2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER EXT THAT HAS A FAULTY GAS GAUGE I CANNOT TELL HOW MUCH GAS I HAVE ITS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WHEN YOU HAVE CHILDREN YOU NEED TO PICK UP DAILY AND DRIVE TO PRACTIVES NOT KNOWING HOW MUCH GAS YOU HAVE SO YOUR ALWAYS IN A PANIC TO PUT MORE. *TR

I WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 55MPH AND THE SPEEDOMETER WAS INDICATING 120+MPH. THE SPEEDOMETER HAS BEEN STICKING AND INDICATING INCORRECT SPEED FOR ABOUT A MONTH. NORMALLY WHEN THE ENGINE IS COLD AND THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE IS COLD. WHEN DRIVING AND THE VEHICLE WARMS UP, THE SPEEDOMETER EVENTUALLY CORRECTS ITSELF AFTER STOPPING AT A LIGHT AND SHUTTING THE ENGINE OFF AND BACK ON. *TR

NOTE: THIS IS THE SECOND CATASTROPHIC BRAKE FAILURE FOR THIS VEHICLE ON SEPTEMBER 204 , 2012, WHILE ON A TRIP FROM HOUSTON TX TO WINONA MN, I WAS DRIVING DOWN A RANCH ROAD AND CAME TO A STOP TO LET A PASSENGER GET OUT AND OPEN A GATE. I DROVE THROUGH THE OPEN GATE AND PUT THE TRAILBLAZER IN PARK WHILE WAITING FOR THE GATE TO BE CLOSED AND THE PASSENGER TO GET BACK IN THE VEHICLE. I THEN WENT TO APPLY THE BRAKES IN ORDER TO MOVE THE TRANSMISSION FROM PARK TO DRIVE AND, ONCE AGAIN, THE BRAKING SYSTEM FAILED CATASTROPHICALLY, AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. A MECHANIC WAS CALLED OUT AND, HE TOO PUMPED THE BRAKE PEDAL, WHICH HIT THE FLOOR WITH NO RESISTANCE OF ANY KIND. THERE WERE THREE EYEWITNESSES TO THIS CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. THIS MECHANIC REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER AND FOUND OUT THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY 05 TRAILBLAZER OWNER WHO HAS SUFFERED THROUGH CATASTROPHIC BRAKE FAILURE EVENTS. A LISTING OF INVESTIGATIONS IS GIVEN ON THIS WEBSITE: HTTP://WWW.FAQS.ORG/CAR/CHEVROLET-TRAILBLAZER-2005/SERVICE-BRAKES/. *TR

, I WAS APPROACHING A LINE OF CARS STOPPED FOR A RED LIGHT. THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR AND I WAS DECELERATING AND MOVING AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH. AS I BEGAN TO APPLY THE BRAKES, THEY FAILED CATASTROPHICALLY. THE BRAKE PEDAL HIT THE FLOOR,WITH NO RESISTANCE, AND I RAN INTO THE BACK OF A STOPPED PICKUP TRUCK?.WATCHING IT ALL UNFOLD BEFORE MY EYES WHILE MY FOOT FRANTICALLY PUMPED THE BRAKE PEDAL, WHICH HIT THE FLOOR WITH EACH ATTEMPT. ALTHOUGH IT WAS A FRONT END COLLISION, THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *TR

I WAS REFUELING ON GAS, WHEN I STARTED THAT TRUCK BACK UP, MY FUEL INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON STATING THAT THE TRUCK WAS EMPTY OF FUEL. NOW MIND YOU I JUST PLACED $44.50 INTO THE GAS TANK WHICH AT THE TIME THE GAS PUMP CLICK TO LET ME KNOW THE TANK WAS FULL OF FUEL. IT TOOK ABOUT 2 DAYS FOR THE FUEL INDICATOR TO SHOW THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF FUEL IN THE TRUCK. NOW EVER TIME I FILL UP THE FUEL INDICATOR LIGHT STATES IT IS EMPTY AFTER TURNING THE TRUCK BACK ON AND OFF ON THE FOURTH TIME THEN THE INDICATOR LIGHT WILL SHUT OFF AND FUEL GAUGE WILL SHOW THAT CORRECT AMOUNT OF GAS. *TR

SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING STAYS POINTING AT 60 MPH AND WILL RISE FROM THERE AFTER STOPPING VEHICLE. *TR

FUEL GAUGE READS EMPTY, WITH THE LOW FUEL LIGHT ON, AFTER FILLING THE FUEL TANK. SOMETIMES, WHILE DRIVING OR AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE GAUGE NEEDLE MOVES UP AND READS NON-EMPTY AND THEN BACK TO EMPTY TRIGGERING THE LOW FUEL LIGHT AND THE LOW FUEL BELL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. WHILE PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE PROVIDED AN ERRONEOUS FUEL LEVEL READING OF EMPTY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MECHANIC ADVISED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED WITH A FLUCTUATION OF THE FUEL LEVEL GAUGE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,000.

VEHICLE HAS 145,000 MILES. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THE DASHBOARD'S GAS GAUGE HAS STOPPED WORKING. FIRST TIME OCCURRED AROUND 50,000 MILES AND IT WAS REPLACED. *TR

DUE TO A FAULTY GAS GAUGE THE CAR ENGINE STOPPED ON A HIGHWAY THREE MIILES AWAY FROM FUEL WITH CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE. *TR