2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED TO OPERATE IN TWO SPEEDS WITHIN THE MODE SELECTION. IN ADDITION, THE WINDSHIELD WIPER SYSTEM FAILED TO DEACTIVATE WITHOUT SHUTTING OFF THE ENGINE. THE FAILURES OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING AND EACH TIME THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE ACTIVATED. THE VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V046000 (VISIBILITY;WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER), ALTHOUGH THE FAILURES WERE IDENTICAL. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 117,000. UPDATED 3/4/2010 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS DID NOT SHUT UNLESS THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF AND THEY ONLY OPERATED IN 2 SPEEDS. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 04V046000 EVEN THOUGH THE FAILURE WAS IDENTICAL. UPDATED 05/20/10.*JB

I HAVE AN 2003 TRAILBLAZER WITH A BAD INSTRUMENT CLUSTER(SPEEDO, TACH, GAS GAUGE, TEMP) ALL NOT WORKING! ALL OF CHEVY VEHICLES IN THIS CLASS( TAHOE, SILVERADO) HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM EXCEPT FOR THE TRAILBLAZER. THIS SEEMS A BIT RIDICULOUS TO ME CONSIDERING THE PART NUMBERS FOR THE CLUSTERS ARE ALL EXACTLY THE SAME. WHEN I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP I WAS TOLD IT WOULD COST AROUND $500 FOR THE REPAIR. I CONTACTED CHEVY AND WAS TOLD IT IS NOT THEIR PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH THOUSANDS OF THEIR VEHICLES HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THE EXACT PROBLEM WITH THE EXACT SAME PART NUMBERS. I HAD TO BUY A GPS SYSTEM JUST SO I COULD KNOW HOW FAST I AM TRAVELING BECAUSE I COULD NOT AFFORD THE FULL REPAIR COST, NOR DO I FEEL I SHOULD HAVE TO. I HAVE DONE PLENTY OF ONLINE RESEARCH AND HAVE FOUND THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS IDENTICAL TO MINE. MY PROBLEM IS THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY RECALLED THE TAHOES AND SILVERADOS AND NOT THE TRAILBLAZER WHEN THE PART NUMBERS ARE IDENTICAL. *TR

HIGH MOUNT REAR STOP TAIL LAMP ASSEMBLY IS LOOSE. OPENED THE TAILGATE ON 5/11/09 HEARD METAL CRUNCHING. EVER SINCE MY BACK GLASS VIBRATES VIOLENTLY WHEN GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, INCREASING THE POSSIBILITY OF IT BLOWING OUT. ON 5/17/09 AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION NOTICED THAT THE TOP ASSEMBLY HAS BROKEN AWAY FROM THE TRUCK ON BOTH SIDES (STILL BEING HELD ON BY THE CENTER) SHOULD THIS COME OFF IT PUTS ME AND DRIVERS BEHIND ME AT RISK OF AN ACCIDENT. THIS PROBLEM PUTS MY CHILDREN AT RISK OF GLASS SHATTERING ON THEM OR BEING INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. THIS IS MY ONLY VEHICLE AND I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO DRIVE IT UNTIL IT GOES TO THE SHOP THIS WEEK. I HAVE READ SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ONLINE. *TR

2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER/LS MY HEADLIGHTS KEEP GOING OUT, IN FACT BOTH SOCKETS ARE NOW MELTED, IF I BANG ON THE LENS IT COMES ON SOMETIMES, FOR NOW I AM ABLE TO USE HIGH BEAMS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AND I KEEP REPLACING THE BULBS. *TR

2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER TRANSMISSION. . I USUALLY HAVE TO STOP, PUT THE CAR IN PARK, AND THEN BACK IN DRIVE ONCE OR TWICE TO GET FIRST GEAR TO ENGAGE. ALSO, WHEN PASSING OR ACCELERATING ON THE FREEWAY, I AM LOSING POWER. *TR

