2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

TL* - ON NOVEMBER 11, 2006 THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING AT 5-10 MPH ON WET ROAD CONDITIONS WHEN THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATOR LIGHTS DISPLAYED ON THE 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE VEHICLE STARTED SPINNING, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE HIT A CEMENT MEDIAN,AND THE VEHICLE SPUN AROUND AGAIN. THE LEFT FRONT TIRED LOOKED SHREDDED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AWAY. THE DRIVE SHAFT WAS REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED THE TIRE WAS RUBBING ON THE FRAME. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER REPAIR SHOP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE DRIVE SHAFT HAD BEEN INSTALLED INCORRECTLY, CAUSING THE TIRE TO RUB ON THE FRAME. THE FIRST DEALER DID NOT TELL THE CONTACT THEY REPLACED THE DRIVE SHAFT. THE VEHICLE'S DRIVE SHAFT HAS BEEN ORDERED AND THE CONTACT IS STILL DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAD APPROXIMATELY 28,000 MILES AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT HAS THE REPAIR INVOICES. *NM

PURCHASED 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER LS OCT.28 06. SINCE THEN, TO DATE, VEH. HAS BEEN IN SHOP (DEALERSHIP 4X). 1. BRAKE REPAIR. ALL 4 CALIPERS WERE REPLACED. THIS VEHICLE HAD ONLY 22,000. MILES. IN SHOP VERY 1ST WEEK OF PURCHASE. 2. BEEN COMPLAINING OF FLICKERING LIGHTS. WAS HANDED A GMC PRINTOUT STATING THEY DID NOT KNOW CAUSE. SO THEREFORE THE DEALERSHIP, HOOD CHEVROLET, COVINGTON LA. COULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. 3. COMPLAINED OF ENGINE ACCELERATION WHILE APPLYING BRAKE, COMING TO A STOP OR A SLOW SPEED IN A PARKING LOT. FEAR THAT I MAY CRASH INTO SOMEONE. RECEIVED PRINTOUT FROM GM STATING THIS WAS NORMAL. BUT I SEE THIS IS A HAZARD. 4. COMPLAINED OF SEAT BELT "RIDING" ON THE NECKLINE, RESTRICTING BLOOD FLOW IN LEFT ARTERY ON NECK. I SEE THIS A MAJOR PROBLEM. I COMMUTE 26 MILES ONE WAY TO WORK AT A HOSPITAL. I THOUGHT I WOULD BE SAFER DRIVING MY TRAILBLAZER, NOW I FEAR FOR MY LIFE. 5. COMPLAINED OF POPPING ON FRONT END. SERVICE HAD TO ORDER SWAY LINKS AND REPLACE. DID NOT SOLVE PROBLEM, STILL HAVE FRONTAL POPPING WHILE TURNING LEFT OR RIGHT, REVERSE AND FORWARD. IT IS PROGRESSIVELY GETTING WORSE. FOUND OUT GM CERTIFIED TECH. DID NOT PROPERLY ALIGN CALIBERS WHEN INSTALLED. I HAVE PAID TO MUCH FOR THIS $23,000. LEMON. ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN. SARAH DYKES, BOGALUSA LOUISIANA. *NM

TL* - THE CONTACT'S 2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER WAS PURCHASED USED ON AUGUST 13, 2005 FROM BERGLUND CHEVROLET OF VIRGINIA, WITH 13000 MILES. THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT ON JANUARY 8TH, 2007 WERE THERE WAS ONE FATALITY AND FIVE PEOPLE WERE INJURED. A SECOND VEHICLE, A BUICK LASABRE, FAILED TO STOP AT STOP SIGN WHILE MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE STRUCK THE SECOND VEHICLE DIRECTLY ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT 50 MPH. THE DRIVER OF THE SECOND VEHICLE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED, EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE PASSENGERS IN ALL SEATS. SIX STATE TROOPERS WERE ON THE SCENE AND NO ONE WAS SITED.

ON 2 DIFFERENT TIMES I HAVE TAKEN MY 05 TRAILBLAZER TO THE DEALER FOR WORK TO DONE ON WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS THE ALTERNATOR. THE HEADLAMPS AND INSIDE LAMPS WILL DIM AND THE BATTERY CHARGE GAUGE WILL DROP BELOW THE 14 AMPS GM CALL NORMAL. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THIS IS A NORMAL CONDITION. I FEEL IT IS ANYTHING BUT NORMAL AND IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. PEOPLE THINK YOU ARE BRIGHT LIGHTING THEM AND IT IS JUST PLAIN HARD TO SEE AT TIMES. IT SEEM TO HAPPEN MORE WHEN IT IS COLD AND DAMP. THIS IS NOT NORMAL, AND UNLESS GM DECIDES TO FIX THIS PROBLEM WE WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER GM PRODUCT! *JB

HEADLIGHTS AND DASH LIGHTS DIM FOR NO APPARENT REASON. HEADLIGHTS FLICKER, USUALLY ONLY MOMENTARILY BUT ON OCCASION HAS LASTED FOR UP TO 10 MINUTES. I FEEL IT IS ILLEGAL AND UNSAFE TO DRIVE. GM SAYS IT IS "NORMAL" *JB

