2007 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER SS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE OVERHEATED DUE TO THE TEMPERATURE SENSORS FAILING. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE FOR THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

THE GAS GAUGE REGISTERS FULL WHEN FILLED WITH GAS BUT AFTER 20 MILES OR SO IT INDICATES EMPTY. CALLED DEALER AND WAS TOLD GM WILL REPLACE FOR 1/2 PRICE. DOESN'T MAKE SENSE IT'S A DEFECT AND SHOULD BE REPAIRED FREE OF CHARGE. *TR

MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING WITH THE WHOLE FAMILY IN THE CAR, IT WAS RAINING THAT MORNING AND ONLY A MINUTE INTO OUR DRIVE, THE DRIVERS DOOR WINDOW ROLLED DOWN BY ITSELF...HE PUSHED THE SWITCH FOR THE WINDOW TO GO BACK UP..THE WINDOW WENT BACK UP AND NOT EVEN 30SECONDS LATER IT ROLLED DOWN AGAIN ON ITS OWN...AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME SMOKE STARTED BILLOWING OUT OF THE DRIVERS DOOR, THE SMOKE FILLED THE CAR, IT SMELLED LIKE AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. WE WERE ONLY A BLOCK FROM HOME SO WE TOOK THE CAR HOME, PULLED THE INTERIOR FROM THE DOOR WHERE WE DISCOVERED THE SWITCHES THAT CONTROL THE LOCKS, WINDOWS, AND SIDE MIRRORS WERE ALL MELTED AND STILL SMOKING...WE DISCONNECTED ALL THE SWITCHES AND ARE WITHOUT USE OF ANY DRIVERS DOOR ELECTRICAL SWITCHES. *TR UPDATED 10/03/12*LJ UPDATED 10/04/2012 *JS

THE POWER WINDOW SWITCH IN THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR WAS MELTING AND EXTREMELY HOT TO THE TOUCH. THE SWITCH BURNED OUT AND WE HAD TO REMOVE IT TO PREVENT A POTENTIAL FIRE. I TELEPHONED GM ABOUT IT AS THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL ON MY YEAR AND MODEL OF CAR BUT I WAS TOLD MY CAR DIDN'T FALL INTO THE RECALL. CLEARLY I HAVE THE SAME ISSUE THAT WAS REPORTED BY OTHERS AND THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE WITH THAT SWITCH SINCE I OWNED THE VEHICLE. IT WOULD STOP WORKING THEN COME BACK ON. I TOOK IT TO THEM ONCE BEFORE BUT THE SWITCH WAS WORKING SO THEY SAID THERE WAS NO ISSUE. *TR UPDATED 10/24/12*LJ UPDATED 10/26/2012 *JS

CAR HAS A DELAY IN STARTING. STARTS TO TURN OVER, BUT SOUNDS LIKE ITS TRYING TOO HARD. ONCE STARTED THE CLOCK RESETS TO 1200 AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. WHEN THE DEALERSHIP CHECKED FOR A CODE THE ONLY THING THAT CAME UP HAD TO DO WITH THE GAS CAP NOT BEING ON TIGHT. IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING WITH MORE FREQUENCY REGARDLESS OF HOW TIGHT THE GAS CAP IS. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS NO LONGER COMING ON. BATTERY GAUGE IS WHERE IT SHOULD BE ONCE IT STARTS AND DOES NOT DRAIN. WONDERING IF IT COULD POSSIBLE BE A FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH, BUT THE DEALERSHIP WON'T ATTEMPT A FIX AS THEY CANNOT GET THE PROBLEM TO DUPLICATE. *TR

THIS INCIDENT WAS ORIGINALLY TRANSMITTED TO NHTSA FOR INVESTIGATION PURPOSES AND I WAS IN CONTACT WITH [XXX] FROM NHTSA. AFTER RECALL WAS ISSUED, I CONTACT GM REGARDING THE SITUATION SO THAT I COULD GET REIMBURSED FOR CHARGES DUE TO THIS RECALL AND GM HAS REFUSED TO OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE THEY SAID BASED ON MY VIN. I CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY IF I HAD THIS EXACT PROBLEM AND WAS PART OF THE NHTSA INVESTIGATION PROCESS FOR THIS RECALL THAT GM IS NOT HONORING THE RECALL. MY VEHICLE MATCHES ALL THE RECALL INFORMATION, YET GM SAYS IT IS VIN SPECIFIC AND MINE IS NOT PART OF THE RECALL, AND REFUSES TO HELP ME. PLEASE HELP? INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WE WENT OUT TO OUR CAR AFTER CHURCH AND NOTICED THE WINDOW WAS PART WAY DOWN ON THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE AND THERE WAS THIS STRONG SMELL OF BURNING ELECTRONICS. THE DOOR'S ELECTRONICS DO NOT WORK AT ALL. *TR

GAS GAUGE REGISTERS AT START-UP, BUT DROPS TO EMPTY WITHIN FIVE MINUTES OF STARTING WHILE VEHICLE IS RUNNING WITH NO WAY TO EVALUATE HOW MUCH FUEL IS LEFT IN THE TANK. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR STARTED TO SMOKE. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED.THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

VEHICLE FUEL GAUGE GOES TO EMPTY WHEN AT LEAST 1/2 TANK OF GAS IN VEHICLE. ONGOING PROBLEM. IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE THIS IS OR SHOULD BE A RECALL ISSUE, BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PERSONS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR