2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE HEADLIGHT CONNECTORS HAD OVERHEATED AND MELTED THE WIRES. THE CONNECTORS WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,400 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 85,684.

I HAVE HAD MY TRAILBLAZER SINE 2008 THE GAS GAUGE STOPPED WORKING AROUND 58,000 MILES AND NOW SOUNDS LIKE THE CAR IS WINDING UP EVERY TIME THE CAR IS STARTED. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER. MY FUEL LEVEL SENSOR IS NOT ACCURATE. I NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH FUEL I REALLY HAVE. I CAN TRY TO FILL IT UP AND IT READS THAT I AM EMPTY. *TR

WHILE DRIVING, THE GAS GAUGE WHEN FROM NEARLY FULL TO EMPTY, CAUSING THE LOW FUEL WARNING LIGHT TO COME UP. IT THEN INTERMITTENTLY WHEN FROM EMPTY, BACK UP TO FULL, AND THEN DOWN TO READING EMPTY AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED WITH A FULL TANK OF GAS THE DAY PRIOR AND HAD ONLY BEEN DRIVEN FOR SEVERAL SHORT ERRANDS AROUND TOWN. THIS HAS OCCURRED BOTH TIMES THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN ON AUG 17TH. TODAY (AUG 18TH)WE TOOK THE VEHICLE AROUND THE BLOCK FOR A TEST DRIVE. IT STARTED OUT READING FULL TANK. AT ABOUT 30MPH IS DROPPED TO EMPTY. WHILE SITTING IN THE PARKING LOT WHEN GETTING HOME, THE GAUGE WAS GOING UP AND DOWN. AN ONLINE SEARCH SHOWS THAT THE LIKELY CAUSE IS THE FUEL SENDING UNIT. THIS IS APPARENTLY A WELL-KNOWN ISSUE WITH 2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZERS. THERE WERE ALSO SEVERAL REPORTS OF VEHICLES ACTUALLY SHUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING DUE TO THE VEHICLE BELIEVING IT WAS OUT OF FUEL WHEN IT WAS NOT. CHEVY REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THERE IS A PROBLEM, BUT IS HAPPY TO TAKE YOUR $800 FOR THE REPAIR. ANOTHER CAUSE COULD BE THE STEPPER MOTOR FOR THE GAUGE, WHICH FROM ONLINE RESEARCH APPEARS TO BE ANOTHER KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE TRAILBLAZER THAT GM REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE. *TR

AFTER STARTING MY VEHICLE SOMETIMES THE RPM GAUGE WILL NOT MOVE, LIKE THE VEHICLE HAS NOT STARTED, THIS HAS CAUSED ME TO TURN THE KEY AGAIN CAUSING MY STARTER TO MAKE AN AWFUL SOUND, SINCE THE CAR WAS ALREADY RUNNING, RPM GAUGE HOWEVER WAS NOT FUNCTIONING. MY SPEEDOMETER WILL START OUT AT 0 LIKE NORMAL BUT THEN WILL STICK AND GO BACK DOWN TO 0 WHICH DOESN'T ALLOW ME TO SEE THE SPEED I AM GOING, AT TIMES IT WILL STICK AROUND 40 MPH. THE FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT WORK IT ALWAYS SAYS I AM EMPTY. WHICH BRINGS ME TO MY FINAL POINT, MY ODOMETER HAS STARTED STICKING, I GAUGE MY GAS MILEAGE BY MY ODOMETER, THIS COULD BE A SERIOUS PROBLEM SINCE THE ODOMETER IS STICKING, I COULD BE THINKING I HAVE ENOUGH GAS WHEN IN REALITY I DO NOT, THIS COULD CAUSE ME TO RUN OUT OF GAS, NOT TO MY OWN ERROR BUT DUE TO THE MALFUNCTIONING GAUGES, WHICH COULD CAUSE ME TO STALL AND BE REAR ENDED. I TRAVEL ON THE INTERSTATE ALMOST EVERYDAY AND I AM SERIOUSLY CONCERNED FOR MY SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF OTHER DRIVERS. *TR

