2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

WHEN WE BOUGHT OUR 2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER WE HAD TO TURN IT AROUND AND TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. ALL THEY DID WAS RESET IT. IT CAME BACK ON SOME TIME LATER, WE TOOK IT BACK TO DEALERSHIP THEY GOT IT WORKED IN AT THE NEAREST CHEVY SHOP, THEY RESET THE LIGHT AND WE WERE TOLD TO BUY A GASCAP FOR IT. WE BOUGHT THE GAS CAP, LIGHT STAYED OFF UNTIL NOW. WE HAVE TAKEN OUR 2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER TO THE LOCAL SHOP THEY HOOKED IT UP TO THE COMPUTER AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG. SO FAR NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE, BUT SINCE THE LIGHT IS ON IT IS A GAS GUZZLER WITH LIGHT ON GETTING 6 MILES TO THE GALLON. WITH GAS AT 2.59 A GALLON THAT'S NOT CHEAP. CHEVROLET DEALER IN TOWN SAYS ITS PROBABLY THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDS CLEANING, AND IT NEEDS A NEW BATTERY. THEY SAY THE THROTTLE BODY IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN THE NEW MODELS, BECAUSE THE GAS IS NOT FIT FOR THE NEWER MODEL VEHICLES. *TR

I OWN A 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT. 2 WEEKS AGO I OPENED THE REAR GATE AND THE REAR GLASS EXPLODED OVER MY HEAD. HAD GLASS AND SPOILER REPAIRED BY GLASS CO. WITH NEW PARTS. TODAY THE SAME THING HAPPENED AFTER I OPENED THE TAIL GATE AND WAS WALKING AWAY. SEEMS TO BE A BAD DESIGN FLAW BY CHEVROLET. DO I FIX IT AGAIN NOT KNOWING THE CAUSE? ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS? *TR

2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING. SOMETIMES READS 120MPH . CALLED DEALER-THEY SAID MANY HAVE SAME PROBLEM- CALLED GM THEY SAID DIFFERENT. WOULD NOT FIX, THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD. *TR

MY 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT LTS TAILGATE GLASS DOOR HINGE CAP POPPED OFF AND HAD TO BE REPAIRED/REPLACED (HINGES, FIBERGLASS CAP, GLASS, ETC). I WAS INFORMED BY MR. KENNETH LAMOTT OF THE 1ST AVENUE BODY SHOP, INC. IN GREAT FALLS MT THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND APPARENT DESIGN DEFECT THAT CHEVROLET KNOWS ABOUT. HOWEVER THEY WILL NOT RECOGNIZE IT AS A RECALL ITEM. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING FROM MR. LAMOTT WAS TO NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE ON HIGHWAYS SHOULD IT COME LOOSE AGAIN AS IT WILL DISLODGE AND PRESENT ONCOMING TRAFFIC WITH A HAZARD THAT COULD CAUSE DAMAGES, INJURY AND POSSIBLY DEATH IF IT IMPACTED AND PASSED THRU A WINDSHIELD HITTING THE DRIVER OR PASSENGER. *TR

I AM ALSO HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY SPEEDOMETER. I AM CONTACTING GENERAL MOTORS IN DETROIT TO SEE ABOUT GETTING THIS PROBLEM FIXED NOT ONLY FOR MYSELF, BUT FOR EVERYONE ELSE WHO IS HAVING THIS PROBLEM. (THEY FIXED MY FAULTY FUEL PROBLEM). *TR

SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. THE ONLY REASON I FOUND OUT WAS CHP STOPPED ME FOR GOING 45 MPH. ONCE I BEGAN TO SLOWDOWN THE SPEEDOMETER JUMPED TO OVER 100MPH! I EXPLAINED THE SITUATION AND HE FOLLOWED ME TO THE NEXT EXIT WHERE I LET THE CAR REST. HE KNEW I NEED TO LET THE CAR REST BECAUSE HE HAD PULLED OVER ANOTHER TRAILBLAZER WITH THE SAME PROBLEM!! *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER IN MY TRAILBLAZER EXTENDED WILL "GET STUCK" ON OCCASION. THE PROBLEM HAS BECOME MUCH WORSE OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS SINCE IT HAS BEEN SO COLD. I ALSO NOTICE IT MORE WHEN IT IS RAINING OUTSIDE. THIS OCCURS AT LEAST ONCE TO TWICE A WEEK. I HAVEN'T TAKEN MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALER YET BECAUSE I LOOKED ONLINE AND SAW THAT THIS IS OCCURRING ON MANY OF THE SAME TYPE VEHICLES. OBVIOUSLY CHEVROLET SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS AND I REFUSE TO PAY FOR SOMETHING WHEN SOMEONE ELSE HAS '!@#$% UP. *TR

SPEEDOMETER NO LONGER WORKING PROPERLY. IT VARIES FROM DAY TO DAY AS TO WHAT SPEED IT SHOWS THAT THE VEHICLE IS TRAVELING. I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A DANGER IN THE FACT THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW FAST YOU ARE ACTUALLY TRAVELING. TO GET TECHNICAL THE DMV SAYS THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE ATLEAST 1 CAR LENGTH FOR EVERY 10 MPH YOU ARE TRAVELING BETWEEN YOU AND THE VEHICLE AHEAD OF YOU IN ORDER TO STOP YOUR VEHICLE IN TIME. HOW CAN YOU DO THAT IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING. WAS QUOTED $500 COST TO REPAIR. *TR

1. WHILE DRIVING THE SPEEDOMETER STUCK AT 65 MPH 2. THE SPEEDOMETER SHOWS 65 MPH WHEN THE CAR IS STOPPED AND WHEN DRIVEN, IT GOES TO A HIGHER MPH AS I DRIVE. 3. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE YET AS I AM WAITING FOR A REPAIR ESTIMATE. *TR

FUEL SENSOR WENT OUT. WELL KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE TRAILBLAZER/ENVOY. GAS GAUGE SHOWED EMPTY AFTER FILLING WITH 18 GALLONS OF FUEL. REPAIR COST OVER $500. *TR