2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVORLET TRAILBLAZER. I HAVE HAD BOTH SPEEDOMETER AND GAS GAUGE QUIT WORKING ON ME. HAVE BEEN TOLD IT WILL BE AROUND $500 EACH TO BE FIXED! I FEEL THAT THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND SHOULD BE A RECALL BY GM. 2005 MODELS HAVE THE WORSE OVERALL RATING WITH THESE 2 MALFUNCTIONS BE THE TOP 2 COMPLAINTS!*CW

THE SPEEDOMETER MALFUNCTION BEGAN ON JANUARY 11, 2010. FIRST THE SPEEDOMETER APPEARED TO BE STUCK AT ZERO. NOW IT HAS GONE UP AND PAST THE HIGHEST MPH READING ON THE 2005 TRAILBLAZER. THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON THE OTHER CHEVY TRUCKS WITH THE SAME SPEEDOMETER BUT HAS NOT INCLUDED THE TRAILBLAZER. HOW CAN ONE SAFELY DRIVE WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE AN ACCURATE READING ON HOW FAST THE VEHICLE IS TRAVELING? *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER LS. HE STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL DISPLAYED THE INCORRECT FUEL LEVEL, MILEAGE, AND SPEED TRAVELED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON HIS VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE REPAIRS WOULD BE AT THE OWNER'S EXPENSE AND THAT THE PANEL COULD POSSIBLY FAIL AGAIN. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE TO DATE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 57,413.

I JUST PURCHASED A 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER LAST NIGHT 1/25/10,TODAY THE SPEEDOMETER AND THE GAS GAUGE DO NOT FUNCTION. THE SPEEDOMETER ROTATES WHEN IT WANT ALL THE WAY AROUND THE DIAL. THE DEALER STATES IT IS AN AS IS CAR AND THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE. I RESEARCHED TODAY AND FOUND WAY TOO MANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE ON THIS MODEL. WHY ISN'T GM ADDING THIS TO THEIR RECALLS ON OTHER MODELS WITH THE SAME ISSUE? *TR

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY. TRAILBLAZER,ON 1/25/10 AT 9:00 AM DRIVING SOUTH ON I95 IN MD. THE REAR WINDOW EXPLODED COMPLETELY FROM THE CAR,NO OBJECTS CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE WINDOW,WAS IN A NONE PUBLIC AREA AND NO OVERPASSES.IT WAS A REAL SHOCK COULD OF CAUSED A WRECK JUST FROM THE LOUD SOUND. I CALLED CHEVY. FACT.COMPLAINT NO.1-800-222-1020 AND TALKED TO JENNY AT EXT 23002, SHE SAID THERE WERE NO RECALLS AND TO TAKE IT TO MY DEALER AND I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS,THEY WANTED $1600.00 FOR A NEW REAR WINDOW,I BOUGHT ONE AT A SALVAGE YARD FOR $300.00 AND HAD IT REPLACED. I GOOGLED THIS BY PUTTING IN "TRAILBLAZER REAR WINDOW" AND SEEN I AM NOT ALONE AND CHEVY. WILL NOT HELP PEOPLE OR ADMIT OF THE PROBLEM. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER EXT. AS I WAS DRIVING TO WORK THIS MORNING I NOTICED THAT MY SPEEDOMETER KEPT INCREASING SPEED 80+ THEN FINALLY WENT TO 120 THEN DROPPED TO THE BOTTOM. IT STAYS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE METER SO IT DOESN'T READ ANYTHING. AS I'M GOOGLE THIS PROBLEM IT APPEARS THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON HAPPENING. I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY ARE LIKE THAT HAPPENS TO THOSE CARS ALL THE TIME BUT NO RECALL. THIS IS TERRIBLE WE (AMERICAN PEOPLE) JUST BAILED GM OUT AND NOW THEY HAVE THESE ISSUES WITH THEIR VEHICLES AND DON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THEM. THEY SHOULD BE MADE TO STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCTS. WHY BUY AMERICAN WHEN THEY TREAT YOU LIKE THIS??????????? *TR

ABSOLUTELY NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY, REGULAR DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER DOES NOT WORK. IT IS CONTINUOUSLY READING THE WRONG SPEED AND SKIPS WHEN MOVING. IT WILL GO ALL THE WAY TO 120MPH AND THEN BEYOND WHEN I KNOW I AM ONLY GOING 50. AT 55 TO 65 MILES AN HOUR THE SPEEDO STICKS THEN CONTINUES TO CLIMB. THE ONLY WAY I HAVE FIGURED OUT HOW TO CHANGE IT BACK IS TO TURN ON AND OFF THE VEHICLE UNTIL IT RESETS BACK TO 0. THIS TAKES FOR EVER AND IS DAMAGING TO THE VEHICLE. IT ONLY GOES BACK 4 MPH AT A TIME WHENEVER I HAVE TO DO THIS. IT HAPPENS ALMOST EVERYDAY NOW AND I AM LIVID WITH MY VEHICLE. I WILL NEVER BUY A GMC AGAIN. *TR

2005 GM TRAILBLAZER SPEEDOMETER WITH 58300 MILES IS TOTALLY INOPERATIVE DUE TO A FAULTY STEPPER MOTOR WITHIN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER PANEL. OTHER GAUGES IN THIS CLUSTER ARE ALSO POTENTIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO PREMATURE FAILURE BECAUSE THEY USE THE SAME DEFECTIVE MODEL STEPPER MOTOR. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE ESPECIALLY DURING RAINY OR ICY MONTHS WHERE UNKNOWN EXCESSIVE SPEED COULD CAUSE A FATALITY. THE SPEEDOMETER, AS WELL AS THE ODOMETER, SHOULD BE SERVICEABLE FOR THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE AND IS NOT DEEMED PERISHABLE. GM CUSTOMER SERVICE USES A PREDEFINED 'DENIAL OF SERVICE' CAMPAIGN BY WHICH THEY GATHER INFORMATION AND REQUIRE DEALERSHIP TESTING , THE COST OF AT LEAST $88 TO BE PAID BY THE OWNER, THEN DENIES ALL REMEDIAL ACTION BY USING THE VIN NUMBER AND MILEAGE AS A REASON TO NOT REPLACE THE KNOWN DEFECTIVE PART. THIS IS THOUGHT TO BE INTEGRAL TO THE DELPHI GM PARTS SUIT $100 MILLION SETTLEMENT OF SEPTEMBER 10, 2007 WHERE THE DEFECTIVE STEPPER MOTOR PART WAS PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGED AND GM IS SUPPOSE TO REPLACE THEM WITHOUT COST TO THE CONSUMER. FURTHER EVIDENCE OF GM USING A KNOWN DEFECTIVE PART IN THEIR SPEEDOMETER IS A CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT FILED AND WON BY TOUSLEY BRAIN STEPHENS, LLC ON NOVEMBER 7, 2008. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. SIX MONTHS AGO WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE SPEED ODOMETER FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED COMPLAINTS FOR THE FAILURE; THEREFORE, THERE WERE NO RECALLS AND HE SHOULD TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 87,000. UPDATED 2/17/10 *CN UPDATED 02/22/10.*JB

THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER IS OUT OF WACK. IT REGISTERS AT LEAST 3 TO 4 TIMES FASTER THAN I AM GOING. I HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING HOW FAST I'M GOING . *TR