 TO FIX. SERVICE REP INDICATES THAT THIS PROBLEM OCCURS NUMEROUS TIME PER MONTH IN THEIR SHOP. I HAVE FRIENDS WITH LIKE VEHICLES THAT SAY THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED WITH THEIR VEHICLES. I POSTPONED SERVICE THIS TIME AS I WAS TOLD THAT EVEN WITH LUBRICANT "FIX" TO EXPECT REPEATED AND CONTINUAL REPETITIONS OF THIS PROBLEM. I AM ALSO WAITING FOR A RECALL TO BE ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM AS I UNDERSTAND IT IS SO PREVALENT. *NM
ERRATIC OPERATION OF SPEEDOMETER. OTHER GAUGES SEEM TO FLUCTUATE FOR NO APPARENT REASON. *NM
AS MY 2004 TAHOE APPROACHED 43K MILES THE SPEEDOMETER BEGAN BEHAVING ERRATICALLY. WITHIN 2-3K MILES IT STOPPED WORKING COMPLETELY. NOW IT ONLY WILL RISE AS HIGH AS 20-30 MPH. *JB
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
SPEEDOMETER WILL MALFUNCTION WHILE DRIVING. IT WILL READ 35 MPH WHEN I AM DOING AT LEAST 70 MPH. OTHER TIMES IT WILL NOT REGISTER ANYTHING AT ALL. I HAVE READ MANY POSTS ON THE INTERNET THAT MANY OTHER GM FULL SIZE TRUCKS/SUVS ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT SAFE AND WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO EXIT A HIGHWAY RAMP AT THE POSTED SPEED YOU CAN NOT DUE TO THE MALFUNCTIONING SPEEDOMETER. NEED A RECALL TO REPAIR THESE SPEEDOMETERS BEFORE SOME SERIOUS ACCIDENTS OCCUR. *NM
WHILE DRIVING MY 2004 TAHOE DOWN THE HIGHWAY MY OIL PRESSURE INDICATOR DROPPED TO ZERO. I PULLED OVER AND SHUT IT OFF. I CHECKED THE OIL, WHICH WAS FINE, AND RE-STARTED THE VEHICLE. THE PRESSURE RETURNED TO NORMAL. TWO DAYS LATER THE SAME THING HAPPENED EXCEPT THIS TIME I DID NOT GET OIL PRESSURE BACK. AFTER HAVING IT TOWED TO A SHOP, NEEDLESS TO SAY IT WORKED AGAIN. AT THIS TIME I WAS ADVISED THAT THE OIL SENDING UNIT MAY BE FAULTY AND PAID TO HAVE IT CHANGED. THIS DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM AND FINALLY IT FAILED FOR GOOD. THE REPAIR SHOP VERIFIED THAT THE ENGINE DID HAVE GOOD OIL PRESSURE AND THAT IT WAS AN INDICATING PROBLEM. I FOUND A COMPANY ON-LINE THAT REPAIRED INSTRUMENT PANELS AND CHOSE TO TAKE THE VEHICLE HOME AND REMOVE IT MYSELF TO SEND OFF FOR REPAIR. ON THE WAY HOME, MY SPEEDOMETER MALFUNCTIONED AND NOW READS 25 MPH AT A STAND STILL. ONE PROBLEM I CAN UNDERSTAND. TWO PROBLEMS THIS CLOSE TOGETHER TELLS ME THAT THIS INSTRUMENT PANEL IS JUNK. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS I HAVE FOUND MANY OTHERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I AM EXTREMELY UPSET ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY I HAVE SPENT FOR SUCH POOR QUALITY. I WOULD HOPE THAT GM WILL BACK ITS PRODUCTS AND RE-CALL THESE PANELS OR AT LEAST COVER THE REPAIR COSTS FOR THE INDIVIDUALS WITH INSTRUMENT PANEL PROBLEMS. *NM
SPEEDOMETER ON MY 04 TAHOE ISN'T WORKING, PEGGED AT 120 MPH WHEN STOPPED. *JB
