2003 Chevrolet Avalanche 1500 complaints

AIRBAG SERVICE LIGHT. *TR

SERVICE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON BEEN THIS WAY FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS CHEVROLET KNOWS OF THE PROBLEM BUT WILL NOT DO A RECALL. *TR

SAME PROBLEM AS FOUND IN NHTSA ID # 05V37900 IN 2002 CHEVY AVALANCHE IS OCCURRING IN MY 2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE. THE ABS IS ACTIVATED WHEN REACHING A SPEED OF 5 MPH OR LESS. THIS IS CAUSING MY AVALANCHE TO NOT STOP IMMEDIATELY AT STOP SIGNS OR RED LIGHTS. MY AVALANCHE WILL TRAVEL APPROXIMATELY 2 TO 3 FEET CLOSER TO THE CAR OR INTERSECTION I AM STOPPING AT. IF I ROLL THROUGH THE STOP SIGN OR NOT GO BELOW 5 MPH WHILE TURNING, THE ABS DO NOT COME ON. *TR

SERVICE BRAKE SYSTEM LIGHT COMES ON IN INFORMATION CENTER, BRAKE AND ABS LIGHTS ARE ON. THE GARAGE SAYS THE BRAKE COMPUTER FOR THE ABS IS NOT FUNCTIONS DISABLING THE ABS ON THE VEHICLE. THE COMPUTER PART FOR THE VEHICLE IS UNAVAILABLE. THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM REMAINS DISABLED. IT IS A 2003 MODEL YEAR VEHICLE. BRAKE PARTS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR THE ABS SYSTEM. *TR

SPEEDOMETER ON 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE NOT WORKING, STUCK AT 120MPH. COMPLETE CLUSTER NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I NEVER RECEIVED ANY RECALL NOTICE AFTER PURCHASING VEHICLE IN 2003. GM WILL NOT CORRECT PROBLEM BECAUSE IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY. *TR

ENGINE STALLS SHORTLY AFTER STARTING. UNABLE TO GET ANY RESPONSE AFTER THE INITIAL STALL (IT WOULD NOT CRACK). BATTERY CABLES MUST BE DISCONNECTED FROM THE BATTERY AND RECONNECTED AFTER TWO TO THREE MINUTES IN ORDER TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. NO ENGINE TROUBLE CODE DISPLAYED AFTER THE INCIDENT. *TR

MY SPEEDOMETER ISN'T WORKING PROPERLY. IT GETS STUCK WHILE I DRIVE AND I DON'T KNOW THE SPEED OF MY TRUCK WHEN I DRIVE AND I SEEN THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE TO CHEVROLET. *TR

I HAVE A 2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE AND THE BACK WINDOW IS CRACK WHEN I TALKED TO GM THEY SAID THAT IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING. *TR

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(2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE 1500 ~ 67,000 MILES) 1. THIS WAS A SPONTANEOUS FAILURE - THAT IS TO SAY, THERE WAS NO EVENT LEADING UP TO IT. 2. THERE IS A SPRING-CLIP THAT RETAINS THE EMERGENCY BRAKE SHOE. THIS SPRING-CLIP (ON THE DRIVER-SIDE, REAR WHEEL) CAME APART, ALLOWING THE E-BRAKE SHOE TO COME LOOSE. THIS HAD 2 RESULTS: 1) THE E-BRAKE SHOE FELL OUT OF POSITION, WEDGED ITSELF SOMEWHERE INSIDE OF THE DRUM, AND THEN THE BRAKE-SHOE & DRUM GROUND AGAINST EACH OTHER UNTIL THEY WERE BOTH EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED AND/OR DESTROYED, 2) THE ENTIRE EMERGENCY-BRAKE SYSTEM WAS RENDERED COMPLETELY USELESS. 3. THE DAMAGE FROM THE FAILURE CAN BE REPAIRED BY REPLACING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE SHOE, BRAKE ROTOR AND SPRING-CLIP. (I WILL PRO-ACTIVELY REPLACE THE SPRING-CLIP ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WHICH HAS NOT YET FAILED). THE OLD PARTS ARE STILL AVAILABLE. I DO NOT KNOW IF THIS SPRING-CLIP HAS BEEN REDESIGNED OR NOT. *TR

JUST DRIVING MY TRUCK TO WORK AND THE SPEEDOMETER JUST QUIT WORKING NOW WHEN DRIVING YOU NEVER KNOW HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING IT MIGHT STOP AT 50MPH AND THE NEXT TIME YOU DRIVE IT WILL START FROM THERE I HAVE NOT YET HAD THIS SERVICED AS I FEEL THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE, AND APPARENTLY IT IS A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM WITH CHEVY'S BUT THEY WILL NOT STAND BEHIND IT. I HAVE EVEN GOTTEN A SPEEDING TICKET OVER THIS . *TR

AT APPROXIMATELY 91K MILES THE SPEEDOMETER BEGAN TO INTERMITTENTLY FAIL, THEN AT APPROX. 96K MILES, THE TACHOMETER BEGAN HAVING THE SAME ISSUES. I'VE NOTICED ON MULTIPLE BULLETINS WHERE HUNDREDS TO THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS SAME ISSUE AND WE'RE ALL CURIOUS TO KNOW WHY GM HAS NOT BEEN INSTRUCTED TO ISSUE A RECALL. GM HAS STATED (VIA CUSTOMER SERVICE REPS) THAT KNOWING YOUR SPEED IS NOT A SAFETY CONCERN. I POSE THE QUESTION THEN, WHY DO WE HAVE SPEED LIMITS? OF COURSE YOUR SPEED IS A VERY IMPORTANT SAFETY CONCERN OR IT WOULDN'T BE REGULATED. THEY NEED TO REPLACE THESE DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS THEY'VE PUT ON THE ROAD & REIMBURSE THOSE THAT HAVE ALREADY PAID TO HAVE THE REPAIRS COMPLETED. PUTTING A MILEAGE LIMIT ON THIS ISSUE IS ABSURD CONSIDERING THAT MOST PEOPLE EXPERIENCING THIS ISSUE EITHER GOT THE LETTER FROM GM AFTER THE 70K MILE MARK OR DON'T EXPERIENCE THE DEFECT UNTIL AFTERWARDS. SINCE WHEN DOES SAFETY HAVE A MILEAGE LIMIT? *TR

HEATER BLOWER NOT WORKING ON FIRST 3 SETTINGS ONLY WORKS ON HIGH. *TR

I HAVE 79,000 MILES ON MY 03 AVALANCHE AND ABOUT A MONTH AGO THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED FAILING AT AROUND 78,000 MILES. RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM ONLINE AND FOUND THERE WAS A FIX FOR THIS DEFECT UP TO 70,000 MILES OR 7 YEARS. WAS TOLD I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR IT MYSELF! WHY!! THIS IS A SAFETY DEFECT THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE A MILEAGE OR YEAR STIPULATION ON IT!! IF YOU READ ALL THE COMPLAINTS, THIS HAPPENS OVER THE 70,000 OR 7 YEARS STIPULATION WITH MANY OTHER OWNERS!!! I'VE OWNED MANY TRUCKS AND NEVER HAD A SPEEDO OR CLUSTER PROBLEM!! THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED WITH NO MILEAGE OR YEAR RESTRAINTS ON IT!! VERY DISSATISFIED CUSTOMERS OUT THERE ABOUT THIS!! THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE DEFECT THAT THE CONSUMER SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR!! *TR

