Chevrolet Trailblazer Complaints

8,467 consumer complaints on file.

#10038023October 1, 2003
AIR BAGS
WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A SIDE COLLISION. UPON IMPACT NEITHER THE FRONT OR SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK *NLM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10038208October 1, 2003
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE JACK WAS INSTALLED UNDERNEATH THE PASSENGER'S REAR SEAT. THE CONSUMER WENT TO UNSCREW THE JACK WHEN THE PIN FROM THE JACK SHOT UP AND HIT THE CONSUMER IN THE LEFT EYE. THE PIN CAUSED PERMANENT EYE DAMAGE. MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED AT THE TIME OF THIS CALL. *AK *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10038232October 1, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, SUSPENSION, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS
THE REAR RIGHT BRAKE LIGHT WAS INOPERATIVE. *AK. ALSO THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE WAS LOOSE, THE BRAKES SQUEAKED AND THE FRONT STABILIZER WAS REPLACED BECAUSE A NOISE WAS HEARD WHEN THE CONSUMER MADE SLOW TURNS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10041848September 29, 2003
POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
4-WHEEL DRIVE FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE TO GO FROM 4-WHEEL DRIVE TO 2-WHEEL DRIVE WITHOUT CHANGING THE SELECTOR. DEALERSHIP IS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, SO THEY CAN'T FIX IT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10040870September 28, 2003
AIR BAGS
TRAVELING 55 MPH WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE CROSSED THE ROAD CAUSING ME TO HIT THE SIDE OF HIS VEHICLE HEAD ON. NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10039636September 27, 2003
SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER
WE PURCHASE A NEW 2003 CHERROLET TRAILBLAZER AUGUST 16, 2003. WE WERE ON A TRIP WHEN WE HAD TO TRADE OUR OLD 96 BLAZER IN DUE TO TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. WE HAD NOT GONE 75 MILES WHEN OUR GRANDSON SOMEHOW GOT THE LEFT REAR SEAT BELT WRAPPED AROUND HIS WAIST, FORTUNATELY! I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND HAD HIM CAREFULLY STAND. MY THINKING WAS TO EASE THE TENSION ON THE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR MECHANISM. AS I TRIED TO LOOSEN THE TENSION THE BELT ONLY BECAME TIGHTER AND TIGHTER AROUND HIS WAIST UNTIL THE BUCKLE WAS STARTING TO JAB HIM IN THE ABDOMEN. HE WAS OBVIOUSLY STARTING TO FEEL THE PAIN FROM THE CONSTRICTING OF THE BELT AND STARTED GETTING MORE AGGITATED AND NERVOUS. I FINALLY ENDED UP CUTTING THE BELT, BECAUSE I COULD NOT GET IN TO RELEASE. I AM AWARE THAT THE BELT NEEDS TO REMAIN TAUGHT IN ORDER TO SECURE CHILD SEATS, BUT IT MUST BE ABLE TO BE RELEASE IN CASES LIKE THIS. I SUBSEQUENTLY TRIED MAKING THE LOOP IN THE SEAT BELT SMALLER TRYING TO SIMILATE A SITUATION OF A YOUNG CHILD HAVING SOMEHOW GOTTEN IT AROUND THEIR NECK AND FOUND THE SAME SINARIO. IT WOULD NOT RELEASE. I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A SERIOUS DANGER TO CHILDREN. BY THE WAY MY GRANDSON IS 8 YEARS OLD AND MUST HAVE DISCONNECTED THE SEAT BELT MOMENTARILY TO RETRIEVE SOMETHING HE LOST ON THE FLOOR. CHEVROLET IS CLAIMING THAT THIS IS THE WAY THE BELT IS DESIGNED TO FUNCTION....IS SO WE HAVE A PROBLEM! THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS PROBLEM. SINCERELY, CARL CARLSON
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10041834September 26, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
VEHICLE STALLS WITH NO ENGINE RE-START.*MR THE CONSUMER IS REQUESTING THAT THE ENGINE BE REPLACED IN THERE TRAIL BLAZER BECAUSE OF THE STALLING IN THE ENGINE, BEFORE THIS SITUATION OCCURS RESULTING IN INJURY OR DEATH. PLEASE REVIEW AND CONSIDER REQUEST. *CB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10040589September 24, 2003
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS, EQUIPMENT
2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER AUTOMOBILE DISPUTE SETTLEMENT PROGRAM.*MR *CB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10040537September 24, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION FUSE BLEW OUT WHICH MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10040538September 24, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS
BRAKE LIGHT FAILED INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER STATED COMPUTER BOARD FAILED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10040299September 22, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:ABS WARNING LIGHT
BRAKE LIGHT WENT OUT MULTIPLE TIMES, CAUSING LACK OF BRAKE POWER WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM .THERE WERE NO INCIDENTS TO REPORT AT THIS TIME. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10039243September 21, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
BRAKES PULSATE WHEN APPLIED. DEALER FOUND REAR BRAKE ROTORS OUT OF ROUND AND RESURFACED REAR BRAKE ROTORS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10039199September 20, 2003
STRUCTURE
MY 2003 TRAIL BLAZER THERE IS SO MUCH WIND AROUND THE VEHICLE IT SOUNDS LIKE A WINDOW IS OPEN AND IT SO NERVE RACKING YOU CAN NOT HEAR IN ORDER TO TRY AND DROWN OUT THE NOISE I HAVE TO BLAST THE RADIO. AND WHEN IT RAINS WATER COMES INSIDE THE DOORS AND THE BACK HATCH I HAVE TAKEN IT BACK TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10039170September 19, 2003
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS
MY WIFE HAS A 2-YEAR OLD CHEVY TRAIL BLAZER. THE RIGHT BRAKE LIGHT HAS BURNED OUT TWICE AND THE LEFT BRAKE LIGHT HAS BURNED OUT ONCE. I'VE NOTICED MANY TRAIL BLAZERS ON THE ROAD WITH BURNED OUT BRAKE LIGHTS. IS THIS A QUALITY ISSUE OR A DESIGN ISSUE? IS GM AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM? ARE THEY DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT? THANK YOU. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10039071September 17, 2003
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS
2002 TRAILBLAZER LS. LEFT BRAKE LIGHT CONTINUES TO FAIL. EACH TIME I PULL THE BULB OUT, IT IS OK, SO I PUT IT BACK IN AND IT WORKS FOR A DAY OR TWO. I HAVE NOW NOTICED THAT IT SEEMS TO WORK LONGER IF YOU PULL THE BULB OUT SLIGHTLY INSTEAD OF SEATING IT FULLY INTO THE SOCKET. THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM IN THIS VEHICLE, ACCORDING TO MY SON, AN ASE CERTIFIED MR. GOODWRENCH TECHNICIAN, EMPLOYED FOR YEARS BY GMC AND CHEVROLET DEALERSHIPS. BRAKE LIGHTS GOING OUT ARE GOING TO EVENTUALLY CAUSE A FATAL ACCIDENT, AND I DON'T THINK CHEVROLET WANTS THAT! MAKE THEM ACCOUNTABLE!!! *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10038987September 16, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
WHEN 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER IS FILLED WITH GAS, GAS COMES BACK OUT OF TRAILBZER TO FORM UP TO A 2FT. PUDDLE OF GAS ON THE GROUND! GAS UP TO 2FT. WIDE DOWN THE PAINT! MY 2 1/2 YEAR OLD SON STRAPPED IN CAR SEAT AND OTHERS HAVE BEEN INSIDE WHEN THIS HAS HAPPENED,MAINLY AT RENTON WA. SAFEWAY GAS PUMPS, BUT OTHER PUMPS AS WELL! I TOLD GOOD CHEVROLET IN RENTON WA. AS FAR BACK AS APRIL 2003 OF THIS PROBLEM AND AT FIRST THEY CLAIMED THEIR WAS NO PROBLEMS WHATSOEVER WITH TRAILBLAZERS, BUT SOME CHEVY TAHOE SUV'S HAD THE PROBLEM! MAYBE I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO FILL A TANK, TRY A DIFFERENT GAS STATION, DON'T REMOVE NOZZLE FOR A FEW SECONDS...I TRIED EVERYTHING THEY SAID AND KEPT CALLING AND TELLING THEM OF THE PROBLEM!!! I ASKED FOR ONE OF THEM TO COME WITH ME AND WITNESS IT AND THEY DECLINED! BY MAY AND JUNE IM STILL TELLING GOOD CHEVROLET OF THE CONTINUING PROBLEM! THEY ASK TO LOOK AT THE TRAILBLAZERS TANK AND FILL TUBE.. MAYBE ITS KINKED, FILL TUBE OR BALL CHECK PROBLEM...THEY SAID IT LOOKS GREAT NOTHING FOUND,AND THEY FILLED IT WITH GAS AT THEIR PUMP AND NO GAS CAME OUT AT ALL! I HAD TOLD THEM TO FILL IT AT THE RENTON SAFEWAY!!!!!,BUT THEY DIDN'T!!!! I WONDER WHY?...BOB MANNING THE SERVICE MANAGER AT GOOD CHEVROLET HAD BEEN ADVISED OF ALL THIS IN MANY PHONE CALLS TO HIM! NOW IN JULY THEY WANT TO REPLACE THE FILLER NECK AND TANK. WHEN THEY FILL IT AGAIN THEY STILL DO NOT GO TO RENTON SAFEWAY LIKE I TOLD THEM AGAIN..I FILL IT AND GAS COMES OUT!!! I CALL AGAIN AND ASK AGAIN FOR A WITNESS FROM GOOD CHEVROLET, FINALLY THEY SEND A TECH. WITH ME. WE DRIVE TO RENTON SAFEWAY I PUT THE NOZZLE IN TANK, PUT ON THE "CLICKER" STAND BACK, THE TANK FILLS AND AS THEY CLICKER SHUTS OFF WHEN THE TANKS IS FULL, GAS COMES OUT AND FORMS A PUDDLE ON THE GROUND!!!! I'VE CALLED THE BBB, ATTORNEY GENERAL AND NOW YOU...THE TRAILBLAZER ALSO HAS LARGE POPS OF STATIC DISCHARGE CONSTANTLY! I WAS STONE WALLED WITH MY CONCERNS! *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10038988September 16, 2003
STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE
ON TWO OCCASIONS, MY 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER HAS CAUSED A SAFETY CONCERN FOR ME. ONCE IN EXTREME COLD AND ONCE IN EXTREME HEAT, THE REAR SPOILER HAS SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE LAST TIME, IT HAD TO BE WRAPPED ON TO GET TO THE DEALER AND IT ACTUALLY BROKE. IT CAUSES IT TO RUB AGAINST THE BODY OF MY VEHICLE EVERY TIME. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY FROM OPERATING THE LIFT GATE AND PEOPLE THAT I SHARE THE ROAD WITH IS BEING JEOPARDIZED. I NEVER KNOW WHEN IT IS GOING TO MALFUNCTION. HOW MANY TIMES DOES THIS LIFT GATE HAVE TO MALFUNCTION BEFORE GENERAL MOTORS WILL RECALL THE VEHICLE AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT? I KNOW WHAT IS WRONG AND THEY REFUSE TO LISTEN TO ME. MY FRIEND THAT WORKS AT A BODY SHOP TOLD ME THAT THE SPOILER IS HELD ON BY SOME "SOPHISTICATED TAPE" - IN EXTREME HOT AND EXTREME COLD OUTDOOR CONDITIONS, THE TAPE EXPANDS AND THE REAR SPOILER SEPARATES FROM THE VEHICLE. IT IS NOT THAT HARD. GENERAL MOTORS SAYS ONCE WAS DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS (ADMITTEDLY THE EXTREME COLD) AND THE OTHER DUE TO MY FAULT BECAUSE I OPENED IT WITH THE GLASS OPEN AND THAT IS NOT EVEN A TRUE STATEMENT. I AM LESS THAN SATISFIED WITH GENERAL MOTORS AND DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, BECAUSE IN 2-3 MONTHS IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN - UNTIL THEY CAN FIND SOMETHING BESIDES TAPE TO HOLD IT ON MY VEHICLE. THEY ARE JUST GOING TO KEEP SAYING, I DON'T KNOW UNTIL IT RUNS OUT OF WARRANTY. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10038993September 16, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
ON TWO OCCASIONS WHEN TURNING THE VEHICLE OFF FROM RUNNING - THERE WAS A LOUD BUZZ ON THE RADIO AND THEN THE CLOCK RESET LIKE AN ELECTRICAL SHORT OCCURRED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10031776September 15, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
ON 7/26/2003, THE OWNER HEARD THE MOTOR RUNNING WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS OFF. THE OWNER DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY TO STOP THE MOTOR FROM RUNNING. THIS CAUSED THE OWNER TO MANUALLY LOCK THE DOORS BUT THE HATCH WOULD NOT LOCK MANUALLY. ON 7/31/2003, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO FOUND A SHORT IN A WIRE UNDER THE HOOD AND CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *PH CONSUMER STATED THERE IS NO WAY TO OPEN THE REAR HATCH IF THERE IS AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE. THERE IS NO MECHANICAL DEVICE TO LOCK OR UNLOCK THE HATCH DOOR. THIS COULD BE A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY HAZARD. *PH *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10038843September 13, 2003
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
VEHICLE'S DASH GAUGES CAME ON AND SPEEDOMETER STARTED FLUCTUATING AFTER 35 MILES DRIVING AND VEHICLE STALLED OUT, NOT BEING ABLE TO RESTART. COMPUTER WAS REPLACED BY DEALER. PROBLEM AROSE AGAIN ABOUT A WEEK LATER. GM HAD DEALER REPLACE ANOTHER PART IN I BELIEVE THE IGNITION KEY AREA. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN IN A COUPLE WEEKS AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT START FOR DEALER AFTER IT WAS DRIVEN THERE. DEALER FOUND WIRE CONNECTION IN WIRING HARNESS TO COMPUTER WAS NOT MAKING CONTINUOUS CONTACT AT A CONNECTION. ALSO DEALER HAD TO REPLACE A SWITCH WHEN THE A/C WOULD WORK INTERMITTENTLY. LUCKILY I HAVE A GOOD EFFICIENT DEALER AND SERVICE DEPARTMENT WHO CARES ABOUT THEIR CUSTOMERS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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