2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

ON THE BACK OF MY 2005 TRAILBLAZER THE SEAL AROUND THE LICENSE PLATE WAS MELTING . IT RAN LIKE BLACK TAR. TALKED WITH OTHER OWNERS, AND THEY ALL HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. WAS PART ON RECALL. HAD IT REPLACED JUST AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR, BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER LS 4WD SPEEDOMETER FAILED AS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY. WAS GOING APPROXIAMATELY 60 MPH AND SPEEDOMETER REGISTERD 10 MPH. IT CORRECTED IT SELF AND FOR A COUPLE DAYS IT WAS FINE AGAIN. THEN IT STARTED REPEATING SAME FAILURE, AND STAYED THE SAME. IT WAS TAKEN INTO A GMC DEALER AND THE REPAIR WAS DONE. THE SPEEDOMETER WAS REPLACED, WITH A TOTAL BILL OF $463.09, PAID MY MYSELF, SINCE THE WARRANTY WAS JUST BARELY OVER.

MY HEADLIGHTS DIM WHILE DRIVING ,FIRST NOTICED WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 25 MI. FROM HOME AND THEY WOULD GO DIM AND THE GAGE WOULD DROPBELOW 14 AND THEN THEY WOULD BRIGHTEN UP AND THE GAGE WENT ABOVE 14, HAS DONE THIS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS DEALER TOOK IT HOME OVER NIGHT TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON AND OF COURSE IT DIDN'T DO IT , HE SHOWED ME A PRINT OUT THAT SAID NOT TO REPLACE THE ALTERNATOR THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH IT, IT CONTINUES TO DO THIS AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM BUT UNTIL THEY SEE IT I'M JUST STUCK WITH IT , ANY SUGGESTIONS!. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT (MORE NOTICEABLE), THE HEAD LIGHTS APPEAR TO DIM THEN BRIGHTEN (FLASHING THE VEHICLE AHEAD). WHILE THIS IS OCCURING, THE BATTERY GAUGE BOUNCE DRASTICALLY FROM MIN TO MAX THEN BACK TO THE MIDDLE. THIS HAS BEEN OCCURING SINCE THE DAY I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE JUNE 05. ALSO WHILE THIS OCCURS, THE VEHICLE TENDS TO LOSE RPM POWER SO AS YOU ARE DRIVING THERE IS A "JERK" IN THE FORWARD MOTION. *JB

WHEN I START UP MY TRAILBLAZER AND DRIVE OFF THE HEADLIGHTS AND DASH LIGHTS FLASH AND FLICKER. I HAVE TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP TWICE FOR REPAIRS AND THEY FIND NOTHING WRONG, AND GAVE ME A BULLETIN FROM GM THAT STATED THIS IS A NORMAL OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC DUE TO A SECONDARY AIR PUMP DIAGNOSTIC ROUTINE, AND THAT THERE IS NOTHING TO FIX. I THINK THIS IS WRONG. THE LIGHTS FLASH SO MUCH PEOPLE THINK I AM FLASHING MY LIGHTS AT THEM. IF I SIT AND IDLE FOR 30 SECONDS OR SO, SOMETIMES THAT HELPS, SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T (THIS WAS GM'S "FIX"). IF IT'S COLD I HAVE TO IDLE IT FOR SEVERAL MINUTES, AND EVEN THEN IT DOESN'T ALWAYS STOP IT. I HAVE HAD TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY, STOP MY ENGINE, START IT AGAIN, WAIT SEVERAL MINUTES, THEN MERGE BACK INTO TRAFFIC AND JUST PRAY THE LIGHTS DIDN'T START FLICKERING AGAIN. THIS SHOULD BE MADE A RECALL AND THEY SHOULD BE FORCED TO FIX THIS. I HAVE CONTACTED THEM REPEATEDLY AND GOT NOWHERE WITH THEM. *JB

