Just bought a 2003 chevy silverado 4x4 with a 5.3lt engine . problems with the fuel gauge, it worked when test drove at dealer and after buying the truck it stopped on the way home!!!! been told it will cost hundreds to fix !!!! after researching on the net i have found that this is a common problem with gm trucks,and not only with 2003 trucks but many of other years!!!!!!!! and also some car models now with all the problems people are having this cannot be a coincidence!! if you want proof just read the gm forums it's amazing how many people are having gas gauge problems !!!!!!!!! i do not understand why there is not a recall on this, as well as all the people on a number of gm chat forums, everyone is wondering why gm (government motors)have not sent out a recall either !!!!!!!! i did not buy a truck for thousands so i could turn around and spend hundreds to get it fixed, when it's actually a design problem !!!!!!!! they do a recall for the gm tailgates but not for something as important as a fuel gauge ?!?!?!?!?! do some research and you will understand what i am talking about !!! thanks for your time and i hope something can be done about this expensive problem soon. *tw
At around 124,000 miles while driving on the highway, i noticed my speedometer said i was going 55 mph. i gave it some more gas and the speedometer never rose, only fell down to 0. after my trip where this initially happened my speedometer has done this nearly every trip where the speed reaches 70 mph. today, 11/13/07, i received a notice from gm that they were aware of the problem. however, being that my truck has more than 70,000 miles they are unable to fix it at their expense. calls to gm have been no help and the problem will not be covered by them, even though they know it is happening to alot of these model vehicles. *tr