2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER Complaints

SPEEDOMETER AND RPM GAUGE DO NOT WORK. THEY ARE COMPLETELY INACCURATE. FOR EXAMPLE, IT SHOW 120 MPH WHEN I'M GOING 50MPH. AT FIRST IT ONLY MESSED UP SOMETIMES. NOW IT IS NEVER ACCURATE. I HAVE NOT FIXED IT. FROM WHAT I HAVE RESEARCHED, MANY OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM, BUT GM HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL FOR THAT ON THE TRAILBLAZER (TO MY KNOWLEDGE). *TR

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTED OUT OF THIRD AND WOULD NOT SHIFT BACK WHILE I WAS ON THE FREEWAY. DEALER SAID A TRANSMISSION FLUSH AND FLUID CHANGE WOULD FIX IT. AFTER PERFORMING FLUSH DEALER TRANSMISSION WAS SHOT AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FUNCTIONING INTERMITTENTLY, SPEEDOMETER WORKS AT FIRST AND THEN SLOWLY GOES DOWN TO ZERO. *TR

AROUND 50K MILES THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP. I WAS ASKED IF I HAD RECENTLY GOT GAS, WHEN I REPLIED YES, HE TOLD ME TO TIGHTEN THE GAS CAP AND THE LIGHT WOULD GO IF IN A FEW DAYS. THE LIGHT DID GO OFF BUT THE MECHANIC NEVER DOCUMENTED ANYTHING ABOUT MY VISIT. SEVERAL WEEKS LATER THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. THINKING THAT IT WAS THE SAME SITUATION I TIGHTENED THE GAS CAP AND DID NOT GO BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. THIS TIME THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT DID NOT GO OFF. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT GARAGE TO GET IT CHECKED OUT AND THE RESULT WAS A MALFUNCTION IN THE FUEL SYSTEM. OFTEN TIMES I SMELL GAS VAPORS ESPECIALLY AFTER FUELING. RECENTLY I WAS PARKED ON A HILL AND GAS WAS DRIPPING FROM MY TANK. LOCAL DEALERSHIPS ACT AS IF THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THE PROBLEM. MY WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. *TR

I WAS SMELLING GAS FUMES COMING FROM MY '04 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER. AFTER SOME INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT THE FITTING GOING INTO THE FUEL TANK FROM THE FILL LINE IS LEAKING. THE CHECK ENGINE HAS BEEN ON FOR A WHILE. *TR

BOUGHT AN EXPENSIVE SET OF TIRES FOR MY SUV (ROLLOVER CONCERN) WITHIN 1 YEAR THE VALVE STEMS INSTALLED WITH THE NEW TIRES WERE ROTTING AWAY AND ONE OF THEM DETERIORATED SO BADLY ALL THE AIR COME OUT INSTANTLY. THEY LOOKED PERFECT FROM THE OUTSIDE BUT PUSHING ON THEM CAUSED THE OTHERS TO RIP AS WELL. *TR

CURRENTLY OWN A 2004 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER THAT WAS REPAIRED DUE TO NHTSA ACTION # EA04021. VERY SOON AFTER THE REPAIR TO THE REAR TAIL LIGHTS WAS COMPLETED, REAR BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED ON BOTH SIDES SIMULTANEOUSLY. DEALER INDICATES THAT THE LEFT REAR BRAKE CIRCUIT BOARD HAS "MELTED." *TR

2004 TRAILBLAZER LS, 65,000 MILES, NOTICED STRONG GAS ODOR AROUND THE FUEL FILLER DOOR. MECHANIC JUST CALLED AND SAID THE NECK ON THE FUEL TANK WAS CRACKED AND LEAKING. REPAIR COST $800+ TO REPLACE PLASTIC GAS TANK. BASED ON MY RESEARCH THIS APPEAR A SAFETY MANUFACTURER DEFECT. *TR

DEFECTIVE INSTRUMENT PANEL, ALL GAUGES MALFUNCTION SPEEDOMETER, TACHOMETER, FUEL, WATER TEMPERATURE, OIL PRESSURE AND VOLTS. *TR

I BEGAN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. THE TAC AND SPEEDOMETER GO CRAZY AND THEN GO DEAD WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. I TOOK IT IN AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS A FAULTY GAUGE CLUSTER THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THAT IT WAS A PROBLEM ALREADY RECALLED IN OTHER GM VEHICLES. THE SERVICE TECH WAS ABLE TO UNHOOK THE BATTERY CABLE AND RESET THE GAUGES BUT THEY STILL AREN'T FIXED. I HAVE BEEN READING MULTITUDES OF COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME THING. MY TRAILBLAZER STARTED DOING THIS AROUND 51,000 MILES! *TR

INSTRUMENT PANEL IN 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER MALFUNCTION. NO GAUGES WORK. NO FUEL GAUGE , RAN OUT OF GAS ON HIGHWAY. *TR