2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER FAILED. THE FUEL LEVEL GAUGE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY OPERATE YET THE SPEEDOMETER, BATTERY INDICATOR, AND TACHOMETER HAD COMPLETELY FAILED. THE TACHOMETER REMAINED STUCK AT 1500 RPMS. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED BECAUSE OF THE MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE, THEY WOULD NOT ASSIST WITH REPAIRS. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO LOCATE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ONLINE PERTAINING TO THE FAILURE FOR HER YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 87,000 AND THE CURRENT WAS UNKNOWN. UPDATED 10/05/10. *LJ

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILED. THE FUEL LEVEL AND BATTERY GAUGE WOULD FAIL INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER ADVISED THERE WAS A DEFECT IN THE GROUND WIRE AND REPAIRS WOULD BE AT THE CONTACTS EXPENSE. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THE MANUFACTURE SHOULD TAKE THE LIABILITY FOR THE FAILURE BECAUSE HE WAS ABLE TO LOCATE HUNDREDS OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ONLINE FOR HIS YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL PERTAINING TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 105,249.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS HE EXPERIENCED A BLOW OUT AND CONTACTED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE FOR HELP. WHEN ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE ARRIVED, THEY WERE UNABLE TO REMOVE THE SPARE TIRE FROM THE VEHICLE FRAME DUE TO RUST AND CORROSION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO CUT THE TIRE AWAY FROM THE FRAME. THE OWNER PURCHASED A NEW TIRE TO REPAIR THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO REMOVE THE SPARE TIRE CABLE FROM THE FRAME. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 104,000. UPDATED 11/9/10 *CN UPDATED 11/16/10

I BOUGHT MY 2004 TRAILBLAZER EXT 7 MONTHS AGO EVERYTHING WAS WORKING FINE FOR ABOUT 5 MONTHS UNTIL MY TACHOMETER GOT STUCK IN A DOWNWARD POSITION LAST WEEKEND I RAN OUT OF GAS EVEN THOUGH THE METER DISPLAYED 1/2 TANK FULL. I'VE TALKED TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID I WOULD HAVE TO SEND THE PANEL TO GM PLUS 300 DOLLARS TO GET REPAIRED AND I CANT DRIVE MY VEHICLE UNTIL THE PANEL IS RETURNED BECAUSE THE MILEAGE HAS TO STAY THE SAME. IF THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WHY CANT GM COME UP WITH A SOLUTION INSTEAD OF JUST TAKING PEOPLE MONEY WITH ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS. *TR

THE SPEED, OIL, AND TACH GAUGES ON A CHEVY TRAILBLAZER 2004 STARTED TO INDICATE INCORRECT READINGS. AFTER SOME TIME THE GAUGES WOULD JUST STOP WORKING. GM WILL REPLACE THEM FOR FEE STARTING AT $300+. NOW YOU CAN GET A USED CLUSTER TO REPLACE THIS BUT YOU WILL HAVE THE WRONG ODOMETER READING WHICH WILL CAUSE A FRAUD. GM WILL NOT RESET THE ODOMETER ON A USED CLUSTER! THIS CAUSES SOMEONE TO PAY THE HIGH PRICE OR DRIVE AROUND WITH BROKEN GAUGES. DOING A SEARCH ON THE WEB, I AM SEEING THAT THIS IS NOT JUST THE TRAILBLAZER AND THERE IS A LOT OF COMPLAINTS. I WOULD THINK NOT KNOWING THE SPEED OR OTHER INSTRUMENT READING COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE, SINCE THEY ARE THERE FOR A REASON. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35-40 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER, RMP GAUGE, TACHOMETER, AND THE HEATER ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL STOPPED OPERATING. THE CONTACT STATED HE CALLED THE DEALER AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND THERE NO RECALLS ON HIS VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE A VIN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

I HAVE A 2004 TRAILBLAZER LT WITH 94,931 MILES AND AM THE ORIGINAL DRIVER. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON 2-3 YEARS AGO AND I HAVE TAKEN TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT MECHANICS TO DIAGNOSE WITH NO SUCCESS. IN JUNE 2010 I TOOK INTO THE LOCAL CHEVY DEALERSHIP FOR 100K SERVICE AND WAS TOLD I HAD A CRACKED FUEL TANK FILLER NECK WHICH I HAD TO REPLACE AT A COST OF ~$1000. THIS FIXED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AS WELL. CHEVROLET IS AWARE OF THIS FUEL TANK ISSUE AND DENIES THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH ANY MODEL EXCEPT 2002-2003 TRAILBLAZER EXT'S AND GMC ENVOY XL MODELS UNDER TSB 05012. IN REVIEWING THE NHTSA WEBSITE IT IS APPARENT THE SCOPE OF THIS PROBLEM GOES BEYOND THESE MODELS. THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP ADVISED THEY WERE AWARE THE TRAILBLAZER MODELS HAD ISSUES WITH THE FUEL TANK BUT REFERRED US TO GENERAL MOTORS AS THERE WAS NO TSB FROM GM FOR THIS MODEL. I SPOKE TO 3 SEPARATE PEOPLE AT GM CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE WHO ADVISED THEY WOULD INVESTIGATE AND CAME BACK WITHIN 3 BUSINESS DAYS AND DENIED ANY RESPONSIBILITY. I QUESTIONED GM ABOUT THE NUMEROUS OCCURRENCES OF CRACKED OR CORRODED FUEL TANK FILLER NECK ISSUES AND REFERENCED THE NHTSA WEBSITE. THEY ADVISED THE NHTSA WEBSITE, WHERE MANY OF THESE CASES ARE DOCUMENTED, IS NOT A GM RECOGNIZED WEBSITE FOR THIS TYPE OF ISSUE AND WAS ESSENTIALLY TOLD THEY (GM) IGNORED COMPLAINTS FROM THIS WEBSITE. I WAS ADVISED BY THE GM REP NOTHING ELSE WOULD BE CONSIDERED AND WHEN I ASKED FOR SOMEONE "HIGHER" AT GM TO SPEAK WITH WAS TOLD THEY COULDN'T PROVIDE ANYMORE INFORMATION. WHEN ASKED FOR THE CORPORATE ADDRESS AND CEO INFO I WAS TOLD THEY WOULDN'T GIVE THAT INFORMATION OUT BUT I COULD LOOK IT UP ON THE INTERNET. BOTTOM LINE IS CHEVROLET DOES NOT STAND BEHIND THEIR SAFETY CLAIMS OR VEHICLE ISSUES AND I FEEL COMPELLED TO HAVE THIS DOCUMENTED ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE. *TR

