Chevrolet Trailblazer Complaints

8,467 consumer complaints on file.

#10398991May 1, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
THE FUEL GAUGE IS INACCURATE. THE FUEL GAUGE WILL READ EMPTY, EVEN AFTER THE GAS TANK IS FULL OF GAS. THE FUEL GAUGE WILL ALSO JUMP TO 1/4 OF A TANK AND THEN IMMEDIATELY BACK TO EMPTY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10398426May 1, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
FUEL GAUGE STOPPED WORKING. FILLED UP GAS TANK AND FUEL GAUGE REMAINED ON EMPTY. TOOK INTO DEALERSHIP IN OCT 2010, 67,864 MILES ON VEHICLE. THEY ADVISED IT WAS A KNOW PROBLEM. HAD REPAIRED AT COST OF $800. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10398425May 1, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
I OWN A 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. A YEAR AFTER PURCHASE THE FUEL GAUGE QUIT WORKING PROPERLY. IT WOULD BOUNCE BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN EMPTY AND HALF A TANK NO MATTER HOW MUCH GAS WAS IN IT AT FIRST. THEN WITHIN THREE MONTHS IT QUIT ALL TOGETHER. NOW IT JUST SITS ON EMPTY ALL THE TIME..REPEATEDLY DINGING AT ME BECAUSE IT READS AN EMPTY TANK AT ALL TIMES. I CAN STOP AT THE GAS STATION AND FILL THE TANK AND START IT UP AND IT SITS ON EMPTY AND WILL DING AT ME WITHIN 5 MINUTES TO TELL ME THE TANK IS EMPTY. TRYING TO TELL HOW MUCH FUEL IS ACTUALLY IN THE TANK HAS BECOME A GUESSING GAME. CONSIDERING I AM ALMOST ALWAYS DRIVING AROUND WITH MY KIDS IN THE CAR IT IS QUITE SCARY TO THINK OF RUNNING OUT OF GAS ON THE HIGHWAY OR IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION. I HAVE RESEARCHED SCORES OF FORUMS WITH OTHER OWNERS SUFFERING WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND YET CHEVROLET HAS NO CONCERNS. THEY WOULD RATHER PROFIT FROM THE ESTIMATED $1800 REPAIR BILL. WITH THE ECONOMY IN THE SHAPE IT IS THERE ARE ALOT OF US FORCED TO ENDURE THE PROBLEM AND KEEP OUR FINGERS CROSSED WE DON'T GET HIT IF WE MISTAKENLY GUESS WE HAVE MORE GAS THAN IS ACTUALLY IN THE TANK. THIS IS ON TOP OF THE WATER PUMP REPLACEMENT AT 40,000 MILES WHICH WE PAID TO REPLACE ALONG WITH THE THERMOSTAT BECAUSE IT WAS NO LONGER HEATING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10398992May 1, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
THE GAS GAUGE IS CONSTANTLY SHOWING THE TANK IS EMPTY - EVEN AFTER IT HAS BEEN FILLED UP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10398438May 1, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
THE GAS GAGE ON MY 2007 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER FAILS TO GIVE ACCURATE READINGS, EVEN AFTER FILLING IT UP, IT CAN READ FULL, OR IMMEDIATELY DROP TO EMPTY, OR JUST CONSTANTLY CHANGES. I DO HIGHWAY TRAVELING UP TO 200 MILES BACK AND FORTH TO COLLEGE AND IT IS A CONSTANT DISTRACTION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10398437May 1, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
GAS GAUGE DOES NOT WORK. ENGINE LIGHT AND FUEL LIGHTS STAY ON CONSTANTLY. WIFE HAS RUN OUT OF GAS SEVERAL TIMES REQUIRING ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND PLACING HER IN DANGER OF ACCIDENT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10398993May 1, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
