Chevrolet Trailblazer Complaints (2003)

1,239 consumer complaints on file.

#10357706September 26, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
MY CLUSTER ON MY 2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER HAS GONE OUT CAUSING ALL BUT ONE GAUGE TO WORK THAT IS THE SPEEDOMETER.. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10357735September 26, 2010
SUSPENSION:FRONT
I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND THE DRIVER SIDE CONTROL ARM SNAPPED ON MY 2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER LTZ. THE CONSEQUENCES COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL IF IT HAPPENED 2 DAYS PRIOR WHILE I WAS DRIVING OUT OF TOWN ON THE FREEWAY GOING 70 MPH. A NEW CONTROL ARM HAS TO BE INSTALLED. I HAVE THE DEALER SAVING THE OLD PARTS INCLUDING THE BOLT. I FOUND THE BOLT HEAD AT THE END OF MY DRIVEWAY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10356957September 22, 2010
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH THE CONTACT TURNED ON THE TURN SIGNAL TO TURN RIGHT AND ALL OF THE EXTERIOR LIGHTS BEGAN TO FLASH AS IF SHE HAD TURNED ON THE HAZARD WARNING LIGHTS. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN TAKEN TO BE EXAMINED FOR THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND SHE WAS INFORMED HER VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V198000, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 58,229.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10355820September 15, 2010
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER . THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING LESS THEN 10 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED . THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND THEN RESTART IT. THE CONTACT CONSULTED A PRIVATE MECHANIC ABOUT THE FAILURE AND HE STATED THAT NO CODES WILL APPEAR IF THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE . THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED AND THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 51236.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10355434September 14, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
I HAVE A 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER WITH 146,000 MILES ON IT. ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO WHEN THERE WAS ONLY AROUND 50,000 MILES ON IT THE TACHOMETER STOPPED WORKING. NOW THE SPEEDOMETER IS ACTING UP AND SHOWING I AM GOING 85 WHEN I AM GOING APPROXIMATELY 50 MILES PER HOUR, OR SHOWING 30 WHEN I AM COMPLETELY STOPPED. FROM WHAT I HAVE BEEN READING ON OTHER POSTS ON THE INTERNET THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES AND I AM WONDERING WHY YOU HAVE NOT RECOMMENDED A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM, I PERSONALLY LOVE MY TRUCK, BUT IT WOULD BE NICE IF CHEVROLET HAD TO STAND BEHIND THIS, JUST AS WE STOOD BEHIND THEM WITH A BAILOUT! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10355038September 11, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
2003 TRAILBLAZER EXT LT SPEEDOMETER NOT WORKING, ODOMETER WORKING FINE. BOUGHT IT USED DIDN'T WORK WHEN I BOUGHT IT. LOOKED UP TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL BUT ALL I SEEN WAS NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME SITUATION BUT NO RECALL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10354180September 7, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
MY TACHOMETER WENT OUT ON MY 2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER ON 9-6-10. I HAVE AROUND 100,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE, BUT THIS IS NOT THE FIRST OF MANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS VEHICLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10353979September 6, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT, FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION FLUID COOLING LINES DUE TO CORROSION. LOSS OF TRANSMISSION FLUID AND POSSIBLE TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO LOSS. REPLACE ALL TRANSMISSION COOLING LINES (4 SECTIONS). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10353278September 1, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
CHRONIC PROBLEM/FAILURE OF INSTRUMENT GAGES/CLUSTER RELATING TO SPEEDOMETER, TEMPERATURE AND OIL PRESSURE FOR A 2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER EXT. FOR EXAMPLE, THE SPEEDOMETER WILL UNEXPECTEDLY RAISE TO AN ALARMING SPEED READING WHILE THE VEHICLE IS NOT ACTUALLY TRAVELING MORE THAN A FEW MILES PER HOUR. DEALER ADVISES THAT THIS CONDITION IS NOT COVERED BY ANY RECALL NOTICE AND GM IS UNWILLING TO PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE TO ALLEVIATE THIS SERIOUS AND UNSAFE CONDITION. OTHER GM VEHICLES HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS EXACT CONDITION. ALSO, THIS VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED A CRACKED EXHAUT MANIFOLD DUE TO POOR DESIGN/ENGINEERING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10352354August 27, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
SPEEDOMETER AND FUEL GAUGE QUIT WORKING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10350507August 19, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