MY SPEEDOMETER HAS GONE FAULTY. IT READS 55+ MPH AT A STOP. IT IS LESS THAN 3 YEARS OLD AND 4,000 MILES PAST THE 36,000 MILE WARRANTY. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM AND IT SEEMS AS IF I AM NOT THE ONLY CUSTOMER WITH THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THIS WEBSITE. HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.NET/FORUM/AUTOS/CHEVROLET-TAHOE/T2BGKBGI55EKNU77C/P4. *NM
SPEEDOMETER AND TACH NOT WORKING, SPEEDOMETER STUCK AT 120 MPH, TACH JUMPS ALL OVER THE PLACE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND I HAVE SEEN ON TOPIC.NET THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE NOT KNOWING WHAT SPEED THEY ARE GOING! *JB
SPEEDOMETER IS NOT FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY IN MY 2004 CHEVY TAHOE. *AK
SPEEDOMETER REGISTERS 120 MPH AT ALL TIMES. DEALER WANTED $700+ TO REPLACE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. PULLED CLUSTER MYSELF IN TEN MINUTES AND SENT TO INSTRUMENT REPAIR COMPANY IN SACRAMENTO, CA WHO REPLACED ALL THE LIGHTS AND STEPPER MOTORS FOR $155.*JB
SPEEDOMETER STUCK AT 120 MPH AT ALL TIMES. THERE IS NO WAY TO TELL HOW FAST VEHICLE IS TRAVELING AT ANY TIME. TAHOE JUST REACHED 36000 MILES THIS WEEKEND. WHAT A SHAME SINCE THIS IS THE ONLY VEHICLE WE HAVE TO TRANSPORT OUR 8-MONTH OLD IN. *NM
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET TAHOE. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD STICK AT A PARTICULAR SPEED. AFTER TWENTY MINUTES OF DRIVING, THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD FALL AND REMAIN AT ZERO. THE DEALER HAS NOT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 86,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. UPDATED 02-01-08 *BF UPDATED 02/01/08 *TR
AT ABOUT 60,000 MILES THE SPEEDOMETER BEGAN ACTING ERRATICALLY SO YOU COULDN'T TELL HOW FAST YOU WERE GOING. IT CONSIDER THIS DANGEROUS. THE SPEEDOMETER IS NOW USUALLY READING SIMPLY ABOUT 120 MPH AT ALL TIMES. STILL NO RECALL ON THIS ITEM THAT I KNOW OF. AFTER CHECKING A LITTLE BIT ON THE INTERNET, IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THIS IS AN OVERWHELMINGLY LARGE ISSUE FOR GM OWNERS. *JB
WHILE DRIVING OUR 2004 CHEVY TAHOE THE SPEEDOMETER ACTS ERRATICALLY GOING ANYWHERE FROM -0- TO -120-. WE FEEL THAT THIS IS A VERY SCARY FEELING WHEN DRIVING EITHER ON THE FREEWAY OR DRIVING IN TOWN. WE FEEL THAT THE CHEVROLET CORPORATION SHOULD DO A MAJOR RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM. IT IS A HUGE PROBLEM. IF CHEVROLET TAKES PRIDE IN THERE VEHICLES THEY WILL DO A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM AND FIX IT FOR ALL OF US WHO DRIVE THERE VEHICLES. *JB
2003 CHEVY TAHOE, 44,000 MILES. SPEEDOMETER FAILED. STUCK ON 40 MPH. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WILL NOT COVER REPAIR, WHICH IS VERY EXPENSIVE. *JB
