2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER AND THE CLUSTER IS GOING BAD . FINDING OUT THAT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS THIS PROBLEM . I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH MY CHEVY AVALANCHE AND IT WAS RECALLED . I THINK THAT THIS A PROBLEM WHILE DRIVING . I THINK SOMEONE SHOULD DO SOMETHING BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. BECAUSE THE GAUGES GO OUT THE ON AND WHILE DRIVING. IT COULD HURT A YOUNG DRIVER THAT DOESN'T WHAT TO DO. GM KNOWS THE PROBLEM BUT WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT . IT THE SAME PROBLEM THAT THEY DID A RECALL ON WITH THE TRUCKS. SO I THINK THEY SHOULD FIX THIS PROBLEM. SO COULD YOU PLEASE HELP BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT BAD OVER THIS PROBLEM. THANK YOU PLEASE HELP! *TR

WAS SMELLING GAS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF CAR. UPON INSPECTION DISCOVERED THE GAS TANK IS LEAKING. READING RECALLS DISCOVERED GM IS ONLY REPLACING TANKS ON VEHICLES MADE AT CERTAIN FACTORIES AND ONLY IN CERTAIN GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS. WITH THE AMOUNT OF VEHICLES AFFECTED GM SHOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THEM ALL WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT A MONEY PIT FOR ME AND HAS BEEN THE WORSE CAR I EVER OWNED BASED ON REPAIRS REQUIRED TO KEEP IT GOING. *TR

THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, MY SPEEDOMETER AND TRANS METER ON LEFT OF SPEEDOMETER STARTED SHOWING MY CHEVROLET SPEED WAS 80 MILES AN HOUR EVEN IN PARK. THEN WHILE I DRIVE IT WILL MOVE TO 100 MILES AN HOUR WHILE I'M DRIVING 35, AND IT MOVES UP AND DOWN DEPENDING ON MY SPEED. SOME TIMES IT WILL WORK OTHER TIMES IT WILL NOT SHOW THE CORRECT SPEED, OR ACCELERATION ON TRANS METER TO THE LEFT OF SPEEDOMETER. I HAVE WENT ONLINE AND SEEN 1000'S OF PEOPLE SAYING THE SAME THING AT THE SAME MILES OF THE CHEVROLET. 70,000-90,000 MOST ARE AROUND 80,000. SHOULDN'T THIS HAVE BEEN RECALLED YEARS AGO? AND WHY HAVE THIS ISSUE BEEN IGNORED FOR SO LONG? *TR

ISSUE ORIGINALLY OCCURRING IN 2008. SPEEDOMETER FAILED...FIRST GETTING STUCK THEN NOT RETURNING TO ZERO. WHEN TURNING VEHICLE ON AGAIN, SPEEDOMETER WOULD SPORADICALLY WORK, THEN GET STUCK, THEN STAY ON ZERO. BROUGHT TO 2 CHEVY DEALERSHIPS WHILE STILL UNDER WARRANTY (PURCHASED EXTENDED WARRANTY ON DATE OF PURCHASE) AND WAS TOLD "THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE REPRODUCED", SO NOTHING COULD BE DONE. THE PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT, AS WELL AS "SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT" GOING ON FOR PERIODS OF TIME ....AGAIN CHECKED BY GM DEALERSHIPS AND OTHER MECHANICS BUT NOTHING FOUND. HERE WE ARE IN 2012, I RECENTLY STARTED DRIVING THIS VEHICLE AGAIN AS MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING IT AND APPARENTLY DIDN'T MIND THE SPEEDOMETER NOT WORKING AT TIMES, BUT, WITH HIS UNEXPECTED DEATH IN NOVEMBER, AND MY SON AWAY AT COLLEGE, I HAD PLANNED TO GIVE THE VEHICLE TO MY SON TO TAKE TO COLLEGE, BUT NO SPEEDOMETER IS DEFINITELY A PROBLEM. AS I AM RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE I AM SEEING MANY CONSUMERS HAVE HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE. WHY HAS THIS NOT BEEN A RECALL BY GM. THERE ARE CLAIMS OF OTHER MECHANICS BEING ABLE TO REPAIR THIS ISSUE AT A PRETTY HEFTY COST. I AM IN NO POSITION TO PAY FOR A REPAIR OF SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF UNDER THE WARRANTY WE PURCHASED, WHICH, BY THE WAY WAS NOT CHEAP. IS NOT SAFETY SOMETHING GM HAS ON ITS' PRIORITY LIST. DRIVING WITH NO ABILITY TO KNOW HOW FAST OR SLOW YOU ARE TRAVELING IS DEFINITELY AN ISSUE. I REQUEST AN INVESTIGATION BE LAUNCHED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THIS DEFECT, WHICH I HAVE NO DOUBT WILL RESULT IN A GM RECALL TO REPAIR THIS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

