2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

NONE OF THE DASHBOARD INSTRUMENT GAUGES ARE WORKING IN MY 2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER. IT BEGAN WITH THE SPEEDOMETER NOT WORKING PROPERLY. IT WOULDN'T WORK AT TIMES THEN IT WOULD SUDDENLY START WORKING AND THEN THE NEEDLE WOULDN'T GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ZERO AND IT WOULD START AT 10 OR 15. I GOT A TICKET ONCE BECAUSE THE TROOPER SAID I WAS GOING ABOUT 70MPH & THE GAUGE WAS READING 60MPH. THE OTHER GAUGES BEGAN TO GO OUT ONE AT A TIME. *TR

STEPPER MOTOR IN MY 2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER WITH APPROXIMATELY 146000 MILES WENT BAD. DOES NOT READ CORRECT FUEL LEVEL. DEALER STATED THAT FUEL SENDER UNIT WAS WORKING THAT THE WHOLE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. HAVE SEEN ONLINE THAT MANY TRAILBLAZER OWNERS ARE REPORTING SIMILAR ISSUES. WAS TOLD MANY OTHER GM VEHICLES WITH SAME INSTRUMENT CLUSTERS HAVE FAILED AND WERE REPLACED VIA RECALL. *LN

I HAVE A CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER 2003. I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AS USUAL. THE SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING AND OTHER VARIOUS LIGHTS ON MY DASH BOARD LIT UP, I.E. CHANGE OIL LIGHT, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. A CHEVROLET DEALER CHECKED THE VEHICLE AND TOLD ME IT WAS THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER AND THAT IT WOULD BE ABOUT $420,00. IT WORKS PERIODICALLY FOR A FEW DAYS AND THEN GOES BACK OUT AGAIN. I HAVE CHECKED THE WEB SITE AND CHEVROLET KNOWS ABOUT THIS AND HAD A RECALL FOR A SHORT TIME AND DID NOT NOTIFY ITS CUSTOMERS. I ONLY FOUND ABOUT THIS WHEN A FRIEND ALSO HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH HER TAHOE AND SHE HAD TALKED TO A MECHANIC WHO SAID HE FIXED THE SAME PROBLEM FOR ONE OF HIS CUSTOMERS AND FOUND OUR THAT THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL THAT CHEVROLET DID NOT NOTIFY IT'S CUSTOMERS. MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE DOCTORS APPT. THAT ARE AT LEAST 75 MILES ONE WAY AND I WORRY ABOUT GETTING A TICKET OR HAVING FURTHER VEHICLE DAMAGE RELATED TO THIS CONCERN. *TR

THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ON MY 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER FAILS TO REGISTER THE ACTUAL READINGS FOR SPEED AND/OR RPMS. *TR

I HAVE A FUEL LINE LEAK AND MY HUSBAND GOT ON-LINE AND SAW THAT THERE IS POSSIBLY GOING TO BE A RECALL. I CALLED CHEVY AND THE GUY TOLD ME THAT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF "SPECIAL COVERAGE" FOR THIS. HE ASKED ME MY MILEAGE AND THE VIN NUMBER THEN PUT ME ON HOLD. THEN HE CAME BACK ON LINE AND TOLD ME THAT MY TRAILBLAZER WAS 10,000 MILES OVER THE LIMIT FOR THE COVERAGE. I THINK THIS IS RIDICULOUS. IT'S ONLY 7 YRS. OLD AND I DON'T THINK THAT MILEAGE SHOULD HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT. IT'S A SAFETY HAZARD AND I HAVE 3 CHILDREN THAT ARE PASSENGERS IN THIS VEHICLE. SO THEREFORE I HAVE NO VEHICLE UNTIL THIS IS FIXED AND THE COST IS SO OUTRAGEOUS THAT I HAVE NO IDEA WHEN I'LL BE ABLE TO GET IT FIXED AND I HAVE NO WAY OF GETTING MYSELF TO AND FROM WORK AND I'M GOING TO HAVE TO TRY TO RELY ON OTHER PEOPLE TO TAKE ME TO AND FROM PLACES. I THINK THIS PROBLEM SHOULD HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH MILEAGE OF A VEHICLE AND THAT CHEVY SHOULD FIX THIS. I HAVE READ ON-LINE OF ALOT PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE WITH THEIR TRAILBLAZER. *TR

