2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

INSTRUMENT PANEL HAS RPM AND SPEEDOMETER DISPLAYING INCORRECT METRICS. RPM DISPLAYS ZERO; SPEEDOMETER DISPLAYS INCORRECT SPEED. CHEVY DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAYS KNOWN ISSUE FOR TAHOE MODEL. SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE SAID 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER "INSTRUMENT CLUSTER" IS THE ISSUE BUT YOUR MAKE AND MODEL IS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST SO IT WILL COST ABOUT $500. *TR

INSTRUMENT CLUSTER GAUGES AND LIGHTS GO HAYWIRE. RADIO SHUTS OFF, SECURITY LIGHT COMES ON AND ALARM SOUNDS. SPEEDO AND TACH CONTINUE TO WORK FINE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO MANEUVER THE STEERING WHEEL TO AVOID CRASHING INTO A DEER AND LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. THE CONTACTS FACE HIT THE STEERING WHEEL UPON IMPACT AND SUSTAINED A BROKEN NOSE. THE CONTACT WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND WAS TOWED BY HER INSURANCE COMPANY TO AN UNKNOWN LOCATION. A POLICE REPORT WAS AVAILABLE, IF NEEDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,700.

INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WENT DEAD - HEATER THERMOSTAT WENT OUT AND DRIVERS SIDE IS STUCK ON HEAT AND WON'T SHUT OFF - SENDING THE TRAILBLAZER TO OBAMA AND GOV.'T MOTORS - NO CHANCE IT WILL EVER GET FIXED SINCE OBAMA BOUGHT OFF THE UNION! *TR

2004 TRAILBLAZER - ALL GAUGES DON'T WORK OR MAX. OUT; SPEED GAUGE AND GAS GAUGE QUIT WORKING. STARTED AT ABOUT 55,000 MILES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 45 MPH, THE HEADLIGHT FAILED. AFTER SEVERAL MOMENTS, THE HEADLIGHTS RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THIS WAS THE SECOND OCCURRENCE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE UNDER 24,500.

1. THERE IS NO EVENT THAT LED TO THE FAILURE, RATHER IT IS A CRACK AT THE GAS TANK NECK, WHICH IS COVERED ON DOCUMENT 07099A FOR THE CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT, HOWEVER I HAVE THE TRAILBLAZER LT WHICH SUFFERS FROM THE SAME SYMPTOMS. 2. AS IT IS A CRACK THERE IS FUEL LEAKING AS WELL AS FUMES INTO THE VEHICLE CABIN. 3. GM DOES NOT WANT TO COVER THE COST TO FIX THE REPLACEMENT OF THE FUEL TANK AND LABOR AS COVERED FOR THE TRAILBLAZER EXT. *TR

MY GAS TANK ALWAYS READS EMPTY AND THE FUEL LIGHT IS ALWAYS ON. OCCASIONALLY AFTER A FILL UP, IT WILL APPEAR THAT I HAVE A SMALL AMOUNT OF GAS, BUT SOON RETURNS TO EMPTY. FOR THE LAST 6 MONTHS OR MORE I HAVE HAD TO RESET MY MILEAGE TRIP GAUGE EVERY TIME I FILL UP AND WATCH THE MILEAGE SO I DON'T RUN OUT OF GAS. THIS IS EXTREMELY INCONVENIENT. ALSO, ONE NIGHT ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO, MY SPEEDOMETER WAS READING 20 MILES AN HOUR MORE THAN THE SPEED WE WERE TRAVELING. EVEN AFTER WE STOPPED COMPLETELY, THE GAUGE READ 20 MPH. THE NEXT DAY IT WAS ONCE AGAIN NORMAL AND HAS BEEN SINCE, BUT THIS WAS VERY STRANGE. *TR

2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER, SPEEDOMETER WILL SHOW A FASTER SPEED THAN YOU MOVING OR WILL GO TO 0 WHILE ON THE FREEWAY. THE TACH HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND IT SHOULD BE RECALLED NOW. I HEARD THAT THEY HAD THE SAME ISSUE ON PICK-UPS AND THEY WERE RECALLED. *TR

SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING WHILE I WAS DRIVING. I HAD SLOWED DOWN BECAUSE THE SPEED LIMIT SLOWED AND THE SPEEDOMETER JUST STAYED AT THE SAME SPEED. WE PULLED OVER AND STOPPED AND IT STAYED AT 60. WE TURNED THE CAR OFF AND THEN STARTED IT AGAIN. THE SPEEDOMETER DID NOT MOVE. IT HAS NOW BEEN OVER A WEEK AND HAS STAYED AT 80 AND DOES NOT GO BACK TO ZERO. *TR