2007 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE TRIED TO OPEN THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WINDOW AND IT BEGAN TO SMOKE ABNORMALLY. THE CONTACT REMOVED THE DOOR PANEL AND UNHOOKED THE CABLES. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY ADVISED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE AND PROVIDED NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000.

ON VACATION WITH MY FAMILY LAST SUMMER THE WINDOWS UPON ENTERING THE VEHICLE STARTED TO GO UP AND DOWN ALL BY THEMSELVES. IT ALMOST CAUGHT MY SONS ARM INSIDE OF IT. AFTER A FEW MINUTES THE WINDOWS STOPPED AND REMAINED DOWN. WE COULDN'T GET THEM TO GO BACK UP FOR A FEW HOURS AND HAD TO LEAVE THEM DOWN OVERNIGHT. THE NEXT MORNING MY HUSBAND WENT OUT, TURNED THE KEY, PUSHED THE BUTTONS AND THEY ALL WENT BACK UP. HE TOLD US NOT TO TOUCH THE WINDOWS JUST IN CASE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET THEM BACK UP. ONCE WE RETURNED FROM VACATION I TOOK IT TO A SUGGESTED MECHANIC AS PER MY WARRANTY COMPANY. THEY DIAGNOSED IT AS THE MASTER WINDOW SWITCH, THE GENTLEMEN TOLD ME THAT THEY ARE ABOUT 2-3 HUNDRED DOLLARS AND ARE NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, IMAGINE THAT!WELL I PAID THE GENTLEMEN FOR HIS TIME AND HAVE BEEN WITHOUT WINDOWS FOR OVER A YEAR NOW BECAUSE I MAKE MY 500 PAYMENT EVERY MONTH AND DO NOT HAVE THE EXTRA MONEY NOT ONLY FOR THE PART BUT THEN FOR LABOR AND TO HAVE IT PROGRAMMED BY AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. NOW I SEE THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR TRAILBLAZER, ARE WE WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO DIE BEFORE WE ISSUE A RECALL? I SENT AN EMAIL TO GM ABOUT IT AND THEY DID CONTACT ME, WHAT THEY SAID IS TO ONCE AGAIN HAVE IT DIAGNOSED AT AN AUTHORIZED GM DEALER (OK MORE $) THEN THEY WOULD LOOK AT THE REPORT AND IF THEY OK IT I WOULD THEN BE REIMBURSED FOR EVERYTHING (OK GOOD ONE) I JUST HAD IT DIAGNOSED AND STILL HAVE THE REPORT BUT I NEED TO GET ANOTHER ONE, COME ON PEOPLE I DON'T MAKE YOUR SALARY AND HAVE 2 KIDS TO SUPPORT! . SO I TOOK IT, WELL WHEN I TALKED TO THE GM DEALER THEY SAID JUST TO LOOK AT IT WILL BE ABOUT 100 SO I CANCELLED THE APPOINTMENT. THAT IS VERY SAD THAT GM WOULD KNOWINGLY LET THIS GO ON WITH OUT OFFERING TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER GM MOTORS VEHICLE IN MY LIFE, SAD TO SAY THAT I WILL BE BUYING NOT MADE IN THE USA VEHICLES FROM HERE ON OUT. *TR UPDATED 8/22/12 *CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MAIN CONTROL FOR THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW HAD FAILED AND CAUSED THE WINDOWS TO BECOME INOPERABLE. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED WHO STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED WHO CONFIRMED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE VEHICLE AND OFFERED NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 82,000.

THE POWER WINDOW, SIDE VIEW MIRRORS POWER SEAT AND POWER DOOR LOCKS STOPPED WORKING. TOOK IT TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC AND THE WIRES HAVE MELTED. THE MODULE COST ME $385.00 PLUS ANOTHER $110.00 TO PROGRAM THE MODULE. I ALSO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE GAS GAUGE, IT TELLS ME THAT I HAVE LOW FUEL BUT EVEN WHEN I FILL THE CAR UP, IT STILL TELLS ME THAT I HAVE LOW FUEL. *TR

VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR THE EVENING, TURNED OFF, NO KEY IN IGNITION, AND UNATTENDED. DRIVER DOOR MODULE WORKED FINE THE PREVIOUS DAY. THE NEXT MORNING, NO PARTS OF THE MODULE WORKED. UPON INVESTIGATION, WE DISCOVERED THAT THE LEFT SIDE OF THE MODULE BY THE DRIVER WINDOW BUTTON HAD A BURN SPOT ON IT AND SMELLED LIKE AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. THE DEALER QUOTED THE PART ONLY PRICE AS OVER $300.00. *TR UPDATED 7/31/12 *CN THE DEALER REPLACED THE DOOR LOCK MODULE. UPDATED 08/01/12

MY CAR KILLED, AS THOUGH IT HAD NO GAS WHEN IN DEED HAD A HALF TANK OF GAS. THIS LEFT ME STRANDED FOR ALMOST HOUR AND HALF, I MISSED WORK AND AM NOW DEATHLY AFRAID TO DRIVE IT KNOWING I HAVE GAS YET THE CAR ISN'T READING THAT IT DOES. I EVEN ADDED GAS, 25.00 WORTH TOOK A PICTURE OF IT STATING HALF TANK GAS, DROVE OUT THE GAS STATION AND IMMEDIATELY I WAS ON EMPTY WITH THE EMPTY LIGHT ON, WHICH I AGAIN TOOK A PICTURE STATING TIME AND DATE. *TR

I AM A DISABLED 62 YEARS OLD LADY AND I HAVE A TRAILBLAZER 2007. ABOUT 2 MONTH THE GASOLINE GAUGE WAS SHOWING EMPTY ALL THE TIME, I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE GAUGE BUT GM ONLY GOING TO PAY A PORTION OF THE REPAIR. I HAVE TO PAY 139.00 OF MY POCKET. I ASK THE REASON IT IS A RECALL. ONE THE ATTENDANT SAID THE IF RECOGNIZE THAT WAS A RECALL THEY HAVE THE REPUTATION OF THE TRAILBLAZER WAS GOING TO BE DAMAGE. YESTERDAY I WAS GOING TO MY DOCTOR AND THE CAR RUN OUT OF GAS BECAUSE I DID NOT KNOW MY SON USED THE CAR THE NIGHT BEFORE. I AM WRITING THIS FROM MY COMP AT THE HOSPITAL. I WALKED 1 MILE WITH 98 DEGREES BECAUSE THEY DO NOT WHAT THE REPUTATION OF THE TRAILBLAZER IS GOING TO BE AFFECTED. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I WAS AT THE GAS STATION FUELING MY TRAILBLAZER. AFTER FILLING THE VEHICLE I GOT IN AND STARTED IT UP. THE FUEL HAND WENT TO THE TOP OF THE GAUGE, AS EXPECTED, AND THEN WENT ALL THE WAY TO E. IT HAS NOT FUNCTIONED SINCE. I HAVE TO USE MY TRIP MILEAGE METER TO GAUGE MILEAGE SO THAT I DON'T RUN OUT OF GAS ON THE INTERSTATE. OUR TRAILBLAZER IS OUR PRIMARY FAMILY VEHICLE AND IT IS DANGEROUS NOT TO KNOW HOW MUCH FUEL IS IN YOUR VEHICLE AT ANY GIVEN TIME, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE HAVE OUR SMALL CHILD WITH US MOST OF THE TIME. *TR

I WAS GOING INTO THE DRIVE THROUGH BANK WINDOW AND WHEN I WENT TO OPEN MY WINDOW IT WOULD NOT GO DOWN. THE OTHER WINDOWS WORKED BUT NOT FROM THE MAIN SWITCH. I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID I NEED A NEW MODULE WHICH IS GOING TO COST ME $300 TO REPLACE WHICH I DO NOT HAVE . AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL. *JS

LEFT FRONT WINDOW WENT TO THE DOWN POSITION BY ITSELF, WHILE UNATTENDED, AND BURNED THE WINDOW SWITCH/MODULE, BURNED WIRING. *TR UPDATED 07/11/12*LJ THE DEALER FOUND THE FRONT DOOR MODULE/SWITCH HAD SHORTED OUT. UPDATED 07/12/12 UPDATED 10/10/12 *CN UPDATED 10/10/2012 *JS