2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

FUEL LEVEL SENSOR ON 2005 TRAILBLAZER EXT., QUIT WORKING AFTER FILLING TANK. *TR

FIRST THE GAS GAUGE STOPPED WORKING. IT ALWAYS STAYS ON EMPTY EVEN THOUGH I HAVE A FULL TANK. THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STARTED COMING ON RANDOMLY. FINALLY THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING. IT WILL READ 70MPH EVEN THOUGH I AM STOPPED. THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND CLEARLY NEEDS TO BE RECALLED DUE TO THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS FILED. *TR

PROBLEM WITH 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER FUEL SYSTEM WHERE THE FUEL GAUGE INACCURATELY READS EMPTY. THIS IS A MAJOR HAZARD AS I NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH GAS IS IN THE CAR AND RECENTLY RAN OUT OF GAS ON A BUSY HIGHWAY. *TR

ON 11/6/2010 WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, SMOKE BEGAN TO APPEAR BENEATH THE STEERING COLUMN. PULLED OVER AND TURNED OFF VEHICLE, TRUCK REMAINED RUNNING AND WOULD NOT SHUT OFF, ALL LIGHTS INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR LIT UP AND WOULD NOT SHUT OFF.... OPENED HOOD AND BEGAN PULLING FUSES TO SHUT VEHICLE OFF AND DISCONNECT POWER. HAD TO CUT BATTERY CABLE AND PULL ABOUT 20 FUSES TO SHUT OFF. CALLED FOR TOW TRUCK AND AFTER INSPECTION BY MYSELF AND NUMEROUS MECHANICS IT WAS FOUND THAT A BUNDLE OF APPROX 80 WIRES PERPENDICULAR TO THE STEERING COLUMN HAD MELTED AND STARTED ON FIRE. TOTAL DAMAGE OVER $6600. VEHICLE IS TOTALED AND INSURANCE COMPANY (GEICO) REFUSES TO PAY CLAIMING IT WAS A VEHICLE DEFECT. I OWE OVER 10K ON VEHICLE, PURCHASED USED 02/20/2010 WITH 59K. TOTAL LOSS ESTIMATED AT OVER 17K SINCE FINANCE COMPANY IS NO HELP TRYING TO ASSIST WITH REPAIRS, I AM LETTING THEM REPOSESS IT. *TR

ROUGHLY ABOUT 6/7/10 MY FUEL GAGE QUIT WORKING AND NOW ON 11/2/10 MY SPEEDOMETER GAUGE STARTED ACTING UP AND IS NOT WORKING. THIS HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER PANEL BEING BAD.

THE SPEEDOMETER HAS STOPPED WORKING. THE GAS GAUGE DOES NOT WORK. ALSO THE FUSES FOR THE POWER PLUG INS CONTINUE TO BLOW. THESE ARE SAFETY HAZARDS FOR MY WIFE AND KIDS WHILE TRAVELING ALONE.

LAST NIGHT (11/01/2010) I WENT TO FILL MY GAS TANK. IT SHOWED I HAD 1/4 TANK FULL. I ADDED $50.00 OF GASOLINE AT $2.52/GAL. THAT SHOULD'VE BEEN MORE THAN ENOUGH. I TURNED THE CAR ON AND IT CREPT TO 1/2 TANK. I FIGURED IT'D TAKE A FEW SECONDS....WRONG!!!! AS I CONTINUED TO DRIVE, IT CREPT DOWN TO 1/4 TANK AGAIN AND STAYED THERE. I MADE IT TO MY FIRST DESTINATION AND ASKED THE KIDS TO GET DOWN AND LOOK UNDER THE CAR AND SEE IF THERE WAS ANYTHING, ANYWHERE LEAKING. NOTHING. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND TURNED IT BACK ON. THE FUEL GAUGE STARTED TO SWIFTLY RISE AND MADE IT TO 3/4 OF A TANK WHEN IT SUDDENLY DROPPED TO EMPTY WHERE IT STAYED. CHIMES ARE GOING OFF THAT I HAVE NO GAS. I SHUT THE CAR OFF AGAIN AND RESTARTED IT. GAUGE ROSE TO ONLY 1/4 TANK. I DROVE HOME. THIS MORNING, I STARTED THE CAR AND IT ROSE TO 3/4 TANK AND STAYED THAT WAY ALL THE WAY TO WORK (15 MIN. RIDE). THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED TO ME BEFORE. I CAME ONLINE TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF WHAT MAY BE HAPPENING AND SEEMS LIKE THIS IS A FAIRLY COMMON PHENOMENON EVEN THOUGH GM REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS. MY CAR IS ONLY 5 YRS OLD AND HAS 62,000 MILES ON IT. IT IS BARELY BROKEN IN AND IT SHOULD DEFINITELY NOT BE HAVING THESE KINDS OF ISSUES ALREADY. *TR

SPEEDOMETER FAILURE WHILE DRIVING 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER LT ON THE HIGHWAY. NEEDLE DOESN'T MOVE AT ALL. CANNOT DETERMINE SPEED OF VEHICLE. BROUGHT TO GM DEALERSHIP. DIAGNOSED AS INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILURE. SIMILAR CLUSTER FAILURES HAVE OCCURRED ON OTHER GM MODEL SUV'S AND TRUCKS (TAHOE, SUBURBAN, SIERRA) AND HAVE BEEN HANDLED AS "RECALLS". GM HAS NOT ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE SAME FAILURES WHICH HAVE OCCURRED IN CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZERS ARE A SAFETY DEFECT WORTHY OF A SIMILAR RECALL. *TR

SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING ON MY 2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER AS I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY (I-75). AT FIRST IT WAS READING 20 TO 55 MILES PER HOUR FASTER THAN I WAS ACTUALLY GOING AND AN HOUR LATER IT QUIT ALL TOGETHER. AT THIS TIME IT DOES NOT SHOE A READING AT ALL. VERY HARD TO DETERMINE SPEED WITHOUT A SPEEDOMETER IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND CREATES A HAZARD TO OTHER DRIVERS AND MYSELF. *TR

FUEL SENDING UNIT DOES NOT WORK. I HAVE READ THAT THIS IS ALL TOO COMMON FOR ANY KIND OF SAFETY WHILE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE. *TR