Chevrolet Trailblazer Complaints

8,467 consumer complaints on file.

#10003244January 23, 2003
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
2ND FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR BEING INSTALLED... WINDSHILD WIPERS WOULD GO ON ALL BY THEIR SELFS... UNTIL FUSE PULLED OR ENGINE SHUT OFF.. DEALER IS TELLING ME WATER IS GETTING INTO MOTOR HOUSING AND SHORTING OUT MOTOR.. ??? ALREADY SECOND TIME IN LAST 2 MONTHS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10004398January 22, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
WHILE DRIVING AT HIGH SPEEDS THERE IS A VIBRATING SENSATION. TS ALSO, WHEN STARTING ENGINE,SOMETIMES THERE IS A HIGHER THAN NORMAL ENGINE IDLE, AND IT WON'T IDLE DOWN. WHEN STARTING TO DRIVE IDLE IS STILL HIGH, BUT IT WOULDN'T SHIFT OUT OF LOW GEAR. THIS HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10003163January 22, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I OWN A 2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER LTZ. WHEN DRIVING AT AROUND 54 MPH AND 1600 RPM'S THE SUV PRODUCES A VIBRATION THAT CAN BE HEARD AND FELT THROUGHT OUT THE VECHICLE. TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE NEITHER GM OR THE DEALERSHIPS KNOWS WHAT IS CAUSING THE VIBRATION. IT IS WITH OUT A DOUBT SOMETHING THAT SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING. I ALSO KNOW OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME SUV HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. DOES IT DO DAMAGE TO MY SUV EVERY TIME IT HAPPENS? MOST IMPORTANTLY IT HAPPENS AT HIGHWAY SPEED. I DON'T WANT SOMETHING TO GO WRONG AT 54 MPH. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME. *PLEASE NOTE I ENTERED TODAYS DATE BELOW BUT IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME AND HAS BEEN SINCE I BOUGHT THE SUV BRAND NEW.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10003216January 22, 2003
POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
WHILE DRIVING AT FREEWAY SPEED, 65-70 MPH, A GRINDING, RATCHETING SOUND WAS HEARD FROM THE DRIVETRAIN AND THE LIGHTS ON THE TRANSFER CASE SWITCH MOVED BACK AND FORTH FROM 2WD TO 4HI AND 4LOW. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, THEY FIRST COMPLETED THE RECALL #01065 TO REPROGRAM THE TRANSFER CASE. WHEN THEY ROAD TESTED THE CAR THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE EARLIER COMPLAINT OF GRINDING METAL. THE SERVICE ADVISOR INDICATED THAT THE RECALL PROBABLY CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. MY QUESTION IS, WHAT DID ALL THAT METAL GRINDING NOISE DO TO THE LONGEVITY OF THE TRANSFER CASE, AND WHAT IF IT FAILS AFTER THE 3 YEAR, 36 MONTH WARRANTY?
