2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

I PURCHASED A 2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER FROM YOUNGER TOYOTA IN HAGERSTOWN, MD ON MAY 12, 2007. APPROXIMATELY A WEEK AND A HALF AFTERWARDS, I CONTACTED THE SALESMAN THAT SOLD US THE VEHICLE, PHIL YOUNG, COMPLAINING THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS MAKING A NOISE AND THE VEHICLE WASN'T SHIFTING CORRECTLY. HE TOLD ME TO BRING IT IN TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT. MY HUSBAND (NOT CAR SAVVY) SAID THAT THE NOISE WAS COMING FROM THE UNDERSIDE OF THE TRAILBLAZER AND FELT IT MIGHT BE THE BRAKES CAUSING THE NOISE AND JERKING. I STUCK TO MY GUNS THAT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION AND WANTED IT REPAIRED WHILE IT STILL HAD THE 30 DAY WARRANTY. YOUNGER DENIED IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION AND NOTED MY HUSBAND'S THEORY OF THE BRAKES, BUT NOTHING ABOUT MY COMPLAINT CONCERNING THE TRANSMISSION. THE TRAILBLAZER WAS TAKEN BACK 2 OR 3 MORE TIMES TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT, WE DEMANDED THEY FIX IT. THE TRAILBLAZER SAT IN THEIR LOT FOR THREE WEEKS BECAUSE WE WOULD TEST DRIVE IT AND BRING IT RIGHT BACK STATING THAT THE PROBLEM WAS STILL THERE. ON OR AROUND JANUARY 14, 2008 THE TRAILBLAZER BROKE DOWN IN CHARLESTOWN, WV. WE TOOK IT BY CREAMERS AUTOMOTIVE, THEY ASKED WHAT THE SYMPTOMS WERE AND THE MECHANIC DROVE AROUND THE BLOCK WITH ME, INSTANTLY STATED THAT IT WAS THE SUNSHELL IN THE TRANSMISSION AND THAT THEY HAD SOMEONE IN EARLIER THAT WEEK WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THEY HAD PURCHASED THEIR VEHICLE AT YOUNGER AUTOMOTIVE AS WELL AND THEY DENIED THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AND WOULDN'T NOTE IT ON THEIR PAPERWORK AS WELL. IN MY RESEARCH OF THIS PROBLEM, I FOUND IT TO BE VERY WIDESPREAD, THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ON ONE WEBSITE ALONE. THE SUNSHELL IS A FAULTY PART THAT SHOULD BE RECALLED BY GM. SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE HURT OR EVEN KILLED IF THIS ISN'T TAKEN CARE OF IMMEDIATELY. GM IS FULLY AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM, THERE HAVE BEEN HUNDREDS, MAYBE EVEN THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE AND SHOULD TAKE OWNERSHIP OF A PRODUCT THEY PRODUCE AND SELL. *TR

WITH NO PRIOR WARNING OF DEFECT, MY 2002 TRAILBLAZER WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WHILE TRYING TO MERGE INTO HIGHWAY TRAFFIC. AFTER INITIAL LOOK THROUGH FOR ANY OBVIOUS SIGNS OF WHAT MAY BE WRONG, I WAS UNABLE TO DRIVE MY CAR AND HAD IT TOWED TO NEAREST DEALERSHIP WHERE A TRANSMISSION FAILURE WAS QUICKLY DIAGNOSED AND I WAS QUOTED A REPAIR COST OF JUST UNDER $5,000 !!! MY WIFE AND I THINK THIS IS PRETTY ODD CONSIDERING THE REGULAR MAINTENANCE AND ABSENCE OF SIGNS OF TROUBLE, SO WE RESEARCHED THE INTERNET ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS (PARTICULARLY ON 2002 TRAILBLAZER) ARE VERY COMMON. IT IS BELIEVED THAT GENERAL MOTORS IS VERY MUCH AWARE OF THIS AND THE PHRASE "SILENT RECALL" KEPT COMING UP. *TR

BOTH REAR WINDOW REGULATORS WENT OUT AT THE SAME TIME NOT FROM WEAR HARDLY USED THEM MAKES TO MUCH NOISE. FOUR WHEEL DRIVE DIFFERENTIAL LOCKING HUB LOCKED IN WON'T COME OUT. ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH RADIO, DASH LIGHTS, HEATED SEATS JUST TO NAME A FEW. IDLE NOT RIGHT STALLS OUT WHILE IN PARK SOMETIMES. NOTHING FIXED YET HAVE TO SAVE MONEY BECAUSE COST TO MUCH TO GO TO DEALER,IT COSTS A 100.00 JUST TO HAVE THEM HOOK UP TO MACHINE AND THEN IT SAYS NOTHING IS WRONG BUT ALL THIS IS WRONG ,IT DOES NOT COMPUTE. *TR

THIS VEHICLE WOULD GO OUT OF GEAR WITHOUT WARNING BECAUSE OF A FAULTY 4 WHEEL DRIVE SWITCHING SYSTEM. THIS OCCURRED IN TRAFFIC, AND AN UNOCCUPIED PARK SITUATION. THE VEHICLE WENT OUT OF PARK AND ROLLED INTO A DOOR WHILE IN THE GARAGE. THE VEHICLE ALSO WENT OUT OF GEAR IN TRAFFIC SITUATIONS CAUSING THE DRIVER TO FIND THE ROAD SHOULDER. IF THE DRIVER MANIPULATED THE SWITCH IT WOULD SOMETIMES RE-ENGAGE THE TRANSMISSION. AN ENCODER MOTOR SENSOR WAS REPLACED, THEN FAILED IN TWO WEEKS. IT WAS THEN DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENCODER MOTOR WAS FAULTY AND CAUSING THE ENCODER SENSOR TO FAIL. REPLACED MOTOR AND SENSOR AGAIN. THIS IS A DEFECT THAT SHOULD BE PART OF THE EXISTING RECALL FOR ALL 2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZERS, NOT JUST THE SELECT FEW AS PRESCRIBED TODAY. *TR

