2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

I OWN A 2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER. ON HIGHWAY 61 NEAR TROY, MO, THERE IS A SPEED RADAR SET ALONG THE ROAD TO DISPLAY VEHICLE SPEED TO DRIVERS. ON 2 OCCASIONS, MY SPEEDOMETER SHOWED SPEEDS OF 60 MPH WHEN THE RADAR DISPLAY SHOWED 40 TO 45 MPH AND ON 3 OCCASIONS, MY SPEEDOMETER INDICATED SPEEDS OF 60 (THE SPEED LIMIT), WHILE THE RADAR DISPLAYED SPEEDS ANYWHERE FROM 75 TO 85 MPH. I WAS GOING 15 TO 25 MPH FASTER THAN THE SPEED LIMIT, BUT DID NOT KNOW IT ACCORDING TO MY SPEEDOMETER. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME, BUT HAS OCCURRED AT LEAST 6 OR 7 TIMES OVER THE PAST YEAR AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. I HAVE FOUND THAT WHEN I STOP THE TRAILBLAZER, WHEN THE SPEEDOMETER IS REGISTERING LOW, THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE WILL ACTUALLY MOVE BELOW THE 0 MPH. ON THOSE OCCASIONS WHEN MY SPEEDOMETER WAS REGISTERING HIGH, WHEN I HAVE STOPPED THE VEHICLE, THE NEEDLE WILL STILL BE SHOWING 25 TO 40 MPH! MY FEAR IS THAT ON ONE OF THOSE OCCASIONS THAT MY SPEED IS ACTUALLY FASTER THAN INDICATED, MY SPEED MY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE FOUND THAT AFTER STOPPING THE CAR AND TURNING IT OFF, IF I JUST TURN THE IGNITION KEY TO RUN WITHOUT STARTING IT SEVERAL TIMES, THE NEEDLE WILL GRADUALLY RESET ITSELF BACK TO 0 AND I WON'T HAVE ANY MORE PROBLEMS FOR A WHILE. I HAVE HAD AN ESTIMATE TO REPLACE THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FOR $500 TO $600, BUT I FEEL THIS IS A RECALL PROBLEM THAT CHEVROLET NEEDS TO TAKE CARE OF. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER TRAILBLAZER OWNERS ON THE INTERNET, THIS IS WHAT MOVED ME TO FILE THIS COMPLAINT. *TR

HEADLIGHTS DIM GREATLY WHEN THE TEMPERATURE IS IN THE 30S OR BELOW. TOOK THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE AT A CERTIFIED CHEVROLET REPAIR CENTER ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT IT IS NORMAL. *TR

SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING. THE DEALER SAID THAT THIS HAPPENS A LOT TO THE TRAILBLAZER BUT CHEVY HAS NOT RECALLED IT. I HAVE ALSO SEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON VARIOUS WEBSITES CONCERNING THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER FUEL GAUGE STOPPED WORKING. FILLED CAR WITH GAS GAUGE READS EMPTY. NO WAY TO KNOW NOW WHEN I AM OUT OF GAS. CAR ALSO HAS A DISTINCT GAS SMELL. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY TRAIL BLAZER THE LIGHTS WOULD FLICKER AT NIGHT THOUGHT WAS BATTERY HAD IT CHECKED OUT THE BATTERY WAS BAD THAT WAS BACK IN SEPT. THEN AROUND JAN I AM DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND DOING 70 ON THE INTERSTATE AND MY SPEEDOMETER GOES FROM 70 TO 120 MPH AND THEN GOES DOWN TO NEUTRAL LIGHTS ARE FLICKING AGAIN AS WELL AND BATTERY IS FINE. *TR

ALL GAUGES ON MY 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER HAVE FAILED. IT APPEARS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM, AND MANY OTHER CHEVROLET MODELS USING THE SAME GAUGE CLUSTER HAVE BEEN RECALLED, BUT NOT THE TRAILBLAZER. *TR

MY 2005 TRAILBLAZER'S FUEL SENSOR AS EXPLAINED IN YOUR DP10001 HAS BEEN MALFUNCTIONING FOR MANY MONTHS. GM DEALER DOESN'T SEEM TO BE AWARE OF IT, BUT IT SEEMS MANY OWNERS (1000"S) HAVE THE SEEM PROBLEM, SOME HAVE HAD THEIR COMPUTER SHUT DOWN THE CAR WHILE DRIVING. SHOULDN'T THERE BE A RECALL ON THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM. THE FUEL GAUGE ALWAYS READS EMPTY. *TR

THE FUEL GAUGE OF OUR 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER, FLUCTUATES AND SELDOM GIVES AN ACCURATE READING. ON ONE PARTICULAR DAY WHILE MY WIFE WAS ON HER WAY TO WORK, THE VEHICLE RAN OUT OF FUEL WHILE READING A QUARTER OF A TANK. SHE WAS ON A 2 LANE ROAD THAT IS POSTED AT 55 MPH AND WAS NEARLY REAR-ENDED. THIS SEEMS TO BE A MAJOR AND EXPENSIVE PROBLEM WITH MANY GM VEHICLES. IT IS A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THIS PROBLEM RESULTS IN A FATALITY WHETHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVROLET TRAIL BLAZER THAT THE TACHOMETER AND SPEEDOMETER FAIL TO WORK. DOING RESEARCH ON THE WEB THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM. WHY IS THERE NOT A RECALL FOR THIS SAFETY HAZARD?*CW

SPEEDOMETER GAUGE IS MALFUNCTIONING. WHEN TRAVELING 65 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER READS THAT I AM GOING FASTER THAN 120 MPH. WHEN I SHUT THE ENGINE OFF THE NEEDLE FALLS TO ABOUT 70 MPH. IN TOWN, THE SPEEDOMETER SHOWS AROUND 90 MPH. THERE IS NO WAY TO TELL HOW FAST I AM GOING. *TW