2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

EXHAUST MANIFOLD ON THE 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT WITH 4.2 ENGINE LEAKS EXHAUST FUMES INTO THE AIR AND INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE CREATING AN EMISSIONS PROBLEM AS WELL AS A HEALTH HAZARD OF DRIVER AND PASSENGERS OF THE VEHICLE BREATHING THE FUMES. REPLACEMENT PARTS ARE NEAR TO NON EXISTENT SINCE THERE ARE APPARENTLY SO MANY OF THE VEHICLES WITH HIS PROBLEM. I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR A REPLACEMENT PART FOR 3 WEEKS AND NOTHING YET. HAVE BEEN TOLD BY PARTS STORES, AND DEALERSHIPS THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE THEM AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION CENTERS DO NOT HAVE THEM EITHER, NEITHER DO THE ONLINE WEBSITES. THERE ARE NO PARTS AVAILABLE IN JUNK YARDS EITHER. NO OPTIONS AT THE MOMENT AND VEHICLE WILL NOT PASS CURRENT STATE INSPECTION. *TR

GAS GAUGE READING EMPTY AFTER COMPLETE FILL-UP OF FUEL. GAS GAUGE DOES NOT REGISTER CORRECT FUEL LEVEL AT ALL. *TR

2005 TRAILBLAZER FUEL SENSOR UNIT FAULTY. FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT CORRECTLY SHOW THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF FUEL. IT SHOWS EMPTY ALTHOUGH THE FUEL HAS BEEN FILLED. ON AT LEAST ONE OCCASION MY SPOUSE WAS LEFT STRANDED DUE TO THIS FAILURE. *TR

STARTED SMELLING EXHAUST FUMES IN THE CABIN OF THE TRUCK. SHORTLY AFTER THIS BEGAN, THE TRUCK EXHAUST STARTED GETTING LOUDER. DEALER DIAGNOSED AS CRACKED EXHAUST MANIFOLD. COST OVER $1,000 TO REPAIR. DEALER WOULD NOT WARRANTY. *TT

FUEL GAUGE WAS INACCURATE. WOULD READ FULL WHEN EMPTY, EMPTY WHEN FULL, ETC. HAD FAULTY FUEL SENDING UNIT REPLACED BY DEALER TO SOLVE PROBLEM. *TT

THIS COMPLAINT IS CONCERNING A DEFECTIVE FUEL LEVEL SENSOR. ON OR NEAR THE INCIDENT DATE, THE VEHICLE'S FUEL TANK WAS FILLED TO THE TOP. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THE TANK WAS COMPLETELY FILLED IN SEVERAL MONTHS (DUE TO HIGH GAS PRICES). UPON DRIVING AWAY FROM THE PUMP, THE DASH FUEL GAUGE READ 'EMPTY'. PRIOR TO TOPPING OFF THE TANK, THE GAUGE WAS READING APPROXIMATELY 1/3 FULL. THE GAUGE CONTINUED TO READ 'EMPTY' UNTIL THE LEVEL WAS DOWN TO APPROXIMATELY 7/8 FULL. AFTER THAT, THE GAUGE VARIED BETWEEN LESS THAN 1/8 FULL TO ACTUAL LEVEL AND SOMETIMES WOULD READ 'EMPTY' BRIEFLY. AFTER THE FUEL WAS DOWN TO LESS THAN 3/4 FULL, THE GAUGE APPEARED TO READ NORMAL UNTIL FILLED AGAIN. THIS PATTERN BASICALLY HAS CONTINUED TO GET WORSE. NOW, WHEN THE TANK IS TOPPED OFF, IT STILL READS 'EMPTY' BUT DOESN'T READ 'NORMAL' UNTIL DOWN TO ABOUT 1/4 TANK. I HAVE RESORTED TO LOGGING MILEAGE AND DATE WHEN TOPPING OFF THE TANK AND REFILLING BEFORE THE TANK SHOULD BE EMPTY BASED ON MILEAGE.

THE FUEL GAUGE BEGAN TO BE INACCURATE. IT WOULD OCCASIONALLY WORK BUT NOT CONSISTENTLY. AFTER ABOUT 2 MONTHS THE GAUGE STOPPED WORKING COMPLETELY. THE PROBLEM WAS THE SENSOR IN THE GAS TANK MALFUNCTIONED AND NEEDED REPLACED. ONCE THE SENSOR REPLACED THE GAS GAUGE WORKS ACCURATELY. THE COST OF THE REPLACEMENT WAS $465. *KB

FUEL GAUGE FAILING. 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER LT 4X4 4.2L I6 THE FUEL GAUGE WILL STATE AN INCORRECT AMOUNT OF FUEL REMAINING. AFTER FILLING FUEL THE GAUGE WILL STATE EMPTY. AFTER ABOUT 20 MILES DRIVEN THEN THE GAUGE WILL SLOWLY COME BACK AND READ FULL. AS THE FUEL IS USED UP IN TANK THE GAUGE WILL BE OFF BY UP TO A 1/4 OF A TANK. *TR

FUEL GAUGE INDICATED ALMOST 1/2 TANK OF FUEL BUT WAS REALLY EMPTY. STALLED IN FAST LANE OF 4 LANE HIGHWAY AT 70MPH. NEAR REAR-END COLLISION. DEFECTIVE FUEL PUMP SENDER ASSEMBLY. *TR

2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER. HEAT/AC STOPS WORKING ON 5..THEN EVENTUALLY 4 STOPS AND SO ON UNTIL NONE OF IT WORKS. THE WIRES GET TO HOT AND MELT TOGETHER. I KNOW SO MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM YET CHEVY STILL DOESN'T RECALL IT!? *TR