2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

THE SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT DISPLAY THE CORRECT SPEED. CAUSING THE DRIVER TO DRIVE AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS. THE GAUGE WILL STICK AT 25MPH OR NOT WORK AT ALL. THE DRIVER HAS TO GUESS AT WHAT SPEEDS THEY ARE DRIVING. THIS HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY SO SOMETIMES THE SPEED IS CORRECTLY DISPLAYED AND MOST OF THE TIME IT IS INCORRECT. I CONTACTED GM DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR OPTIONS AND THE PRICE FOR THE PART ALONE IS $400. I CONTACTED GM THEY TOLD ME NO RECALL OR "SPECIAL POLICY" COVERED MY VEHICLE. BUT THERE IS A "SPECIAL POLICY" FOR OTHER GM TRUCKS OF THE SAME YEAR. THE POLICY COVERS THE EXACT PROBLEM WITH THE GAUGE CLUSTER OR INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE NUMBER IS BULLETIN NUMBER: 07187A. BEING UNABLE TO DRIVE AT KNOWN SPEEDS IS A VERY DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITION. *TR

SPEEDOMETER, TACHOMETER AND OIL PRESSURE GAUGE ALL STOPPED WORKING ON 2004 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER. *TR

2004 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILURE. APPROXIMATELY 1.5 TO 2 YEARS AGO I NOTICED THAT I HAD ON AND OFF PROBLEMS WITH THE RPM GAUGE AND GAS GAUGE. THE OTHER GAUGES, INCLUDING THE SPEEDOMETER, STARTED TO FAIL AND NOW NONE OF THEM WORK AT ALL. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN IN ANY ACCIDENTS AND AT THIS POINT, I HAVE NOT HAD ANY WORK DONE TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM DUE TO THE COST. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM FOR THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE AND THAT GM HAS RECALLED OTHER VEHICLES OF THE SAME YEAR FOR THE SAME PROBLEM, BUT HAVE NOT DONE IT WITH THE TRAILBLAZER. *TR

MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STARTED COMING ON AND STAYING ON; THEN MY OIL GAUGE STARTED GOING WACKY, FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER; NEXT, MY GAS GAUGE WASN'T READING CORRECTLY AND I HAD TO KEEP PUTTING GAS IN THE CAR JUST TO MAKE SURE I DIDN'T RUN OUT BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T TRUST THE GAUGE. THE GAUGES OFTEN CORRECT THEMSELVES OUT OF THE BLUE AND THEN THEY START MESSING UP AGAIN WITH NO WARNING. TODAY, MY SPEEDOMETER READ 0 WHILE I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 40 MPH. IT STAYED AT 0 UNTIL I STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. WHEN I TOOK OFF, IT WENT UP TO ABOUT 45 WHEN I WAS ONLY GOING ABOUT 25-30. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW FAST I AM REALLY GOING, WHICH IS SCARY AND DANGEROUS. I AM ALSO VERY FRAZZLED BY ALL THE GAUGES READING DIFFERENT EVERY DAY WHEN I AM DRIVING 40 MILES BACK AND FORTH TO WORK WONDERING IF AND WHEN MY CAR IS GOING TO BREAK DOWN ON THE HIGHWAY OR IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. *TR

OIL PRESSURE GAUGE BECAME UNRELIABLE AND HAD DIFFERENT READING EACH TIME THE CAR WAS DRIVEN. MOST RECENTLY THE GAUGE NEEDLE MOVES PAST THE UPPER LIMITS OF THE GAUGE AND POINTS STRAIGHT DOWN AT THE FUEL GAUGE. TWO DAYS AGO, THE SPEEDOMETER BEGAN ACTING IN THE SAME ERRATIC MANNER AND WILL GIVE VARIOUS READINGS INCLUDING EXCEEDING 120 MPH AND WILL POINT STRAIGHT DOWN AT THE STEERING COLUMN. IT MAY READ ANYWHERE FROM 30 MPH TO 75 MPH AT VARIOUS TIME WHEN THE VEHICLE IS PARKED AND THE IGNITION IS OFF. BOTTOM LINE IS THAT I AM NO LONGER TO CHECK MY SPEED IN COMPARISON TO SPEED LIMITS OR SPEED WARNING SIGNS WHEN IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, UNEXPECTEDLY THE SPEED ODOMETER AND OTHER GAUGES BECAME INOPERATIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 90,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED WHEN HE NOTICED ALL OF THE GAUGES ON THE INSTRUMENTAL PANEL WERE DISPLAYING IMPROPER READINGS. THE FAILURE WAS CONSTANT YET THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE EXAMINED FOR THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 63,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT BELIEVED HE WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH WHEN HE NOTICED HE WAS PASSING ALL OF THE OTHER VEHICLES ON THE ROADWAY. HE THEN REALIZED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WAS DISPLAYING AN IMPROPER READING. THE FAILURE PERSISTED AND PROGRESSIVELY BECAME WORSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE EXAMINED FOR THE CAUSE OF FAILURE AND WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WAS NO LONGER WORKING PROPERLY. HE STATED THAT HE COULD NO LONGER TELL WHAT SPEED THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING. THE FAILURE HAD OCCURRED FOR ALMOST A YEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 79,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 86,000.

THE DRIVER'S POWER SEAT CONTROL PANEL HAS BROKEN OFF THREE TIMES. I REPLACED IT TWO TIMES. THIS TIME, I HAVE SIMPLY TAKEN A PLASTIC TIE AND FASTENED IT MORE OR LESS IN PLACE. IT LOOKS JUNKY, BUT AT LEAST IT IS USABLE FOR A WHILE. *TR