Chevrolet Trailblazer Complaints (2003)

1,239 consumer complaints on file.

#10317181March 5, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT OBSERVED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH; THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER DISPLAYED AN INCORRECT READING INTERMITTENTLY. IN ADDITION, THE RPM REMAINED INCORRECT AND THE SPEEDOMETER SHOWED A FAULTY READING. THE FAILURES OCCURRED AT ANY SPEED RATE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 69,488. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10315428March 4, 2010
AIR BAGS, SEAT BELTS:FRONT
2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. S10 COMEBACK FWD LTR TO POTUS RE COMPLAINT AGAINST GM REGARDING DEFECTIVE AIRBAG, INVOLVE IN CAR ACCIDENT AND THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT A DEER, CROSSED THE CENTER LANE AND HIT THEIR VEHICLE HEAD ON. THE CONSUMER STATED THE SEAT BELTS DID NOT RESTRAIN THEM. *JB UPDATED PHONE NUMBER 05/28/10. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10316848March 4, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
SPEEDOMETER STICKS AT 65 MPH WHEN USING THE CRUISE CONTROL. THIS IS THE FIFTH TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. DEALER SUGGESTS INSTRUMENT CLUSTER REPLACEMENT. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD. MANY POSTS ON INTERNET FOR SAME PROBLEM, BUT NO VEHICLE RECALL. MEANWHILE TRUCK SERIES HAD SAME PROBLEM AND WAS RECALLED. THIS NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF NOW. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10316151March 3, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER. INSTRUMENT CLUSTER STARTED MAKING A NOISE WHEN YOU TURN OFF THE VEHICLE. THIS WAS ABOUT 30,000? MILES. DEALER SAID WAS NORMAL. NOW FOR THE PAST 5 YEARS BATTERY JUST GOES DEAD OVERNIGHT. TRACED TO A CONTINUAL BATTERY DRAW FROM THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. DEALER ONLY WANTS TO CHARGE FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND SAID WOULD NOT BE COVERED BY ANY WARRANTY EVEN THOUGH IT STARTED PRIOR TO WARRANTY EXPIRATION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10315703March 2, 2010
EXTERIOR LIGHTING, SUSPENSION, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
PURCHASED A 2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER-EXT LT IN DEC 2002 FROM THE DEALER, TEAM CHEVROLET IN PASADENA. SINCE PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL RECALLS, ONE IN PARTICULAR THAT KEEPS RECURRING ARE THE BRAKE LIGHTS KEEP BURNING, THE DEALER CHANGED BOTH UNITS BUT IT KEEPS BURNING OUT. I GOT TIRED OF TAKING IT TO THE DEALER, SO I PURCHASED NEW BULBS AND LOOKED INTO REPLACING THEM MYSELF. HOWEVER WHEN I UNSCREWED THE BULB, I NOTICED THE BULB JUST DIDN'T BURN NORMALLY (LIKE A HOME LAMP) IT LOOKED MORE OF AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE, THE LINING OF WHERE THE BULB IS SCREWED IN LOOKED LIKE IT HAD WHITE RESIDUE AND IT SMELLED SMOKY. ALSO, DON'T KNOW IF ITS THE SHOCKS OR SUSPENSION,MAKES ODD NOISES. DEALER SAID ITS FINE, BUT THE NOISE IS STILL THERE.SHORLY AFTER MY ENGINE LIGHT TURNED ON...THE DEALER COULD NOT FIGURE WHAT WAS WRONG AFTER A 2 TO 3 WEEK AND COSTLY EXPENSE AND TIME...THEY SWITCHED OUT THE GAS TANK...COME TO FIND OUT, THAT WASN'T THE PROBLEM, THE ENGINE LIGHT TURNED ON AGAIN, THEY SAID ONE OF THE PISTONS NEEDED REPLACING...