DRIVER SIDE FOG LAMP CAME FREE ON THE FRONT BUMPER, DANGLING BY THE ELECTRICAL CABLE IN FRONT OF THE DRIVER SIDE TIRE. FAULTY ENGINEERING REGARDING THE PLACEMENT AND SECURE OF THE FOG LAMP ONTO THE FRONT BUMPER. THE LARGE FOG LAMP EVENTUALLY CAME FREE AND OBVIOUSLY WENT UNDER THE TIRE, AS IT DANGLED DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE TIRE AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, POTENTIALLY CAUSING A PUNCTURED TIRE AND POTENTIAL ACCIDENT AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. ADDITIONALLY, THE FOG LAMP HAD POTENTIAL TO INJURE OTHERS DRIVING BEHIND ME, IMPACTING THEIR WINDSHIELD AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED ON THE HIGHWAY, AS IT CLEARED MY VEHICLE AFTER DETACHMENT. *JB
SPEEDOMETER IS ERRATIC AND UNRELIABLE. ON CHEVY SUV CHAT SITES THIS IS A APPARENTLY A COMMON PROBLEM AND RELATED TO A DEFECTIVE PART. *JB
FAULTY SPEEDOMETER IN 2004 CHEVY TAHOE. SPEEDOMETER READS 30-35 MPH ABOVE ACTUAL SPEED. *JB
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE WAITING TO MAKE A TURN, THE REAR HATCH WINDOW FRACTURED WITHOUT WARNING. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN. THE INSURANCE COMPANY DETERMINED THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE HINGE AND REPLACED THE REAR WINDOW. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED.
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
SPEEDOMETER INTERMITTENTLY INDICATES VEHICLE'S SPEED WELL BELOW ACTUAL SPEED. PROBLEM SEEMS TO OCCUR AFTER VEHICLE HAS RUN FOR 2 TO 3 HOURS. ON INTERSTATE, RUNNING WITH NORMAL TRAFFIC AT APPROX. 70 MPH, SPEEDOMETER WILL INDICATE 35 TO 40 MPH OR NOT WORK AT ALL. CRUISE CONTROL ALSO FAILS TO WORK WHEN SPEEDOMETER BECOMES ERRATIC. *NM
ONE DAY WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT AROUND 70 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER WAS ACTING STRANGE. THE SPEEDOMETER WAS JERKY. ONCE I GOT OFF THE HIGHWAY AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP THE SPEEDOMETER WENT PASS 0 MPH. THEN WHEN I GOT GOING AGAIN ON CITY STREETS THE SPEEDOMETER WAS OFF BY 20 MPH. EVENTUALLY THE SPEEDOMETER STOP WORKING ON THAT TRIP. EVER SINCE THAT DAY THE SPEEDOMETER HAS BEEN JERKY AND SOMETIMES REPORTING THE WRONG SPEED OR NOT WORKING AT ALL. *JB
SPEEDOMETER STARTED STICKING. SOMETIMES IT FIXES ITSELF. OTHER TIMES IT STOPS AND WON'T GO BELOW 30. TODAY IT WOULDN'T GO LOWER THAN 60. ALSO, IT WILL BE BURIED AND YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING. *JB
SPEEDOMETER ON 2004 CHEVROLET TAHOE NO LONGER IS ACCURATE. IT REFLECTS 120 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE IS NOT MOVING. *NM
MY 2004 CHEVY TAHOE HAS A DEFECTIVE SPEEDOMETER. AT 37,500 MILES, CONVENIENTLY JUST AFTER WARRANTY EXPIRED, THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE STARTED JUMPING ERRATICALLY, AND THEN A FEW DAYS LATER, IT QUIT WORKING COMPLETELY. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY 2 LOCAL DEALERS IN THE S.F. BAY AREA THAT IT WILL COST APPROX $600-900 TO REPAIR, AND I WILL BE WITHOUT MY VEHICLE FOR UP TO A WEEK. UNFORTUNATELY, I CANNOT BE WITHOUT IT B/C I WORK FULL TIME AND AM A SINGLE MOTHER. I DID SEE ON EBAY THAT THERE IS A PERSON THAT CAN REPAIR THE CLUSTER AND IT IS A WHOLE LOT CHEAPER THAN TAKING IT TO THE DEALER, BUT I WOULD BE WITHOUT THE WHOLE CLUSTER FOR QUITE SOME TIME. THIS IS DANGEROUS! I HAVE BEEN DRIVING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOT HAVING A CLUE AS TO HOW FAST I AM ACTUALLY DRIVING, AND IT MAKES ME REALLY NERVOUS. I CANNOT AFFORD THE $600-900 TO HAVE IT REPAIRED, AND FEEL THAT GM SHOULD BE FORCED TO RECALL AND REPAIR THIS PROBLEM IMMEDIATELY! COME ON, THIS HAS AFFECTED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ALREADY! *JB
