2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

WENT OFF ROAD THROUGH EMPTY LOT GOING AIRBORNE LANDING NOSE FIRST IN YARD, STRIKING THREE TREES, CONTINUING NORTH BOUND INTO ANOTHER YARD STRIKING TWO MORE TREES AND A DECK.

IGNITION DOES NOT START AFTER DRIVING VEHICLE. IT IS INTERMITTENT. IS THERE A RECALL FOR IT? *TR

I WAS DRIVING HOME ONE NIGHT FROM WORK ON A BACK ROAD IN SOUTH CAROLINA GOING 35MPH WHEN MY HEADLIGHTS SHUT OFF AND THE CAR COMPLETLY STALLED, I QUICKLY TURNED ON MY HAZARD LIGHTS ON TO WARN THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC THE CAR THAT WAS COMING UP ON ME HAD TO SWERVE INTO THE GRASS BECAUSE THE AREA WAS SO DARK HE DIDNT SEE MY HAZARD LIGHTS UNTIL HE GOT CLOSE TO ME. THIS ISNT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPEN THERE REALLY SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THESE 2002 TRAIL BLAZER BECAUSE THIS IS NOT SAFE AT ALL IM WORRIED MY CHILD WILL BE IN THE TRUCK WITH ME AND IT HAPPENS AGAIN. *TR

WHEN I START MY VEHICLE, THE ABS AND BRAKES LIGHTS GO ON, SECURITY LIGHT, AND RADIO SHUTS OFF, OR IS ON WITH NO SOUND, THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE LIGHT FLASHES BACK AND FOURTH BETWEEN 4 WHEEL AND 2 WHEEL DRIVE, ENGINE SHUTS OFF, WHILE DRIVING, THEN TURNS BACK ON, THIS IS THE SAME PROBLEM ALL THE RECALLED GM CARS ARE HAVING WHY IS THE 2002 TRAILBLAZER NOT PART OF THE RECALL? *TR

THE FIBERGLASS COWLING ON TOP OF THE REAR HATCH FELL OFF WHILE DRIVING, DANGLING ONLY BY THE BRAKE LIGHT CABLE. I HAD TO CUT THE WIRE AND REMOVE THE PIECE OF BODY AND LIGHT. WENT TO DEALER ASKING ABOUT REPAIR, THEY SAID IT WAS CAUSED BY "USE OF THE TAILGATE DURING WINTER CONDITIONS OF SNOW AND ICE." THEY SAID "WE SEE IT ALL THE TIME." I ASKED, SINCE IT OCCURS WITH HIGH FREQUENCY, IF IT IS COVERED BY WARRANTY, BULLETIN OR RECALL AND THEY SAID "NO, GM CONSIDERS THIS AN OWNER/OPERATOR ERROR." IN OTHER WORDS, ON THIS VEHICLE, A 4X4, THE TAILGATE CANNOT NOR SHOULD NOT BE USED, IN THE MIDWEST, DURING PERIODS OF SNOW OR ICE? ALAS, I AM DRIVING WITHOUT THE MANDATORY CENTER BRAKE LIGHT. PLEASE REMEDY THIS SITUATION WITH PROPER REPLACEMENT. SADLY, I SEE THIS CONDITION ON THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL MORE OFTEN THAN NOT. *TR

ANYTIME THE WIPERS ARE SET ON INTERMITTENT, THEY COMPLETELY STOP AT ANY GIVEN TIME. YOU CAN BE DRIVING ALONG AND THE WIPERS WILL JUST STOP WITH THE BLADES POSITIONED PERPENDICULAR TO THE BASE OF THE WINDSHIELD. THE WIPERS SOMETIMES RESUME WITHIN A FEW SECONDS OR THERE IS UP TO A SEVERAL SECOND DELAY. I HAVE TO MOVE THE STALK TO LOW OR HIGH TO GET THE WIPERS TO MOVE AGAIN. I WOULDN'T NORMALLY COMPLAIN BECAUSE OF THE AGE OF THE VEHICLE, BUT IT WAS RECALLED FOR WIPER PROBLEMS IN ITS INFANCY DUE TO WATER GETTING ONTO THE CIRCUIT BOARD. I CAN ONLY ASSUME THE FIX DID NOT KEEP THE WATER OUT AND THE CIRCUIT BOARD WAS DAMAGED. *TR

