2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

DT: CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT ON SEPTEMBER 15, 2005. UPON IMPACT, NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF 2002 CONSUMER'S WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION WITH THIS SAME VEHICLE, AND THE AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED AT THAT TIME EITHER. HAD THE VEHICLE REPAIRED AT THE GMC DEALERSHIP. *AK

I NOTICED OIL ON MY DRIVEWAY. I TOOK MY TRAILBLAZER TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY TOLD ME THAT THE FRONT AXLE SHAFT WAS LEAKING FLUID AND THAT IT WAS GOING TO COST $800 TO REPLACE A COUPLE OF SEALS IN THE PINION AND THE GEAR BOX. *JB

THE RADIO RANDOMLY CHANGES STATION WHILE DRIVING, SOMETIMES REPEATEDLY. OFTEN IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS RELATED TO TURNING AS IF SOMETHING IN THE STEERING COLUMN IS AFFECTING THIS. THIS FUNCTION IS DISTRACTING TO THE DRIVER. *NM

2002 TRAILBLAZER LS BEGINS TO SHAKE AT SPEEDS OVER 60 MPH. THE TIRES HAVE BEEN CHANGED AND HAS NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM IS NOT UNCOMMON IN THIS MODEL. IT IS A POSSIBLE LOSS OF CONTROL HAZARD. ALONG WITH THIS THERE IS A SQUEAKING NOISE WHEN PROCEEDING OVER ROUGH TERRAIN (EX. SPEED BUMPS,ETC.) MAY BE RELATED. *JB

THIS COMPLAINT IS FOR A 2002 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER WITH 44000 MILES. MY WIFE PULLED OUT TO PASS A SLOW MOVING CAR AND WHEN SHE PULLED ALONG SIDE THE CAR SHE WAS PASSING, THE MOTOR JUST REVED UP AND MADE A SCREEMING LOUD SORT OF NOISE. THERE WAS A CAR COMING AHEAD OF HER AND THE LINE OF CARS BEHIND HER HAD TAKEN UP THE EMPTY SPOT SHE HAD JUST PULLED OUT TO PASS FROM, NOT TO MENTION SHE WAS SCARED BY THE LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE CAR. SHE ALMOST HIT THE ON-COMING CAR HEAD ON. MY WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN WERE IN THE CAR THAT ALMOST COST THEM THEIR LIVES. AFTER RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM AND TALKING TO THE DEALERSHIP THAT IS REPAIRING THE PROBLEM, IT SEEMS MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. MY DEALERSHIP'S SERVICE MANAGER SAID THIS SHOUD NOT HAPPEN AGAIN BECAUSE THE NEW PARTS ARE HARDENED STEEL, AND THE GEAR THAT WAS PUT IN AT THE FACTORY WAS NOT. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM AND SOMEONE IS NOT GOING TO BE AS LUCKY AS MY FAMILY ENDED UP BEING. I ASSUME THAT THE COMPANY IS NOT RECALLING THIS TRANSMISSION PART BECAUSE OF THE COST OF REPLACEING THIS DEFECTIVE PART. I FEEL THAT THE SAFTEY OF MY FAMILY AND ANY OTHER FAMILY IS WELL WORTH THE COST OF REPLACING THIS DEFECTIVE PART.

LOUD ROARING NOISE - SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT APPEARED - TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP - FAN CLUTCH NEEDS TO BE REPLACED ON MY 2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. *NM

THE FRONT DOOR CONTROLS ARE INOPERABLE!! NO WINDOWS, NO LOCKS, CAN'T USE MY REMOTE LOCK AND ALARM. THE PART IS $200 AND ONLY AVAILABLE AT A DEALERSHIP. I TRIED TO GET ONE FROM A JUNK YARD, AND WAS TOLD THEY HAVE NO TRAILBLAZER DOORS BECAUSE OF THIS VERY PROBLEM. I ALSO CALLED SEVERAL DEALERSHIPS IN THE AREA, AND THEY ARE FULLY AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM ALSO, AND DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT HASN'T BEEN RECALLED. EVERYONE WANTS TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM, AND I CANNOT AFFORD THE MANY HOURS THEY WANT TO SPEND ON MY 2002 VEHICLE. I HAVE ALREADY HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS (AT $400 EACH JUST FOR PARTS), WHICH I SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO DO YET!!! IF THE DEALERSHIPS AND JUNKYARDS ARE AWARE OF MY DOOR PROBLEM, WHY AREN'T YOU? NOT BEING ABLE TO ROLL DOWN MY WINDOWS OR USE MY ALARM ARE DEFINITELY ISSUES IN MY BOOK!!! *NM

