Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / C2500 / 1990

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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 997096152 Incident Date: Dec, 04 1997
Consumer's City: NASHVILLE Consumer's State: IN
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: C2500 Model Year: 1990
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1GBGC24K9LE Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Dec, 12 1999 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Oct, 31 1997
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: This is a problem centered on the electronic speedometer. approximatly at least once within every 50 miles the speedometer will fail. the most dangerous result of this failure is the anti-lock brake system which will lock up the rear brakes if this situation (disengagement of the speedometer) occurs at the same time as braking is occuring!!!!!!! brakes function normaly after the failure however. without the speedometer functioning the dashboard warnings also engage. i have found that a quick 'rap' to the dashboard will re-engage the speedometer and cure the problem. i believe the situation may be caused by 'cold solder joints' where the original solder connections have separated from the posts allowing intermittant connections. i did attempt to re-solder the visible connections at the back of the dashboard component with mixed results: the problem appears to have diminished from a likely failure of within every 10-20 miles to a likely failure within every 50 miles. as stated above, this is a potentialy dangerous situation as brake lock-up can occur during it.*ak