2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

RIGHT REAR TAIL LIGHT DOES NOT WORK WHEN BRAKE IS APPLIED. HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, ALMOST A YEAR. I HAVE CHANGED THE BRAKE LIGHTS SEVERAL TIMES AND THE TAIL LIGHT STILL WILL NOT WORK.*AK

DRIVING DOWN A HILL AND VEHICLE STRTED TO HOP AND ALL OF A SUDDENLY PULLED HARD TO THE RIGHT. I REGAINED CONTROL BEFORE CRASHING INTO A GUARDRAIL. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC AND WAS TOL REAR FACING BOLT ON UPPER CONTROL ARM WAS MISSING AND HOLE WAS ELONGATED.*AK

1ST THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACE, THEN THE TRANSMISSION PUMP AND NOT THE KEEPS STALLING,AND ONE LAST ITEM THE TRAILBLAZER RPM GOES UP AND DOWN WHILE I'M DRIVING DON'T KNOW WHY. *LA

THE VEHICLE REPEATEDLY SWITCHES INTO A 4 WHEEL DRIVE (4WD) AND 4WD MODES ON ITS OWN DURING NORMAL 2WD OPERATION. THE DEALER CLAIMS THAT THE ONBOARD COMPUTER RECORDED NO SUCH OCCURRENCES, AND THEREFORE IS IGNORING THE PROBLEM. NUMEROUS SIMILAR COMPLAINTS FILED ON THIS NHTSA WEB SITE INDICATE THAT THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM WITH THE TRAILBLAZER WHICH MERE REPLACEMENT OF THE 2WD/4WD SWITCHER MODULE WILL NOT REMEDY. THIS FACT--TAKEN ALONG WITH FREQUENTLY BURNING OUT BULBS (RUNNING LIGHTS AS WELL AS BRAKE LIGHTS)--SUGGEST THAT A POSSIBLE LARGER YET MORE FUNDAMENTAL ELECTRICAL WIRING PROBLEM IS WHAT'S PLAGUING AN OTHERWISE EXCELLENT VEHICLE. THIS IS TRULY A SHAME. *LA

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THEN THE VEHICLE STALLED. THIS CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, HITTING A WALL. THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. THE DEALERSHIP TRIED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE 7 TIMES, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE AIR BAG ALSO FAILED TO DEPLOY DURING THE ACCIDENT. *AK THE PCM FAILED DUE TO A CIRCUIT INSIDE, FLUID LEAKED FROM THE POWER STEERING HOSE, THE ENGINE REVVED HIGH AND WAS LOUD WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED, THE CONSUMER SAW SPARKS UNDER THE HOOD FUSE BLOCK AT THE SAME TIME THE GAUGES FLUCTUATED AND SHORTED, THE RIGHT REAR TAIL LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE, AND THE FUEL GAUGE MADE A WHIRRING SOUND WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED. *SC *JB *CB

2002 TRAILBLAZER - REAR BRAKE LIGHTS BURNING OUT - HAD LEFT SIDE REPLACED UNDER WARRENTY BY GM DEALERSHIP (CIRCUIT BOARD WHERE LIGHTS PLUG IN BURNT OUT) BACK IN FEB. 2004 -- DROPPING TRUCK OFF AGAIN AT DEALERSHIP FOR SAME PROBLEM WITH THE THE RIGHT SIDE BRAKE LIGHTS -- WENT THROUGH 12 BULBS SINCE JAN. 2004 - GOT STOPPED BY POLICE FOR BRAKE LIGHTS OUT. ALSO EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH FRONT END MAKING NOISE WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS AND PASSAGER SIDE SEAT BELT LOCKS UP FOR NO REASON - DEALERSHIP ORDERED NEW ONE BACK IN FEB. 2004 AND STILL WAITING FOR IT - SEE WHAT HAPPENS TOMORROW WHEN I BRING IT BACK TO DEALERSHIP FOR THESE ABOVE PROBLEMS. *AK

TAIL LIGHTS FAILED. TAIL LIGHTS REPAIRED FOUR TIMES. HOWEVER THE PROBLEM RECURRED. DEALER STATED THE CIRCUIT BOX MAFUNCTIONED. *AK

FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT SHOULDER RESTRAINT DID NOT LOCK (RETRACTOR) WHEN VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN REAR END COLLISION WITH A TRACTOR TRAILER AT 45 MPH. ALSO, NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *AK CW

TRAILBLAZER SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT ON, ENGINE REVING, SEEMS TO BE FAN CLUTCH STUCK IN HIGH SPEED, CAUSES POOR ACCELERATION, POOR GAS MILEAGE, AND COSTS OVER 500 DOLLARS TO REPAIR. DEALER IN SMALL TOWN STATES THEY HAVE REPLACED SEVERAL IN THE SAME YEAR MODEL TRUCK. DUE TO THE HIGH COST OF THIS REPAIR, I AM FORCED TO DRIVE MY VEHICLE UNTIL I CAN COME UP WITH THE MONEY TO REPAIR IT. HOPEFULLY IT WILL NOT DAMAGE ANY OTHER PARTS IN THE MEAN TIME. THERE SEEM TO BE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS THAT DEAL WITH THIS SAME THING. ALSO, THE REAR BRAKE LIGHTS KEEP GOING OUT .

THE DRIVER-SIDE BRAKE LIGHT BULB REPEATEDLY BURNS OUT (3 TIMES IN AS MANY WEEKS). APPEARS THAT THE BULB DOESN'T MAKE A SNUG FIT IN THE SOCKET. I FOUND A TSB FROM GM REGARDING THIS. THE DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM UNDER WARRANTY (48K MILES). I PURCHASED THE REPLACEMENT PARTS LISTED IN THE TSB, REPLACING THE BOARD, WHICH RESULTED IN A SNUG FIT BETWEEN BULB AND SOCKET. NO ISSUES SINCE. THIS IS PROBABLY RELATED TO DEFECT INVESTIGATION PE04032. THIS IS ON A 2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER LT WITH 2WD AND I6 ENGINE.