2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

SPEEDOMETER HAS FAILED, I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A OFTEN FAILING ITEM ON THE TRAILBLAZER. *TR

ABS ACTIVATION AT LOW SPEED AND THEN ABS HOLDING UP. I ALMOST GOT INTO 3 ACCIDENTS WITH SMALL CHILDREN IN CAR. I HAVE REPLACED BRAKE PADS, ROTORS, ABS SENSORS, CALIPERS, BRAKE LINES AND BRAKE SWITCH. NOTHING WORKS. FRONT TIRE AREA CATCHES ON FIRE IF DRIVEN FOR LONG DISTANCES. HARD TIME STOPPING. GM WILL NOT RECALL OR REPAIR. THERE IS A TSB (020525006) ON SAME PROBLEM BUT NOT FOR MY STATE. RECALL IN OTHER PARTS OF COUNTRY FOR SAME PROBLEM, BUT GM STATES NOT FOR MY STATE EVEN THOUGH IT IS FOR SAME PROBLEM. VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER IN MY 2004 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER WILL GET STUCK AT VARIOUS POSITIONS (CURRENTLY AT OVER 120 MPH). THE ONLY WAY TO CORRECT THIS IS TO DISCONNECT THE NEGATIVE TERMINAL ON THE BATTERY OR STOP/RESTART THE CAR NUMEROUS TIMES. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW FAST I AM REALLY GOING WHEN THIS PROBABLY OCCURS BECAUSE THE BASELINE FOR THE SPEED IS NO LONGER AT ZERO. THIS IS A DANGEROUS ISSUE. SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET HAS SHOWN THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH 03 TO 06 GM CARS AND TRUCKS, AND PARTICUARLY THE 04 TO 05 MODELS, AND IT SEEMS TO OCCUR AFTER THE WARRANTY IS OUT FOR MOST PEOPLE. GM KNOWS THEY HAVE A PROBLEM AND CHARGES $500+ FOR THE FIX, BUT INDEPENDENT SHOPS CHARGE LESS THAN $200. NOT HAVING AN ACCURATE SPEEDOMETER IN A CAR THAT IS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD AND HAS ONLY 50,000 MILES BECAUSE OF LOW QUALITY COMPONENTS USED IS NOT ACCEPTABLE AND GIVEN THE NUMBER OF ISSUES OUT THERE AND THE COST TO FIX I FEEL THE THE NHTSA SHOULD FORCE GM TO RECALL OR OFFER THE FIX WHEN THE PROBLEM OCCURS TO OWNERS OF 03 TO 06 GM PRODUCTS FOR FREE. *TR

SPEEDOMETER STUCK AND IS POINTING STRAIGHT DOWN. AT FIRST IT WAS STUCK AT 80MPH AND THEN JUST FELL ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM. NOW IT DOES NOT WORK AT ALL. MY 2004 TRAILBLAZER ONLY HAS 50K MILES. *TR

ON OUR 2004 TRAILBLAZER, AT 60,000 MILES, THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED TO MALFUNCTION, SHOWING YOU GOING FASTER THAN YOU ARE. IT DOES NOT ALWAYS RESET TO ZERO. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS REPORTS ABOUT SPEEDOMETER PROBLEMS FOR 2003-2007 GM TRUCKS AND SUVS. THERE SHOULD DEFINITELY BE A RECALL ON THIS AS THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM. I ALSO HAVE SEEN THAT IN CA THERE ARE LAWSUITS AND A CLASS ACTION SUIT PENDING. OUR LOCAL TV STATION WANTS TO DO SEGMENT ON THIS PROBLEM. *TR

HEADLIGHTS DIM AND FLASH AT RANDOM TIMES WHILE DRIVING UNDER REGULAR CONDITIONS. BATTERY GAUGE ON DASHBOARD SHOWS VARYING VOLTAGES. GM/CHEVY DEALERSHIPS SUGGEST REPLACING ALTERNATOR, BUT THAT DOES NOT FIX THE PROBLEM.

2004 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER HEADLIGHTS AND DASH LIGHTS WENT OUT. CUSTOMER STATES THAT THEY CAME BACK ON AND THEN WENT OUT FOR 7 DAYS. MECHANIC STATED THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO THE ELIMINATING METHOD TO FIND OUT WHAT IS WRONG. *KB *TR

GAS GAUGE HAS NOT BEEN RELIABLE. LOW GAS LIGHT WILL COME ON AND GO OFF WHILE DRIVING AND DOES NOT REGISTER ADDITION OF GAS ACCURATELY. *JB

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER AND FROM DAY ONE I'VE HAD PROBLEMS WITH GAS OVERFLOWING OUT OF MY VEHICLE WHEN PUMPING GAS IN TO IT. I'M NOT TRYING TO TOP OFF THE TANK, AT THE FIRST CLICK I STOP PUMPING AND GAS OVERFLOWS OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE ALL OVER MY CAR, MY FEET AND LEGS AND THE GROUND. SOMETIMES I DON'T EVEN GET THE WARNING CLICK THAT IT'S FULL. IT DOESN'T DO IT ALL THE TIME SO WHEN I'VE TAKEN IT TO MY DEALERSHIP THEY SAY THEY CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I'VE MET OTHER TRAILBLAZER OWNERS AT THE PUMP AND THEY SAY THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS DOESN'T SEEM SAFE OR ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND. I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE FOR 4 YEARS AND HAVE TRIED MANY DIFFERENT GAS STATIONS/PUMPS. *JB

SPEEDOMETER ON 2004 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER STARTED GOING HIGHER AND HIGHER UNTIL IT PEGGED ITSELF. DOES NOT WORK AND MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO KNOW WHAT SPEED YOU ARE GOING. *JB