SPEEDOMETER FAILURE ON 03 CHEVY AVALANCHE. APPARENTLY THERE WAS A LAWSUIT AGAINST GM BECAUSE THEY USED INFERIOR PARTS WITHIN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER THAT ARE PRONE TO FAIL. THEY HAVE SINCE SETTLED THE SUIT IN LATE 2007 AND AGREED TO FIX ALL VEHICLES WITH LESS THAN 70K MILES. HOWEVER, WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF US WITH MORE THAN 70K MILES THAT ARE DRIVING WITHOUT A SPEEDOMETER BECAUSE GM IS CHARGING $500 TO REPAIR THE MOST IMPORTANT INSTRUMENT IN THE CAR, THE ONE THAT SHOULD LAST THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWSUIT...... I'VE EVEN GONE SO FAR AS TO TRY TO FIND THE PARTS FOR THE SPEEDOMETER, BUT THEY ARE NOT AVAILABLE. YOU HAVE TO PURCHASE THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AS A UNIT. IF THAT IS NOT ENOUGH, I CAN PURCHASE THE CLUSTER FOR $275 AND INSTALL IT MYSELF, BUT THE UNIT HAS TO BE PROGRAMMED TO THE VEHICLE IN ORDER TO WORK. THIS PROGRAMMING WILL COST $150.00 BY THE DEALERSHIP. SO BASICALLY, GM HAS EVERYONE IN MY SITUATION HOSTAGE FOR NEGLIGENCE ON THEIR PART. IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE I GET A SPEEDING TICKET OR WORSE, HURT SOMEBODY IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT BECAUSE I AM NOT AWARE OF MY SPEED OF TRAVEL. *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2003 AVALANCHE STICKS AT RANDOM POINTS AND THEN INDICATES AN INCORRECT SPEED WHICH IS VERY UNSAFE. FOR EXAMPLE IT WILL STICK AT 45 MPH AND THEN INCREASE FROM THERE AS THE VEHICLE SPED IS INCREASED. OR IT MAY SLIP TO SOME OTHER INDICATED SPEED FROM ONE MOMENT TO THE NEXT. VERY UNSAFE. I CHECKED THE INTERNET AND THIS PROBLEM IS BEING TALKED ABOUT BY MANY, MANY CONSUMERS. I BELIEVE THAT YOU SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL TO REQUIRE GM (CHEVROLET) TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. THANK YOU. *TR

2003 AVALANCHE SPEEDOMETER FLUCTUATES. *TR

SHORTLY AFTER 75, 000 MILES THE SPEEDOMETER IN MY 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE STARTED TO REGISTER INCORRECT READINGS. AT A IDLE IT WOULD REGISTER THAT I WAS GOING 60 MPH. AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH IT WOULD REGISTER THAT I WAS GOING 0 MPH. THERE WAS NO RHYME OR REASON. *TR

IN THE MORNINGS I TURN ON THE TRUCK AND IT STALLS,AND THE IDLE BOUNCES UP AND DOWN LIKE IT IS GOING TO TURN OFF. *TR

SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT READ ZERO WHILE VEHICLE IS STOPPED. IT READS APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH. *TR

LAST YEAR IN MY 2003 AVALANCHE I WAS CRUISING ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AND I NOTICED MY SPEEDOMETER START TO MOVE BACKWARDS UNTIL IT READ ABOUT 25 MPH, HOWEVER, I WASN'T SLOWING DOWN. IT WAS VERY CONCERNING TO ME, SO I FIRST PULLED OVER TO LOOK UNDER THE HOOD, BUT I FOUND NOTHING. CURRENTLY THE SPEEDO DOES NOT OPERATE AT ALL, BUT I WENT THROUGH A FEW MONTHS WHERE IT WOULD START TO WORK PARTIALLY AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR OF DRIVING. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE THAT SO MANY PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. OBVIOUSLY THIS PART WAS SUPPLIED BY GM IN LARGE NUMBERS OF FAULTY PARTS, AND REGARDLESS OF MILEAGE I BELIEVE I SHOULD BE COMPENSATED TO FIX THE SPEEDO. I HAD NO MAINTENANCE CONTROL OVER THE LIFE OF THE ELECTRONICS, AND IT'S NOT LIKE IF I HAD CHANGED THE OIL MORE REGULARLY I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM. CHEVY'S ARE TOO GOOD OF TRUCKS TO HAVE THIS KIND OF PROBLEM ON SO MANY OF THEIR TRUCKS. I'M SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING MOVING BACK TO A FORD TRUCK BECAUSE I OWNED A '95 BRONCO THAT HAD 248K MILES AND NEVER HAD AN ELECTRONIC PROBLEM. *TR

