2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE RPM LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE SPEEDOMETER FAILED TO OPERATE. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED STRONG FUEL FUMES OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE. UPON INSPECTION, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THERE WAS FUEL LEAKING FROM THE FUEL TANK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL TANK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

ON NOVEMBER 19, 2015, I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM CHEVROLET, P.O. BOX 909989, MILWAUKEE, WI 53209-9989, DATED NOVEMBER 2015, NOTIFYING ME, "THIS LETTER IS INTENDED TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT SOME 2004 MODEL YEAR CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER VEHICLES MAY CONTAIN A FUEL TANK INLET CHECK VALVE (ICV) THAT COULD FRACTURE." I IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE 1-800-222-1020 PHONE NUMBER INCLUDED IN THE LETTER AND THE GENTLEMEN I SPOKE WITH CALLED MY NEAREST CHEVROLET DEALER, NIMNICHT CHEVROLET, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, AND ASKED THEM TO CALL ME TO SET UP AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THE SITUATION INVESTIGATED. THEY DID NOT CALL ME AND THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM CHEVROLET CALLED BACK TO CONFIRM THAT I HAD AN APPOINTMENT WITH NIMNICHT AND I INFORMED HIM THEY HAD NOT CALLED. HE IMMEDIATELY CALLED THEM BACK AND GOT AN APPOINTMENT SET UP FOR ME, WHICH WAS NOT UNTIL THE FOLLOWING WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, AT 8:00 A.M. I TOOK MY VEHICLE IN, WHICH HAS ALL OF THE SYMPTOMS LISTED, I.E. GASOLINE SMELL, SES LIGHT ON SOLID FOR A WHILE, THEN BEGINS BLINKING, AND WILL GO BACK TO SOLID, TERRIBLE GAS MILEAGE AND WHEN SITTING STILL WITH ENGINE RUNNING, ENGINE ACTS AS IF IT WANTS TO SHUT OFF. WITHIN TEN MINUTES OF MY ARRIVING AT THE DEALERSHIP, I WAS INFORMED THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO SINCE MY MILEAGE WAS OVER 150,000. THE DATE I RECEIVED THE LETTER, THE MILEAGE WAS 151,872 AND BY THE TIME I GOT AN APPOINTMENT, IT WAS 152,000 PLUS. AFTER LETTING ME SIT IN THEIR WAITING ROOM, AND MY ASKING THEM TO PLEASE CALL CHEVROLET TO SEE IF SOME TYPE OF EXCEPTION COULD BE MADE, THE LADY CAME BACK AND OFFERED ME A "REAL DEAL" OF $903.00 TO REPAIR IT. SHE TOLD ME THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED TO CALL CHEVROLET ON A CUSTOMER'S BEHALF. MY COMPLAINT IS THAT, IF THE LETTER WERE MAILED TO ME ON NOVEMBER 1, THE VEHICLE WOULD HAVE BEEN LESS THAN 150,000 MILES. I FEEL THEY SHOULD HAVE TO REPAIR IT. IT IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE.

THE ICV VALVE ON THE GAS TANK RECIVED LETTER ON EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR REPAIRS.GM KNEW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM FOR YEARS BECAUSE THE LETTER SAYS THE SES LIGHT COMES ON,AND MY LIGHT HAS BEEN ON FOR YEARS SINCE IT WAS ABOUT 2 YEARS OLD,THEY KNEW THIS AND PLAYED DUMB ABOUT THE PROBLEM.GAS FUMES HAVE BEEN IN THE CAR FOR YEARS TO.

THE INLET CHECK VALVE IS FRACTURED AND CHEVY WILL NOT DO ANY REPAIRS DUE TO THE MILEAGE BEING OVER 150000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR LIGHTING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS FAILED WHICH CAUSED THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO A CREEK. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT WAS NOT INJURED IN THE CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL FUEL ODOR IN THE VEHICLE.THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

THE METALLIC FUEL PUMP LINES LOCATED ON TOP OF THE FUEL PUMP CORRODED THROUGH, LEAKING GAS ONTO THE GROUND WHENEVER THE ENGINE WAS ON. THIS VEHICLE HAS 155,000 MILES ON IT AND IS NOW 11 YEARS OLD. TO QUALIFY FOR THE RECALL THAT WAS ISSUED, THE CAR HAD TO BE LESS THAN 10 YEARS OLD OR AND HAVE LESS THAN 125,000 MILES. THE RECALL PERIOD FOR THIS VEHICLE SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO INCLUDE OLDER VEHICLES.

