2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

1. MY CAR BROKE DOWN ON MY WAY TO WORK, APPROXIMATELY 27 MILES INTO THE TRIP. I TURNED ONTO A SIDE STREET, AND WHEN I STARTED ACCELERATING, A LOUD SCREECHING SOUND STARTED AS I ENTERED 2ND GEAR. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER. 2. MY HUSBAND GENTLY DROVE IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY ASSUMED IT WAS THE SUN SHELL SPLINE. HOWEVER, IN ORDER TO FIND OUT, THEY WANTED TO CHARGE ME $455 TO PULL THE TRANSMISSION. WE DECIDED AGAINST IT, FEARING THE HIGH COST OF REPAIR AND TOOK IT TO A LOCAL MECHANIC. 3. MECHANIC REPLACED THE SUN SHELL SPLINE, PRESSURE CONTROL SOLENOID AND MANIFOLD PRESSURE SWITCH. COST = $1,222.66 + $84.00 DIAGNOSTIC AT DEALER. WE HAVE THE SUN SHELL SPLINE. REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED ON JUNE 2ND. THEN, ON JUNE 5, THE CONDENSOR ON THE A/C WENT OUT. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER BECAUSE CHEVY STATED THAT WAS THE ONLY WAY THEY COULD HELP ME (NO HELP ON THE TRANSMISSION). COST TO REPAIR = $261.34.

SPONTANEOUS ELECTRICAL FIRE IN 2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER SECURITY LOCK ON THE IGNITION.*MR THE FIRE STARTED IN THE LOWER DASH BY THE CONSUMER'S RIGHT KNEE. *NM

DT: REAR DEFROSTER WAS LOOKED AT WHILE STILL UNDER WARRANTY AND CONSUMER WAS TOLD IT WAS ALRIGHT, BUT WHEN CONSUMER USED IT, IT WOULD NOT WORK. NOW VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND CONSUMER WAS TOLD, BY THE DEALER, CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. MANUFACTURER SAID TO TALK TO ZONE MAN WHO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND IT IS CONSUMER'S PROBLEM. *TT

WEAR INDICATOR ON PAD INDICATED TIME TO CHANGE PADS. WHEN CHANGING PADS NOTICED DRY ROT ON PISTON BOOT ON RH FRONT CALIPER. ALSO, ROTORS SEVERELY CORRODED TO THE POINT THEY NEED TO BE REPLACED. ENDS ARE BREAKING OFF ROTORS ALMOST TO THE POINT WHERE PADS CONTACT THE ROTORS. MILES ON VEHICLE 40K

ORIGINAL BF GOODRICH TIRES ARE DRY ROTTED, DEALER CLAIMS TIRES ARE O.K., I FEAR POTENTIAL TIRE FAILURE. CAR WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION AT ALTERNATE FACILITIES.

DEALER REFUSED TO COMPLETE REPAIRS FOR STOPLIGHT ASSEMBLY RECALL ON THE 2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER.*MR CONSUMER RECEIVED NUMEROUS SAFETY RECALL NOTICES REGARDING AIR BAGS, DEFECTIVE STOP LIGHT ASSEMBLIES, ETC. SERVICEMAN PERFORMED THE SEAT BELT TESTS, INFORMED THAT BOTH OF THE TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLIES REQUIRED REPLACEMENT UNDER THE RECALL NOTICE AT NO CHARGE TO CONSUMER. NO DELIVERY DATE WAS AVAILABLE FOR PARTS. *BF

DT: ON BLACK TOP WITH NO SHOULDERS, THE EYE WITNESS STATES: GOT CLOSE TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER AND OVER CORRECTED AND WENT OFF THE LEFT SHOULDER, THE VEHICLE FLIPPED AND WENT INTO A STEEP DITCH AND ROLLED ABOUT 5 TIMES, CAME DOWN ON DRIVERS SIDE REAR TAIL LIGHT FIRST TIME, WHEN STOPPED ROLLING ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. CONSUMER WAS HANGING BY THE SEAT BELT. THE LAP BELT HELD BUT SHOULDER HARNESS DID NOT. THE CONSUMER HIT MULTIPLE THINGS INSIDE THE CAB OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER SUFFERED SEVERAL INJURIES. *NM

MY TURN SIGNAL SWITCH WAS DEFECTIVE FROM THE DAY THAT I BOUGHT MY 2002 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER IN OCTOBER OF 2001. IT TOOK AT LEAST 8 VISITS TO VARIOUS DEALERSHIPS ON LONG ISLAND AND MOUNT VERNON, WASHINGTON (I MOVED SEVERAL TIMES) BEFORE IT WAS REPAIRED SATISFACTORILY IN 2004. I RAISE THIS ISSUE BECAUSE I READ ABOUT GM'S RECALL OF THEIR 2003 AND 2004 AND IT SHOULD ALSO APPLY TO THEIR 2002 VEHICLES

VEHICLE JUMPS INTO 4LO AND 4HI AT RANDOM. DEALERSHIP REPROGRAMMED SOMETHING, AND PROBLEM CONTINUED. DEALER NOW GUESSING AT PROBLEM. WHEN THE 4LO ENGAGES VEHICLE ACTS LIKE BRAKES LOCK UP.

2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE AIR CONDITIONER AS WELL AS WITH HESITATION.*MR CAR HESISTATED EVERY TIME THE CONSUMER TRIED TO PICK UP SPEED. ALSO HAD PROBLEMS GETTING CAR STARTED AT TIMES. HAD TO PLAY WITH THE KEY ON THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR TO START THE CAR. THE DEALER COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE CAR SOMETIMES SHUT OFF WHILE IN MOTION. *BF *NM