2004 GMC Sierra Speed Control & Cruise Problems

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 GMC SIERRA 2500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE AND THE FUEL RESTRICTION WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

INCONSISTENT IDLE, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, REDUCED ENGINE POWER, IDLE STICKS. DEALER RAN DIAGNOSTIC SAID WAS ACCELERATOR PEDAL PRESSURE SENSOR. I PURCHASED REPLACEMENT PART & HAD REPLACED. THE PROBLEM CONTINUED & I HAD DEALER RUN ANOTHER DIAGNOSTIC RESULTING IN THE SAME ISSUE. OLD PART OR NO LONGER AVAILABLE.*CW

2004 GMC SIERRA PICKUP WITH A BAD ICP)GIVING THE WRONG SPEEDOMETER READING. IS THIS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE? TO BE IN A VEHICLE THAT IS NOT GIVING THE CORRECT SPEED. COST FOR THIS REPAIR IS ANYWHERE FROM $400 TO $650. WHY HAS THERE NOT BEEN A RECALL ON THIS FROM GMC. I HAVE READ PAGES ON PAGES OF PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AND GETTING SOAKED FOR THIS MONEY. GMC SHOULD BE TAKING CARE OF THIS PROBLEM NOT ME. *AK

THE SPEEDOMETER HAS STOPPED WORKING CORRECTLY, AFTER DOING A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH MANY CHEVEROLET FULL SIZE VEHICLES. THIS WAS VERY OBVIOUSLY A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. FOR EXAMPLE WHEN SITTING AT A STOP SIGN THE SPEEDOMETER WAS READING 35-40 MPH, AND WAS EITHER STUCK OR READ COMPLETLY INCORRECT.*AK

THE SPEEDOMETER ON THE 2004 GMC SIERRA IS IRRATIC. IT WILL READ A SPEED BUT IT WILL NOT BE MOVING. YOU CANNOT TELL HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING, WHICH MAKES IT UNSAFE. *AK

ERRATIC SPEEDOMETER - AFTER 20-30MIN. DRIVING, NEEDLE WILL SUDDENLY DROP TO 10MPH AND YOUR STILL AT 55 OR HIGHER. WILL EVENTUALLY GO TO 0. ONCE VEHICLED COOLS DOWN, SPEEDOMETER SEEMS TO WORK AGAIN, TEMPORARILY.

I OWN A 2004 GMC SIERRA 2500 CREW CAB PICKUP WITH 59,000 MILES. IN THE LAST 4 MONTHS THE SPEEDOMETER HAS BEEN GIVING INCORRECT READINGS, I.E. 70 MPH WHEN STOPPED, 115 WHEN DOING 40 MPH ETC. ON OCCASION, IT EITHER DOESN'T WORK AT ALL, OR THE NEEDLE IS FULLY PEGGED. THERE IS NO WAY TO TELL HOW FAST THIS VEHICLE IS GOING. GMC CUSTOMER SERVICE HAS STATED THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE NO FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE $320 REPAIR BECAUSE "THEY CANNOT MAKE A BUSINESS CASE FOR IT." GMC REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS A PERVASIVE PROBLEM THROUGHOUT MANY OF THEIR VEHICLES IN THIS MODEL YEAR DESPITE AMPLE DOCUMENTATION OF THE PROBLEM EASILY FOUND AT AUTO REPAIR WEBSITES ON THE INTERNET. ADDITIONALLY, PREVIOUS COMPLAINTS OF THIS EXACT NATURE AND EXACT VEHICLE HAVE BEEN FILED WITH NHTSA. *JB

SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT WORK ON 2004 GMC 1500. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE, THE SPEEDOMETER GAUGE BEGAN TO DECREASE AND INCREASE WITHOUT WARNING PRODUCING ERRONEOUS READINGS CONTRARY TO THE ACTUAL MILES PER HOUR BEING DRIVEN. ALTHOUGH THE PROBLEM PERSISTED, THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT ALERTED. *AK UPDATED 11/0/906.*JB

