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Last Friday heading up north I noticed my speedo started to bounce a little when slowing down. This week I am heading to work and I look down and see I am only doing 60 km/h when I know I am going much faster than that. It seems to stick in certain places. the other night when i shut it off it read 40 km/h. has anyone else had this problem??? I have an '04 Silverado SCEB Z71

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Last Friday heading up north I noticed my speedo started to bounce a little when slowing down.  This week I am heading to work and I look down and see I am only doing 60 km/h when I know I am going much faster than that.  It seems to stick in certain places.  the other night when i shut it off it read 40 km/h.  has anyone else had this problem???  I have an '04 Silverado SCEB Z71

 

 

 

 

 

Yes, I had the same problem, only my speedo would ramp up to 110mph when only going about 40 or so.

 

The painful cure was a speedo module change out for $400.00 I have an 03 with 113,000 miles, so mine lasted a little longer than it appears yours will.

 

Another thing, if it is your cluster module, this part is not made by GM so you must wait and wait for the replacement.

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Last Friday heading up north I noticed my speedo started to bounce a little when slowing down.  This week I am heading to work and I look down and see I am only doing 60 km/h when I know I am going much faster than that.  It seems to stick in certain places.  the other night when i shut it off it read 40 km/h.  has anyone else had this problem???  I have an '04 Silverado SCEB Z71

 

 

 

 

 

Yes, I had the same problem, only my speedo would ramp up to 110mph when only going about 40 or so.

 

The painful cure was a speedo module change out for $400.00 I have an 03 with 113,000 miles, so mine lasted a little longer than it appears yours will.

 

Another thing, if it is your cluster module, this part is not made by GM so you must wait and wait for the replacement.

 

 

 

 

Mine did the same thing, but pegged the needle at 100 almost all the time. I fixed it by buying a whole new cluster for an esclade with a tranny temp guage in it. $320. I could have had it repaired for between $70-150, depending upon what was wrong and be with out my truck for 4 days or so. Ask for Chris Jenter at SOT Electronics, http://www.sotelectronics.com/repair_gm_ins.php3 He can tell you whats going on and what you could do.

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Last Friday heading up north I noticed my speedo started to bounce a little when slowing down.  This week I am heading to work and I look down and see I am only doing 60 km/h when I know I am going much faster than that.  It seems to stick in certain places.  the other night when i shut it off it read 40 km/h.  has anyone else had this problem???  I have an '04 Silverado SCEB Z71

 

 

 

 

If your not over 36000mi its under warrenty.

redvett Senior Enthusiast

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Great, just great, another thing to look forward to on the NBS trucks.

 

 

 

 

I have had 5 new GMT800's and all have gone above 50K and not one has had this problem. Some of these problems are the way the owners have treated them. Jump starting with the key in on position, crossing the POS & NEG cables, running down the battery and never taking the time to recharge with a battery charger for at least 8+ hours are a few.

You only get out of your vehicle what you put into it.

RyanZ71 Senior Enthusiast

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I've put into my truck about $4000 worth of repairs since I got it, not including routine maintenance items such as oil change and tune ups. That's a little extreme don't you think? And I have treated my truck very very well. I'm sorry but GM has left a rather sour taste in my mouth. It used to be that one could get 100,000 miles out of their Chevy Truck with very little maintenance. That's how Chevy earned the reputation of the longest lasting, most dependable trucks on the road, but no more. I'll take a 1990-1998 Silverado over the 99+ any day. At least that's when GM knew how to build something decent. In fact, I'll probably end up with a 98 Z71 as soon as I get my 99 paid off.

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Thanks guys - it is just out of warranty. I am at 42000 miles. I may try to get my dealer to cover it but I think I am SOL. I can use the tach to judge my speed so I don't really need the speedo.

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Check e-bay for a used cluster should be able to purchase for less than $ 100.00. then have your local Speedometer repair shop reset odometer to your actual millage for around $ 50.00

 

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Purchase a new cluster for a HD series truck which will add a tranny temperature guage for less than $ 200.00 from GMPARTS.COM . then have local speedo shop re-set to actual millage.

 

It's real easy to swap out clusters, pop off the plastic trim around the front of the dash then remove 4 8MM bolts/screws that hold the cluster in place it's a "plug & play" deal.

 

If you need part #'s post on the forum there are several members that work at GM dealerships and will help out with the correct part #'s

sledr Enthusiast

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Just talked to my dealer - he said they will try a reprogram first. He asked me how far out of warranty I am. Hopefully they help me out. An electrical component should not fail so quick. Anyone have this problem fixed with a reprogram??

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I just noticed about two weeks ago my speedo not moving smoothly. I notice particularly when slowing down, it seems to jump, pause, jump, pause on a steady slow down. Is this an early symptom of this problem developing or is it something else?

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Man, what a coincidence! My speedo started acting up this past weekend; I was just cruising along at freeway speeds (65-75 mph) and happened to notice that my speedo was now reading 40-ish. I thought maybe I had subconsciouslyslowed down a bit or perhaps had dropped down a gear...but the tach was still reading around 2K. I thought I was hallucinating until I noticed that my speedo was telling me I was passing vehicles at 30 mph; it even got to the point that when I was driving an actual 50 mph (pulled up nav diagnostic screen to see my speed), the speedometer needle was below zero...and in the meantime, all of the other gauges appeared to be reporting correctly! Anyways, after I shut the ignition and restarted my vehicle, the speedometer was reading correctly again.

 

I should take it into the dealer but I already know it will be a waste of time (other than for them to note it in the vehicle service history log) since I can't get the problem to reproduce...and if they can't see the problem, they can't/won't fix it--doesn't matter whether they believe you or not. Lucky for me I haven a GMPP extended warranty so I have another 30K miles of cushion...

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Guys

i was at my dealer yesterday and they tried reprogramming it but it didn't work. It is now a little off but eventually catches up. They ordered me a new IP cluster and it will be in tomorrow. The good news is they are covering it under warranty even though I am over by 10000 km. Plus they are going to do my steering shaft for me as well. You can't beat a small town dealership

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I just noticed about two weeks ago my speedo not moving smoothly. I notice particularly when slowing down, it seems to jump, pause, jump, pause on a steady slow down. Is this an early symptom of this problem developing or is it something else?

 

 

 

That is exactly how mine started. 2004 Silverado SBEC Z71. the mechanic told me it is a common problem

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Yeah my 04 Silverado just crapped out the speedo! 46k on it and I'm freakin PISSED! I've owned this truck since june 30 2005 and i've already had to have environmental controls replaced, my driver side window gets stuck in the down position(although the Dealer cant replicate the issue so won't fix it) The stearing shaft fixed, now this with the instrument cluster. Plus when I put the truck in Reverse sometimes it won't go into gear....THis Blows!!! and I have 4 more years of payments to look forward to. ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!

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