2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

2002 TRAILBLAZER ACTED LIKE TRANSMISSION GOING OUT, TOOK TO DEALER THEY UPGRADED COMPUTER. FRONT RIGHT LOW BEAM WIRED BURNED AND MELTED, TOOK TO DEALER THEY WANTED TO CHARGE 250.00 PLUS LABOR FOR LIGHT ASSEMBLY WHEN ALL IT NEEDED WAS A PIGGY PLUG, BOUGHT PLUG AT NAPA AND FIXED MYSELF. NEVER HAVE HAD TWO BACK LIGHTS WORKING AT SAME TIME... CANT TAKE TO DEALER TO GET THE RECALL WORK BECAUSE IT SEEMS THAT THESE VEHICLES ARE USING A "WEAK" OIL PUMP AND MY TRAILBLAZER HAS BEEN IN SHOP FOR LAST MONTH OR MORE WAITING TO BE FIXED. THE WEAK OIL PUMP CAUSED DAMAGE TO ROD BEARINGS, MAIN BEARINGS, AND CRANKSHAFT. GM SAYS OUT OF WARRANTY AND MY CUSTOMER SERVICE SPECIALIST SAID "I'M SORRY" ABOUT 10 TIMES BUT SHE WAS STILL CLOSING MY FOLDER AND MARKING DISSATISFIED. SHE CAN'T HELP ME BECAUSE I'M OUT OF WARRANTY. I HATE THIS VEHICLE. I HAVE FOUND QUITE A FEW RECALLS BUT CAN'T DO MOST BECAUSE ITS IN THE SHOP. I NEVER GOT ANY RECALL NOTICES.*AK

WAS AT A STOP LIGHT AND WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN TRIED TO DRIVE. TRUCK WAS IN DRIVE AND WAS ACTING AS IF IN NEUTRAL. ALMOST WAS HIT BY A TRAILWAY BUS. TRUCK WILL NOT DRIVE IN DRIVE, OR REVERSE. ALOT OF NOISE FROM REAR END AS IF TRUCK IS ABOUT TO FALL APART. ALSO, TRUCK RATTLES WHEN DRIVING 50 MILES AN HOUR. TIME TO TURN IN...WHY SHOULD WE PAY FOR DEFECTIVE VEHICLES THAT HAVE HAD THE MECHANICAL PROBLEMS BROUGHT BEFORE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIPS AND OWNERS. TIME FOR CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. YOU MAY CONTACT ME...DECEPTIVE PRACTICES, AND PRODUCT LIABILITY ISSUES.*AK

WHILE DRIVING UNDER EVEN THROTTLE AT ABOUT 40 MPH, HEARD A VERY LOUD CLUNK AND THE ENGINE IMMEDIATELY REVVED TO HIGH RPMS. THE GEAR THE TRANSMISSION HAD BEEN IN WAS CLEARLY GONE. AFTER EASING UP ON THE THROTTLE, THE TRANSMISSION SEEMED TO RE-ENGAGE. IT WAS POSSIBLE TO PROCEED, THOUGH THERE WERE NEW NOISES I'D NEVER HEARD BEFORE. (I'M VERY GLAD THIS DID NOT OCCUR AT 70MPH IN HEAVY TRAFFIC.) LATER LEARNED THAT AT LEAST THE GEAR THAT THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN IN WAS GONE (4TH) AND ALSO THAT REVERSE WAS GONE. IMMEDIATELY DROVE TO THE SHOP. PROBLEM WAS FIXED AS A WARRANTY REPAIR AND I GOT IT BACK IN TWO DAYS. REPAIR INVOICE INDICATES THAT THE PROBLEM WAS 'REACTION GEAR SET AND/OR REACTION SUN SHELL' AND THAT THIS WAS FOURND TO BE STRIPPED. WHILE IN THE SHOP IT WAS REPLACED. THAT IS ALL THE INFORMATION I RECEIVED ABOUT THE PROBLEM, BUT I FEAR A DESIGN DEFECT OF SOME SORT AND THAT THE PROBLEM WILL RECUR.*AK