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10003089January 21, 2003
POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
ON FOUR PRIOR OCCASSIONS, MY 2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER HAS AUTOMATICALLY ENGAGED INTO 4 WHEEL DRIVE FROM TWO WHEEL DRIVE. THE SWITCH INDICATOR REMAINED IN "2 WHEEL HI" BUT THE FLASHING LED WAS ALSO INDICATED ON THE "4 WHEEL HI." THIS LATEST INCIDENT, WHICH OCCURED ON A SNOW COVERED ROAD WHILE I WAS MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN, CAUSED ME TO TEMPORARILY LOSE CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE WITHOUT DAMAGE. THE OTHER THREE INCIDENTS' ALSO OCCURED WHILE I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10002768January 16, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
ENGINE STALL - TRUCK STALLED AND ALL LIGHTING AND COMPONENTS WENT DEAD WHILE SLOW TO STOP AT AN INTERSECTION. THE TRUCK COULD NOT BE RE-STARTED. AFTER 10 MINUTES, THE TRUCK STARTED AGAIN AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE ON. SUBSEQUENT ATTEMPTS TO START THE TRUCK FAILED RESULTING IN IT BEING TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER HAD TO REPLACE ONE OF THE COMPUTERS IN THE TRUCK AND IT HAS BEEN FINE EVER SINCE. I HEARD ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION FOR THE ENVOY AND BRAVADA BUT NOT THE TRAILBLAZER. MY TRUCK IS A TRAILBLAZER AND DID EXPERIENCE THE SAME PROBLEMS AS THE TWO SISTER TRUCKS THAT SHARE THE SAME MECHANICALS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10002710January 15, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
2002 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER- WHILE TRAVELING ON I-76 IN PHILADELPHIA, PA AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MHP THE ENGINE IN MY TRAILBLAZER BEGAN TO MAKE A LOUD NOISE, LOST POWER & SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE HAD APPROXIMATELY 5,400 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME. FORTUNATELY, I WAS SOMEHOW ABLE TO MAKE IT OFF THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE OUTCOME OF THE PROBLEM WAS ENGINE FAILURE, A LINER WITHIN THE ENGINE CAME LOOSE & CAUSED PISTON FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED & THE ENGINE REPLACED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10003723January 14, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING OIL IS LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE AND CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO REFILL MORE THEN OFTEN. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10003776January 14, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CONSUMER STATES THAT TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE ONLY HAD 200 MILES. DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION AND 2 WEEKS LATER REPLACEMENT BEGAN LOSING POWER. DEALER SERVICED, BUT PROBLEM HAS RECURRED. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10003780January 14, 2003
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
CONSUMER STATES THAT WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR ENGAGED WHILE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND RAN CONTINUOUSLY UNTIL SERVICED BY THE DEALER. DEALER REPLACED THE WIPER MOTOR WITH A DIFFERENT KIND.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10000937January 10, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
I OWN A 2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER LS WITH APPROXIMATELY 11,000 MILES WHICH HAD AN ENGINE FAILURE ON THANKSGIVING 2002. ENTERING AND ACCELERATING TO APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH ON HIGHWAY IN ABOUT 25 DEGREE TEMPERATURE AND ENGINE SERVICE LIGHT APPEARED FOLLOWED BY REDUCED ENGINE POWER LIGHT AND THEN ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING AND COULD NOT BE RESTARTED. DEALER ADVISED ME THAT NUMBER 4 CYCLINDER CRACKED. THEY FURTHER ADVISED ME THAT GM IS AWARE OF A MANUFACTURING DEFECT IN SOME TRAILBLAZER ENGINES THAT WAS CAUSED BY A MISCALIBRATION OF THE MACHINE USED TO MANUFACTURE THE ENGINE. GM REPLACED MY ENGINE AT NO COST TO ME UNDER ORIGINAL WARRANTY. THIS SUDDEN ENGINE FAILURE COULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT AND POSSIBLE PERSONAL INJURY IF I HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO ROLL THE VEHICLE TO THE BREAKDOWN LANE SAFELY. FROM NHTSA WEB SITE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10000515January 4, 2003
