Chevrolet Trailblazer Complaints

8,467 consumer complaints on file.

#759017March 6, 2002
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
INERTIA SENSOR IN PASSENGER SEAT LOCKS BELTS TOO EASILY, SECURING ADULT IN AN UNSAFE CONDITION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#759019March 6, 2002
SEATS
REAR SEAT BOTTOM, WHICH FOLDS UP TO LOWER SEAT BACK, IS NOT FULLY SECURED TO VEHICLE. THERE IS ONLY ONE LATCH, WITH OBVIOUS LOCATION FOR A SECOND ONE, WHICH WAS NOT INSTALLED. THIS MAKES LEFT REAR SEAT, NOT PROPERLY SECURED AND COULD BREAK LOOSE IN COLLISION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#564591March 5, 2002
POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
CONSUMER STATED WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN 4-WHEEL DRIVE MODE, THE TRANSFER CASE ON 4HI AND 4LO LIT UP, AND THE SERVICE 4WD LIGHT IN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ALSO LIT UP, CONSUMER MANUALLY TURNED THE SWITCH FROM A4WD SETTING TO 2HI AND BACK TO A4WD, AND THE A4WD AND LIGHT LIT UP ALONE, THE SERVICE 4WD LIGHT WENT OFF WHEN THE IGNITION WAS SWITCHED OFF, AND DID NOT COME ON WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED AGAIN.*MJ
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8004862March 4, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL STALL/ LOSES ALL POWER. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8004866March 4, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, TIRES, EXTERIOR LIGHTING, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, STRUCTURE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHILE DRIVING ABS LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN APPLYING BRAKES PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK THE VEHICLE HAD GONE THROUGH FIVE RED LIGHTS, INTERSECTIONS, AND STOP SIGNS WITH NO BRAKES AND WAS UNABLE TO STOP. OTHER PROBLEMS WERE: THE TIRES WERE OUT OF ROUND(ALL 4), THERE WERE NO BRAKE OR TAIL LIGHTS, THE ENGINE SURGED, THE SPEEDOMETER FLUCTUATED, THERE WAS A SMOKE AND OR SMOKY ODOR, THE ELECTRONIC BRAKE CONTROL FAILED, THE VEHICLE DID NOT START, THE BRAKES WOULD LOCK WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS BACKED, AND THE BATTERY DIED. *SCC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8004822March 1, 2002
VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR
EXTERIOR MIRRORS ARE MISALIGNED AND DO NOT SHOW INTENDED VIEW. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED MANUFACTURER. MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM, AND WASWORKING ON A REMEDY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8004632February 27, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
WHILE TRAVELING AT 70 MPH, DRIVER HEARD A TICKING NOISE, SUDDENLY ENGINE DIED. DRIVER HAD TO FORCE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. *AK IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE ENGINE HAD BLOWN, THE 4WD HAS ALSO BEEN REPAIRED TWICE AND THE FRONT BRAKES SHAKE WHEN APPLIED, MILEAGE TO DATE 12,000-8/02. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#758597February 25, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
ENGINE DIED WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH. PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TRIED TO START VEHICLE, BUT IT WOULD NOT TURN OVER. WHEN DRIVER SIDE DOOR WAS OPENED, I NOTICED A LARGE PUDDLE THAT SMELLED LIKE GASOLINE. LOOKED UNDER VEHICLE AND SAW THAT GAS WAS STILL LEAKING OUT. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO NEAREST CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP. DEALER FOUND FUEL FILTER RETAINING CLIP HAD COME LOOSE. WHILE AT THE DEALERSHIP THEY ALSO REPLACED 4WD SWITCH. IT HAD BEEN SWITCHING TO 4HI AND 4LO WHILE IN A4WD. NOT EVEN TWO DAYS LATER, THE CAR AGAIN DIED WHILE DRIVING ALONG AT 55 MPH. ENGINE WOULD NOT TURN OVER, SO VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP IT WAS BOUGHT FROM. WHEN DEALERSHIP SERVICE TRIED TO START THE CAR IT CRANKED ONCE THEN A SOUND LIKE FREE SPINNING WAS APPARENT. WHEN THE SPARK PLUGS WERE REMOVED BROKEN PIECES OF PISTON AND RING WERE FOUND INSIDE THE ENGINE AND THE SPARK PLUGS WERE SMASHED. ENGINE WAS REPLACED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#758327February 16, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