WHEN SWITCHING FROM 4 WHEEL TO 2 WHEEL DRIVE THE TRANSMISSION WOULD OCCASIONALLY DISENGAGE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ROLL WHEN PARKED, OR DISENGAGE WHILE DRIVING. *TR

HAVE A 2002 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER- SON WAS DRIVING VEHICLE IN WYOMING 20 BELOW ZERO LOUD CLUNK AND THEN GRINDING NOISE AND HE STOPPED THERE WAS NO 2ND OR 4TH GEARS AND NO REVERSE. LUCKILY SOMEONE STOPPED TO HELP HIM AND HE WAS OK. MY CAR ONLY HAD 51,000 MILES ON IT. I CALLED DEALERSHIP THEY TOOK IT IN WARRANTY WAS GONE REPAIRS COST 3,420.00. I STARTED RESEARCHING COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE TRANSMISSIONS AND REALIZED THERE ARE OVER 82 COMPLAINTS AND THAT GM HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS FAULTY PART CALLED A SUNSHELL THAT'S WEAK METAL AND THE TORK IN THE ENGINE OF THE V6 CANT HANDLE THE PRESSURE SO IT EVENTUALLY CRACKS AND BREAKS THEN YOU DEAD IN THE WATER. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A REAL SAFETY HAZARD AND FOR MANY I HAVE READ ABOUT THEIR PROBLEMS WITH CHILDREN IN THE CAR ITS AMAZING NO ONE HAVE BEEN KILLED YET. GM REFUSED TO HAVE A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM DUE TO THE EXPENSE AND IS PASSING THIS DOWN TO ITS CONSUMERS TO BEAR THE BURDEN. WILL I PURCHASE ANOTHER GM CAR? NOT ON YOUR LIFE! TO ANYONE WHO HAS THIS VEHICLE CHECK OUT THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS ON LINE AND CONTACT GM IF YOURS GOES OUT MAYBE THEY WILL STEP TO THE PLATE AND HELP PEOPLE WHO PAID 32,000 FOR ONE OF THEIR VEHICLES! *TR

HAVE A 2002 TRAILBLAZER THAT STARTED TO SMELL LIKE FUEL. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY SAID GAS TANK WAS CRACKED WHERE THE FUEL PUMP MEETS TANK. WHOLE VEHICLE SMELLED LIKE FUEL. CHEVY DEALER CHARGED ME $1,200.00 FOR NEW TANK, FUEL MODULE AND RING. REALLY DANGEROUS WITH ALL THE FUMES AND DISAPPOINTED IN CHEVY WITH NO HELP!! *TR

MY VEHICLE IS A 2002 TRAILBLAZER LTZ. IT HAS THE "MEMORY" MIRROR OPTION WHICH FEATURES MEMORY SET OPTIONS FOR DRIVER 1 AND DRIVER 2, AS WELL AS REARVIEW CURB ASSISTANCE (THE MIRRORS WILL TILT DOWN TO YOUR SETTING TO HELP PARALLEL PARK WHEN IN REVERSE). THIS OPTION WORKED GREAT FOR A WHILE. THEN, THE MIRRORS STARTED ACTING ERRATICALLY. THEY WOULD CLICK EXCESSIVELY, TILT TOWARDS THE SKY OR DOWN AT THE GROUND. THE MIRRORS QUIT HOLDING THEIR MEMORY, AND EVERY TIME I GOT INTO THE VEHICLE, I WOULD HAVE TO RESET THE MIRRORS. THE WORRISOME PART OF THIS IS THAT THE MIRRORS WILL NOT HOLD THE RESET EITHER AND WHILE DRIVING, THE MIRRORS MOVED. I DRIVE THE INTERSTATE EVERY DAY AND WHEN I CHECKED THE MIRROR TO CHANGE LANES, FOUND MYSELF LOOKING UP AT THE CLOUDS OR DOWN AT THE ROAD. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE!. (I WON'T EVEN FACTOR IN THE ANNOYANCE ASPECT.) MY 17 YEAR OLD DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHY I WON'T TEACH HER TO DRIVE IN THE "NEWER" CAR AND I EXPLAINED THAT I ACTUALLY FEEL LIKE SHE'S SAFER, IN THE 96 SATURN COUPE, BECAUSE THE MIRRORS ARE RELIABLE. I'VE SEEN THIS COMPLAINT ON SEVERAL SITES AND I SERIOUSLY HAVE TO WONDER WHY THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL ON SOMETHING THAT IS FUNDAMENTALLY A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

FUEL PUMP CORROSION...DELIVERY SYSTEM CORROSION...700 DOLLARS LATER NEW FUEL PUMP. *TR

TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. LOCKED TWO BACK WHEELS FOR SECONDS AND BACK TO NORMAL. BIG SCARE ON THE ROAD. AFTER THAT NO REVERSE WAS POSSIBLE. ENDED UP IN SHOP. CLOSED TO 2500.00 IN REPAIRS. *TR