Chevrolet Trailblazer Complaints (2006)

1,347 consumer complaints on file.

#10426376September 19, 2011
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM
THE GAS GAUGE ON MY 2006 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER NO LONGER WORKS IT STARTED FLUCTUATING AT ABOUT 109,000 MILES NOW I'M AT ABOUT 150,000 AND IT HASN'T WORKED FOR MONTHS NOW. MY WIFE HAS RUN OUT OF GAS TWICE NOW ON THE INTERSTATE AT 4:00 IN THE MORNING GOING TO WORK WITH SEMI TRUCKS BARRELING DOWN ON HER NOT KNOWING WHY SHE COULDN'T ACCELERATE. *KB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10425937September 18, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
GAS GAUGE DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY SEEN WHERE SEVERAL PEOPLE ARE HAVING SAME PROBLEM. I THINK IT SHOULD BE A RECALL. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10425978September 18, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
FUEL GAUGE QUIT WORKING. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10425700September 16, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
MY GAS GAUGE WORKS SOMETIMES AND SOMETIMES IT DON'T. I CAN BE DRIVING ALONG AND IT WILL REGISTER ON E, THE TRUCK SEEMS LIKE IT IS STRAINING TO MOVE WHEN THIS HAPPENS. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10425818September 16, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
THE FUEL LEVEL SENSOR STOPPED WORKING, THUS LEAVING NO WAY TO TELL HOW MUCH FUEL IS IN MY VEHICLE. THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN ON A VEHICLE AFTER ONLY 60,000 MILES. I CONSIDER IT A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD, AND AM FEARFUL THAT IT COULD LEAD TO A STALL ON A BUSY FREEWAY. TO AVOID THAT SITUATION, AND THE UNECCESSARY ADDED STRESS, I AM CONSTANTLY MAKING STOPS AT A GAS STATION. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10425603September 15, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM
GAS GAUGE READS EMPTY AT ALL TIMES. FILLED THE TANK UP COMPLETELY ONE DAY AND THE GAUGE READ EMPTY (EVEN THOUGH IT WAS STILL FULL)THE FOLLOWING DAY. GAUGE READS EMPTY AT ALL TIMES NOW. SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE FOR MY SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD. *KB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10425348September 14, 2011
SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT, SUSPENSION:FRONT
TWO WEEKS AGO WE PUT NEW TIRES ON MY TRAILBLAZER AT 28,700 MI. WE WERE LEAVING FOR A TRIP AND TOOK IT TO HAVE THE FRONT END ALIGNED TO BE SURE THE NEW TIRES WORE PROPERLY. WE DID NOT GO TO OUR DEALER AS THERE WAS NO TIME BEFORE THE TRIP. UPON CHECKING THE CAR, THEY DISCOVERED BOTH MY FRONT STRUTS WERE LEAKING BADLY AND THEY NO LONGER GAVE A FIRM RIDE. WE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO HAVE THEM REPLACE BOTH STRUTS AT ONLY 28,700 MI. THE REPAIR SHOP WAS QUITE SURPRISED THAT BOTH STRUTS WERE BAD. MY TRAILBLAZER IS GARAGED, HAS EXTREMELY LOW MILEAGE, IS DRIVEN ONLY ON CITY STREETS OR FREEWAY AND NEVER CARRIES ANY LOADS. EVEN THOUGH WE WERE PAST THE 36 MO. PORTION OF THE WARRANTY, THE REPAIR SHOP TOLD US THAT THEY FELT THE STRUTS SHOULD HAVE LASTED FAR LONGER THAN 28,700 MI. AND THAT WITH THE EXCELLENT CARE OF MY CAR, IT WAS FAR TOO EARLY FOR THEM TO HAVE TO BE REPLACED. I CHECKED WITH SOME FRIENDS WHO HAD THEIR CARS FOR FAR LONGER THAN ME AND MANY MORE MILES ON IT AND THEY HAD NEVER HAD ANY ISSUE WITH STRUTS. I DECIDED TO CONTACT GM TO FILE A COMPLAINT. THEY CONTACTED ME AND THE INTERVIEWER TOLD ME THAT SHE COMPLETELY UNDERSTOOD WHY I WOULD BE UPSET. HOWEVER, TODAY I WAS CALLED AND TOLD THAT THEY WOULD NOT HELP WITH ANY OF THE COST FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE STRUTS. MY CONCERN IS FOR THE SAFETY OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT OWN CHEVY VEHICLES WITH THE SAME STRUTS. WE WERE TOLD THAT WE SHOULD NOT DRIVE OUR CAR WITH THE BAD STRUTS ON THE FREEWAY BECAUSE IT WAS NOT SAFE. I WANT TO FILE A FORMAL COMPLAINT SO THAT OTHERS CAN BE MADE AWARE OF THE POSSIBLE DANGERS OF THE STRUTS FAILING AT SUCH AN EARLY MILEAGE. I PLAN TO CONTACT WHATEVER AGENCIES NECESSARY TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM. *KB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10425375September 14, 2011
STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE, VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR
OUR CAR WAS PARKED, THE ENTIRE BACK HATCH WAS OPEN (NOT JUST THE GLASS WINDOW) AND I WAS UNLOADING BAGS AND BOXES FROM CAR. THE REAR WINDOW EXPLODED INTO TINY PIECES OF GLASS THAT RAINED DOWN ON ME. GETTING EMBEDDED IN MY HEAD, BACK AND ARMS. NEIGHBORS CAME RUNNING THE SOUND WAS SO LOUD. THE CAR HAD NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY KIND OF COLLISION AND THERE WAS NOTHING THAT HIT THE WINDOW. I HAD BEEN TO THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES SINCE THE DOOR HAD BEEN OPENED BECAUSE I HAD LOTS OF ITEMS TO UNLOAD. NOW I HAVE BEEN NOTICING MANY OTHER TRAILBLAZERS THAT HAVE MISSING COMPONENTS FROM THE REAR WINDOW LEADING ME TO THINK THAT THEIR WINDOWS HAVE HAD TO BE REPLACED ALSO. HAD WE BEEN DRIVING THAT DAY WHEN THIS HAPPENED, WITH THE FORCE IN WHICH THE GLASS FLEW, I AM SURE THAT THE CHILDREN IN THE BACK SEAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HIT WITH THE GLASS. *KB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10425399September 14, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM
THE GAS GAUGE ON MY TRAIL BLAZER STOPPED WORKING AND ALWAYS SHOWS EMPTY. *KB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10425423September 14, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM
FUEL GAUGE SHOWED I WAS EMPTY AFTER FILLING UP THE CAR. THE GAUGE NOW READS ERRATICALLY AND DOES NOT SHOW THE PROPER AMOUNT OF FUEL IN THE TANK. MY WIFE IS THE PRIMARY DRIVER OF THIS CAR AND I FEAR THAT SHE WILL RUN OUT OF GAS DUE TO THE "FAILURE" OF THE GAUGE. WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO DRIVE BY MILEAGE BUT OUR MPG VARIES QUITE A BIT DEPENDING ON OUR DRIVING SITUATION. JUST RECEIVED A LETTER FROM GM ADVISING THEY WILL PAY 50% OF REPAIR COSTS. HOWEVER, I FEEL THAT THIS SAFETY RELATED ITEM FAILURE SHOULD BE COVERED ENTIRELY BY GM VIA A RECALL. ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED. THANKS [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) *KB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10425444September 14, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM
FUEL SENSOR DOES NOT WORK. CHEVY IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND ISSUED A DEAL TO PAY FOR HALF THE COST ONLY IF THE CAR HAS UNDER 120,000 MILES OR IS LESS THAN 10 YEARS OLD. WE ARE OVER THE MILEAGE LIMIT, BUT THIS PROBLEM CAUSED OUR CAR TO RUN OUT OF GAS ON A CURVY, MOUNTAIN ROAD WITH LARGE COAL TRUCKS SPEEDING BY. WE RAN OUT IN A PLACE WHERE WE COULD NOT PULL FAR ENOUGH OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WERE ALMOST HIT BY SEVERAL PASSING VEHICLES. WE COULDN'T START THE VEHICLE AND HAD TO DRIFT IT BACKWARDS DOWNHILL TO A SAFER PLACE. VERY DANGEROUS!!! *KB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10425454September 14, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
GAS GAUGE MALFUNCTIONING. WILL NOT REGISTER AMOUNT OF FUEL IN TANK. IT WILL GO UP AND THEN DOWN TO EMPTY AND THE LOW FUEL LIGHT WILL COME ON EVEN WHEN I KNOW IT IS FULL. *KB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10425518September 14, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM
MY 2006 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER HAS HAD INACCURATE FUEL GAUGE READINGS SINCE 8/10. FOR THE PREVIOUS 10 MONTHS IT HAS READ EMPTY ON THE GAUGE AND GIVES AN AUDIBLE WARNING. WE HAVE RUN OUT OF GAS 3 TIMES. ONCE IN TRAFFIC. DEALERSHIP WANTS OVER $800.00 TO FIX IT. WE HAD DECIDED TO DILIGENTLY FILL THE CAR AND CHECK THE TRIPOMETER REGULARLY. WE TRIED TO REGISTER IT AND TO NO AVAIL, WON'T PASS. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS POSTS ON LINE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I AM 45 YEARS OLD AND HAVE OWNED 15 CARS. NOT 1 HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM AND ALL WERE OLDER VEHICLES. ADDITIONALLY, 4 OF THE PREVIOUS ONES HAD BEEN CHEVYS. THEIR SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH SEVERAL YEARS OF THESE VEHICLES. PLEASE CONDUCT A RECALL ASAP. *KB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10425277September 13, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY AND THE FUEL GAUGE WAS NOT PROVIDING AN ACCURATE READING. THE FUEL GAUGE EVENTUALLY FAILED COMPLETELY AND THE READING REMAINED ON EMPTY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS WHERE THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE FUEL SYSTEM SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: DP10001 (FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM) WHICH WAS AN INVESTIGATION THAT COULD POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 37,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10425343September 13, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, STRUCTURE:BODY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
GAS GAUGE BECAME VERY ERRATIC. FINALLY DIDN'T REGISTER AT ALL. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHILE OUT OF TOWN. TOOK THE CAR TO A MERLIN AUTOMOTIVE FOR REPAIR. SPENT HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS AND THE LIGHT WOULD NOT GO OFF. MASS AIR FLOW METER, PLUGS, FUEL RAIL, THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR, FUEL INJECTORS. THEY EVEN CALLED IN A CHEVY TECHNICIAN WHO COULD NOT FIGURE IT OUT. WHEN I RETURNED HOME I TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE THEY DROPPED THE TANK AND REPLACED THE SENDING UNIT. HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS IN EXPENSES. THEN THE HEATING FAN SWITCH STARTED SMOKING AND HAD TO BE REPLACED AS IT HAD MELTED AND NOTHING WORKED . ALSO, EVERY DOOR RUSTED THROUGH AT THE BOTTOM INCLUDING THE REAR HATCH. DEALERS' RESPONSE:WELCOME TO WISCONSIN. I SPENT $700 TO HAVE THE RUST CLEANED UP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10424640September 11, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
AT 30,000 MILES THE FUEL GAUGE ON MY 206 TRAILBLAZER STARTED GIVING WRONG READINGS. IT NEVER HAS THE CORRECT AMOUNT ON THE GAUGE. IT HAS CAUSED ME TO RUN OUT OF FUEL ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. I HAVE BEEN LUCKY TO NOT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. AS THE MILEAGE CAN CHANGE BASED ON DRIVING I HAVE TO JUST FILL UP EVERY 200 MILE TO BE SAFE. GM HAS TOLD ME THIS REPAIR IS NOT COVERED UNDER ANY WARRANTY AND WOULD COST ABOUT $1000.00 FOR THEM TO REPLACE THE FUEL SENDING UNIT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10424595September 10, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
THE GAS GAUGE ON MY 2006 TRAILBLAZER IS INACCURATE. IT SHOWED THAT I HAD A QUARTER OF A TANK OF FUEL LEFT AND THE TRUCK DIED WHILE DRIVING DOWN A BUSY STREET. LUCKILY THE CAR BEHIND ME WAS ABLE TO AVOID HITTING ME AS WE WERE ONLY TRAVELING 45 MPH. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10424134September 7, 2011
VISIBILITY
WASHER FLUID SPRAYS AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS ACTIVATE WHEN SWITCH IS NOT ON AND AT TIMES WOULD CONTINUOUSLY SPRAY AND WASH WINDSHIELD WHEN THE SWITCH IS IN THE OFF POSITION. NOW WIPERS WILL ONLY WORK ON HIGH POSITION OR YOU CAN TURN THEM ON AND THEY STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDSHIELD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10424162September 7, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER REFUELING, THE FUEL GAUGE DISPLAYED A READING OF EMPTY AND THE NO FUEL INDICATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 99,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10424184September 7, 2011
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
2006 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER GAS GAUGE STOPPED WORKING. DEALER QUOTED $1000.00 TO REPAIR IT. IT IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM ON TRAILBLAZERS I HAVE FOUND FROM RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE. GM SHOULD RECALL THESE VEHICLES FOR REPAIR AT NO COST TO THE CUSTOMER. POOR QUALITY BY GM ON THIS. THIS COULD CAUSE A CRASH BY RUNNING OUT OF GAS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. ESTIMATING FUEL IS NOT A SAFE ALTERNATIVE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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