2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

LOUD CLANKING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR TO CENTER OF THE VEHICLE WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO FORWARD OR REVERSE, IEEE WHEN LACK OF OR DIRECTION IS CHANGED. 36,000 MILES, VERY POOR QUALITY VEHICLE AS I HAVE HAD SEVERAL OTHER ISSUES. GOOD THING I HAVE EXTENDED WARRANTY, HOWEVER I AM VERY DISPLEASED WITH CHEVROLET AND WILL AVIOD PURCHASING ANY CHEVEROLET PRODUCTS IN THE FUTURE.*AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP FOR BRAKE REPAIRS. THEY DETERMINED THE PARKING BRAKE WAS CRACKING AND BREAKING. THERE WERE NO WARNINGS FOR THIS BECAUSE THE PARKING BRAKE WAS NOT USED. *NM

2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER - AT 60,000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION FAILED, I.E. NO REVERSE, AND ONLY FIRST AND SECOND GEAR. DEALER DIAGNOSED AS A BROKEN REACTION SHELL. THEY REPLACE THE REACTION SHELL AND OVERHAULED THE TRANSMISSION. AT 69,000 MILES HAD EXACTLY THE SAME SYMPTOMS. DEALER DIAGNOSED AS BROKEN REACTION INTERNAL GEAR CAUSED BY OWNER ROCKING CAR TO GET UNSTUCK. THEREFORE THE WARRANTY FROM THE FIRST FAILURE WAS NO GOOD. G.M. TOLD OWNER THAT THEY WOULD REPLACE TRANS AS A COURTESY IF OWNER PAID $500 DEDUCTIBLE . *JB

UPON A CROSS COUNTRY DRIVE WITH MY 2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER - THE SEAT WARMER KEPT TURNING ITSELF ON. I WAS UNABLE TO TURN IT OFF. KEPT TRYING. GIVEN THAT IT WAS A SUNDAY AND WE WERE DRIVING FROM ARIZONA TO WISCONSIN FOR THE HOLIDAYS, WE NEEDED TO KEEP MOVING. THE SEAT GOT SO HOT I NEEDED TO PUT A FOLDED BLANKET DOWN TO BE ABE TO SIT ON IT. EVENTUALLY - IT FAILED. IT GOT SO HOT IT BURNED A BROWN SPOT INTO THE LEATHER SEAT AND COMPLETELY BURNED A HOLE THROUGH THE INTERIOR SEAT MATERIAL. THIS SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED AS A FUSE OR SOMETHING ELSE SHOULD HAVE FAILED BEFORE IT GOT THAT HOT. *NM

I HAVE A 2002 TRAILBLAZER. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPROGRAMMED TWICE IN 2002. LAST MONTH THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AS I EXITED THE OFF RAMP OF A HIGHWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CLOSEST CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP. THEY CALLED ME A DAY LATER AND SAID THE SUN SHIELD HAD FALLEN APART AND THERE WERE FRAGMENTS OF THE TRANSMISSION ALL OVER THE PLACE. THIS VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY AS IT HAS 77,000 MILES ON IT. THE DEALERSHIP SAID IT COST 3,000 TO FIX THE TRANSMISSION AND IS WILLING TO SUBMIT 1,500 FOR REIMBURSEMENT TO GM. THIS STINKS AS A TRANSMISSION SHOULD LAST A LOT LONGER THAN THIS AND IT CERTAINLY DOES NOT MAKE ANYONE WANT TO GO BUY A CAR FROM CHEVROLET. *JB

THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO HAVE A STRONG ODOR OF GAS. IT SEEMED THAT IT WAS CONSUMING GAS AT A VERY HIGH RATE. HAD THE VEHICLE CHECKED AND IT WAS NOT VISIBLE WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS LEAKING THE FUEL. KNOWING THAT THE FUEL SYSTEM IS A PRESSURIZED SYSTEM IT WAS FELT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THE SPRAY EASILY WHILE ON A LIFT AND THE VEHICLE RUNNING. NOTHING WAS FOUND. VEHICLE TAKEN TO A SERVICE GARAGE AND THE FUEL TANK WAS DROPPED. LOOKING AT THE FUEL SENSOR UNIT ASSEMBLY IT WAS NOTICED THAT IT WAS CORRODED. WHEN CLEANING THE TOP OF THE TANK WITH AIR PRESSURE THE SENDER UNIT ASSEMBLY HAD RUSTED TO THE POINT THE AIR WAS BLOWING CHUNKS OF METAL AWAY. THE MECHANIC ADVISED THAT THE SENDER UNIT IS RECESSED INTO THE TANK WHICH ALLOWS WATER AND OTHER CONTAMINATES TO SIT ON TOP OF THE METAL AND DETERIORATE IT. THE VEHICLE HAS 56000 MILES AND IS SERVICED REGULARLY. IT WOULD SEEM IT HAD FAILED PREMATURELY OR DUE TO DESIGN FLAW. *NM

