2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. WHILE DRIVING ALL OF THE GAUGES ON THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. A TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 84773. UPDATED 01/12/10 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED NONE OF THE GAUGES WORKED AND HE COULD TELL WHAT GEAR THE VEHICLE WAS IN. UPDATED 01/15/10.*JB

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER SUV 4WD WITH 61000 MILES ON IT AND HAVE LOST REVERSE ON IT. MY MECHANIC TOOK IT APART AND FOUND SOME PIECES HAD BROKE AND IT WILL HAVE TO BE REBUILT OR REPLACED. AFTER READING ABOUT OTHER COMPLAINTS WITH PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM I WOULD HAVE TO SAY IT IS THE SUN GEAR. I'M VERY UNHAPPY TO HEAR THAT GM DOESN'T ADMIT TO HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THIS TRANSMISSION,BUT IT IS OBVIOUS TO ME THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. *TR

MY SPEEDOMETER WORKS WHEN IT WANTS TOO, SOMETIMES IT WILL NOT WORK FOR 3 TO 5 DAYS, AND THEN IT WORK FINE AGAIN SEEMS TO DO THIS WHEN IT GETS COLD OUTSIDE. *TR

TRANSFER CASE FAILURE; LOST 4 WD WHILE DRIVING ON ICE IN ALASKA. T-CASE FAILURE OCCURRED AT 36K MILES. WHEN CASE WAS OPENED, INTERIOR COMPONENTS WERE COMPLETELY DISINTEGRATED. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ALL GAUGES IN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WILL COMPLETELY STOP WORKING LEAVING VEHICLE TRAVELING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED! *TR

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER AND THE REAR GLASS HAS SHATTERED 2 TIMES THE FIRST TIME WE REPORTED IT AS A WINDOW BEING SHOT OUT BUT IM NOT SURE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED NOW THERE WAS NO PROOF THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED FOR SURE I OPENED THE OUTSIDE DOOR TO MY HOUSE THEN I SHUT IT TO HEAR MY WINDOW SHATTER INS PAID TO REPLACE IT AND THAT WAS JUST OVER A YEAR AGO IT COST A TOTAL OF 1200.00 TO GET FIXED THEN LAST NIGHT WE WERE GETTING STUFF OUT OF THE BACK OF THE CAR AND AS MY HUSBAND PUSHED IT SHUT THE WINDOW SHATTERED INTO A MILLION PIECES THIS WOULD HAVE CUT HIM UP BAD IF IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN COLD AND HE WASN'T WEARING HIS WINTER COAT WHAT IF IT WAS MY 8 YEAR OLD GOING OUT TO GET SOMETHING . NOT SURE HOW WE ARE GOING TO GET THE WINDOW REPLACED ITS CHRISTMAS TIME AND I CANT REALLY AFFORD IT HOPING THE GLASS COMPANY WILL HONOR THERE POLICY OF SAFE GLASS AND REPLACE IT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. WHILE DRIVING 55-65 MPH THE SPEEDOMETER FAILED. CONSEQUENTLY HE COULD NOT DETERMINE THE SPEED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING. A TECHNICIAN FROM THE DEALER STATED THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 72,000.

2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER SPEEDOMETER AND FUEL GAUGE ARE UNRELIABLE. SPEEDOMETER SOMETIMES SEEMS TO WORK BUT IS NO ACCURATE WHEN IT DOES SHOW A SPEED. FUEL GAUGE MOVES BUT IS USUALLY THE NEEDLE IS NOT EVEN IN THE NORMAL AREA IE. BETWEEN E AND F. THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ONLINE, BUT GM HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL. THIS IS A PREVALENT PROBLEM THAT GM SHOULD RESOLVE AT NO COST TO THE OWNERS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE GAUGES ON THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL WERE INOPERATIVE. A TECHNICIAN FROM THE DEALER STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT SINCE THE WARRANTY EXPIRED, HE WAS INELIGIBLE FOR A FREE REMEDY. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 56,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 54,000.

INSTRUMENT PANEL/CLUSTER STOPPED WORKING IN MY 2004 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER. AT FIRST THE GAS GAUGE AND TAC STOPPED AND THEN WOULD WORK OCCASIONALLY. NOW THEY DO NOT WORK AT ALL AND NEITHER DOES THE SPEEDOMETER. OVER THE PAST WEEK MY ENTIRE PANEL, ELECTRONICS, RADIO READOUT, DIGITAL READOUT, TEMP READOUT ALL GO BLANK AND THEN IT WILL COME ON SOMETIMES. *TR