DRIVING ALONG AND SPEEDOMETER SHOWED ALMOST 100MPH. AFTER TURNING OFF THE ENGINE THE SPEED READ ABOUT 30MPH. CALL THE CHEVROLET DEALER AND THEY STATED THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH GM, AND WELL KNOWN WITH THE TRAILBLAZERS. THEY STATED THAT IT WAS THE CLUSTER PANEL AND GM WAS REPAIRING ALMOST ALL THE VEHICLES BUT THE TRAILBLAZER. MY DAUGHTER DRIVES THE TRAILBLAZER TO COLLEGE AND THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME WHICH IS A DANGER NOT KNOWING WHAT SPEED YOU ARE GOING. THE DEALER SAID GM IS REFUSING TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS DUE TO SO MANY TRAILBLAZERS WITH THIS PROBLEM AND IT WOULD COST UP TO $1500 TO REPAIR. I'VE MADE SEVERAL CALLS TO GM THIS PAST YEAR AND JUST GET A RUNAROUND. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10349565August 16, 2010
SEAT BELTS
FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT LOCKS UP AND YOU ARE SOMETIMES UNABLE TO USE IT. THIS HAD BEEN HAPPENING MORE AND MORE. AT FIRST YOU COULD KEEP MOVING IT BACK AND FORTH AND IT WOULD IMMEDIATELY COME LOOSE BUT AS TIME GOES BY, IT IS GETTING HARDER TO GET THE SEAT BELT TO COME LOOSE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10349731August 16, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
WE HAVE A 2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WENT OUT ON. IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS A CLUSTER THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT ALMOST 600.00 I TOLD GM IN CASE# [XXX] THAT AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DIAGNOSED IT BUT THEY MADE US GO SPEND 96.00 ON A GM DEALERSHIP TO DIAGNOSE IT AND THEN 3 HOURS LATER TELL US SO SORRY, WE KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS BUT THERE IS NO BULLETIN O RECALL ON THIS SO WE CANT DO ANYTHING. A SPEEDOMETER SHOULD NO GO OUT ON A CAR, NO MATTER HOW MANY MILES AND IF IT IS NOT AN ISOLATED INSTANCE, THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL. 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
#10349209August 13, 2010
SEAT BELTS
THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT WAS LOCKING UP ON OCCASIONS DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF IT, BUT NOW IT IS LOCKED UP ALL TOGETHER. THE SEAT BELT IS INOPERABLE, MY FAMILY ALWAYS WEARS A SEATBELT, PLUS IT IS THE LAW! SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE, I HAVE DONE MY RESEARCH AND THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH COUNTLESS OTHER 2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER OWNERS! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10348821August 11, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD STOP WORKING AND WITHIN A FEW MINUTES IT WOULD BEGAN TO FUNCTION NORMALLY. THE DEALER CONFIRMED THAT IT MALFUNCTIONED AND WOULD COST $1000 TO REPAIR IT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 175,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 180,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10347531August 5, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER LT. THE CONTACT STATED THE GAUGES ON THE DASHBOARD WOULD FLUCTUATE BACK AND FORTH. THE FUEL GAUGE WOULD READ INACCURATE FUEL LEVELS AND THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD READ INACCURATE TRAVELED SPEEDS. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED IN ORDER TO REMEDY THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 105,000. UPDATED 12/01/10. *LJ THE CONSUMER STATED STILL HAS NOT BEEN REPLACED. UPDATED 12/09/10*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10345748July 27, 2010
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
FILLED TANK, STRONG GASOLINE SMELL, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, TOOK TO LOCAL GM DEALER. FUELTANK LEAKING AT FILLER NECK. WOULD NOT LET ME LEAVE ,TOO DANGEROUS!! REPLACED FUEL PUMP AND TANK, $2000. REPAIR!!! GM WILL NOT COVER BECAUSE IT STATES IT DOES NOT COVER TEXAS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10345243July 26, 2010
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
MY INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ON MY 2003 TRAILBLAZER ( SPEEDOMETER , TEMP, VOLTAGE ,GAS GAUGE OIL PRESS.) STOPPED WORKING .I BOUGHT IT NEW AND IT GET SERVICED AT THE DEALERSHIP REGULARLY , FIRST THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING THEN THE OTHERS STOPPED WORKING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10343895July 19, 2010
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
THERMOSTAT HAS FAILED TWICE DURING LONG TRIPS. THIS CAUSES THE ENGINE TO RUN HOT OR COLD. I AM ON MY THIRD ONE AND HAVE CONCLUDED IT MUST BE A DESIGN DEFECT. FAILURE OF THIS COMPONENT MAY CAUSE THE ENGINE TO FAIL AND THUS STRAND THE DRIVER. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10342738July 12, 2010
EQUIPMENT
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT UPON ENTERING THE VEHICLE SHE SMELLED A FOUL ODOR WHICH SHE DESCRIBED AS MILDEW. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO INSTALLED A DELAYED BLOWER. APPROXIMATELY 2 YEARS LATER THE ODOR RETURNED AND THE BATTERY BEGAN TO DRAIN RAPIDLY DUE TO THE DELAYED BLOWER WHICH CONTINUED TO FUNCTION WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE A MODULE WITHIN THE DELAYED BLOWER WAS REPLACED TWICE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A FEW MONTHS LATER, THE BLOWER STOPPED WORKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER TO REPLACE THE MODULE INSIDE OF THE BLOWER. APPROXIMATELY 2 YEARS LATER THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WIRING WITHIN THE DELAYED BLOWER BURNED OUT AND IT WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE HAD BECOME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE OVER TIME. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,457 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 140,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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