2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

TRANSMISSION ON 2002 TRAILBLAZER FAILED FOR THE SECOND TIME WITHIN 83K. FIRST TIME COMING OFF EXIT RAMP OF HIGHWAY AT 54K. SECOND TIME WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION AT 83K. TRANSMISSION IN QUESTION WAS THE L460E. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD SCREECHING NOISE UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE DEALER REBUILT THE TRANSMISSION AND THE SUN SHIELD. ONE YEAR LATER, THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE DEALER MADE THE SAME REPAIR. THE FAILURE RECURRED FOR THE THIRD TIME A YEAR LATER AND THE DEALER STATED THAT IT WAS AN INTERNAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE CONTACT FILED A FORMAL COMPLAINT WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000 UPDATED 3/5/08 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED SECOND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,000 AND THE THIRD WAS 167,000 MILES. THE CONSUMER FURTHER STATED THE DEALER REBUILT THE TRANSMISSION AND SUNSHIELD 1ST AND 2ND TIME BUT REFUSED THE THIRD TIME. THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER REPLACED THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE SWITCH BECAUSE IT KEPT BLINKING. UPDATED 03/05/08 *TR

MY 2002 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE SYSTEM. ABOUT A YEAR AGO WHEN MY VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY I HAD A PROBLEM WITH MY 4-WD SYSTEM, THE DASH SAID SERVICE 4 WHEEL DRIVE. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY PLUG IT IN TO THE COMPUTER AND SAID THEY RECALIBRATED THE SYSTEM BECAUSE IT WAS A COMPUTER ERROR NOT EQUIPMENT FAILURE. ON DEC 5 OF 07 THE ROADS WERE SNOWY SO I PUT MY VEHICLE INTO 4 WD, BUT THE 4 WD DID NOT ENGAGE AND I SLID OFF THE ROAD AND ALMOST ENDED UP IN A DITCH. AFTER THAT INCIDENT THE SERVICE 4 WHEEL DRIVE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN, ON DEC 6 OF 07, I TOOK MY VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE, AND NOW MY VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY, THIS TIME THE DEALERSHIP SAID MY 4-WD ACTUATOR WAS SHORTED OUT, MY BILL CAME TO $838.07. I CONTACTED SEVEN OF MY FRIENDS WHO HAVE THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL, A COUPLE WITH NEWER MODELS, AND THEY ALL EXCEPT TWO OF THEM, HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE ACTUATOR SHORTING OUT. I THEN CONTACTED GM CORPORATE OFFICE ON THIS MATTER AND ASK FOR ASSISTANCE IN PAYING FOR THIS REPAIR DUE TO FAULTY EQUIPMENT AND I SAID THERE IS NO REASON FOR THIS PART TO GO BAD WITH 70,000 MILES ON A 2002 TRAILBLAZER, THEY TOLD ME THAT DUE TO MY YEAR OF VEHICLE AND MILES THERE WAS NOTHING THEY WOULD DO FOR ME. I TOLD THEM THERE ARE OTHER CASES IN THE AREA WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM AND I ASKED THEM TO INVESTIGATE THIS BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE A RECALL, OR FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND FIX IT BEFORE OTHER NEWER MODELS ARE SENT OUT WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, AND SOMEBODY ACTUALLY GETS HURT BECAUSE OF EQUIPMENT FAILURE. GM STATED THERE IS NOTHING THEY WILL DO WITH THIS UNLESS IT TURNS OUT TO BE AN ACTUAL RECALL. SO HERE I AM MAKING A COMPLAINT AND ASKING FOR HELP. THIS NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED AND SOLVED BEFORE SOMEBODY IS SERIOUSLY HURT DUE TO GM EQUIPMENT FAILURE!!! PLEASE HELP!!!! *TR

FAILURE OF REAR BRAKES DUE TO DEFECTIVE METAL USED IN BRAKE ROTORS WHICH CAUSED ROTORS TO BECOME HEAVILY RUSTED CAUSING BRAKE PADS TO DRAG ON ROTORS DESTROYING BOY=THE PADS AND ROTORS. *TR

