2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH AND COMING TO A STOP, THE VEHICLE TRAVELED FROM ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO THE OTHER SIDE. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO CONTROL THE STEERING WHEEL, BUT FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO MANUEVER. ALSO, WHILE THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED, CROSSED OVER A RAILROAD TRACK, AND CRASHED INTO AN IRON FENCE AND A TELEPHONE POLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE RIGHT KNEE AND WHIPLASH THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. IN ADDITION, THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED BRUISES, WHIPLASH, AND BACK INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED FROM THE SCENE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000.

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY TRANSMISSION BLEW, LEAKED 10 OUT OF 12 QUARTS OF TRANSMISSION FLUID... VERY COMMON IN 2002 TRAILBLAZERS I FEEL CHEVY SHOULD HAVE RECALLED THE 2002 TRANSMISSIONS DUE TO HOW MANY COMPLAINTS PEOPLE HAVE HAD. *TR

TRANSMISSION COOLING LINES THAT RUN NEXT TO THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER/EXHAUST PIPE ARE PRONE TO 'RUST-THROUGH' DUE TO THE INSULATION WRAP THAT HAS BEEN ADDED BECAUSE OF BEING SO CLOSE TO THE HIGH HEAT SOURCE. THIS INSULATION TRAPS MOISTURE AND SALT IN NORTHERN AREAS AND CAUSES THE LINES TO CORRODE AND LEAK TRANSMISSION FLUID. I FEEL THIS IS A POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD AS THE FLUID CAN DRIP DIRECTLY ONTO THE EXHAUST COMPONENTS. FORTUNATELY I COULD SMELL THIS AFTER I PULLED INTO MY GARAGE OTHERWISE I WOULD NOT HAVE KNOW OF THE LEAK. DEPENDING ON WHEN THE LEAK ACTUALLY TAKES PLACE AND THE RATE OF LEAKAGE THIS COULD ALSO RESULT IN TRANSMISSION FAILURE IF THE DRIVER IS UNAWARE THAT THE VEHICLE IS LOSING FLUID, IE: EXTENDED HIGHWAY DRIVING. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING THIS CORROSION AND RESULTANT LEAKAGE IS VERY COMMON AND SHOULD BE LISTED AS A SAFETY RECALL. THANK YOU *TR

I WAS SIMPLY TRYING TO CLEAN MY WINDSHIELD WITH THE WIPER BLADES. WHEN I FLICKED THE SWITCH THE CAR SHUT OFF. I IMMEDIATELY GOT OVER AND TURNED TRUCK BACK ON. A COUPLE DAYS LATER I WAS LEAVING OUT FOR WORK WHEN I TRIED TO START THE CAR, IT STALLED AND I HEARD A HISSING NOISE. I COULDN'T GET IT TO TURN OVER OR MAKE ANY NOISE OTHER THAN HISSING. THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED MOVING BACK AND FORTH EROTICALLY. THE RADIO AND POWER WINDOWS WORKS BUT THE ENGINE WOULD NOT TURN OVER. I HAD IT TOWED TO MY REPAIR MAN AND HE TOLD ME THERE WAS A ELECTRIC PROBLEM AND TO CALL THE GM DEALERSHIP FOR FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE TRUCK WILL NOT START UP. THERE IS A SHORT. IT SHUTS OFF CONSTANTLY WHILE DRIVING AND SOMETIMES I HAVE TO PUSH IT TO AVOID ONCOMING TRAFFIC. IT WON'T SPED UP PAST 60 WITHOUT TROUBLING THE TRANSMISSION. WHILE DRIVING SOMETIMES THE SPEEDOMETER DOESN'T WORK AT ALL OR IT JUMPS,AROUND WITHOUT READING MY CORRECT SPEED. WHEN I TRY TURN SIGNALS IT CUTS OFF. WHEN I TURN MY LIGHTS ON AND OFF IT HISSES. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE. ITS MY ONLY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION AND I REALLY NEED TO FIND A SOLUTION. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, A SMOKE ODOR EMITTED INTO THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE RESIDENCE AND PARKED WHEN THE CONTACT DISCOVERED BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALTHOUGH THE KEY WAS NOT IN THE IGNITION THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD NOT GO OFF AND THE VEHICLE SOUNDED AS IF IT WAS TRYING TO START WITHOUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION. THE CONTACT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME AND FILED A REPORT. PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT WITH THE BRAKES ENGAGED, THE ENGINE RPMS INCREASED AND THE VEHICLE JERKED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 192,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER 360. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE'S SELF-ADJUSTING REARVIEW MIRRORS WERE NOT HOLDING THE INTENDED SETTINGS AND READJUSTED INDEPENDENTLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