I WAS WONDERING HOW COME THERE HASN'T BEEN A RECALL FOR THE CHEVY TRAILBLAZER EXT FOR THE THROTTLE BODY. I SEE THAT THEY HAVE RECALLS ON OTHER CHEVY CARS WITH THE SAME ISSUE. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE AS WHEN THIS GOES YOU HAVE A REDUCE ENGINE LIGHT THAT COMES ON. WHICH I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANT UNTIL MY CAR WASN'T GOING ANY MORE THAN 20 MPH. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS TO BE ON THE ROAD LIKE I WAS AND CAN'T SPEED UP OR BETTER YET TRYING TO TURN WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE THE POWER TO DO SO. ALSO, I SEE THAT THERE WERE ALSO ALOT OF ISSUES WITH THE SPEEDOMETER. WHICH ALSO I HAD THAT PROBLEM HAS TO PAY TOO MUCH MONEY TO GET THIS FIXED. AS HOW THEY WOULD SAY THEIR ARE MANUFACTURE PARTS WHICH DEFINITELY HURTS YOUR POCKETS. IF THEY KNOW THAT THEY HAVE THESE ISSUES THEY REALLY NEED TO RECTIFY BECAUSE BOTH OF THESE ISSUES CAUSE SOME SERIOUS PROBLEMS ON THE ROAD. I KNOW THEY ARE WEAR AND TEAR ON CARS / TRUCKS BUT IF YOU HAVE TOO MANY PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS I THINK THEY SHOULD DO SOMETHING TO RESOLVE THESE ISSUES. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER LT EQUIPPED WITH CONTINENTAL CONTITRAC TR TIRES (SIZE:P245/65R17) THAT WERE USED ON THE FRONT AND REAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SIDE WALLS HAD BECOME SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE. PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT AN ABNORMAL WOBBLE NOISE WAS BEING EMITTED FROM THE TIRES WHEN DRIVING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE OF THE TIRE WAS 51,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE. . ....UPDATED 05/23/12 *BF CONSUMER STATED TWO TIRES ON VEHICLE FAILED WITHIN 1500 MILES OF EACH OTHER (FIRST ONE FAILED ON DRIVERS SIDE AND SECOND ON PASSENGER SIDE REAR). CONSUMER CONTACTED CONTINENTAL TIRES ABOUT HAVING TIRES REPLACED BUT BECAUSE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED CONTINENTAL TIRES WOULD NOT REPLACE THEM . CONSUMER CALLED NHTSA AND FILED A COMPLAINT. UPDATED 6/6/12 *SD

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. WHILE TRAVELING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT ALL OF THE GAUGES ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 101,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DIGITAL INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILED. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO READ THE SPEED TRAVELED, MILEAGE OR FUEL LEVELS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 73,000.

TANK IS SUBJECT TO CRACKING CAUSING ROUGH IDLE VEHICLE SPEED SURGES AND GAS VAPORS IN THE VEHICLE AND AROUND THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE WILL FAIL EMISSIONS. MANUFACTURE RECALL WAS PUT OUT BUT VEHICLE HAS TO BE MADE AT A CERTAIN FACULTY AND MINE WASN'T, BUT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE RECALLED CARS. *JS

FUEL GAUGE HAS BEEN FLUCTUATING WILDLY FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS, GENERALLY READING EMPTY (EVEN AFTER FILL UP) BUT OCCASIONALLY FULL (WHEN A FILL UP IS NEEDED). DEALER SAID FUEL GAUGE SENSOR WAS BAD & THAT IT WOULD BE APPROX $900 TO FIX. LOOKING INTO THE PROBLEM ONLINE I SEE THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *JS