2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

I BOUGHT A 2002 TRAILBLAZER LZT ON 8/5/06 FROM CARMAX. VEHICLE HAD BEEN DOING FINE UNTIL 11/14/06. I WAS PULLING OUT ON THE ROAD MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN AND IT JUST SLIPPED INTO NEUTRAL ON IT'S OWN AND LEFT ME STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WITH A FED EX TRUCK BARRELING TOWARDS ME. I SHIFTED THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL AND SWITCHED IT OVER TO THE 4WD AND IT WENT INTO GEAR. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE CARMAX WHERE I PURCHASED IT FROM AND THEY FOUND A SERVICE BULLETIN ON THIS VEHICLE FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM ALTHOUGH WHEN TAKEN TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP THEY CAN FIND NO EVIDENT PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR. I HAVE LOOKED UP THIS VEHICLE ON MY CAR STATS.COM AND WAS HORRIFIED TO FIND HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS VEHICLE. GM NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BEFORE PEOPLE GET SERIOUSLY HURT OR KILLED! I AM ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED TO TAKE MY (2) CHILDREN WITH ME ANYWHERE UNTIL THIS PROBLEM IS FIXED. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS INOPERABLE. THERE WAS A NHTSA RECALL, #03V096000, REGARDING THE ELECTRICAL; WIRING; INTERIOR/UNDER DASH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN.

OUR MOTOR CAME TO PART. WE'VE ONLY HAD A FEW VISITS TO THE DEALERSHIP WHICH WAS NOT RECORDED. WHEN WE NOTIFIED THE DEALERSHIP HE GAVE US PAPERS OF A SPECIAL WARRANTY PUT ON OUR VEHICLE. ONE THAT LAST UNTIL 100,000. PROBLEM BEING WE'VE NEVER RECEIVED ONE PAGE OF THIS. WE HAVE A 2002 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER. *JB

PLANETARY GEAR IN TRANSMISSION - NO SIGNS OF FAILURE UNTIL I LOST SECOND GEAR, FORTH GEAR AND REVERSE. I DO NOT PULL OR TOW ANYTHING AND THE CAR ONLY HAS 56000 MILES. THE MORE I READ ABOUT THIS GEAR THE MORE I AM DISAPPOINTED. *NM

2002 TRAILBLAZER WITH APPROX. 34,000 MILES; PURCHASED NEW. AS I WAS DRIVING. THERE WAS A LOUD, VIOLENT CLUNK FROM UNDER THE CAR. I WAS ABLE TO COAST AROUND A CORNER AND INTO THE RIGHT LANE OF ANOTHER STREET. AFTER WAITING FOR OVER AN HOUR FOR A TOW TRUCK, I WAS FORCED TO DRIVE THE CAR (SLOWLY) ABOUT 1/4 MILE INTO A LARGE PARKING LOT. THE ENTIRE TIME I WAS DRIVING, THERE WAS A LOUD WHINING NOISE. WHEN I TRIED TO BACK UP THE CAR, THERE WAS NO REVERSE GEAR. THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER TOOK ME AND THE CAR TO A CHEVROLET DEALER. THE SERVICE PERSON CALLED ME A SHORT TIME LATER TO SAY THE SUN SHIELD WAS BROKEN, AND REPAIRS WOULD BE A MINIMUM OF $1800, POSSIBLY MORE IF ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS WERE FOUND ONCE THE TRANSMISSION WAS PULLED. EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE ONLY 34,000 MILES ON THE CAR, HE ADVISED THAT IT WAS 1-1/2 YEARS PAST THE TIME PORTION OF THE WARRANTY. MY CAR IS STILL AT THE DEALERSHIP UNTIL I CAN DO MORE RESEARCH INTO THE APPARENTLY WIDESPREAD PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR. *NM