$$$ THAT WAS A BIG EXPENSE AND TIME CONSUMING... EVERYTIME I TOOK IT TO THEM IT, SOMETHING WAS FIXED, THEY CHARGE, I PAY, AND THE ENGINE LIGHT WOULD TURN ON, IT GOT FRUSTRATING. TILL, THEY FINALLY GOT IT RIGHT. NOW MY CAR SOUNDS HORRIBLE (SHOCKS/SUSPENSION NOISE GOT WORSE) WHEN I GO OVER CITY BUMPS OR DRIVING EVEN SMALL LIKE HILLS, AND MIND YOU,WHICH IS DRIVEN BY MYSELF (FEMALE 124LBS) IT SHOULDN'T SQUEAK OR MAKE NOISES, THE BRAKES PEDAL MAKES A NOISE WHEN I PLACE MY FOOT ON IT....YES IT HAS 90K MILES AND IT'S AN 8 YEAR OLD CAR, BUT I KEPT UP WITH THE MAINTENANCES, I'VE TAKEN IT TO THE SAME DEALER SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED, ONLY DRIVE IT TO AND FROM WORK....THE CAR IS IN GOOD CONDITION, NO HIT/SCRATCHES/NO TEARS.... I CAN'T EXPLAIN WHY.... ARE THERE ANY OTHER RECALLS, THE DEALER ISN'T AWARE OF??? FOR INSTANCE THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF THE GAS TANK RECALL..WHICH THEY WERE CHARGING ME OVER $1200 TO REPAIR, HOW CAN I TRUST THEY ARE DOING THEIR JOB? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10315916March 2, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
INSTRUMENT CLUSTER PANEL STOPS WORKING. GAS GAUGE SHOWS EMPTY, BATTERY LIGHT APPEARS, OIL GAUGE AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS START ACTING ERRATICALLY. I HAD MY 2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER AT THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES. 1ST TIME THEY REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR, NEXT TIME I WAS TOLD THE BATTERY WAS WEAK. I HAD THE BATTERY CHECKED AT ANOTHER LOCATION AND IT TESTED FINE. MY INSTRUMENTS ARE NOT REGISTERING PROPERLY AGAIN. THIS IS ABOUT THE 4TH TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED AND I DON'T WANT TO BE STUCK SOMEWHERE ALONG THE HIGHWAY. I NEVER KNOW WHEN THIS PROBLEM WILL RESTART. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10313800February 24, 2010
AIR BAGS
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. WHILE DRIVING 45-50 MPH IN INCLEMENT WEATHER, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A RETAINER WALL. SHE STATED THAT OTHER PASSING VEHICLES PUSHED HER VEHICLE INTO THE RETAINER WALL. THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. SHE WAS ALSO INJURED WHEN THE CRASH OCCURRED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WOULD TAKE PICTURES OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 82,000. THE CONSUMER STATED IT WAS A HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT. UPDATED 04/07/10.*JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10311848February 18, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
I OWN A 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER THAT HAS A MALFUNCTIONING SPEEDOMETER. ALTHOUGH GM HAS ISSUED A RECALL ON OTHER TRUCKS AND SUVS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, THE TRAILBLAZER HAS NOT BEEN MADE A PART OF THIS RECALL. I HAVE FRIENDS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR TRAILBLAZERS, SO IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE. MY VEHICLE ONLY HAS 64K MILES AT THE CURRENT TIME, WHICH WOULD FALL WITHIN THE REALM OF WARRANTY REPAIR FOR THE OTHER RECALLED VEHICLES. I AM AN AVID CHEVY OWNER, BUT I FEEL THAT GM HAS FALLEN DOWN ON ADDRESSING THIS CONCERN WITH TRAILBLAZER OWNERS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10310089February 12, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
SPEEDOMETER INCONSISTENTLY FAILING. UPDATED 03/15/10
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10308388February 10, 2010
AIR BAGS
HAD CAR ACCIDENT WAS HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE AND HIT A RETAINING WALL GOING ABOUT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY 2003 TRAIL BLAZER. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10308056February 9, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS LEAKING AND THAT THERE WAS A FRACTURE IN THE FUEL INLET VALVE WHICH WAS CONNECTED TO THE SPOUT. THERE WAS NO ROUTINE MAINTENANCE PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE DEALER WILL NOT ASSUME THE REPAIR COST AND THERE ARE NO RELATED RECALLS OR WARRANTIES. THE CHEVROLET MANUFACTURER WAS CALLED AND STATED THAT THEY WOULD REVIEW THE CASE AND INFORM HIM OF THE OUTCOME. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 119,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10307021February 6, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