I HAVE AN 2004 TAHOE WITH 37,000 MILES ON IT AND THE SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT REGISTER THE CORRECT SPEED. WHEN SITTING AT A COMPLETE STOP THE SPEEDOMETER WILL STILL REGISTER THAT I AM STILL MOVING. HAVE SPOKEN TO THE GM DEALERSHIP, AND THEY WERE AWARE THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM, BUT GM WILL NOT ADDRESS IT. LOOKING AT OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THE WEB. THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF GM OWNERS WITH THIS SAME SAFETY RELATED PROBLEMS COVERING MANY DIFFERENT GM VEHICLES. *AK
2004 CHEVY TAHOE - THE SPEEDOMETER IS COMPLETELY ERRATIC WHILE DRIVING AND DOES NOT READ THE CORRECT MPH. IT FLUCTUATES ALL OVER THE PLACE AND DOES NOT SETTLE BACK TO ZERO. VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE!!! *JB
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
I OWN A 2004 CHEVY TAHOE WHICH HAS 46K MILES. MY SPEEDOMETER IS ACTING ERRATICALLY. IT WILL NOT DROP LOWER THAN 70 MPH, OFTEN NOT DROPPING BELOW 80 AND EVEN 90 MPH. IT WILL TOP OUT ON THE FREEWAY AND EVEN DRIVING DOWN STREETS. I AM BEING TOLD THIS IS COMMON AND BEING QUOTED HAVING TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE CLUSTER AT OVER $1K OUT OF POCKET. PLEASE HAVE CHEVY RECALL THIS DANGEROUS MALFUNCTION THAT IS OBVIOUSLY A COMMON OCCURRENCE. PLEASE MAKE THEM PAY FOR THEIR POOR WORKMANSHIP AND PROTECT HARD WORKING CONSUMERS WHO SIMPLY CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY FOR CHEVROLET'S POOR WORKMANSHIP. *JB
2004 TAHOE SPEEDOMETER IS PEGGED FULL SCALE WHILE PARKED IN DRIVEWAY WITH ENGINE OFF. NOTICED SEVERAL OTHERS HAVING SAME SPEEDOMETER RELATED PROBLEMS ON INTERNET FORUMS. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY THROUGH A RECALL BY THE MANUFACTURER. *NM
SPEEDOMETER WOULD FREEZE AT 50 THEN 70 THEN 35 AND NOW JUST STUCK ON 0. 54000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. $3-500 REPAIR JOB. MAKES IMPORTS LOOK GOOD. *NM
SPEEDOMETER WILL DROP TO ZERO OR SHOW AN INACCURATE READING WHILE DRIVING. CAN NOT DRIVE SAFELY OR LEGALLY IF THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE IS UNKNOWN. GM SHOULD CONSIDER THIS A RECALL ISSUE. *JB
MY '04 CHEVY TAHOE'S SPEEDOMETER, WITH ONLY 40,000 MILES, JUST QUITE WORKING AND IS STUCK ON 55 EVEN WHEN IT SITS ON THE GARAGE. AFTER SEEING HUNDREDS OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON-LINE, IT APPEARS TO BE A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM WITH SIMILAR GM MODELS. *JB
Data synced from NHTSA on May 4, 2026