2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE LIKE NORMAL, STOPPED AT A GAS STATION AND WHEN IT WAS RESTARTED, THE FUEL GAUGE, OIL PRESSURE GAUGE, BATTERY GAUGE, TACHOMETER, PRETTY MUCH THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL STOPPED WORKING THEN CAME BACK ON. ALSO, INSTEAD OF READING DRIVER LIKE IT NORMALLY DOES, THE PANEL WAS READING UNKNOWN DRIVER. THEN AS WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE HOME, THE SPEEDOMETER WENT TO 0 AND WOULD NOT COME BACK UP. AFTER WE GOT HOME, THE NEXT DAY THE PANEL WORKED FINE. THIS HAS OCCURRED NUMEROUS TIME SINCE THE FIRST INCIDENT IN 2011. I HAVE READ MULTIPLE FORUMS AND POSTS ONLINE FROM OTHERS STATING IT IS THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER THAT MAY BE THE PROBLEM AND THERE WAS A RECALL ON OTHER CHEVY MAKES BUT NOT THE TRAILBLAZER. THIS IS A VERY SCARY PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE COVERED BY CHEVY DUE TO THE NUMEROUS OTHER TRAILBLAZER OWNERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE. *JB

SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT GIVE TRUE SPEED SOMETIMES AND SOMETIMES IT WILL BE RIGHT, SOMETIMES SPEEDOMETER WILL BE AT 50 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE IS NOT MOVING. TURNING. SWITCH OFF AND ON. SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE WILL GO BACK TO ZERO. TECHOMETER DOSE NOT WORK SOMETIMES. HAVE CHEKED ON LINE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM THERE ARE ALOT OF COMPLAINTS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON ALL THESE VEHICLES. *TR

CPSC#I11A0455A. 2003, 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. CONSUMER STATED HE HAS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH BURNED CONNECTIONS AT HEADLIGHTS AND BLOWER MOTOR RESISTORS. *LN THE CONSUMER STATED ONE OF THE 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZERS HEAD LIGHT CONNECTORS BURNED, THE OTHER 2003 AND 2005, THE CONNECTOR FOR THE AC BLOWER RESISTOR BURNED. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TRAIL BLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED HE STARTED SMELLING AN ODOR OF GASOLINE FUEL COMING FROM THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE AND WHEN HE REFUELED, GASOLINE FUEL WOULD SPILL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY NEEDED TO REPLACE THE FUEL TANK.THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE 89,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

SPEEDOMETER, GENERATOR GAUGE, AND OIL PRESSURE GAUGE STOPPED WORKING OVER THREE YEARS AGO. I CHECKED FOR A RECALL BUT WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOT ONE ON THIS MODEL. I WAS TOLD THERE WERE RECALLS FOR OTHER CHEVROLET VEHICLES, AND KEPT WAITING FOR A NOTICE REGARDING THE TRAILBLAZER. I AM WORRIED NOW THE FUEL GAUGE WILL STOP WORKING. THE MILEAGE IS NOW AT ALMOST 81,000 MILES. THE SPEEDOMETER AND OTHER GAUGE ISSUES CREATE A VERY HAZARDOUS PROBLEM, AND IS DETRIMENTAL TO THE SAFETY OF ME AND MY CHILDREN / OTHER PASSENGERS. I WOULD LIKE TO BE NOTIFIED OF A RECALL NOTICE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE REAR HATCH THE, CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR WINDOW HAD SUDDENLY EXPLODED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 100,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

OUR 2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER HAS SMELLED LIKE FUEL FOR A FEW MONTHS AND WE HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH GAS LIKE CRAZY. WE JUST DISCOVERED A CRACKED VALVE CONNECTING THE HOSE TO THE FUEL TANK. OF COURSE, CHEVY DOESN'T JUST SELL THE VALVE, THEY WANT YOU TO BUY A WHOLE NEW TANK. AFTER RESEARCHING ONLINE, THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM, MAYBE A DEFECT WITH THIS MODEL AND MAKE FOR 2002-2004 MODELS. I HAVE 3 SMALL CHILDREN AND AM CONCERNED THAT THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE. WE HAD ANOTHER DEFECT PROBLEM WITH OUR TRAILBLAZER LAST YEAR, WHERE THE HINGES ON THE REAR DOOR WORE OUT AND WE HAD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE DOOR. THIS IS ALSO A COMMON PROBLEM WITH TRAILBLAZERS, BUT CHEVY WILL NOT ISSUE A RECALL. WE PAID THE $2500 FOR THE REAR DOOR, BUT I DON'T WANT TO PAY ANOTHER $1000+ FOR THE FUEL TANK. THIS VEHICLE IS BECOMING A MONEY PIT. *JS

I STARTED MY VEHICLE AND THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER DID NOT WORK. NO PRECHECK LIGHTS EXCEPT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND NONE OF THE INSTRUMENTS ON THE PANEL WOULD WORK. TRIED SHUTTING DOWN THE ENGINE AND RESTARTING BUT TO NO AVAIL. *TR

WAS PREVIOUSLY CONTACTED BY AN "[XXX]" FROM WASHINGTON, DC TO RETRIEVE THE POWER WINDOW MODULE THAT HAD CAUGHT FIRE. I WAS GOING TO TURN THE PART OVER TO NHTSA. I AM IN DC AT THE US POSTAL SERVICE HQ ON MON/WED/TH. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

STARTED THE CAR AND PULLED OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY WAS GOING 0-5 MPH AND THE SPEEDOMETER SHOT UP TO 40. STARTED DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND IT STAYED STUCK AT 40, BUT I WAS DOING 30MPH. PULLED INTO THE STORE 2 BLOCKS UP, SHUT THE CAR OFF. WHEN I TURNED IT BACK ON THE CAR WAS REGISTERING 13 MPH AT A DEAD STOP. WENT BACK HOME, CAR SAT OVERNIGHT. STARTED IT FOR WORK IN THE MORNING ON SUNDAY AND IT WAS IDLING AT 8 MPH. STARTED DRIVING TO WORK AND THE SPEEDOMETER WAS REGISTERING 60 MPH, YET I WAS GOING WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC ON A CITY STREET THAT'S SPEED LIMIT WAS 45MPH. SEEMS I NEED TO KEEP TURNING OFF THE CAR AND TURNING IT BACK ON AGAIN IN ORDER FOR THE SPEEDOMETER TO RESET TO A LOWER NUMBER (I.E. 3 OR 8 MPH AT A DEAD STOP, VS. 13 TO 18 MPH AT A DEAD STOP). REVVED THE ENGINE TO SEE WHAT THE RESPONSE WOULD BE, TACHOMETER REGISTERED INCREASE, BUT THE SPEEDOMETER DID NOT BUDGE AT ALL! I WORRY THE DAY IT WILL SAY I AM DOING 40 BUT I AM ACTUALLY DOING 55 AROUND A CURVE. THE CAR IS ABSOLUTELY OFF LIMITS TO MY 17 YEAR OLD NOW. FUNNY THING IS I PREFERRED HER DRIVING THE TRAILBLAZER FOR SAFETY VS. HER LITTLE VW CONVERTIBLE. NOT ANY MORE!! I DO NOT SEE HOW CHEVY CLAIMS THIS IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE! *TR