Chevrolet Trailblazer Complaints

8,467 consumer complaints on file.

#10399224May 5, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE WAS READING INACCURATELY AND HE WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH FUEL WAS IN THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO RELATED RECALLS TO THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT DID NOT INFORM THE MANUFACTURER OF THE FAILURE NOR WAS THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 74,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 71,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10399214May 5, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
WHILE DRIVING, THE SPEEDOMETER WILL RISE AND FALL ERRATICALLY. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY MY MECHANIC THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER IS BAD AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. UPON INTERNET RESEARCH, I HAVE FOUND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH GM TRUCK AND SUV MODELS IN THE YEARS 2003-2006. TRAILBLAZER IS THE ONLY MODEL THAT GM HAS NOT COVERED IN A RECALL FOR THIS PART MALFUNCTION. HOW CAN IT BE SAFE TO DRIVE AND NOT KNOW WHAT SPEED I AM TRAVELING AT? I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH CHEVROLET TOMORROW. THEY WILL NOT FIX THE PROBLEM UNTIL THEIR TECHNICIAN CAN DIAGNOSIS IT...AND CHARGE ME AN EXTRA $99.00, EVEN THOUGH THE PROBLEM HAS ALL READY BEEN DIAGNOSED BY CERTIFIED, EXPERIENCED MECHANIC. AT THE TIME THIS FIRST OCCURRED, THE SPEEDOMETER REGISTERED 115 MPH; MY HUSBAND ESTIMATES HE WAS DRIVING 25-30MPH. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10399216May 5, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
GAS GAUGE IN 2006 TRAILBLAZER IS ERRATIC AND INACCURATE. WHEN FILLED, THE GAUGE GOES TO EMPTY PROMPTING A CHIME FOR LOW FUEL. WE NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH FUEL IS LEFT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10400109May 5, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
THE GAS GAUGE ON MY TRAILBLAZER QUIT WORKING IN JUNE OF 2010. I WAS TOLD AT A DEALERSHIP THAT I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC TEST THAT WOULD COST ME $90 BEFORE THEY COULD FIND OUT WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT AND THEN OF COURSE IT WILL BE MORE MONEY SPENT. I CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE IT FIXED AT THIS TIME. I KEEP TRACK OF MY MILEAGE BY USING ONE OF THE TRIP METERS WHICH TELLS WE HOW MANY MILES I HAVE DRIVEN AND FIGURE OUT HOW FAR I CAN GO BEFORE I NEED A FILL UP. I'D MUCH RATHER HAVE IT FIXED UNDER A RECALL!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10398880May 4, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT. THE FUEL GAUGE DISPLAYED EMPTY WHEN THE FUEL TANK WAS FULL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 71,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10398888May 4, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE DID NOT INDICATE THE ACCURATE AMOUNT OF FUEL IN THE TANK. THE ENGINE SHUT OFF SEVERAL TIMES BECAUSE THE GAUGE DID NOT SHOW THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE FUEL SENDING UNIT WAS REPLACED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 82,169. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 35,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10398892May 4, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
I OWN A 2006 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER WITH WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE A FAULTY GAS GAUGE. I WAS DRIVING HOME LAST NIGHT AND THE GAS LIGHT CAME ON (WHICH SIGNALS THAT FUEL IS NEEDED) AND WITHIN 5 MINUTES THE CAR HAD STALLED ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY (ROUTE 81). I "GOOGLED" TRAILBLAZER AND GAS GAUGE AND I SAW THE THAT THE NHTSA HAS OPENED A PROBE OF THIS ISSUE, AS IT MAY BE WIDESPREAD. THEREFORE, I AM SUBMITTING MY ISSUE SO THAT THE NUMBER CAN BE PROPERLY TRACKED IN THE EVENT A RECALL IS OPENED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10398894May 4, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH THE FUEL GAUGE READING BEGAN TO FLUCTUATE. AFTER THE READING BEGAN TO FLUCTUATE THE CONTACT FUELED THE VEHICLE AND THE EMPTY FUEL TANK WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE A NEW FUEL LEVEL SENSOR WAS INSTALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10398899May 4, 2011
