Chevrolet Trailblazer Complaints (2003)

1,239 consumer complaints on file.

#10376787January 15, 2011
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
1-15-11 MY 2003 TRAILBLAZER SPEEDOMETER STUCK ON 20MPH. AFTER A SHORT DRIVE, SHUT THE CAR OFF, ONCE STARTED IT WAS STUCK JUST BELOW 10 MPH. THE TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE TODAY IS 30 DEGREES. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10376687January 14, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING PROPERLY. MAY READ 90 AT A DEAD STOP, MAY READ 30 WHEN TRAVELING AT 70, MAY READ 120 AT 50. NO PROPER WAY TO JUDGE SPEED, HAVE BEEN USING GPS FOR SPEED. WITH SPEEDOMETER WORKING IMPROPERLY, OTHER EQUIPMENT IN VEHICLE IS WORKING IMPROPERLY ALSO (I.E. COMPUTER COMPONENTS, EMISSION COMPONENTS,ETC.) *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10376476January 13, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
MY SPEEDOMETER BROKE ON MY 2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER. SOMETIMES IT IS PARKED & I AM GOING 50 MPH -- SOMETIMES 70....I HAVEN'T HAD IT FIXED YET - BUT HAS HEARD OF SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I FEEL GM SHOULD DO A RECALL -- THIS IS A DANGEROUS THING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10376528January 13, 2011
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I PURCHASED A 2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER ONE YEAR AGO WITH 63K MILES. AT 85K MILES, THE SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING. MOST OFTEN, THE VEHICLE DEFECT OCCURS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN CRUISE CONTROL MODE. HOWEVER, ONCE CRUISE CONTROL IS TURNED OFF, THE DEFECT PERSISTS. EVEN WHEN THE CAR IS COMPLETELY TURNED OFF, WITH THE KEY REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION, THEN RESTARTED, THE DEFECT PERSISTS. THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF SITUATIONS WHEN THIS PROBLEM OCCURS: 1) THE SPEEDOMETER REGISTERS A SPEED, BUT IT IS ROUGHLY 15MPH LESS THAN THE VEHICLES ACTUAL SPEED. THIS, OF COURSE, IS QUITE DANGEROUS IF THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE DOES NOT KNOW ABOUT THE DEFECT, FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT IS HAPPENING FOR THE FIRST TIME. IT CAN BE COSTLY TO THE POCKETBOOK, DRIVING RECORD, AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY. 2) THE CAR IS DRIVING, BUT THE SPEEDOMETER REGISTERS 0MPH. WHEN I FIRST NOTICED THE PROBLEM, I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY. I HAVE A GPS FEATURE THAT ALLOWS ME TO DETECT SPEED (THANKFULLY) AND ACCELERATED TO 80PMH FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME, BUT THE SPEEDOMETER STILL REGISTERED 0MPH. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET, I REALIZED THIS WAS AN EXTREMELY COMMON PROBLEM, NOT JUST WITH CHEVY TRAILBLAZERS, BUT WITH A WHOLE HOST OF OTHER GM VEHICLES. ADDITIONALLY, THOSE MAKING REPORTS CLAIMED THEY HAD SOUGHT OTHER OUTLETS OF REPAIR, MANY OF THEM COSTLY, ALL OF THEM TO NO AVAIL. EACH CUSTOMER COMPLAINED THAT GM WAS IN NO WAY HELPFUL AND HAD NO INTENTION OF RECALLING VEHICLES, DESPITE THE FACT THAT THIS IS A COMMON AND DANGEROUS DEFECT. UPON FURTHER RESEARCH, I DISCOVERED THERE WAS A SMALL SETTLEMENT CONCERNING THE ISSUE, THUS SUGGESTING THAT GM ACKNOWLEDGES RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DEFECT. HOWEVER, THE SETTLEMENT ONLY COVERS A SMALL NUMBER OF VEHICLES, AND TO DATE, NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE PERSONALLY CONTACTED CHEVROLET AND AM AWAITING A REPLY. ADDITIONALLY, I PLAN TO TAKE MY VEHICLE INTO THE DEALERSHIP, BUT AS I AM IN THE MILITARY, I MUST WAIT UNTIL MY SCHEDULE ALLOWS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10376524January 13, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER MALFUNCTIONED. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO READ THE FUEL GAUGE, SPEEDOMETER, TEMPERATURE GAUGE, AND OIL PRESSURE GAUGE BECAUSE THEY WERE NO LONGER WORKING. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER REGARDING THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. THE DEALER STATED THAT SINCE THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. THE CONTACT HAD NOT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THIS WAS A SAFETY ISSUE AND A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT THAT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10375502January 10, 2011
SUSPENSION:FRONT
