2007 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER WHICH WAS PURCHASED ON MARCH 2007. SHE STATED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE BECAME INOPERABLE. SHE ADDED FUEL TO THE VEHICLE AND UPON STARTING IT, SHE NOTICED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE INDICATED EMPTY AND THE LOW FUEL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE WARNING PANEL. THE DEALER STATED THE FUEL SENDING SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WILL BE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,115 UPDATED 02/17/10. *LJ UPDATED 02/18/10

I OWN A 2007 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER 6 CYLINDER. RECENTLY THE GAS GAUGE BEGIN TO MALFUNCTION SHOWING EMPTY SOMETIMES WHEN IT WAS NOT. WITHIN 2 WEEKS THE GAS GAUGE HAS QUIT WORKING COMPLETELY. NOW TODAY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE RESULT IS THAT I NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH GAS I HAVE LEFT AND UNLESS I KEEP FILLING IT UP EVERY COUPLE OF DAYS I RISK RUNNING OUT OF GAS. IN RESEARCHING THIS ON THE INTERNET IT APPEARS TO BE A FAULTY FUEL SENDING UNIT AND SCORES OF PEOPLE WHO OWN TRAILBLAZERS FROM 2005 ON ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. *TR

AT 7:55 A.M. ON THE MORNING OF 12/10/09 IN ST. PAUL, MN, I WENT OUT TO MY 2007 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER (APPROX. 18,000 MILES) AND OPENED THE REAR HATCH (THE ENTIRE DOOR, NOT JUST THE DOOR GLASS) TO REMOVE A SNOW BRUSH. THE TEMPERATURE WAS -5F AND THE WINDCHILL WAS REPORTED AT -20F. AFTER REMOVING THE BRUSH, I BEGAN TO CLOSE THE HATCH WHEN I HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE GLASS BREAKING. AS THE HATCH LATCHED CLOSED, I NOTICED BROKEN GLASS EVERYWHERE AND THE TWO WINDOW STRUTS WERE BROKEN AWAY FROM THE GLASS. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, THE ENTIRE BACK WINDOW WAS BROKEN. IT WAS "SPIDER-WEBBED" AND PIECES OF GLASS WERE SLOWLY SEPARATING ON THEIR OWN. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS EVER HAPPENED TO THIS VEHICLE. LATER THAT DAY, I TOOK THE CAR TO A NEARBY CHEVROLET DEALER. I WAS INFORMED THAT THE DAMAGE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. I WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN WINDOW STRUT RODS LOCK UP IN AN EXTENDED POSITION. THEY SAID THAT IF THEY LOCK, IT'S LIKELY TO OCCUR IN THE COLLAPSED POSITION. BUT ONE OF THE MECHANICS TOLD ME THAT HE HAS SEEN INCIDENTS WHERE THE STRUT RODS LOCKED UP IN THE EXTENDED POSITION, BUT HE SAID IT WOULDN'T HAVE CAUSED THE GLASS TO BREAK. I ASKED WHAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM AND NOBODY HAD AN ANSWER FOR ME. I HAD THE GLASS AND STRUTS REPLACED FOR APPROXIMATELY $1,100. IN LOOKING ON THE INTERNET, I FOUND SEVERAL TESTIMONIALS BY PEOPLE WHO HAD VERY SIMILAR INCIDENTS HAPPEN TO THEM (I.E REAR HATCH GLASS SHATTERING) INVOLVING GMC ENVOYS, CHEVY TAHOES AND CHEVY TRAILBLAZERS. SO WHILE THIS MAY BE A RARE INCIDENT, IT'S CERTAINLY NOT A ONE-OF-A-KIND INCIDENT. SO HOW MANY MORE TIMES CAN I EXPECT THIS TO HAPPEN TO ME IF CHEVY IS SAYING IT'S NOT A DESIGN FLAW AND THEY ARE NOT AT FAULT? IF IT WAS CAUSED BY THE COLD WEATHER, IT'S ONLY DECEMBER AND THE WORST TEMPERATURES IN MINNESOTA ARE STILL TWO MONTHS AWAY. *TR