THE BRAKE LIGHT WOULD GO OFF ON ITS OWN. THE LIGHT BULBS NEEDED REPLACEMENT. MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. *AK

TRANSMISSION LEAKED FLUID FROM THE SEAL, AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO OVER 25 MPH. CONSUMER DROVE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND THE MANUFACTURER STATED THEY WOULD ONLY PAY HALF FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION.*AK

CONSUMER EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEMS AS STATED IN RECALL 01V134000 CONCERNING TRANSFER CASE. DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT PERFORM REPAIRS FREE OF CHARGE BECAUSE THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED.*AK

CLUTCH FAN IS CAUSING VEHICLE TO BE SLUGGISH ON TAKE OFF. MAKES A LOUD ROARING NOISE, BURNS MORE GAS. *JB

THE SIDE VIEW MIRRORS INADVERTENTLY MOVED ONCE THEY HAD BEEN SET. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *JB

I HAVE A 2002 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER ON WHICH I HAS REPLACED THE RIGHT BRAKE LIGHT 6 TIMES, AND LEFT BRAKE LIGHT 3 TIMES IN 44,000 MILES. I HAVE A RELATIVE WHO ALSO OWNS THE SAME MAKE/MODEL AND IS ABOUT EVEN WITH THAT COUNT. CHEVY HAS OFFERED TO EXTEND THE WARRANTY AND REPLACE THESE LIGHTS AND SOCKETS FOR FREE BUT THIS DOES NOT FIX THE PROBLEM AS I HAVE HAD 3 LIGHT FAILURES SINCE MY SOCKET WAS LAST REPLACED AS HAS MY RELATIVE. IT IS APPARENT THAT CHEVY IS NOT WILLING TO FIX THIS PROBLEM, ONLY PATCH IT UP. WITH TAIL LIGHTS, YOU ONLY DISCOVER IT IS OUT IF A COP HANDS YOU A TICKET, OR SOMEONE ELSE IS KIND ENOUGH TO TELL YOU WHEN YOU STOP. GIVEN THE FREQUENCY WITH WHICH THIS OCCURS, IT IS VERY LIKELY THAT YOU WOULD END UP DRIVING AROUND WITH NO BRAKE LIGHTS AT ALL AND NOT REALIZE IT.

2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER -- I HAVE EXPERIENCE A REOCCURRING PROBLEM (ABOUT 6 TIMES OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS) WHERE THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS GO OFF DURING OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE. NOTHING I HAVE FOUND CAN FORCE THEM TO COME BACK ON; HOWEVER, USUALLY AFTER 5 OR 10 MINUTES THEY SEEM TO RETURN TO THE NORMAL ON CONDITION BY THEMSELVES. THE HIGH BEAMS WORK OK, TAIL LIGHTS, DASH LIGHTS, TURN SIGNALS, ETC. ARE NOT EFFECTED WHILE THE LOW BEAMS ARE IN THIS CONDITION. ADDITONALLY ONE DAY I NOTICED THE DAY TIME RUNNING LIGHTS IN THIS SAME STATE. I HAD THE VEHICLE IN THE DEALER, BILL HEARD CHEVROLET (SANFORD, FL), AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO REPRODUCE THE CONDITION. I CONTACTED GM/CHEVROLET, AND THEY AGREED THAT UNLESS THE CONDITION COULD BE REPRODUCED, THERE WOULD NOT AUTHORIZE OR MAKE ANY ATTEMPT TO REPLACE ANY PARTS TO ATTEMPT TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THIS SEEMS TO BE A RIGID STANCE TO TAKE, ESPECIALLY SINCE I NEVER KNOW WHEN THIS CAN HAPPEN AGAIN, AND IT IS OBVIOUSLY AN EXTREME SAFETY ISSUE FOR NOT ONLY MYSELF AND FAMILY, BUT OTHERS ON THE ROAD WITH ME AT THE TIME. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PROCEED AT THIS POINT, AND DON'T KNOW IF THIS HAS BEEN REPORTED BY ANY OTHER OWNER.*AK