FAILURE OF REAR BRAKES DUE TO DEFECTIVE METAL USED IN BRAKE ROTORS. WHICH CAUSED THE ROTORS TO BECOME HEAVILY RUSTED CAUSING THE BRAKE PADS TO DRAG ON ROTORS DESTROYING BOTH THE PADS AND ROTORS. *TR

GAS VAPORS COMING FROM UNDER LEFT REAR OF VEHICLE WHEN I FILL IT FULL OF FUEL. I SAW THAT THIS ISSUE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. I HAVE NOT YET REPAIRED THE VEHICLE AS I AM AWAITING THE OUTCOME OF A POTENTIAL RECALL. I CURRENTLY JUST DON'T FILL IT FULL OF FUEL. *TR

MY 2002 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER WAS RECALLED IN 2005 FOR A WIPER MOTOR DEFECT. THE DEFECT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FIXED. THE WIPERS NOW EXHIBIT THE SAME PROBLEMS AS STATED IN THE RECALL. I CALLED GM AND THEY WILL NOT AGREE TO REPLACE THE WIPER MOTOR. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER : 04V046000. *TR

MY 2002 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER HAS HAD MULTIPLE DRIVE TRAIN/TRANSMISSION FAILURES. IT CURRENTLY HAS 99000 MILES ON IT AND HAS BEEN IN FOR TRANSMISSION COMPLAINTS/WORK ON 5 SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE LAST OCCASION BEING NOV. 28, 2007 AT WHICH TIME THE CAR WOULD ROLL BACKWARD WHILE IN PARK. UPON REMOVING THE TRANSMISSION PAN METAL SHAVINGS WERE FOUND. CURRENTLY THIS VEHICLE IS AT THE DEALERSHIP AWAITING SERVICE/ CALL BACK FROM GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION CUSTOMER CARE AS TO WHETHER THEY WILL COVER FAILURE DUE TO THE WARRANTY OF 5 YEAR WAS UP 8/31/07, WITH SOME TRANSMISSION PARTS WARRANTED FROM REPAIR AT 90,000 MILES. HOWEVER, THE CHEVY SERVICE GARAGE CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT IT IS THE PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED PARTS FAILURE, THEREFORE CANNOT GUARANTEE COVERAGE UNDER WARRANTY. I HAVE 2 SMALL CHILDREN THAT ARE WITH ME DAILY IN THIS VEHICLE, I HAVE HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED DUE TO TRANSMISSION FAILURE TWICE AND NOW THE VEHICLE ROLLS OUT OF PARK. THESE AFOREMENTIONED FACTS MAKE ME FEAR FOR THE SAFETY OF MYSELF AND MY FAMILY IN THIS VEHICLE. *TR

2002 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 25,478 MILES. SUN SHELL STRIPPED IN TRANSMISSION CAUSING NEAR FATAL ACCIDENT IN INTERSECTION IN FT.MYERS,FL.CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE, 01/12/04. NEED COMPLETE RECALL OF THIS TRANSMISSION. SUN SHELL DEFECTIVE NOT HOLDING UP STRIPPING, METAL TO THIN 1/16 AND STRIPPING OUT CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND CAUSING TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. ALSO CLUTCH FAN FAILURE AT SAME TIME, 01/12/04. MANY REPORTS OF 2002 TRAILBLAZER TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT MANY DEALERSHIPS. TIME FOR GM TO TAKE CARE OF THIS ISSUE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT OR KILLED BECAUSE OF THIS WELL KNOWN PROBLEM GM HAS WITH THEIR TRANSMISSION FAILURE DUE TO A DEFECTIVE SUN SHELL. ALFRED J. ATTARD *TR

FOR SEVERAL DAYS, I SMELLED GASOLINE AROUND MY VEHICLE AND HAD TROUBLE STARTING THE VEHICLE. ONCE I GOT IT TO A GARAGES, I WAS INFORMED THAT THE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY WAS COMPLETELY ROTTEN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT HE HAS NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE ON A MODERN VEHICLE. THE FUEL PUMP WAS WORKING, BUT THE COMPONENTS INTO THE PUMP WERE ROTTEN AND LEAKING, THUS REQUIRING THE REPLACEMENT OF THE ENTIRE FUEL PUMP. *TR