2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

FUEL LEAK AND STRONG FUEL ODOR FROM LEFT REAR FILLER NECK AREA. MY VEHICLE STARTED HAVING THIS PROBLEM A FEW DAYS AGO AND A QUICK INTERNET SEARCH TURNED UP LOTS OF OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THERE IS A GREAT RISK OF FIRE WITH POTENTIAL FOR INJURY/DEATH AND OF COURSE PROPERTY DAMAGE. THIS VEHICLE SHOULD BE RECALLED ASAP! *JB EMAIL UPDATE (FEBRUARY 07, 2007): THE LEAK IS FROM THE FUEL PUMP/FUEL SENDER MODULE THAT ENTERS THE TANK. AN EPOXY REPAIR WAS MADE. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF TRADING THIS VEHICLE IN. WE LIVE IN UPSTATE NY WHERE A GREAT DEAL OF SALT IS USED IN WINTER. IT SEEMS THE DESIGN OF THIS TANK ALLOWS A BRINE SOLUTION TO SIT IN A RECESS WHERE THE FUEL PUMP/SENDER MODULE LIVES AND CORRODES THE COMPONENTS. FROM MY INTERNET RESEARCH I FOUND A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH SIMILAR REPORTS OF THIS ISSUE. IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY IF THE VEHICLE IS GARAGED.

I STARTED TO DO A 3 POINT TURN AND WHEN I WENT TO PUT MY VEHICLE IN REVERSE, THERE WAS A LOUD CLUNK AND I NO LONGER HAD REVERSE AND WOULD MAKE AN AWFUL SOUND WHEN I TRIED. I COULD DRIVE IT FORWARD, BUT IT WOULDN'T SHIFT OUT OF LOW GEAR, DRIVING THE RPMS WAY UP. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED. TOOK IT TO A GM DEALERSHIP AND THEY GAVE ME THE CHOICE OF A REBUILD OR REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION. I CHOSE TO REPLACE BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE A LONGER WARRANTY. THE WARRANTY ON THIS WAS 36000 MILES... IT HAD 42800. CURRENTLY CONVERSING WITH GM TO TRY AND GET THEM TO COVER SOME OF THE EXPENSE. *JB

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON MY 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER LS WOULD CONTINUOUSLY OPERATE ONCE ACTIVATED AND WOULD NOT STOP UNLESS THE CAR WAS TURNED OFF. INSPECTION BY A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP FOUND THAT WATER HAD GOTTEN INTO THE WIPER MOTOR AND SHORTED IT OUT. CHEVROLET HAD ISSUED A RECALL (04V046000) FOR THIS EXACT MALFUNCTION IN 2004. HOWEVER, THEY REFUSED TO REPAIR THE MALFUNCTION AS SHOULD BE REQUIRED AS THE MALFUNCTION WAS THE FAULT OF THE MANUFACTURER. CHEVROLET CLAIMED THAT MY CAR'S VIN WAS NOT IDENTIFIED TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM ASSOCIATED WITH IT AND COULDN'T BE REPAIRED AT THEIR EXPENSE. THIS EXPLANATION IS CLEARLY RIDICULOUS AS THE MALFUNCTION I WAS EXPERIENCING WAS THE EXACT TYPE THEY HAD IDENTIFIED FOR THAT MAKE/MODEL/YEAR. WHILE NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED, THE MALFUNCTION OF THE WIPER IN A CRITICAL MOMENT SUCH AS DURING A STORM COULD HAVE CAUSED PROBLEMS. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE MOTOR AND I HAD TO PAY OUT OF MY OWN POCKET FOR THEIR REFUSAL TO STAND BY THEIR PRODUCT. *NM

POWER WINDOW SWITCHES FAIL FROM WATER DRIPPING ON THEM WHEN THE WINDOWS ARE LEFT OPEN ARE EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR. THE VACUUM HEATER/ AIR CONDITIONING CONTROLS FAIL TO OPERATE CORRECTLY- THE VACUUM LINES ARE HARD TO FIND AND REPAIR. I WAS TOLD IT MIGHT COST $1000.00 TO REPAIR. THE VEHICLE IS A 2003 CHEVY BLAZER, I AM A MECHANIC AND I CAN NOT FIND WHERE THE VACUUM LINES ARE ROUTED. *JB

