2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

AT FIRST THE BATTERY GAUGE WENT. 2 WEEKS LATER THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE AND RPM GAUGE QUIT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. ANOTHER 2 WEEKS LATER THE SPEEDOMETER GOT STUCK AND NOW IT READS IMPROPERLY. THE GAS GAUGE HAS NOW GONE. THAT WAS THE LAST GAUGE TO GO. THIS IS ON A 2004 CHEVROLET TRAIL BLAZER. *TR

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON; HAS COME ON RECURRENTLY SINCE (CODE P0442), WHICH INDICATES LEAK IN FUEL EVAP SYSTEM. ANALYZED BY INDEPENDENT TECH AND POWERS-SWAIN CHEVROLET (A GM DEALER) VERIFIES FUEL TANK INLET CHECK VALVE FRACTURE. GM'S RESOLUTION TO DATE IS REFUSAL TO ACT DUE TO AGE/MILEAGE OF CAR. GM HAS A RECALL FOR SAME DEFECT ON LONG BODY 2002-2004 MODELS. THEIR CAMPAIGN 07099A IS PART OF THEIR RECALL. I HAVE SEEN MANY OTHER TRAILBLAZER FUEL SYSTEM PROBLEMS ON INTERNET SITES. THIS DEFECT ALLOWS FUEL VAPOR (POSSIBLY IGNITABLE) TO ESCAPE IN THE VICINITY OF ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON THIS DEFECT, REGARDLESS OF AGE/MILEAGE OF VEHICLES.

INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILURE ON 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. OIL PRESSURE AND AMPS GAUGE MALFUNCTION. MECHANIC QUOTED PRICE $650 TO REPLACE CLUSTER. EMISSIONS FAILURE PAID DEALER APPROXIMATELY $375 TO REPLACE EMISSIONS PUMP. AIR CONDITIONING MODE MOTOR ACTUATOR OUT; BLOWER DOESN'T OPERATE ON HIGH SETTING. DEALER QUOTED PRICE $750 TO FIX AIR CONDITIONER. SPORADIC ELECTRICAL ISSUES-SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT ON-FIRST TIME CODE READ FAULTY THERMOSTAT COOLING SENSOR, NEXT IT READ FAULTY AIR MASS SENSOR, ANOTHER TIME IT READ FAULTY EMISSIONS SENSOR. MECHANIC QUOTED PRICE $40 PER HOUR PLUS PARTS TO ISOLATE PROBLEM. A PERSON COULD GO BROKE BEFORE FIXING POSSIBLE PROBLEMS, CONSIDERING NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED DUE TO ALL THESE POSSIBILITIES. FRONT SUSPENSION PROBLEMS, HARD TO ISOLATE. PAID MECHANIC $135 TO REPLACE RIGHT SIDE INNER TIE ROD END. DID NOT FIX PROBLEM. PROBLEM OCCURS WHEN RETURNING STEERING WHEEL FROM A RIGHT TURN, FRONT RIGHT SIDE MAKES A SINGLE "POP" SOUND. HAD TO REPLACE "BURNT" HEADLIGHT PIGTAILS ON FRONT, AND PARK LIGHT PIGTAIL ON RIGHT REAR. PROPERTY DAMAGE IS CONSIDERED DAMAGE TO VEHICLE DUE TO THE COMPLAINTS LISTED. *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING AND OVER THE NEXT YEAR ALL THE GAUGES HAVE STOPPED WORKING AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD THE INSTRUMENT PANEL NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AS DO ALOT OF OTHER PEOPLE. I CONTACTED GM AND HAVE RECEIVED NO HELP. *TR

INSTRUMENT CLUSTER, SPECIFICALLY THE TACHOMETER HAS GONE OUT. FROM MY RESEARCH ITS JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE REST OF MY GAUGES GO OUT. DEALER HAD QUOTED ME $600 DOLLARS FOR REPLACEMENT OF CLUSTER PANEL. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. *TR

