2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

DRIVING ON DRY PAVEMENT, CLEAR DAY. TOOK FREEWAY OFFRAMP, WHEN I REACHED 40MPH, THE BRAKES LOCKED UP, WENT PAST STOP SIGN INTO OTHER HIGHWAY MISSING OTHER VEHICLE PASSING IN FRONT OF OFFRAMP. HAPPENED TWICE AT SAME SPEED, BRAKES LOCK UP, AND I PASS THROUGH THE STOP SIGN. LOUD GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM WHEEL WELL AREA, BRAKES RECENTLY CHANGED ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO, NOISE OCCURS AT 25-30 MPH, SOUNDS LIKE DRAGGING SOMETHING UNDERNEATH. SERVICE MAN CHECKED, NOTHING VISIBLE. HAS OCCURRED 5 TIMES IN LESS THAN 2 MONTHS. INTERIOR LIGHTS DIM ON VEHICLE THEN BRIGHTEN CONSTANTLY. DOOR AJAR LIGHT CONSTANTLY COMING ON, BACK HATCH WINDOW CONSTANTLY OPENING ON OWN DRIVING DOWN ROAD. INSTRUMENT PANEL KNOBS, PANEL ITSELF AND WINDOW AND DOOR BUTTONS ON DOORS EXTREMELY HOT TO TOUCH. VARIOUS LIGHTS ON INSTRUMENT PANEL QUIT WORKING AND THEN RESUME ON THEIR OWN. REPORTED TACH/ODOMETER NOT WORKING ALREADY. BOTH UNITS REGISTERING OFFLINE WHILE DRIVING. WHERE ARE THE FIXES TO THESE PROBLEMS? *TR

I PURCHASED A 2004 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER IN AUGUST OF 2004. OVER TWO YEARS AGO MY SPEEDOMETER STARTED TO FLUCTUATE SHOWING I WAS GOING 10 MILES AN HOUR WHILE I WAS IN THE FAST LANE ON THE FREEWAY GOING AT LEAST 65. AFTER MONTHS OF FLUCTUATING IT STOPPED WORKING. I NOW HAVE 84,000 MILES ON MY CAR. I AM GUESSING THE SPEEDOMETER IT WENT OUT AROUND 65,000. I DO NOT FEEL THAT A CAR THAT IS ONLY 5 YEARS OLD SHOULD HAVE A SPEEDOMETER THAT WON'T WORK ANYMORE. I FOUND THAT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH OTHER MODELS BESIDES THE TRAILBLAZER. I CALLED MY LOCAL GM DEALER AND THEY ADVISED THAT THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS ISSUE. I CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE THIS FIXED. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT GM SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR FIXING. *TR

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

2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER 4.2L INSTRUMENT PANEL DOES NOT WORK-SPEEDOMETER, TACHOMETER, TEMP. GAUGE, OIL PRESSURE. *TR

2004 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER SPEEDOMETER READS MUCH FASTER THAN I AM ACTUALLY GOING. WHEN I AM AT A COMPLETE STOP, IT READS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS VARIES BY DAY, SOME DAYS IT IS 30, SOME IT IS 45, ETC... THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS I NEVER KNOW THE ACTUAL SPEED I AM GOING AND JUST HAVE TO USE MY BEST JUDGMENT. ALSO, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS BEEN ON FOR 2 YEARS AND DEALER CANT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. *TR

INSTRUMENT CLUSTER PANEL FAILURE CAUSING SPEEDOMETER TO NOT WORK CREATING A SAFETY HAZARD- GM WILL DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. *TR

SINCE I'VE PURCHASED THE 2004 VEHICLE (BRAND NEW), I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE PASSENGER SIDE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT ABOUT 10 TIMES. THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THE HEADLIGHT WENT OUT AGAIN. WHILE TRYING TO REPLACE, NOTICED THAT THE WIRING IS BURNED OUT AS THERE IS A SHORT. I HAVE READ SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME THING AND WONDERING IF THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING AND REGISTERS 65 MPH WHILE THE VEHICLE IS PARKED. THE FAILURE PREVENTS HIM FROM KNOWING HOW FAST HE IS TRAVELING. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. WHEN THE CONTACT BOUGHT THE VEHICLE, THE SPARE TIRE WRENCH UNDER THE REAR BUMPER WAS STRIPPED SO THAT IT COULD NOT BE LOWERED. HE HAD A MECHANIC EXAMINE THE SPARE TIRE WRENCH AND WAS ADVISED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 66,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 62,000.

I BOUGHT MY 2004 TRAILBLAZER NEW IN 2004 AND IT HAS BEEN OK. I GOT IN IT LAST THURSDAY AND PUT IT IN REVERSE TO BACK OUT OF MY BASEMENT TO GO TO WORK. IT MADE A HORRIBLE NOISE SO I GOT MY HUSBAND UP TO LOOK AT IT. COME TO FIND OUT REVERSE WENT OUT ON THE TRANSMISSION. THE REPAIR SHOP SAID REVERSE WAS OUT AND SOME GEARS WERE WORN. I HAD NO WARNING AND THIS JUST HAPPENED. THIS REPAIR PERSON TOLD US THIS WAS WEAK LINK ON THE TRAILBLAZERS AND THE TRANSMISSIONS WOULD GO JUST LIKE THAT. IF THIS IS A WEAK LINK, GM SHOULD RECALL AND FIX THE PROBLEM. I DID NOT TAKE OUT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY AND I ONLY HAVE ABOUT 89,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. *TR

SPEEDOMETER STARTED FAILING AFTER 30-45 MIN OF DRIVING THEN GOT MORE FREQUENT. I TOOK IT INTO LOCAL DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED VEHICLE IN LAS VEGAS AND THEY TOLD ME IT COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM $400-$600 TO REPAIR IT. I HAVE SINCE LEARNED IN THE LAST YEAR THAT THIS IS A HUGE GM ISSUE AND I AM GLAD I DID NOT HAVE IT REPAIRED AS OF YET. *TR