2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

SES LIGHT CHECKED BY DEALER, RECOMMEND REPLACE GAS TANK DUE TO EMISSIONS LEAK. RESEARCH INDICATED THIS IS A SPECIAL POLICY ADJUSTMENT TSB# 05012. VEHICLE IS A 2003 WITH 110,848 MILES. SPECIAL POLICY EXTENSION OF REPAIRS FOR 10 YEARS OR 150,000 MILES NOT HONORED BY DEALER. GM CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER CALLED SERVICE REQUEST# [XXX]. ASSISTANCE ALSO DENIED FROM GM. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER. UNSAFE HANDLING CHARACTERISTICS WHEN TRYING TO AVOID HITTING ANIMAL IN ROAD. UNSAFE REAR END SWAY. *TR

STARTING IN NOVEMBER 2008 WHILE LIVING IN MINNESOTA, THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ON MY 2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER STARTED SHOWING INCORRECT READINGS. FIRST, THE SPEEDOMETER, THEN AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER, MOST OF THE GAUGES LIKE FUEL, TEMP, AND OIL PRESSURE. THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD READ 100 MPH WITH THE CAR STOPPED. AFTER WINTER, THE GAUGES AND SPEEDOMETER RETURNED TO NORMAL WITH ONLY AN OCCASIONAL BAD READING. I MOVED TO FLORIDA IN 2009, AND WENT ABOUT SIX MONTHS WITH NO ISSUES, BUT STARTING SUMMER OF 2010, THE ERRATIC SPEEDOMETER READINGS STARTED AGAIN. I CONTACTED CHEVY AND WAS TOLD A SIMILAR PROBLEM HAD BEEN THE SUBJECT OF A RECALL FOR TAHOES AND OTHER VEHICLES, BUT THAT THE TRAILBLAZER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, AND I WOULD HAVE TO PAY THE +/- $700 REPAIR BILL MYSELF. *TR

2003 TRAILBLAZER INSTRUMENT PANEL INOPERATIVE. GOES IN AND OUT BUT DOES NOT SHOW ACCURATE SPEED OR GAUGES. *TR

FUEL GUAGE READS PAST FULL WHEN NOT, FUEL GAUGE READS EMPTY WHEN FULL SPEEDOMETER READS 114 WHEN AT STOP, NEEDLE POINTS DOWN WHEN AT HIGHWAY SPEED NOTHING DONE TO CORRECT FAILURE AT THIS TIME. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPER ON, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO TURN THEM OFF BUT THEY CONTINUED FOR APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE PROBLEM PROGRESSED AND WORSENED; TO TURN THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS OFF, THE CONTACT HAD TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL 04V046000 (VISIBILITY: WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,950 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 59,980.

SPEEDOMETER ON OUR 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER STARTED ACTING ERRATICALLY--NEVER GOING DOWN TO ZERO, GOING UP TO 80 OR ABOVE FOR NO REASON, ETC.--ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO. IN A MATTER OF WEEKS, AFTER THE FIRST ONSET OF THE PROBLEM, IT STOPPED WORKING ALTOGETHER AND HAS NOT MOVED ABOVE ZERO SINCE. WE WERE TOLD THAT THE WHOLE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED TO FIX THE ISSUE WITH THE SPEEDOMETER. LUCKILY, ALL OF THE OTHER GAUGES ARE STILL FUNCTIONING PROPERLY AS OF RIGHT NOW BUT FROM WHAT I HAVE FOUND IN MY RESEARCH OF THIS ISSUE IT SEEMS TO BE ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THEY ALL WILL CEASE TO FUNCTION PROPERLY AS WELL. I HAVE SEEN AND READ MANY REPORTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BUT I AM SURE IT WOULD BE SAFE TO SAY THAT THERE ARE MANY MORE INSTANCES THAT HAVE GONE UNREPORTED. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. IT DOES NOT SEEM LIKELY OR MERELY COINCIDENTAL THAT SO MANY TRAILBLAZERS ARE EXPERIENCING THE VERY SAME INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILURE. *TR

IN JULY 2010 MY TRAILBLAZERS CLUTCH FAN AND THERMOSTAT WENT OUT. I WAS ABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM BY THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS FILED ON THIS MODEL THAT WERE ON THE INTERNET. THEN IN OCTOBER MY TACHOMETER STARTED ACTING UP, IT BROKE NOVEMBER 24, 2010. THE SPEEDOMETER BROKE ON DECEMBER 3, 2010. I HAVE FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS ON THE CLUTCH FAN GOING OUT AND THE CLUSTER GOING OUT ON THE INTERNET. SOMEONE AT WORK HAD A PROBLEM WITH THEIR ENVOY AND IT WAS THE THERMOSTAT AND THEIR CLUTCH FAN GOING OUT. ALL AT FAIRLY LOW MILEAGE. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN GM FOR NOT WANTING TO REPAIR THESE ISSUES SO THE CONSUMER BEARS THE COSTS OF REPAIR WHICH IS ABOUT 500 FOR THE CLUTCH FAN AND THERMOSTAT AND 400 FOR THE CLUSTER.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH THE SPEEDOMETER DISPLAYED THAT HE WAS TRAVELING 100 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 98,000.

2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER CLUSTER PANEL QUIT WORKING. NO ODOMETER, RPM, AND OCCASIONALLY THE FUEL GAUGE. *TR