2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 30 MPH WHEN ANOTHER DRIVER INFORMED HER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. THE CONTACT MOVED OFF THE ROADWAY AND ATTEMPTED TO EXIT THE VEHICLE BUT THE DOORS WOULD NOT UNLOCK. THE DOOR FINALLY OPENED AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS OF ENGAGING THE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCK FUNCTION. THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS NOTIFIED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS AN ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 157,000. ...UPDATED 07-10-13 *BF UPDATED 07/16/2013 *JS

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY WHEN I NOTICED MY HEADLIGHTS WENT DARK. ALL THE OTHER ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS WORKED WELL (RADIO AND STUFF) AND THE LIGHTS CAME BACK ON ABOUT 10 SECONDS LATER. THE INCIDENT HAS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES, BUT I CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT IS CAUSING IT. IT'S HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY, THE STREET, MY DRIVEWAY WHEN I PULL IN... USUALLY IT LASTS ABOUT 20 SECONDS AND THEN THE LIGHTS COME BACK ON. THE HIGH BEAMS STILL SEEM TO WORK, THOUGH. *TR

DUE TO A SERVICE ENGINE SOON WARNING LIGHT AND SMELLING GAS INSIDE MY VEHICLE, I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO MY LOCAL MECHANIC. HE STATED THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE NECK OF MY FUEL TANK. THE TANK NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. HE ALSO STATED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH TRAILBLAZERS. I LOOKED UP ANY RECALLS. FOUND SPECIAL COVERAGE ADJUSTMENT - FUEL TANK INLET CHECK VALVE FRACTURE#07099A. I CALLED A LOCAL DEALER WHO CONFIRMED THAT WAS RIGHT. HOWEVER MY VIN # DOES NOT FALL UNDER VIN #'S LISTED. THE DEALER CALLED A LOCAL GM REP. AND I WAS OFFERED 40% COVERED BY GM MEANING I WOULD HAVE TO COVER THE OTHER 60%. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY ONLY SOME VIN#'S ARE IN THIS AND NOT ALL OF THEM. IT SEEMS THAT THIS A PROBLEM THAT IS VERY COMMON IN THESE TRAILBLAZERS. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING MY FAMILY OF 5 AROUND IN THIS TRAILBLAZER WITH A FRACTURE FUEL TANK INLET CHECK VALVE AND THE STRONG SMELL OF GAS IN THE TRUCK AND RISK OF FIRE FROM GAS LEAKING OUT. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ITEM SO THAT THOSE OF US THAT HAVE TRAILBLAZERS NOT WITH IN THE VIN #'S COVERED CAN GET THIS FIXED AND BE SAFE. CHEVROLET/GM SHOULD STEP UP AND MAKE THIS A RECALL THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

FIRST, ALL MY LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD FLASH AT RANDOM TIMES (LIKE THE SEATBELT, ABS, CHECK ENGINE SOON, ETC.). THEN MY TACHOMETER (RPM GAUGE) STOPPED WORKING. NEXT MY GAS GAUGE STOPPED WORKING. NEXT CAME THE SPEEDOMETER. IT WOULD GET STUCK AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS AS A STARTING POINT AND I WOULD HAVE TO SUBTRACT THAT STARTING POINT SPEED FROM MY SPEEDOMETER SPEED TO FIND THE ACTUAL SPEED. FOR INSTANCE, IF THE SPEEDOMETER WAS STUCK ON 25 MPH WHEN I WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT, THEN ONCE I PICKED UP SPEED TO 100 MPH, I KNEW I WAS TRAVELING AT 75 MPH. FOR THE LAST 5 MONTHS THOUGH THE SPEEDOMETER HASN'T WORKED AT ALL. *TR

THERE ARE A FEW THINGS. AND I JUST WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE IS A RECALL OR POSSIBLE RECALL ISSUE AT HAND. THE FIRST THING THAT HAPPENED WAS THE RPM GAUDGE. IT WILL STICK AT 3000RPM OR HIGHER. BUT THE ENGINE IS NOT OVER REVING AND THE NEEDLE STILL MOVES UP AND DOWN AS IF IT WOULD WHEN READING CORRECTLY. BUT DOESN'T DROP BELOW THE 3000RPM. THEN IT RANDOMLY RESETS AND WORKS CORRECTLY THEN WILL AGAIN RANDOMLY STICK AT 3000 EMPTY OR HIGHER. THE NEXT THING THAT HAPPENS IS THE BATTERY LIGHT WILL RANDOMLY FLICKER. NOT ALL THE TIME JUST AT RANDOM. I HAD THE BATTERY TESTED AND ITS HOLDING A CHARGE JUST FINE. THE WEIRD THING NEXT WAS I KILLED THE POWER. NO KEY IN AT ALL AND IT STILL FLICKERED ON MY DASHBOARD. THEN STOPPED THE NEXT DAY. ANOTHER THING I WAS DRIVING HOME 1 NIGHT FROM WORK. TURNED MY BLINKERS ON TO TURN ONTO MY ROAD AND MY INTERIOR LIGHTS SLOWLY COME ON AND SLOWLY TURN BACK OFF. MY HEAD LIGHT WIRE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE BURNT OUT ABOUT A YR AGO WHICH I REPLACED. NOW I'M HAVING ISSUES WITH THE DRIVERS SIDE. THE BULB FOR MY LOW BEAM IS NOT BLOWN. IF U HIT IT COMES BACK ON. MY DRIVERS SIDE SPEAKER HAS NOT WORKED SINCE I PURCHASED MY TRAILBLAZER. AND IT WILL RANDOMLY WORK. THIS IS RECENT. I REALLY THINK THERE IS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. AND MY CONSENT IS A FIRE. IVE HAD IT JUST UNDER 2 YRS. AND I'M ONLY THE 2ND OWNER AND IT HAD 34000 MILES ON IT WHEN I BOUGHT IT IN JUNE OF 2011. *TR