SAFETY PROBLEM WITH SEAL WHERE THE FILLER NECK MEETS GAS TANK. THIS SEAL CRACKS. GAS SPILLS OUT THIS SEAL WHEN FUELING AND EMITS A STRONG GAS ODOR WHEN ENGINE IS ON OR OFF, MORE SO WHEN CAR IS RUNNING. FROM MY RESEARCH THIS IS A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM BUT ONLY EXT MODELS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FREE REPLACEMENT BUT THE PROBLEM IS NOT LIMITED TO EXT MODELS. SAME DEFECTIVE PARTS ARE USED ON NON EXT MODELS. COST TO REPAIR IS $1400! THIS IS A HEALTH CONCERN AND FIRE HAZARD DUE TO FUMES ESCAPING VEHICLE *CN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10302046January 23, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER, STRUCTURE
2003 TRAILBLAZER LT. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON FOR ABOUT A 3 WEEKS. BROUGHT VEHICLE TO SERVICE AT DEALERSHIP, WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED TO REPLACE MY FUEL TANK BECAUSE THERE WAS A LEAK IN MY FUEL TANK AND IT SHOULD BE REPLACED. COST WOULD BE ABOUT $1100.00. I HAVE ALSO REPLACED MY KICK PANEL AT LEAST 6 TIMES. EVERYTIME I HAVE TO COME OUT OF POCKET FOR SOMETHING THAT IS POORLY MADE BY THE MANUFACTURE. I KNOW OTHERS ARE EXPERIENCING THIS SAME PROBLEM. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS SITUATION FOR US, WE NEED YOUR HELP. I DRIVE MY VEHICLE EVERYDAY AND ONLY HAVE ABOUT 63,000 MILES, MY VEHICLE IS LIKE NEW AND I AM THE ONLY DRIVER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10301758January 21, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES HAVE BEEN NOT WORKING PROPERLY. OIL GAUGE IS PEGGED WAY PAST THE HIGHEST NUMBER. BATTERY VOLTAGE SHOWS MINUS VOLTS, RPM SHOWS MINUS NUMBERS WHEN STOPPED OR EVEN ZERO RPMS WHEN MOVING. TEMP GAUGE NOW STARTS SHOWING LESS THAN NORMAL. THIS IS COMPLETELY UNSAFE AND NEEDS TO BE FIXED BY CHEVY. IF OTHER MODELS IN THIS CLASS ARE FIXED WHY NOT THE TRAILBLAZER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10301789January 21, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. ALL GAUGES ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER HAVE STOPPED WORKING. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH NUMEROUS MAKES AND MODELS, MANY OF WHICH HAVE BEEN RECALLED - THE TRAILBLAZER HAS NOT. GM WILL NOT TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO MAKE THIS RIGHT ON THEIR OWN. I THINK THEY NEED A LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT. A RECALL IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. A NON-FUNCTIONING SPEEDOMETER IS AN EASY WAY TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10300355January 19, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
SPEEDOMETER STOP WORKING ON CHEVY TRAILBLAZER WITH ONLY 45,000 MILES ON IT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10300125January 18, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
SPEEDOMETER OF 2003 TRAILBLAZER FAILED, READING 2-3X ACTUAL SPEED. OBVIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. INTERNET SEARCH REVEALS THIS A COMMON PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10300028January 16, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
GAUGES AND SPEEDOMETER ON 2003 TRAILBLAZER QUIT WORKING. PROBLEM EVENTUALLY CAUSED PROBLEMS TO THE WHOLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.. HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT, ALL DASH LIGHTS QUIT WORKING AND ELECTRIC POWER TO ENGINE EVENTUALLY SHUTDOWN WHILE DRIVING. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO DEALER. IF YOU LOOK ON THE INTERNET THIS IS A VERY COMMON AND DANGEROUS PROBLEM FOR TRAILBLAZERS, BUT NO RECALL? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10299686January 13, 2010
