Chevrolet Trailblazer Complaints

8,467 consumer complaints on file.

#10572502March 14, 2014
AIR BAGS, SERVICE BRAKES
MY DAUGHTER TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, SAW CAR IN FRONT OF HER STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT. SHE ATTEMPTED TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES, IT FELT AS IF SHE WAS NOT STOPPING AT ALL. SHE HIT THE STOPPED CAR, PUSHED BOTH OF OUR CARS THROUGH THE INTERSECTION TO THE OTHER SIDE. HER AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY, ONSTAR DID NOT CONTACT HER. THE REASON I BOUGHT THIS SPECIFIC CAR WAS FOR THE ONSTAR IN CASE OF A COLLISION OR EMERGENCY. WHEN I CONTACTED ONSTAR LATER, THEY REPORTED THEY DID NOT RECEIVE NOTIFICATION THAT A COLLISION HAD OCCURRED. I CONTACTED GM TO HAVE BRAKE, AIRBAG, AND ONSTAR FAILURE INVESTIGATED. RECEIVED REPORT FROM GM INVESTIGATOR STATING NO FAILURE IN AIRBAG SYSTEM, THAT THE CRASH WAS NOT SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO CAUSE AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT AND ONSTAR NOTIFICATION. SHE WAS TRAVELING 45 MPH UPON IMPACT (PER CDR). THE CAR WAS TOTALED - OVER $13,000 DAMAGE. IF A CRASH AT 45 MPH, REAR-ENDING, CAR TOTALED DOES NOT DEPLOY AIRBAGS IT SEEMS AS THOUGH SOMETHING IS WRONG. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10569052March 13, 2014
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
I HAVE A 2005 TRAILBLAZER. THE DIM LIGHTS JUST GO OFF, THEY MAY STAY OFF ANYWHERE FROM 5-20 MINUTES.WE HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER MULTIPLE TIMES. THEY KEPT IT OVERNIGHT AND HAD A TECHNICIAN DRIVE IT IN AN ATTEMPT TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. WE HAVE CHANGED ALL OF THE RELAYS AND FUSES AND REPLACED THE BULBS. I AM SCARED TO BE OUT AT NIGHT BECAUSE OF IT AS I AM NOT ALWAYS IN A PLACE WHERE I CAN PULL OVER TO WAIT FOR THEM TO COME BACK ON, YET UNFORTUNATELY,I WORK EVENING SHIFT, THEREFORE IT IS A REQUIREMENT. THIS IS NOT SAFE AND I ASKED IF THINGS SUCH AS THIS ARE ROUTINELY REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER. I WAS GIVEN A VERY EVASIVE ANSWER. THE BRIGHTS STILL WORK, HOWEVER THAT IS NOT SAFE FOR OTHER DRIVERS.I HAVE FOUND A LOT OF COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME NATURE REGARDING THE TRAILBLAZER ON THE INTERNET. ONE WOULD THINK GM WOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, OR WILL THEY AGAIN WAIT UNTIL SOMEONE IS KILLED? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10569121March 13, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES
BRAKES LINES HAVE SEVERE CORROSION AND ARE LEAKING FLUID AND WILL ALL HAVE TO BE REPLACED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10568676March 12, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
2003 TRAILBLAZER LTZ. I'VE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE GAUGES ON THE DASHBOARD. OIL GAUGE WENT OUT ABOUT A YEAR AGO, THEN THE FUEL GAUGE WENT OUT ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO, AND NOW THE RPM JUST WENT OUT A FEW WEEKS AGO. ARE THERE A RECALL TO FIX THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEM ON THE DASHBOARD? I WAS ABLE TO LOOK AT THE ODOMETER AND SEE HOW MANY MILES I HAVE LEFT UNTIL I NEED TO FILL UP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10568517March 11, 2014
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A VISIBLE FUEL LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE INTAKE CONTROL VALVE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10568601March 11, 2014
STEERING