I WAS GOING OUT TO MY SUV WHICH IS A 2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER EXT TO OPEN THE BACK IT WAS COLD OUTSIDE BUT NO ICE WAS VISIBLE ON MY TRUCK OR ANYTHING I HEARD A CRACK I THOUGH IT WAS ICE EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING BUT NOTICED MY TAIL LIGHT COVER ON TOP LOOKED BROKE SO TOOK IT TO LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP TO GET CHECKED THEY SAID YES IT IS CRACKED IT WILL COST YOU 1800 DOLLARS TO FIX I DID NOT HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY FOR A LITTLE PIECE BUT GUY SAID YOU WILL BE FINE AS LONG AS THE LIFTGATE LIFTS WHICH IT DID IT SEEMED FINE THEN ON THE WAY TO OUR DESTINATION ONE DAY ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY THE PIECE FLEW HALF WAY OFF FLAPPING BEHIND US FREAKING OUT WE PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE WE HAD TO RIP IT OFF NO CHOICE OR WE WERE STUCK THEIR AND THE PIECE WOULD OF FLEW OFF AND CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT. WELL IT IS STILL OFF UNTIL IT GETS REPAIRED BUT THIS JUST IN THE LAST WEEK I SEEN 2 MORE TRAILBLAZER EXT WITH THE SAME PIECE MISSING JUST IN MY SMALL TOWN OF POTTSVILLE WHICH HAD ME THINKING THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG. BUT WHAT CONCERNED ME THE MOST WAS THE THIRD TRAILBLAZER EXT IN A WAL-MART PARKING LOT WITH THE PIECE BROKE BUT STILL ATTACHED.THAT PERSON PROBABLY HAS NO IDEA THAT THE PIECE WILL PROBABLY FALL OFF WILL ON THE HIGHWAY WHICH COULD CAUSE A MAJOR ACCIDENT. I DID TALK TO THE LADY DOWN THE STREET FROM ME WHICH WAS ONE OF THE TRAILBLAZERS I SEEN AND ASK SHE SAID THE SAME THING THAT IT CRACKED WHEN OPENING THEN TOOK IT TO SHOP THEY SAID YOUR LUCKY THIS PIECE COULD HAVE FLEW OFF WHILE DRIVING. SO PLEASE INVESTIGATE THE 2003-2006 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT. *TR

2003 TRAILBLAZER TRANSMISSION GONE BAD (@63,000MILES) WHILE DRIVING. CAR STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET, LUCKY NO OTHER CAR WAS BEHIND. *TR

PURCHASED 2003 TRAILBLAZER, 1 MONTH AFTER PURCHASE, SPEEDOMETER AND RPM GAUGE ERRATICALLY MOVING CONSISTENTLY. AFTER SEARCHING THE INTERNET AND OBSERVING THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS SAME ISSUE I FELT COMPELLED TO NOT ONLY WRITE A LETTER TO GM, BUT ALSO TO WRITE COMPLAINTS TO EVERYONE I COULD POSSIBLY THINK OF TO WRITE A LETTER TO REGARDING THIS PROBLEM. NOT ONLY DOES THIS PROBLEM LEAVE THE CONSUMER WITH A FINANCIAL BURDEN, SAFETY ISSUES SHOULD ALSO BE CONSIDERED TO THE CONSUMER AS WELL AS OTHER DRIVERS AT RISK OF BEING INNOCENT CITIZENS SUBJECT TO THE DEFECTIVE AUTOMOBILES THAT GM HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO SELL WITHOUT ANY LOYALTY TO THE CONSUMERS WHO SHOW THEIR AMERICAN LOYALTY BY PURCHASING GM'S DEFECTIVE AUTOMOBILES!!! *TR

HEARD A POPPING SOUND NEAR THE CENTER FRONT OF THE SUV. THEREAFTER NOTICED SOME GRINDING GOING ON WHEN THE SUV WAS ACCELERATING. TOOK IT A DEALER TO HAVE LOOK AT THE BRAKES. TURNED OUT TO BE THE FRONT AXLE ASSEMBLY BROKE AND GOT METAL FILINGS IN THE DIFFERENTIAL CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO SLIP. REPAIR COST THIRTY-THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS. REPLACED THE DIFFERENTIAL AND FRONT AXLE ASSEMBLY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD NOT SHUT OFF; HOWEVER, THE DRIVER CAN INCREASE THE SPEED BUT NOT TURN THEM OFF. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ONE TIME. THE DEALER REPAIRED IT AND STATED THAT IT WAS THE WIPER ASSEMBLY MODULE AND THE CONTACT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING $298.14. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 04V046000 COMPONENT: VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER IS RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VIN IS NOT A PART OF THE RECALL. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 78,724.