2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

TRANSMISSION FAILED. DIAGNOSIS WAS REVERSE SUN SHELL FAILURE (JUST LIKE ALL THE OTHER COMPLAINTS LISTED ON THIS SITE)! GM REFUSES TO OFFER ANY COST ASSISTANCE WITH THE REPAIR OR ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE IS AN OBVIOUS DEFECT THAT SHOULD BE RECALLED!!! *NM

I KEPT SMELLING THE STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE IN THE GARAGE OR EVEN IN THE PARKING LOT FOR ABOUT A DAY AFTER I FILLED MY FUEL TANK ON MY 2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THERE SOMETIMES WAS A WET SPOT ON THE GARAGE FLOOR NEAR THE FILLER CAP THAT APPEARED TO BE GASOLINE. THE "CHECK ENGINE SOON" LIGHT EVENTUALLY CAME ON. THE DEALER COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG WHEN THEY PRESSURE-TESTED THE FUEL SYSTEM BUT THE COMPUTER FAULT CODE INDICATED AN EVAPORATIVE EMISSIONS FAILURE. THEY RE-SET THE LIGHT, BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED AND THE LIGHT SOON CAME BACK ON THE NEXT TIME I RE-FUELED. I READ SOMEWHERE ON THE NETS WEBSITE ABOUT OTHER TRAILBLAZER OWNERS WHO HAD A BROKEN CHECK BALL IN THEIR FILLER NECKS. I SUGGESTED THIS TO THE DEALER WHO CONFIRMED THAT THIS WAS MY PROBLEM TOO. THEY CHARGED ME NEARLY $300 TO REPAIR THE TANK NECK. I FEEL THAT THIS IS THE RESULT OF DEFECTIVE EMISSIONS CONTROL DEVICE AND THEREFORE SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. (I HAVE ONLY 50 K MILES ON THE VEHICLE). AT WHAT POINT DOES SOMETHING LIKE THIS BECOME A RECALL SINCE THIS SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING TO OTHERS AS WELL? *NM

2002 TRAILBLAZER IS LEAKING FUEL AND NEEDS A NEW FUEL MODULAR AND FILTER. THIS DEFECT IS A SERIOUS THREAT TO PEOPLE DRIVING THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE. *JB

AT 34000 MILES 4 WHEEL DRIVE TRANSFER CASE FAILED AND THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL HAD TO BE REPLACED, STILL UNDER WARRANTY. AT 70000 MILES BOTH REPAIRS ARE NEEDED AGAIN ALONG WITH OTHERS- SWAY BAR WORN, SHORT IN HEADLIGHTS (PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED), INTERIOR LIGHTS SHORTING. DEALERSHIP QUOTED AROUND $3000 TO FIX EVERYTHING. NOTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT ANY OF THE PROBLEMS. SO THE VEHICLE IS WITHOUT 4 WLD AND OFTEN ONLY HAS 1 WORKING HEADLIGHT. *NM

TL* - WHILE DRIVING THE CONTACT STATED THAT VEHICLE SEEMED TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL AND HE COULDN'T GET IT TO GO FASTER THAN 25 MPH. THE CONTACT HAS HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPAIRED ONCE BEFORE. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TWICE. UPDATED 02/27/07. *JB

TRANSMISSION FAILED IN 2002 TRAILBLAZER ON 12/21 WITH 93,000 MILES WHILE TRAVELING WITH FAMILY ON CHRISTMAS WEEKEND. LEFT STRANDED ON HIGHWAY AND HAD TO BE TOWED. WILL NOT GO IN REVERSE AND WILL NOT GO INTO SECOND GEAR. MECHANIC SAID GM PARTS ARE INFERIOR AND HE WILL REPLACE WITH AFTERMARKET WHICH WILL BE MUCH BETTER. TRANSMISSION SHOULD LAST MUCH LONGER THAN THIS. I HAVE HAD VEHICLE WITH 250,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER AND NOT HAD TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. GM SHOULD ADMIT THERE IS A PROBLEM AND RECALL THIS TRANSMISSION. *JB