THE FUEL GAUGE OF MY 2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER HAS A MIND OF IT'S OWN. IT STOPPED WORKING CORRECTLY AT SOMEWHERE NEAR 85,000 MILES. IT NO LONGER EVER SHOWS A FULL TANK, EVEN AFTER A FILL UP, STOPPING JUST SHORT OF 1/2 FULL. THE GAUGE THEN WILL GO UP AND DOWN FROM THIS POINT AT WILL, MOVING USUALLY DOWN TO "E" AS I SIT IDLE AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. I CAN FILL UP, AND LESS THE 150 MILES LATER, IT WILL SHOW EMPTY, EVEN THOUGH I'VE USED LESS THEN 1/2 A TANK OF GAS. I HAVE RUN OUT OF GAS ON A BUSY HIGHWAY BECAUSE OF THIS CONDITION, EVEN AS THIS GAUGE SHOWED 1/4 TANK. I WAS NOT HIT, BUT WAS VERY CLOSE TO GETTING REAR ENDED. I AM NOW HEARING THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH CERTAIN GM VEHICLES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10398447May 1, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER. FUEL GAUGE SENDING UNIT IS WORKING SOME TIMES AND OTHER TIMES IT DOESN'T. AFTER ABOUT 60000 MILES IT WOULDN'T WORK RIGHT, OF COURSE DEALERSHIP WANTED TO FIX RIGHT AWAY FOR ABOUT 600.00 DOLLARS. MY SONS GIRL FRIEND HAS A 2003 TRAILBLAZER WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. WHAT IS GOING ON.YOU MAY REACH ME E-MAIL [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10398994May 1, 2011
WHEELS, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD A NUMBER OF ELECTRICAL AND /OR COMPUTER PROBLEMS. THE FIRST SET OF TIRES ON THE VEHICLE WERE WORN OUT BECAUSE THE COMPUTER WOULD SAY THEY HAD LOW PRESSURE, SO WE WOULD FILL THEM AND CHECK THEM WITH THE ONBOARD TIRE PRESSURE, OTHERWISE IT WOULD CONTINUE TO SAY THE TIRES WERE LOW. THE GAS GAUGE GOES FROM FULL TO EMPTY AND BACK AT LEAST 10 TIMES A DAY, THEY SAY AT THE SERVICE DEPT IT'S THE FUEL SENDING SWITCH. SERVICE STABILITRAC WARNING COMES ON AT VARIOUS TIMES. I THINK ALL WARNINGS (LIGHTS AND THROUGH THE COMPUTER SCREEN) HAVE COME ON AT LEAST ONE TIME, SOME WE HAD TO STOP THE CAR AND LOOK UP WHAT THE LIGHT WAS IN THE BOOK. NOW THE IGNITION SWITCH HAS SOMETHING WRONG, THE STEERING WHEEL WILL NOT LOCK WHEN THE CAR IS SHUT OFF AND THE KEY IS REMOVED. THEN THE CAR WON'T START UNLESS YOU WORK THE KEY AND THE SWITCH. TODAY IT STARTED AND THEN QUIT WHEN YOU LET GO OF THE KEY AND IT GOES TO THE RUN POSITION. WHEN YOU TURN THE KEY ON, THERE IS WEIRD NOISE LIKE ELECTRICAL SHORT OR SOMETHING. THERE HAVE BEEN PROBLEMS WITH WINDOW SWITCHES AND REGULATORS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10398453May 1, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
FUEL GAUGE QUIT WORKING SO IT WAS NEVER KNOWN HOW MUCH FUEL WAS IN VEHICLE. VEHICLE COULD STALL DUE TO NOT HAVING ADEQUATE FUEL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10398996May 1, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
THE GASOLINE GAUGE WOULD NOT READ ACCURATELY. IF WE FILLED UP OUR GAS TANK, THE GAUGE WOULD READ EMPTY. WE NEVER REALLY KNEW HOW MUCH GASOLINE WE HAD IN THE TANK. WE HAD THE FUEL LEVEL SENSOR REPLACED ON 9/02/09. THIS WAS A VERY COSTLY REPAIR. WE FEEL THAT GM SHOULD DO A RECALL ON THIS PART AND WE SHOULD BE REIMBURSED FOR OUR EXPENSES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10398327April 30, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
2005 TRAILBLAZER FAULTY FUEL SENSOR. FUEL GAUGE READS EMPTY ALL THE TIME. HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. IP CLUSTER REPLACED FIRST AT COST OF $400.00. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10398328April 30, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
EXPERIENCED INACCURATE FUEL GAUGE READINGS WHILE DRIVING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10398334April 30, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
MY GAS GAUGE WAS MOVING FROM FULL TO 3/4 FULL BACK TO FULL AND ALL OVER THE GAUGE. EVENTUALLY IT HAS STAYED AT EMPTY WITH THE LIGHT ON. I HAVE TO GAGE MY GAS FILLING WITH THE ODOMETER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10398342April 30, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER
FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT REGISTER PROPERLY. INDICATOR REMAINS ON EMPTY AND LOW FUEL INDICATOR LIGHT STAYS ON EVEN AFTER FILLING UP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10398339April 30, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
I HAVE A 2005 TRAILBLAZER IN WHICH THE GAS GAUGE IS DEFECTIVE. ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO, IT STARTED SENDING THE ALARM OF LOW FUEL EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS PLENTY OF GAS IN VEHICLE. NOW, THE GAUGE GOES UP AND DOWN AND EVENTUALLY WILL BE IN THE EMPTY POSITION EVEN AFTER I HAVE FILLED IT UP. NEED TO GET VEHICLE FIXED, BUT WAITING UNTIL A RECALL OCCURS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10398343April 30, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
INACCURATE FUEL LEVEL 2006 TRAILBLAZER. SOMETIMES WHEN I FILL THE TANK THE LOW FUEL LIGHT GOES ON AND THE GAUGE GOES TO EMPTY. OTHER TIMES IT LOOKS LIKE IT HAS ABOUT A TANK AND A HALF ON THE NEEDLE. SOME DAYS THE GAUGE WONT WORK AT ALL. I HAVE RESORTED TO USING THE TRIP ODOMETER BECAUSE THE GAUGE IS TOTALLY INACCURATE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10398986April 30, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
THE FUEL SENSOR ON MY 2007 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER HAS FAILED. FOR THE FIRST 3 MONTHS OF EXPERIENCING THE PROBLEM, THE SENSOR WOULD FUNCTION WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS REFUELED. HOWEVER, THE DASHBOARD GAGE WOULD QUICKLY (LESS THAN 50 MILES) DROP TO "FUEL LEVEL LOW." FOR THE PAST 9 MONTHS, THE SENSOR HAS FAILED COMPLETELY AND THE FUEL GAGE ALWAYS DISPLAYS "FUEL LEVEL LOW." I RAN OUT OF GAS 3 TIMES ON THE HIGHWAY AS A RESULT OF THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN. UNEXPECTEDLY RUNNING OUT OF FUEL AND NOT BEING ABLE TO MONITOR FUEL LEVELS PUTS OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM IN A UNNECESSARY COMPROMISED SAFETY SITUATION. I NOW MONITOR THE LEVEL OF FUEL IN THE VEHICLE WITH THE TRIP ODOMETER GAGE. I KNOW THAT I HAVE TO REFUEL AT AROUND 300 MILES FROM FILL UP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10398347April 30, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
ERRATIC FUEL LEVEL READINGS ON FUEL GATE. ONCE THIS STARTED IT WAS REGULAR AND WOULD READ FULL, EMPTY, PARTIALLY FULL REGARDLESS OF ACTUAL FUEL LEVEL. REPLACED FUEL PUMP MODULE AND LEVEL SENSOR. OLD PART IS NOT STILL AVAILABLE. I AM REPORTING THIS BECAUSE I HEARD THERE IS AN INVESTIGATION I HAD A 2006 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXTENDED 2WD WE HAD NO SAFETY ISSUES AS WE DISCOVERED IT WAS NOT WORKING AND MONITORED MILES DRIVEN TO PREVENT RUNNING OUT OF FUEL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10398350April 30, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER
I DRIVE A 2005 CHEVROLET TRAIL BLAZER. THE GAS GAUGE IS WILDLY INACCURATE. IN FACT, WHEN I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE, I RAN OUT OF GAS. IT WAS IN THE EVENING DURING THE COLD MICHIGAN WINTER AND I HAD MY 6 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER WITH ME IN HER CAR SEAT. THE GAUGE DOES NOT PROVIDE ME WITH AN ACCURATE IDEA OF HOW MUCH FUEL IS LEFT IN THE TANK AND I AM FORCED TO EITHER USE MY ODOMETER OR JUST MAKE AN EDUCATED GUESS. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD WHICH NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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