MY SPEEDOMETER WENT FROM WORKING NORMALLY TO NOW IT STICKS AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AT A STAND STILL 70 TO 80 MPH OR NOT WORKING AT ALL OR OVER 100 MPH WHEN DRIVING PROBABLY 30 MPH AM NOT SURE HOW FAST I AM GOING. AFTER RESEARCHING TO SEE IF ANY OTHERS WERE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM I FOUND THAT MANY GM CUSTOMERS ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR SPEEDOMETER. SOME OF THEM ACTUALLY PAYING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WHILE OTHERS ARE PAYING 4-7 HUNDRED AND STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM HOURS LATER AFTER PAYING TO HAVE IT FIXED. I CALLED A NEARBY GMC DEALER AND ASKED IF THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE SPEEDOMETERS THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS NOT BUT THAT THEY WERE GETTING A LOT OF CALLS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM AND THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERN. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST A RECALL OF THE SPEEDOMETER EQUIPMENT ON 2004 GM TRUCKS . *JB

1) AFTER PASSING 50,000 ON MY 04 GMC SIERRA 2) SPEEDOMETER STOP WORKING CORRECTING RESULTING IN TWO SPEEDING TICKETS THIS PAST SUMMER. 3) I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TO ONLY HEAR, IT WILL COST YOU AROUND $800.00 TO FIX. *JB

2004 GMC SIERRA 1500 SPEEDOMETER FAILED AFTER WARRANTY WAS OVER. SPEEDOMETER STICKS AND READS ANYWHERE FROM 60 TO 120 MPH WHEN STANDING STILL. MANY COMPLAINTS IN FORUMS, BUT NO RECALL FROM GMC. UNSAFE TO DRIVE WITHOUT KNOWING TRUE SPEED. GMC WANTS BIG BUCKS TO FIX, SHOULD BE RECALLED.*AK

CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY,WHEN DESCENDING DOWN A HILL,THE TRUCK PICKS UP SPEED,THERE IS NO HOLD BACK,IT JUST LIKE IT FREE WHEELS. *NM

WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH VEHICLE STALLED .CONSUMER APPLIED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK BRAKE PEDAL WAS RUSTED. BUMPER WAS RUSTING. *TC

CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT HOLD BACK IN DOWN HILL DECENT,IT JUST FREE WHEELS, SET AT 45 MPH,IT WILL GO TO 60 OR FASTER UNTIL YOU PUT ON THE BRAKES. *JB

TAKING FIRST ROAD TRIP WITH 2004 GMC SIERRA (3 MOTHS OLD)IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NEVADA DESERT. THE CAR WAS IN CRUISE MODE AT 70MPH AND IS JUST STALLED. THIS HAPPEND AT LEAST 4 TIMES OVER A STRETCH OF 50 MILES. PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD AND SAT EACH TIME FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES-(APPARENT COOLING TIME)-AND WAS ABLE TO RE-START TRUCK. WE MADE IT TO BISHOP CALIFORNIA DEALER WHO TESTED IT FOR LEAN FUEL VALUES BUT NO ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THEY TOLD US THAT THEY HAD SEEN SEVERAL INSTANCES SIMILAR AND SUGGESTED REPLACING THE FUEL PUMP. THE FUEL PUMPS SEEM TO BE OVER HEATING OR ACTING UP IN HIGHER ALTITUDES. PART WAS UNAVAILABLE FOR 10 DAYS. WE DROVE TO RENO IN AN EFFORT TO GET IT FIXED AT SHOP UP THERE-PART WAS THOUGHT TO BE AVAILABLE PER DEALERSHIP IN RENO BUT WAS NOT-THE DEALERSHIP WAS WRONG. MADE THE TRIP BACK HOME (LAS VEGAS) WITH NO FURTHER ISSUES. DROVE IN THE NIGHT WHEN IT WAS COOLER AND KEPT FUEL TANK FILLED. LAS VEGAS DEALERSHIP REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING SINCE THERE IS NO FURTHER FAILURE. I AM A PARAPELIGIC AND THINK THAT I SHOULD BE ABLE TO EXPECT A NEW VEHICLE TO BE RELIABLE. I WAS ALSO ASTONISHED THAT ON STAR WAS UNUSEFUL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT SO IT WOULD HAVE DONE ME NO BETTER THAN A CELL PHONE AT THIS POINT. WE DRIVE THE TRUCK ONLY SHORT DISTANCES IN VEGAS AND HAVE NOT HAD ANY FURTHER ISSUES 3 WEEKS LATER. AFRAID TO RELY ON IT TO GO OUT OF TOWN THOUGH.*AK

THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK FORWARD 6 INCHES WHEN STARTED. *AK THIS WOULD OCCUR WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PARK POSITION. THE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE. THE PROBLEM ALSO COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. *SC *JB

VEHICLE LURCHES FORWARD UPON START WHILE THE GEAR SHIFT IS IN PARK. *MR THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SUGGESTED THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE. *SC *JB