2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. FRONT DIFFERENTIAL GASKET ACCORDING TO GM CERTIFIED MECHANIC HAS AN EXPECTED LIFE EXPECTANCY OF LESS THAN 45,000 MILES. GASKET STARTS TO LEAK AND CAN RUIN FRONT DIFFERENTIAL. NORMAL FOR THIS TO HAPPEN. *NM

WHEN FILLING THE GAS TANK, FREQUENTLY THE PUMP CLICKS OFF AND GAS SURGES UP THE FILLER NECK AND FLOWS TO THE GROUND. HAPPENS AT DIFFERENT GAS STATIONS AND DIFFERENT PUMPS. *JB

2003 TRAILBLAZER FUEL LINE AND FUEL PUMP RUSTED AND BEGAN TO LEAK FUEL. *TS THE FUEL PUMP HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF 800.00 DOLLARS. THE FILLER NECK WAS LEAKING AT THE FUEL TANK. THE FRONT PINION AXLE SEAL WAS LEAKING AND THE FRONT STABILIZER LINKS WERE REPLACED. *JB

TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH 2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER. FIRST OCCURRENCE BROUGHT INTO SERVICE DEPARTMENT, TESTS WERE RUN, AND THEY TEST DROVE, AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG. APPROX. 2WKS LATER BROUGHT VEHICLE BACK IN FOR SAME PROBLEM, RAN TESTS AND TEST DROVE, FOUND NOTHING WRONG, THEY CALLED ME, TWO DAYS LATER AND I ASKED THEM TO HOLD IT OVER AND CHECK AGAIN, THEY FOUND A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM, HAD TO REBUILD ENGINE. 11 DAYS LATER I RECEIVED MY CAR AFTER THE REPAIRS. SAME DAY THAT I RECEIVED MY CAR, EXPERIENCED SAME TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. ALSO I HAVE TAKEN MY CAR IN TWO OTHER TIMES FOR THE FAN CLUTCH BREAKING. *NM

PURCHASED 2003 TRAILBLAZER IN OCTOBER 2003. HAD PROBLEMS SHIFTING INTO 4WD IN WINTER 2003-04. WHEN SWITCHING INTO AND 4-WD, LIGHTS WOULD FLASH AND IT WOULD REMAIN IN 2-WD. SERVICE 4WD LIGHT CAME ON SOON AFTER. BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER WHO COULD NOT REPLICATE PROBLEM. THIS HAPPENED LATER THE SAME YEAR AND ALSO THE FOLLOWING YEAR, EACH TIME THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. THIS PAST WEEKEND WHILE ON VACATION, A PARKING VALET FOR SOME ODD REASON, SWITCHED THE CAR INTO 4-WD LOW. CAR WILL NOT COME OUT OF 4-WD LOW. HAD TO LEAVE AT DEALER 150 MILES FROM HOME AND RENT A CAR TO GET HOME. I AM WAITING UNTIL AFTER THE 4TH OF JULY HOLIDAY FOR THEM TO LOOK AT CAR AND FIGURE OUT PROBLEM. *NM

I OWN A CHEVY TRAILBLAZER LS 2003 AND RECENTLY MY DIM HEADLIGHTS HAVE BEEN GOING OUT. I HAVE REPLACED NUMEROUS BULB IN THE LAST 2 MONTHS AND RECENTLY I HAVE NOTICED THAT THE HEADLIGHT HARNESS WIRING HAS BEEN SHORTED OUT AND FRIED. THE ODD THING IS THAT BOTH DIM HEADLIGHT HARNESS ARE FRIED. I MAINTAIN MY VEHICLE FAIRLY WELL AND TRY TO KEEP THINGS IN WORKING ORDER. I CALLED THE CHEVY DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY HAVE NOT HAD ANY COMPLAINTS OR RECALL OF THE HARNESS. TWO YEARS AGO I HAD A SIMILAR PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKE LIGHT SYSTEM AND FINALLY AFTER REPLACING A HUGE NUMBER OF BULBS, THE CHEVY COMPANY RECALLED THE MOTHER BOARDS ON THE TAIL LIGHTS. WITH THE DIM LIGHTS GOING OUT WHEN EVER THEY WANT, PUTS THE DRIVER AND OTHER DRIVERS AT RISK. AN EXAMPLE OF THIS IS ON SATURDAY NIGHT ON MY WAY HOME AT 8:30PM, I NOTICED THAT I DID NOT HAVE ANY DIM LIGHTS. I WAS NOT IN A POSITION TO GET THEM FIXED SO I HAD TO DRIVE TO MY HOUSE (WHICH-THANK GOD WAS CLOSE) WITH MY BRIGHT LIGHTS. THIS PUTS THE ONCOMING DRIVERS AT RISK OF BLINDING AND THE DRIVER IS PUT IN A AWKWARD POSITION FOR LIGHTS. *NM

HEADLIGHT PLUG MELTED AND BURNED. PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT GOES OUT REPEATEDLY PRIOR TO NOTICING BURN DAMAGE. THREE BULBS REPLACED SINCE AUGUST 2005 PRIOR TO BURN DAMAGE NOTED. THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS OF THIS THAT I CAN GATHER FROM A WEB FORUM THAT I VISIT CONCERNING THE TRAILBLAZER. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2005 AT 25612 MILES WHO DETERMINED THE ROTORS WERE RUSTED AND NEEDED TO BE TURNED. THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE DEALERSHIP ON JUNE 5, 2006 FOR A 30000 MILE CHECK UP AND AGAIN THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE ROTORS NEEDED TO BE TURNED. THE DEALERSHIP HAS ADMITTED THE FRONT AND REAR ROTORS NEED TO BE REPLACED. BASED ON THE CONTACT'S UNDERSTANDING THE MANUFACTURER WILL NOT ALLOW THE DEALERSHIP TO REPLACE THE ROTORS UNDER WARRANTY. THE CONTACT ALERTED THE MANUFACTURER AND A COMPLAINT WAS FILED CASE # 1-414411237. THE LEFT FRONT AXLE SEAL WAS REPLACED. UPDATED 06/19/06. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THERE WAS A RATTLING NOISE THAT CAME FROM THE LEFT REAR SWAY BAR. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE SWAY BAR LINK WAS LOOSE AND THE SWAY BAR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED.

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 70 MPH MY SPEED HAND JUMPED TO 110 RPM, WHEN I GOT HOME AND TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE THE HAND WAS READING 60 MPH. THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES. I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM SEVERAL TIMES IN TRAILBLAZERS. *JB