2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

HAVE HAD MANY OF THE PROBLEMS I READ ON POSTED COMPLAINTS: NEW ENGINE REQUIRED WITHIN NINE MONTHS-ONE YEAR OF OWNING NEW VEHICLE, INSIDE DRIVER DOOR PANEL REPLACED THREE TIMES, CHANGE OIL AND SERVICE ENGINE LIGHTS STAYING ON, HOOD NOT CLOSING PROPERLY, BACK GLASS NEEDING REPLACEMENT, FABRIC PROBLEMS IN BACK SEAT, ETC., ETC. AND THIS MORNING IT IS A $200 PROBLEM WITH THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH. TOO MANY THINGS TO EVEN REMEMBER OR NAME, BUT CHEVY HAS A PRETTY THICK FILE ON ME AND MY VEHICLE. *NM

SHARP TURN STEERING LOCKS UP. PASSENGER SEAT BELT GETS TIGHTER AND TIGHTER DOESN'T RELEASE PRESSURE. 4 WHEEL DRIVE NOT WORKING . TAPPING SOUND IN ENGINE. THE ONLY THING THE DEALER HAS DONE IS REPLACE POWER STEERING PUMP AND WITHIN 5 MILES IT WAS NOT WORKING AGAIN. *JB

DT THE DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS REAR DOOR HANDLES WILL NOT OPEN PROPERLY. CONSUMER HAS TO GO INSIDE THE VEHICLE TO OPEN THE DOORS. ALSO, THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE WINDSHEILD WIPER AND WASHER, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. THE WINDSHIEL WIPERS START ON THEIR OWN, AND ONE COULD HEAR THE MOTOR GOING WITHOUT WINDSHIELD WIPERS BEING ON. CONSUME RPULLED THE FUSE ON THE WASHER MOTOR BUT WIPERS CONTINUED TO RUN. THIS HAPPENED LAST TUESDAY JULY 19,2005. *AK

2002 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER LS 2WD 4.2L HAS 79,200 MILES ON IT DRIVING IN TOWN, PARKED IN A PARKING SPOT TO DROP WIFE OFF. PUT TRUCK IN REVERSE TO BACK OUT OF PARKING SPOT. HEAR A LOUD "POP" AND NOW I HAVE NO REVERSE, NO OVERDRIVE. CAR GOES TO 6000 RPM BEFORE SHIFTING INTOT HE NEXT GEAR. TAKE TRUCK TO DEALER, COST IS 1800 TO FIX THE TRANSMISSION, I CALL GM CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE, TELL ME THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO FOR ME. SUN SHELL GEAR IS ONE OF THE PARTS THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED

1) SINCE OWNING MY 2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER, ON OCCASION, THE CAR WOULD DRIVE AND SOUND LIKE A SEMI (LOUD AND HEAVY WHEN I ACCELERATED). 2) JULY 19, 2005, WITH 51000+ MILES, THE SUV CONTINUALLY WAS LOUD AND HEAVY WHEN I ACCELERATED. FINALLY, THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. 3) I TOOK IT TO A SHOP AND THE MECHANIC SAID IT WAS THE ELECTRIC FAN CLUTCH AND HE HAD SEEN IT BRAKE DOWN IN SEVERAL TRAILBLAZERS. COST TO REPLACE: $732.33. I STILL HAVE THE OLD PART IF YOU NEED IT.

DT: AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY IN A OFF CENTER FRONTAL COLLISION. WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 35-40 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HIT THE REAR OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. IT WAS AT A GARAGE NEAR THE ACCIDENT SITE. NO ONE LOOKED AT THE VEHICLE BUT THE RESCUE SERVICES WERE SURPRISED THAT THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. INTERMITTENTLY THE SRS LIGHT WOULD COME ON. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND IT WAS REPAIRED IN JULY 2004. *AK *JB

WHILE TAKING OFF FROM A TOLL BOOTH THERE WAS A BIG BANG AND THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO REVERSE AND MADE A VERY LOUD WHINNING NOISE WHE GOING FORWARD

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HER 2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER WHEN THE TRANSMISSION CATASTROPHICALLY FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER, AND THE DIAGNOSIS WAS "SUN SHELL SPLINE FAILURE" IN THE TRANSMISSION

WHEN ACCELERATING THE SUV SEEMS TO STALL AND NEEDS A WHILE TO PICK UP AND THIS CAUSES MANY NOISES TO COME OUT OF THE ENGINE. THIS HAS HAPPENED SINCE I BOUGHT THE TRUCK IN 2002. TOOK THE TRUCK IN MANY TIMES AND THE DEALERSHIP SAID ITS NORMAL, BUT MY SISTER PURCHASED A 2005 TRAILBLAZER AND WHEN DRIVING THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS AND SOUND EXCELLENT, UNLIKE MINE THAT SOUDS LIKE A SEMI TAKING OFF.

MY TRAILBLAZER HAS 56,000 MILES AND THE TRANSMISSION HAS WENT OUT WITH NO SIGN THAT IT WAS GOING OUT NOT EVEN A WARNING LIGHT INSIDE THE TRUCK OR A NOISE WHEN DRIVING OR STARTING THE VEHICLE.