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
FRONT RIGHT HEADLIGHT BLOWN FOR 2ND TIME. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10002028January 3, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
CONSUMER STATES, WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE CUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING DEALER NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10000667January 1, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DIFFERENTIAL PROPORTIONAL VALVE, SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:WHEEL SPEED SENSOR
FIRST LET ME TELL YOU THAT WE ARE DIE HARD CHEVY CUSTOMERS. WE STILL OWN MY '82 CHEVY SILVERADO PICK UP AND IT'S RUNNING FINE. LAST MAY WE TRADED IN OUR LITTLE '97 CAVALIER THAT WE HAD TAKEN ON NUMEROUS TRIPS AND PRETTY MUCH TROUBLE FREE THE FIVE YEARS WE OWNED HER. THEN WE BOUGHT THE '02 TRAIL BLAZER. HAVEN'T GONE ON TOO MANY TRIPS WITH HIM YET, BUT EXCEPT FOR ONE PERFORMANCE FLAW THAT WE HAVE DISCOVERED THAT IS CAUSING US CONCERN WE LIKE THE CAR SO FAR. THE CONCERN COMES WHEN WE HAVE TO BRAKE SUDDENLY TO AVOID A HAZARD IN THE ROAD. THE CAR TENDS TO BECOME SQUIRRELIE AND FEELS AS THOUGH IT IS GOING TO FLIP OVER. RATHER FRIGHTENING WHEN YOU NEED TO REACT QUICKLY AND SUDDENLY ARE FACED WITH THIS UNSETTLING SITUATION. IS THERE OTHERS WHO ARE EXPERIANCING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR TRAIL BLAZERS?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10001704December 31, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST
THE ENGINE MADE A RUMBLING/CLICKING SOUND, SHUT OFF SUDDENLY, THE POWER STEERING HAD GONE OUT, AND THE POWER BRAKES FAILED. THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10000437December 31, 2002
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
THE WIPER MOTOR ASSEMBLY SNAPPED WHERE THE MOTOR CONNECTS TO THE WIPER ARMS MAKING THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS INOPERABLE. SECOND FAILURE WAS WIPER MOTOR DUE TO WATER INTRUSION. THE WIPER FAILED TO OPERATE DURING RAIN. ALSO TURNED ON BY THEMSELVES AFTER CAR WASH BUT COULDN'T BE TURNED OFF. THE WIPERS WORKED PROPERLY AFTER THE WIPER MOTOR DRIED OUT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10000436December 31, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE
AFTER NOTICING A STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE AND DISCOVERING A PUDDLE OF GASOLINE UNDER THE FUEL TANK, IT WAS DISCOVERED THE FUEL TANK HAD A SPLIT IN THE TANK WHERE THE FILLER NECK JOINS THE TANK. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10000383December 26, 2002
TIRES
RIGHT REAR TIRE POPPED / BLEW OUT UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE DRIVING APPROX. 40 MPH. VEHICLE IS A 17 DAY OLD 2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY AND WELL BEING OF MY 6 YEAR OLD CHILD AS WELL AS MYSELF WHILE DRIVING ON A "REPAIRED" TIRE, THAT MAY POSSIBLY HAVE SOME TYPE OF DEFECT WITH THE TIRE. THE DEALER/SERVICE DEPARTMENT SEEM MORE CONCERNED ABOUT CONVINCING ME THAT I MUST HAVE RAN OVER SOMETHING AND EVERYTHING WILL BE OK, BECAUSE THEY WILL REPAIR THE TIRE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10001311December 20, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHEN VEHICLE IS IN PARKING WITH ENGINE ON, CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE ATTEMPTS TO ENGAGE IN ANOTHER GEAR ON ITS OWN. CONSUMER IS AFRAID TRANSMISSION MAY BY DESTROYED. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10000316December 20, 2002
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST
LOOSE DRIVER'S SEAT BACK. DRIVER'S SEAT BACK HAS OVER 2 INCHES OF BACK AND FORTH MOVEMENT AND MAKES A "CLUNKING NOISE" UPON ACCELERATION / DECELERATION. WHEN DECELERATING, THE SEAT BACK MOVES FORWARD CAUSING THE DRIVER'S TORSO TO ALSO MOVE FORWARD. THIS CAUSES THE DRIVER TO PUT EXCESSIVE PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE PEDAL WHICH CAUSES EXCEPTIONALLY HARD, FAST, AND UNCONTROLLED STOPS. SINCE THE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR IS PART OF THE SEAT BACK, THIS MAY ALSO CAUSE THE DRIVER NOT TO BE PROPERLY RETAINED TO THE SEAT IN THE EVENT OF A COLLISION. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED ON 12/7/02. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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