2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

VEHICLE WOULD EMIT A STRONG FUEL ODOR UPON BEING STARTED. AFTER IDLING FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME SMALL PUDDLES OF GASOLINE WERE PRESENT BENEATH THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF THE VEHICLE DIRCTLY BELOW THE FUEL TANK.*AK

EV COOLING FAN RUNS AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND DOES NOT DISENGAGE FOR SERVERAL MINUTES WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE DOES NOT SHIFT PROPERLY DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME. SINCE I AM UNABLE TO GET UP TO HIGHWAY SPEEDS, I FEEL I AM A SAFETY HAZARD TO OTHER DRIVERS THAT MUST SLOW DOWN UNTIL THEY CAN PASS OR I GET UP TO PROPER HIGHWAY SPEEDS. I WILL BE REPLACING THIS COMPONENT AT THE DEALER THEY GAVE ME THE FOLLOWING ESTIMATE: PART COST $350 AND LABOR COST $300. I WILL BE ASKING FOR THE OLD COMPONENT. THIS PROBLEM BEGAN OCCURING WITHOUT ANY WARNING. ONE MORNING IT JUST BEGAN OPERATING AT A HIGH RATE WHEN I STARTED MY VEHICLE AND AS STATED, CONTINUED FOR SERVERAL MINUTES.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT CLAIMED TO SMELL GAS. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED A FEW DAYS LATER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR SERVICE TWICE. DURING THE SECOND VISIT, A LEAK IN THE FILLER HOSE WAS DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT BECAUSE THE REPAIR WAS NOT PERFORMED BY A CHEVY DEALER, THE CONTACT COULD NOT BE REIMBURSED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45885.*AK THE CUSTOMER STATED TO CHEVY THAT HE HAS THE CRACKED FILLER HOSE AND OFFERED TO TAKE TO A CHEVY DEALER BUT PREFERRED AN INDEPENDENT TESTING COMPANY GM REFUSED IN BOTH CASES. UPDATE 04/19/07. *TR

TRANSMISSION LEAK DISCOVERED. EXCESSIVE WEAR TO U-JOINT. BOTH PROBLEMS REPAIRED IN 8/2006. NOW I HAVE RATTLING NOISE WHEN SHIFTING FROM 2WD TO AWD. RATTLES WHEN PLACED IN AWD.*AK

I OWN A 2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER EXT. I BEGAN SMELLING GAS, AND SOON AFTER NOTICED IT LEAKING FROM MY VEHICLE. AFTER TAKING IT INTO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP IT WAS FOUND THAT MY FUEL MODULE AND GAS LINES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF CORROSION. BECAUSE OF THE WORD CORROSION IT THEN VOIDED BEING COVERED UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY. THE SUV SAT AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR 5 WEEKS BECAUSE OF A NATIONAL BACKORDER ON THE FUEL LINES. SO, WITH HAVING NO VEHICLE RENTAL WOULD NOT BE COVERED BECAUSE IT WAS NOT WARRANTY WORK. I WAS STUCK WITH A $900.00 BILL ON A VEHICLE THAT WAS THREE AND A HALF YEARS OLD. *AK

HAD TO HAVE FUEL SENDING UNIT REPLACED.THE DEALER STATED THE TOP WAS RUSTED, LEAKING FUEL ON THE DRIVEWAY.FILED ONE COMPLAINT HERE ALREADY WITH NO RESPONSE NOW I SAW IN THE PAPER THERE MIGHT BE A RECALL.*AK

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN HE TURNED THE RIGHT BLINKER ON IN HIS 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER WITH A CURRENT ODOMETER READING OF 77000 AND A FAILURE MILEAGE OF 73000 MILES. ALL FOUR BLINKER LIGHTS TURNED ON AT ONCE. THERE WAS RECALL 05V198000 ON THIS PARTICULAR YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. *AK

TL* - THE CONTACT CALLED REGARDING THE 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT. THE CONTACT STATED THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD NOT GO BACK TO ZERO WHEN THE IGNITION WAS TURNED OFF. THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD STATE 50-70 MPH WHEN ONLY TRAVELING 5 MPH. THE SPEEDOMETER CLUSTER WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76912. THE CONTACT HAS THE REPAIR ORDER. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 875000.*AK UPDATED 04/05/07. *JB

THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2003 TRAILBLAZER QUIT WORKING. IT DISPLAYS A SPEED THAT IS ANYWHERE FROM 10 - 70 MPH OVER WHAT THE ACTUAL SPEED IS. THE PROBLEM IS DUE TO A BAD CLUSTER OF GAUGES. *JB

MY 2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER EXT, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK IT INTO THE DEALER AND SAID THE CODE IT WAS PUTTING OUT WAS P0440 EVAP LEAK SMALL. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION THERE IS A SMALL FRACTURE ON THE GAS TANK WHERE THE FILLER NECK MEETS THE TANK ITSELF. I HAVE READ OF MANY SIMILAR PROBLEMS OF 2002 AND 2003 TRAILBLAZERS. THIS SEEMS TO BE A SAFETY HAZARD. ALTHOUGH THEY SAID NO FUEL WAS LEAKING OUT OF OURS, IT WAS LEAKING VAPOR. VAPOR SEEMS MORE DANGEROUS THAN AN ACTUAL FUEL LEAK. *JB