AIR BAGS
AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY IN HEAD-ON COLLISION. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10399072May 4, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
I HAVE A 2006 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER. SINCE MY VEHICLE HIT 69000 MILES MY FUEL GAUGE HAS BECOME INOPERABLE. I HAVE TRIED TO GET IT FIXED BUT IT IS $1300 AND NO GUARANTEE THAT IT WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN SINCE THE PART HAS NOT BEEN CHANGED. IT STALLS ON MANY OCCASIONS AS IF I HAVE NO GAS. I HAVE RUN OUT OF GAS SO I KNOW HOW MANY MILES I CAN GO. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10400067May 4, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
MY VEHICLES GAS GAUGE SIMPLY CEASED WORKING WITH NO APPARENT REASON OR WARNING CAUSING ME TO RUN OUT OF GAS ON A VERY BUSY HIGHWAY. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP WHO INFORMED ME THAT, MORE THAN LIKELY, ONE OF THE THREE SENSORS IN MY GAS TANK HAD CEASED WORKING AND THAT IT WOULD COST ME APPROXIMATELY $1200.00 TO REPAIR THE SAME, WHICH I CANNOT AFFORD AND WHICH HAS YET TO BE REPAIRED CAUSING ME NO END OF GRIEF AND AGGRAVATION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10399109May 4, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
THE FUEL GAUGE ON 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER SHOWED OVER HALF FULL WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE CHANGING LANES ON I-5. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT BUT IT WAS A VERY SCARY SITUATION WITH NO POWER STEERING AND LIMITED POWER BRAKES IT WAS VERY INTERESTING GETTING THE RIG OVER TO THE SHOULDER. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS SAFELY ON THE SHOULDER (AND I QUIT SHAKING) I ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE NUMEROUS TIMES AND IT WOULD NOT RESTART. I CALLED A TOW TRUCK, BELIEVING THERE WAS A MECHANICAL ISSUE. WHEN THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER ARRIVED AND MENTIONED THAT HE HAS SEEN OTHER INCIDENTS WHERE 2005 TRAILBLAZERS FUEL GAUGE WOULD APPEAR TO HAVE FUEL WHILE IN FACT THE TANK WAS EMPTY. I OUR CASE WE ADDED FIVE GALLONS OF FUEL AND THE VEHICLE STARTED AND I WAS SAFELY ABLE TO DRIVE AWAY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10399100May 4, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
DRIVING TO WORK GAS GAUGE SHOWED 1/4 TANK OF GAS. ENGINE STALLED AND HAD TO WAIT FOR 2 HOURS BEFORE TOW TRUCK CAME. TOW TRUCK OPERATOR ASKED IF I RAN OUT OF GAS. I TOLD HIM I HAD A QUARTER TANK LEFT. HE SUGGESTED PUTTING IN 2 GALLONS AND TRY TO START, WHICH IT DID. FUEL GAUGE STARTED SHOWING ERRATIC BEHAVIOR AND HAS SINCE STOPPED WORKING ENTIRELY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10399123May 4, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
I HAVE A 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER WITH WHAT APPEARS TO BE A FAULTY GAS GAUGE. THE GAS GAUGE SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING IN LATE-2010 AND NOW REMAINS ON 'E' MOST OF THE TIME, REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH GAS IS IN THE TANK. ALTHOUGH INFREQUENT, THE NEEDLE HAS AT TIMES BEGAN TO JUMP FROM 'E' TO IN BETWEEN A 1/4-1/2 TANK. THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS FAILURE ARE THAT I HAVE TO CLOSELY MONITOR MY MILEAGE AT ALL TIMES, RESET THE MILEAGE EACH TIME I REFILL MY GAS TANK, AND NOTIFY ANY PERSONS OTHER THAN MYSELF THAT DRIVE MY VEHICLE THAT THE GAS GAUGE DOES NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE AS THE PART IS QUITE EXPENSIVE, I DO NOT FEEL A GAS GAUGE