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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 007093887 | Incident Date: Jan, 27 2007 |
| Consumer's City: MORIARTY | Consumer's State: NM |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC |
| Model Name: SIERRA | 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#: 2GTEK19T131 | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Feb, 01 2007 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jul, 27 2003 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 8 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: The speedometer on many of the 01-06 model gmc/chev trucks including my 2003 gmc sierra will go out. the failure starts with the speedometer sticking 20-30 mph high and will function correctly with that delta. eventually this delta will grow and can only be reduced by starting the engine repeatedly. the speed will go down by a constant 5 mph each time you restart but this will eventually lead to burning a starter. this also leaves the driver to guess what the correct delta is. this morning the speedometer continued to climb even though i was going a constant 30 mph on a city street. i know this because i was spoke a friend that is a county sheriff that was clocking traffic at the time. the speedometer continued to climb up to the limit speed of 120 mph while i was still going 30 mph. the speedometer eventually passed 120 mph and rested at 245 degrees from the 0 position. this left me with zero speed indication whether it be a delta or true. this was a significant safety event and i didn't feel very safe driving the vehicle this way. after i arrived at work i began searching the web to find a solution, and that i did. i have found hundreds of people that have had the same problem in many gmc/chevrolet trucks. http://www.topix.net/forum/autos/chevrolet-tahoe/t2bgkbgi55eknu77c/p5 this widespread problem must be reviewed and in my opinion (i am a mechanical engineer for a large manufacturer) this should be fixed by the company at fault which is gm. this vehicle will be parked once i get it home and i will drive a different vehicle because this loss of a basic safety indication can be devastating to not only myself and family, but to all motorists. many people that i have spoken with are not fortunate enough to have a second vehicle and therefore plan on continued use of the faulty vehicle. this continued operation is unacceptable to safety and should be fixed. i was quoted a price of $2000 this morning to fix this safety issue on a 3 year old truck. *nm |