DRIVING MY 2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE ON PA I -380 TIRE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS 265/70/16 BLOW-OUT ON REAR DRIVER SIDE CAUSE DAMAGE TO PLASTICS COVERS .MY WIFE HEAR THE BLOW TIRE AND SHE WAS THINKING IT WAS FROM TRUCK PASSING BUT IT WAS ON MY CAR. STOP THE CAR SAFE AND USED SPARE TIRES TO NEXT SERVICE SHOP. STOP IN SCRANTON AT FIRESTONE DEALER AND REPLACE BLOW TIRE WITH SAME BRAND {APROX 4 MONTHS JUST REPLACE 2 NEW FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES ON FRONT] I HAVE 25 YEARS EXP. ON CDL CLASS A AND NEVER EXPECT ON CARS TIRE BLOW-OUT LIKE TRUCKS. I ALL TIME CARE FOR VEHICLE IM DRIVING AND NEVER JUST DRIVE. TIRES PRESSURE CK IS ALL TIME IN MY MAINTENANCE AND KEPT AT 36PSI. FIRESTONE DEALER REFUSE TO CHANGE BLOW TIRE WITH OUT OF CHARGE SO I PAID 140.00 FOR NEW TIRE AND KEEP THE BLOW TIRE FOR RECORD. HOPE NOT FOR REFUND JUST TO KEEP ROUNDS SAFE AND NOT HAVE A ACCIDENT FROM A CAR WITH BLOW TIRES. *TR

THE PLASTIC CLADDING ON MY 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE TURNED FROM ITS ORIGINAL BLACK TO A CHALKY COLOR WITH STREAKING. THIS WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY, ACCORDING TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE TRUCK WAS EXPOSED TO NORMAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS IN ALABAMA AND TENNESSEE. *TR

I WENT TO PRIMM NEVADA FOR A OFF ROAD RACE AND NOTICE THAT AT HIGH SPEEDS THE TIRES DEVELOP A PULL TO ONE SIDE. I HAVE HAD THE TRUCK ALIGNED AND NOT ABLE TO FIX THE PULL. THE TIRES ARE PRO COMP EXTREME ALL TERRAINS. *TR

THE INSTRUMENT PANEL TO INCLUDE THE SPEEDOMETER, OIL PRESSURE, AND BATTERY GAUGE HAVE STOPPED WORKING ON MY 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE. BEING UNABLE TO TELL THE SPEED OF MY VEHICLE IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO GET GM TO RESOLVE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY TYPE OF ACCIDENT THE SPEEDOMETER JUST STARTED GOING FROM 10 MILES PER HOUR TO 100 MILES PER HOUR. I CALLED GM SERVICE, WENT TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND CALLED THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. I RECEIVED NO HELP EVEN WHEN I TRIED TO EXPLAIN THAT NOT BEING ABLE TO TELL THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE WAS A PROBLEM. *TR

I HAVE A 03 CHEVY AVALANCHE AND THE SPEEDO IS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. IT DOES NOT REGISTER THE RIGHT MPH ON THE GAUGE, SOMETIMES IT REGISTERS AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS EXAMPLE IS THAT WHEN YOU ARE DOING THE SPEED LIMIT IT WILL REGISTER 120 MPH AND WHEN YOU ARE STOPPED IT SAYS YOUR ARE GOING 50 MPH. THIS IS A PRODUCT DEFECT AND I THINK GM SHOULD RECALL THIS PROBLEM. THE ONLY THING THAT THEY HAVE DONE IS EXTEND THE WARRANTY ON THIS TO 70,000 MILES, SO IF YOU ARE OVER THIS MILEAGE THEN YOU HAVE TO BUY A NEW CLUSTER FOR 300+ DOLLARS. THIS IS NOT RIGHT GM SHOULD STAND GOOD FOR THEIR DEFECT...THEY HAVE RECOGNIZED THIS PROBLEM BY EXTENDING THE WARRANTY SO THEY KNOW THIS IS A PROBLEM AND SHOULD STAND GOOD FOR IT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE SPEEDOMETER IS SLOW TO REACT TO THE CHANGE IN SPEED. IT WOULD ALSO REMAIN AT A SPEED AND THEN JUMP TO ANOTHER OR DISPLAY A LOWER SPEED WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT SERVICED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 110,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

