2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS, THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2004 TRAILBLAZER WOULD INTERMITTENTLY READ 120 MPH AND GET STUCK. THE PROBLEM WOULD CORRECT AFTER REPEATED STARTING OF THE ENGINE. IN DECEMBER THE SPEEDOMETER BECAME STUCK AGAIN AND HAS NOT RESET. I CURRENTLY HAVE 80,000 MILES ON MY CAR. I HAVE CONTACTED CHEVROLET CUSTOMER CARE AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT THIS ISSUE IN MANY OF THEIR VEHICLES BUT NO RECALL HAS BEEN ORDERED. CUSTOMER CARE WANTS ME TO TAKE MY CAR TO MY DEALERSHIP AT MY COST ( $89.00) TO HAVE THE PROBLEM DIAGNOSED. AT THAT POINT THEY WILL INFORM IF ANYTHING CAN BE DONE FOR ME. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY GM IS BEING ALLOWED TO GET AWAY WITH THIS. *TR

2004 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER V8 EXT SPEEDOMETER ACTING FUNNY COMPLETE STOPPED SHOES GOING 30. IT READS FASTER THAN I DRIVE SO I HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE STOPPED SPEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH FAST I AM DRIVING. INTERNET HAS MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE AND SIMILAR ONES LIKE TAHOE HAS BEEN RECALLED. *TR

ABOUT 10,000 BEFORE THE FACTORY WARRANTY RAN OUT, THE SPEEDOMETER GOT STUCK AT ABOUT 60MP SO IT READ THAT MUCH HIGHER THAN ACTUAL SPEED. AFTER A FEW TIMES OF STARTING THE VEHICLE THE SPEEDOMETER RESET ITSELF, SO WHEN WE TOOK IT IN TO THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND THEY WOULDN'T COVER THE PROBLEM. IT EVENTUALLY KEPT GETTING HIGHER AND HIGHER UNTIL IT WAS STUCK AND DIDN'T READ THE SPEED AT ALL. NOW THE DEALER SAYS IT IS A FAULTY INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND WANT TO CHARGE ME $500+ TO FIX. I BELIEVE THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND CHEVY SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL ON THE 2004 TRAILBLAZERS. *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT REGISTER THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE. I DON'T KNOW HOW FAST OR SLOW I AM GOING. *TR

NO PREVIOUS PROBLEMS WITH PANEL. PROBLEM OCCURS FREQUENTLY. TACHOMETER QUIT WORKING CORRECTLY...GOES COMPLETELY TO OPPOSITE END OF GAUGE. TOOK DAYS BEFORE IT WENT BACK TO NORMAL LOCATION. SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT WORK CORRECTLY...CONTINUES TO CLIMB TO HIGHER END OF GAUGE....READS ABOVE 30 EVEN WHEN STANDING STILL. GOES DOWN AFTER REPEATEDLY SHUTTING OFF AND RESTARTING ENGINE. WHIRRING SOUND MADE WHEN STARTING OR STOPPING ENGINE. CONTACTED CHEVY DEALER REPAIR SHOP, THEY ARE FULLY AWARE OF SITUATION, ADVISED IT WILL GET WORSE AND WILL EVENTUALLY STOP WORKING AT ALL. NO PARTS ARE SERVICEABLE, NEEDS TO BE SENT OUT FOR REPAIR, COULD TAKE ANYWHERE FROM A DAY TO A WEEK OR MORE DEPENDING ON THE PARTS NEEDED. PLUS THERE IS THE ADDITIONAL COST OF HAVING IT READ BY THE COMPUTER FOR THE CORRECT PART(S). MY CAR WILL BE INOPERABLE SOON ACCORDING TO DEALER, UNSAFE TO DRIVE, SITUATION NEEDS IMMEDIATE FIX. *TR

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

I HAD BEEN DRIVING WITH A FAULTY SPEEDOMETER IN MY 2004 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER FOR SOME TIME WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING IT WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. INABILITY TO GAUGE SPEED IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN IN MY OPINION AND THE PROBLEM IS NOT LIMITED TO MY VEHICLE. IT IS A WELL KNOWN DEFECT AFFECTING GM CLUSTERS, SO MUCH SO THAT IS HAS BEEN THE SOURCE OF A RECALL IN THE SILVERADO. THAT, HOWEVER DOES NOTHING TO HELP THE OTHER THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITH THESE DEFECTIVE AND DANGEROUS CLUSTERS MADE BY THE SAME COMPANY DRIVING IN OTHER GM VEHICLES LIKE THE TRAILBLAZER WITH NO INDICATION OF THEIR SPEED. A PRODUCT THAT AFFECTS SAFETY LIKE THIS DOES SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY RECALLED FOR ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES. WHEN I SEARCHED FOR GM CLUSTER THERE ARE WELL OVER 500 COMPLAINTS ABOUT THESE AND NO LESS THAN 3 COMPANIES OUT THERE INDEPENDENTLY FIXING THEM WHILE GM DOES NOTHING ABOUT THE PROBLEM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS SERIOUS MATTER. *TR

2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER LS WITH 50,000 MILES SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING. SOMETIMES IT SHOWS 40, SOMETIMES IT SHOWS 120MPH WHILE PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY. FOUND TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM IN THIS MODEL, BUT NO RECALL. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE FOR ALL DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS. JANUARY 13TH, 2009 - HAVE APPOINTMENT TO REPLACE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AT A COST OF $500 THAT I HAVE TO PAY. GM SHOULD REPLACE FAULTY PARTS AT NO COST, OR AT LEAST COVER PART OF THE REPLACEMENT. THIS MODEL OF VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE IN THIS CONDITION. WITH OTHER MODELS IN THIS SAME YEAR HAVING A RECALL FOR THE SAME PROBLEM, I DON'T SEE WHY GM CANNOT EXPAND IT TO INCLUDE AN OBVIOUS CONTINUING PROBLEM. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS MATTER AND HAVE GM RECALL THIS PROBLEM FOR THE SAFETY OF ALL MOTORISTS. *TR

1. SPEEDOMETER ON 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER STARTED TO GIVE FALSE READINGS. YOU COULD BE IN A 25 MPH SPEED ZONE AND THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD SHOW A100 MPH. 2. INTERMITTENT. 3. REPLACED SPEEDOMETER ON JANUARY 9, 2009 (54,000 MILES ON CAR). *TR

I OWN A 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER NORTH FACE/EXT. THE SPEEDOMETER HAS BEEN GIVING ME PROBLEMS FOR SOME TIME. AT FIRST IT WOULD MALFUNCTION FROM TIME TO TIME. NOW THE FUEL GAUGE HAS STOPPED ALL TOGETHER. WHEN I STARTED INVESTIGATING THIS PROBLEM I FOUND OUT THAT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLE. I ALSO FOUND OUT THAT CHEVROLET HAS ANOTHER VEHICLE, "CHEVY TAHOE", THAT HAS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. WHY THERE IS A RECALL TO FIX THE TAHOE AND NOT THE TRAILBLAZER EXT. IS VERY INTERESTING TO ME. I HAVE GONE AS FAR AS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE TAHOE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND SAW THAT THEY ARE VERY ALIKE. THE VEHICLE RECALL TO REPLACE THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ON THESE VEHICLES SHOULD BE SENT OUT ASAP. IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET YOU WILL SEE THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT MANY TRAILBLAZER OWNERS SEEM TO BE HAVING. YOU WILL ALSO SEE THAT THE TAHOE COMPLAINTS, "FOR WHICH THERE IS A RECALL", ARE IDENTICAL. THANK YOU; PATRICK *TR