2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE BOTH DRIVERS SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE BRAKE LIGHTS NUMEROUS TIMES ONLY TO HAVE THEM BURN OUT WITHIN 4-6 MONTHS OF INSTALLING NEW ONES. THIS CANNOT BE NORMAL. *TR

MY 2002 TRAILBLAZER HAS HAD ISSUES WITH THE FAN CLUTCH. IT REVS VERY HIGH AND THERE IS A NOTICEABLE POWER LOSS WITH ACCELERATION. READING POSTS ON MESSAGE BOARDS I HAVE NOTICED THAT THIS PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE A TREND AND THAT IS THE REASON I HAVE MADE THIS POST. I CAN ONLY HOPE THAT OTHERS WILL DO THE SAME AND THAT THERE WILL BE A SAFETY RECALL. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY I LOST POWER. I PULLED OVER AND FOUND THE TRANSMISSION COOLANT LINES HAD CORRODED. TRANSMISSION FLUID HAD ALL LEAKED OUT AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS RUINED. THE CAR WAS SERVICED AT THE DEALER 2 DAYS EARLIER AT THE DEALER. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A TYPICAL PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE AND SHOULD BE A RECALL. *TR

I OWN A 2002 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS PROBLEMS DEALING WITH BULBS. THE MAIN ISSUE I'M HAVING NOW IS THE FAN CLUTCH. MY ENGINE REVS REALLY HIGH WHEN I'M DRIVING. THE COST OF THE REPAIR IS WELL OVER $900. I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD QUALIFY AS A RECALL. I'VE RESEARCHED VARIOUS MESSAGE BOARDS & FIND THIS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH TRAILBLAZER OWNERS. *TR

SMELLED GASOLINE AROUND SUV, BECAME MORE PROMINENT ONE DAY WHEN STARTING SUV GASOLINE POURED OUT FROM UNDER. HAD SUV TOWED TO REPAIR STATION HAD TO REPLACE THE FUEL SENDING MODULE COST ME 367.90 PARTS 165.00 LABOR. *TR

WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE IN 2004-2005, ABOUT A YEAR LATER THE INSTRUMENT PANEL STARTED HAVING SOME INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS, THAT'S WHEN WE FOUND OUT ABOUT THE RECALLS. WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL DEALER (AIRPORT CHEVROLET) WHERE THE REPAIRS WERE MADE. ABOUT A YEAR LATER THE INSTRUMENT PANEL STARTED HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS, I TOOK IT BACK INTO THE DEALER, THEY SAID IT WOULD COST ME ABOUT $500 TO HAVE IT FIXED AND IT WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. I CONTACTED CHEVY BY EMAIL, AND AFTER A COUPLE OF MONTHS OF EMAILING BACK AND FORTH THEY SAID "THEY HAVE TO DRAW THE LINE ON AGE AND MILEAGE FOR THE RECALL". I TOLD THEM I WAS GOING TO CONTACT MY ATTORNEY, THEY SAID THEY DID NOT WANT TO HEAR ANYTHING MORE ABOUT IT AND NOT TO EMAIL AGAIN. SINCE THEN WE HAVE DRIVEN THE VEHICLE, THE MORE WE DRIVE IT, THE MORE SOMETHING ELSE, ELECTRICAL, GOES WRONG. I.E. THE REAR WIPER DOES NOT WORK, THE COOLING/HEATING FAN DOES NOT WORK, THE RADIO/CD PLAYER GETS REALLY HOT, THE LAST THING THAT HAPPENED WAS THE BATTERY GOT FRIED AND MY CELL PHONE WHILE PLUGGED INTO THE CIG LITER FOR RECHARGE ALMOST GOT FRIED, ALMOST TOO HOT TO TOUCH. SO I AM PAYING MONTHLY PAYMENTS FOR A VEHICLE I CAN NOT DRIVE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE REPAIR SHOP FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, IN WHICH THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLAMP WAS REPLACED. TWO WEEKS AFTER THE REPAIR, THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLAMP FAILED. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE REPAIR SHOP AND THEY INSPECTED THE HEADLIGHT AND CONCLUDED THAT THE WIRING MELTED. THE CONTACT THEN CALLED THE DEALER IN REFERENCE TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 06E025000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS) AND WAS INFORMED THAT HER VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM THE VIN RANGE. SHE WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR COSTS. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CONTACT IS IN THE PROCESS OF NOTIFYING THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 89,000.

THE FAN CLUTCH ON THIS PARTICULAR MODEL HAS A LONG HISTORY OF FAILURE, REPAIR MECHANIC HAS REPLACED MANY OF THESE UNITS. THIS FAILURE CAUSES A LOUD NOISE TO EMANATE FROM THE ENGINE AND RENDERS THE VEHICLE UNSAFE TO DRIVE DUE TO POTENTIAL ENGINE OVERHEARTING AND FAN CLUTCH LOCK-UP. *TR

THERE WERE NO SIGNS OR SYMPTOMS OF THE TRANSMISSION SUNSHELL BREAKING. I NEVER TOWED ANYTHING, NO OFF ROAD DRIVING, NO HARD SHIFTING, NOTHING. I JUST WOKE UP WENT OUT TO GO TO THE STORE STARTED MY TRAILBLAZER AND NO REVERSE GEAR JUST A WHINNING NOISE. *TR

FAN CLUTCH REPLACED ON MY 2002 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER THIS YEAR AND ALSO A WATER PUMP SECOND TIME. *TR