DT: THE CONTACT SMELLED GAS AND IT GOT REALLY STRONG ON 8-11-05. HE TOOK THE CAR TO DEALER TO HAVE IT CHECKED ON 8-25-05. HE WAS TREATED VERY BADLY BY DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP REMOVED THE GAS TANK AND NOTICED THAT THE TWO LINES ON TOP OF THE TANK WERE LEAKING. THEY TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT HE SHOULD WASH THE ROAD SALT OFF OF THE TANK. THEY STATED THAT WAS THE REASON FOR THE LEAKING. THE CONSUMER FELT THIS PROBLEM WAS SIMILAR TO RECALL 02V121000. THE DEALERSHIP WANTED HIM TO SIGN A STATEMENT, SAYING THE RUST AND CORROSION WAS HIS FAULT, HOWEVER HE REFUSED TO DO SO. THEN THEY SAID THEY WOULD NOT GET THE PART UNTIL LATE FRIDAY, HE FELT LIKE THE DEALERSHIP WAS PUNISHING HIM BECAUSE HE REFUSED TO SIGN THEIR PAPERS. THEY WOULD NOT OFFER HIM A RENTAL CAR. HE CALLED GM AND THEY ADVISED HIM TO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THEM AGAINST THE DEALERSHIP AFTER HE GOT CAR BACK. THE DEALERSHIP HAS HAD THE CAR ONE WEEK NOW AND THE REPAIRS HAVE NOT BEEN COMPLETED . *AK

2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AS A RESULT OF THE REAR TAIL LIGHT BEING INOPERATIVE. *MR THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED WHILE HE WAS SLOWING DOWN IN TRAFFIC. THIS SUV HAD OTHER FAILURES TO INCLUDE THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS, ENGINE(6 TIMES) , BATTERY (2 TIMES) , DASH BOARD, HEAD LIGHT AND VARIOUS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. *NM

DT: CONTACT BOUGHT A 2002 TRAIL BLAZER IN 2004. CONTACT COMPLAINED ABOUT ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. BRAKE LIGHTS/HEADLIGHTS/ 4-WHEEL SWITCH , AND BLOWER SWITCH WENT OUT. ON 12-720-04 SHE STARTED HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. IT STARTED GRINDING WHEN SHE PUT IN FOURTH GEAR. WHEN SHE TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER ,THEY TOLD HER THAT GEARS WERE FAULTY. WHEN SHE PUT VEHICLE IN 4-WHEEL DRIVE, IT BROKE. SHE HAD IT REPAIRED, AND THEN THE HEADLIGHTS WENT OFF BECAUSE THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH BURNED OUT. THEN SHE HAD A NEW ACTUATOR PUT ON IT AND A MONTH LATER, SHE HAD TO HAVE ANOTHER ACTUATOR PUT IN. ON 7-20-05 WHILE DRIVING, THE 4-WHEEL DRIVE SWITCH CAME ON, AND WAS SWITCHING BETWEEN 2-WHEEL DRIVE AND 4-WHEEL DRIVE. VEHICLE STOPPED, AND SHE PUT IT IN 4-WHEEL DRIVE. WENT BACK TO THE DEALER, WHO TOLD CONSUMER DIFFERENTIAL FAILED. BEFORE SHE COULD DRIVE HOME THE TRANSFER CASE MODULE WENT OUT. THE NAME OF THE DEALER WHERE SHE HAS BEEN TAKING THE CAR WAS GILLELANDS AT 3019 DIVISION STREET, ST. CLOUD, MN 56301.*AK IN ADDITION TO ALL THE VEHICLE'S PROBLEMS, THE SUNROOF WAS BROKEN AND THE SWAY BAR LINKS WERE LOOSE. *TT