Chevrolet Trailblazer Complaints (2003)

1,239 consumer complaints on file.

#10257242February 2, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
MY TACH STARTED TO NOT WORK IN THE COLD OF 07-08, THEN MY OIL PRESSURE GAUGE STARTED TO PEG OUT. NOW MY SPEEDOMETER IS READING OUTRAGEOUS AMOUNTS WHEN I AM PARKED, OR DRIVING. IT HAS NOT WORKED FOR MONTHS NOW. NO REPLACEMENT AS OF YET. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10256991January 30, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
SPEEDOMETER STICKING AT HIGH SPEEDS ANDNOT SHOWING ACTUAL SPEED DRIVING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10256637January 28, 2009
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHENEVER THE VEHICLE IS FILLED WITH FUEL, THE SENSOR THAT INDICATES THE TANK IS FULL FAILS TO WORK. AS A RESULT, GASOLINE OVERFLOWS AND LEAKS FROM THE TANK OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. SINCE DECEMBER OF 2008, THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED FOUR TIMES, WHICH INCLUDED A FUEL TANK ASSEMBLY AND TANK REPLACEMENT. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 55,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10256304January 26, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
ORIGINALLY, IT BEGAN WITH THE FUEL GAUGE. EVERY SO OFTEN IT WOULD READ INCORRECTLY, BOTH LOW AND HIGH. AS IT HAPPENED A LITTLE MORE OFTEN, I BEGAN ASKING AROUND TO FIND OUT IF OTHERS I WOULD MEET HAD EXPERIENCED THE SAME TYPE OF DEFECT, I FOUND THIS TO BE A MORE COMMON PROBLEM. AS TIME PASSED I SIMPLY IGNORED THE PROBLEM UNTIL AFTER TOWING A FEW CANOES UP TO A LAKE AND THE TACHOMETER STARTED READING VERY HIGH, DESPITE THE MOTOR IDLING NORMALLY. EVENTUALLY, THE TACH WENT BACK TO NORMAL, BUT SHORTLY AFTER ACTED UP AGAIN. ALL THE WHILE THE FUEL GAUGE IS STILL NOT WORKING PROPERLY, GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE THE NEEDLE IS COMPLETELY INVERTED. THEN THE VOLTMETER BEGAN TO CLIMB, GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE THE NEEDLE IS REGISTERING OFF THE SCALE. SO NOW THE FUEL GAUGE AND THE VOLTMETER ARE COMPLETELY AND OBVIOUSLY REGISTERING OUTSIDE OF THEIR SET PARAMETERS, BUT THE TACH IS OFTEN SUSPECT AS WELL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10256372January 26, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
SPEEDOMETER READS 60 MPH TOO HIGH. HAS RETURNED TO NORMAL ONE TIME BUT PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED AGAIN (ORIGINAL PROBLEM WAS TOO WEEKS AGO.) TACHOMETER ALSO READS TOO HIGH (3000 RPMS) AND HAS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10256424January 26, 2009
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TRIALBLAZER. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS TURNED ON AND OFF AUTOMATICALLY WITHOUT USING THE SWITCH. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 04V046000 COMPONENT: VISIBILITY: WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER IS RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE DEALER CONFIRMED THAT HIS VIN IS NOT A PART OF THE RECALL. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 160,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10256031January 22, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE SPEEDOMETER MALFUNCTIONS ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS. SOMETIMES IT DROPS TO ZERO. OTHER TIMES JUMPS TO A SPEED THAT FAR EXCEEDS THE VEHICLE'S SPEED. IT IS NOT JUST THE CABLE. WAS TOLD THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED COSTING HUNDREDS. DO NOT KNOW OUR SPEED 50% OF THE TIME. GOING ON FOR OVER A YEAR. BEGAN AT 75,000 MILES. BEGAN IN JANUARY OF 2008. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10255302January 16, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WAS FAILING. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER DISPLAYED 120 MPH. WHEN THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP, THE SPEEDOMETER DISPLAYED 60 MPH. THE GM DEALER STATED THAT A DIAGNOSTIC WAS NEEDED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10254680January 12, 2009
