2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

SINCE I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE AUGUST 30, 2002 I HAVE HAD TO BRING IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS FOR SEVERAL DIFFERENT ITEMS. I HAVE HAD BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT BRAKE LIGHTS GONE OUT, THE DRIVER SIDE HEAD LAMP WENT OUT, THE AIR CONDITIONER HAS GONE OUT TWICE(FOUR MONTHS APART), THE DRIVER SIDE PASSENGER WINDOW IS INOPERABLE(WE HAVE TRIED TO GET IT FIXED FOR ALMOST A MONTH NOW WITH NO SUCCESS) AND THE ENGINE COOLING FAN WAS WARPED AND THE FAN CLUTCH MALFUNCTIONED. AT THIS POINT WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY HAVEN'T JUST RECALLED THE WHOLE VEHICLE. LUCKILY WE HAVE THE 36,000 MILE WARRANTY STILL IN AFFECT BUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN IT IS UP AND THE SAME PROBLEMS KEEP RECURRING? *LA

I HAVE HAD SEVERAL REPAIRS DONE TO MY NEW VEHICLE. I HAVE HAD THE 2003 TRAILBLAZER FOR 7 MONTHS AND IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 7 TIMES-2 TIMES FOR THE COOLANT SYSTEM-1 TIME FOR MY MASTER CYLINDER-3 TIMES FOR MY CIRCUIT BOARDS-NOW FOR MY STEERING AND MY STARTER( I BELIEVE MY TRUCK IS IN THE SHOP AS I AM TYPING THIS LETTER) I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO WORK WITH THE DEALERSHIP AND GM BUT NO ONE IS TRYING TO REPLACE MY TRUCK WITH SOMETHING THAT IS NOT IN THE SHOP EVERY MONTH. THANKS. *LA

TAIL LIGHT IS CONTINUOUSLY BURNING OUT WITHOUT WARNING. CAUSE UNKNOWN.*AK THE RIGHT FRONT HEADLIGHT BURNED OUT ON 07/17/03. ON THE WAY TO THE DEALER TO GET THE HEADLIGHT REPLACED, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONSUMER WAS ADVISED THAT THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS COVERED UNDER RECALL AND REPLACED THE CIRCUIT BOARD. CONSUMER QUESTIONED WHETHER THE REAR SAFETY HAZARD WOULD BE REPAIRED IF CHEVROLET IS JUST CHANGING BULBS WITHOUT FIXING THE CIRCUIT BOARD. *PH *NLM

TRAVELING 55 MPH WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE CROSSED THE ROAD CAUSING ME TO HIT THE SIDE OF HIS VEHICLE HEAD ON. NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED.

WE PURCHASE A NEW 2003 CHERROLET TRAILBLAZER AUGUST 16, 2003. WE WERE ON A TRIP WHEN WE HAD TO TRADE OUR OLD 96 BLAZER IN DUE TO TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. WE HAD NOT GONE 75 MILES WHEN OUR GRANDSON SOMEHOW GOT THE LEFT REAR SEAT BELT WRAPPED AROUND HIS WAIST, FORTUNATELY! I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND HAD HIM CAREFULLY STAND. MY THINKING WAS TO EASE THE TENSION ON THE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR MECHANISM. AS I TRIED TO LOOSEN THE TENSION THE BELT ONLY BECAME TIGHTER AND TIGHTER AROUND HIS WAIST UNTIL THE BUCKLE WAS STARTING TO JAB HIM IN THE ABDOMEN. HE WAS OBVIOUSLY STARTING TO FEEL THE PAIN FROM THE CONSTRICTING OF THE BELT AND STARTED GETTING MORE AGGITATED AND NERVOUS. I FINALLY ENDED UP CUTTING THE BELT, BECAUSE I COULD NOT GET IN TO RELEASE. I AM AWARE THAT THE BELT NEEDS TO REMAIN TAUGHT IN ORDER TO SECURE CHILD SEATS, BUT IT MUST BE ABLE TO BE RELEASE IN CASES LIKE THIS. I SUBSEQUENTLY TRIED MAKING THE LOOP IN THE SEAT BELT SMALLER TRYING TO SIMILATE A SITUATION OF A YOUNG CHILD HAVING SOMEHOW GOTTEN IT AROUND THEIR NECK AND FOUND THE SAME SINARIO. IT WOULD NOT RELEASE. I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A SERIOUS DANGER TO CHILDREN. BY THE WAY MY GRANDSON IS 8 YEARS OLD AND MUST HAVE DISCONNECTED THE SEAT BELT MOMENTARILY TO RETRIEVE SOMETHING HE LOST ON THE FLOOR. CHEVROLET IS CLAIMING THAT THIS IS THE WAY THE BELT IS DESIGNED TO FUNCTION....IS SO WE HAVE A PROBLEM! THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS PROBLEM. SINCERELY, CARL CARLSON

