GM's junk gauges

[67camaro502]

Anyone heard if GM is going to take care of their screw up with the gauge cluster in the 03-06 sierra/silverados?
I went to the dealership and they had 4 trucks in today and 3 yesterday with the same problem and the cost to fix their own F#@$ up is $500. Thanks

[toxicz28]

What is this screw up you refer to?

[Samckitt]

Don't know if GM is going to fix their fcukup. But I too am having problems with the speedo in my 03 1500HD. I called the dealership too & found it was going to cost $500 to replace it. OR I found a guy on ebay that you can send you gauge cluster to & he will fix any burnt bulbs, replace any a stepper motor that is bad, with a new design (or for an extra $40 he will replace all of them), update the software for it & recalibrate them. All for about $120 (Plus $40 if you do all stepper motors). He will ship it out the same day he receives it. He has 3466 feedbacks & only one is negative.

Check auction number 330078937577.

That is the route I am going to take.

[67camaro502]

What is this screw up you refer to?

The gauge shows anywhere from 0-100 mph off. today mine showed 120 with the truck in park and when I started driving the needle went backwards. too hard to do math and drive at the same time.

[Samckitt]

Mine has read 0 while I was driving about 50 & has said 10 at a stop light & 85 while doing about 30. So mine has been all over the place. Except going backwards as 67camaro502's did.

[68sixspeed]

The guy doing the ebay auction is one town over from me- he did a gauge panel for a guy I work with and it works fine now. (his problem was with the odometer area)

[trapin]

Are you being charged this $500? Is your warranty up?

I feel your pain. Last year I had to replace my catalytic convertor on my Silverado after just 4 years of ownership. Cost me $750. I wanted to drive that damn truck through the front lobby window of the dealership I bought it at I was so freaking pissed off. Doesn't matter what car or truck you own though....none of them are perfect. Just ask the 300,000 or so poor sapps that had to take their Toyota's back in for a whole array of recalls over the past year.

[Steve68]

It not just the gauges, there's the 4.2L fan clutch, should have been a Nation wide recall, the 4L60E transmissions, and other parts, If you have a Envoy or TrailBlazer there's lots of little things, I will now knock on wood because ours dosent have half the problems out there, whew!

[67camaro502]

Are you being charged this $500? Is your warranty up?

I feel your pain. Last year I had to replace my catalytic convertor on my Silverado after just 4 years of ownership. Cost me $750. I wanted to drive that damn truck through the front lobby window of the dealership I bought it at I was so freaking pissed off. Doesn't matter what car or truck you own though....none of them are perfect. Just ask the 300,000 or so poor sapps that had to take their Toyota's back in for a whole array of recalls over the past year.

YEA I had a 50,000 mile warranty and it didn't start acting up til I had 51,000 miles and the dealer told me I should of got a longer warranty

[toxicz28]

The gauge shows anywhere from 0-100 mph off. today mine showed 120 with the truck in park and when I started driving the needle went backwards. too hard to do math and drive at the same time.

Gotcha! No problems with my '03 Avalanche...... yet.

[6'9"Witha69]

I don't want to say anything and jynx myself . . .

[Steve68]

When the dealer told you should have bought a longer warrenty you should have choked him there on the spot!

[67camaro502]

When the dealer told you should have bought a longer warrenty you should have choked him there on the spot!

I had my 5 year old daughter with me or I would have

[BADVELLE]

I have an 2006 Sierra, no problems.

[bookends]

this is good to know. I'm in the market for a new truck. I'm looking to lease a one ton p/u through my business, I love the king ranch interiors, but I've had problems with Ford standing behind their trucks on problems that should have been recalled. now it seems GM is doing the same, I guess I'll be getting a Dodge.

[BADVELLE]

this is good to know. I'm in the market for a new truck. I'm looking to lease a one ton p/u through my business, I love the king ranch interiors, but I've had problems with Ford standing behind their trucks on problems that should have been recalled. now it seems GM is doing the same, I guess I'll be getting a Dodge.

I would say that if you are swayed by a few people that have posted about a problem, you probably were not going to buy a GM truck in the first place. I would say that if I saw thousands of owners complaining, I may look into the issue, but I for one have had no issues and I have 24K on the truck now. I have had my problems in the past and a couple with this truck, but over all I have to say that I would buy another one regardless. You have to remember, they all have there own problems, they just are not going to be the same problems. Keep that in mind when you go buy your Dodge! BTW, I don't work for GM, just like the product.

[BADVELLE]

YEA I had a 50,000 mile warranty and it didn't start acting up til I had 51,000 miles and the dealer told me I should of got a longer warranty

I would recommend finding another dealer when you buy your next truck, this one evidently does not value you as a customer, otherwise they would have taken care of this issue!

[Samckitt]

I have had 2 S-10 trucks, & 2 4x4 Silverado's. The first s-10 had almost 200K miles on it with no major problems, the second was an S-10 SS that had about 60K on it before I traded up, that Silverado had about 150K miles on it with no major problems, & my current 03 1500HD has 80K (according to the odometer, actually more because of bigger tires) & the only problem I have had with it is the intermediate shaft that GM has greased, (twice after warranty was up) & now the speedo. Definetly would not deter me from buying a Silverado again. Except that I am not impressed with the interior of the '07.

[67camaro502]

I would say that if you are swayed by a few people that have posted about a problem, you probably were not going to buy a GM truck in the first place. I would say that if I saw thousands of owners complaining, I may look into the issue, but I for one have had no issues and I have 24K on the truck now. I have had my problems in the past and a couple with this truck, but over all I have to say that I would buy another one regardless. You have to remember, they all have there own problems, they just are not going to be the same problems. Keep that in mind when you go buy your Dodge! BTW, I don't work for GM, just like the product.

I hope I don't jink you but most of the problems happen after 35,000 miles according to some research on the net and it is a major problem not just with the trucks but some cars and suvs as well so before your warranty is up I would reccomend having the dealership take a look at it.

And yes when I buy my new truck in a few months I am going to a different GM dealership

[BADVELLE]

I hope I don't jink you but most of the problems happen after 35,000 miles according to some research on the net and it is a major problem not just with the trucks but some cars and suvs as well so before your warranty is up I would reccomend having the dealership take a look at it.

And yes when I buy my new truck in a few months I am going to a different GM dealership

I hope you don't jinx me either, but if so, that is alright, we will deal with it somehow.