2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL LEVEL GAUGE WAS SHOWING AN ERRONEOUS READING. HE STATED THAT HE HAD TO REFUEL EVERY TWO HUNDRED MILES AND THE FUEL LEVEL GAUGE WOULD SHOW AN EMPTY READING DESPITE THE FUEL TANK BEING FULL TO CAPACITY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE WAS DEFECTIVE AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

I INSTALLED MY DAUGHTER'S SUNSHINE KID'S RADIAN (SKR) REAR FACING IN MY '05 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER OUTBOARD BEHIND THE DRIVER'S SEAT ABOUT 2/3 WEEKS AGO. TODAY WHEN I WAS GOING TO PUT MY DAUGHTER IN HER SEAT I NOTICED THAT THE LATCH STRAP WAS HANGING SO LOOSE THAT I COULD FIT MY FIST IN THERE. WHEN HER SEAT WAS INSTALLED IT WAS SO TIGHT IT DIDN'T MOVE. MODEL # US19500 MANUFACTURE DATE 09/10 (RELATED VEHICLE INFORMATION: MODEL YEAR=2005, MAKE=CHEVY, MODEL=TRAILBLAZER). *TR

2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER FUEL GAUGE SHOW A EMPTY WITH FULL TANK OF GAS AND SOMETIMES IT SHOWS 1/4 TANK WHEN TANK IS FULL. *TR

2005 TRAILBLAZER GAS GAUGE FLUCTUATES WILDLY. WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO MONITOR THE TANK BY TRACKING MILEAGE. MY WIFE USED THE CAR AND INADVERTENTLY SUBTRACTED THE MILES INCORRECTLY AND RAN OUT OF GAS IN THE FAST LANE OF THE 405 FREEWAY !! A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. NO ONE WAS HURT, JUST A LOT OF STRESS AND A RESCUE MISSION. THE GAUGE NOW STAYS ON, OR JUST ABOVE EMPTY. CHEVY DEALER WANTS 800.00 FOR REPAIR AND SAYS IT'S NOT THEIR PROBLEM. MY ON-LINE RESEARCH SHOWS THOUSANDS OF THIS CAR HAVE THE IDENTICAL SYMPTOM. MOST DEFINITELY THEIR PROBLEM !! IN ADDITION, THE SPEEDOMETER HAS A MIND OF IT'S OWN. I WAS PULLED OVER ON THE I 15 FOR DOING 88 WHEN MY SPEEDOMETER READ 70. (I'M 58 AND HAVE NEVER HAD A TICKET) ON PULLING OVER THE SPEEDOMETER CAME TO REST AT 25 MPH. THE OFFICER UNDERSTOOD AND LET ME GO WITH A WARNING TO GET IT FIXED. MY PROBLEM....I NEED CHEVY TO FIX IT !! *TR

GAS GAUGE -2005 CHEVY SUV TRAILBLAZER FILL UP WITH GAS THE HAND GOES WAY PAST FULL THEN SHOW I HAVE 3/4 TANK THEN PUT GAS IN TAKES 12 GAL. *TR

I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH MY 2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER (82,000 MILES). I HAVE HAD SENSORS REPLACED, MY HEADLIGHTS RANDOMLY "FLICKER" TO DIM WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, BRAKE LIGHTS AND FRONT TURNING SIGNALS ALL GOING OUT AT THE EXACT SAME TIME AND REPLACING THE BULBS AND/OR FUSES DON'T FIX THE PROBLEM, NOW I HAVE TWO SERVICE ENGINE LIGHTS ON. DEALER SAYS IT IS AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE. THE CAR IS NOT DRIVABLE OVER 20 MPH, IT HAS NO POWER AND THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY THE COMPUTER FAILURE. MY TRAILBLAZER WAS DRIVING PERFECTLY FINE, THAN THE BRAKE LIGHTS WENT OUT, FRONT SIGNALS WENT OUT, SERVICE LIGHTS CAME ON AND I WAS UNABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR, ALL WITHIN AN HOUR. THE ONE MODULE THAT IS BEING REPLACED IS 650.00 WITH A DIAGNOSIS FEE OF 200.00 TO CHECK THE COMPUTER SYSTEM OF THE TRANSMISSION AS 7 DIFFERENT CODES CAME UP ON THE TRANSMISSION AS WELL. SO THE REPAIR FEE IS GOING TO BE A FORTUNE. I FIND IT ODD THAT SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME KIND OF ISSUES AND THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL FOR THESE ELECTRICAL ISSUES!!! *TR

MY GAS GAUGE FAILED AND CAUSED AN INACCURACY IN THE AMOUNT OF GAS IN MY VEHICLE. IT NOW REMAINS WITH THE LIGHT ON AND AT EMPTY. I HAVE BEEN CLEARING THE MILES AT EACH FILL UP TO MONITOR APPROXIMATELY 300 MILES PER TANK. I FEEL THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS DUE TO THE NUMEROUS AMOUNTS OF VEHICLES WITH THIS PROBLEM. IT IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY HAZARD!

GAS GAUGE ON VEHICLE READ HIGHER THAN ACTUAL AMOUNT OF GAS RESULTING IN STALLING OF THE CAR. NOW GAS GAUGE REMAINS AT EMPTY. *TR

FUEL GAUGE IN 2005 TRAILBLAZER DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. IT SHOWS AS BEING EMPTY WHEN FULL AND 1/4 FULL WHEN ALMOST EMPTY. *TR

MANUFACTURER : GENERAL MOTORS CORP. COMPONENT(S) : I REQUESTS THAT NHTSA OPEN AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE TWO SAFETY ISSUES I HAVE LISTED BELOW. FIRST ISSUE: PERFORMANCE/RELIABILITY OF THE FUEL LEVEL SENSOR INSTALLED IN MODEL YEAR 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER VEHICLES. MY 2005 TRAILBLAZER FUEL TANK LEVEL SENSOR IS DEFECTIVE AND COULD RESULT IN A SUBJECT VEHICLE RUNNING OUT OF FUEL, STALL, AND BEING REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. ALSO MAY 2, 2011 THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. PLEASE CHECK INTO IT RIGHT AWAY. I WAS DRIVING MY 2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER HOME TONIGHT AND THE HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT WHILE GOING DOWN THE ROAD. I TURNED THE SWITCH OFF AND BACK ON. STILL NO LIGHTS, TURNED THEM OFF AND ON AND LOW BEAM TO HIGH BEAM THEN THEY CAME BACK ON AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE ON HOME. I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. MY 1995 LINCOLN TOWN CAR HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND IT WAS SOME KIND OF RECALL HAD TO DO WITH THE AUTO TIMER. IS THERE SOME KIND OF RECALL TO FIX THE CHEVY TRAILBLAZER AMONGST THE THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS THAT ARE ALREADY AGAINST THE 2005 CHEVY TRAIL BLAZER? *TR