2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

SMELL OF GAS. TOOK TO MECHANIC AND FOUND THE FUEL TANK IS LEAKING WHERE THE FILLER TUBE GOES INTO THE TANK CAUSING THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON. *TR

RAISED REAR LIGHTGATE HEARD A CRUNCHING SOUND. ON INSPECTION THE PLASTIC PIECE ON THE TOP OF THE LIGHTGATE WAS CRACKED & LIFTED UP. IT WAS A FAIRLY WARM DAY & I HAD WASHED THE TRUCK EARLY IN THE DAY & IT SAT IN THE SUN ALL DAY. ICE BUILD UP WAS NOT A POSSIBILITY. TOOK THE TRUCK IN FOR REPAIR OF THIS PIECE, BODYSHOP STATES THAT THERE ARE 2 BUSHINGS MISSING FROM THE HINGES WHERE THE REAR GLASS PIVOTS ON THE HINGES. DEALER PARTS DEPT. CONFIRMS THAT BUSHINGS SHOULD BE THERE. PARTS DEPT. HAD CONVERSATION WITH GM CUSTOMER SERVICE THESE HINGES & REPLACEMENT BUSHING ARE ONLY SERVICES ABLE WHEN THE REAR LIFTGATE GLASS GETS REPLACED. *TR

LISA WAS TAKING KIDS TO SCHOOL WHEN SHE NOTICED PROBLEMS WHEN STOPPING GOT TO MOMS HOUSE AND CALLED SHOP. ON WAY TO SHOP FRONT DIFFERENTIAL CAME APART AND TOOK STEERING AND AXLE WITH IT. *TR

NO WARNING LIGHTS, NO WARNING SOUNDS. WHILE CROSSING AN INTERSECTION, TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. 0 FORWARD GEARS, REVERSE WORKS. VEHICLE JUST REACHED 82,000 MILES. SERVICED REGULARLY. *TR

MY 2003 TRAILBLAZER LTZ NEEDS A SPEEDOMETER CLUSTER. THIS FIRST STARTED HAPPENING AT APPROX. 59,000 MILES. I NOW HAVE 61,000 MILES ON MY CAR, AND GM REFUSES TO HAVE THE REPAIRS MADE TO MY CAR. IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM ON OTHER CHEVY MODELS, BUT GM CLAIMS THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH PROBLEMS WITH THE TRAILBLAZERS TO "FIX" THIS PROBLEM. MY ESTIMATE IS $390.00 + TAX AFTER PAYING $106.00 FOR THEM TO ANALYZE THE PROBLEM AND TELL ME IT IS BROKEN (WHICH I KNEW BECAUSE THE SPEEDOMETER READING 92 MPH WITH THE ENGINE SHUT OFF IN THE DEALERSHIP GARAGE). I'VE CONTACTED GM SEVERAL TIMES AND THE DEALERSHIP, WITH NO LUCK IN GETTING THIS CORRECTED. I'VE CONTACTED THE BBB ALSO. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM, I'VE RESEARCHED THIS, 100'S OF PEOPLE HAVE THIS SAME QUALITY ISSUE AND IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. AS A LOYAL GM DRIVER I WANT THEM TO STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCTS AND FIX KNOWN PROBLEMS LIKE THIS ONE. *TR

THE 4WD DOES NOT WORK ON THE VEHICLE. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES SINCE I HAVE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THE 4WD WILL ALL OF SUDDEN JUST STOP WORKING FOR NO APPARENT REASON, THEN WILL WORK AGAIN. THE INDICATOR SAYS THE VEHICLE IS IN 4WD, BUT THE FRONT TIRES ARE NOT LOCKED IN AND ACTS AS IF IT IS IN 2WD. THE VEHICLE GOES LONG PERIODS OF TIME WITH THE 4WD WORKING, THEN THE 4WD JUST STOPS FUNCTIONING. THIS, IN MY OPINION, IS EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AND IS GOING TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. JUST THIS WEEKEND I WAS IN A VERY HILLY AREA AND WE RECEIVED SOME SNOW, MY 4WD DECIDED NOT TO WORK AND I WAS VERY NEARLY STUCK SEVERAL TIMES. NOT TO MENTION, CAUSING A TRAFFIC HAZARD BECAUSE MY VEHICLE SPUN OUT AT EVERY INTERSECTION BECAUSE I HAVE NO TRACTION. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALER AND THEY INSIST NOTHING IS WRONG. I GET THE VEHICLE HOME AND THE 4WD STILL DOES NOT WORK. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET A LOT OF CONSUMERS HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM. GM NEEDS TO RECALL THEIR FAULTY 4WD SYSTEM. THESE VEHICLES ARE AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. *TR