MY 2003 TRAIL BLAZER THERE IS SO MUCH WIND AROUND THE VEHICLE IT SOUNDS LIKE A WINDOW IS OPEN AND IT SO NERVE RACKING YOU CAN NOT HEAR IN ORDER TO TRY AND DROWN OUT THE NOISE I HAVE TO BLAST THE RADIO. AND WHEN IT RAINS WATER COMES INSIDE THE DOORS AND THE BACK HATCH I HAVE TAKEN IT BACK TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES. *JB

ON TWO OCCASIONS WHEN TURNING THE VEHICLE OFF FROM RUNNING - THERE WAS A LOUD BUZZ ON THE RADIO AND THEN THE CLOCK RESET LIKE AN ELECTRICAL SHORT OCCURRED. *JB

ON TWO OCCASIONS, MY 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER HAS CAUSED A SAFETY CONCERN FOR ME. ONCE IN EXTREME COLD AND ONCE IN EXTREME HEAT, THE REAR SPOILER HAS SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE LAST TIME, IT HAD TO BE WRAPPED ON TO GET TO THE DEALER AND IT ACTUALLY BROKE. IT CAUSES IT TO RUB AGAINST THE BODY OF MY VEHICLE EVERY TIME. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY FROM OPERATING THE LIFT GATE AND PEOPLE THAT I SHARE THE ROAD WITH IS BEING JEOPARDIZED. I NEVER KNOW WHEN IT IS GOING TO MALFUNCTION. HOW MANY TIMES DOES THIS LIFT GATE HAVE TO MALFUNCTION BEFORE GENERAL MOTORS WILL RECALL THE VEHICLE AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT? I KNOW WHAT IS WRONG AND THEY REFUSE TO LISTEN TO ME. MY FRIEND THAT WORKS AT A BODY SHOP TOLD ME THAT THE SPOILER IS HELD ON BY SOME "SOPHISTICATED TAPE" - IN EXTREME HOT AND EXTREME COLD OUTDOOR CONDITIONS, THE TAPE EXPANDS AND THE REAR SPOILER SEPARATES FROM THE VEHICLE. IT IS NOT THAT HARD. GENERAL MOTORS SAYS ONCE WAS DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS (ADMITTEDLY THE EXTREME COLD) AND THE OTHER DUE TO MY FAULT BECAUSE I OPENED IT WITH THE GLASS OPEN AND THAT IS NOT EVEN A TRUE STATEMENT. I AM LESS THAN SATISFIED WITH GENERAL MOTORS AND DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, BECAUSE IN 2-3 MONTHS IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN - UNTIL THEY CAN FIND SOMETHING BESIDES TAPE TO HOLD IT ON MY VEHICLE. THEY ARE JUST GOING TO KEEP SAYING, I DON'T KNOW UNTIL IT RUNS OUT OF WARRANTY. *JB

