2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

'02 TRAILBLAZER-I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE USED AT 30K. EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE WHEN PULLING IT OUT OF THE GARAGE THE 4X4 SELECTION LIGHTS WOULD GO OUT AND THE RED "N" WOULD FLASH. WHEN I PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL THE RED "N" WOULD GO OUT AND THE 2WD LIGHT WOULD COME ON. AT APPROX. 40K MILES IT DID IT ONE DAY WHEN I WAS PULLING OUT OF THE GARAGE. LATER THAT DAY I WAS JUST EXITING THE INTERSTATE AND HEARD A LOUD GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE TRANSFER CASE/TRANSMISSION. THE NOISE CHANGED PITCH WITH MY SPEED. WHEN I PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER I PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. WHEN I TOOK MY FOOT OFF OF THE BRAKE THE VEHICLE STARTED TO ROLL DOWN A HILL. I RE-APPLIED THE BRAKE, STARTED THE VEHICLE AND SWITCHED IT FROM 2WD TO 4WD THEN BACK TO 2WD. THE VEHICLE THEN WAS ABLE TO MOVE AND I TOOK IT DIRECTLY TO THE DEALERSHIP. AFTER THEY LOOKED AT IT THE NEXT DAY THEY SAID "COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM." THEY ALSO SAID THAT THE FLASHING "N" WAS NOT NORMAL AND TO BRING IT IN IF IT DID IT AGAIN. AFTER LOOKING AT THIS SITE I AM VERY CONCERNED FOR MY FAMILY'S SAFETY IN THIS VEHICLE. I SPOKE WITH CHEVROLET CUSTOMER SERVICE ON 5/3/05 ON THIS AND ANOTHER ISSUE AND WAS TOLD THAT MY VEHICLE VIN WAS NOT PART OF THE LIST OF THOSE AFFECTED BY THIS PROBLEM AND THAT IT WOULD ONLY BE ADDED IF THE DEALERSHIP SAW THE PROBLEM.

TWO DIFFERENT TIMES WHILE I WAS DRIVING WITH TRAFFIC AT APPROX. 70 MPH, TRAFFIC IN FRONT CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP. I HAD TO PULL TO THE ROADSIDE BECAUSE MY BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP THE CAR. I WENT AT LEAST 3 CAR LENGTHS FURTHER THAN THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. HAD I NOT BEEN IN AN OUTSIDE LANE THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS CRASH.

WHILE DRIVING 55-60 MPH, VEHICLE HIT AN SUV THAT DROVE INTO LANE. VEHICLE THEN HIT BY TRACTOR TRAILER. VEHICLE CRASHED WITH GREAT FORCE INTO HIGHWAY DIVIDER AND LOST FRONT LEFT WHEEL, CAUSING VEHICLE TO CONTINUE TO CRASH ALONG DIVIDER. BOTH FRONT AIRBAGS AND BOTH SIDE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. PASSENGER IN VEHICLE SUSTAINED FRACTURES TO ORBITAL BONES AND MAXILLARY BONE IN SKULL. MAJOR RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY WAS REQUIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS DETERMINED TO BE A TOTAL LOSS.

2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. *MR WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE, SUBSEQUENTLY SMOKE AND FLAMES HAD COME FROM THE HOOD WHICH WAS CAUSED BY THE DEFECTIVE MOTOR. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE COST. *SC *JB

02 V 121 000/FUEL FILTER FITTING: WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH THE ENGINE STOPPED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONSUMER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE FUEL LINE RETAINER CLIP WAS MISSING. THE CONSUMER REPLACED THE LINE RETAINER. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *JB UPDATED 12/27/2005 - *NM