FUEL GAUGE WILL NOT RISE PAST EMPTY INDICATOR. LOW LEVEL FUEL LIGHT IS STUCK ON. TANK HAS A FULL TANK OF FUEL. *TR

I HAVE ONLY OWNED MY "07" TRAILBLAZER FOR ONE YEAR. PURCHASED IT FROM A DEALER IN AUGUSTA MAINE. TWO THINGS ARE A PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE ALREADY AND ONE OF WHICH SEVERAL HAVE COMPLAINED ON YOUR SITE ABOUT. THE FUEL GAUGE IS NOW DROPPING EVEN WHEN FULL, NOT ALLOWING ME TO KNOW WHEN I HAVE ENOUGH GAS OR POSSIBLY SOMEONE HAS TAPPED INTO MY TANK OVERNIGHT AND HELPED THEMSELVES & THE SECOND IS MY PASSENGER SIDE TIRES ARE WEARING QUITE RAPIDLY. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE INTO BE LOOKED AT AND DISCOVERED MY BALL JOINTS NEED TO BE REPLACED! I WAS QUITE SHOCKED AS AGAIN, I HAVE ONLY HAD THIS VEHICLE 1 YEAR. I AM IN HOPES THAT WHAT IS WRITTEN HERE IS ENOUGH TO DRIVE CHEVY TO A RECALL. I FOUND THIS SITE THROUGH MY INSR. COMPANY AND WILL ALERT MANY TO CHECK IT BEFORE PURCHASING WHAT THEY THINK MAY BE A GREAT VEHICLE. IF I HAD KNOWN, I WOULD HAVE DONE SO MYSELF. *TR

AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN CRASH IMPACT ESTIMATED AT APROX 60 MPH. VEHICLES AIRBAG THAT DID NOT DEPLOY WAS A FRONTAL CRASH. T-BONED ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF MENTIONED VEHICLE. *TR

CHECK ENGINE LIGHTSTARTED COMING ON, THEN THE STABIL-TRAX AND THE ENGINE DECELERATION LIGHT STARTED COMING ON. WHEN THIS STARTED, THE ENGINE WOULD SHUT DOWN EVERY TIME THE LIGHTS CAME ON.AT FIRST IT WAS AT INTERVALS OF 40 TO 140 MILES. WHENEVER THE ENGINE FIRST STARTED THIS, YOU COULD SHUT THE IGNITION OFF FOR 1-2 MIN. , THEN THE VEHICLE COULD BE STARTED AND DRIVEN UNTIL THE LIGHTS CAME ON. DOTSON CHEVROLET, IN BIG SONNE GAP, VA. ( WHERE WE BOUGHT VEHICLE), HAS HAD THE VEHICLE OFF AND ON FOR 6 WEEKS. THEY HAVE CHANGED THE SENDING UNIT IN THE FUEL TANK, AND THE PCM MODULE ON THE ENGINE SO FAR. AS OF TODAY, 10-19-09 THE VEHICLE IS NOW SHUTTING DOWN AT 8-10 MILES. THEY SAY THEY ARE STILL CHECKING , BUT NOW THEY ARE THINKING THE PROBLEM MAY BE IN THE WIRING. SO FAR, WE HAVE LUCKILY BEEN DRIVING IN LIGHT TRAFFIC, WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO GET OUT TRAFFIC TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM. IF THIS PROBLEM OCCURS ON THE INTERSTATE OF IN HEAVY TRAFFIC , IT COULD CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. THE DEALER SAYS THE HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH GM ABOUT THE PROBLEM. I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT GM WOULD HAVE TECH PEOPLE, OF ENGINEERS THAT WOULD KNOW WHY THE CODES AND LIGHTS DON'T CORRESPOND WHEN THIS OCCURS, OR WOULD HAVE SOME IDEA WHAT MIGHT CAUSE SUCH A PROBLEM. *TR

VEHICLE HAS 31K MILES. A FLAT TIRE OCCURRED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN FOR REPAIR. THE REPAIR FACILITY INDICATED THAT THEY COULD NOT REPAIR THE TIRE SINCE THE TREAD HAD REACHED THROUGH WEAR BARS. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN PROPERLY MAINTAINED WITH CORRECT TIRE PRESSURE AND TIRE ROTATIONS. NO ACCIDENT OR INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED AS A RESULT OF THE INCIDENT BUT THE TIRE WEAR WAS NOT AN ISSUE AT THE LAST SERVICE, AND IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE FLAT TIRE, WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN NOTICED UNTIL THE NEXT SERVICE WHICH WOULD HAVE OCCURRED AFTER THE START OF THE SNOW & ICE SEASON. TIRE WAS ON THE RIGHT REAR. LEFT REAR TIRE ALSO SHOWING CONSIDERABLE WEAR, JUST SHORT OF THE WEAR BARS. *TR

NEAR COLLISION BECAUSE OF LOSS OF BRAKE LIGHTS DUE TO BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH MALFUNCTIONING. *TR

FUEL GAUGE STARTS TO DROP RAPIDLY AFTER DRIVING 100 MILES AFTER A FILL UP THEN THE LOW LEVEL INDICATOR TURNS ON. IF I SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTART, THE TANK WILL GO BACK UP TO HALF FULL AND THEN DROP BACK DOWN TO THE LOW LEVEL INDICATOR AFTER 5-10 MINUTES. WHEN FILLING UP THE TANK IT ONLY ALLOWS ME TO PUT IN NO MORE THAN 13 GALLONS. GAUGE IS OBVIOUSLY BROKEN. MY COMPANY HAS A FLEET OF 20 TRAILBLAZERS AND I AM THE 8TH PERSON TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM. *TR