WHEN 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER IS FILLED WITH GAS, GAS COMES BACK OUT OF TRAILBZER TO FORM UP TO A 2FT. PUDDLE OF GAS ON THE GROUND! GAS UP TO 2FT. WIDE DOWN THE PAINT! MY 2 1/2 YEAR OLD SON STRAPPED IN CAR SEAT AND OTHERS HAVE BEEN INSIDE WHEN THIS HAS HAPPENED,MAINLY AT RENTON WA. SAFEWAY GAS PUMPS, BUT OTHER PUMPS AS WELL! I TOLD GOOD CHEVROLET IN RENTON WA. AS FAR BACK AS APRIL 2003 OF THIS PROBLEM AND AT FIRST THEY CLAIMED THEIR WAS NO PROBLEMS WHATSOEVER WITH TRAILBLAZERS, BUT SOME CHEVY TAHOE SUV'S HAD THE PROBLEM! MAYBE I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO FILL A TANK, TRY A DIFFERENT GAS STATION, DON'T REMOVE NOZZLE FOR A FEW SECONDS...I TRIED EVERYTHING THEY SAID AND KEPT CALLING AND TELLING THEM OF THE PROBLEM!!! I ASKED FOR ONE OF THEM TO COME WITH ME AND WITNESS IT AND THEY DECLINED! BY MAY AND JUNE IM STILL TELLING GOOD CHEVROLET OF THE CONTINUING PROBLEM! THEY ASK TO LOOK AT THE TRAILBLAZERS TANK AND FILL TUBE.. MAYBE ITS KINKED, FILL TUBE OR BALL CHECK PROBLEM...THEY SAID IT LOOKS GREAT NOTHING FOUND,AND THEY FILLED IT WITH GAS AT THEIR PUMP AND NO GAS CAME OUT AT ALL! I HAD TOLD THEM TO FILL IT AT THE RENTON SAFEWAY!!!!!,BUT THEY DIDN'T!!!! I WONDER WHY?...BOB MANNING THE SERVICE MANAGER AT GOOD CHEVROLET HAD BEEN ADVISED OF ALL THIS IN MANY PHONE CALLS TO HIM! NOW IN JULY THEY WANT TO REPLACE THE FILLER NECK AND TANK. WHEN THEY FILL IT AGAIN THEY STILL DO NOT GO TO RENTON SAFEWAY LIKE I TOLD THEM AGAIN..I FILL IT AND GAS COMES OUT!!! I CALL AGAIN AND ASK AGAIN FOR A WITNESS FROM GOOD CHEVROLET, FINALLY THEY SEND A TECH. WITH ME. WE DRIVE TO RENTON SAFEWAY I PUT THE NOZZLE IN TANK, PUT ON THE "CLICKER" STAND BACK, THE TANK FILLS AND AS THEY CLICKER SHUTS OFF WHEN THE TANKS IS FULL, GAS COMES OUT AND FORMS A PUDDLE ON THE GROUND!!!! I'VE CALLED THE BBB, ATTORNEY GENERAL AND NOW YOU...THE TRAILBLAZER ALSO HAS LARGE POPS OF STATIC DISCHARGE CONSTANTLY! I WAS STONE WALLED WITH MY CONCERNS! *JB

ON 7/26/2003, THE OWNER HEARD THE MOTOR RUNNING WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS OFF. THE OWNER DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY TO STOP THE MOTOR FROM RUNNING. THIS CAUSED THE OWNER TO MANUALLY LOCK THE DOORS BUT THE HATCH WOULD NOT LOCK MANUALLY. ON 7/31/2003, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO FOUND A SHORT IN A WIRE UNDER THE HOOD AND CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *PH CONSUMER STATED THERE IS NO WAY TO OPEN THE REAR HATCH IF THERE IS AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE. THERE IS NO MECHANICAL DEVICE TO LOCK OR UNLOCK THE HATCH DOOR. THIS COULD BE A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY HAZARD. *PH *JB