ENGINE STALLED WHILE IN HEAVY RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AT 55 MPH. PULLED TO SHOULDER, ATTEMPTED TO RESTART ENGINE. EVERY TIME WE TRIED TO START CAR, FUEL PUMP ENGAGED AND GAS SPRAYED UNDER VEHICLE...CREATING A LARGE PUDDLE OF FUEL.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8004129February 15, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD, STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES
CONSUMER STARTED VEHICLE AND SHIFTED TO REVERSE AND SUDDENLY SMOKE CAME FROM UNDER THE HOOD, CONSUMER COULD NOT GET OUT OF VEHICLE SINCE DOORS LOCKED UPON STARTING VEHICLE. SHE WAS ABLE TO GET OUT THROUGH REAR PASSENGER DOOR THAT HAD NOT BEEN SHUT PROPERLY. DEALER DETERMINED THAT BATTERY CABLES SHORTED OUT, AND SHUT DOWN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. DEALER WAS EXCHANGING VEHICLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8004149February 15, 2002
VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR
SIDE VIEW MIRROR WILL CHANGE AUTOMATIC SETTING, AT THE TIME WHEN CONSUMER USES POWER LOCK. COULD SET SIDE VIEW MIRROR AT HEIGHT DESIRED, BUT IT WILL CHANGE AS SOON AS POWER LOCK IS USED. *AK THE FRONT SIDE MIRRORS ELECTRONICALLY LOCKED POSITION CHANGES DUE TO MEMORY OF THE SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONING. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8003889February 11, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE STALLED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH. DEALER INSPECTED VEHICLE AND DETERMINED ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO SLEEVE OF ONE PISTON FALLING OFF.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#785867February 4, 2002
POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
CONSUMER IS HAVING DIFFUCULTY SHIFTING VEHICLE FROM 2 WHEEL DRIVE TO 4WD AS WELL AS 4HI, VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN FOR SERVICE ON 3 OCCASIONS AND DEALER CAN NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM, CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS A TRANSFER CASE PROBLEM. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8003266January 30, 2002
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT RETRACTOR IS LOCKING UP WHILE DRIVING. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#757457January 28, 2002
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
PROBLEM #1: PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT WILL LOCK UP AND NOT RELEASE UNTIL BUCKLE RELEASE IS PUSHED. THE SEAT BELT TIGHTENS SO THAT PASSENGER CANNOT EVEN MAKE SMALL MOVEMENTS, LIKE OPENING THE GLOVEBOX OR OPERATING THE RADIO. THIS IS A SAFTEY HAZARD AS THE SEAT BELT IS PARTICULARIRLY RESTRICTING TO MY PREGNANT WIFE. TO RELEASE THE BELT BY RELEASING THE BUCKLE WOULD BE UNSAFE WHILE THE VEHICLE IS MOVING. BARTON BIRKS CHEVROLET DEALER SAYS BELT IS OF "NORMAL OPERATION AS PER MAKE AND MODEL DESIGN". DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT HAS NO SUCH PROBLEM HOWEVER. PROBLEM #2: DRIVER AND PASSEGER SIDE POWER MIRRORS WILL CHANGE THEIR POSITIONS AT RANDOM. THIS IS ANOTHER SAFTEY HAZARD BECAUSE OFTEN YOU WILL NOT NOTICE THAT THE MIRRIORS HAVE CHANGED THEIR POSITIONS ON THEIR OWN UNTIL YOU NEED THEM TO PERFORM A LANE CHANGE. MIRRORS OUT OF ALIGNMENT ARE INCREASING THE"BLIND SPOT". TO REALIGN MIRRORS WHEN DRIVING IS ALSO DISTRACTION, ALL OF WHICH COULD RESULT IN AN INCREASED RISK OF COLLISION. BARTON BIRKS DEALER SAYS "COULD NOT DUPLICATE CUSTOMER CONCERN".*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8002871January 25, 2002
STRUCTURE:BODY