ON MY 2004 TRAILBLAZER, MY WIFE COMPLAINED ABOUT GAS FUMES IN THE CAR. I NOTICED GAS STREAMING FROM AROUND THE TOP OF GAS TANK. I DROPPED THE GAS TANK DOWN AND NOTICED THE LEAK WAS STREAMING FROM ONE OF THE METAL LINES EXITING FROM THE FUEL PUMP. THE CORROSION WAS SO BAD I ONLY HAD TO LIGHTLY PUSH ON THE METAL LINE AND IT BROKE INTO. IF MY WIFE DIDN'T SMELL THE FUMES THIS COULD HAVE BURST INTO A FIRE IF IT EVENTUALLY SPRAYED ONTO THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER BEGAN TO BE ERRATIC AND WOULD NOT SHOW THE CORRECT SPEED. I COULD BE TRAVELING 40 MPH AND THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD SHOW 10 MPH. THEN IT WOULD JUMP TO 110 MPH, THEN ZERO. I WENT TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD A NEW CLUSTER BOARD WAS NEEDED. THE REPLACEMENT COST IS $600-$700. I DID AN INTERNET SEARCH AND FOUND OUT THAT HIS IS A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM WITH THE TRAILBLAZER. I ALSO FOUND OUT THAT CHEV. HAS RECALLED OTHER VEHICLES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, SUCH AS SUBURBAN, SILVERADO AND YUKON, BUT HAS NOT RECALLED THE TRAILBLAZER. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. CHEVY MUST BE AWARE THAT THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM FOR TRAILBLAZER OWNERS THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL OF THE CLUSTER BOARD ON THE TRAILBLAZER. *TR

CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER HAS CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON. I CAN SMELL GAS WHEN VEHICLE IS IN GARAGE. LOOKED UNDERNEATH AND FOUND A CRACK IN THE FUEL TANK FILLER HOSE FLANGE. CALLED CHEVY AND FOUND THERE IS A SERVICE BULLETIN, #05012 AND TSB 07076. CHEVROLET TOLD ME THE SAME PROBLEM HAS BEEN FOUND AND FIXED ON MODELS AS THE TRAILBLAZER, BUT MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT BE COVERED. THE REASON IS MY VEHICLE IS REGISTERED IN TENNESSEE AND IS NOT ON THE "CORROSION LIST OF STATES". I DID NOT SEE THE DIFFERENCE AS THERE ARE VEHICLES DOCUMENTED HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AS MINE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH THE FUEL DISPLAYED A HALF TANK OF GASOLINE; HOWEVER, THE FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SHUT OFF. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AT TIMES THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WOULD MALFUNCTION. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS FULLY AWARE OF THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILURE BUT HAD NOT RELEASED A RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 82,400.

FAILURE OF THE GAUGE CLUSTER ON A 2004 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER CURRENTLY WITH 59,300 MILES. ABOUT JUNE 2009 THE TACH CONTINUALLY READ INCORRECTLY. DEALER TRIED TO MISLEAD ME TO BRING IT IN FOR A DIAGNOSIS AT A COST OF APPROX. $100 I TOLD THEM ITS BROKE WHY SHOULD I PAY FOR A DIAGNOSIS. I HAD READ ABOUT THE PROBLEM ON -LINE AT EDMUNDS,COM.,MY SUV HAD 41,000 TO 42,000 MILES ON IT. IN JULY 2010 MY GAS GAUGE STARTED TO OCCASIONALLY MALFUNCTION, NOW JAN. 2011 IT IS INCORRECT. IN NOV. 2010 MY CHARGING GAUGE STARTED MALFUNCTIONING. I ALSO HAVE SINCE READ ONLINE OF THE SAME PROBLEM ON OTHER SIMILAR YEAR GM TRUCKS ANS SUV AND THEY HAVE RECALLS ON THEM. ITS JUST A MATTER OF TIME FOR THE SPEEDOMETER GAUGE TO READ INCORRECTLY. PLEASE HELP, THESE MALFUNCTIONS ARE NOT SAFE. *LN