TL* - THE CONTACT NOTICED WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD GO DOWN TO LOW BEAMS. ONCE VEHICLE WAS WARM HE DIDN'T HAVE THIS FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE COULD BARELY SEE THE ROAD IN FRONT OF HIM WHILE DRIVING. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING AND ANOTHER VEHICLES BLINKED THE LIGHTS TO INFORM HIM THAT THE HIGH BEAMS WERE ON, BUT THE VEHICLE INDICATOR LIGHT DIDN'T SHOW THAT THE HIGH BEAMS WERE ON. THE CONTACT TOOK VEHICLE TO 4 TIMES , AND THE LAST TIME WAS TOLD THAT HIS AIR PUMP WAS THE CAUSE OF THIS MALFUNCTION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE STILL HAD NO RESOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM WITH HIS HEADLIGHTS. THE CONTACT HAS CALLED GENERAL MOTORS, AND THEY TOOK HIS COMPLAINT. HE WAS TOLD BY GENERAL MOTORS THAT THEY WERE WORKING ON THIS FAILURE DUE TO OF THE NUMBER OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. THE CONTACT STATED THT HE HAD NO RESOLUTION FROM GENERAL MOTORS, AND HE HAS CONTACTED THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU. THE BBB GAVE HIM A CLAIM # 71438795446, AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD WORK WITH GENERAL MOTOR AND SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO ABOUT THIS. *AK

2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER - VEHICLE HEADLIGHTS INTERMITTENTLY FLICKER WHILE OPERATING. CONDITION EXISTS EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE IS OPERATED RESULTING IN A SAFETY HAZARD TO BOTH THE DRIVER, OCCUPANTS AND OTHER MOTORISTS. CHEVROLET REPRESENTATIVES HAVE REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR, AIR PUMP AND FIXED A POTENTIAL ELECTRICAL GROUND WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. AT THIS POINT CHEVROLET REPRESENTATIVES ARE STATING THAT THIS ISSUE CAN NOT BE FIXED AND SHOULD BE ACCEPTED AS A NORMAL DRIVING CHARACTERISTIC OF THE VEHICLE. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN. *JB

NIGHT DRIVING UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES THE VEHICLE A CHEVROLET TRAILBLZER LS 2005 HAS A PROBLEM THAT RANDOMLY SHUTS OFF THE HEADLIGHTS AND DASHBOARD LIGHTS. THE TRAILBLAZER DECIDES TO DO THIS TOTALLY ON ITS OWN AT RANDOM. THIS CAUSES A POTENTIALLY DEADLY SITUATION WHEN ON THE INTERSTATE AND YOUR HEADLIGHTS GO OUT AND DECIDE TO COME BACK ON AT RANDOM INTERVALS MAYBE APROXIMATELY 15 TO 20 SECONDS APART. SEVERAL ATTEMPS HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP TO GET THE PROBLEM REPAIRED. THEIR COMMENT IS THAT THEY EITHER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM OR THEIR IS A SERVICE BULLETIN THAT EXPLAINS THE ISSUE. I HAVE DONE THE PROCEDURES THAT THE DEALERSHIP DESCRIBED IN THE SERVICE BULLETINS WITH NO SUCCESS. CURRENTLY MY TRAILBLAZER IS BEING REPAIRED ONCE AGAIN AT TERRY LEE CHEVROLET AS OF 12-19-06. THE LAST TIME THAT THE VEHICLE WAS IN FOR REPAIR TERRY LEE CHEVROLET REPLACED WHAT THEY HAD THOUGH WAS A FAULTY BODY CONTROL MODULE. REPLACING THIS MODULE OBVIOUSLY DID NOT RECTIFY THE PROBLEM AND ON THURSDAY 12-14-06 THE PROBLEM ONCE AGAIN RETURNED. SINCE THE VEHICLE IS USED TO TRANSPORT MY CHILDEREN AND WIFE WHO HAVE BEEN DRIVING PRIMARILY AT NIGHT. I HAVE BECOME SKEPTICAL ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE VEHICLE IS SAFE TO ACTUALLY DRIVE AT NIGHT BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THE LIGHTS WILL DECIDE TO TURN OFF BY THEMSELVES AND POTENTIALLY CAUSE THEM TO BE IN AN ACCIDENT. *NM

HEADLIGHTS..FOR NO APPARENT REASON MY HEADLIGHT FLASH OFF AND RIGHT BACK ON AND THEN FLICKER AT A CONSTANT I HAVE TAKEN MY TRAILBLAZER TO THE DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT IT SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY SAY THAT THEY CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM..I HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE IN THE SHOP SEVERAL DIFFERENT TIMES..THEY HAVE REPLACED THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THE SPEEDOMETER CABLE..THE ONSTAR COMPUTER NOW YOU TELL ME WHY THEY CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT IS BLOWING THESE THINGS OUT..WHY THEY CAN'T FIND A PROBLEM WITH THEM. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED ALTHOUGH THERE WERE NO PREVIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRBAGS, THERE WAS A NHTSA RECALL, #06V417000 ON THE VEHICLE REGARDING THE AIRBAGS AND REPURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE ALERTED, AND CONFIRMED THE VEHICLE WAS SUBJECT FOR REPURCHASE, BUT HAVE NOT DONE SO AT THIS TIME.