Chevrolet Trailblazer Complaints (2006)

1,347 consumer complaints on file.

#10598746June 17, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
ONCE THE VEHICLE IS PARKED THE KEY WILL NOT TURN OFF THE RUN POSITION, RESULTING IN THE VEHICLE NOT TURNING OFF COMPLETELY AND THE KEY CAN NOT BE RELEASED. IGNITION SWITCH WILL NOT OPERATE CORRECTLY. SOMETIMES AFTER LETTING THE VEHICLE SIT FOR AWHILE THE KEY WILL THEN BE ALLOWED TO TURN OFF AND RELEASE. POSSIBLE FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH?? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10598367June 15, 2014
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL
ON MY 2006 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER LT MY GAS GAUGE SHOWS I HAVE AN EMPTY TANK OF GAS AT ALL TIMES EVEN IMMEDIATELY AFTER FILLING UP THE TANK. THIS HAS CAUSED ME TO RUN OUT OF GAS FOUR TIMES ON THE HIGHWAY WITH NO RESTART. IN BOTH OF THIS INSTANCES I HAD TO WALK ON THE HIGHWAY AND OFF AN EXIT TO FILL UP A GAS TANK AND THEN WALK BACK, ONE TIME BEING AT 02:00 AM. THIS IS INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS CONSIDERING I COULD BE HIT BY A CAR ON THE HIGHWAY OR STALL WHERE A BREAKDOWN LANE IS UNAVAILABLE AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. THE TANK WILL NEVER READ ANYTHING ELSE THEN EMPTY WITH THE GAS LIGHT ON AS WELL. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10598178June 13, 2014
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE 79 IN PENNSYLVANIA AT NORMAL SPEED WHEN MY AIRBAG LIGHT LIT UP AND MY AIR BAG DISENGAGED FLASHED, FOLLOWED BY MORE LIGHTS ON THE DASH GOING ON, AND TRACKING DISENGAGED FLASHED, THEN ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, ENGINE FAILURE FLASHED AS I STARTED MOVING TOWARD THE RIGHT HAND LANE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. JUST AS I MADE IT TO THE RIGHT LANE MY POWER CUT OUT AND I WAS GOING 20 - 25 MPH IN TWO SECONDS FLAT. I SWERVED TO THE BERM OF THE ROAD AS THE FOUR WHEELER SEMI TRUCK THAT WAS BEHIND ME NEARLY CLOBBERED ME. I INCHED ON THE BERM AT 20 MPH TO THE BRIDGEVILLE EXIT AND GOT TO THE COLUSSY CHEVROLET DEALER WHERE MY CAR STOPPED DEAD IN THE SERVICE DEPT. FIRST, THEY THOUGHT BATTERY, BUT THE BATTERY WAS FINE. IT WAS IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE WHICH CAUSED MY AIR BAGS TO DISENGAGE AND MY LOSING POWER. I WAS LUCKY I WASN'T KILLED!! THE COST OF REPAIRS WAS $337 BUT I WAS TOLD THAT MY 2006 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER WAS NOT ON THE GM RECALL LIST, EVEN THOUGH I HAD THE EXACT THINGS GO WRONG WITH THE VEHICLES ON THE IGNITION SWITCH RECALL LIST. AND THEY REPAIRED IT THE SAME WAY, WITH NO GUARANTEE THAT THIS WOULDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN!!! THIS IS NOT A "VEHICLE" RECALL, IT IS A "PARTS" RECALL AND MY VEHICLE HAD TO HAVE THE IGNITION SWITCH REPLACED. I CALLED THE GM IGNITION SWITCH RECALL HOTLINE AND THEY ESCALATED MY CASE UP AND UP AND EVERYONE SAID THE SAME THING....THEY ARE SORRY FOR MY DISTRESS, MY INCONVENIENCE BUT MY VEHICLE IS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST SO THEY CANNOT REPLACE THE COST TO REPAIR MY VEHICLE. PERHAPS IF THE SEMI TRUCK THAT WAS BEHIND ME KILLED ME, THEY MIGHT ACKNOWLEDGE MY SAFETY CONCERNS FOR THE IGNITION SWITCH (PART) AND NOT MY VEHICLE!!! *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10597661June 11, 2014
VISIBILITY/WIPER
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ACTIVATED WITHOUT BEING ENGAGED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10597682June 11, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
