Chevrolet Trailblazer Complaints

8,467 consumer complaints on file.

#10386143March 2, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER
MY 2006 TRAILBLAZER READS EMPTY WHEN THE GAS TANK IS FULL. I HAVE SPOKE WITH SEVERAL OTHER OWNERS AND THEY ALL EXPERIENCE THE SAME THING. PRETTY SURE THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL FOR THIS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10386144March 2, 2011
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD FAIL TO START IN COLDER TEMPERATURES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO ADVISED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS. THE DEALER PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE OR DUPLICATE A FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10386154March 2, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER, FUEL LEVEL GAUGE, ODOMETER AND OTHER INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A DEALER AND ADVISED THAT THE ELECTRICAL MODULE FAILED AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 6,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10386160March 2, 2011
VISIBILITY
SIDE MIRRORS CONTINUE TO ADJUST WHEN NOT TOLD TO. EVERY TIME I GET IN THE CAR THE OUTSIDE MIRRORS ARE MOVING ERRATICALLY CAUSING SEVERE INCONVENIENCE AND BASICALLY MAKING THE MIRRORS UNUSABLE UNLESS I WANT TO ADJUST THEM EVERY TIME I ENTER THE CAR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10386042March 1, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES EXCLUDING THE FUEL LEVEL GAUGE WAS READING INACCURATELY. WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE SPEEDOMETER REMAINED AT THE SAME SPEED REGARDLESS OF HOW FAST OR SLOW HE WAS DRIVING. BOTH THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE INFORMED OF THE FAILURE AND ADVISED HER THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 120,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10386047March 1, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER
GAS GAUGE DOES NOT WORK SO WE NEVER REALLY KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH GAS WE HAVE LEFT WHICH CAN RESULT IN IT RUNNING OUT OF GAS ON THE HIGHWAY PUTTING MYSELF OR MY WIFE AND CHILDREN IN DANGER... *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10386031March 1, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
FUEL SENDER FAILS RESULTING IN FALSE REPORT BY FUEL GAUGE AS EMPTY TANK. INCIDENCES STARTED IN DECEMBER 2010, 4 MONTHS AFTER VEHICLE PURCHASE, APPROXIMATELY 17,800 MILES DRIVEN ON VEHICLE, 5,000 BY SECOND OWNER. ENDANGERS DRIVER BY POSSIBILITY OF BECOMING STRANDED BY RUNNING OUT OF GAS. REPAIR, NOT COVERED BY MANUFACTURER, IS PROHIBITIVELY EXPENSIVE, $500+, DUE TO POSSIBLE NEED TO REPLACE MORE THAN JUST SENSOR. INCIDENTS OCCUR DAILY, AS GAUGE SOMETIMES RESETS ON START UP, THEN FAILS WHILE DRIVING, AND SOMETIMES IMMEDIATELY AFTER START UP. WELL DOCUMENTED DEFECT OF FUEL SYSTEM ONLINE AND BY REPAIR SHOPS, CLAIMS OF NO RESPONSIBILITY OF DEFECT BY CHEVROLET/GM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10386124March 1, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
MY 2006 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER GAS GAUGE KEEPS TELLING ME ITS EMPTY WHEN ITS FULL. IT ALL STARTED WHEN I PUMPED GAS INTO IT I TURNED IT ON AND IT STOOD ON EMPTY. I ONLY HAVE 43K MILES ON IT. I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS ISSUE WITH ANY CAR BEFORE AND AFTER READING ABOUT HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM I THINK ITS UNFAIR THAT GM IS NOT ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS DEFECT. I COULD UNDERSTAND IF IT WERE 1 OR 2 VEHICLES BUT ITS A LOT.....THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD DO. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10384727February 28, 2011
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE LIFTBACK EMBLEM ON THE BACK OF THE CAR AND THE EMBLEM ON THE FRONT BEGAN TO DISINTEGRATE AFTER ABOUT ONE YEAR. I DON'T HAVE ANY REASON IT JUST STARTED. PEOPLE AND MECHANICS HAVE BEEN TELLING ME THAT THEY WERE BAD AND THE REPLACEMENT WAS HIGH. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10384788February 28, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE PROBLEM STARTED IN JANUARY, 2011, WITH THE VOLTAGE GAUGE TAKING A FEW SECONDS TO COME UP TO FULL VOLTAGE, ACCOMPANIED BY DIM VEHICLE LIGHTS, AT START-UP. ON FEBRUARY 6, 2011, THE TEMPERATURE, AND ONE OTHER GAUGE, STARTED MOVING ERRATICALLY. THE NEXT DAY, FEBRUARY 7, ALL OF THE GAUGES POINTED STRAIGHT DOWN (6 O'CLOCK POSITION). RESEARCH SHOWED THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM, ACROSS SEVERAL MODEL LINES, BUT GM IS SELECTIVELY REFUSING TO FIX TRAILBLAZERS, UNDER A RECALL. I VERIFIED THIS WITH THE DEALER. THE BATTERY WAS REMOVED FOR THREE HOURS AND A LOANER BATTERY INSTALLED. GAUGES WORKED PROPERLY. A BRAND NEW BATTERY WAS INSTALLED (AGAIN, AFTER THREE HOURS WITH NO BATTERY INSTALLED) ON FEBRUARY 10. AS OF FEBRUARY 28, THE PROBLEM HAS NOT RE-OCCURRED, BUT RESEARCH SHOWS MANY INSTANCES OF THE PROBLEM RE-OCCURRING AFTER THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW BATTERY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10384851February 28, 2011