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
I HAVE A 2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER LT. A FEW WEEKS AGO I FOUND OUT MY 4X4 WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. AFTER ONLY DRIVING MY BLAZER 3 TIMES, AT HIGHWAY SPEED (70), I HEARD A VERY LOUD KNOCK IN THE FRONT END SHORTLY FOLLOWED BY CONTINUOUS KNOCKING AND VERY QUICKLY LOST CONTROL OF THE BRAKES. DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES BEING ON MY SIDE I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF OF THE HIGHWAY AND PLACE THE CAR IN PARK AND HAVE IT TOWED TO THE GARAGE. UPON REVIEW OF THE FRONT END IT WAS DETERMINED THE FRONT END DIFFERENTIAL LITERALLY BLEW APART. MY TRAILBLAZER ONLY HAS 84,000 MILES AND I NOW HAVE TO REPLACE THE WHOLE FRONT AXLE. MOST LIKELY AT A COST OF AT LEAST $2,000.00. THIS REPAIR INCLUDES THE COST OF AN AXLE FROM A SALVAGE YARD...NOT A NEW ONE AND ENTAILS AT LEAST 16 HOURS OF LABOR. WITH REVIEW OF ARTICLES POSTED TO AUTO SITES ON THE INTERNET, THIS IS A VERY WIDE SPREAD ISSUE WITH TRAILBLAZERS. WHY IS GM NOT STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE AND ADDRESSING THESE ISSUES? I WAS LUCKY THIS MORNING. MY MECHANIC DOES NOT KNOW HOW I WAS NOT IN A SERIOUS WRECK SEEING THAT THIS HAPPENED DURING MORNING RUSH HOUR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10299552January 12, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
ONE OR MORE OF THE GAUGES ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL INTERMITTENTLY MALFUNCTIONS. THE FIRST INDICATION WAS THE GAS GAUGE, WHICH WHEN THE GAS TANK WAS FILLED, THE NEEDLE POINTED STRAIGHT DOWN, THEN WOULD CHANGE TO RANDOM AREAS ON THE GAUGE. I THOUGHT THIS WAS A RESULT OF THE FLOAT IN THE GAS TANK STICKING, UNTIL THE NEEDLE POINTED TO DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE GAUGE AT DIFFERENT TIMES; NO RHYME OR REASON, AND WAS NOT CONSISTENT WITH A "STICKING FLOAT". THEN THE TACHOMETER WOULD READ 5,000 RPM WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK, AND 7,000 RPM WHEN GOING 35 MPH, AND WOULD POINT STRAIGHT DOWN AT OTHER TIMES. THEN THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD READ VERY RANDOM SPEEDS, NEVER CONSISTENT, AND SOMETIMES WILL READ OVER 120 MPH. THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE READS DIFFERENT TEMPERATURES, AND THE NEEDLE SOMETIMES POINTS STRAIGHT DOWN. THOUGH THESE MALFUNCTIONS ARE RANDOM AMONG THE GAUGES, THEY ARE CONSTANT AS A WHOLE; ON A DAILY BASIS. ALL OF THESE MALFUNCTIONS COULD BE A SAFETY CONCERN. I NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH GAS I HAVE, WHICH COULD BE DANGEROUS IF I RAN OUT WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY TRAVELING AT 70 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER IS INACCURATE, WHICH COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, WHETHER TRAVELING TOO FAST OR TOO SLOW, THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE IS INACCURATE, WHICH COULD CAUSE SEVERE BURNS IF THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED, BUT FAILED TO REFLECT THAT ON THE GAUGE, AND SIMILAR SAFETY CONCERNS WITH THE TACHOMETER, WHICH COULD ALSO RESULT IN SEVERE ENGINE DAMAGE. I HAVE ALSO RESEARCHED THIS COMPLAINT, AND REALIZED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN MANY OF THE SAME COMPLAINT SUBMITTED HERE, AND TO THE MANUFACTURER. I AM VERY SURPRISED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM ON THE 2002 MODEL, BUT NOT ON THE 2003 MODEL, SINCE IT IS THE SAME PROBLEM, AND BECAUSE SO MANY COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN FILED ABOUT IT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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