DURING HIGH SPEEDS (INTERSTATE/LONG-DISTANCE DRIVING) THERE IS A VIBRATING NOISE ON MY WINDSHIELD. THIS STARTED YEARS AGO; AT FIRST I THOUGHT THE NOISE WAS MY ANTENNA. I CHECKED IT TO MAKE SURE IT WAS SECURE AND IT WAS, SO I DISMISSED THE NOISE. I DON'T DO A LOT OF LONG-DISTANCE OR INTERSTATE DRIVING, SO IT WAS A WHILE BEFORE I HEARD THE NOISE AGAIN. EVER SINCE I HAVE DISMISSED IT AS WIND NOISE AT HIGH SPEEDS. DURING MY INTERNET RESEARCH OF A RECENT MECHANICAL PROBLEM, I CAME ACROSS INFORMATION FOR IMPROPER WINDSHIELD MOUNTING AND LIFT GATE GLASS MOUNTING ON OTHER GM VEHICLES. ALTHOUGH I DID NOT FIND RECALL INFORMATION FOR MY MAKE/MODEL/YEAR, I AM FILING THIS REPORT BECAUSE OF WINDSHIELD NOISE AND POTENTIAL WINDSHIELD AND LIFT GATE GLASS FAILURE ON MY VEHICLE. NOW THAT I KNOW ABOUT THIS POSSIBLE DEFECT, I WILL TRY TO AVOID INTERSTATE DRIVING OR TRY TO DRIVE 60 MPH OR BELOW. I RECENTLY HAD TO TRAVEL FOR A FUNERAL 5 HOURS AWAY BUT RENTED A VEHICLE INSTEAD OF DRIVING MY OWN. IN THE REPORT DATE, I HAVE INSERTED THE DATE OF THE LAST INTERSTATE TRAVEL THAT WAS MADE IN MY VEHICLE.

I WAS PULLING AWAY FROM A STOP SIGN WHEN MY VEHICLE JUST SHUT OFF. I PRESSED THE BRAKE, PUT MY VEHICLE IN PARK, AND TURNED THE KEY TO THE OFF POSITION. THEN I STARTED MY VEHICLE AS I NORMALLY WOULD, AND IT STARTED UP WITHOUT A PROBLEM. THIS WAS VERY DISCONCERTING AND SCARY. THIS HAPPENED IN A QUIET, RESIDENTIAL AREA, SO THERE WAS NO OTHER TRAFFIC ON THE ROAD AT THE TIME. I INTENDED TO HAVE MY VEHICLE CHECKED, BUT I NEVER DID. THIS WAS SEVERAL YEARS AGO. THE INCIDENT WAS BROUGHT BACK TO MY ATTENTION BECAUSE OF A RECENT BUT DIFFERENT MECHANICAL FAILURE WITH MY VEHICLE. DURING MY INTERNET RESEARCH OF THE OTHER MECHANICAL PROBLEM, I CAME ACROSS RECALL INFORMATION FOR OTHER GM VEHICLES THAT HAD BEEN RECALLED FOR SUDDENLY SHUTTING OFF WHILE IN DRIVE. ALTHOUGH I DID NOT FIND RECALL INFORMATION FOR MY MAKE/MODEL/YEAR, I AM FILING THIS REPORT BECAUSE MY VEHICLE HAS SHUT OFF WHILE IT WAS IN DRIVE. SINCE I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT DATE WHEN THIS OCCURRED, I WILL PLACE AN APPROXIMATE DATE IN THIS REPORT. I WAS "HOUSE SHOPPING" AT THE TIME, SO THE APPROXIMATE DATE WILL BE CLOSE.