ALL OF A SUDDEN I REALIZE THAT MY SPEEDOMETER IS NOT WORKING AND OTHER GAUGES ON MY PANEL ARE NOT WORKING CORRECTLY. I CAN NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THERE ARE ONLY COMPLAINTS AND NO DEFECT INVESTIGATIONS ON THIS WEBSITE. SINCE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE I WOULD HAVE THOUGH THERE TO BE MORE OF A CONCERN. THUS WE QUESTION WHY THERE ARE SO MANY DEATHS ON OUR HIGHWAYS. I ALSO RECEIVED A SERVICE ISSUE FROM CHEVROLET BUT MY AVALANCHE IS OVER THE MILEAGE SPECIFIED. LIKE MANY OF THE OTHER COMPLAINTS I READ. THERE IS AN OBVIOUS DEFECT WITH THE PART SO WHY IS THE NO INVESTIGATION? DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE FIRST? *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT WORK RIGHT. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS FROM CHEVROLET, HOWEVER, IT WAS ONLY FOR VEHICLES WITH LESS THAN 70000 MILES. WE HAD TAKEN OUR VEHICLE IN TO GET FIXED AND OUR WARRANT WOULD NOT COVER THIS. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING AS THE SPEEDOMETER IS OVER 120 MILES. *TR

DEFECT SPEEDOMETER. THE SPEEDO RECORDS 100 MPH AT 20 MPH. DOES NOT RETURN TO ZERO. *TR

MY SPEEDOMETER IN MY CHEVROLET AVALANCHE HAS STARTED TO MALFUNCTION. IT WILL OFTEN READ 40 MPH WHEN AT IDLE AND DURING DRIVING SPEEDS ON THE FREEWAY IT EXTENDS MUCH OVER 120 MPH AND WILL STICK THERE AS I DECELERATE. THIS HAS CAUSED ME TO GET MULTIPLE SPEEDING TICKETS AS I HAVE NO ACCURATE READING OF MY SPEED. I CALLED THE LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AS WELL AS GM DIRECT AND THEY STATED THAT SINCE IT WAS NOT A DEFECT THAT IS RELATED TO "SAFETY" ISSUES THAT THEY HAVE NOT RECALLED IT AND EXPECT UPWARDS OF 400$ FOR A REPLACEMENT GAUGE CLUSTER. THERE ARE NUMEROUS OTHER CONSUMERS THROUGHOUT THE INTERNET WHO HAVE REPORTED IDENTICAL PROBLEMS WITH THIS SAME VEHICLE. *TR

THE RPM GAUGE AND SPEEDOMETER IS CONSTANTLY MALFUNCTIONING ON MY 2003 AVALANCHE. SO THAT I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY RPMS I'M TURNING OR HOW FAST I'M GOING. WE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AT WORK WITH ALL OF OUR 2003 AND 2004 CHEVEROLET PICK-UPS. THEY WERE ALL FIXED BY THE CHEVEROLET DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY WERE PURCHASED BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL PURCHASED THERE, BUT SINCE I AM AN INDIVIDUAL I CAN'T GET ANY SERVICE! *TR

