2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

FAN CLUTCH: TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS MAKING A VERY LOUD CLINKING NOISE, WHICH IS COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE IN THREE TIMES TO DEALER FOR THIS. PROBLEM. DEALER STATED THAT THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY FAN FAILED. *AK

2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSFER CASE CONTROL MODULE.*MR THE LIGHT ON THE SWITCH DID LIGHT SIGNIFYING WHETHER 2WD, 4WDH OR 4WDL WAS OPERATING. THE TRANSFER CASE DID NOT SWITCH OUT OF 2WD INTO ANY OTHER OPERATING MODES. *JB

SHIFTED VEHICLE INTO REVERSE AND HEARD LOUD BANG. WHILE BACKING HEARD GRINDING AND SCRAPING NOISE. SHIFTED INTO DRIVE(FORWARD GEAR). HEAR GRINDING NOISE IN DRIVE. TAKEN TO MECHANIC. DIAGNOSED WITH BROKEN PLANETARY GEARS. PARTS AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION. *JB

CRASH AT 35 MPH (FRONT END SQUARE) DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY.

THE VEHICLE LOCKS ITSELF INTO 4-WHEEL LOW, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO GO FROM 45 MILES TO 25 MILES IN A MATTER OF SECONDS. THERE WAS NO WARNING. CONSUMER HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALER 10 TIMES ALREADY. CONSUMER HAS HAD 2 ACCIDENTS WITH THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE VEHICLE DROPPING INTO 4-WHEEL LOW. ALSO, THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER WAS INJURED.*AK

SMALL "CLUNKING" NOISE FROM UNDER VEHICLE WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO REVERSE OR DRIVE. "CLUNKING ALSO EVIDENT WHEN SLOWING TO A STOP. ULTIMATE TRANSMISSION FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE ACCELLERATING FROM A STOP. A VERY LOUD "CLUNCK" WAS HEARD FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE FOLLOWED BY A LOUD WIRRING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT FROM FIRST GEAR AFTERWARDS UNTIL ABOUT 40 MPH. THE "WIRRING" NOISE CONTINUED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AND THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO REVERSE. THE DEALER'S MECHANIC OVERHAULED THE TRANSMISSION AND REPLACED THE FOLLOWING "WORN" PARTS: SUN GEAR SHELL, SUN GEAR, 3-4 CLUTCH. VEHICLE HAD 40000 MILES AT TIME OF FAILURE.

AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER ADVISED THE CONSUMER TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIRS, OUT OF FEAR THAT THEY WILL DEPLOY INADVERTENTLY. *AK

PURCHASED VEHICLE 6 MONTHS AGO FROM A DEALER. IT HAD 54,OOO MILES ON IT AND IT NOW HAS AROUND 60,000 MILES.MY HISBAND NOTICED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY AT TIMES, WE MENTIONED IT TO DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION ON OUR WAY BACK FROM TOWN ONE DAY AND BEFORE THE DAY WAS OVER AND WE COULD GET BACK HOME WE HAD LOST ALL BUT 1ST AND 2ND GEARS, TOOK TO OUR MECHANIC AND TRANSMISSION HAS TO BE REPLACED ON THIS VEHICLE WITH ONLY 60,OOO MILES ON IT. OF COURSE THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED, AND NOW WE ARE STUCK WITH REPAIRING A VEHICLE THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF BEFORE THIS.*AK

NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 04V527000 CONCERNING BRAKE LAMP FAILURE. NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE.*AK......*AK

DURING A 30 MPH VEHICLE FRONTAL COLLISION FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK...PROBLEM WA SDISCUSSED WITH THE DEALER IN DETAIL BUT DID NOT KNOW HOW TO RESOLVE PROBLEM. *AK