# 2003 GMC YUKON XL 1500 — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
> NHTSA complaint `642977` · 2007-10-21 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** Yes
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** GMC
- **Model:** YUKON XL 1500
- **Year:** 2003
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
- **Miles at failure:** 61,000
- **Speed:** 30 mph
## Narrative
MY SPEEDOMETER BEGAN ACTING ERRATICALLY, INDICATING 80 MPH WHEN SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT, STICKING WHILE ACCELERATING OR DECELERATING.  SOMETIMES IT INDICATES 20 MPH WHEN I AM ON THE FREEWAY.  I RESEARCHED THIS ON THE INTERNET AND DISCOVERED OVER 1,000 POSTS FROM CHEVROLET AND GMC OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM.  APPARENTLY THERE IS AN EFFORT FROM OWNERS TO DEMAND A RECALL.        I DIDN'T DISCOVER THIS UNTIL JUST AFTER I WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT.  I CHECKED MY SPEED AS I APPROACHED AN INTERSECTION AND THOUGHT I WAS GOING A SAFE SPEED (I WAS UNDER THE POSTED LIMIT).  A CAR PULLED IN FRONT OF ME AND I COLLIDED WITH IT.  EVEN THOUGH THE ACCIDENT WAS NOT MY FAULT, THE DAMAGE TO THE OTHER CAR WAS MORE THAN I EXPECTED THAN WOULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED AT MY INDICATED SPEED. I DIDN'T KNOW MY SPEEDOMETER WAS GOING BAD.  *TR
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