I STARTED THE TRAILBLAZER AND SHIFTED IT INTO REVERSE TO BACK OUT OF THE PARKING STALL AND I HEARD A LOUD POP SOUND AND WHEN I TRIED TO GIVE THE VEHICLE GAS IT DIDN'T DO ANYTHING BUT REV THE MOTOR. IT WON'T MOVE IN REVERSE GEAR. THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME MOVED AND I WAS ABLE TO SHIFT INTO DRIVE GEAR AND IT WOULD MOVE BUT IT WOULDN'T SHIFT FROM FIRST GEAR. *TR

2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. NUMEROUS PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH CAR. WINDOWS DON'T COME DOWN, DOORS DON'T UNLOCK, AND OTHER ISSUES. *TA THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN HE TURNED THE KEY IN THE IGNITION, THE WINDOWS WOULD NOT ROLL DOWN, UNLESS IT WAS DONE MANUALLY. THERE WAS A LOCKING AND UNLOCKING SOUND COMING FROM THE DOORS. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE WIRING INSIDE THE DOORS. ALSO, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED DUE TO A SMALL EVAP LEAK AND AFTER MARKET FUEL CAP.*JB THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE INOPERATIVE, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS WERE FLICKING ON AND OFF, THE INSIDE DOME LIGHT WOULD NOT COME ON. UPDATED 04/13/15. *JB UPDATED 07/20/15. *J *JS *JS *JS *JS *JS *JS *JS *JS *JS

I WAS SLOWING DOWN AS I WAS ENTERING AN INTERSECTION AND THERE WAS TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF ME. I SUDDENLY LOST ALL POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES AND STRUCK THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. NONE OF THE OCCUPANTS OF EITHER VEHICLE WAS HURT, PER POLICE REPORT. ON MY WAY TO THE COLLISION CENTER NEAR HOME, THE CAB OF THE TRUCK FILLED SUDDENLY WITH VERY BLACK SMOKE, SO THICK I COULDN'T SEE AND HAD TO IMMEDIATELY TRY TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. BY THE TIME I GOT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD THERE WERE FLAMES IN THE CAB AS WELL. WHEN I FINALLY GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK MY CLOTHES WERE ON FIRE. I WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO THE NEAREST HOSPITAL AND HAD TO BE TREATED FOR 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS OF THE FACE, SCALP, EYES, CALF, AND BOTH HANDS. MY RIGHT (DOMINANT) HAND WAS BURNED THE WORST, AS I HAD TRIED TO GET TO THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER I KEPT IN THE BACK. THE ENTIRE TRUCK BURNED EXCEPT THE LAST ROW OF SEATS (PARTIALLY BURNED) AND THE BACK DOOR. I AM STILL HAVING TO GO TO A WOUND CARE CENTER ON A WEEKLY BASIS, AND MY BANDAGES HAVE TO BE CHANGED DAILY. I HAD TO GET A FLAT-TOP HAIRCUT TO GET RID OF ALL MY HAIR BURNED OFF, AND I HAVE TO HAVE HELP FOR ALMOST EVERYTHING SINCE MY "GOOD" HAND WAS THE WORST INJURED. I HAVEN'T GOTTEN A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP SINCE, DUE TO PAIN AND NIGHTMARES ABOUT BURNING. I FEEL AS THOUGH MY LIFE HAS BEEN TORN APART, ALL BECAUSE OF SOMETHING VERY WRONG WITH MY VEHICLE THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE LOW BEAM LIGHTS FAILED AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW FAILED TO OPEN. NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,000.