2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE AND THE TACHOMETER ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER STOPPED WORKING PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURES WERE INTERMITTENT AT FIRST AND RECENTLY STOPPED WORKING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 81,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 83,000.

MY SPEEDOMETER HAS STOPPED WORKING ON MY 2004 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER. HALF THE TIME IT SITS ON 0 THE OTHER HALF IT GOES 120MPH. I NEVER HAVE A CLUE HOW FAST I AM GOING. *TR

SPEEDOMETER STUCK/INSTRUMENT PANEL ON CHRISTMAS DAY WE WERE TRAVELING TO FAMILIES HOUSE TO CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS. 1.5 HOURS INTO THE TRIP, THE SPEEDOMETER WENT CRAZY AND WAS AT 90 WHEN WE WERE GOING 65. PULLED OVER AND WHEN WE STOPPED IT INCREASED TO 120 MPH. SINCE WE HAD ANOTHER 3.5 HRS OF OUR TRIP AND IT WAS UNSURE EXACTLY WHAT WAS WRONG (SINCE THERE WERE NO DEALERSHIP/SERVICE STATIONS OPEN), WE TURNED AROUND AND WENT HOME. NICE CHRISTMAS THAT WE HAD, NOT. ON MONDAY (THE NEXT DAY THE DEALERSHIP WAS OPEN) I CALLED TO GET AN APPT. AND COULDN'T' GET IN UNTIL TUESDAY. WENT IN TUESDAY AND OF COURSE CHARGED ME A DIAGNOSTIC FEE, WHEN I COULD TELL FROM SEARCHING THE INTERNET WHAT WAS WRONG (BY NOW THE SPEEDOMETER WAS STRAIGHT DOWN BETWEEN 0 AND 120). 1.5 HRS LATER THE DEALERSHIP TELLS ME IT IS THE INSTRUMENT PANEL (SURPRISE, SURPRISE) AND THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO ORDER SINCE THEY HAVE NONE IN STOCK. IT WOULD TAKE 4-5 BUSINESS DAYS. THE EARLIEST WE'RE LOOKING AT GETTING IS NEXT WEEK, NOW 10 DAYS PAST THE DAY IT HAPPENED. I ASKED THE DEALERSHIP FOR A LOANER AND THEY OFFERED ME ENTERPRISE RENTAL FOR $40/DAY (MY EXPENSE). THEY COULD OFFER ME NOTHING ELSE, SENDING ME ON MY WAY. OK, CHEVY...SINCE THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM, THE LEAST YOU COULD DO IS STOCK DEALERSHIPS WITH THE PANELS, ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS IS A LARGE DEALERSHIP. IT IS NOT SAFE TO BE DRIVING AROUND WITH NO WORKING SPEEDOMETER. DID I MENTION THIS IS ALSO MY VACATION WEEK....NICE, BEING STUCK AT HOME CAUSE YOU HAVE AN INOPERABLE VEHICLE. CHEVY NEEDS TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND MAKE THIS RIGHT WITH THEIR COSTUMERS. I HAVE BEEN A FAITHFUL OWNER SINCE 1994. A $415 PART/PLUS LABOR IS RIDICULOUS WHEN THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY COMPLAINTS, YOU NEED TO RECALL THIS. *TR