2003 CHEVY TRAIL BLAZER. NOTICED VERY ODD WEAR PATTERN ON FRONT TIRES. FRONT END OF CAR SEEMED "LOOSE". NO ACCIDENT, CAR JUST HARD TO STEER ACCURATELY. TOOK TO DEALER. BOTH FRONT LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE LOOSE. FRONT STRUTS WERE SHOT. DEALER REPLACED LOWER BALL JOINTS AND STRUTS. I'M A LITTLE OLD LADY WHO DRIVES IN TOWN - ONLY 65,000 ORIGINAL MILES AND FRONT END IS GOING OUT. POUR QUALITY! DEALER SAID FRONT END WORN BECAUSE CAR HAS 4 WHEEL DRIVE AND IS HEAVIER THAN PASSENGER CAR. I DO NOT DRIVE OFF ROAD. REPAIRS NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. NO HELP ON 60,000 MILE FRONT TIRES COMPLETELY SHOT IN 17,000. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10375227January 8, 2011
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
2003 CHEV TRAILBLAZER. MILEAGE IS 95,000, SPEEDOMETER SHOWS MISLEADING INFO, FIRST STARTED READING ABOUT 20 MPH OVER ACTUAL SPEED, OVER THE PAST MONTH HAS INCREASED, NOW AT FULL STOP READS ABOUT 100 MPH, THEN WHEN VEHICLE IS MOVING THE NEEDLE IS POINTED STRAIGHT DOWN, PAST 120 MPH. *LN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10375003January 6, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
FOR THE PAST 6 MONTHS MY 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER SPEEDOMETER HAS INTERMITTENTLY WORKED PROPERLY. 90% OF THE TIME IT IS READING A FALSE SPEED. I NEVER KNOW HOW FAST OR SLOW I AM TRAVELING. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAT GM SHOULD AT LEAST ACKNOWLEDGE AND RECALL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10373913January 3, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
AFTER NOTICING STRONG GASOLINE ODORS IN CAR AND IN THE GARAGE, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. ACCORDING TO DIAGNOSTIC TEST RUN BY DEALERSHIP, THIS IS THE RESULT OF A LEAK IN EVAC SYSTEM. WHILE RESEARCHING, NOTICED OTHER OWNERS HAVING SAME PROBLEM. CALLED GM, ADVISED NO RECALLS ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM. GM OFFERED NO RELIEF. EXPRESSED MY DISAPPOINTMENT WITH REP SINCE THIS PROBLEM COULD LEAD TO VERY SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES THING THE PROBLEM WAS CAUGHT SINCE COULD HAVE LED TO FIRE HAD THERE BEEN AN ACCIDENT OR AN INCINERATOR NEARBY. MY COST TO REPAIR THE MANUFACTURERS DEFECT IS $1600.00. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10372518December 27, 2010
SEATS
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH AND ENGAGED THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE AUTOMATIC SEAT POSITIONING MECHANISM. SUDDENLY THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SEAT ACTIVATED TO A HIGHER LEVEL AND THE RIGHT SIDE FAILED TO RESPOND. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE WELDING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SEAT DETACHED WHICH RESULTED TO THE FAILURE. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY INFORM THAT THERE WAS NOT A RECALL RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,580.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10373076December 27, 2010
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
SECOND INCIDENT DASHBOARD: SERVICE BRAKES,ANTILOCK ABS WARNING LIGHT. SAYS TO SEEK SERVICE. ABS MALFUNCTIONING ANY TIME IT GOES BELOW MINUS 10 DEGREES FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. ASSUME THAT THE ABS SYSTEM WILL NOT WORK, AND IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. MALFUNCTIONING ABS. THE FIRST EVENT WE PAID TO HAVE SERVICE BULLETIN CHECK GROUNDING OF WHEEL AND BODY SENSORS. THE NEXT YEAR IT WENT AWAY AFTER A DAY OF THE CAR NOT BEING USED. WHY DOESN'T THE GOVENRMENT GET CHEVROLET TO REPAIR PERMANENTLY THE MALFUNCTION BEFORE ANY ACCIDENTS OCCUR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10373109December 26, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE PROBLEM IS THIS. I WENT TO GO SOMEWHERE AT 5 AM IT WAS 44 DEGREES AND RAINING. A LIGHT CAME ON THAT SAID "ICE ON THE ROADWAY" ANOTHER LIGHT CAME ON THAT SAID "ENGINE POWER REDUCED" SO HERE I AM GOING UNDER 5 MILES PER HOUR ON THE FREEWAY. ITS 44 DEGREES AND NO ICE. IT HAS BEEN DOING THIS EVERY SINCE I BOUGHT IT NEW IN 2003. I HAVE TOLD THEM EVERY TIME I TAKE IT IN FOR A LUBE AND OIL CHANGE BUT THEY IGNORE ME BECAUSE THEY DO NOT KNOW HOW TO FIX IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10370962December 16, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED THE RPMS STOPPED WORKING AND IN A YEAR THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED THE SPEEDOMETER DISPLAYED 80 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND WHO ADVISED HER THAT THE STEP MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. SHE CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS ADVISED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WERE APPROXIMATELY 120,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10370710December 15, 2010
SUSPENSION:REAR
2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER. UNSAFE HANDLING CHARACTERISTICS WHEN TRYING TO AVOID HITTING ANIMAL IN ROAD. UNSAFE REAR END SWAY. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10370843December 15, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
SES LIGHT CHECKED BY DEALER, RECOMMEND REPLACE GAS TANK DUE TO EMISSIONS LEAK. RESEARCH INDICATED THIS IS A SPECIAL POLICY ADJUSTMENT TSB# 05012. VEHICLE IS A 2003 WITH 110,848 MILES. SPECIAL POLICY EXTENSION OF REPAIRS FOR 10 YEARS OR 150,000 MILES NOT HONORED BY DEALER. GM CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER CALLED SERVICE REQUEST# [XXX]. ASSISTANCE ALSO DENIED FROM GM. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10370505December 13, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
STARTING IN NOVEMBER 2008 WHILE LIVING IN MINNESOTA, THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ON MY 2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER STARTED SHOWING INCORRECT READINGS. FIRST, THE SPEEDOMETER, THEN AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER, MOST OF THE GAUGES LIKE FUEL, TEMP, AND OIL PRESSURE. THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD READ 100 MPH WITH THE CAR STOPPED. AFTER WINTER, THE GAUGES AND SPEEDOMETER RETURNED TO NORMAL WITH ONLY AN OCCASIONAL BAD READING. I MOVED TO FLORIDA IN 2009, AND WENT ABOUT SIX MONTHS WITH NO ISSUES, BUT STARTING SUMMER OF 2010, THE ERRATIC SPEEDOMETER READINGS STARTED AGAIN. I CONTACTED CHEVY AND WAS TOLD A SIMILAR PROBLEM HAD BEEN THE SUBJECT OF A RECALL FOR TAHOES AND OTHER VEHICLES, BUT THAT THE TRAILBLAZER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, AND I WOULD HAVE TO PAY THE +/- $700 REPAIR BILL MYSELF. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10370310December 12, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
2003 TRAILBLAZER INSTRUMENT PANEL INOPERATIVE. GOES IN AND OUT BUT DOES NOT SHOW ACCURATE SPEED OR GAUGES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10369975December 11, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
FUEL GUAGE READS PAST FULL WHEN NOT, FUEL GAUGE READS EMPTY WHEN FULL SPEEDOMETER READS 114 WHEN AT STOP, NEEDLE POINTS DOWN WHEN AT HIGHWAY SPEED NOTHING DONE TO CORRECT FAILURE AT THIS TIME. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10369794December 9, 2010
VISIBILITY
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPER ON, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO TURN THEM OFF BUT THEY CONTINUED FOR APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE PROBLEM PROGRESSED AND WORSENED; TO TURN THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS OFF, THE CONTACT HAD TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL 04V046000 (VISIBILITY: WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,950 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 59,980.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10369425December 7, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
SPEEDOMETER ON OUR 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER STARTED ACTING ERRATICALLY--NEVER GOING DOWN TO ZERO, GOING UP TO 80 OR ABOVE FOR NO REASON, ETC.--ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO. IN A MATTER OF WEEKS, AFTER THE FIRST ONSET OF THE PROBLEM, IT STOPPED WORKING ALTOGETHER AND HAS NOT MOVED ABOVE ZERO SINCE. WE WERE TOLD THAT THE WHOLE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED TO FIX THE ISSUE WITH THE SPEEDOMETER. LUCKILY, ALL OF THE OTHER GAUGES ARE STILL FUNCTIONING PROPERLY AS OF RIGHT NOW BUT FROM WHAT I HAVE FOUND IN MY RESEARCH OF THIS ISSUE IT SEEMS TO BE ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THEY ALL WILL CEASE TO FUNCTION PROPERLY AS WELL. I HAVE SEEN AND READ MANY REPORTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BUT I AM SURE IT WOULD BE SAFE TO SAY THAT THERE ARE MANY MORE INSTANCES THAT HAVE GONE UNREPORTED. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. IT DOES NOT SEEM LIKELY OR MERELY COINCIDENTAL THAT SO MANY TRAILBLAZERS ARE EXPERIENCING THE VERY SAME INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILURE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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