2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY OVER TWELVE YEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO REPAIRED THE AIR BAG SENSOR ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. HOWEVER, THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE GEAR SHIFT BROKE AND HE WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT INTO THE PROPER GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE SHIFT CABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, A STRONG ODOR OF FUEL EMITTED INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE ALSO STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. ADDITIONALLY, THE GEAR LEVER WOULD NOT SECURE INTO PARK UNTIL AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS. UPON RESTARTING, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO FUNCTION NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO TIGHTENED THE SHIFT CABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED FOR THE ADDITIONAL DEFECTS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.

I WAS DRIVING AND A GUY IN A CAR CAME OVER IN MY LANE AND HIT ME HEAD ON CAUSING ME TO FLIP MY VEHICLE 4 TIMES, MY AIRBAGS DIDN'T COME OUT AND THE GUY THAT HIT ME WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE, MY VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *TR

VERY STRONG GASOLINE SMELL! THE WHOLE GARAGE AND ENTRANCE TO MY KITCHEN STRONGLY SMELLED OF GASOLINE ONE MORNING WHEN I WENT OUT TO TAKE MY CHILDREN TO SCHOOL. I TOOK IT IN IMMEDIATELY AND THE STEALERSHIP INFORMED ME THAT THE FUEL TANK FILLER NECK HAD BROKEN LOOSE FROM THE TANK AND THE FUEL PRESSURE REGULATOR AND SEALS WERE LEAKING, THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM THAT GM HAD A RECALL ON FOR THE TRAILBLAZER EXT. I NOTIFIED GM ABOUT THE ISSUE ASKING FOR ANY HELP AT ALL WITH THE SITUATION, BUT SINCE MY TRAILBLAZER WAS NOT UNDER THE RECALL THEY WERE UNABLE TO DO ANYTHING FOR ME. IT IS A SAD DAY WHEN PEOPLES LIVES ARE BEING THREATENED BY POORLY DESIGNED VEHICLES ALL IN THE NAME OF MAKING A BUCK. YOU CAN GO ON LINE ALL DAY LONG AND FIND THE SAME COMPLAINTS FROM GM CUSTOMERS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM I AM. WITH THE PUBLICITY THEY'VE HAD IN THE NEWS LATELY AND THE CURRENT LAWSUITS AGAINST THEM, WE ALL KNOW HOW GM FEELS ABOUT HELPING PEOPLE WHO HAVE BOUGHT THEIR DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS. THEY WOULD JUST AS SOON SWEEP THE PROBLEM UNDER THE RUG WHILE INNOCENT PEOPLE DIE BECAUSE OF THEIR DISHONESTY. WOULD SOMEONE WITH ENOUGH POWER AND $$$ PLEASE STEP UP AND FORCE THEM TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROBLEMS THEY HAVE CREATED? *JS

IT WAS DRIZZLING THAT MORNING. I WAS DRIVING IN THE FAR RIGHT LANE. WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY STEERING WHEEL WAS TAKING OVER MY DRIVING. MY TRUCK WENT LEFT INTO ANOTHER LANE ON ITS ON. I SAW ANOTHER VEHICLE COMING UP IN THAT LEFT LANE. ALL I COULD DO WAS ASK MY TRUCK WHAT WAS WRONG. AND I STARTED TALKING TO THE LORD. PLEASE DON'T LET ME HIT THIS TRUCK. PLEASE HELP ME. NEXT THING I WAS PULLED BACK TO THE RIGHT HAND LANE AND THEN OFF THE ROAD I WENT. I WENT THROUGH THE WOODS OVER STOMPS AND BUMPS. AND THEN CRASHED INTO A HUGE TREE. I FAINTED.I HEARD SOMEONE YELLING. I OPENED MY EYES TO LIFE. THE POLICE CAME OUT. AND THE AMBULANCE. THANK GOD I'M NOT TO COOL FOR A SAFE BELT. CAUSE MY AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. I WAS TOLD THEY MAY DEPLOY AT ANYTIME SO I NEEDED TO GET OUT OF TRUCK. MY SEATBELT LEFT ITS PRINT ON MY NECK AND CHEST. THE TRUCK WAS CRUSHED IN. WHEELS ON PASSENGER SIDE WERE BENT UNDER TRUCK. A TOTAL LOSS .. *JS

WHEN TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE, THE MOLDING PIECE THAT SURROUNDS THE REAR THIRD BRAKE LIGHT FLEW OFF AND THE BRAKE LIGHT WAS LEFT DANGLING AGAINST THE READ WINDOW. THANKFULLY THERE WAS NO ONE IMMEDIATELY BEHIND US, SO THE PART DID NOT HIT A VEHICLE. AFTER MANY CALLS TO AREA BODY SHOPS I'M BEING TOLD THIS IS A "KNOWN ISSUE WITH THIS PART" AND OUR ONLY OPTION IS TO PAY HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS FOR A NEW PART FROM CHEVROLET AND THEN PAY HUNDREDS MORE TO HAVE IT PAINTED AND INSTALLED! *TR