I HAVE OWNED MY CHEVY TRAILBLAZER SINCE OCTOBER 16, 2004. I AM THE SECOND OWNER OF THE VEHICLE. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE 6 MONTHS AFTER A SAFETY RECALL WAS ISSUED ON THE SEAT BELTS ON THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDES OF THE VEHICLE. I HAVE RECENTLY HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT IT HAS EXTRACTED AND WILL NOT RETRACT. I TOOK IT TO CRYSTAL CHEVROLET IN CRYSTAL RIVER FLORIDA FOR THEM TO TRY AND DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. THEY HAVE DETERMINED THAT IT IS THE MECHANISMS INSIDE THE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR. THEY TOLD ME THAT THE SYSTEM SHOWED THAT THE RECALL HAD ALREADY BEEN DONE ON THIS VEHICLE BASED ON MY VIN NUMBER. I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY WOULD DO FOR ME UNLESS I WANTED TO PAY THEM 325.00 TO REPAIR IT. I DON'T FEEL THAT THIS SHOULD BE AN EXPENSE I SHOULD INCUR DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE RECALL CLEARLY STATES THAT WHEN SENT IN FOR THE RECALL IT WOULD ONLY BE REPLACED IF NECESSARY. I FEEL THAT AT THAT TIME THERE MAY HAVE NOT BEEN A PROBLEM WITH IT THEREFORE IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND NOW THAT I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH I AM TOLD THAT IT CAN'T BE REPAIRED DUE TO ME NOT BEING THE 1ST OWNER AND THAT IT WAS ALREADY BROUGHT IN TO GM FOR THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS CLEARLY A SAFETY ISSUE THAT SHOULD BE DEFINITELY TAKEN CARE OF ON THE BEHALF OF GM. THERE IS NO PROOF THAT THIS VEHICLES PROBLEM WAS ACTUALLY REPLACED AT THE TIME OF THE RECALL. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AT 5 MPH, A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE COOLING FAN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.

I DRIVE A 2002 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER 4WD AND MY SON WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT. HE WAS DRIVING THE SPEED LIMIT OF 30 MPH AND SWERVED TO AVOID A POSSUM IN THE ROAD, HE OVERCORRECTED AND LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR CAUSING THE CAR TO COLIDE WITH A TREE AT THE FRONT PANEL AND DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. UPON IMPACT THE AIR BAG DID NOT INFLATE AND THE CAR IMMEDIATELY CAUGHT FIRE. LUCKILY MY SON WAS ABLE TO CRAWL OUT THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW BUT THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A TERRIBLE SITUATION. WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY THE AIRBAG DID NOT INFLATE AND WHY THE CAR WOULD HAVE CAUGHT ON FIRE WITH A DRIVER'S SIDE IMPACT?

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH ON A GRAVEL ROAD, CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WAS LOST AND IT CRASHED INTO A TREE HEAD ON. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WAS NO PRIOR BRAKING AND SEAT BELTS WERE WORN. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS LATER TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. THE DEALER WAS ALERTED.

I HAVE A 2002 TRAILBLAZER WITH ABOUT 50,200 MILES AND THE OTHER DAY IT BEGAN TO MAKE A HIGH PITCHED SOUND, ALMOST LIKE A PLANE LANDING. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, HE SAID IT'S THE FAN CLUTCH AND IT'S GOING TO COST $711 TO FIX. WHEN I ASKED IF THIS IS NORMAL WEAR & TEAR, I DID NOT GET A PROPER ANSWER. THE RESPONSE WAS THAT THIS HAPPENS A LOT ON THE CHEVY & GM VEHICLES. WHEN I CALLED CHEVY CORPORATION, I WAS GIVEN A CLAIM# & TOLD THAT THEY WILL HAVE TO INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM & THEN THEY WILL CALL ME BACK IN ABOUT 3 DAYS TO ADVISE IF THEY WILL HELP WITH THE COSTS OF THE REPAIR. BOTH THE CUSTOMER SERVICE REPS I SPOKE WITH AT CHEVROLET CORPORATION (800-222-1020) TOLD ME THAT THEY'VE PERSONALLY NEVER HAD SUCH A COMPLAINT BEFORE AND THAT THIS WAS NEW TO THEM. BUT WHEN I GOOGLED THIS PROBLEM FOR THE CHEVY TRAILBLAZER 2002, I GOT SEVERAL WEB PAGES INCLUDING NHTSA WHICH DOCUMENTED THIS PROBLEM. THIS SHOULD DEFINITELY BE A RECALL ITEM. I AM NOW WAITING TO SEE IF CHEVROLET WILL HELP AND TO WHAT EXTENT. *NM