2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

MY GAS GAUGE SUDDENLY BEGAN MALFUNCTIONING AFTER FILLING THE TANK. THE GAUGE WENT DOWN TO EMPTY, SETTING OFF THE VISUAL AND AUDIBLE INDICATORS FOR AN EMPTY TANK. AFTER DRIVING FOR AWHILE, THE GAUGE BEGAN TO SLOWLY RISE. THIS NOW HAPPENS EVERY TIME I FILL THE TANK, BUT NOW THE GAUGE NEVER GOES UP TO THE FULL POINT, USUALLY STAYING AROUND HALF OF A TANK UNTIL IT STARTS TO DECLINE AGAIN. I CAN NO LONGER TRUST THE GAUGE. I HAVE HEARD THAT THIS IS BECOMING A COMMON PROBLEM ON SOME OF THE CHEVY MODELS, PARTICULARLY THE TRAILBLAZER.

FILLED UP WITH GASOLINE. FUEL GAUGE SAID EMPTY AND FUEL LIGHT REMAINED ON AND WARNING BELL SOUNDED. AFTER QUITE SOME TIME, USUALLY WITH MULTIPLE START UPS, THE FUEL LIGHT WENT OFF AND GAUGE WORKED ALTHOUGH INTERMITTENTLY AND NOT NECESSARILY ACCURATELY. IT WOULD GO UP AND DOWN AT DIFFERENT TIMES. IT WAS NOT NOTICEABLE IF ANY PARTICULAR ACTION AFFECTED IT, SUCH AS ACCELERATION. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER THAT ABOUT A MONTH AGO THE FUEL LIGHT CAME ON AND STARTED TO DING. I HAD JUST FILLED IT ABOUT JUST AN HOUR BRFORE THAT. I CHANGED THE GAS CAP AND THAT DIDN'T WORK. THE GAS GAUGE STILL DOESN'T WORK RIGHT AND IT'S STILL DINGING. I HAVE TO KEEP PUTTING GAS IN IT JUST ABOUT EVERYDAY SO I DON'T RUN OUT OF GAS. *TT

MY 2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT WORK. IT SAYS ITS EMPTY WHEN I FILL THE TANK AND ANY OTHER TIME FOR THAT MATTER. I HAVE TO USE THE "FUEL USED" DATA IN THE DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER TO FIGURE HOW MUCH FUEL WAS USED TO KNOW WHEN TO FILL UP. THEN I RESET IT EVERYTIME I FILL UP. VERY DISSAPOINTING. *TT

MY 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER GAS GAUGE DOESN'T WORK PROPERLY. I NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH FUEL I HAVE IN MY TANK BECAUSE THE THE GAUGE GOES UP AND DOWN LIKE CRAZY. SOMETIMES WHEN I KNOW I HAVE LESS THAN HALF A TANK OF GAS DUE TO THE MILES I'VE DRIVEN IT SAYS THAT IT'S FULL. OTHER TIMES RIGHT AFTER A FILL UP IT WILL SAY THAT IT'S EMPTY. *KB

LIGHTS DIM WHILE DRIVING CAUSING OTHERS TO EITHER THINK YOU ARE FLASHING THEM OR ALLOWING THEM TO MERGE IN FRONT OF YOU. NEITHER WHICH IS THE CASE. *KB

MY 2005 TRAILBLAZER'S FUEL GAUGE SHOWED A READING OF ALMOST 1/2 FULL, BUT WAS ACTUALLY EMPTY. AS A RESULT, MY TRAILBLAZER'S ENGINE DIED WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AND I NARROWLY MISSED BEING REAR ENDED BY A TRACTOR TRAILER. BEFORE I COULD GET OFF THE HIGHWAY. I RESEARCHED THE SITUATION AND FOUND THAT WILDLY FLUCTUATING FUEL GAUGES ARE COMMON IN THIS GM MODEL. IN MY OPINION THIS DEFECT COULD LEAD TO A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.

WHEN MY MILEAGE ON MY 2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER WAS APPROXIMATELY 50,000, THE FUEL GAUGE SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING AND READS THAT THERE IS AN EMPTY TANK DESPITE BEING FILLED TO CAPACITY. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THIS IS A SYSTEMIC FAULT WITH THE FUEL SENDING UNIT IN THE 2005-06 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER MODELS THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL OF PUTTING CONSUMERS AT GREAT RISK DUE TO THE POTENTIAL OF RUNNING OUT OF GAS ON EXPRESSWAYS, HIGHWAYS, ETC. AND, AS A RESULT OF AN UNEXPECTED LOSS OF MOBILITY, BEING UNNECESSARILY SUBJECT TO IMMINENT PERSONAL HARM FROM OTHER VEHICLES. I HAVE LODGED A PERSONAL COMPLAINT WITH GM AND UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THIS DEFECT IN THE FUEL SENDING UNIT AS BEING A SYSTEM PROBLEM, BUT HAVE FAILED TO ISSUE ANY VOLUNTARY RECALL OF THE PART. DUE TO THE INDIVIDUAL COST OF APPROXIMATELY $800 FOR A CONSUMER TO PROCURE THIS REPAIR (WHICH ALMOST ALWAYS SEEMS TO OCCUR WHEN THESE VEHICLES HAVE SURPASSED 40,000 MILES AND ARE THEREFORE OUTSIDE OF THE WARRANTY PERIOD), I BELIEVE IT IS VERY LIKELY THAT A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF THOSE CONSUMERS AFFECTED BY THIS PART FAILURE, ESPECIALLY IN THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CLIMATE, WILL BE FINANCIALLY UNABLE TO AFFORD THE COST OF REPAIRING THIS DEFECTIVE PART ON THEIR OWN AND WILL, ACCORDINGLY, BE SUBJECT TO UNNECESSARY AND SUBSTANTIAL RISK GIVEN THE POTENTIAL FOR THEM TO FIND THEIR VEHICLES OUT OF GAS WITHOUT ANY WARNING WHATSOEVER. MOREOVER, THE POTENTIAL FOR COLLISIONS DUE TO THE SUDDEN DECELERATION OR STRANDED VEHICLES ON THE ROADWAYS ALSO POSES A SUBSTANTIAL THREAT TO OTHER DRIVERS THAT IS ENTIRELY UNNECESSARY AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. *KB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD HUMMING NOISE COMING FROM OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING, WHICH DETECTED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL BEARING AND OUTER TIE ROD WERE EXCESSIVELY LOOSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NOT A RECALL RELATED TO THIS ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,728.

DURING ROUTINE DRIVING AROUND KEENE NH THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE YET. *TR