2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

I HAVE A 2004 TRAILBLAZER. AT 30,0000 MILES THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. I WORKED OCCASIONALLY BUT NOW IS TOTALLY NONFUNCTIONING. THE CAR ONLY HAS 35,000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THIS IS NOT AN ITEM COVERED BY ANY WARRANTY. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AND THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL. *TR

FAULTY GAS TANK FILLER NECK ON MY 04 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER I'VE DONE RESEARCH ON THE WEB AND FOUND THERE ARE MANY TRAILBLAZERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM I'M HAVING AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS BECAUSE IT IS DANGEROUS TO HAVE FUEL LEAKING OUT OF THE GAS TANK I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER(GROSSINGER IN LINCOLNWOOD IL) AND WAS TOLD THE TANK WOULD COST ME 1200 DOLLARS I CAN'T AFFORD THAT AND PAY A CAR NOTE I'M HOPING YOU COULD HELP ME WITH GM I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO. *TR

FAULTY SPEEDOMETER! IT STARTED DISPLAYING THE WRONG SPEED. TOOK ABOUT TWO WEEKS AND NOW IT DOESN'T MOVE. *TR

THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IN SEPT 2004. IN MARCH 2005 I STARTED NOTICING IT WAS HARD TO START IN THE MORNING WHEN IT WAS COLD AND IT IDLED ROUGHLY AND WOULD STALL WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL TO ACCELERATE. THE DEALER FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH IT THEN. IN APRIL 2005, WITH 9400 MILES ON IT, THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON SO I TOOK IT BACK TO DEALERSHIP. THEY CLEANED OUT (FLUSHED) THE FUEL SYSTEM AND PROCEEDED TO TELL ME NOT TO BUY "CHEAP GAS" BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT WILL HAVE PARTICLES IN IT THAT CAN CLOG UP THE FUEL SYSTEM (THEN WHAT IS THE FUEL FILTER FOR?). SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD THE FUEL SYSTEM FLUSHED THREE MORE TIMES. I PROBABLY COULD HAVE HAD IT DONE MORE TIMES, BUT IT IS EXTREMELY INCONVENIENT TO KEEP GOING TO THE DEALERSHIP AND BEING WITHOUT A VEHICLE, SO I JUST DEALT WITH THE ROUGH IDLE AND HESITATIONS. I BUY GAS THE SAME PLACES AS EVERYONE ELSE IN MY FAMILY, YET I AM THE ONLY ONE EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM. I BOUGHT FUEL INJECTOR CLEANER AND PUT IT IN THE GAS TANK EVERY COUPLE OF FILLUPS. THE DEALERSHIP HAS OFFERED TO REPLACE THE FUEL INJECTOR THAT KEEPS CLOGGING, BUT OF COURSE NONE OF THE MECHANICS EVER MADE NOTE OF WHICH ONE IT WAS. SO WHEN THE PROBLEM RECURS I MUST TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN. *TR

DRIVING HOME FROM VACATION ON THE HIGHWAY IN A SNOWSTORM, WE REALIZED THE TACHOMETER WAS NO LONGER SHOWING THE CORRECT RPMS. IT WAS STUCK AROUND 4000 WHILE WE WERE GOING LESS THAN THAT. A LITTLE WHILE LATER WE NOTICED THAT WHILE WE WERE SLOWING DOWN FOR A RED LIGHT AND TRAVELING PROBABLY 10 MPH THE SPEEDOMETER WAS SHOWING 60 MPH. WE QUICKLY STOPPED FOR GAS, THINKING MAYBE THOSE GAUGES WERE MALFUNCTIONING AS WELL, BUT THEY WEREN'T. WHEN WE ACCELERATED AGAIN, THE SPEEDOMETER RAISED FROM 60 TO EVENTUALLY OVER 120 MPH. EACH TIME WE SLOWED DOWN THE NEEDLE STUCK, THEN WHEN WE ACCELERATED IT WENT HIGHER. WHILE WE WERE DRIVING IN THE SNOWSTORM ON THE HIGHWAY, WE THINK WE WERE TRAVELING ABOUT 20 TO 30 MPH, BUT THE SPEEDOMETER WAS STILL OVER 120 MPH. THIS WAS SCARY BECAUSE UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS WE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO JUDGE OUR SPEED, BUT IN THE SNOW IT WAS HARD TO DO SO. ON MONDAY WE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND WERE TOLD THAT VEHICLES WITH UNDER 70,000 MILES THEY WOULD FIX BUT SINCE OURS HAD 78,000 WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR REPAIRS. WE DECIDED WE CAN'T AFFORD THE REPAIRS, THEN A FEW DAYS LATER BOTH GAUGES STARTED WORKING PROPERLY ON THEIR OWN. WE ARE STILL LEERY OF TRUSTING THEM, AND WE ARE ASSUMING THEY WILL MALFUNCTION AGAIN. I CAN SEE THIS PROBLEM LEADING TO BEING TICKETED FOR SPEEDING AND POSSIBLY EVEN HAVING AN ACCIDENT DUE TO NOT KNOWING YOUR SPEED. *TR