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MY SPEEDOMETER IN MY 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER STOPPED WORKING, ALL THE OTHER INSTRUMENTS WORK. THIS IS NOT SAFE. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN FILED ON THIS VERY ISSUE. GM SHOULD REPLACE THIS PART. IT APPEARS THEY KNEW THERE WAS A PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10254697January 12, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY 03 EXT FIRST TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WITH JUST OVER 65K AND THEN 16MO. LATER AT 80K WENT OUT AGAIN. NO HELP FROM GM. I HAVE OWNED A 99 BLAZER AND 02 TRAILBLAZER WITH NO REAL ISSUES HOWEVER THIS 03 HAS HAD NUMEROUS FROM CRACKED GAS TANK TO CATALYTIC CONVERTER GOING OUT AS WELL AS NOW HAVING LOUD ENGINE NOISE! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10254750January 12, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
SPEEDOMETER HAS BECOME FAULTY. IT MAY NOT REGISTER THE CORRECT SPEED OF THE VEHICLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10253799January 5, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SEATS
GAUGES ON INSTRUMENT PANEL ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. FIRST ONE WAS SPEEDOMETER THEN OIL PRESSURE GAGE AND TACHOMETER. I AM SURE MORE WILL FOLLOW. ALSO ELECTRIC SEAT NO LONGER MOVES FORWARD OR BACKWARD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10253274December 30, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
MY 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT GAUGE CLUSTERS MALFUNCTION. ONE BY ONE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES HAVE BEEN FAILING. FIRST THE RPM GAUGE STUCK AT ZERO IN MARCH '08. ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO (OCT '08), THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE DROPPED TO ZERO AND NOW FLUCTUATES ERRATICALLY . OFTEN TIMES, RESTARTING THE CAR WILL TEMPORARILY RESET THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE UNTIL IT FAILS AGAIN. THIS MONTH (DEC. '08), THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE PEGGED HIGH AND THE SPEEDOMETER WILL TEMPORARILY HESITATE. THE ONLY GAUGE THAT APPEARS TO WORK PROPERLY IS THE FUEL GAUGE, AND I'M GUESSING THAT WILL EVENTUALLY FAIL TOO. DURING MY LAST OIL CHANGE AT A CHEVY DEALER, THEY INDICATED THAT MOST LIKELY THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/GAUGE DRIVERS ARE BAD AND CAN BE REPLACED FOR ABOUT $800. I'VE DONE A LOT OF SEARCHING ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH CHEVY VEHICLES, YET CHEVROLET HAS DONE NOTHING TO CORRECT OR REMEDY THE SITUATION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10252998December 28, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING, THE SPEEDOMETER GOT STUCK AT 40MPH. IT NEVER CAME BACK DOWN, BUT EVENTUALLY WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT SIDE. AFTER $900 FOR A NEW INSTRUMENT CLUSTER IT WAS FIXED, BUT THE FOLLOWING YEAR A FRIEND OF MINE WITH AN 05 TRAILBLAZER HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN TO HER. SHE WON'T GET IT FIXED BECAUSE IT SEEMS JUST A TAD BIT SUSPICIOUS THAT SO MANY SPEEDOMETERS HAVE GONE OUT IN THESE THINGS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10252881December 27, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
