2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

ENGINE STALLS AT VARIOUS TIMES FOR NO REASON. HAVE HAD IT INTO DEALERSHIP MANY TIMES. DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN UNABLE TO ISOLATE PROBLEM. SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT CAME ON AFTER FIRST STALL. DEALERSHIP RESET COMPUTER. SINCE THEN, THE ENGINE HAS STALLED AT LEAST 5 TIMES. SES LIGHT HAS NOT COME BACK ON. ENGINE USUALLY RESTARTS AFTER APPROX 5 MINUTES. *NM

AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY DURING ROLLOVER ACCIDENT PHOTOS OF VEHICLE AVAILABLE. *JB

I OWN A 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER AND THE TRANSMISSION RECENTLY FAILED, DUE TO CAUSES UNKNOWN. THIS CONCERNS ME BECAUSE I ONLY HAVE 54,000 MILES ON MY VEHICLE AND IT HAS RECEIVED ALL SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE. ALSO I'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH TO FIND OUT THAT IS A RECURRING ISSUE STARTING IN 2002 WITH THE TRAILBLAZER. I AM GOING TO CONTACT CHEVROLET FOR REPAIR BUT MY WARRANTY IS EXPIRED AND I AM SURE IS WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR ALL REPAIRS. *JB

WHEN HEADLAMP BURNED OUT IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE PLASTIC CONNECTOR THAT THE BULB PLUGS INTO HAD BURNED AND MELTED. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR AN HOUR TO AN HOUR AND A HALF, THE CONTROLS ON THE DOOR AND STEERING WHEEL BECAME HOT ENOUGH TO CAUSE A MINOR BURN TO THE CONTACT. THE CONTROL PANEL ON THE RADIO ALSO BLACKED OUT AND THE CLOCK RESET ITSELF. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, THE COMPUTER STORED NO CODES AND THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED MOVING AND STOPPED BY COLLIDING WITH A STORE SIGN. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND SEAT BELTS WERE WORN. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS TO INDICATE THE AIR BAGS WOULD FAIL. THE CONTACT SUFFERED A KNEE INJURY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AT THE SCENE. THE INSURANCE COMPANY DETERMINED THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED DUE TO THE ACCIDENT. THE DEALER DOES NOT HAVE THE MEANS TO TEST FOR AIR BAG NON-DEPLOYMENT. UPDATED 1/24/2007 - *NM

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD FROM 1ST TO 2ND, SOMETIMES WHEN AT A STOP IT STALLS BEFORE TAKING OFF, SOMETIMES RPM BOTTOMS OUT. 4 WHEEL DRIVE ONLY USED ABOUT 3 OR 4 TIMES, EACH TIME IT STALLED BEFORE GOING INTO 4 WHEEL THEN WOULD NOT COME OUT OF 4 WHEEL FOR ABOUT 2 OR 3 MINUTES. *JB

CAR DIED ON EXIT RAMP OF 290 AND THORNDALE. PUSHED CAR TO SIDE OF ROAD WHERE WE NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER HOOD. UPON OPENING HOOD SAW FIRE COMING FROM FILTER UNDER AIR CLEANER COMPARTMENT. FLAGGED DOWN POLICE OFFICER WHO HELPED PUT OUT FIRE WITH FIRE EXTINGUISHER. HAD CAR TOWED TO ADVANTAGE CHEVROLET WHO SAID THEY HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS AND PERHAPS A CIGERETTE GOT SUCKED IN AND STARTED THE FIRE. CONTACTED GM WHO SENT OUT A REP AND COULD NOT EXPLAIN FIRE SO HE CONCLUDED GM WAS NOT RESPONSIBLE UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE THE CAR MUST HAVE SUCKED IN SOME FOREIGN OBJECT AND IT WAS NOT A MECHANICAL FAILURE. CAR WAS REPAIRED UNDER MY INSURANCE, WHO IS FIGHTING THE CLAIM. PARTS REPLACED WERE AIR CLEANER COMPARTMENT, DUCTS, CLAMPS, SENSORS, SNORKEL, ELEMENT ETC. WAS TOLD OLD PARTS WERE IN BACK OF CAR, BUT WHEN WE LOOKED PARTS WERE MISSING. DEALER STILL LOOKING FOR PARTS. NO ONE HAS YET TO ADDRESS WHY CAR DIED IN THE FIRST PLACE. *NM

I OWN A 2004 TRAILBRAZER THAT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE GM RECALL ON LOSE BRAKE-LAMP FUNCTION OR HAVE BRAKE LAMPS THAT ARE ALWAYS ON. ON VEHICLES WITH CRUISE CONTROL, THAT FUNCTION ALSO BECOMES INOPERATIVE. . THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION CONTACTED GM TO INQUIRE ABOUT THE ISSUE AFTER RECEIVING THREE COMPLAINTS, AND THE COMPANY ISSUED THE RECALL IN RESPONSE, ADLER SAID. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT ALL SPEEDS A GRINDING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THE DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED.