Chevrolet Trailblazer Complaints (2004)

1,368 consumer complaints on file.

#10295089December 9, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER SPEEDOMETER AND FUEL GAUGE ARE UNRELIABLE. SPEEDOMETER SOMETIMES SEEMS TO WORK BUT IS NO ACCURATE WHEN IT DOES SHOW A SPEED. FUEL GAUGE MOVES BUT IS USUALLY THE NEEDLE IS NOT EVEN IN THE NORMAL AREA IE. BETWEEN E AND F. THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ONLINE, BUT GM HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL. THIS IS A PREVALENT PROBLEM THAT GM SHOULD RESOLVE AT NO COST TO THE OWNERS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10294719December 7, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER STOPPED WORKING AT 50,000 MILES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10294753December 7, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
INSTRUMENT PANEL/CLUSTER STOPPED WORKING IN MY 2004 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER. AT FIRST THE GAS GAUGE AND TAC STOPPED AND THEN WOULD WORK OCCASIONALLY. NOW THEY DO NOT WORK AT ALL AND NEITHER DOES THE SPEEDOMETER. OVER THE PAST WEEK MY ENTIRE PANEL, ELECTRONICS, RADIO READOUT, DIGITAL READOUT, TEMP READOUT ALL GO BLANK AND THEN IT WILL COME ON SOMETIMES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10294750December 7, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
I OWN A 2004 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER LT AND IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS MY SPEEDOMETER STOPS WORKING. IT FREEZES EITHER AT 10 MPH OR GOES ALL OVER THE 120 MPH. WHEN I RECEIVED MY RECENT OIL CHANGED I ASKED FOR THEM TO CHECK IT AND THAN SAID THEY WOULD NEED TO REPLACE CLUSTER KIT TO THE TUNE OF $500.00. BUT THEY WANTED ME TO CHECK WITH GM AND SEE IF THERE WAS RECALL BECAUSE THEY HAVE SEEN SEVERAL 2004 TRAILBLAZERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. WHEN I LOOKED UP GM THERE WAS NO RECALL ISSUED, SO NOW I HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET TO GET IT FIXED. I WAS TOLD TO FILE A COMPLIMENT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10294619December 6, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
THE SPEEDOMETER IN MY 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER LS IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THE NEEDLE IS POINTING AT 120MPH WHILE THE VEHICLE IS STOPPED AND THE NEEDLE CONTINUES CLOCKWISE PAST 120MPH AS I ACCELERATE, THEREFORE I AM NOT ABLE TO ACCURATELY DETERMINE THE SPEED AT WHICH I AM TRAVELING CAUSING A SAFETY HAZARD TO MYSELF AND OTHER PERSONS ON THE ROADWAYS. THIS DID OCCUR AS I WAS TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE 30 IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS. I WAS GOING 70MPH AND THE SPEEDOMETER GRADUALLY DROPPED TO 0MPH THEN LATER THE NEEDLE MOVED TO 120MPH. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10294668December 6, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER SPEEDOMETER IS CONSISTENTLY INCORRECT. THE SPEEDOMETER WILL FREQUENTLY RESET THE POINT OF ZERO MPH. E.G. ZERO WILL BE SET AT 50 MPH SO WHEN THE VEHICLE IS ACTUALLY TRAVELING 20 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER WILL READ 70 MPH. THE ONLY WAY TO RESET THE POINT OF ZERO IS TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF AND START THE CAR OVER AND OVER AGAIN, LOWERING THE POINT OF ZERO BY ABOUT 5 MPH AT EACH VEHICLE START. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10294587December 5, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I HAVE A 2004 TRAILBLAZER I PURCHASED IN 2007 FOR MY WIFE. AFTER ABOUT A YEAR THE SPEEDOMETER IS NOT WORKING AT ALL. AFTER A LITTLE RESEARCH, HOW FOUND OUT MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I BELIEVE CHEVY SHOULD RECALL THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10294417December 3, 2009
AIR BAGS, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET TRAIL BLAZER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH AND ENGAGING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED, SPUN OUT OF CONTROL AND ROLLED OVER DOWN A HILL. THE CONSUMER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. A POLICE HAS A REPORT IS AVAILABLE IF NEEDED. THE CHEVROLET MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RELATED INCIDENTS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,000. UPDATED 01/08/10 *BF THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND IT FELT AS THOUGH THE GAS PEDAL WAS STUCK. UPDATED 01/12/10.*JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10294438December 3, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
SPEEDOMETER WILL NOT DISPLAY ACCURATE READING, ADDITIONALLY HEADLIGHTS FLICKER AS IF I AM FLIPPING FROM BRIGHT TO DIM - CAUSING OTHER DRIVERS TO BECOME ANGRY WITH ME - WHEN CHECKED WITH GM THEY SAID IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM OF MY MODEL BUT THERE WAS NO RECALL. I HAVE SEEN NUMEROUS OTHER COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10294324December 2, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I PURCHASE BRAND NEW 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER 3.2L V6 AS OF RIGHT NOW IT ONLY HAS 25,800 ORIGINAL MILS. AND ALL THE GAUGES ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL (OIL PRESSURE, SPEEDOMETER, FUEL, AND TACHOMETER HAS STOP WORKING WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY MY GOD THAT WAS SCARY. ALSO, THIS HAS DRAIN THE BATTERY HAD TO REPLACE IT THE CLUSTER INSTRUMENT PANEL IS BEING REPLACE IT IS COASTING ME $580.00. I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE DUE TO THIS CAN CAUSE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT. AS I WAS AT THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AT THE SERVICE CENTER TODAY THERE WAS ANOTHER TRAILBLAZER WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10294233December 2, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
