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The contact owns a 2003 Chevrolet Tahoe. The components on the instrument panel work intermittently. There is a special warranty on the instrument panel for 100,000 miles or seven years. The vehicle is within the year requirement, but has exceeded the mileage. The purchase date was unknown. The current mileage was 107,241 and failure mileage was 102,000.
The contact owns a 2003 Chevrolet Tahoe. The gauges on the instrument panel malfunctioned. The speedometer would display high speeds when the vehicle was stopped. The vehicle ran out of fuel because the gauge indicated that fuel was present. The manufacturer sent the contact a letter to have the vehicle inspected concerning these failures. She stated that it was not a recall repair, just an improvement. The vehicle exceeded the 70,000 mile limit that was referenced in the letter, therefore the adjustment was not free. The failure mileage was 60,000 and current mileage was 77,000. Updated 12-13-07. The air bag light had illuminated as well.
The contact owns a 2003 Chevrolet Tahoe. The contact stated that the fuel gauge worked intermittently and displayed false readings. As of November 26, 2007, the dealer had not inspected the vehicle. The failure mileage was 17,527 and current mileage was 78,000. The consumer stated the problem didn't warrant further inspection. Updated 12/07/07
- Round Rock, TX, USA
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We own a 2003 Chevrolet Tahoe that was purchased in December 2002. As of November 2007, it has 82000 miles. A few days ago the speedometer suddenly stopped working while driving on highway. About 45 minutes later, after a stop, it began to work again. At the same time, voltage gauge on instrument cluster was pegged all the way to the right giving false reading of 19 V. later, that gauge corrected itself only to act erratically again. Very unnerving to drive at night when the speedometer went out. In addition, we thought we were having alternator problems due to the faulty voltage reading. I have since taken the Tahoe to my Chevy dealership for inspection and they mentioned the recent letter from General Motors detailing that this instrument panel cluster problem is rather common. We are now waiting to hear back from the dealership to see if GM will pay for the replacement since we are technically over the mileage allowed (70K) by GM.
The odometer on my 2003 Chevy Tahoe is acting erratically, especially on cold days it will stick to 40 mph even while standing still. It has this week been stuck at the 120 mph mark. Even while using the cruise control, the needle would bounce around. I have seen hundreds of complaints online for this same issue. It is dangerous to not know the speed limit that you are doing, I believe that since there are so many complaints for the same issue with the same exact symptoms, that it is a manufacturers defect. I have 4 months left on the dealerships warranty, so I had them asses it, they said I would need to have the cluster replaced, which they did so today with a used cluster that has 124,000 miles on it, which my vehicle will now show permanently. I dropped it of yesterday with 72,000 miles, needless to say II am very upset about the whole thing.
While driving my speedometer is registering erratic mphs. Sometimes going well over 120 mph while I am actually only doing maybe 65. And other times will be doing 65 and only shows 40.
Speedometer quit working. Spoke to dealer and they advised there is a bulletin for vehicles under 7 yrs old and less than 70K miles which my vehicles does fall under the mileage requirement.
2003 Chevy Tahoe. Since about 50,000 miles my speedometer and gas gauge have not worked properly. I have 90K miles now and I've been hoping for a recall.
My vehicle is a 2003 Chevrolet Tahoe with 60,000 miles. The speedometer and other gauges on the instrument panel do not function properly. They move to places which are completely off the chart. As an example, the speedometer suddenly began to read that the vehicle was traveling 120 mph when it was going about 30 mph. The oil gauge also reads higher than the numbers go and the gas gauge has begun to give the improper reading; when I fill it up with a full tank it says I only have half. I have not taken the vehicle in for repair due to the potential cost. It seems that it would be an extremely expensive repair and it's probably a defect anyway.
Speedometer started just started to stick at certain speeds, occasionally come down, or stay a one speed until acceleration, and then continue to climb. Had the cluster replaced, at a substantial cost. Now my oil pressure gage doesn't work.
2003 Chevy Tahoe speedometer has stopped working, needle is stuck past 120 mph, even when vehicle is stopped or off! call GM customer service, but haven't received any help. Have been called on 2 different days, that they would call the next day with info, but only called and told they will call tomorrow.
Very well documented via internet: Speedometer and fuel gauges failed to work. The speedometer will stick at a random point and then add the speed traveling, and this results in the speed not being accurately displayed. The problem has been ongoing for over 2 years starting with the gas gauge showing fuel remaining but the tank being empty. Very unsafe and costly known problem by GM and most owners.
Speedometer on 2003 Chevrolet Tahoe gives incorrect reading. RPM gauge also fails to provide accurate readings. Contacted local Chevrolet dealership who told me they weren't aware of the issue and wanted hundreds of dollars to repair even though this is a known issue with gmac and obviously a very dangerous issue.
We purchased our 2003 Chevrolet Tahoe lt on June 17, 2007. On June 19, 2007 the speedometer began reading 120 mph when the truck was parked. The speedometer failed to return to zero. Additionally, with the onset of this problem, the fuel gauge and oil pressure gauge were reading inaccurately. Parkland Chevrolet was made aware of the problem and immediately diagnosed this as a defect in the instrument cluster that they informed me was quite common on GM vehicles of this year. Additionally, I have found over 1000 posts on the internet where this same problem has occurred to other GM vehicles model years 2001 to 2006. We are currently awaiting repair parts for this vehicle.
I purchased the 2003 Chevrolet Tahoe in February 2004 at about 60000 miles the speedometer stopped working, later the rpms, and the fuel gauge stopped working. The dealership told me that they would have to send these components out and it would take a week or two, and the cost would be around $1,100. I have not had it repaired, yet, I am in the process of buying a second vehicle so that I would be able to let the vehicle go for that long. I have noticed on the internet a number of this same complains. One website had 622 emails of complains about this same problem. This was a manufacturers defect, and General Motors needed to take care of it. This could be a potentially dangerous problem.
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- Ozark, MO, USA