2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

BRAKE LIGHTS CONTINUOUSLY FAIL IN MY 2002 TRAILBLAZER. THE DEALER REPLACED THEM A COUPLE OF TIMES WHILE I WAS HAVING OTHER CHEAP MADE INFERIOR PARTS REPAIRED OR REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY OR RECALL. THE PROBLEM IS THE CONTACTS IN THE BULB SOCKET ARE TO FAR APART AND DO NOT MAKE A SECURE CONNECTION WITH THE BULB CONTACTS AND ALSO DO NOT HAVE ELECTRICAL GREASE IN THEM TO PROTECT AGAINST MOISTURE.*AK

THIS PROBLEM CONCERNS A REPEATED LIGHTING SYSTEMS FAILURE. THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN I WAS NOTIFIED BY ANOTHER MOTORIST THAT WHEN I HAD THE BRAKES ON WHILE STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT THAT BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT TAIL STOP LAMPS WERE NOT LIT ALTHOUGH THE CENTER HIGH MOUNTED STOP LAMP DID LIGHT TO INDICATE THE BRAKES WERE ON. I HAD HAD TO HAVE BOTH OF THESE LAMPS REPLACED ONLY ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO WHEN THEY BOTH BURNED OUT WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, PERHAPS SIMULTANEOUSLY AS THEY MIGHT HAVE LAST WEEK. AFTER THE INCIDENT LAST WEEK I PUT IN NEW BULBS BUT, UNLIKE THE FIRST INCIDENT 3 MONTHS AGO, THE LAMPS WOULD NOT LIGHT PROPERLY WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. I WILL NOTIFY THE DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE NEXT WEEK WHEN THEIR SERVICE DEPARTMENT IS OPEN AGAIN THAT THIS PROBLEM WITH MY VEHICLE NEEDS ATTENTION.*AK

I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH BRAKE LIGHTS ON MY TRAILBLAZER. THEY HAVE GONE OUT NUMEROUS TIMES AND I AM SICK AND TIRED OF PEOPLE TELLING ME THAT MY BRAKE LIGHTS ARE OUT. THERE SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THIS AND I FEEL THAT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED ON THIS. MY WIFE ALSO, HAD A 2002 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER IN WHICH SHE HAD THE CIRCUIT BOARD REPLACED BECAUSE OF THESE PROBLEMS.*AK

BRAKE LIGHTS ON CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZERS ARE CONTINUOUSLY GOING OUT. EVERY SINGLE TRAILBLAZER I SEE ON THE ROAD THAT IS NOT BRAND NEW HAS EITHER ONE BRAKE LIGHT MISSING OR BOTH. WENT TO DEALERSHIP TO QUESTION IF THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS INCIDENT AND SAID NO, BUT HAS TO REPLACE CIRCUIT BOARDS ON MODELS OF TRAILBLAZERS. THIS IS NOT FAIR IF THE VEHICLE IS NO LONGER BRAND NEW AND WITHOUT A WARRANTY. THIS DEFECT SHOULD NOT BE AT THE COST OF THE OWNER FOR A DEFECT OF THIS CALIBER. THIS IS DANGEROUS TO OTHER DRIVERS IF THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO SEE THE VEHICLE BRAKING IN FRONT OF THEM. *LA

STOP LIGHT AND REAR TURN SIGNAL LIGHT SOCKETS ARE DEFECTIVE IN THAT THESE LIGHTS CEASE WORKING. WHEN I GO TO CHANGE THE BULB, THE BULB IS OK. AFTER CLEANING CONTACTS, BENDING CONTACTS AND "FIDDLING" WITH THE LIGHT BULB AND SOCKET, THE LIGHT WILL WORK AGAIN, ONLY TO FAIL IN 2-3 MONTHS. THIS HAS OCCURRED 5-6 TIMES SINCE PURCHASE OF A 2002 CHEVROLET TRAIBLAZER IN THE FALL OF 2001. *AK

IGNITION SWITCH FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY STREET WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE TO STOP IMMEDIATELY. *PH VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP WITH A SUSPICION OF A DEAD BATTERY BY THE CONSUMER. AFTER EXAMINATION BY MECHANIC IT WAS REVEALED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS LEFT ON WHEN SUDDENLY ALL DOORS AUTOMATICALLY LOCKED. CENTER CONSOLE WAS DISMANTLED AND A CABLE ATTACHED TO A SOLENOID HAD TO BE PULLED TO RELEASE THE SHIFT LEVER TO OPEN THE DOOR. IGNITION SWITCH WAS REPLACED. *LA

IF THE 2 U SHAPED HOOKS THAT HOLD THE SPOILER IN PLACE DETACH THE SPOILER POPS UP ABOVE THE TRUCK. WHEN THIS OCCURS THE SPOILER IS NOT WIND RESISTANT. THIS RESULTS IN THE OTHER PLASTIC SPOILER ATTACHMENTS WEAKENING, AND CAUSING THE SPOILER TO SEPARATE FROM THE BODY OF THE TRUCK, AND TO FLY INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE SPOILER WAS REPLACED. HOWEVER, THIS FAILURE RECURRED.*AK

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALERSHIP BUT DEALERSHIP INDICATED THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT COMPONENT FAILURE CAUSED THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT TO COME ON. DEALERSHIP SERVICED THE VEHICLE AND THE CONSUMER PICKED IT UP. THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME BACK ON WITHIN 2 WEEKS. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. WHEN THE CONSUMER PICKED THE VEHICLE UP THERE WAS A CLANGING NOISE WHILE DRIVING.*AK

WHILE REVERSING GRADUALLY CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A MINOR COLLISION. THE OTHER VEHICLE ONLY SUSTAINED A SCRATCH WHILE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE REAR END BUMPER WAS SMASHED UP . CONSUMER FELT THAT REAR BUMPER WAS NOT STURDY ENOUGH. *AK

THE BRAKE LIGHT IN MY TRUCK FAILED. I HAVE HAD CHEVY REPLACE THE CIRCUIT BOARD BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. THE VEHICLE GOES THROUGH LIGHT BULBS ABOUT ONCE A MONTH. THE PROBLEM IS IN THE CONTACT BETWEEN THE BULB AND THE CIRCUIT BOARD. IT BURNS OUT THE METAL WIRE USED IN THE CONTACT. THE FILAMENT NEVER BURNS OUT.*AK