MY 2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER'S SPEEDOMETER JUST FROZE UP. SITTING STILL, I AM DOING 90 MPH. I TRIED DISCONNECTING THE NEGATIVE BATTERY TERMINAL TO RESET IT, BUT THAT DID NOT WORK. *TR

MY 2003 TRAILBLAZER HAS A SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER THAT QUIT WORKING MOST OF THE TIME. I CONTACTED A GM DEALER AND WAS INFORMED IT WOULD COST ABOUT $500 TO REPAIR. MY CARS INSPECTIONS RUNS OUT SOON AND CANT BE INSPECTED TILL THIS ISSUE IS REPAIRED. *TR

1-15-11 MY 2003 TRAILBLAZER SPEEDOMETER STUCK ON 20MPH. AFTER A SHORT DRIVE, SHUT THE CAR OFF, ONCE STARTED IT WAS STUCK JUST BELOW 10 MPH. THE TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE TODAY IS 30 DEGREES. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER. *TR

SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING PROPERLY. MAY READ 90 AT A DEAD STOP, MAY READ 30 WHEN TRAVELING AT 70, MAY READ 120 AT 50. NO PROPER WAY TO JUDGE SPEED, HAVE BEEN USING GPS FOR SPEED. WITH SPEEDOMETER WORKING IMPROPERLY, OTHER EQUIPMENT IN VEHICLE IS WORKING IMPROPERLY ALSO (I.E. COMPUTER COMPONENTS, EMISSION COMPONENTS,ETC.) *TR

I PURCHASED A 2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER ONE YEAR AGO WITH 63K MILES. AT 85K MILES, THE SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING. MOST OFTEN, THE VEHICLE DEFECT OCCURS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN CRUISE CONTROL MODE. HOWEVER, ONCE CRUISE CONTROL IS TURNED OFF, THE DEFECT PERSISTS. EVEN WHEN THE CAR IS COMPLETELY TURNED OFF, WITH THE KEY REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION, THEN RESTARTED, THE DEFECT PERSISTS. THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF SITUATIONS WHEN THIS PROBLEM OCCURS: 1) THE SPEEDOMETER REGISTERS A SPEED, BUT IT IS ROUGHLY 15MPH LESS THAN THE VEHICLES ACTUAL SPEED. THIS, OF COURSE, IS QUITE DANGEROUS IF THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE DOES NOT KNOW ABOUT THE DEFECT, FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT IS HAPPENING FOR THE FIRST TIME. IT CAN BE COSTLY TO THE POCKETBOOK, DRIVING RECORD, AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY. 2) THE CAR IS DRIVING, BUT THE SPEEDOMETER REGISTERS 0MPH. WHEN I FIRST NOTICED THE PROBLEM, I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY. I HAVE A GPS FEATURE THAT ALLOWS ME TO DETECT SPEED (THANKFULLY) AND ACCELERATED TO 80PMH FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME, BUT THE SPEEDOMETER STILL REGISTERED 0MPH. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET, I REALIZED THIS WAS AN EXTREMELY COMMON PROBLEM, NOT JUST WITH CHEVY TRAILBLAZERS, BUT WITH A WHOLE HOST OF OTHER GM VEHICLES. ADDITIONALLY, THOSE MAKING REPORTS CLAIMED THEY HAD SOUGHT OTHER OUTLETS OF REPAIR, MANY OF THEM COSTLY, ALL OF THEM TO NO AVAIL. EACH CUSTOMER COMPLAINED THAT GM WAS IN NO WAY HELPFUL AND HAD NO INTENTION OF RECALLING VEHICLES, DESPITE THE FACT THAT THIS IS A COMMON AND DANGEROUS DEFECT. UPON FURTHER RESEARCH, I DISCOVERED THERE WAS A SMALL SETTLEMENT CONCERNING THE ISSUE, THUS SUGGESTING THAT GM ACKNOWLEDGES RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DEFECT. HOWEVER, THE SETTLEMENT ONLY COVERS A SMALL NUMBER OF VEHICLES, AND TO DATE, NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE PERSONALLY CONTACTED CHEVROLET AND AM AWAITING A REPLY. ADDITIONALLY, I PLAN TO TAKE MY VEHICLE INTO THE DEALERSHIP, BUT AS I AM IN THE MILITARY, I MUST WAIT UNTIL MY SCHEDULE ALLOWS. *TR