AFTER COMPLETELY FILLING THE GAS TANK, FUEL BEGAN HEAVILY POURING OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. IT APPEARS THAT THERE IS A LEAK WHERE THE FUEL HOSE (NOT SURE OF THE EXACT PART NAMES) MEETS THE FUEL TANK. IT SEEMS THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT AS OTHER COMPLAINTS PERTAINING TO THIS ISSUE ARE VERY NUMEROUS. *TR

LATCH MECHANISM FAILURE. INVESTIGATED BY CPST. LATCH INSTALLED ACCORDING TO MANUAL IN A REAR FACING MODE WITH TOP TETHER ON A SUNSHINE KIDS RADIAN XTSL. WHEN INSTALLED THE CHILD RIDING IN THE CAR IS ABLE TO REPEATEDLY KICK THE LATCH BY HER FEET AND LOOSEN IT. THE BELT SLIPS AND DOESN'T REMAIN WITH A TIGHT INSTALL. BOTH WEBBING IS PARALLEL AND SHOULD "LOCK" INTO PLACE BUT IT FAILS TO DO SO. (RELATED VEHICLE INFORMATION: MODEL YEAR=2004, MAKE=CHEVROLET, MODEL=TRAILBLAZER). *TR

I FEEL THAT I'M BEING TREATED UNFAIRLY, BECAUSE OF A SYSTEM CREATED BY GM,TO DETERMINE WHICH MODEL TRAILBLAZER VEHICLES ARE ARE SELECTED FOR RECALL REPAIR WITH SAFETY RELATED PROBLEMS. EVEN IF THE PROBLEM IS THE SAME, IN MY CASE. IE: A FAULTY FUEL TANK, THAT LEAKS FUEL. TODAY I HAD MY TANK TESTED BY A CHEVY DEALER, WHO TOLD ME I HAD A CRACKED TANK, WHERE THE FUEL TANK FILLER-NECK CONNECTS TO THE TANK. HE SAID IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL, BECAUSE MY MODEL WAS NOT A TRAILBLAZER EXT. MY MODEL IS TRAILBLAZER LS. BUT IT HAS THE SAME UNSAFE LEAK, FROM THE SAME LOCATION, AS THE EXT MODEL. MY MILEAGE, AND YEAR FIT THE RECALL,AND SO DOES THE PROBLEM. SO! WHY NOT THE FIX? THE DEALER TOLD ME IT WOULD COST ME $1700 TO REPAIR. WHY DO I HAVE TO PAY FOR THE SAME UNSAFE PROBLEM, THAT OTHERS ARE NOT? I CAN SHOW YOU PHOTOS OF 3 DIFFERENT TRAILBLAZER MODELS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. AND YOU COULD NOT PICK OUT WHICH ONE WAS MINE. SO WHY ARE THEY ONLY FIXING ONE MODEL..ALSO I'M STARTING TO GET A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT POPPING ON AND OFF. THIS COULD POSSIBLY BE CONNECTED TO THE FUEL TANK LEAK. SO NOW, WHEN I GO TO EMISSIONS TESTING I'M GOING TO FAIL. MAKING ME RESPONSIBLE TO PAY FOR REPAIRS, THAT ARE CLEARLY A DEFECTIVE FUEL DELIVERY SYSTEM. *TR

DUE TO A SERVICE ENGINE SOON WARNING LIGHT AND SMELLING GAS INSIDE MY VEHICLE, I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO MY LOCAL MECHANIC. HE STATED THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE NECK OF MY FUEL TANK. THE TANK NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. HE ALSO STATED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH TRAILBLAZERS. I THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE GM DEALER WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED. THEIR INITIAL DIAGNOSIS WAS THE FUEL CAP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AT THAT POINT I ASKED THEM TO CHECK FOR A CRACK. THEY DID AND VERIFIED THERE IS A CRACK. I MENTIONED GM CAMPAIGN 07099A - A RECALL FOR TRAILBLAZER EXT'S TO REMEDY THIS PROBLEM BY REPLACING THE FUEL TANK AT NO CHARGE. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS RECALL ONLY AFFECTED CERTAIN VIN #'S AND MINE IS NOT WITHIN THE AFFECTED NUMBER RANGE. I BELIEVE THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SAFETY DEFECT THAT SHOULD BE REMEDIED BY THE DEALER AT NO COST TO ME. THE DEALER OFFERED A 50/50 RESOLUTION WHICH TO ME ONLY SERVES TO PROVE THEIR CULPABILITY IN THE MATTER. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND AM VERY CONCERNED FOR MY SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF MY TWO YEAR OLD GRANDDAUGHTER WHOM I REGULARLY TRANSPORT IN THIS VEHICLE. *TR

I WAS GETTING ON THE EXPRESSWAY & BOTH HEADLIGHTS JUST STOPPED WORKING. I DROVE HOME WITH NO LIGHTS ON THE FRONT OF MY CAR IN THE DARK, VERY VERY VERY UNSAFE. HOW DO ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE FRONT OF YOUR CAR GO OUT ALL AT THE SAME TIME. *TR