SHOULD BREAK SO EASILY ON A 2005 VEHICLE, AND I AM HOPING THE VEHICLE WILL EVENTUALLY BE RECALLED FOR THIS SPECIFIC PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AS I KNOW SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE HAVING A CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER WHO HAVE ENCOUNTERED THIS SAME PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10399144May 4, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE SENDER WAS READING INACCURATELY AND HE WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH GASOLINE WAS ACTUALLY IN THE VEHICLE. HE ALSO NOTICED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT DID NOT INFORM THE DEALER OR MANUFACTURER NOR WAS THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 101,636 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGES WERE UNKNOWN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10399154May 4, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER
OUR GAS GAUGE QUIT WORKING ON OUR 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. WE HAD WARRANTY ON THE SUV BUT IT FAILED JUST OUT OF WARRANTY. THE ESTIMATED COST TO FIX IT WAS NOT IN OUR BUDGET. WE HAVE TO TRACK OUR MILEAGE AFTER EACH FILL-UP. MY SON RAN OUT OF GAS ONE TIME AS A RESULT OF THE BAD GAUGE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10398818May 3, 2011
CHILD SEAT:LATCH CONNECTOR/CLIP, CHILD SEAT
I INSTALLED MY DAUGHTER'S SUNSHINE KID'S RADIAN (SKR) REAR FACING IN MY '05 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER OUTBOARD BEHIND THE DRIVER'S SEAT ABOUT 2/3 WEEKS AGO. TODAY WHEN I WAS GOING TO PUT MY DAUGHTER IN HER SEAT I NOTICED THAT THE LATCH STRAP WAS HANGING SO LOOSE THAT I COULD FIT MY FIST IN THERE. WHEN HER SEAT WAS INSTALLED IT WAS SO TIGHT IT DIDN'T MOVE. MODEL # US19500 MANUFACTURE DATE 09/10 (RELATED VEHICLE INFORMATION: MODEL YEAR=2005, MAKE=CHEVY, MODEL=TRAILBLAZER). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10398816May 3, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE FUEL GAUGE SWINGING BETWEEN FULL AND EMPTY THEN MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT I NEED AN WHOLE NEW FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY AND THAT THE FUEL TANK WILL HAVE TO BE DROPPED TO REPLACE IT. I'VE BEEN JUST SETTING THE TRIP METER AND FILLING IT UP EVERY 250 MILES BECAUSE THE FUEL GAUGE NOW JUST STAYS LIT ON EMPTY ALL THE TIME. I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH IT RUNNING, STARTING, ETC. SO I'M ASSUMING THAT IT'S JUST THE SENSOR THAT IS OUT. 2006 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10398830May 3, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL LEVEL GAUGE WAS SHOWING AN ERRONEOUS READING. HE STATED THAT HE HAD TO REFUEL EVERY TWO HUNDRED MILES AND THE FUEL LEVEL GAUGE WOULD SHOW AN EMPTY READING DESPITE THE FUEL TANK BEING FULL TO CAPACITY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE WAS DEFECTIVE AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10398854May 3, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
2006 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE GAS GAUGE HAS STOPPED WORKING COMPLETELY. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD BECAUSE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW HOW MUCH GAS IS LEFT IN THE GAS TANK. THIS IS A DANGER AS I COULD RUN OUT OF GAS WHILE DRIVING. ALTHOUGH I CAN USE THE ODOMETER TO "GUESS" ABOUT GAS, IT IS NOT A DEFINITE MEASURE OF THE AMOUNT OF GASOLINE I HAVE LEFT. I KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE WITH OTHER CHEVROLET SUVS AND TRUCKS. I CHECKED ON FIXING THE PROBLEM BUT BECAUSE THE ENTIRE GAS TANK HAS TO BE PULLED FROM THE VEHICLE, IT WILL COST APPROXIMATELY $800 TO FIX THE PROBLEM. BECAUSE THIS APPEARS TO BE A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH CHEVROLET AND GMC SUVS AND TRUCKS, I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY CHEVROLET AND GMC. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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