I APPROACHED A STOP LIGHT. AS I STOPPED, THE WHOLE CAR SHUT DOWN. I TURNED THE IGNITION "OFF", PUT THE CAR IN "PARK", AND TURNED THE "IGNITION SWITCH" TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. IT DID START. A COUPLE DAYS LATER THE SAME THING HAPPENED. I TOOK IT TO MY DEALER ON SEPT. 15 2008.THEY ASKED IF I HAD A LOT OF STUFF HANGING ON THE KEY RING, I DID NOT. THEY REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH. ON JAN. 21, 2011 , I WAS DRIVING, AND, AFTER STOPPING, THE CAR WAS RUNNING BUT WOULD NOT ENGAGE (MOVE). HAD THE CAR TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. THEY AGAIN REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH AND ANOTHER SWITCH. ON FEB. 11, 2011, I WAS AT A "DRIVE-UP" WINDOW, MY CAR JUST QUIT RUNNING. I HAD TO PUSH IT OFF TO THE SIDE AND HAVE IT TOWED TO THE DEALER. THIS TIME THEY AGAIN REPLACED THE "IGNITION SWITCH" ALONG WITH A TRANSFER CASE SWITCH AND A TRANSFER CASE MODULE. THEY SAID THEY HAD TO REPLACE ALL OF THEM SINCE THERE WAS NO WAY TO KNOW FOR SURE IF IT WAS STILL RELATED TO THE "IGNITION SWITCH". I FEEL ALL MY ISSUES WERE RELATE TO THE "IGNITION SWITCH", AND ALL REPAIRS SHOULD HAVE BEEN PAID BY GM.THEY NEW THEY HAD AN ISSUE, OR THE DEALER WOULD NOT HAVE ASKED ABOUT "EXCESS WEIGHT HANGING ON THE KEY FOB".. I BELIEVE THE "IGNITION SWITCH ISSUE" GOES BACK FARTHER, AND AFFECTS EVEN MORE MODELS, THAN THEY ARE CURRENTLY OWNING UP TO. I STILL HAVE ALL PAPERWORK PERTAINING TO MY REPAIRS. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY '02 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER ON THE INTERSTATE. THE VEHICLE SLIPPED AND FISHTAILED A BIT AND I PRESSED THE BRAKES TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP. WHEN THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP, I TRIED TO ACCELERATE FORWARD, BUT IT WOULD NOT MOVE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT TURNED OFF ON ITS OWN. I MANUALLY SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND PROCEEDED TO MOVE ONTO THE SHOULDER OF THE INTERSTATE. I THEN NOTICED SMOKE AND A SMALL FLAME COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD NEAR THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE/WHEELHOUSE. THE FLAMES GOT BIGGER AND SOON IT SPREAD TO THE ENTIRE ENGINE. THE FLAMES STARTED NEAR THE RIGHT PASSENGER WHEELHOUSE AND MOVED TO THE LEFT DRIVER WHEELHOUSE. IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES THE ENTIRE VEHICLE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW OR WHY A FIRE STARTED. I LOOKED AT FORUMS ONLINE AND MANY VEHICLES LIKE MINE HAVE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE DRIVING. *TR

MY 02 TRAILBLAZER I BOUGHT USED 4 DAYS AFTER I BOUGHT IT THE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL WOULD FLASH QUICK IF I HIT THE BRAKE BUT WOULD BE NORMAL WITHOUT PUSHING BREAK. THAN MY BRAKE LIGHTS STARTED FLICKERING AND STOPPED WORKING EXCEPT FOR THE MIDDLE ONE. NOW WHEN I TURN MY RIGHT TURN SIGNAL ON MY REVERSE LIGHTS COME ON LEFT TURN SIGNAL FLICKERS ALMOST ALL THE TAILLIGHTS FLICKER WHEN ON. I DID RESEARCH AND FOUND A RECALL FOR THAT PROBLEM AND WAS WONDERING IF MY VEHICLE IS ONE THAT WAS RECALLED THE NUMBER IS- GM RECALL NO. 04087. *TR

GM IGNITION SWITCH RECALL NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED. MY MOTHER PURCHASED A 2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER NEW. APPROXIMATELY 5,000 MILES INTO OWNERSHIP, THE CAR WOULD "DROP" VARIOUS ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. FOR INSTANCE, WHILE DRIVING, THE ENGINE WOULD CONTINUE TO RUN, BUT THE WIPERS WOULD STOP WORKING, HVAC WOULD TURN OFF, AIR BAG AND ABS WARNING LIGHTS WOULD ILLUMINATE, ETC. DEALER HAD NO IDEA HOW TO FIX. EVENTUALLY THEY REPLACED THE IGNITION SWITCH AND THE PROBLEM WAS SOLVED. TO MY KNOWLEDGE, GM NEVER ISSUED A RECALL, BUT I'M SURE THE ISSUE IS NOT ISOLATED. THESE SWITCHES WERE UNRELIABLE ACROSS SEVERAL VEHICLE LINES, PLEASE INVESTIGATE GMT 360 PLATFORM WELL. *TR