SPEEDOMETER STUCK ON 60 THEN AFTER SHUT OFF DID RIGHT. DID THAT SEVERAL DIFFERENT TIMES. NOW POINTS TO N OR D AND THEN STARTS GOING COUNTER CLOCKWISE. DON'T HAVE $500 TO REPLACE IT. GM CUSTOMER SERVICE ACKNOWLEDGED THERE IS SPECIAL BULLETIN ON THIS BUT MY VIN NOR MILEAGE 71,000 MI DID NOT FALL WITHIN THIS BULLETIN. TURNED IT OVER TO "DISTRICT MANAGER" AND HE SAID SAME THING AND SAID CALLED MY DEALERSHIP AND THEY COULDN'T HELP ON THIS MATTER. THERE ARE NUMEROUS REPORTS ON INTERNET OF PEOPLE HAVING SAME PROBLEM WITH 2003 TRAILBLAZER. IS SAFETY HAZARD DUE TO PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO DON'T HAVE THE MONEY (ON RETIREMENT S.S.) AND TRYING TO GUESS AT SPEED THEY ARE GOING. RPM ON TACH ALSO FLUCTUATES. I FEEL THAT TO HAVE THE WHOLE INSTRUMENT PANEL REPLACED IS A KNOWN DEFECT ON THE MAKERS PART. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, SMOKE APPEARED UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE AND ENTERED THROUGH THE DEFROST VENTS. THE FLAMES SPREAD THROUGH THE HOOD AND THEN UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND STATED THAT THE FUEL INJECTOR WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THEY STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT WANTED TO KNOW WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE FAULTY FUEL INJECTOR FOR THE 2002 MODELS, BUT THE 2003 MODELS WERE NOT INCLUDED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 79,500.

MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON BUT THE VEHICLE RAN O.K. TOOK IT TO MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THAT THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE WAS NOT WORKING AND HE BELIEVED THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS. IT WASN'T A RECALL SO WE WERE TOLD WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS OURSELVES AND SINCE WE REGULARLY CHANGE/CHECK OUR OIL I WASN'T TOO WORRIED. NOW WE HAVE NOTICED THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE HAS SHOT ALL THE WAY AROUND AND HAS STAYED BUT WHEN IT IS REALLY COLD OUTSIDE IT DROPS BACK TO NORMAL. THE SPEEDOMETER AND THE RPM GAUGE ALSO STICKS. SPENT MANY DAYS FOR A FEW YEARS TRYING TO SOLVE PROBLEM WITH THE RADIO AND DVD PLAYER NOT WORKING PROPERLY AND SWITCHING STATIONS ON ITS OWN AND AFTER SEVERAL REPLACEMENTS FINALLY GAVE UP BECAUSE IT WAS NEVER CORRECTED. THIS IS A REAL CONCERN AS I DO TRAVEL BY MYSELF AND RELY ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THIS SEEMS TO BE A REAL PROBLEM WITH THE TRAILBLAZER AND SHOULD BE RECALLED BY CHEVORLET. *TR

I WAS ON HIGHWAY I25 SB IN DENVER, CO. MIDDLE LANE, CLEAR CONDITIONS, 30-35 MPH. 4 CARS IN FRONT STOPPED SHORT, I CAME TO A STOP AS SOON AS I COULD, MISSING THE CAR IN FRONT BY AN INCH. A VAN BEHIND ME REAR ENDED ME GOING APPROX 30MPH. I AM 5'1 SO MY HEAD HIT THE STEERING WHEEL CAUSING A CONCUSSION. MY COMPLAINT IS THAT NEITHER MY SEATBELT NOR MY FRONT PASSENGER'S LOCKED INTO POSITION. MY PASSENGER'S SEAT EVEN ROCKED BACK RENDERING HER SPINE COMPLETELY UNSTABLE. AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND WE DID NOT FEEL SAFE. MY VEHICLE IS TOTALED. *TR