MY 2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE HAS A KNOWN DEFECT WITH THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. ALL GAUGES ON THE VEHICLE CAN STOP FUNCTIONING WITHOUT NOTICE. THIS RESULTS IN THE DRIVER BEGIN UNABLE TO SEE THE VEHICLES SPEED OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE VEHICLE INCLUDING WHAT GEAR THE VEHICLE IS IN OR EVEN WHETHER THE VEHICLE IS IN "PARK". IN MY CASE THE GAUGES FAILED DURING A SNOW STORM IN COLORADO, WHICH MADE DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS MUCH MORE DANGEROUS. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE WHICH COULD RESULT IN BOTH INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. APART FROM THE OBVIOUS ISSUE OF NOT SEEING ESSENTIAL VEHICLE INFORMATION, DRIVERS COULD INADVERTENTLY PUT THEIR VEHICLE IN THE WRONG GEAR SUCH AS REVERSE RATHER THAN PARK. GM ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS IS A KNOW DEFECT WITH THESE VEHICLES BUT REFUSES TO CORRECT IT UNLESS THE VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 70,000 MILES. GM REPRESENTS THAT YOUR OFFICE CONCURS WITH THEIR APPROACH, WHICH WOULD BE A SURPRISE TO ME SINCE THIS IS NOT A WEAR PART, IS KNOWN DEFECT WITH THESE VEHICLES, AND PRESENTS S SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. GM HAS CERTAINLY DONE A CALCULATION IS EXCLUDE AS MANY VEHICLES AS POSSIBLE FROM THEIR PROPOSED "FIX" AND IS APPALLINGLY UNCONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DEFECT. *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER WILL STOP WORKING AFTER A SHORT TIME OF DRIVING. THE NEEDLE WILL EITHER SLOWLY FALL TO ZERO OR NOT WORK ALL TOGETHER. CRUISE CONTROL IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS FAILURE. CHEVY HAS ISSUED A WARRANTY EXTENSION, BUT IT ENDS AT 70K MILES. MY TRUCK HAS 78K. I WOULD LIKE A RECALL TO BE ISSUED AFTER READING THAT MANY OTHER OWNERS OF THE SAME MODEL TRUCK ARE REPORTING THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

ALL THE GAUGES ON MY TEC ARE GOING CRAZY. YOU CAN NOT TELL HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING OR HOW MUCH GAS YOU HAVE LEFT OR IF YOUR OIL IS OKAY OR IF YOUR RADIATOR IS HOT OR NOT. GM SENT A LETTER ADVISING THEY HAD EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO 7 YEAR OR 70,000 MILES, GUESS WHAT MY AVALANCHE IS 80,000 AND THEY WILL NOT FIX IT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER WAS DEFECTIVE. HE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE CHEVROLET DEALER THAT STATED HIS VEHICLE HAD A DEFECTIVE COMPONENT (THE CLUSTER), WHICH COULD CAUSE THE METERS TO MALFUNCTION AND DISPLAY INACCURATE READINGS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WOULD BE DRIVING 10 MPH AND THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD DISPLAY 100 MPH. THE OIL METER WITHIN THE CLUSTER ALSO MALFUNCTIONED. THE DEALER SET A MILEAGE STIPULATION AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT BE REPLACED IF THE MILEAGE WAS OUT OF THE WARRANTY LIMIT. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 111,833 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,152.

SPEEDOMETER STARTED JUMPING ALL OVER UNTIL IT FINALLY QUIT ONE WEEK LATER. *TR

SPEEDOMETER STARTED STICKING, WOULDN'T RESET TO 0, SHOWS BETWEEN 40 - 80 MPH WHEN SITTING STILL. *CN

2003 AVALANCHE WITH Z71 SUSPENSION OPTION. AFTER LESS THAN ONE YEAR OLD VEHICLE STARTED MAKING SEVERE CLUNKING NOISE FROM DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT WHEEL WHEN MAKING A TURN. TAKEN TO DEALER UNDER WARRANTY. DEALER REPLACED A PART AND STATED THAT SOME CLUNKING WAS "NORMAL". NOISE CEASED AFTER REPAIR. CLUNKING RETURNED IN ABOUT ANOTHER YEAR AND IS ONCE AGAIN SEVERE. SOUNDS LIKE THE FRONT WHEEL IS GOING TO FALL OFF. CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF VEHICLE. *TR

PROBLEMS WITH INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. SPEEDOMETER STUCK AT 30. OTHER PROBLEMS HAVE OCCURRED WITH OIL PRESSURE READING INCORRECTLY. TODAY, THE SPEEDOMETER IS STUCK AT 30 AND IT WON'T MOVE. *TR

