2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED BRUISES AND MINOR CONTUSIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHY THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED ERRONEOUSLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO SENT AN ENGINEER TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE AND THEN OFFERED TO BUY THE VEHICLE BACK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET TRAILER BLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER PANEL WAS REPLACED THREE TIMES FOR A RECURRING FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 03V096000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: WIRING: INTERIOR/UNDER DASH). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 74,000. UPDATED 07/19/12*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS REPLACED FOR THE THIRD TIME AT A COST OF $ 580. UPDATED 07/23/12

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO THIRD AND FOURTH GEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO FILED A REPORT AND OFFERED NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE TO THE CONTACT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 186,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AS THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE FAILED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSFER CASE CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH THE MANUFACTURER IN REFERENCE TO NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 01V334000 (POWER TRAIN: TRANSFER CASE: 4-WHEEL DRIVE), BUT WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

HEAVY GAS FUMES IN AND AROUND THE VEHICLE. THIS HAPPENS RANDOMLY. I HAVE TO AIR OUT THE VEHICLE BEFORE I CAN DRIVE IT. *TT

TSB #PIT-4722 -- GMC: FLUID LEAK FROM TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER LINES DUE TO CORROSION. ALL 2000-2006 LIGHT DUTY TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH THE LIGHT DUTY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. *PE (NHTSA ID #10026804, OCTOBER 01 2008)

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT HEARD A CLICKING NOISE WHILE DRIVING AND DECELERATED TO 40 MPH. THE REAR BRAKE THIRD LIGHT MOLDING THEN FLEW OFF THE VEHICLE AND CAUSED THE BRAKE LIGHT TO FAIL. THE INTERIOR LIGHT WIRES WERE ALSO EXPOSED AND FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 183,624.

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SUNSHELL FAILED, DRIVING AND THE TRUCK DIDN'T GO INTO GEAR. SLOWING WENT IN GEAR, CAUSE STRUGGLE DRIVING...AS I TURN TO HELD BACK HOME THE SUV REFUSED TO GO IN TO REAR.TOOK TO TRANSMISSION SHOP FAILED SUNSHELL NEED NEW TRANSMISSION. COSTLY..START SLIPPED IN AND OUT OF GEAR WEEK BEFORE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE SLIPPAGE OF GEAR HAVE ALMOST CAUSED SEVERAL ACCIDENT WHEN ENTER HIGHWAYS OR LANS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE VIOLENTLY JERKED WHILE CHANGING GEARS. IN ADDITION, THERE WOULD BE AN INCREASE IN THE ENGINE RPMS WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARD TWO AND A HALF FEET AFTER BEING PARKED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED AND HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 86,000.

DRIVING HOME PARKED TRAILBLAZER IN DRIVEWAY, WENT INTO HOUSE AND HEARD A LOUD "BOOM" SOUND, THEN WENT OUTSIDE TO SEE WHAT THE SOUND WAS AND SEEN SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE TRAILBLAZER HOOD, THEN LIFTED HOOD AND SEEN FIRE AND SMOKE, THEN RAN TO GET THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER TO PUT THE FIRE OUT, AND CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, NOTICED THE TRANSMISSION DIPSTICK WAS OUT ABOUT A FOOT AND THERE WAS TRANS FLUID ALL OVER THE UNDER SIDE OF HOOD, MOTOR, AND THE GROUND. FIRE WAS PUT OUT. THANK YOU *TR