TRANSMISSIONS WENT OUT WEEKS AFTER HEARING SOUNDS UNDERNEATH THE CAR, AND HEARING A LOUD POPING SOUND. I HAD ALL OF THE RECALL PROBLEM, PLUS PROBLEMS WITH MY HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEM CONTROLS GOING OUT ON THE HIGH SETTING, PROBLEMS WITH EMBRASSASING SQUEAKING NOISES COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE CAR. WHAT REALLY HURT ME SO BAD IS THAT THE PLACE WHERE MY HUSBAND AND I WORK WE BUILD PARTS FOR GENERAL MOTORS EVERY DAY AND WORKED THERE FO 22 YEARS TRUSTING THAT THE FIRST CAR THAT WE BOUGHT BRAND NEW WOULD BE A GM PRODUCT THAT I WOULD BE AT LEAST HEARD FROM THE COMPANY AND HAVING THEM BE CONCEREND ENOUGH TO HELP PAY FOR MY REPAIRS OR SOMETHING, I ONLY HAD THE CAR FOR 2 AND A HALF YEARS. *JB

NOISES COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE SUV ,CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CONSTANTLY CAME ON AND ONE NIGHT I WAS GOING AROUND 55 MPH MY 15 YR OLD DAUGHTER,WE HEARD A LOUD POP IT SOUND LIKE WE HAD HIT SOMETHING IN THE ROAD SO I STOP TO SEE WHAT IT WAS, WE SAW NOTHING BUT THE SQUEAKING SOUND FROM UNDER THE SUV GOT LOUDER SOME DAY LATER JUMPED IN THE CAR STARTED THE CAR AND THERE WAS THAT LOUD SOUND AGAIN ONLY THIS TIME THE SUV WOULD NOT MOVE IN REVERSE I COULD HEAR SOME SPINNING LIKE NOISE SO I TOOK IT TO A SHOP AND I WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS STRIPED OUT IN REVERSE, AND THAT SOME SHAFT HAD BROKEN OR SOMETHING, THE MECHANIC ALSO TOLD ME THAT HE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE COME IN WITH THE SAME PROBLEM THE SAME MODEL TRAILBLAZER 2002 WHAT HURT ME SO BAD IS THIS WAS MY FIRST BRAND NEW CAR, I ONLY HAD IT FOR TWO YEARS, AND IF I EVERY BUY ANOTHER CAR IT WANT BE FROM GM, I ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY TAILGATE LAMPS ,WINDSHIELD WIPERS,STEERING COLUMN. *NM

WE BOUGHT A NEW 2002 TRAILBLAZER. NEVER USED THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE UNTIL IT HAD 39,000 MILES ON IT. AT THAT TIME, FOUND OUT WE WOULD NEED TO REPLACE A TRANSMISSION MODULE. THIS WAS REPLACE ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO.*AK MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE TRUCK DOWN THE INTERSTATE IN TWO WHEEL DRIVE. WITHOUT WARNING, SHE FELT THE VEHICLE LOSE POWER AND SLOW DOWN. SHE GLANCED DOWN AT THE ELECTRONIC SWITCH INDICATOR FOR DRIVE CONDITION. THE INDICATOR LIGHT WAS FLICKERING BETWEEN FOUR WHEEL HI AND FOUR WHEEL LO. IF THERE HAD BEEN OTHER TRAFFIC AROUND, IT COULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT SINCE SHE SLOWED DOWN UNDER 40 MPH DURING THIS ORDEAL. I WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND WAS STOPPED WAITING TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN. THE DRIVE INDICATOR, WITHOUT WARNING, STARTED TO SWITCH BETWEEN TWO WHEEL DRIVE, FOUR WHEEL DRIVE HI AND FOUR WHEEL DRIVE LOW. I DIDN'T MOVE. AFTER ABOUT 5 SECONDS, THE LIGHTS STOPPED FLASHING AND THE TWO WHEEL DRIVE INDICATOR LAMP WAS ON. I PROCEEDED TO MAKE THE TURN. THE DEALER (GLENWAY CHEVROLET, CINCINNATI, OH) FINDS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THEIR SUGGESTION: WE START TO REPLACE PARTS, AT OUR COST.

WHEN MAKING A TURN A SCRAPPING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT BOTH FRONT ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO SEVERE CORROSION. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED.*AK

A SPARK PLUG HAS POP OUT OF THE ENGINE WHILE WAITING AT AN INTERSECTION CONTROL BY A TRAFFIC LIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE CAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED AT THIS TIME.*AK