I OWN 2002 TRAILBLAZER AND TWICE THE FUEL TANK HAD BROKEN AROUND THE FILLER NECK LETTING FUEL LEAK OUT. THE PROBLEM IS SEVERAL OTHER OWNERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THE SECOND TIME IT BROKE I REPLACED IT MY SELF AND I AM SURE IT IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. IF A OWNER HAD THIS PROBLEM IT COULD CAUSE FIRE/EXPLOSION. *NM

SINCE PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE I HAVE SPENT QUITE A FEW DOLLARS IN REPLACING LOW-BEAM HEADLIGHT BULBS. I NOTICE THE LIGHTS ARE OCCASIONALLY FLICKERING AND FREQUENTLY BURN OUT BULBS. I CONSTANTLY HAVE TO DRIVE AT NIGHT WITHOUT LOW-BEAMS, HAVING TO USE MY HIGH-BEAMS WHICH IS ANNOYING TO OTHER DRIVERS AND COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE HAD BULBS REPLACED AND EVEN THE LAMP SOCKET ASSEMBLY AT ONE TIME, BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUES AND MY WARRANTY RAN OUT.*JB

WHILE DRIVING MY 2002 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER, I HEARD A LOUD CHUNK IN THE TRANSMISSION AND THEN A WHINING NOISE AND LOSS OF POWER. THERE IS NO REVERSE AND THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHEN GOING THROUGH THE GEARS, IT FINALLY ENGAGES BUT TAKES SOME FOOT WORK. *NM

I OWN A 2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER LTZ, PURCHASED BRAND NEW IN THE SPRING OF 2002. IN THE EARLY PART OF 2003, MY SIDE VIEW MIRRORS, WHICH ARE EQUIPPED TO HAVE MEMORY OPTIONS SUCH AS REVERSE CURBVIEW ASSIST, STARTED MALFUNCTIONING. THE MIRRORS WOULD NO LONGER HOLD THEIR MEMORY, RESULTING IN AN ADJUSTMENT TO BOTH MIRRORS EVERY TIME I GOT IN THE CAR. SOMETIMES THE MIRRORS WOULD APPEAR TO GET STUCK AND MAKE A CLICKING NOISE. DANGEROUSLY, SOMETIMES I WOULD LOOK TO CHANGE LANES AND REALIZE MY MIRRORS WERE NOT CORRECT--THEY MIGHT BE POINTING UP AT THE SKY OR DOWN AT THE GROUND. EVENTUALLY, I QUIT USING THE REVERSE CURBVIEW ASSIST OPTION (WHERE THE MIRRORS TILT DOWN TO HELP TO PARALLEL PARK WHEN IN REVERSE) BECAUSE I WAS HOPING THAT NOT MOVING THE MIRRORS AT ALL WOULD HELP. THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE ACTUATORS IN 2003 AND RESET THE TRANSMITTER RECENTLY ON 9/20/06. THIS HELPED THE MEMORY MIRRORS FOR SOME TIME. BUT NOW, I AM BRINGING THE CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE THIRD TIME FOR THE SAME PROBLEM ON 12/13/06--ONE OR BOTH MIRRORS WILL NOT HOLD THEIR MEMORY AND I HAVE TO READJUST THEM. THE DEALERSHIP IS LOST AS TO HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND DOES NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THIS AS A PREVALENT PROBLEM, ALTHOUGH I HAVE PRINTED OUT NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE MIRRORS FOUND ON-LINE FROM CONSUMERS. I AM NOT SURE IF THE PROBLEM IS COMPUTER RELATED OR PARTS RELATED, BUT OBVIOUSLY REPLACING PARTS (THE ACTUATORS) DID NOT PERMANENTLY FIX THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE WHEN YOU EXPECT YOUR MIRRORS TO BE IN THE CORRECT POSITION FOR LANE CHANGING AND THEY ARE NOT; IT IS ALSO AN EXTREME ANNOYANCE FOR WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE A NICE SUV WITH A NICE PRICE TAG.*JB