WENT TO GET IN MY TRAILBLAZER AND THE WINDOW SWITCH PANEL WOULD NOT WORK AT ALL!! TOOK IT IN AND HERE TO FIND OUT THE PANEL WAS SMOKING AND SMELLED BURNED!! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10597767June 11, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I WASHED MY VEHICLE AND THE NEXT DAY WHEN I WENT TO USE IT THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR WINDOW PANEL WOULDN'T WORK. I HAD NOTICED A FUNNY SMELL A FEW TIMES BEFORE THIS BUT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. I TRIED INTERMITTENTLY TO USE THE PANEL TO OPEN THE WINDOWS OR LOCK OR UNLOCK THE DOORS TO NO AVAIL. TWO DAYS LATER WHEN I WAS ON MY WAY HOME ALL 4 WINDOWS STARTED OPENING AND CLOSING ALL BY THEMSELVES. ONE WOULD GO UP AND THE OTHER WOULD GO DOWN. I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS WRONG. THE ONLY THING I KNEW WAS THAT I HAD WASHED THE VEHICLE. OF COURSE THE WINDOWS WERE UP AND IN CHECKING I COULDN'T SEE WHERE ANY WATER COULD GET INSIDE THE VEHICLE. I WAS TOLD IT WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND I WOULD NEED A NEW SWITCH AT THE COST OF ALMOST $300.00 FOR THE DOOR PANEL SWITCH. THIS WOULD NOT INCLUDE LABOR COSTS TO MAKE IT WORK ON MY VEHICLE. I COULDN'T BELIEVE JUST WASHING MY VEHICLE COULD CAUSE SUCH A PROBLEM SO I DECIDED TO GO ONLINE TO SEE IF OTHERS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I FOUND THAT THERE IS APPARENTLY A RECALL. I WILL CONTACT THE 800 NUMBER AND SEE WHAT RECOURSE I HAVE IN GETTING MY PANEL REPLACED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10594203May 27, 2014
EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
I BOUGHT MY TRAILBLAZER (WHICH I LOVE) IN THE SPRING OF 2012. A FEW MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE I CAME TO LEARN THAT THE HORN NO LONGER WORKED. I KNOW THE HORN WORKED WHEN I PURCHASED THE CAR BECAUSE I CHECKED IT. I BROUGHT IT IN TO A WELL RENOWNED REPAIR SHOP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEIR FINDINGS AFTER LOOKING IT UP WAS THAT THERE IS A SLIGHT GLITCH WITH THE HORN AND THAT, LIKE OTHER FORMS HAD STATED, THE MORE YOU USE IT THE BETTER CHANCE OF GETTING IT TO WORK. THE MECHANIC SAID THAT HE WAS READING THAT OTHER PEOPLE WERE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AND THAT THE HORNS ON THESE TRAILBLAZERS NEEDED TO BE MASSAGED A LITTLE IN THE CORNER AND THE WOULD WORK AGAIN. HE SAID THEY GOT IT WORKING. I HAVE YET TO BE ABLE TO GET ANY NOISE OUT OF MY HORN AT ALL. THIS CONCERNS ME BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY ISSUES THAT CAN ARISE WITH THE LACK OF A HORN TO GET SOMEONE ELSE'S ATTENTION IF NEED BE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10594198May 27, 2014
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
THE SUMMER OF 2013 I HAD IT BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT MY DRIVER SIDE BRAKE LIGHT WOULD FAIL TO LIGHT UP AS THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED. I TRIED CHANGING THE BULB BUT THAT PROVED TO NOT BE THE PROBLEM AS IT STILL FAILED TO LIGHT UP. THE FOLLOWING SUMMER THE SAME THING HAPPENED WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE BRAKE LIGHT. I AM UNSURE IF IT IS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM OR A SENSOR THAT HAS GONE BAD. I CAN ONLY ASSUME THAT IT IS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE BACK WINDSHIELD WIPER STOPPED WORKING DUE TO ELECTRICAL ISSUES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10594271May 27, 2014
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD TURN OFF AND ON INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT ON A DIFFERENT OCCASION, THE LOW BEAM LIGHTS FAILED TO TURN OFF CAUSING IT TO OVER HEAT AND CATCH ON FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE RELAY SWITCH WAS DEFECTIVE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE 101,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10592939May 21, 2014
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
