2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

SPEEDOMETER WORKS SPORADICALLY ALONG WITH THE TACHOMETER AND IS AN ON GOING PROBLEM.... *TR

HEADLAMPS KEEP GOING OUT AND THE CONNECTORS KEEP MELTING AND BURNING THE REAR RADIO SPEAKERS GO OUT THE REAR HEAT/AIR GOES OUT THE LEVEL 5 SETTING ON THE FAN DOES NOT WORK THESE ARE NOT UNUSUAL COMPLAINTS FOR THIS VEHICLE, THERE SEEMS TO BE A STANDARD BEING SET WITH THESE ISSUES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT OBSERVED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH; THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER DISPLAYED AN INCORRECT READING INTERMITTENTLY. IN ADDITION, THE RPM REMAINED INCORRECT AND THE SPEEDOMETER SHOWED A FAULTY READING. THE FAILURES OCCURRED AT ANY SPEED RATE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 69,488. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

WE OWN A CHEVY TRAILBLAZER, 2003 EXT! I SWEAR THE SUV IS POSSESSED!SPEEDOMETER SPORADICALLY ACTS UP, STATING HIGHER MPH, SOMETIMES IT GOES OVER 100MPH, WHEN WERE ONLY GOING 30MPH! IT WONT GO BACK TO 0 UNLESS YOU TURN THE VEHICLE ON/OFF REPEATEDLY! OIL, BATTERY AND TEMP GAUGES ALL HIGH, YET DEALER CANT FIND PROBLEM! PROBLEM DOESN'T ALWAYS OCCUR YET I RELY ON MY NAVIGATION SYSTEM TO DETERMINE SPEED AS I NO LONGER TRUST THE 2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER. *TR

SPEEDOMETER STICKS AT 65 MPH WHEN USING THE CRUISE CONTROL. THIS IS THE FIFTH TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. DEALER SUGGESTS INSTRUMENT CLUSTER REPLACEMENT. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD. MANY POSTS ON INTERNET FOR SAME PROBLEM, BUT NO VEHICLE RECALL. MEANWHILE TRUCK SERIES HAD SAME PROBLEM AND WAS RECALLED. THIS NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF NOW. *TR

2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. S10 COMEBACK FWD LTR TO POTUS RE COMPLAINT AGAINST GM REGARDING DEFECTIVE AIRBAG, INVOLVE IN CAR ACCIDENT AND THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT A DEER, CROSSED THE CENTER LANE AND HIT THEIR VEHICLE HEAD ON. THE CONSUMER STATED THE SEAT BELTS DID NOT RESTRAIN THEM. *JB UPDATED PHONE NUMBER 05/28/10. *JB

2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER. INSTRUMENT CLUSTER STARTED MAKING A NOISE WHEN YOU TURN OFF THE VEHICLE. THIS WAS ABOUT 30,000? MILES. DEALER SAID WAS NORMAL. NOW FOR THE PAST 5 YEARS BATTERY JUST GOES DEAD OVERNIGHT. TRACED TO A CONTINUAL BATTERY DRAW FROM THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. DEALER ONLY WANTS TO CHARGE FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND SAID WOULD NOT BE COVERED BY ANY WARRANTY EVEN THOUGH IT STARTED PRIOR TO WARRANTY EXPIRATION. *TR

INSTRUMENT CLUSTER PANEL STOPS WORKING. GAS GAUGE SHOWS EMPTY, BATTERY LIGHT APPEARS, OIL GAUGE AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS START ACTING ERRATICALLY. I HAD MY 2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER AT THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES. 1ST TIME THEY REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR, NEXT TIME I WAS TOLD THE BATTERY WAS WEAK. I HAD THE BATTERY CHECKED AT ANOTHER LOCATION AND IT TESTED FINE. MY INSTRUMENTS ARE NOT REGISTERING PROPERLY AGAIN. THIS IS ABOUT THE 4TH TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED AND I DON'T WANT TO BE STUCK SOMEWHERE ALONG THE HIGHWAY. I NEVER KNOW WHEN THIS PROBLEM WILL RESTART. *TR