I NOTICED WHEN THE WEATHER GOT COLDER/SNOW IN DECEMBER, MY SPEEDOMETER WAS READING AROUND 60 MPG HIGH SPEED WHEN I WAS GOING ABOUT 20 MPH. AFTER TURNING MY TRUCK ON AND OFF A COUPLE OF TIMES, IT WOULD RESET TO 0 MPH. ANOTHER HEAVY SNOW DAY CAME AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN, AND AFTER I WAS EXITING MY CAR YESTERDAY, THE NEEDLE POINTED SOUTH AND WHEN I STARTED THE TRUCK IT WENT BACKWARD TO 120 MPH. I CALLED GM TO FIND OUT IF THERE WERE ANY RECALLS ON THIS PROBLEM OR ANY OTHERS AND THEY SAID THERE WERE NO RECALL FOR MY VEHICLE AT THIS TIME, WHICH I KNOW IS UNTRUE DUE TO THE GAS LEAK RECALL. I CALLED THE GM SERVICE CENTER AND WAS TOLD THE SAME THING AND THIS ITEM IS NOT COVERED. I SEARCHED THE WEB AND FOUND A CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST GM FOR THE SAME REASON AS MINE HTTP://WWW.LAWCASH.COM/ATTORNEY/4913/GENERAL-MOTORS-LAWSUIT.ASP *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10252659December 23, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I NOTICED WHEN THE WEATHER GOT COLDER/SNOW IN DECEMBER, MY SPEEDOMETER WAS READING AROUND 60 MPG HIGH SPEED WHEN I WAS GOING ABOUT 20 MPH. AFTER TURNING MY TRUCK ON AND OFF A COUPLE OF TIMES, IT WOULD RESET TO 0 MPH. ANOTHER HEAVY SNOW DAY CAME AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN, AND AFTER I WAS EXITING MY CAR YESTERDAY, THE NEEDLE POINTED SOUTH AND WHEN I STARTED THE TRUCK IT WENT BACKWARD TO 120 MPH. I CALLED GM TO FIND OUT IF THERE WERE ANY RECALLS ON THIS PROBLEM OR ANY OTHERS AND THEY SAID THERE WERE NO RECALL FOR MY VEHICLE AT THIS TIME, WHICH I KNOW IS UNTRUE DUE TO THE GAS LEAK RECALL. I CALLED THE GM SERVICE CENTER AND WAS TOLD THE SAME THING AND THIS ITEM IS NOT COVERED. I SEARCHED THE WEB AND FOUND A CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST GM FOR THE SAME REASON AS MINE HTTP://WWW.LAWCASH.COM/ATTORNEY/4913/GENERAL-MOTORS-LAWSUIT.ASP *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10252544December 22, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
DRIVING ON HIGHWAY SPEEDOMETER WENT ABOVE 100 MPH THEN ABOVE 120 MPH. NOW THE NEEDLE IS POINTING STRAIGHT DOWN. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10251681December 13, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER - INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER FAILURE. TACHOMETER INOPERATIVE AND ERRATIC WITH ONLY 42K MILES ON VEHICLE. UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS ALSO A SYMPTOM FOR THE REMAINING GAUGES IN THE CLUSTER. *TR GM HAS SPECIAL SERVICE BULLETIN THAT ADDRESSES THIS ISSUE FOR ALL OTHER TRUCK PRODUCTS EXCEPT ENVOY AND TRAILBLAZER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10251476December 11, 2008
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
I PURCHASED THE USED 2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER MAY 2006. LAST YEAR THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED JUMPING ABOVE MY ACTUAL SPEED. APPROX. 4 DAYS LATER IT RECTIFIED ITSELF. IT HAS HAPPENED 4 - 6 TIMES AND EACH TIME THE SAME THING HAPPENS AND IT TAKES ABOUT 4 DAYS TO FIX ITSELF AGAIN. I HAVEN'T KEPT A LOG BUT IT SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING MORE FREQUENTLY. I'VE READ OTHER OWNERS STATING WHAT THEY HAD DONE. I CANNOT AFFORD $300 - $400 TAKING IT TO A DEALER. HOW MANY COMPLAINTS NEED TO MADE BEFORE A RECALL IT SET IN MOTION FOR CHEVROLET? THANK YOU! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10251408December 10, 2008
VISIBILITY
WINDSHIELD LOOSENS FROM SEAL , HAD REPLACED 1 TIME AND NOW NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN SOON. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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