MY VEHICLE WAS REPURCHASED BY GM RECENTLY. THE DEALERSHIP THAT HANDLED THE TRANSACTION WAS VANDERGIFF CHEVROLET IN ARLINGTON, TX. THEY DID NOT RESPOND TO MY CALLS. THEY IGNORED MY REQUEST. THEY DID NOT FOLLOW THROUGH ON THE PAPERWORK REQUIRED BY GM, AND THEY LIED TO GM AND MYSELF REGARDING FILING THE "WARRANTY' WITH GM RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL TIME THAT I HAD TO WAIT IN ORDER TO HAVE THE VEHICLE PAID OFF TO MY LOAN INSTITUTE AND THE REMAINING FUNDS TO ME SO THAT I COULD ACQUIRE ANOTHER VEHICLE. *NM

DIMMING LIGHTS ON A 2005 TRAILBLAZER AND FLUCTUATIONS IN ELECTRICAL ACCESSORIES. TOOK TO DEALER TWICE, SECOND TIME REPLACED ALTERNATOR, THEY SAY GM STATES IT'S NORMAL OPERATION AND THE COMPUTER IS DRAWING POWER AND CAUSING DIMMING. OTHER MOTORISTS THINK I AM FLASHING LIGHTS AT THEM, I AM ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT FIRE. *NM

WE HAVE A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH THE HEADLIGHTS, DASH LIGHTS DIMMING AND BRIGHTENING. IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE WITH MOST 2005 TRAILBLAZERS. THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. *NM

MY WIFE DRIVES A 2005 CHEVROLET TRAIL BLAZER. ONE DAY ABOUT 1-2 MONTHS AGO SHE WAS COMING HOME FROM WORK, ABOUT 20 MILES, AND THE HEADLIGHTS AND INSTRUMENT LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING ON AND OFF. THIS HAPPENED ALL THE WAY HOME. I TOOK IT TO SMITH CHEVROLET IN LAURENS, S.C. (29360) TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO FIX AND CHEVROLET WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND THAT THIS WAS ALSO A PROBLEM ON THE ENVOY. I WAS TOLD IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE DRAIN ON THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WHEN A NUMBER OF COMPONENTS WERE DRAWING CURRENT AND THE SMOG SYSTEM OR PUMP CAME ON. I WAS GIVEN A FLYER THAT STATED WHAT COULD CAUSE THE PROBLEM OF WHICH NONE COULD I ATTRIBUTE TO MY WIFE'S DRIVING STYLE. I HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BY A PERSON SAYING HIS NAME IS JEREMY AT 866-790-5700 EXT. 22087. JEREMY OFFERED TO GIVE US A 12 MONTH 12,000 OR 18,000 MILE EXTENDED WARRANTY FROM THE DATE OF SERVICE AT SMITH'S. THE CAR HAS ABOUT 29,000 MILES ON IT SO THE WARRANTY WOULD BE FOR ABOUT 5,000 MILES. I DO NOT WANT AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. I WANT THE CAR FIXED, REPLACED OR REFUND. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR MY WIFE. SHE IS OUT AT NIGHT WITH OUR 9 YEAR OLD SON AND SHE DOES NOT FEEL SAFE. I DON'T KNOW DATE EXACTLY. IT IS ESTIMATED. THIS HAS HAPPENED A SECOND TIME BUT NOT TAKEN IN YET. *JB

2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER'S HEADLIGHTS FLICKERED ON AND OFF. **CC SOMETIMES THE FLICKERING LAST FOR A FEW SECONDS OTHER TIMES IT HAS LASTED UP TO 10 MIN. THE DEALER WAS ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM BUT STATED THERE WAS A TSB FROM CHEVROLET WHICH STATED THE FLICKERING WAS NORMAL. THEREFORE THERE WERE NO REPAIRS ATTEMPTED. THE BRAKES PULSATED DUE TO RUST ON THE ROTORS. *NM