1) THERE WAS A STRONG ODOR OF FUEL COMING FROM IN AND AROUND THE VEHICLE 2)THE LINES ON TOP OF THE FUEL TANK ON THE FUEL SENDING UNIT WERE ROTTED AFTER 60K MILES 3)THE FUEL SENDING UNIT AND THE LINES WERE REPLACED ($900 DOLLARS TOTAL). *NM

2003 TRAILBLAZER GAS TANK LEAK, CRACK IN FUEL NECK, 60,000 MI.,SERVICE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE DEALER DIAGNOSED IT AND SAID IT WOULD BE $1200 TO REPLACE GAS TANK. *JB

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PUT GAS INTO HIS 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER (FAILED MILEAGE 26521) THE GAS WOULD NOT ENTER THE TANK. THE GAS WOULD SPILL BACK OUT ONTO THE GROUND. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TWICE MORE WITH THE SAME RESULTS. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THE DEALER INFORMED HIM THAT THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE HOSE AND THE FUEL FILTER. THE CONTACT IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AS SERVICE BULLETIN NUMBER 040604003. *JB

THE "SERVICE AIRBAG" LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON MY DASH AND I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALER THAT I BOUGHT IT FROM. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A PART WOULD BE NEEDED TO FIX THIS PROBLEM (SIR COIL) AND THAT MY VEHICLE WARRANTY WOULD COVER THIS ISSUE. ONCE THE CORRECT PART REACHED THE DEALERSHIP, I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO GET FIXED. THE DEALERSHIP CALLED ME IN THE MIDDLE OF WORKING ON MY VEHICLE TO NOTIFY ME THAT THERE WAS SOME MISTAKE AND THAT THE WORK BEING DONE ACTUALLY COST ME ABOUT $800.00. I HAD THE DEALERSHIP STOP WORK ON MY VEHICLE AND CALLED THE CHEVY CUSTOMER SERVICE NUMBER TO FURTHER INQUIRE ABOUT THIS SAFETY ISSUE. (THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT THEY COULD NOT GUARANTEE THAT MY AIRBAG WOULD DEPLOY IF I NEEDED IT DUE TO THE SIR COIL NEEDING TO BE REPLACED.) I HAD A FEW CONVERSATIONS WITH A CHEVROLET CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE WHO FINALLY INFORMED ME THAT "THEY COULDN'T HELP ME AT THIS TIME" AND THAT "THIS SERVICE WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY" AND "TO SAVE MY RECEIPTS FOR REPAIR". I HAVE NOT YET HAD THIS PROBLEM FIXED. I DO NOT HAVE THE EXTRA $800.00 TO SPEND ON THIS REPAIR THAT I BELIEVE IS A TREMENDOUS SAFETY ISSUE. ONE OF THE REASONS I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE WAS BECAUSE OF THE PRESENCE OF AIRBAGS. THIS MALFUNCTION WAS DUE TO NO FAULT OF MY OWN AND I HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANYWHERE WITH THE MANUFACTURE. I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW. *JB

I PURCHASED A USED VEHICLE FROM UPSTATE CHEVROLET IN ATTICA NY 14011 AND THE SECOND MONTH OF OWNERSHIP THIS VEHICLE WAS LEAKING GASOLINE. THE FUEL PUMP WAS LEAKING PUSHING GASOLINE OUT. VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED FOR $670 ALL AT MY COST. CHECKING WITH A PARTS STORE IT WAS FOUND TO BE A PROBLEM THAT IS COMMON OF THESE VEHICLES. MY VEHICLE IS LESS THAN FOUR YEARS OLD. IT IS A 2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER AND WAS REPAIRED ON 12/27/06. *NM

MY 2003 TRAILBLAZER EXT SMELL OF FUMES. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP IN THE FIRST CASE THEY TOLD ME THAT I NEED A NEW GAS TOP AND A SEAL. THE CHECK ENGINE LIKE CAME ON AGAIN THIS TIME THEY TELL ME THAT THE FUEL TANK AT THE SPROUT HAS A LEAK AND I NEED A NEW GAS TANK. *JB