YESTERDAY MY SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE STARTED JUMPING BETWEEN NUMBERS RATHER THAN MOVING SMOOTHLY. TODAY IT STOPPED WORKING COMPLETELY, IT STAYED BELOW THE 0 AND WOULDN'T REGISTER THE SPEED AT ALL. I STOPPED AT A CHEVY DEALERSHIP ON THE WAY INTO WORK AND WAS TOLD THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER HAD TO BE REPLACED AT MY COST OF ABOUT $400. DRIVING AWAY FROM THE DEALERSHIP THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED MOVING SLOWLY (I WAS GOING AROUND 55 MPH BUT THE SPEEDOMETER SHOWED 15 - 20 MPH.) WHEN I GOT TO WORK I RAN AN INTERNET SEARCH AND FOUND THAT THIS IS A RECALL FOR CHEVY TRUCKS BUT NOT FOR TRAILBLAZERS. ALSO FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINT SITES WITH CONSUMERS REPORTING THE EXACT SAME ISSUE (MODEL YEAR AND MILEAGE VARIED.) OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A WIDESPREAD ISSUE AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY A RECALL FROM GM. THIS PRESENTS A SAFETY HAZARD AS MOST CONSUMERS DON'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR THE REPAIR COST SO THEY AREN'T FIXING THE FAULTY SPEEDOMETERS WHICH COULD LEAD TO ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER GOES OFF MOST OF THE TIME YOU CAN TURN OF VEHICLE THEN JUST KEEP CLICKING AND IT WILL GO BACK TO 0 SOMETIMES YOU STAR DRIVING AND IT WILL GO START ACTING UP AGAIN AND SOMETIMES IT STAYS THE WAY IT SHOULD BE. I THINK THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD YOU DON'T KNOW IF IT IS WORKING PROPERLY OR NOT AND YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW THE SPEED WHICH YOU ARE TRAVELING. I HAVE REQUEST AT MANY PLACES TO FIX THE PROBLEM BUT HAVE BEEN TOLD OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT I MAY SPEND THE MONEY TO REPLACE THE CLUSTER WHICH IS WHAT IS CAUSING THIS PROBLEM BUT IT WOULD PROBABLY DO THE SAME THING. FROM THERE KNOWLEDGE OF THIS PROBLEM THERE ARE MANY OF THESE WITH THIS PROBLEM AND I AM TOLD IF I REPLACE IT THE OTHER THAT I REPLACE IT WITH WOULD PROBABLY DO THE SAME THING. SO I AM JUST WONDERING HOW CAN THIS COMPANY GET AWAY WITH LETTING THIS PROBLEM EXIST. THIS IS A VERY UNSAFE ISSUE AND IF I CANT RESOLVE THIS I AM GOING TO HAVE TO TRADE IN FOR ANOTHER FORM OF TRANSPORTATION. PLEASE HELP ME WITH THIS ISSUE I HAVE KIDS AND A GRANDCHILD THAT DEPEND ON THIS CAR FOR TRANSPORTATION AND I WANT THEM TO BE SAFE ALL THE TIME NOT JUST SOMETIMES WHEN THE CLUSTER WANTS TO WORK. *TR

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER THAT HAS DEFECTIVE HEADLIGHTS. IT STARTED OVER A YEAR AGO, BUT WAS RARE. WHEN I DRIVE AT NIGHT THE LIGHTS SUDDENLY GO OUT. THE PARKING LIGHT AND THE HIGH BEAMS STILL WORK. IT HAS BEEN GETTING MORE FREQUENT AND IN THE LAST MONTH IT HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. MY ENGINE LIGHT HAS ALSO BEEN ON FOR MONTHS. I HAVE HAD A DIAGNOSTIC TEST DONE BY A MECHANIC AND HE INFORMED ME THAT I HAD A LOOSE GAS CAP. I BOUGHT A NEW ONE AND IT HAS NOT RESOLVED THAT PROBLEM. NOW I WONDER IF IT REMAINS ON BECAUSE OF THE LIGHT ISSUE. THIS IS A PROBLEM BECAUSE I LIVE IN AN UNINCORPORATED AREA THAT HAS MINIMAL LIGHTING AT NIGHT. I HAVE LOOKED ON THE INTERNET AND THERE SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE REPORTED THAT SAME ISSUE. *TR