THE TRANSMISSION ON MY 2002 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER HAS FAILED WITH ONLY 43,000 MILES. THE COST OF REPLACEMENT IS $3,200. WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE USED IN FEBRUARY OF 2005 FROM A VERY REPUTABLE DEALERSHIP IN THE HARRISBURG PA AREA. IT IS VERY DISAPPOINTING THAT YOU TAKE SPECIAL CARE OF YOUR VEHICLE THEN IT HAS THIS MAJOR PROBLEM. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET I SEE I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN QUITE OFTEN ON LOW MILEAGE TRAILBLAZER. *JB

ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2005, OUR CLIENT WAS DRIVING HER 2002 CHEVROLET TRAIL BLAZER IN SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS. SOON AFTER TURNING A CORNER FROM NINTH STREET WEST ONTO COOK STREET AT APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN MILES PER HOUR, ALL AIRBAGS IN THE ENTIRE VEHICLE DISCHARGED AT ONE TIME. OUR CLIENT WAS PUMMELED ABOUT. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN STRUCK OR IN AN ACCIDENT AT SAID TIME. OUR CLIENT HAD MERELY JUST COMPLETED TURNING THE CORNER. A SERVICE AIR BAG WARNING HAD TURNED ON IN THE VEHICLE THE PREVIOUS DAY, AND SHE HAD ALREADY PLANNED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TAKEN IN AT THE LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP IN SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS. GENERAL MOTORS WAS CONTACTED BUT DENIED ANY RESPONSIBILITY SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS JUST PAST THE WARRANTY DATE. EVENTUALLY, THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP REPLACED ALL OF THE AIR BAGS BUT STILL WAS UNABLE TO CONFIRM WHAT WAS THE ACTUAL CAUSE OF SAME. *NM

MY 2002 TRAILBLAZER WITH 32,716 MILES ON IT, STARTED TO MAKE A THUD NOISE WHEN SLOWING DOWN AND INCREASING SPEED ON 12/09/05. I CALLED CHAPMAN CHEVROLET IN TEMPE, AZ AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR 12/12/05 TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT. ON 12/11/05 WHILE OUT CHRISTMAS SHOPPING MY TB STARTED TO WHINE WHILE IN MOTION, THEN LOST REVERSE. THE SERVICE CENTER CALLED THE AFTERNOON OF 12/12/05 TO LET ME KNOW THAT THE SUN SHELL GEAR HAD GONE OUT IN THE TRANSMISSION, AND THAT THE FOLLOWING DAY SOMEONE ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXTENDED WARRENTY PROGRAM WOULD COME OUT TO VERIFY THE REPAIRS, WHICH ALL THE REPAIRS WERE COVERED, FOR WHICH I ONLY HAD TO PAY THE $100.00 DEDUCTABLE. HOWEVER, IF I HAD NOT HAD THE EXTENDED WARRENTY THE REPAIRS WOULD HAVE COST APPX. $2700.00. YES, MY TB WAS PAST THE 3YEAR DATE OF PURCHASE, HOWEVER I WOULDN'T EXCPECT FOR A TRANSMISSION TO HAVE PROBLEMS OR GO OUT UNDER 100,000 MILES, UNLESS THE VEHICLE IS BEING USED COMMERCIALLY. I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THE QUALITY OF MY TB, AND PLAN TO GET RID OF IT BEFORE MY EXTENDED WARRENTY RUNS OUT, MY NEXT VEHICLE WILL NOT BE A GM PRODUCT. *NM

1) NO SPECIAL EVENTS. NORMAL OPERATION, BACKED OUT OF PARKING PLACE, HEARD METAL NOISE, NOW TRANNY HAS NO REVERSE, AND WON'T SHIFT OUT OF 1ST GEAR. VEHICLE WAS LEFT THERE AT THAT POINT FOR TOW. 2) VEHICLE IS NOW BEING TOWED AND SERVICED BY AAMCO TRANSMISSION. AFTER READING NUMEROUS ONLINE DISCUSSION BOARDS, IT'S VERY APPARENT TO ME THAT GM KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE 4L65E TRANSMISSIONS FAILING, BUT REFUSE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, IN THE FORM OF A RECALL. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING, SINCE THIS IS HER VEHICLE, BUT I'M THANKFUL THAT HERS FAILED IN A PARKING LOT. I READ SOME DISCUSSIONS THAT SHOULD DEFINITELY BE A TRUE SAFETY HAZARD. AS IN, WHEN SOME OF THESE TRANSMISSIONS FAIL, THE WHEELS LOCK UP, WHICH MAKES YOU SKID. THIS COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE OF US THAT LIVE IN SNOW COUNTRY! *JB