PURCHASED A 2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER-EXT LT IN DEC 2002 FROM THE DEALER, TEAM CHEVROLET IN PASADENA. SINCE PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL RECALLS, ONE IN PARTICULAR THAT KEEPS RECURRING ARE THE BRAKE LIGHTS KEEP BURNING, THE DEALER CHANGED BOTH UNITS BUT IT KEEPS BURNING OUT. I GOT TIRED OF TAKING IT TO THE DEALER, SO I PURCHASED NEW BULBS AND LOOKED INTO REPLACING THEM MYSELF. HOWEVER WHEN I UNSCREWED THE BULB, I NOTICED THE BULB JUST DIDN'T BURN NORMALLY (LIKE A HOME LAMP) IT LOOKED MORE OF AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE, THE LINING OF WHERE THE BULB IS SCREWED IN LOOKED LIKE IT HAD WHITE RESIDUE AND IT SMELLED SMOKY. ALSO, DON'T KNOW IF ITS THE SHOCKS OR SUSPENSION,MAKES ODD NOISES. DEALER SAID ITS FINE, BUT THE NOISE IS STILL THERE.SHORLY AFTER MY ENGINE LIGHT TURNED ON...THE DEALER COULD NOT FIGURE WHAT WAS WRONG AFTER A 2 TO 3 WEEK AND COSTLY EXPENSE AND TIME...THEY SWITCHED OUT THE GAS TANK...COME TO FIND OUT, THAT WASN'T THE PROBLEM, THE ENGINE LIGHT TURNED ON AGAIN, THEY SAID ONE OF THE PISTONS NEEDED REPLACING...$$$ THAT WAS A BIG EXPENSE AND TIME CONSUMING... EVERYTIME I TOOK IT TO THEM IT, SOMETHING WAS FIXED, THEY CHARGE, I PAY, AND THE ENGINE LIGHT WOULD TURN ON, IT GOT FRUSTRATING. TILL, THEY FINALLY GOT IT RIGHT. NOW MY CAR SOUNDS HORRIBLE (SHOCKS/SUSPENSION NOISE GOT WORSE) WHEN I GO OVER CITY BUMPS OR DRIVING EVEN SMALL LIKE HILLS, AND MIND YOU,WHICH IS DRIVEN BY MYSELF (FEMALE 124LBS) IT SHOULDN'T SQUEAK OR MAKE NOISES, THE BRAKES PEDAL MAKES A NOISE WHEN I PLACE MY FOOT ON IT....YES IT HAS 90K MILES AND IT'S AN 8 YEAR OLD CAR, BUT I KEPT UP WITH THE MAINTENANCES, I'VE TAKEN IT TO THE SAME DEALER SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED, ONLY DRIVE IT TO AND FROM WORK....THE CAR IS IN GOOD CONDITION, NO HIT/SCRATCHES/NO TEARS.... I CAN'T EXPLAIN WHY.... ARE THERE ANY OTHER RECALLS, THE DEALER ISN'T AWARE OF??? FOR INSTANCE THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF THE GAS TANK RECALL..WHICH THEY WERE CHARGING ME OVER $1200 TO REPAIR, HOW CAN I TRUST THEY ARE DOING THEIR JOB? *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. WHILE DRIVING 45-50 MPH IN INCLEMENT WEATHER, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A RETAINER WALL. SHE STATED THAT OTHER PASSING VEHICLES PUSHED HER VEHICLE INTO THE RETAINER WALL. THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. SHE WAS ALSO INJURED WHEN THE CRASH OCCURRED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WOULD TAKE PICTURES OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 82,000. THE CONSUMER STATED IT WAS A HIT AND RUN ACCIDENT. UPDATED 04/07/10.*JB