2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE GAUGES ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER MALFUNCTIONED AND NO LONGER DISPLAY THE CORRECT INFORMATION. THE DEALER CONFIRMED THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WILL BE REPAIRED BY THE DEALER BUT NOT UNDER WARRANTY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,000.

SPEED-O-METER ERRATIC AND DOES NOT REGISTER PROPERLY. SOMETIMES DOES NOT WORK AT ALL. HAS RESULTED IN BEING STOPPED AND TICKETED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR SPEEDING. *TR

2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER INSTRUMENT (SPEEDOMETER) CLUSTER IS NOT WORKING. APPARENTLY THIS IS A COMMON DEFECT WITH THE TRAILBLAZER. IT SIMPLY STOPPED WORKING, AND NOW I AM TRYING TO SAVE THE MONEY TO REPLACE THE $500 CLUSTER & IN THE MEANTIME USE OTHER TRAFFIC TO GAUGE MY SPEED. THE FUEL GAUGE STOPPED WORKING AS WELL. *TR

I BOUGHT A TRAILBLAZER 2005 THE HEATER RESISTER WIRE HARNESS HAS MELTED WIRES,AND THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD STICK AFTER 20 MILES OF DRIVING. HAD NO IDEA HOW FAST I WAS GOING AND THE MELTED WIRES ARE PLAIN DANGEROUS. I'VE READ MANY MANY COMPLAINTS ONLINE ABOUT THESE PROBLEMS YET NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THEM. I WAS DOING OVER 100 MPH BEFORE I REALIZED THE SPEEDOMETER WASN'T READING CORRECTLY IT SAID 72 MPH. I'VE READ MANY PEOPLE SMELL SMOKE WHEN THE WIRE HARNESS MELTS. COULD EASILY START A FIRE .. BOTH SEEM VERY DANGEROUS TO ME AND I CANT BELIEVE THEY HAVE NOT RECALLED THEM YET..ARE WE WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO GET KILLED FIRST?? I'VE NEVER FILED A COMPLAINT LIKE THIS BEFORE AND I HAVE NO IDEA IF IT HELPS,BUT I NEEDED TO TRY SOMETHING. THANK YOU *TR

WE JUST PURCHASED A 2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER LS 4WD, WE HAVE HAD IT FOR FOUR DAYS AND TODAY THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING, IT HAS WOUND ALL THE WAY AROUND, WE PULLED OVER AND TRIED TO RESTART THE CAR IN THE ATTEMPT TO RESET IT. WE HAD TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY HOME WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO TELL AT WHAT SPEED WE WERE DRIVING, WHICH IS HIGHLY UNSAFE. IN MY BELIEF THIS IS MISLEADING INFORMATION, BY NOT KNOWING HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING. *TR

AFTER RETURNING HOME FROM SHOPPING, MY WIFE AND HER FRIEND PULLED INTO OUR DRIVEWAY AND SHE PLACED OUR TRAILBLAZER IN PARK. THERE WAS A LOUD SOUND SHE SAID SOUNDED LIKE AN EXPLOSION AND THE REAR LIFT HATCH WINDOW SHATTERED SENDING GLASS FLYING. AT THE TIME OF THE GLASS SHATTERING THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE WAS CLOSE TO 30 DEGREES. THE REAR DEFROSTER WAS NOT ON. I CAME HOME FROM WORK AND WE CLEANED ALL THE GLASS FROM THE DRIVEWAY AND THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS NO EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THIS HAPPENED. I CONTACTED THE INSURANCE COMPANY AND THE WINDOW WAS FIXED FOR A COST OF $754.70 BY SAFELITE GLASS REPAIR. I LOOKED ON THE INTERNET AND DID A SEARCH OF SIMILAR INCIDENTS AND FOUND QUITE A FEW. I CONTACTED GM BY E-MAIL AND TOLD THEM WHAT HAPPENED. GM THANKED ME FOR THE INFORMATION BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY REPLACEMENT OR REIMBURSEMENT. FORTUNATELY NO ONE WAS INJURED AND OUR GRANDDAUGHTER WAS NOT IN HER CAR SEAT AT THE TIME. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS IF MY WIFE WOULD HAVE BEEN OPENING THE LIFT GATE WHEN THE GLASS SHATTERED. GM SAID THIS APPEARED TO BE AN ISOLATED INCIDENT AND I OFFERED TO SEND THEM LINKS TO OTHER IDENTICAL COMPLAINTS THAT I FOUND. I WOULD LIKE THE NHTSA TO PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS AS THIS DOES NOT SEEM TO BE AN ISOLATED INCIDENT AND THERE WAS NO WARNING OF THIS FAILURE. THE GLASS WAS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION PRIOR TO THIS HAPPENING AND THE VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT AND IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.

OVER THE PAST YEAR I HAVE A VARIETY ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH MY BLAZER. THE GAS GAUGE HAS STOPPED WORKING, INDICATING THAT IT IS LOW ON FUEL OR EMPTY AND MY SPEEDOMETER IS NO LONGER FUNCTIONING. I HAVE HAD TO PUSH ALL THE WAY ON THE GAS PEDAL AT TIMES TO GET THE CAR TO GO. VERY DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY WHEN MERGING ONTO HIGHWAYS/FREEWAYS. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER CHEVY AGAIN! *TR

2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER FUEL SENSOR. DOES NOT READ CORRECTLY, AND AFTER FILL UP, THE GAUGE GOES TO EMPTY. *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER NO LONGER WORKS ON MY 2005 TRAILBLAZER. IT HAS 61K MILES ON IT. CHEVROLET HAS RECALLED THE AVALANCHE, SILVERADO, TAHOE, AND SUBURBAN, BUT FOR SOME REASON NOT THE TRAILBLAZER. THE DEALER CHARGES $600 TO FIX IT. THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM. *TR

MY 2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING. THIS STARTED AS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM AND HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE. THERE SEEMS TO BE NO CORRELATION BETWEEN OUTSIDE TEMPS AND WHEN IT WORKS. WHEN IT DOES WORK IT DISPLAYS INACCURATE SPEEDS. THIS SEEMS TO BE A CONSISTENT PROBLEM IN 2005 TRAILBLAZERS BASED A AN INTERNET SEARCH FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR