2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE SMELLED AN UNUSUALLY OVERPOWERING FUEL ODOR. HE INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT FUEL WAS ON THE REAR OF THE FUEL TANK AND THE FUEL LINES WERE RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 140,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 141,000. GM SENT CONSUMER A LETTER REGARDING EXTENDED COVERAGE ON THE FUEL TANK MODULAR RESERVOIR. UPDATED 01/21/11

DRIVING MY SON HOME FROM FOOTBALL PRACTICE AND HEARD A WEIRD SOUND AND NOTICED THE GEARS WOULD NOT SHIFT IN THE TRANSMISSION. I TRIED TO PUT THE VEHICLE INTO REVERSE AND IT WOULD NOT WORK. I HAD NO WARNINGS ABOUT THIS AND JUST ABOUT GOT HIT DUE TO HAVING TO TRY TO PULL OFF THE ROAD QUICKLY. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IT HAS HAPPENED AND WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO BUY A NEW TRANSMISSION. *TR

OUR 2002 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER MIRRORS WILL NOT RESET TO THE MEMORY POSITIONS. THE MIRRORS CHANGE POSITIONS BY THEMSELVES AND HAVE TO BE READJUSTED EVERYTIME THE CAR IGNITION IS TURNED OFF. *TR

2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER WITH 86,000 MILES ON IT, NOTICED A LARGE AMOUNT OF FLUID UNDER VEHICLE WHILE PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO OUR MECHANIC AND WAS ADVISED THAT TWO OF THE FOUR LINES THAT CARRY THE TRANSMISSION FLUID ARE CRACKED/CORRODED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WOULD EXHIBIT AN UNUSUALLY LOUD HISSING SOUND WHEN DRIVING ANY SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FAN CLUTCH WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

I WAS LEAVING A FOOTBALL GAME ON A FRIDAY NIGHT, DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD MY HEADLIGHTS JUST SHUT OFF. I TURNED ON MY HIGH BEAMS LEFT THEM ON FOR A FEW MINUTES (5-10) THEN TURNED THEM OFF, THE HEADLIGHTS CAME BACK ON. I HAD A MECHANIC TO LOOK AT IT, THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE WHAT WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. THERE IS NO CERTAIN TIME THAT THIS OCCURS, I AM JUST DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE HEADLIGHTS WILL JUST GO COMPLETELY OUT. I ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT ONE NIGHT. I WAS OUT OF TOWN LEAVING A FOOTBALL GAME GETTING ON THE INTERSTATE, I ALMOST HIT THE MEDIUM BECAUSE I COULD NOT SEE. THIS OCCUR APPROXIMATELY 2-3 TIME IN A MONTH. *TR

I OWN A 2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT WHICH HAS BEEN IMPECCABLY MAINTAINED BY ME. PRIOR TO GOING ON A VACATION I BROUGHT THE TRUCK INTO MY MECHANIC FOR AN INSPECTION AS USUAL AND HE INFORMED ME THE TRANSMISSION FUEL LINES HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO EXCESSIVE CORROSION. HE ALSO ADVISED ME THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL WHICH PROMPTED CHEVROLET TO CHANGE THE DESIGN. HE CHECKED TO SEE IF IT WAS ON A RECALL LIST BUT WAS NOT. I CHECKED THE NHTSA SITE AND HAVE NOTICED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ON THIS SAME ISSUE. WHY HAS THIS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED WITH GM AND PLACED ON A RECALL LIST FOR REPLACEMENT BY A DEALERSHIP? *TR

DRIVING AT POSTED 55 MPH OUR 2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER WITH 50,000 MILES ON IT STARTED TO BLOW SMOKE BEHIND IT. BEFORE WE COULD PULL OFF THE ROAD SAFELY, THE ENGINE RPM WENT CRAZY AND THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING. IT WAS LATER FOUND THAT THE TRANSMISSION COOLER LINE FAILED DUE TO CORROSION AND SPRAYED OIL ON THE EXHAUST SYSTEM RESONATOR. ON CAREFUL INSPECTION, THE TRANS COOLER LINES ARE CORRODED IN MANY PLACES. THE LINES ARE SO CLOSE TO THE EXHAUST SYSTEM THAT AN INSULATION MATERIAL HAD BEEN PLACED OVER THE LINES AND MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO HOLDING MOISTURE AND ACCELERATING THE RUST THROUGH. I AM WAITING FOR NEW LINES AND DO NOT KNOW IF THE TRANSMISSION IS DESTROYED. *TR

2002 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER EXTERIOR MIRRORS WILL NOT HOLD THEIR ADJUSTMENT SETTINGS. THE LOCAL DEALER HAS WORKED ON THIS PROBLEM NUMEROUS TIMES AND CAN'T SEEM TO FIND OR FIX THE PROBLEM. THE EXTERIOR MIRRORS WILL USUALLY END UP POINTING DOWN AS I DRIVE THE VEHICLE. I BELIEVE THAT THIS CAN BE A SAFETY PROBLEM AS THEY READJUST THEM SELVES IN TRAFFIC. CAN YOU HELP THE OWNERS OF THIS PARTICULAR MODEL? *TR

THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS QUIT WORKING ON MY 2002 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER I HAVE TRIED THE FUSES AND REPLACING HEADLIGHTS NOTHING WORKS, THE HIGHBEAM LIGHTS WORK. *TR