2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

I WENT TO PICK UP MY GRANDSON WHO LIVES APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE AWAY, DROVE BACK HOME MAKING IT 2 MILES. UPON PARKING IN THE DRIVEWAY WE BOTH SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING AND NOTICED SMOKE COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE IGNITION WAS SWITCHED OFF. UPON OPENING THE HOOD I DISCOVERED THE FUSE BOX SMOLDERING AND MELTING AWAY, SO I QUICKLY USED A WRENCH TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY TERMINALS. BEFORE DOING SO I NOTICED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS WERE STILL ON BUT GROWING DIMMER BY THE MINUTE. THE VEHICLE IS NOT IN DRIVABLE CONDITION.

HTTP://WWW.WASHINGTONPOST.COM/NEWS/MORNING-MIX/WP/2015/07/22/CAR-HACKING-JUST-GOT-REAL-HACKERS-DISABLE-SUV-ON-BUSY-HIGHWAY/ HAVE YOU SEEN THIS? THESE FOOLS SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN PERFORMING TESTS LIKE THIS IN PUBLIC HIGHWAYS. TESTS LIKE THIS, SHOULD BE DONE ON CLOSED COURSES. THEY DID THIS FOR SHOW AND TO GET ATTENTION AND COULD HAVE BEEN DEADLY. THEY SHOULD BE LOCKED UP.

THE RPM GAUGE AND SPEEDOMETER HAVE QUIT WORKING ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE BLOWER MOTOR SWITCH HAS GONE BAD AND THE AC BLOWER WILL NOT WORK.

FIRST OIL PRESSURE GAUGE WENT AND NOW MY SPEEDOMETER IS ALSO GONE STUCK AT 50 MPH. CALLED CHEVY CAN'T GET STRAIGHT ANSWER FROM THEM AND ASK WHAT OTHER VEHICLES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM WITH GAUGE CLUSTER ADVISED CAN'T DISCLOSED ANY INFORMATION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. UPDATED 7/16/15*CN UPDATED 10/18/2017*CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EQUIPPED WITH BF GOODRICH RUGGED TRAIL T/A TIRES, SIZE: P245/65RI7. WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A VIBRATION COMING FROM THE TIRES. THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO A POLE. THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER MULTIPLE TIMES AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE THREADS FROM THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE HAD SEPARATED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED HEAD, SHOULDER, ELBOW, AND HIP INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE VEHICLE AND TIRE MANUFACTURERS WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 116,000 AND THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000. THE DOT NUMBER WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR CONDITIONER LIGHT, REAR BRAKE LIGHT, AND REAR DRIVER SIDE TAIL LIGHT MALFUNCTIONED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE LIGHTS MALFUNCTIONED DUE TO ELECTRICAL ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

I PURCHASED MY 2003 CHEV TRAILBLAZER NEW IN 2003. I HAVE NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH IT. IT WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY AND I JUST WENT OUTSIDE AND UNLOCKED IT TO PUT SOMETHING IN THE VEHICLE AND LOCKED IT BACK. ABOUT AN HOUR OR SO LATER, I HEARD THE HORN START TO BLOW BUT THE KEYS WERE HANGING UP INSIDE THE HOUSE. I WENT OUT TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS AND THE VEHICLE STARTED TRYING TO CRANK ON ITS ON SEVERAL TIMES. THEN I SMELLED SOMETHING AND RAISED THE HOOD AND THE FUSE BOX LOCATED UNDER THE HOOD WAS MELTING. WE DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY BUT IT HAD ALREADY MELTED THE BOX BY THAT TIME. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP BUT THEY DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS A RECALL OR NOT. I NEED FOR SOMEONE TO TELL ME WHY A VEHICLE WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHEN I WAS NOT EVEN DRIVING IT AT THE TIME AND IF HOPEFULLY THERE IS SOME KIND OF RECALL BECAUSE I CAN'T AFFORD WHAT THEY ARE TELLING ME IT WILL TAKE TO FIX IT. THEY SAID IT DESTROYED ALL THREE WIRING HARNESSES. ??

IN 2010 I HAD TO HAVE THE IGNITION STARTER SWITCH BECAUSE MY 2003 TRAILBLAZER WOULD NOT START. THIS COST 300.00 PLUS THE TOW CHARGE. ON MAY 7TH. 2015 I HAD TO HAVE THE SAME SWITCH REPLACED AGAIN, NOW NOT TWO WEEKS LATER THE IGNITION SWITCH IS ACTING UP AGAIN. I CALLED GENERAL MOTORS AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL ON MY TRAILBLAZER, AND I COULD CONTACT MY LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER AND SEE IF THEY CAN TELL ME WHAT I CAN DO. I KNOW WHAT THAT INFORMATION WILL BE, BRING IT IN AND THEY WILL REPAIR IT, AND THAT WILL COST ME SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS. THANKS TO GENERAL MOTORS.

I HAVE FILED A PRIOR COMPLAINT AND THE NUMBER IS #10695487. I CONTACTED GENERAL MOTORS AND HAVE NEVER BEEN TREATED SO TERRIBLE IN MY LIFE. THE PERSON ON THE PHONE TOLD ME TO EITHER TAKE IT TO A DEALER ( WITH NO HELP FROM GM TO CHECK IT) OR GET OVER IT AND HUNG UP. I AM STILL HAVING THE FUEL LEAKING AND WITH NO HELP FROM GM I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO FIX IT. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT FIXED BECAUSE IN MY MIND IT IS A DEFECT ON GM PART AND THEY DO NOT WANT TO OWN UP TO IT. PLEASE HELP WITH THIS ISSUE. *TR