IT HAS THE "MEMORY" MIRROR OPTION WHICH INCLUDES FEATURING MEMORY SET OPTIONS FOR DRIVER 1 AND DRIVER 2, AS WELL AS REARVIEW CURB ASSISTANCE (THE MIRRORS WILL TILT DOWN TO YOUR SETTING TO HELP PARALLEL PARK WHEN IN REVERSE). THIS OPTION WORKED GREAT FOR A WHILE. THEN, IN 2003, THE MIRRORS STARTED ACTING CRAZY. THEY WOULD CLICK EXCESSIVELY, TILT TOWARDS THE SKY OR DOWN AT THE GROUND. THE LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE ACTUATORS (UNDER WARRANTY) TO SEE IF IT CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. THEY WORKED AGAIN FOR A WHILE. THEN, THE MIRRORS QUIT HOLDING THEIR MEMORY, CAUSING ME ONCE AGAIN TO HAVE TO RESET THE MIRRORS EVERY TIME I GOT IN THE CAR. ALSO, THE MIRRORS APPEARED TO MOVE AT SOME POINT WHILE I WAS DRIVING. ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, I THOUGHT MY MIRRORS WERE RESET, AND THEN I WOULD LOOK TO CHANGE LANES AND FIND MY MIRROR TILTED UP TOWARDS THE SKY OR SOME ERRATIC PLACE. *JS

I WAS DRIVING ON HIGHLAND AVE. IN SOUTH PORTLAND MAINE , WHEN, SUDDENLY, THE CAR SEEMED TO LURCH AND TRY TO GO IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. WHEN I EXAMINED THE STEERING I FOUND THAT THE FRONT WHEELS WERE INDEED POINTED OUTWARD. I CALLED AAA AND HAD THEM TOW IT TO BLACK POINT AUTO, WHERE IT STILL SITS WAITING FOR REPAIRS. *TR

DRIVING WITH MY 5 YR OLD SON AND MY CAR JUST TURNED OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING CAUSING BRAKES TO LOCK AND STEERING WHEEL TO LOCK, CRASHING INTO AN ABANDON TRUCK. I CONTACTED GENERAL MOTORS REGARDING AND WAS TOLD THAT MY CAR IS NOT ON THEIR CURRENT RECALL LIST ALTHOUGH THE PROBLEMS ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE OF ALL THE RECALLS CURRENTLY ASSOCIATED TO THE RECALLS. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT BC NO ONE WAS INJURED AND MY CAR WAS NOT VERY DAMAGED THEY CAN NOT DO ANYTHING BECAUSE IT IS NOT A MECHANICAL PROBLEM, IF EITHER OF THE ABOVE WOULD HAVE HAPPEN THEN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THEIR FAULT. WHAT THAT TELLS ME IS THAT I NEED TO DRIVE ME CAR AND IF THAT HAPPENS AGAIN A GOD FORBID THAT WAS TO HAPPEN AGAIN AND MYSELF OR MY CHILDREN ARE SEVERELY INJURED THEY WILL THEN ADDRESS THE MATTER. *TR

I WAS COMING TO A STOP LIGHT MY BRAKES DID NOT WANT TO WORK , THEN THEY DID. I STOPPED MY VEHICLE, MY LIGHTS IN MY DASH WENT OUT WITHIN A FEW SECONDS SMOKE STARTED TO ROLL FROM UNDER MY HOOD AND COVER MY WINDSHIELD. I IMMEDIATELY GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE, AND CALLED 911. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT RUNNING AT THIS TIME, IT STOPPED RUNNING. A BYSTANDER STOPPED TO ASSIST, HE LOOKED FROM THE PASSENGER FRONT TIRE VIEW AND STATED HE SEEN FLAMES THAT APPEARED TO BE BLUE. HE WANTED TO LIFT THE HOOD BUT I ADVISED HIM NOT TO DO SO, DUE TO MY JOB TRAINING I KNEW OXYGEN PROMOTES FIRE. WE GOT AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE, SAINT ALBANS FIRE ARRIVED ON SCENE, THE FLAMES WERE OUT BY THE TIME THEY ARRIVED, THE CAR CONTINUES TO SMOKE. THE VEHICLE WAS MOVED TO A LOT, THE KEY WAS PUT IN THE IGNITION BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THE DASH LIGHTS DID NOT WORK EVEN WITH JUST TURNING THE BATTERY ON. TRIPLE H TOWING, TOWED THE VEHICLE TO DAVIS SMITH'S AUTO BODY. GEICO IS MY INSURER, I HAD FULL COVERAGE HOWEVER THEY WILL NOT COVER STATING IT WAS MECHANICAL FAILURE. I HAVE NO WITHOUT A VEHICLE, AND NO INSURANCE FUNDS TO REPLACE THE VEHICLE. I HAVE READ ONLINE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE, I JUST DO NOT WANT ANYONE TO GET HURT IN A VEHICLE FIRE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. *TR