2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. HE STATES THAT THE WINDSHIELD ON THE PASSENGERS SIDE LOOKS AS IF ONE WAS LOOKING THROUGH A MAGNIFYING GLASS AROUND THE EDGES OF THE WINDOW. BUT IS WORSE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. ALSO, ON THE WINDSHIELD THERE IS A WAVY EFFECT THROUGH THE FIELD OF VIEW AND MAKES THIS DISTRACTING FOR THE DRIVER.*AK *JB

SEAT BELT IN CENTER OF REAR SEAT DOES NOT FIT AND ADULT,ONLY A CHILD OR CAR SEAT,AS PASSENGERS ARE REQUIRED BY LAW IN MANY STATES TO WEAR SEAT BELTS THIS CREATES A VERY UNSAFE AND ILLEGAL SITUATION, DEALER STATES GENERAL MOTORS HAS NO PLANS TO CORRECT PROBLEM

NEW 2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER. THE SELT BELT IS BUILT INTO THE SEAT ITSELF. WHEN PUTTING ON THE SEAT BELT, IT CROSSES OVER MY NECK AND ACROSS THE THROAT. TWICE THE SEAT BELT HAS LOCKED WHEN OVER THE NECK AND THROAT ABOUT CHOKED ME. THE DEALER, THE SERVICE MANAGER ALL AGREE THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE, AS THE SEAT BELT LAYING OVER MY NECK COULD IN AN ACCIDENT BREAK IT. CALLED GM DOES NOT HAVE ANY RESOLTION TO THE ISSUE OR OFFERED ANY OPTIONS. THE DEALER IS TRYING TO WORK THIS OUT AND NOT GETTING ANY HELP FROM GM. BOTH THE DEALER AND MYSELF ARE GETTING THE RUN AROUND ON THIS. DUE TO THE SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE SEAT BELT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT DRIVING THE CAR. I AM NOT SURE WHAT TO DO, GM OR CHEVY IS NOT TAKING THE DEALER OR MYSELF THAT THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER 3 WEEKS, WITHOUT HELP. NO ONE WANTS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY OR PROVIDE HELP.

THE WINDSHIELD IN MY 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER WAS DEFECTIVE FROM THE FACTORY. IT HAD SUCH BAD RIPPLES IN THE GLASS THAT IT MADE ME FEEL AS IF I WERE LOOKING THROUGH A PAIR OF BIFOCALS. AFTER A COUPLE OF TRIPS BACK TO THE DEALER I FINALLY CONVINCED THEM TO REPLACE IT! THE NEW ONE IS BETTER BUT STILL HAS FLAWS IN IT. I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT OTHER TRAILBLAZERS NOW AND SEE THE SAME DEFECT IN MANY OTHER VEHICLES. I FEEL THAT COULD BE A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN AND THAT SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT IT!

NEW TRAILBLAZER HAS AN INHERENT PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING. THE STEERING IS ULTRA SENSITIVE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND MINOR CORRECTIONS TEN TO CAUSE OVERSTEERING AND SWAYING OF THE VEHICLE. I BELIEVE IN AN EMERGENCY HIGHWAY SITUATION THE STEERINGS SENSITIVITY COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF CONTROL AND A POSSIBLE ROLLOVER SITUATION. I HAVE BEEN TO THE DEALER TWICE SINCE THE CAR WAS DELIVERED AND THEY SAID THE TIRES AND ALIGNMENT ARE ALL WITHING SPECS. THE MANAGER DID COMMENT AFTER DRIVING MY CAR THAT HE THOUGHT THE STEERING WAS VERY RESPONSIVE AND THAT CHEVY MAKES CHANGES FROM YEAR TO YEAR AND THIS SEEMS TO BE THE MOST SENSITIVE. HE SAID NOTHING COULD BE DONE. I CALLED CHEVY CUSTOMER SERVICE AND FILED A REPORT. THEY CONTACTED THE DEALER AND SAID ALL WAS WITHIN SPECS AND THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING. I THINK THIS IS A POTENTIALLY MAJOR ISSUE AND SOMEONE SHOULD REVIEW THE SAFTEY ASPECS OF THIS STEERING.

DT: FOR NO REASON THE VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOUR TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM. *NM

I HAVE BROUGHT MY VECHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE ON THREE SEPRATE OCASIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING CONDITION: THE VOLTAGE FLUCTUATES BETWEEN 10 AND 15 VOLTS, CAUSING THE HEADLIGHTS AND INSTRUMENT PANEL TO GO DIM, THEN BRIGHT AGAIN.*AK THE DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE OR REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM. TODAY 04/06/2005 THE DEALERSHIP STATED THEY CONTACTED GM, AND STATED THAT THIS WAS NORMAL. THIS IS NOT NORMAL! I HAVE NEVER DRIVEN A VECHICLE IN WHICH HEADLIGHTS GOING DIM, THEN BRIGHT NORMAL. IT IS ALMOST AS IF THE LIGHTS ARE FLASHING AT TIMES. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THERE ARE TSBS STATING THAT THIS IS NORMAL. THIS TO ME CREATES AN UNSAFE DRIVING ENVIRONMENT. I FOUND THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT ON GM TECHLINK: HTTP://WWW.GMTECHLINK.COM/IMAGES/ISSUES/CNT_MO/TLCME.HTML SOME CUSTOMERS MAY COMMENT THAT THEIR INSTRUMENT PANEL VOLTMETER IS FLUCTUATING BETWEEN 12 AND 14 VOLTS ON THEIR NEW 2005 MODEL YEAR LIGHT DUTY FULL SIZE PICKUP/UTILITY VEHICLE. FOR 2005 MODEL YEAR, LIGHT DUTY FULL SIZE PICKUPS AND UTILITIES, ARE EQUIPPED WITH A NEW REGULATED VOLTAGE CONTROL (RVC) SYSTEM, COVERED IN THE SEPTEMBER 2004 TECHLINK. THE RVC SYSTEM ALLOWS CHANGES TO VEHICLE VOLTAGE, UP OR DOWN, UNDER VARIOUS SCENARIOS. BATTERY STATE OF CHARGE AND THE VEHICLE?S PRESENT ELECTRICAL NEEDS ARE ONLY TWO OF NUMEROUS CONDITIONS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT. THIS WILL CAUSE THE VOLTMETER TO FLUCTUATE BETWEEN 12 AND 14 VOLTS. BY COMPARISON, CONVENTIONAL SYSTEMS USUALLY MAINTAIN A MORE CONSISTENT READING OF 14 VOLTS. THIS FLUCTUATION WITH THE RVC SYSTEM IS NORMAL SYSTEM OPERATION AND NO REPAIRS SHOULD BE ATTEMPTED.

CONSUMER BOUGHT A NEW VEHICLE THAT HAD A DEFECTIVE WINDSHIELD. RESULT, POOR VISIBILITY. TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER, AND THE WINDSHIELD WAS REPLACED AGAIN. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK A THIRD TIME. GM HAD SENT THE DEALERSHIP A NOTICE NOT TO REPLACE ANY MORE WINDSHIELDS FOR THE CHEVROLET TRAIL BLAZER. *AK

2005 RENTAL TRAIL BLAZER FROM ENTERPRISE ON 11/1/2005 FAILED TO LOCK THE SEAT BELT PROPERLY TO HOLD ME BACK FROM HITTING THE STEERING WHEEL. I KNOW THIS WAS ALSO A PROBLEM ON THE 2002 TRAIL BLAZERS AND SOME OTHER SUVS. GM WAS TO SEND OUT AN INVESTIGATOR TO LOOK AT IT, BUT BECAUSE THEY WAITED TOO LONG, ENTERPRISE PUT THE SUV BACK ON THE ROAD. I AM NOT SURE IF THEY FIXED THE SEAT BELT OR NOT. I CAN NOT GET INFORMATION FROM THEM. GM SAYS MY INJURY IS NOT COMPENSATED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS NOT IN THE EXACT SHAPE NOW AS IT WAS WHEN I DROVE IT. MY MEDICAL BILLS AND INJURY IS NOT IMPORTANT TO GM, I TALKED TO SEAN KELLY AT ESIS WHO HANDLES THESE KIND OF CLAIMS FOR GM AND HE TOLD ME IT WAS MY RESPONSIBLITY TO FIND OUT IF THE SUV I HAD WAS FIXED OR NOT. THAT IS NOT RIGHT, AND I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER VEHICLES OUT THERE WITH DEFECTS ON THE SEAT BELTS, BUT UNTIL YOU HAVE TO HIT THE BRAKES VERY HARD AND FAST TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT THAT IS WHEN THE SEAT BELT DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY.*AK

THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED HARD FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR. *NM THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED SO HARD THAT IT ALMOST JERKED THE STEERING WHEEL OUT OF THE CONSUMERS HANDS. THE SECOND CONCERN WAS WHEN THE CONSUMER HAD TO PLACE THE REAR SEAT DOWN TO PLACE ITEMS IN THE BACK , IT REQUIRED THAT THE FRONT SEAT BE MOVED FORWARD AND WOULD NOT GO ALL THE WAY BACK AGAIN. THE LAST CONCERN WAS THAT THE VEHICLE COULD NOT USE TIRE CHAINS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THERE WASN'T ENOUGH CLEARANCE AND THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED TO USE ANOTHER TRACTION DEVICE. *SC