I HAVE A 2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE. IT HAS ABOUT 70,000 MILES ON IT. JUST LAST WEEK THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED GOING HAYWIRE. IT WILL READ ANYWHERE FROM 20 TO 60 MPH WHEN STOPPED. WHEN DRIVING IT WILL READ ANYWHERE FROM 70 TO 110 MPH. IT IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING SO THERE IS NO WAY OF KNOWING HOW FAST YOU ARE REALLY GOING. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE IF YOU DO NOT KNOW HAW FAST YOU ARE GOING. I LOOKED ALL OVER THE INTERNET TO SEE IF IT WAS SOMETHING SIMPLE I COULD FIX. THERE SEEMS TO BE ALOT OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS NOT ONLY WITH THE AVALANCHE BUT WITH GM MODELS IN GENERAL FOR THE 2003-2006 YEARS. IF IT IS SUCH A PROBLEM THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. I WILL BE PRINTING THE COMPLAINT FORUMS AND TAKING IT TO THE DEALER TO SEE WHAT THEY WILL DO. *TR

FIRST OF ALL MY VEHICLE IS A 2003 CHEVY. AVALANCHE, WELL MAINTAINED AND ONLY HAS 62,000 MILES. TO GET STARTED, I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET WHEN I HEARD THIS BANGING NOISE, SO I PULLED INTO THE NEAREST GMC DEALERSHIP. THEY CHECKED THE ENGINE OUT AND FOUND OUT THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO FLUID GOING INTO THE ENGINE. WE WERE TOLD WE NEEDED A NEW ENGINE SO I AUTHORIZED THEM TO PUT A NEW ONE IN. THE SERVICE MANAGER AND A COUPLE OF TECH'S LOOKED AT THE ENGINE AND AGREED IT WAS A DEFECT. I CONTACTED GMC IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THEY HAVE A GOODWILL POLICY AND THEY FELT THEY SHOULD PAY SOMETHING TOWARDS THE ENGINE. CUSTOMER SERVICE INSISTED THAT I PUT THE ENGINE PUT BACK IN AND HAVE IT OWED TO A CHEVY DEALER. I ASKED THEM WHAT THE DIFFERENCE WAS BETWEEN GMC AND A CHEVY DEALER AND THEY COULD NOT RESPOND TO ME. I DID NOT HAVE THE VEHICLE REMOVED BECAUSE OF THE COST ALL I WAS ASKING WAS FOR THEM TO HAVE A REP. GO TO THE DEALERSHIP AND LOOK AT THE ENGINE BUT THEY SAID NO. BY THIS TIME I WAS VERY FRUSTRATED AND ANGRY. I CALLED GMC EXECUTIVE OFFICE AND SPOKE TO ANOTHER GIRL AND SHE ASSURED ME SHE WOULD HELP ME. WELL LOW AND BEHOLD SHE SAID "I DIDN'T BRING MY VEHICLE TO A CHEVY DEALER THEREFORE THEY WILL NOT HELP ME OUT FINANCIALLY. . ALL I WANT IS SOME FINANCIAL HELP FROM GMC AS $6,000.00 IS ALOT OF MONEY AND I AM ON A FIXED INCOME, SS ONLY. I HAD TO PAY THE BILL OF $6,000 PLUS $125.00 FOR A RENTAL ON VARIOUS CHARGES BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE THE CASH. IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRE

I HAVE A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE THAT I PURCHASED NEW FROM THE DEALER. IT HAS APPROXIMATELY 104,000 MILES ON IT. THE PROBLEM IS THAT MY SPEEDOMETER IS ACTING ERRATICALLY. SOME TIMES IT WILL SAY I AM DOING 120 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY OR CITY STREET AND SOMETIMES IT WILL NOT MOVE AT ALL. WHEN I TURN OFF MY VEHICLE, IT IS OFTEN STUCK AT SOME SPEED SUCH AS 65MPH. I CAN HEAR A PHYSICAL GRINDING NOISE IN THE SPEEDOMETER ITSELF. THIS DOES NOT SEEM TO ADVERSELY AFFECT THE ODOMETER. I CANNOT RELIABLY TELL WHAT SPEED I'M GOING, AND MY VEHICLE WILL NOT PASS THE TEXAS STATE INSPECTION WITH THIS PROBLEM. I CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE ADVISOR THAT THIS WAS EXTREMELY COMMON, BUT THAT THERE IS NO RECALL. THEY SAID IT WILL COST OVER 500.00 TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. I RESEARCHED IT ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF CASES OF THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM. I POINTED THIS OUT, AND THE DEALER SAID BASICALLY THAT CHEVROLET WILL NOT ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER DISPLAYED 100 MPH. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER DECREASED FROM 100 TO APPROXIMATELY 5 TO 10 MPH. THE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE SEPTEMBER OF 2007. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48,000.