THE CLUSTER, AS I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY A GM SPECIALIST, IS DEFECTIVE ON MY 2005 TRAILBLAZER. THE PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAUSES ME UNDUE STRESS BECAUSE I AM NEVER CERTAIN OF THE AMOUNT OF GAS I HAVE AND THE OIL METER GIVES MISREADING. I TRAVEL ALONE MOST OF THE TIME AND WITH THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE GAS, IT IS ALWAYS A FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE. THIS ALL STARTED IN 12/12/09 AND RECENTLY GM HAD ME GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, AS IF THEY DID NOT ALREADY KNOW THE ISSUES WITH THESE VEHICLES, TO A TUNE OF $100 PLUS DOLLARS AT MY COST. AFTER THE INSPECTION WAS COMPLETE, I WAS INFORMED THAT DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF MILEAGE, SLIGHTLY PASS 67K WHEN I CONTACTED THEM AND AT THE TIME THEY WERE INFORMED THAT MY EXTENDED WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED, I WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT. I THINK THAT THE ISSUE WITH THEM REFUSING TO MAKE AMENDS REGARDING THE VEHICLE AND THEN TO HAVE MY PAY MONEY WAS A TRUE FORM OF DECEPTION. I CAN NOT KNOW THE ACCURATE SPEED, THE GAS NEEDLE SWAYS FROM LEFT TO RIGHT AND THE OIL NEEDLE, EVEN DURING FREEZING TEMPS, IS ALWAYS BEYOND THE CORRECT POINT. THIS IS A SLAP IN THE FACE TO ME, A CONSUMER, AND THEY WILL NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE IN REMEDYING THE PROBLEM. SO, YES, IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD BECAUSE I BOUGHT A VEHICLE FOR DEPENDABILITY AND THIS ONE DOES NOT AFFORD THAT TO ME AND THEIR REFUSAL IS SICKENING. I HAVE NO TRUST IN ANY OF THE GAUGES BECAUSE I QUESTION THE ACCURACY OF THEM AND TOO, THE SPEEDOMETER COULD REALLY LEAD TO GETTING TICKETS OR WORSE. *TR

THREE OUT OF SIX DASHBOARD GAUGES DON'T WORK. INCLUDED ARE SPEEDOMETER, TACHOMETER, AND GAS GAUGE. THE VEHICLE ISN'T SAFE BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING. BECAUSE OF THE FAULTY GAS GAUGE, ONE NEVER KNOWS WHEN OR WHERE YOU WILL RUN OUT OF FUEL. THIS OPENS YOU TO RUNNING OUT OF FUEL IN A DANGEROUS LOCATION AND ALSO THE LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM SINCE APPROXIMATELY 2008. *TR

2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT SPEEDOMETER NOT WORKING. AT A STOP IT READS 50 MPH. *TR

MY 2005 TRAILBLAZER SPEEDOMETER STOPS WORKING. WHILE DRIVING THE SPEEDOMETER WILL READ 120 MPH OR MORE WHILE I AM ONLY DRIVING 70 MPH. I VERIFY MY SPEED THROUGH MY GARMIN GPS. THIS HAPPENS FOR NO RHYME OR REASON SOMETIMES IT WORKS FINE AND THE NEXT MINUTE IT IS BROKEN AGAIN. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS I WAS TRAVELING 250 MILES ON THE HIGHWAY AND THOUGHT I WAS TRAVELING AT 70 MPH BUT I WAS REALLY DOING 50. THE PROBLEM WAS THAT EVERYONE INCLUDING SEMI TRUCKS WHERE WHIZZING BY MY AND I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHY. THIS CAUSED ME TO BE ALMOST RUN OFF THE ROAD AS A SEMI ALMOST REAR ENDED ME AS HE SLAMMED HIS BRAKES ON. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM YET AS GM WANTS 450 DOLLARS TO FIX A PROBLEM THAT SHOULD BE RECALLED. I HAVE READ HUNDREDS OF POSTS ONLINE ABOUT THIS EXACT PROBLEM ON 2005 TRAILBLAZERS. APPARENTLY THERE IS A RECALL ON OTHER GM VEHICLES WITH THIS SPEEDOMETER JUST NOT ON THE TRAILBLAZER. *TR

PLEASE GO TO THIS SITE AND YOU WILL SEE WHY THIS PROBLEM CAN GET SOMEONE KILLED IF YOU RUN OUT OF GAS. HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/CHEVROLET/TRAILBLAZER/2005/ELECTRICAL/FUEL_GAUGE_QUIT_WORKING.SHTML. *TR