I HAVE A 2004 TRAILBLAZER I BOUGHT NEW IT ONLY HAS 31100 MILES ON IT AND IS IN GREAT CONDITION AND THE TRANSMISSION HAS GONE OUT ON IT ..THEIR ARE. MANY MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT SAME THING... SOME WITH LESS MILES AND SOME WITH MORE...I CAN NOT AFFORD TO PAY 3000 DOLLARS FOR A FAULTY TRANSMISSION WHEN IT IS OBVIOUS IT IS SOMETHING TO DO WITH GM TRANSMISSIONS....AN INVESTIGATION NEEDS TO BE DONE I AM A HUSBAND A FATHER AND BOTH ME AND MY WIFE WORK FULL TIME BUT WE CAN NOT AFFORD THIS AS MANY OTHER PEOPLE CANT AND CHEVY WILL NOT STICK UP FOR THEIR VEHICLES,,,RECALLS MUST BE DONE SO THE WORKING CLASS CAN SURVIVE WITHOUT THIS VEHICLE I WILL LOSE MY JOB AND GM WILL GET RICHER AND RICHER TO BAD THEY DON'T MAKE CARS LIKE THEY USE TOO...ALL I DID WAS GET IN MY CAR START IT LET IT WARM UP AND WENT TO PUT IT IN REVERSE AND CLUNK AND JUST GRINDING THEIR MUST BE SOMETHING DONE I AM DOING RESEARCH IT LOOKS LIKE THIS TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN FAULTY SINCE THE 2002 TRAILBLAZER CAME OUT BUT NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE ABOUT IT YET.... *TR

2004 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER SPEEDOMETER AND GAUGES STARTED WORKING ERRATICALLY AROUND SUMMER 2009. SPEEDO AND GAUGES STICK OR PEG OUT DAILY. GM DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THIS AS THEIR PROBLEM YET THERE ARE HUNDREDS, MAYBE THOUSANDS, OF BLOGS ON THE INTERNET OF THIS SAME PROBLEM. *TR

INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES STOPPED WORKING. TACHOMETER, SPEEDOMETER, OIL PRESSURE AND VOLTAGE GAUGE RANDOMLY STOP WORKING. *TR

WE PURCHASED A 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER IN 2007. BEGINNING IN 2008, OUR INSTRUMENT CLUSTER BEGAN TO FAIL, STARTING WITH THE SPEEDOMETER. AT TIMES, THE SPEEDOMETER SHOWED 15 TO 20 MPH SLOWER THAN ACTUAL SPEED, RESULTING IN UNSAFE AND UNLAWFUL SPEEDS. THE CLUSTER THEN FAILED IN THE FUEL SENSOR AND OIL PRESSURE SENSOR AREAS, AND HAS NOT WORKED IN OVER 2 YEARS. WHEN GM WAS CONTACTED, THEY INDICATED THEY HAD NOT RECEIVED ANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE ISSUE. HOWEVER, WHEN LOOKING ONLINE AT FORUMS AND OTHER RESOURCES, AND TALKING WITH GM/CHEVROLET DEALER MECHANICS, THIS PROBLEM IS WIDESPREAD AND COMMON, RESULTING IN EXPENSIVE REPAIR BILLS AND IN CASES GIVING VEHICLE OWNERS NO CHOICE BUT TO DRIVE AN UNSAFE VEHICLE DUE TO NOT HAVING THE RESOURCES TO GET THE FACTORY DEFECT REPAIRED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER REGISTERED 115 MPH WHEN HE WAS ONLY DRIVING 40 MPH. THE FUEL AND RPM GAUGES WERE ALSO NOT FUNCTIONING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 60,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 61,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING FUEL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL ODOR WAS VERY STRONG WHEN FUEL WAS ADDED TO THE FUEL TANK. THE SMELL BEGAN TO FADE AFTER THE FUEL STARTED TO BURN. THE CONTACTS MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS COMING FROM THE FUEL TANK MODULE, WHICH FAILED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 126030. UPDATED 05/03/11*LJ THE SECOND TIME THE CONSUMER WENT TO THE DEALER, SHE WAS INFORMED THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW GAS TANK DUE TO A CRACK LOCATED IN THE NECK AREA. UPDATED 08/08/11

2004 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER HAS INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILURE...TACHOMETER STUCK AT "MAXIMUM", AND DEALER REPORTS ALL THE GAUGES WILL BE UNRELIABLE, SHORTLY. HAVE READ DOZENS OF THESE COMPLAINTS, BUT GM (WHO *WE* SAVED) WON'T MAKE IT RIGHT? *TR