Two problems related to brake antilock wheel speed sensor have been reported for the 2004 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2004 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 based on all problems reported for the 2004 Silverado 1500.
I realize that this vehicle is well out of the 3 year 36,000 mile manufacturer warranty. But lately with how rapidly this truck with less than 70,000 miles seems to be falling apart on me its just really been frustrating. I've only had the vehicle out of the shop less than two weeks for front wheel bearing/ abs sensor repair when my speedometer completely went out. Most of the time speedometer is reading 0 mph occasionally it will flutter between 5-10 mph. Reading online I see gm extended their speedometer warranty to 7 yrs/70k miles. Just very frustrating general motors. I can only imagine what this what this repair will cost. In the past year alone the repairs that were made to this truck with less than 70,000 miles have been. . . Front wheel bearings,sway bar(links/bushings), inner/ outer tie rods( both sides), upper/ lower a arms (both sides), new brakes/rotors( all the way around) , a front end alignment with my new tires. This is a 2 wheel drive 1500 truck not a 2500 4x4 that was used to plow snow with for years. No idea why the whole front end of my truck was so rotted out to the point everything needed replaced. Not for a truck with so few miles on it. And now this.
My 2004 chevy silverado goes into abs mode at speeds under 10 mph increasing stopping distance . This occurs at every stop. The dealer cleaned rust from the front speed sensor seat ,this fixed the problem. This is the same problem that 2002 and prior models had that resulted in a recall. The dealer said this recall was for the same problem but did not cover 2003 and up.