FRONT WHEEL WELL LINERS ARE NOT CONNECTED TO WELL FRAME PROPERLY. THIS CAUSES DEBRIS TO GET CAUGHT BETWEEN THE LINERS. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *AK THE DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO FIX THE INSECURE WHEEL LINERS PROPERLY AND THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED ABOUT A POSSIBLE ACCIDENT. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8002517January 18, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
FOUR WHEEL DRIVE LIGHT FLASHES ON DASHBOARD . BUT, WHEN SHIFTING VEHICLE IN GEAR VEHICLE WILLNOT MOVE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#756806January 14, 2002
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS
FAILURE OCCURRED IN TRAFFIC IN ST. LOUIS, MO. A LARGE TRUCK FOLLOWING BEHIND HAD TO BRAKE ABRUPTLY TO AVOID REAR ENDING MY VEHICLE. THE OTHER DRIVER WAS KIND ENOUGH TO TELL ME THAT MY BRAKE LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND HAD THEM REPAIRED. THE SERVICE MAN TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE HAD TO REPLACE SEVERAL OF THE SWITCHES IN THE STEERING COLUMN. I BELIEVE THE COMPANY HAS A DEFECTIVE PART IF THE SERVICE PEOPLE ARE NOTICINT A TREND. I CONTACTED CHEVEROLET AND THE "STARTED A FILE".*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#756848January 14, 2002
STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD
HOOD IS CONSTRUCTED OF ALUMINUM AND IS VERY LIGHTWEIGHT.I OPENED THE HOOD AND ATTACHED THE PROP ROD TO KEEP THE HOOD OPEN.WHILE FILLING THE GAS TANK A GUST OF WIND LIFTED THE HOOD OFF THE PROP ROD AND THE HOOD WAS CARRIED REARWARD ON THE HINGES TOWARD THE WINDSHIELD.REAR END OF THE HOOD WAS CAUGHT ON A PLASTIC MOLDING UNDER THE WINDSHIELD AND THE RADIO ANTENNA.REAR CORNERS OF THE HOOD DEFLECTED AND BENT.THE HINGES ARE SPRUNG AND THE HOOD IS OUT OF ALIGNMENT AND NOT IN CONTACT WITH ALL OF THE HINGE MOUNTING.THE DAMAGE OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF FAILURE OF THE HOOD TO BE RESTRAINED.WIRES TO THE UNDERHOOD LIGHT WERE SEVERED.AT THIS TIME AN ASSESSMENT HAS NOT BEEN MADE FOR DAMAGE THAT MAY NOT BE OBVIOUS.THIS WAS REPORTED THAT DAY TO GM AND THE DEALER.THE CAR WAS INSPECTED 12/21 BY SERVICE DEPT (KEN), WHO SAID THAT THIS WAS NOT NORMAL.1ST GM CONTACT WAS MIA PIERCE, GM HOT LINE AT 1-800-222-1020 ON 12/20/01.SHE TOOK REPORT AND SAID SHE WOULD GET BACK AFTER SHE INVESTIGATED.SHE CALLED BACK 12/26/01 AND ASKED IF I HAD BEEN TO THE DEALER.SHE SAID SHE WOULD CALL THE DEALER AND CALL BACK 1/2/02.BRAD ZIMMERMAN, GM HOT LINE CALLED 1/2/02 AND SAID HE HAD REPLACED MS. PIERCE, WOULD INVESTIGATE AND CALL BACK.ZIMMERMAN CALLED BACK 1/10/02 AND STATED GM WOULD NOT MAKE ANY REPAIRS, THIS WAS NOT A MANUFACTURING DEFECT AND WOULD NOT MAKE MODIFICATIONS.MR. ZIMMERMAN STATED THAT HE MADE THIS DECISION HIMSELF BASED ON INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM THE SERVICE MANAGER(?) AT BASS.MY CONCERN IS THAT THE HOOD CAN BE LIFTED OFF THE PROP ROD BY WIND AND THEN CAN EITHER FALL BACK ONTO THE FRONT OF THE CAR, TRAPPING A PERSON CHECKING UNDER THE HOOD OR FLY BACK BREAKING THE WINDSHIELD.I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND DESIGN FLAW AND THAT MODIFICATIONS NEED TO BE MADE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8002085January 14, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE BEING DRIVEN APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 25 MPH VEHICLE WENT OFF THE ROAD AND CRASHED INTO A LARGE OAK TREE. BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY DURING THE CRASH. BODY SHOP STATED THAT AIR BAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED DUE TO DAMAGE VEHICLE RECEIVED. DEALERSHIP HAS NOT EXAMINED VEHICLE TO DETERMINE IF THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE AIR BAG SYSTEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION.**AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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