SINCE PURCHASING THIS TRUCK ON 02/01/2007, THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION, ENGINE, AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM THAT HAVE NOT GOTTEN RESOLVED, HOWEVER THEY DO SEEM TO GET WORSE. THE WORST OF THESE PROBLEMS HAS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING ON THE NORTHEAST EXTENSION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE IN THE LEFT LANE THE ENGINE "SHUT OFF". I WAS DOING APPROX. 60-65 MPH WHEN THIS OCCURRED DURING THE AM RUSH HOUR. AFTER LOSING ENGINE POWER I SOMEHOW MADE IT SAFELY TO THE RIGHT HAND SHOULDER AND LET THE TRUCK "COAST" TO A STOP. THE POWER STEERING WAS NOT WORKING, NOR WERE THE POWER BRAKES. AFTER FINALLY STOPPING, THE TRUCK DID RESTART AND I SLOWLY CONTINUED ON MY WAY TO WORK. THE TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO A DEALERSHIP, AND FOR ALMOST (2) WEEKS THE TRUCK SAT THERE WHILE THEY TRIED TO FIGURE THIS OUT. AFTER GETTING THE TRUCK BACK, THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED, AND IT WENT BACK TO THE SAME DEALERSHIP. SINCE THEN IT HAS BEEN OK, EXCEPT I HAVE LOST DASHBOARD LIGHTS, RADIO LIGHTS, AND ALSO THE CRUISE CONTROL INDICATOR LIGHT, THEY CLAIM OTHER PROBLEMS, HOWEVER THESE ISSUES WERE NEVER A PROBLEM BEFORE THEY WORKED ON THE TRUCK. NOW I HAVE AIR-BAG LIGHTS FLASH AT ME WHILE DRIVING, AND THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING, THIS WAS THE FIRST PROBLEM WITH THE TRUCK THAT I REPORTED ON 03/14/2007 TO THE DEALERSHIP THAT I PURCHASED THIS TRUCK FROM. I HAVE ALREADY PAID OVER $1500.00 I REPAIR COSTS, ONLY TO HAVE THEM TELL ME IT WILL COST APPROX. ANOTHER $800.00-$1000

FAULTY SPEEDOMETER AND GAS GAUGE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVY AVALANCHE. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH OR GREATER HE WOULD HAVE TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL TO THE FLOORBOARD TO STOP, WHICH INCREASED THE VEHICLE STOPPING DISTANCE. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THERE WAS A FLAPPING NOISE COMING FROM THE WINDSHIELD WIPER. THE DEALER TOOK THE WINDSHIELD WIPER APART AND GLUED AROUND THE SIDES, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 29,500 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET AVALANCHE 1500. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE STOPPED WITHOUT WARNING. APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES LATER, THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DRIVE AND HEARD A LOUD POP COMING FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE. HE NOTICED THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE BRAKE CALIPER HANGING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE BRAKE CALIPER BOLTS FAILED AND MADE THE REPAIR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 69,346 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 69,350.

ABS PUMP MOTOR WILL NOT SHUT OFF DUE TO A FAILED ELECTRONIC BRAKE CONTROL MODULE. ABS FUSE MUST BE REMOVED TO KEEP MOTOR FROM BURNING UP. ABS SYSTEM IS DISABLED. I AM TRYING TO FIND AN AFFORDABLE WAY TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. NEW FACTORY PART IS TO EXPENSIVE. MUST USE VEHICLE WITH FAULTY ABS SYSTEM UNTIL REPAIRED.*AK

SPEEDOMETER FAILURE, IT REGISTERS THE WRONG SPEED ALL THE TIME.