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We the people bought their autos for a century and in the end they stick it to us by having tax payers bail them out and yet they continue to make crap for cars/trucks.
I'm telling you guys and gals, go foreign! They are the only affordable vehicles on the market that will give you great gas mileage, durability, comfort and stay the FK together.
CYa
Doc
This is the same exact thing that happened to a 04 TB I had. I, also, had to keep starting the vehicle in order for the speedometer to go to 0. Anyways, I ended up getting it fixed and it was the instrument cluster motor that was causing it. Has nothing to do with the cruise control. I also did the battery disconnect thing and it would work fine for a couple of weeks but always went back to getting stuck. When this happened to me, my TB was only 3 years old and 10,000 out of warranty. I wrote GM a letter and they actually covered half of my repair which at that time came to 450 dollars. GM knows there is a problem so you might have some luck getting a hold of them. I tried the email thing and the phone calls but it was the letter that got their attention. I was told to do this by a lawyer friend of mine. He said that letters always end up on someones desk when emails go unnoticed and never get read. I took his advice and got 225 dollars out of the deal. However, with your vehicle being 7 years old now, I dont know if GM will do anything. Good luck...let me know how it turns out.
Have the cluster replaced - expensive
Remove it yourself, send it out to be repaired (google "trailblazer instrument cluster repair) - less expensive, but you need to get it out and back in yourself
Remove it and replace the stepper motors yourself (you need to have soldering skills) - least expensive
I was told it was normal wear and tear. My Spedometer??? 5 years old has expired? I told the GM person, "I 've gotten more use out of my curling iron everyday for over five years and it cost$25.00 with a one year warrantee."They won't do anything. It's not safe driving and not knowning your speed. I've had the gas guage thing too. Emmissions light and faulty gas cap. Thanks
Is there a recall for this issue? Seem the instrument cluster issue is pretty wide spread!
Local GM dealships don't seam to know anything about problem either.
does special coverage#10054 or 10056 cover 50% of the repair?
-Tom :sick:
No more Chevy's for me, my family or any of my friends if I have any input into the matter.
I fixed my own with the help of DrSpeedometer. Can't say enough for this guy.
He explained how to take the dash apart (I'm no mechanic) and how to put it back together. Anyone can do it if they can tell the difference between a phillips head and straight slot screwdriver.
He fixed it, got it back to me with a 1 day turn around and I put it in in less than 30 minutes. Everything is excellent.
I'll be keeping an eye on it, since it's only been @ a month, but have total faith in his work. He was not the cheapest on the internet but I saw not one complaint on his work, period.
Chevrolet used to stand for the American family. Something you could stand next to and be proud.
Now it's just a piece of junk under an old name sake that has ran it's course.
I wish they would have let it fail and be broken up into several smaller companies. Maybe they would have learned?
Stephen
I have the same issue with my 2005 Trailblazer. In fact, ever since I've had it (new), there's been one electrical problem after another. Thank God most of the really bad stuff happened almost immediately, and GM had to fix them under warranty. But entire dash is out, speedometer, oil, temp, and now the fuel gauge. I have had several GM cars over the years, and not once have I ever had the dash malfunction. If there are this many of us out there with the same problem, GM knows it's really their fault for not making it right in the first place, or when contacted, fixing it. This is definitely a recall-type matter if there ever was one. I just find it odd that with all the recalls GM has put out, miraculously, the Trailblazer is never included -- every other GM, but not the TB.