2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED WHENEVER DISPENSING FUEL INTO THE FUEL TANK TO ITS CAPACITY, THE FUEL GAUGE WOULD DISPLAY AN INACCURATE READING. THE FAILURE WAS CONTINUOUS. THE CONTACT PLANNED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 75,490.

THE FUEL GAGE ON MY 2005 TRAILBLAZER LS WITH THE 6 CYLINDER ENGINE, STARTED MALFUNCTIONING BACK IN MARCH OR APRIL OF 2008. THE WARRANTY WAS UP ON THE VEHICLE AND WHEN I CHECKED THE PRICE OF A NEW SENDING UNIT I FOUND IT TO BE AROUND $350.00, NOT INCLUDING INSTALLATION. I HAVE NOT HAD THE PROBLEM CORRECTED BECAUSE OF THE COST OF A NEW UNIT. I WAS TOLD TO TRY ADDING SOME FUEL SYSTEM CLEANER THAT IS POURED INTO THE GAS TANK, BUT AFTER THREE APPLICATIONS I GAVE UP. I READ ABOUT OTHER TRAILBLAZER OWNERS HAVING SIMILAR PROBLEMS AND THE DOT WAS LOOKING INTO THE PROBLEM AND I WANTED TO ADD MY NAME TO THAT LIST OF TRAILBLAZER OWNERS AFFECTED BY THIS PROBLEM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE WAS READING INACCURATELY AND HE WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH FUEL WAS IN THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO RELATED RECALLS TO THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT DID NOT INFORM THE MANUFACTURER OF THE FAILURE NOR WAS THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 74,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 71,000.

GAS GAUGE READS EMPTY REGARDLESS OF ACTUAL FUEL LEVEL. IT STARTED OUT AS AN INTERMITTENT, AND PERIODIC EVENT. IT THEN WOULD DEPENDABLY HAPPEN IMMEDIATELY AFTER FILL-UP AT THE PUMP. NOW, IT IS CONTINUOUS. *TR

GAS GAUGE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. IT NEVER READS RIGHT ANYTIME. AFTER FUELING UP IT COULD READ ANYWHERE FROM FULL TO COMPLETELY EMPTY. WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD IT COULD SHOW HALF A TANK ON THE GAUGE THEN SUDDENLY DROP TO EMPTY AND THE LOW FUEL LIGHT COMES ON AND SHOWS EMPTY. CONCERNED THAT IT MIGHT FAIL ALL TOGETHER AND LEAVE ME STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREEWAY. HAVE NOT HAD IT FIXED DUE TO THE HIGH COST OF THE REPAIR. *TR

THE PROBLEM BEGAN IN AUGUST OF 2009 - I FILLED MY GAS TANK, WHEN I STARTED THE ENGINE AFTERWARDS THE FUEL GAUGE WENT ALL THE WAY TO FULL, THEN IMMEDIATELY BACK DOWN TO EMPTY. THE GAUGE HAS FLUCTUATED EVER SINCE, MOSTLY STAYING ON EMPTY WITH THE LOW GAS LIGHT ALWAYS ON. TO AVOID RUNNING OUT OF GAS, AS A REMINDER TO MYSELF I RESET THE TRIP ODOMETER EVERY TIME I FILL UP, THEN FILL THE TANK AGAIN WHEN I REACH 250 MILES. TWO DIFFERENT MECHANICS HAVE TOLD ME IT WOULD COST $500 TO FIX THIS PROBLEM, SO I HAVE NOT HAD IT FIXED YET BECAUSE THE COST IS MORE THAN I CAN AFFORD AT THIS TIME. *TR

OUR GAS GAUGE QUIT WORKING ON OUR 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. WE HAD WARRANTY ON THE SUV BUT IT FAILED JUST OUT OF WARRANTY. THE ESTIMATED COST TO FIX IT WAS NOT IN OUR BUDGET. WE HAVE TO TRACK OUR MILEAGE AFTER EACH FILL-UP. MY SON RAN OUT OF GAS ONE TIME AS A RESULT OF THE BAD GAUGE. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER WITH WHAT APPEARS TO BE A FAULTY GAS GAUGE. THE GAS GAUGE SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING IN LATE-2010 AND NOW REMAINS ON 'E' MOST OF THE TIME, REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH GAS IS IN THE TANK. ALTHOUGH INFREQUENT, THE NEEDLE HAS AT TIMES BEGAN TO JUMP FROM 'E' TO IN BETWEEN A 1/4-1/2 TANK. THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS FAILURE ARE THAT I HAVE TO CLOSELY MONITOR MY MILEAGE AT ALL TIMES, RESET THE MILEAGE EACH TIME I REFILL MY GAS TANK, AND NOTIFY ANY PERSONS OTHER THAN MYSELF THAT DRIVE MY VEHICLE THAT THE GAS GAUGE DOES NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE AS THE PART IS QUITE EXPENSIVE, I DO NOT FEEL A GAS GAUGE SHOULD BREAK SO EASILY ON A 2005 VEHICLE, AND I AM HOPING THE VEHICLE WILL EVENTUALLY BE RECALLED FOR THIS SPECIFIC PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AS I KNOW SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE HAVING A CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER WHO HAVE ENCOUNTERED THIS SAME PROBLEM. *TR

THE FUEL GAUGE ON 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER SHOWED OVER HALF FULL WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE CHANGING LANES ON I-5. THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT BUT IT WAS A VERY SCARY SITUATION WITH NO POWER STEERING AND LIMITED POWER BRAKES IT WAS VERY INTERESTING GETTING THE RIG OVER TO THE SHOULDER. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS SAFELY ON THE SHOULDER (AND I QUIT SHAKING) I ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE NUMEROUS TIMES AND IT WOULD NOT RESTART. I CALLED A TOW TRUCK, BELIEVING THERE WAS A MECHANICAL ISSUE. WHEN THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER ARRIVED AND MENTIONED THAT HE HAS SEEN OTHER INCIDENTS WHERE 2005 TRAILBLAZERS FUEL GAUGE WOULD APPEAR TO HAVE FUEL WHILE IN FACT THE TANK WAS EMPTY. I OUR CASE WE ADDED FIVE GALLONS OF FUEL AND THE VEHICLE STARTED AND I WAS SAFELY ABLE TO DRIVE AWAY. *TR

YES MY FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT TELL ME THE CORRECT FUEL AMOUNT IN THE FUEL TANK ,WHEN I FILL MY TANK UP WITH GAS. THE GAUGE GOES TO EMPTY AND WHEN DRIVING IT GOES BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN EMPTY AND FULL ITS JUST A INCONVENIENCE NOT KNOWING IF YOU ARE GOING TO RUN OUT OF GAS OR NOT THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE THIS SEEMS LIKE A ONGOING PROBLEM ALSO ILL BE DRIVING AND THE HEADLIGHTS WILL JUST START FLICKERING ON AND OFF PLEASE RECALL THIS VEHICLE AND HAVE GM FIX THIS PROBLEM THANK YOU . *TR