2004 TRAILBLAZER, THE TRANSMISSION DIP STICK RUSTED AND BROKE AND WATER IN TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. MANY OTHER OWNERS HAVING SAME PROBLEM WITH SAME 2004 TRAILBLAZERS. BAD DIP STICK MANUFACTURE POSITION GETTING WATER INSIDE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY RESET THE ELECTRONIC OIL GAUGE; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. IN ADDITION, THE SPEEDOMETER DISPLAYED INACCURATE READINGS WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 75,000. UPDATED 03/31/09.*JB

MY SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING AROUND 50 THOUSAND MILES, MY TACHOMETER DIED JUST AFTER, CHEVY DEALERSHIPS RECALLED THE TRUCKS,BUT NOT THE TRAIL BLAZERS, FOR A 2004 XL MODEL THIS IS NOT RIGHT AND TO REPLACE THE MOGULER IS ABOUT 400. PLUS INSTALLATION, MY CHEVY.COM HAS MANY PEOPLE COMPLAINING OF THIS SAME PROBLEM, THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE! *TR

FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS WE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTY WITH THE GAUGES ON OUR 2004 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER. INITIALLY THE SPEEDOMETER WAS MALFUNCTIONING BUT WE FOUND THAT IF WE STOPPED THE ENGINE AND RESTARTED IT, IT WOULD RESET ITSELF. OVER TIME, IT HAS BEEN UNABLE TO RESET AND CURRENTLY READS 120MPH WHILE IDLE. ADDITIONALLY, THE OTHER GAUGES HAVE BEGUN TO MALFUNCTION AS WELL. THE GAS GAUGE DOES NOT WORK AT ALL AND THE BATTERY AND OIL TEMP GAUGES WORK ON OCCASION. IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING THIS IS A PROBLEM ON CHEVY TRAILBLAZERS FROM 2002-2004, HOWEVER A RECALL ON THE PARTS HAVE ONLY BEEN CALLED ON THE 02 AND 03 MODELS, NOT THE 04. ALTHOUGH WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY ACCIDENTS OR RECEIVED ANY TICKETS FROM THIS PRODUCT FAILURE, WE HAVE RAN OUT OF GAS AND HAD TO USE ANOTHER DEVICE TO KEEP TRACK OF OUR SPEED. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER IN 2007. AFTER A FEW MONTHS THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED TO STICK. SOON AFTER THE REST OF THE GAUGES HAVE GONE COMPLETELY INOPERABLE. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW FAST I AM GOING OR HOW MUCH GAS I HAVE LEFT OR HOW HARD THE ENGINE IS WORKING. NO NONE OF MY REAR LIGHTS FUNCTION. I HAVE GOTTEN PULLED OVER 4 TIMES AND I FEAR ITS A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE A THE REST OF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM COMPLETELY SHUTS DOWN AND AN ACCIDENT OCCURS. I HAVE SEEN A MULTITUDE OF COMPLAINTS BUT NO RECALL. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE WITH 41245 MILES ON THE ODOMETER AND NOW READS 76411. IMPOSSIBLE SINCE I WAS DEPLOYED TO IRAQ FOR 8 MONTHS AND HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE FOR LESS THAN 2 YEARS WITHOUT MAJOR COMMUTES. *TR