I AM A MILITARY MEMBER AND HAVE BEEN BACK AND FORTH TO IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN, I OWN A CHEVY TRAILBLAZER 2004, THE SPEEDOMETER HAS BEEN MESSED UP FOR SEVERAL MONTHS SHOWING 30 MPH AT A STOP AND CHANGING EVERY DAY TO A NEW SPEED. IT IS A VERY STRESSFUL KNOWING THAT YOUR SPOUSE IS IN THE STATES DRIVING A UNRELIABLE VEHICLE, ON TOP OF THE STRESS FROM THE DEPLOYMENT ITSELF. TO GET THIS FIXED ITS GOING TO COST 400-600 DOLLARS WHICH SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAID BY THE VEHICLE OWNERS SINCE IT IS A LARGE COMPLAINT FOR MOST OF THE CHEVY MODELS FROM 04-06. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10294230December 2, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
I HAVE A 2004 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER AND THE SPEEDOMETER IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY I HAVE BEEN ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND OUT THIS IS NOT THE ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10294061November 30, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER GIVES THE INCORRECT SPEED MOST OF THE TIME. WHEN I COMPARE THE SPEEDOMETER READING TO MY GPS, IT WILL SOMETIMES READ ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 40 MILES PER HOUR TOO HIGH OR TOO LOW. THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE IS ALSO MALFUNCTIONING. I HAD A SIMILAR PROBLEM WITH MY 2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO AND THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WAS REPLACED UNDER A RECALL. AT THIS TIME, NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED BY GM FOR MY 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10294087November 30, 2009
EXTERIOR LIGHTING, INTERIOR LIGHTING
HEADLIGHTS FLICKER ON VEHICLE, INTERIOR LIGHTS COME ON, VOLTAGE DROPS TO 10V. DEALERS STATE "NOTHING WRONG" I BEEN LIVING WITH THIS ISSUE SINCE TRUCK WAS NEW IN 05. PLEASE CK WEBSITE "TRAILVOY.COM" COMMON ISSUE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10293328November 23, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHY HAS CHEVY NOT INCLUDED THE 2004 TRAILBLAZER ON THEIR RECALL LIST WHEN THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE POSTING PROBLEMS WITH THEIR INSTRUMENT CLUSTERS? MY ENTIRE PANEL GOES IN AND OUT BUT MOSTLY OUT. I NEVER KNOW IF I NEED GAS OR HOW FAST I AM GOING. SOME OF THE TIME EVERY LIGHT THAT IS BUILT IN THE DASH IS ON AT THE SAME TIME. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT IS OCCURRING IN MANY OF CHEVY'S OTHER VEHICLES YET THEY WILL NOT ADD THE TRAILBLAZER TO THE RECALL LIST. PLEASE HELP THE PUBLIC IN THIS VERY IMPORTANT SAFETY ISSUE. THANK YOU. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10292385November 16, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10292213November 15, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VISIBILITY, STRUCTURE
WE ARE THE OWNER OF A 2004 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER. I WOULD LIKE TO FILE 4 MAJOR CONCERNS REGARDING OUR VEHICLE. THE FIRST I HAVE BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE CHEVY COMPANY. OUR TRAILBLAZER WAS SHUTTING OFF DUE TO A BAD SEAL SOMEHOW CONNECTED WHEN THE HEAT/AIR IS RUNNING. THE VEHICLE JUST SHUTS OFF AND YOU LOSE COMPLETE CONTROL. WE HAD AN OUTSIDE MECHANIC FIX THE PROBLEM. THE SECOND IS THE LOSS OF OUR WINDSHIELD FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS. THEY NO LONGER WORK. THE 3RD IS THE REAR MOLDING BROKE LOOSE FROM WATER COLLECTING AND THEN FREEZING WITH NO WAY OF PREVENTING THIS FROM HAPPENING. WE LOST THIS PIECE OF MOLDING WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND IT HIT A SEMI TRUCK. THE 4TH IS A MAJOR ELECTRICAL PROBLEM THAT HAS NOT BE ABLE TO BE DIAGNOSED. EACH MORNING WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE SUV WILL ACT LIKE THE BATTERY IS DEAD AND THEN START. I HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE IN WHILE UNDER WARRANTY AND PROBLEM WAS NOT FOUND. I AM QUITE CONCERNED WITH THIS VEHICLE. I AM NOT SURE IF OTHERS HAVE HAD THESE PROBLEMS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THEM NOTATED. WE ARE CURRENTLY ON OUR 3RD BATTERY SINCE 2004. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10292153November 14, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
FLUID LEAK FROM TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER LINES DUE TO CORROSION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10292048November 13, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I WAS DRIVING IN TRAFFIC AND MY TRUCK WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OR CHANGE GEARS AT ALL. THIS WAS DURING JULY 4TH OF THIS YR. I HAD JUST HAD IT SERVICED. I HAD THERE TRANSMISSION SERVICED AND WAS OK UNTIL AUG 29TH. IT HAPPENED WHILE I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10291890November 11, 2009
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER LT LEAKING GAS & FUMES WHERE FILLER NECK JOINS TANK. HAVE LEARNED ONLINE THAT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. DEALER AND GM WILL DO NOTHING TO HELP ME PAY FOR THE REPAIRS. I PAID $1350.00 TO HAVE A NEW GAS TANK INSTALLED. THIS MUST BE A DEFECT. I HAD MY VEHICLE CHECKED SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT IN THE PAST. ONE OCCASION WAS THE FUEL CAP AND ON ANOTHER THEY COULD FIND NO CODE. THIS SHOULD BE COVERED. THEY KNOW THEY HAVE A PROBLEM. MY EXTENDED WARRANTY RAN OUT 26 DAYS BEFORE THIS HAPPENED. *TR THANK YOU
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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