2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER - PURCHASED IN MAY OF 2003 OFF OF THE SALES FLOOR - AROUND 5 MILES ON IT - TRUCK BEGAN SQUEAKING - TOOK IT IN, THEY SAID BAD BREAK PADS, CHANGED THEM OUT AND GAVE IT BACK (2 DAYS WITHOUT TRUCK) - SQUEAKING STILL THERE - TOOK IT BACK IN - SERVICE TECH SAID THE FRONT SPINDLE WAS BENT - TOLD ME I COULDN'T DRIVE IT IT WAS UNSAFE (5 MORE DAYS WITHOUT TRUCK) - AT THE SAME TIME THEY TAKE TRUCK TO BODY SHOP BECAUSE REAR HATCH WON'T SHUT IT TOO IS BENT - SAME WITH THE HOOD (HMMMMMMMM!!!!) - REAR WIPER MOTOR THEN BUSTS (NOW I'M ERKED) - DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 55 AND TRUCK SHUTS OFF - NO POWER STEERING ALMOST WRECK IT SEEMS THE GAS GAUGE IS NOT ACCURATE!!!!!!! - THEN BLOWER MOTOR WON'T SHUT OFF WITHOUT TAKING FUSE OUT ... NO HEAT IN REAR HEATERS, CLIMATE CONTROL DOESN'T WORK (YET A FEW MORE DAYS WITHOUT TRUCK)- THE LAST STRAW - MY 9 MONTH OLD TRUCK HAS A BROKEN TRANSFER CASE AND THE 4-WHEEL DRIVE WENT OUT - OF COURSE THE 4-WHEEL DRIVE WENT OUT ON A STEEP HILL IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER - NOT ACCEPTABLE IN ALASKA NOT ACCEPTABLE IN A NEW TRUCK!!!!!! - HAD TO GET OUT OF A DEFECTIVE TRUCK SO NOW WE ARE STUCK WITH A BRAND NEW TAHOE THAT IS $10,000+ UPSIDE DOWN! YOU DECIDE WHO IS WRONG IN THIS CASE! *AK

THE GAS INTAKE PIPE ALLOWS GAS TO SPILL OUT WHEN FUELING 2003 TRAILBLAZER.BASICALLY, THE FUEL PUMPS AT ALL GAS STATIONS I USE DO NOT SHUT OFF WHEN FUELING AND GAS OVERFLOWS ONTO THE GROUND. THE DEALER HAS ORDERED A REPLACEMENT PART BUT NO RECALL IS OUT. THIS IS A FIRE HAZARD AND SAFETY CONCERN.*AK

COMPLETE POWER FAILURE WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE IN TRAFFIC ON INTERSTATE. CRUISING UP THE INTERSTATE AT 65-70 MPH AND VEHICLE DASH WENT BLACK, STEERING LOCKED, COASTED TO ROADSIDE AND TRIED TO RESTART VEHICLE. IT TOOK 5 ATTEMPTS BEFORE VEHICLE WOULD RESTART. THIS HAPPENED TWICE MORE THE SAME DAY. DEALERSHIP HAD VEHICLE FOR 5 DAYS AND STATED THEY WERE "UNABLE TO DUPLICATE CUSTOMERS CONCERN", BUT REPROGRAMMED THE PCM ANYWAY.

I ATTEMPTED TO FUEL THE VEHICLE. EVERY TIME I ATTEMPTED, THE PUMP WOULD SHUT OFF AS IF AN OVERFLOW WERE HAPPENING. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME. THE DEALER HAD ADVISED ME THAT IT HAD FIXED THE PROBLEM WHEN ADVISED OF IT ON A PREVIOUS OCCASION. USUALLY HAPPENS WHEN THE ENGINE HASN'T BEEN RUNNING FOR VERY LONG.

THIS VEHICLE HAD ABOUT 21,000 MILES ON IT WHEN THE POWER STEERING PUMP STARTED SQUEALING WHEN WARM AND TURNING. THE DEALER I HAD IT REPLACED AT TOLD ME THAT NORMALLY THEY GET THESE VEHICLES IN TO REPLACE THE PUMP WHEN IT TOTALLY BREAKS AND STRANDS SOMEONE ON THE ROAD WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO STEER THEIR VEHICLE. AT 28,000 MILES, THE NEW PUMP IS MAKING THE EXACT SAME NOISE AND I AM TAKING IT IN AGAIN TO HAVE IT REPLACED. MY CONCERN IS, WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO MY VEHICLE'S STEERING IF IT BREAKS AND I ( OR MY WIFE ) AM DRIVING THE VEHICLE. I AM AFRAID THAT I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CONTOL THE VEHICLE. OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A MECHANICAL PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE ( A 2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER EXT ) AS CAR AND DRIVER MAGAZINE HAD PUBLISHED A LONG TERM REVIEW OF THIS VEHICLE IN THEIR DECEMBER 2003 ISSUE WITH THEIR TEST VEHICLE REQUIRING 3 NEW POWER STEERING PUMPS IN 40,000 MILES. SO FAR THERE APPEARS TO BE NO REAL LING TERM FIX TO THIS PROBLEM, AND I AM AFRAID THAT I MAY LOSE CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE IF THIS COMPONENT FAILS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES, BUT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE RESOLVED. *AK

JAN 7, 2004 AT STOP LIGHT TURNED RIGHT AND HAD MY FOOT TO THE FLOOR TRUCK NOT MOVING MORE THAN 10 MLS AN HOUR. SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT ON AND REDUCED ENGINE POWER ON. THE TRUCK WAS SERVICED THROTTLE SWITCH WAS CRACKED AND REPLACED. *AK JAN 14, 2004 I WARMED TRUCK FOR 10 MIN BEFORE PULLING OUT, DROVE FOR 15 MIN CAME TO STOP IN TRAFFIC TRUCK PUTTED STALLED. NO LIGHTS LIT UP ON DASH. IT STARTED UP BUT FELT HESITATION THE RPMS DIDNT SEEM TO LEVEL ON RETURN TO TRUCK I LET IT WARM 15 MIN AND GAVE IT A LITTLE GAS PUTTING THE TRUCK IN DRIVE IT PUTTED STALLED NO INDICATOR LIGHTS. IT STARTED UP AND WHEN PULLING OUT PUTTED THE RPMS DROPPED FEELING IT WAS GOING TO STALL I PUNCHED THE GAS IT CAUGHT. JAN 19 & JAN 20 DEALERSHIP 7AM AND LEFT MY TRUCK FOR SERVICE. I NOTICED THAT HEATER LEVELS 1, 2 HAD BLOWING. I RCD A CALL WAS TOLD THE FUEL INJECTOR REGULATOR HAD LEAK WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. TRUCK WAS HELD OVER NIGHT WOULDNT BE READY FOR PICK UP UNTIL NEXT AFTERNOON. ASKED IF WAS THE REASON FOR STALLING - SAID IT MAY BE THEY COULD NOT REENACT THE STALL  BUT A LEAK IN THAT PART MIGHT CAUSE STALL. JAN 21, 2004 ON START UP SERVICE 4WD LIGHT CAME ON. THE INDICATOR LIGHT ABOVE THE 4WD SWITCH WAS NOT LIT. I SHUT OFF AND OPENED DOOR THINKING IT MIGHT RE-UP COMPUTER. THE SERVICE LIGHT (YELLOW) WAS ON AND NO INDICATION OF WHAT I WAS IN. I CALLED DEALERSHIP WAS TOLD THAT I COULD DRIVE THE CAR AS LONG AS THE LIGHT WAS NOT RED. JAN 23, 2004 TRUCK DROPPED OFF FOR SERVICE - SPOKE W MGR OF MY CONCERN ABOUT THIS TRUCK . THIS WAS THE THIRD TIME IN FOR SERVICE IN AS MANY WEEKS. ASKED MGR IF THEY COULD RUN A DIAGNOSTIC TEST TO MAKE SURE IT WAS OKAY. I HAVE SAFETY CONCERNS ABOUT DRIVING IT ON THE HIGHWAY OR LONG DISTANCES. SERVICE COMPLETED; I WAS TOLD THAT THE TMC MODULE IN THE COMPUTER HAD TO BE RESET. I WAS NOT OFFERED A RENTAL EITHER OF THE OTHER TIMES I HAD THE TRUCK IN FOR SERVICE.

WHILE PUTTING THE TRAILBLAZER INTO ANY GEAR IT MAKES GRINDING NOISE IN REAR. WHILE DRIVING TO THE DEALER THE REAR OF THE BLAZER WAS ALL OVER THE ROAD. IT FELT LIKE THE REAR WHEELS WHERE GOING TO FALL OFF. WHILE STILL MANY MILES AWAY FROM DEALER FOR SERVICE THE BACK AXIAL LOCKED UP MAKING ME LOOSE CONTROL. THIS WAS AT 25 MPH. THANK GOODNESS I DID NOT TAKE THE HIGHWAY. I DONT WANT TO KNOW WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED AT 65 MPH. I HAD TO HAVE TOWED TO DEALER FROM THERE. I WAS TOLD THAT A BEARING BREAKING CAUSED THIS. HOWEVER FIRST I WAS ACCUSED OF HAVING THE VEHICLE 4 WHEELING.*AK

TICK TICK TICK AT IDLE. ENGINE STALLS DURING IDLE - OIL PRESSURE DROPS TO SENSOR LEVEL THEN ENGINE STALLS.*AK

WHEN FUELING MY 2003 CHEVY TRAIL BLAZER, GAS HAS OVERFLOWED A MINIMUM OF (4) TIMES SINCE NOVEMBER OF 2003 (WHEN I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE). TWO OF THOSE TIMES GAS SPRAYED BACK ONTO MY HAND. I HAD THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALER IN LATE NOVEMBER 2003. THEY SAID THAT CHEVROLET KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM, IS WORKING ON IT, AND WILL ISSUE A RECALL WHEN THEY HAVE A SOLUTION. *AK