AS I WAS DRIVING MY 2008 TRAILBLAZER THE STEERING WHEEL COMPLETELY FROZE ON ME AND I COULD NOT TURN THE VEHICLE IN ANY DIRECTION. I ENDED UP DRIVING IT INTO SOMEONES YARD BEFORE I COULD GET IT STOPPED. AFTER HAVING IT TAKEN TO A GARAGE THEY TOLD ME MY POWER STEERING LINES ETC WERE BLOWN. THEY HAVE SINCE FIXED THIS ISSUE, VERY COSTLY TO ME THOUGH, AND THEN THEY INFORMED ME THAT WHILE CHECKING THE VEHICLE OUT THEY FOUND MY TRANSMISSION LINES ARE VERY CORRODED. SO THAT IS THE NEXT ISSUE TO BE FIXED WITH THIS VEHICLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10568626March 11, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
IN THE FALL OF 2012, I HAD TO REPLACE AN IGNITION SWITCH IN MY TRAILBLAZER AT APPROX. 90,000 MILES. THEN, IN JULY OF 2013, WE WERE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 95 IN CT, HEAVY TRAFFIC, HIGH SPEEDS, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR JUST DIED. I, FORTUNATELY, WAS IN THE RIGHT HAND LANE AND WAS ABLE TO DRIFT OFF THE ROAD. A CT TROOPER SAT BEHIND US FOR AN HOUR WHILE WE WAITED FOR AAA. IT WAS A SUNDAY. WE WERE TOWED TO A CHEVROLET DEALER IN OLD SAYSBROOK, ESSEX CT. HAD TO SPEND THE NIGHT IN A HOTEL AND THAT MONDAY, THE DEALER PUT IN ANOTHER IGNITION SWITCH. MY MILEAGE WAS A LITTLE OVER 100,000. HAVE ALL THE DOCUMENTATION. HAVE YOU LOOKED INTO IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE IN TRAILBLAZERS? IS MY CAR SAFE TO DRIVE? WOULD APPRECIATE A RESPONSE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10568108March 10, 2014
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TRAIL BLAZER. THE WAS DRIVING 40 MPH, AND CRASHED INTO THE SIDE OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER, SPINAL STENOSIS AND FRACTURED KNEES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED OF THE INCIDENT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE HAD ALSO BEEN INVOLVED IN TWO PRIOR CRASHES IN WHICH THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE PREVIOUS CRASHES DID NOT RESULT IN ANY INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A REPRESENTATIVE SENT BY THE MANUFACTURER BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE AIR BAG FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10568243March 10, 2014
VISIBILITY/WIPER
THE WIPERS STARTED ACTING UNPREDICTABLE, WITH THE WASHER FLUID SPRAYING ALL OVER. YOU COULD NOT CONTROL WHEN THE WIPERS WOULD TURN ON OR OFF, THE SPEED THEY WOULD GO, AND THE WASHER FLUID WOULD SPRAY AT RANDOM TIMES. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS FOR THE TRAILBLAZER FOR THE 02-03 MODELS -HOWEVER, THIS ISSUE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE RESOLVED IN ANY SATISFACTORY WAY. A SIMPLE INTERNET SEARCH WOULD SATISFY THAT INQUIRY. THIS ITEM SHOULD BE RECALLED AS THERE HAS BEEN A SERVICE ADVISORY ISSUED (SERVICE BULLETIN). I HAVE TO PAY TO GET THE WIPER MOTOR MODULE ASSEMBLY REPLACED FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS AND IT IS DOING THE SAME THING AS THE EARLIER RECALLED WIPER ASSEMBLY. CHEV/GM SEEMS TO KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM GIVEN THE HISTORY. THEY ARE AT LEAST MAKING MONEY FROM ME. THIS IS CLEARLY A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE IF IT HAS BEEN RECALLED PREVIOUSLY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10567946March 8, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
INSTRUMENT FRONT PANEL NO LONGER OPERATES. ALL GAUGES DO NOT OPERATE (SPEEDOMETER, OIL, GAS. TEMP...). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10567791March 7, 2014
ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO A DOCTORS APPOINTMENT EARLY MORNING. WE WERE SLOWING DOWN FOR A RED TRAFFIC LIGHT AND ALARMS WENT OFF AND TRAILBLAZER WENT DEAD !! IN THE MIDDLE OF ROAD. RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC , EVERYTHING CUT OFF !! *TR NOW WE CAN NOT GET IT TO RUN . IT STARTS UP AND RUN MAYBE 20 MINUTES THEN SHUTS OFF !! WHAT CAN WE DO WITH IT ?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10567609March 6, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE AND AIR BAG WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 61,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 63,000. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10567467March 5, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY IN A RAINY STATE WITH THE DRIVER'S WINDOW PARTIALLY CRACKED. WATER BEGAN DRIPPING IN ONTO THE DRIVER WINDOW CONTROL PANEL, SO I CLOSED THE WINDOW. A FEW MINUTES LATER I WENT TO ROLL DOWN MY WINDOW AND NONE OF THE CONTROLS WORKED. THERE WAS A FAINT ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL. ALL FOUR WINDOW CONTROLS ON THE PANEL WOULD NO LONGER FUNCTION AS WELL AS THE HEATED SEAT BUTTONS. THE DOOR LOCK STILL FUNCTIONED AS WELL AS THE WINDOW LOCK OUT BUTTON. I'M JUST GLAD THIS HAPPENED WITH THE WINDOW UP. SWAPPING THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR CONTROL PANEL WITH THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR CONTROL PANEL ALLOWS YOU TO RAISE AND LOWER THE WINDOW, SO IT IS THE CONTROL PANEL THAT IS DEFECTIVE. I SEE THAT THE 2006 AND 2007 MODELS WERE RECALLED FOR THIS DUE TO FIRES, BUT NO RECALL EXISTS FOR THE 2005 FIRES AS FIRES HAVEN'T BEEN REPORTED YET. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10567480March 5, 2014
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET TRAIL BLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY BEGAN TO DECELERATED. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND SMOKE AND FLAMES WERE BILLOWING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE FLAMES WERE EXTINGUISHED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND NO SOLUTION WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10566723March 2, 2014
VISIBILITY/WIPER, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
SATURDAY NIGHT (03/1/14) ON OUR WAY HOME IT STARTED SNOWING HEAVILY, THE VISIBILITY WAS LOW AND OUR WINDOWS WERE FOGGING UP AND THE FRONT HEATER BLOWER WENT OFF ON OUR 2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER AND WOULD NOT COME BACK ON. WHILE TRYING TO FIND A PLACE TO SAFELY PULL OVER WE ALMOST HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE BECAUSE WE COULDN'T SEE THROUGH OUR FOGGED UP WINDOWS.. AFTER WE PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE CAR OFF THE BLOWER MOTOR CAME ON AND CONTINUED TO RUN WITH THE CAR OFF AND THE KEY REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION, SO WE RE-STARTED THE CAR, AND THE BLOWER WENT OFF AND NEVER CAME BACK ON... THEN TODAY I WENT OUT STARTED THE CAR TO WARM UP THE ENGINE AND THE BLOWER CAME ON. I DROVE TO THE STORE SHUT THE CAR OFF AND THE BLOWER CONTINUED TO RUN SO I RE-STARTED THE CAR AND TURNED IT OFF AGAIN AND THE BLOWER MOTOR STOPPED. WHEN I RE-ENTERED THE CAR TO GO HOME THE BLOWER ONCE AGAIN WOULD NOT TURN ON AT ANY SPEED. SO I FIGURED IF I DIDN'T HAVE HEAT AT LEAST I HAD A HEATED SEAT BUT AFTER ABOUT 5-10 MINS THE SEAT PART OF THE SEAT GOT SO HOT IT WAS BURNING MY BUTT AND THIGHS SO I HAD TO SHUT IT OFF. THEN ABOUT 1/2 HOME THE BLOWER JUST STARTED BLOWING AGAIN, I PULLED INTO THE GAS STATION SHUT THE CAR OFF AND THE BLOWER MOTOR ONCE AGAIN CONTINUED TO RUN WITH THE CAR OFF AND THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION SO AGAIN I PUT THE KEY IN STARTED THE CAR THEN TURNED IT OFF AGAIN AND THE MOTOR STOPPED. THIS COULD BE A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE WITH NOT BEING ABLE TO DEFROST THE WINDSHIELD/WINDOWS IN THESE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS< PLUS NOT HAVING HEAT IN BELOW ZERO TEMPS IS A HEALTH HAZARD AS WELL. ( SINCE WE LIVE IN SUCH A COLD SNOWY STATE). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10566629March 1, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THIS IS A THIRD TIME THE ABS WARNING LIGHT HAS COME ON MALFUNCTIONING SAYING WE NEED SERVICE ONCE IN MONTANA AND THEN ANOTHER INCIDENT IN 2008. "SERVICE BRAKES, AIR ANTILOCK ABS WARNING LIGHTS COME ON IN THE DRIVERS INFORMATION CENTER. HOWEVER, IT HAPPENS EVERY TIME IT GETS 5 TO 10 DEGREES OR MORE BELOW ZERO. THE FIRST TIME I TOOK IT INTO GARAGE AND THEY CLEANED UP THE ABS GROUND CONNECTION ON THE FRAME. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE A PERSON DOESN'T KNOW IF IT IS ACCURATE OR ANOTHER FALSE ALERT. I WOULD HOPE THAT OTHER PERSONS REPORT THESE ISSUES, AND THAT THE MANUFACTURERS WOULD BE FORCED TO REPAIR THE ISSUE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10566524February 28, 2014
EXTERIOR LIGHTING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS AND THE HEATING SYSTEM FAILED INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER REPLACED THE BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR HOWEVER, THE HEADLIGHT AND HEATING SYSTEM CONTINUED TO FAIL INTERMITTENTLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 700 AND THE APPROXIMATE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 57,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10567230February 27, 2014
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
THE HEADLIGHTS WILL TURN OFF WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THIS HAS BEEN OCCURING FOR SEVERAL YEARS. YOU CAN SWITCH TO THE HIGH BEAMS AND THE HIGH BEAMS WILL WORK. AFTER ABOUT 10 TO 15 MINUTES OF DRIVING, YOU CAN PUT THE LIGHTS BACK TO NORMAL AND THEY WILL OPERATE ON THE LOW BEAMS. IT MAY BE A MONTH BEFORE THIS OCCURS AGAIN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10566401February 27, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
INSTRUMENT GAUGE CLUSTER SHORTING OUT... STARTED WITH TACH, THEN OIL GAUGE, NOW SPEEDOMETER. SEEMS TO BE AN EPIDEMIC WITH MANY GM VEHICLES, OTHER MODELS RECALLED, CLEARLY A MANUFACTURING ISSUE. GM NEEDS TO INCLUDE TRAILBLAZER IN RECALL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10566397February 27, 2014
AIR BAGS
WHILE APPROACHING INTERSECTION A VEHICLE TRAVELING PERPENDICULAR TO US FAILED TO STOP AT STOP SIGN. THIS VEHICLE ENTERED THE INTERSECTION AND WE "T-BONED" THE VEHICLE. OUR VEHICLE SUSTAINED A DIRECT HIT ON THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND THE AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. AFTER THE INITIAL COLLISION OUR VEHICLE REMAINED IN CONTACT WITH THE VEHICLE THAT FAILED TO STOP AND BOTH OF OUR VEHICLES WERE DRIVEN DIRECTLY INTO A TREE, THUS INCURRING ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ( MORE SIGNIFICANT THAN THE INITIAL COLLISION W/ THE OTHER CAR ) AND THE AIR BAGS STILL DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WERE 2 PEOPLE IN THE FRONT SEATS AND 2 PEOPLE IN REAR SEATS. ALL SUSTAINED INJURIES AND NEEDED OR STILL REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE TWO PASSENGERS ON THE OTHER VEHICLE WERE FATALLY INJURED. THERE HAD NEVER BEEN ANY INDICATION OF AIR BAG FAILURE AND NEVER ANY WARNING "IDIOT" LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD EVER AT ANY TIME INDICATION ANY ISSUES W/ AIR BAG FUNCTIONALITY. WITH RECENT EVENTS SHOWING FAILURE OF GM AIR BAGS, I BELIEVE THIS IS ANOTHER INDICATION OF THIS FAILURE WHICH NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED. SAFETY FEATURES ARE SOMETIMES TAKEN FOR GRANTED IN VEHICLES, BUT WHEN NEEDED TO PERFORM, THEY ARE EXPECTED TO PERFORM AS ENGINEERED. THESE SAFETY FEATURES ARE FACTORED INTO THE DECISION MAKING OF VEHICLE PURCHASES AND ARE EXPECTED TO PERFORM. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
4
Deaths:
0

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