| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006091449 | Incident Date: Dec, 18 2006 |
| Consumer's City: UPPER MARLBORO | Consumer's State: MD |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: AVALANCHE | Model Year: 2003 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Electrical system: instrument cluster/panel |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 3GNEK13TX3G | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jan, 10 2007 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Apr, 30 2003 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 8 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Speedometer on my 2003 z71 avalanche works erratically or not at all. a significant safety issue i went to the dealership from who i bought my vehicle. dealership said there was no recall on speedometer (instrument clusters) for my type of vehicle and that they could not replace the cluster as part of "goodwill" by gm because they have not been instructed to do so. they were not aware of the fact that many avalanches and other gm suvs have identical problems (usually a bad stepper motor in the instrument cluster). cost to replace cluster is about $350-$400 including labor. given the nature of the failure and how widespread it is, i think the nhtsa engineers should investigate this problem and perhaps tell gm they need to recall these vehicles before accidents occur. i have to estimate my speeds on a vehicle with only 58000 miles on it. i have read reports where speedometer failures have occurred within 10,000 miles. *jb |
