2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints
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2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER- CHICAGO, IL
MY SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING MY GAS GAIGE STOPPED WORKING AND MY ODOMETER WENT OUT CANT SEE THE MILELAGE AND I DONT KNOW HOW MUCH GAS IS IN THE TAKE,AND THE SPEED IS MOT WORKING.I REMEMBER A RECALL AWHILE AGO IF YOU HAD THE PROBLEM THEY SAID AND I DIDNT AT THAT TIME I THINK IT WAS 2011
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2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER- CLINTON, IA
THE GAS GAUGE STAYS ON EMPTY EVERY ONCE INAWHILE IT WILL MOVE BUT GOES RIGHT BACK TO E
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2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER- VILLA PARK, IL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY REDUCED SPEED TO 20 MPH AND JERKED ABRUPTLY. IN ADDITION, THE REDUCED ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000.
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2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER- SILVER SPRING, MD
MY HEADLIGHTS KEEP GOING OUT WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE REPLACED THE BULBS AND THE RELAY SWITCH. THEY WILL WORK FOR A WHILE AND THEN WILL GO OUT AGAIN. SOMETIMES THEY WILL COME BACK ON. I CANNOT DRIVE MY VEHICLE AT NIGHT WITH NO HEADLIGHTS. THE BRIGHT LIGHTS WILL WORK ONCE IN A WHILE. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM FOR A FEW YEARS. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET MY LIGHTS BACK ON AND NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. THIS IS A BIG SAFETY ISSUE AND I SEE THAT THERE ARE MANY OTHERS WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT. GM NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING TO FIX THIS ISSUE. THE 2005 SEEMS TO BIG A BIG ISSUE AND A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED FOR THE SAFETY OF ALL DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS. THE DATE I SELECTED BELOW FOR WHEN THIS HAPPENED IS THE MOST RECENT.
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2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER- SIPSEY, AL
WHEN YOU TURN THE HEAT OR AIR ON HIGH THE RED WIRE ON THE BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR GETS HOT AND MELTS AND I HAVE 2 LITTLE GIRLS THAT RIDE IN THIS VEHICLE. THIS ISN'T NORMAL
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2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER- GARLAND, TX
THE FUEL LEVEL SENSOR IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. THE TANK IS FILLED FULL BUT IT WILL ALWAYS READ EMPTY. I ALREADY HAVE A REFURBISHED CLUSTER SO IT WILL NOT BE THE CLUSTER'S FAULT. GM NEEDS TO RECALL THE FUEL LEVEL SENSOR TO BE FIXED TO AVOID ACCIDENTS ON THE ROAD.
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2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT 370- KANSAS CITY, KS
I BOUGHT 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER AND THE FUEL GAUGE IS DEFECTIVE. IT IS CRAZY TO HEAR BEEP SOUNDING ALL THE TIME TELLING ME THE GAUGE IS EMPTY WHEN I KNOW FOR SURE IS NOT. I WISH IT COULD BE FIXED, BECAUSE I HAVE MANY OTHERS THINGS IN MY PLATE THAT NEED TO WORRY, I REALLY DON'T NEED ANOTHER ONE.
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2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER- POWELL, TN
I WAS DRIVING IN THE DARK AND MY AUTOMATIC HEADLIGHTS TURNED OFF. I PULLED OVER AND WAS ABLE TO GET THEM BACK ON. I GOT ON THE INTERSTATE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. I WAS DRIVING IN THE MIDDLE LANE WITH TWO TRACTOR TRAILORS TO MY RIGHT AND TRAFFIC TO MY LEFT. SUDDENLY IT WENT DARK. IT WAS VERY SCARY. I GOT AROUND THE TRUCKS AND PULLED INTO THE EMERGENCY LANE. BEFORE I CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP THEY TURNED ON AND STAYED ON. I HAVEN'T DRIVEN IN THE DARK A LONG DISTANCE UNTIL THE OTHER NIGHT. MY HEADLIGHTS MAY HAVE BEEN TURNING OFF AND ON IN THE DAYLIGHT WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE. I CHECKED AND THERE WASN'T ANY OPEN RECALLS. ALTHOUGH THE 2006 CHEVROLET TRAIL BLAZER HAS A RECALL FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. HEADLIGHTS TURNING OFF WHILE DRIVING.
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2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER- EUGENE, OR
GAUGES ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL STOPPED WORKING. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 3 GAUGES NOT WORKING ON MY INSTRUMENT PANEL INCLUDING THE SPEEDOMETER AND THE GAS GAUGE. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS NOT KNOWING WHEN YOUR GAS TANK IS EMPTY OR HOW FAST YOUR GOING. THE GAUGES DO NOT WORK WHETHER I AM DRIVING OR STOPPED.
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2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT 370- APOLLO, PA
DRIVING 6 PEOPLE TO PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT 3 AM 8/5/17 ON THE PARKWAY TO CATCH A FLIGHT FOR A VACATION WHEN NOTICED LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING. DO NOT KNOW HOW LONG I WAS DRIVING BEFORE THIS WAS NOTICED. LOW BEAMS WORKED THE EVENING OF 8/12/17 @ 10 PM AFTER RETURNING TO PITTSBURGH AIRPORT AND DRIVING HOME. LOW BEAMS DID NOT WORK AGAIN ON THE EVENING OF 8/24/17 WHEN DRIVING HOME FROM A BASEBALL GAME. REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED 9/1/17 BY NICK CHEVROLET IN TARENTUM, PA. I HAD ASKED BEFORE AND AFTER THE REPAIRS WHETHER THIS WOULD BE COVERED UNDER RECALL BUT WAS TOLD NO BECAUSE MY VIN NUMBER WAS NOT A PART OF THE RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE. THEY MADE IT SEEM LIKE THIS WAS A SEPARATE ISSUE FROM THE KNOWN LOW BEAM ISSUE RECALL OF OTHER CHEVY MODELS. I ALSO CALLED THE GM CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE TO SEE IF I COULD GET REIMBURSED FOR THIS ISSUE BUT WAS TOLD THE SAME THING; THAT MY VIN NUMBER WAS NOT A PART OF THE RECALL AND IT IS BASED ON WHAT FACTORY THE CAR WAS MADE AT? THE PART NUMBER USED WAS 15016745 WHICH UPON LOOKING ON THE INTERNET IS A REPLACEMENT PART FOR THE OTHER VEHICLES COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW THE SAME ISSUE CAN BE PART OF A RECALL FOR SOME YEARS AND MODELS AND NOT OTHERS IF THE PROBLEM AND PART ARE THE SAME??
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