2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

THE SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT WORK ACCURATELY. IT IS SOMETIMES ABOUT 30 MILES OFF BUT IT HAS WOUND ALL THE WAY AROUND. I CAN ONLY TELL MY SPEED BY THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC. THE BATTERY GAGE ALSO DOES NOT WORK, IT ALWAYS SHOWS NO CHARGE. *TR

INSTRUMENT CLUSTER GOES OUT , SPEEDOMETER AND ALL GAUGES JUST QUIT WORKING AND YOU HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING WHAT SPEED YOU ARE TRAVELING. *TR

I OWN A 2004 TRAILBLAZER WITH 53,915 MILES. IN NOVEMBER 08, MY SPEEDOMETER, TACHOMETER & OIL GAUGES STARTED WORKING ONLY ABOUT 5% OF THE TIME. I COULD DISCONNECT THE BATTERY TO GET THEM TO START WORKING AGAIN BUT AFTER 2 WEEKS OF DOING THAT BOTH THE SPEEDOMETER AND THE TACHOMETER QUITE WORKING AND POINT STRAIGHT DOWN TO THE FLOOR BOARD. THE OIL GAUGE WORKS WHEN IT WANTS. I HAVE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND WAS SHOCKED TO SEE ALL THE SAME COMPLAINTS AND GM NOT DOING A THING TO HELP OUT THEIR CUSTOMERS. I HOPE GM WILL MAN UP TO THEIR PROBLEMS AND PLACE A RECALL ON THESE VEHICLES. *TR

THE INSTRUMENT PANEL IS NOT WORKING. IT STARTED WITH THE RPM AND EACH ONE IS GOING OUT. ODOMETER IS NOT WORKING. ONLY 40,000 MILES THIS IS NOT RIGHT. I NOW REGRET BUYING A CHEVY. *TR

INTERMITTENT FAILURE OF WINDSHIELD WIPERS . FUNCTION ERRATICALLY OR WILL NOT TURN OFF. *TR

SPEEDOMETER FREEZES AND YOU CAN'T TELL HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING. HAPPENS QUITE OFTEN. BROUGHT IT IN, BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM AS IT WASN'T HAPPENING AT THE TIME. *TR

WE HAVE A 2004 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER, THAT ORIGINALLY BEGAN WITH THE SPEEDOMETER APPEARING TO BE STUCK FOR A FEW DAYS, WOULD GRADUALLY DECREASE. FOLLOWED BY THE RPM HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. TODAY, 11/28/08, ALL GAUGES LIT UP, WARNING BELLS RANG, AND THEN THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL SHUT DOWN. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE SILVERADO FOR THE SAME YEAR, BUT TRAILBLAZER OWNERS ARE REQUIRED TO PAY THE REPAIR BILL FOR A FAULTY INSTRUMENT PANEL. BEING UNABLE TO KNOW YOUR SPEED, HOW MUCH GAS YOU HAVE, OR IF YOUR RUNNING LOW ON VITAL FLUIDS SEEMS TO BE PRETTY DANGEROUS TO ME. THE FACT THAT GM WILL REPAIR THE SILVERADO, BUT NOT THE TRAILBLAZER DESPITE THE FACT THAT THEY ARE BOTH IN THE "TRUCK" CATEGORY IS RIDICULOUS. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT ANY ONE OF THESE PROBLEMS CAN LEAD TO DEATH OR INJURY OF THE OCCUPANTS OF MY VEHICLE, EITHER BY FIRE, STALLING IN TRAFFIC AND BEING HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, OR BECAUSE OF THE INABILITY TO ENSURE THAT MY VEHICLE IS OPERATING WITH THE PROPER VITAL FLUIDS, AS WELL AS MAINTAINING A SAFE RATE OF SPEED. MY TEENAGE CHILDREN ALSO DRIVE THIS CAR ON OCCASION, AND THOUGH THEY'VE BEEN DRIVING FOR 3 & 4 YEARS, THEY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH EXPERIENCE TO OPERATE THIS VEHICLE SAFELY. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE BRAKE LIGHTS, HOW CAN THEY JUSTIFY THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE DRIVING AROUND WITHOUT PROPERLY WORKING INSTRUMENT PANELS? THE SOLUTION BEING OFFERED IS FOR THE CONSUMER TO PAY AT LEAST 500.00 TO REPAIR SOMETHING VITAL TO THE SAFE OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE, BUT GM WILL REPLACE THE TAILLIGHT/BRAKE LIGHT THAT COSTS PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR. *TR

SPEEDOMETER GETS STUCK ON HIGHER SPEED AND RPM METER GETS STUCK ON A HIGH LEVEL THEN STOPS WORKING THEN STARTS WORKING AGAIN BUT ON WRONG RPM LEVEL. HAVE TO RESTART VEHICLE 5-10 TIMES FOR IT TO GO DOWN. GM WANTS ME TO PAY FOR DIAGNOSIS THEN DECIDE WHETHER ITS COVERED OR NOT. GM SHOULD PAY FOR THE WHOLE THING SINCE ITS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH ALL THE CHEVY TRAILBLAZER. THE TRAILBLAZER ISN'T THAT OLD AND ONLY HAS 39,000 MILES ON IT. ALREADY HAD TO REPLACE A MASTER DOOR WINDOW/ LOCK SWITCH WHICH COST ME $400. VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH GM WITH MY TRAILBLAZER AND GM NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THE LOUSY PRODUCT THEY PRODUCE. *TR

DRIVING ALONG AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE SPEEDOMETER READS ZERO. ALL OTHER GAUGES WORK FINE. HAD DEALER FIX IT FOR 466.00 GM HAS BULLETIN OUT FOR THE PICKUPS AND SUVS BUT NOT THIS VEHICLE THAT USE THE SAME COMPONENTS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER FAILED AND THE DIAL MOVED TO ZERO. NO REPAIRS HAVE YET BEEN MADE TO THE VEHICLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE LESS THAN 56,000.