MY WIFE WAS COMING HOME FROM WORK. SHE STARTED HER CAR AND BACKED UP, WENT TO SHIFT TO DRIVE AND SOMETHING BROKE STRANDING HE IN A EMPTY PARKING LOT ON A SATURDAY. SHE WAS IN A TRAFFIC LANE AND BLOCKING THE HANDICAP PARKING SPACE. I HAVE OWNED CARS FOR MANY YEARS AND NEVER HAD SUCH A THING HAPPEN. WHY DID YOU MAKE AN ALL STEEL CABLE AND MOUNTINGS AND THEN PUT A TINY PLASTIC END ON IT THAT BRAKES ALL THE TIME. THE PARTS HOUSE AND THE SERVICE SHOPS ALL SAID IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME AND YOU MUST BUY A REPLACEMENT FROM THE DEALER. THEY KNOW IT IS A PROBLEM AS THEY MUST STOCK THE CABLE ASSEMBLIES THAT COST A LOT TO CHANGE. PLEASE REDESIGN THEM AND CHANGE THE PLASTIC END TO A STAINLESS STEEL END AND RETROFIT ALL CARS, SUV'S AND TRUCKS THAT USE THIS PART. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10592903May 20, 2014
STEERING
I AM CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING FOR THE SECOND TIME A POWER STEERING HOSE ISSUE AND AFTER RESEARCHING, I SEE THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR 2006 CHEVY TRAILBLAZERS WITH THIS ISSUE, HOWEVER MY VIN NUMBER IS NOT LISTED. WILL MY VEHICLE BE ABLE TO BE COVERED UNDER THIS RECALL TOO? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10592929May 20, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SERVICE BRAKES, ENGINE
MY WIFE, DAUGHTER AND MYSELF WERE DRIVING ON IDAHO STATE HIGHWAY 70, A NARROW, WINDING, TWO-LANE ROAD WITH LITTLE TO NO SHOULDER, WHEN THE MOTOR STOPPED AND ILOST ALL POWER-BRAKES, STEERING ETC. I WAS FORTUNATELY ABLE TO STEER THE CAR OVER TO A WIDE SPOT ON THE SHOULDER AND STOP. I WAS UNABLE TO RE-START THE BLAZER AND CALLED AAA TO HAVE IT HAULED TO KNUDTSEN CHEVROLET IN COEUR D'ALENE, IDAHO. IN ANOTHER HALF HOUR WE WOULD HAVE BEEN DRIVING 70 MPH ON INTERSTATE AND THE OUTCOME COULD HAVE BEEN DISASTEROUS IF THE CAR HAD FAILED THEN IN HIGH VOLUME TRAFFIC. THE NEXT DAY I WAS ADVISED BY KNUDTSEN THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS THE PROBLEM. I WROTE A FOLLOW-UP LETTER TO THE OWNER AND THE SERVICE MANAGER CALLED A FEW DAYS LATER INDICATING THAT SINCE MY WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED NEITHER GM NOR KNUDTSEN COULD HELP ME WITH THE $268 CHARGE FOR REPLACING THE SWITCH. SINCE THEN I HAVE BEEN TOLD GM AND KNUDTSEN WOULD SPLIT THE COST THREE WAYS SINCE I WAS A LONG-TIME CUSTOMER (THREE BLAZERS). I HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED ANY REIMBURSEMENT AS OF THIS DATE. IS THIS POSSIBLY ANOTHER CAR WHICH SHOULD BE ON THE RECALL LIST? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10592405May 19, 2014
VISIBILITY/WIPER, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WIPER ENGAGES WITH WASHER FLUID SPRAYING AT ANY TIME . WHEN FIRST START WIPERS COME ON WITH FLUID SPRAYING NO INTERMITENT SETTINGS WIPER STOPS AND STARTS AT ALL TIMES. FUEL GAUGE STOP WORKING WITH FULL TANK. NOW IT DOES NOT WORK. DOOR LOCK ON DRIVER SIDE NOT FUNCTIONING. LOCKS WOULD START WHEN VEHICLE SITTING IN DRIVEWAY NOT RUNNING. REMOVED FUSE, AS IT CAUSED BATTERY FAILURE. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10592481May 19, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE IGNITION SWITCH CHANGED 3X IN A YEAR DUE TO IT FAILING. MY VEHICLE HAS STALLED OUT, WILL NOT START, AND MY DASHBOARD LIGHTS, HEAD LIGHTS ALSO START ACTING UP RIGHT BEFORE THE IGNITION SWITCH STARTS ACTING UP. IF I WIGGLE THE KEY, SOMETIMES THAT WILL GET IT TO START, SOMETIMES NOT. I HAVE SEEN TONS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE WITH OTHER TRAILBLAZERS IN THE SAME YEAR WHEN I WENT ONLINE TO FORUMS TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE IS HAVING THE SAME ISSUES WITH THEIR TRAILBLAZERS. SOMEONE NEEDS TO LOOK INTO THESE VEHICLES ALSO AS PART OF THE GM RECALL. I WILL GET IT FIXED AND IT WILL BE OK FOR A BIT, THEN THE SAME THING STARTS ALL OVER AGAIN. I SAW ON THE TV LASTNIGHT THE SPECIAL ABOUT GM AND THE IGNITION SWITCHES, AND THIS IS EXACTLY THE SAME THING MY TRAILBLAZER DOES. PLEASE, I HOPE SOMEONE WILL LOOK INTO THIS. I'M SURE THAT IF YOU PUT SOMETHING OUT THERE ABOUT THE "06 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZERS YOU WOULD GET NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS LIKE MINE. THANK YOU. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10592172May 17, 2014
ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE AND LOW POWER LIGHTS CAME ON. I LOST ALL ACCELERATION AND MY RPM'S DROPPED TO NOTHING. CODES THAT CAME UP WERE FOR THE THROTTLE BODY. I READ A COMPLAINT THAT STATES GM KNOWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE. WHY HAVEN'T THEY DONE ANYTHING ABOUT THIS? *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10588696May 15, 2014
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
THE LOW BEAM RELAY SWITCH WENT OUT WHICH MADE MY HEADLIGHTS TOTALLY GO OUT. NO ONE COULD SEE ME AND I COULD NOT SEE THE ROAD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10587823May 12, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS REPLACED ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 49,500.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10587546May 10, 2014
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
I WAS DRIVING THE TRUCK AND THE FUEL GAUGE WAS READING THAT THERE WAS GAS IN THE TANK. THE VEHICLE DIED CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. I WAS ABLE TO PULL THE TRUCK TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH GREAT EFFORT. HAD MY WIFE OR TEENAGE DAUGHTER BEEN DRIVING THE OUTCOME MIGHT HAD BEEN VERY DIFFERENT.AFTER FILLING THE GAS TANK THE GAUGE WENT TO E AND NEVER WORKED PROPERLY AFTERWARDS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10587543May 9, 2014
POWER TRAIN
UPON TURNING THE FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE ENGAGED UNKNOWN TO ME AT THE TIME BECAUSE THE SELECTOR SWITCH DID NOT INDICATE THIS.THE TRUCK BECAME DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN AT LOW SPEEDS AS THIS VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE A LIMITED SLIP DIFFERENTIAL IN THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE MODE. WHILE TURNING THE TIRES ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE TURN MAKE A LARGER RADIUS THAN DO THE INNER TIRES.WITHOUT ANY SLIP THE VEHICLE TRIES TO MAINTAIN THE SAME LINEAR FOOTAGE TRAVEL BY EACH TIRE. THIS CAUSES THE TIRES TO BIND LOCK UP AND SKID DURING TURNS. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM ON INTERNET FORUMS AND IT SEEMS TO BE A QUITE COMMON OCCURRENCE AND COULD CAUSE CRASHES WHILE TURNING. I HAVE CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURE AND THE RESPONSE WAS FOR ME TO TAKE IT TO A DEALER AND PAY FOR THEM TO LOOK AT IT. I DECLINED THEIR SUGGESTION AND OFFERED THE COMPROMISE OF TAKING IT TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AT MY OWN COST,TO WHICH THEY DECLINED. PLEASE NOTE I DID NOT ASK THEM TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE AT THEIR COST BUT ONLY WANTED THEM TO EXAMINE THE VEHICLE FOR DEFECTIVE DESIGN/MATERIAL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10587544May 9, 2014
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE ELECTRIC SEAT CONTROL PANEL WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE DRIVERS SEAT ON THE LOWER LEFT SIDE BECOMES DISLODGED UPON A LARGER PERSON SITTING IN THE DRIVERS SEAT. MY VEHICLE HAD THIS PROBLEM AND WAS TAKEN TO A GM GARAGE AND THE PANEL WAS REATTACHED MORE THAN ONCE IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. THE SIDE PANEL STILL CONTINUES TO COME OFF. THE DISLODGING OF THIS PANEL COULD CAUSE THE SEAT TO MOVE WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION UNEXPECTEDLY REPOSITIONING THE DRIVER AND CHANGE THE DRIVERS POSITION RELATIVE TO THE STEERING WHEEL AS WELL AS THE BRAKE AND GAS CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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