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT. RPM GAUGE STOP WORKING AND THEN NOW THE RPM AND SPEEDOMETER IS NOT WORKING. I FOUND A NUMBER OF REPORTS FROM OTHERS ONLINE STATING THAT THEIR RPM AND SPEEDO ALSO STOPPED WORKING. I HAVE SEEN NO RECALLS ON THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW FAST I'M TRAVELING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10384607February 26, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
FUEL GAUGE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. GOES UP AND DOWN. NEVER SURE HOW MUCH GAS IN THE VEHICLE. COULD RESULT IN RUNNING OUT OF GAS LEADING TO BEING REARENDED OR STUCK IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. GAUGE GETS STUCK ON EMPTY AT TIMES AND FUEL LIGHT COMES ON. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10384627February 26, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
FUEL GAUGE ON MY 2007 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER QUIT WORKING SUDDENLY AT ABOUT 40K MILE. GM DENIES ANY RECALL IN ORDER, BUT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHEN I RESEARCH IT ON THE INTERNET. NOW THEY'RE GIVING ME THE RUN AROUND ABOUT FIXING IT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10384497February 25, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER
GAS GAUGE SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING. FILLED CAR, GAS LIGHT CAME ON AND GAUGE DROPPED TO E. BEGAN FLOATING BETWEEN FULL AND HALF FULL, THEN BACK TO E. A FEW DAYS LATER, BACK TO WORKING IT SEEMED. THEN, DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY ABOUT 65 MILES PER HOUR, CAR SUDDENLY SHUTS DOWN, NO POWER, BARELY GOT OFF ROAD WITHOUT BEING REAR ENDED. SAT WITH NO HEAT IN FREEZING WEATHER WAITING FOR HELP, BARELY OFF THE SIDE OF HIGHWAY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10384502February 25, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
THE SPEEDOMETER BEGINS TO TICK AS I PRESS ON THE GAS PEDAL AND JUMPS ANYWHERE TO 80-100MPH AND I MAY BE ONLY GOING 30. IT STALLS AND THEN CONTINUES TO JUMP UNTIL IT IS READING OFF THE SCALE. IT NOW RESIDES OFF THE SCALE AND I HAVE NO WAY OF TELLING WHAT SPEED I AM TRAVELING AT OTHER THAN USING MY GPS. THE SAFETY CONCERNS OF NOT KNOWING THE SPEED AT WHICH I AM TRAVELING ALONG WITH THE LEGAL ISSUES I MAY FACE IS WHY I AM FILING THIS COMPLAINT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10384282February 24, 2011
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. WHILE THE DRIVER WAS TRAVELING 45 MPH, SHE DROVE OVER A BUMP, THE BRAKES FAILED TO ENGAGE, SHE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND IT CRASHED INTO A HIGHWAY CEMENT WALL. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED FACIAL INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER TO BE INSPECTED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER DID NOT INDICATE THE CORRECT SPEED AT WHICH THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AND THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 96,000.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10384351February 24, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER ACTUALLY MY PROBLEM STARTED ABOUT 2YRS AGO WHEN MY GAS GAUGE WENT OUT. THEN YEAR LATER I WAS SITTING IN TRAFFIC AND ONCE I GOT BACK UP TO SPEED MY SPEEDOMETER WENT OUT AND QUIT WORKIN. IT WOULD JUMP AROUND AND THEN SOMETIMES APPEAR TO BE READING CORRECTLY THEN JUMP TO ZERO OR WAY OVER PAST 90 WHICH OF COURSE I WAS NOT GOING THAT FAST. NOW MY OIL PRESSURE GAUGE AND TEMPERATURE GAUGE ARE GOING OUT AS WELL. AFTER CHECKING FOR RECALLS I SEE NOW THERE HAVE BEEN ALOT OF COMPLAINTS WITH THIS ISSUE IN THE SAME YEAR VEHICLE BUT NO RECALLS. IF THIS MANY VEHICLES ARE HAVING SIMILAR ISSUES WHY ISN'T CHEVY MAKING IT RIGHT? I KNOW MECHANICAL THINGS HAPPEN AFTER OWNING A VEHICLE BUT NOT THE SAME THING TO THIS MANY VEHICLES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10384082February 23, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO THE SPEEDOMETER IN MY 2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER STOPPED WORKING PROPERLY. THE ONLY THING OUT OF THE ORDINARY WAS THE NEARLY 16 INCHES OF SNOW THAT WE GOT IN THE CHICAGOLAND AREA. AT FIRST IT WOULD NOT MOVE, THEN IT READ THAT I WAS GOING 30 MPH WHILE THE CAR WAS IN PARK. NOW IT IS STUCK PAST 120 MPH. I AM UNEMPLOYED, STILL TRYING TO MAKE CAR PAYMENTS ON THIS CAR AND DO NOT HAVE THE $500 + THAT CHEVY HAS TOLD ME THEY WOULD CHARGE ME TO FIX THIS PROBLEM THAT I AM SURE THEY ARE WELL AWARE OF WITH THIS MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR SUV. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10384098February 23, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
THE SPEEDOMETER AT ANY GIVIN MOMENT WILL GO HAYWIRE. WILL READ OVER OR UNDER WHAT SPEED YOU ARE ACTUALLY DRIVING. THIS IS CAUSED BY A FAULTY INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. SAFETY CONCERN IS THAT YOU DO NOT NOTICE RIGHT AWAY THAT THE SPEEDOMETER IS OUT OF WHACK SO YOU DON'T KNOW HOW FAST YOU ARE ACTUALLY GOING, LEAVING YOU VULNERABLE TO DRIVING TOO FAST FOR ROAD CONDITIONS AND POTENTIALLY CAUSING A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM IN THE 2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER AND GM WILL DO NOTHING TO REPAIR THIS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10384113February 23, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER FUEL SENSOR. DOES NOT READ CORRECTLY, AND AFTER FILL UP, THE GAUGE GOES TO EMPTY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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