2007 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER 360 Complaints

FAILURE OF THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW WHILE DRIVING IN FRIGID WEATHER. ALMOST CAUSING A MAJOR ACCIDENT. CONTACTS AND PHONE CONSULTATIONS WITH GM CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEIR REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO LED NOWHERE. GM'S REGIONAL REP--NAMED EILEEN, TEL. 866-790-5700 EXT 41068--WAS UNCONCERNED ABOUT THIS CHRONIC, DOCUMENTED SAFETY HAZARD ON THE TRAILBLAZER. POWER WINDOW AND OTHER ELECTRICAL FAILURES ARE KNOWN TO BE COMMON TO THE TRAILBLAZER. GM AT FIRST SUGGESTED THEY MAY PICK UP PART OF THE REPAIR COSTS, THEN REFUSED DESPITE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. THEY ARE UNCONCERNED ABOUT MY WIFE BEING PUT IN SEVERE DANGER WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY ON A FRIGID NIGHT. WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL FAILURES COMMON TO THIS UNSAFE VEHICLE. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

THE MENTIONED FUEL LEVEL SENSOR IN THIS VEHICLE (AND FROM RESEARCH OTHER EARLIER MODELS) FAILS OR WEARS OUT PREMATURELY. THE WEAR COULD CAUSE THE FUEL GAUGE TO READ EMPTY AFTER FILLING THE TANK AND CAUSE THE SERVICE ENGINE AND LOW FUEL LIGHTS TO ILLUMINATE. CHEVROLET HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THIS OCCURS IN THE VEHICLES BUT HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL TO FIX THE PROBLEM. INSTEAD THEY HAVE SENT A LETTER OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ADVISING THE CUSTOMERS TO HAVE THE ISSUE REPAIRED AND THEY WILL REIMBURSE HALF THE COST OF THE REPAIR. NOT KNOWING WHEN YOUR FUEL IS LOW PRESENTS A DANGEROUS SCENARIO FOR THE DRIVERS OF THESE VEHICLES. IT CAN RUN OUT OF GAS WHILE DRIVING IN A SPEEDWAY / HIGHWAY WHERE LIVES WOULD BE AT RISK. CHEVROLET SHOULD RECALL ALL THE VEHICLES EXHIBITING THIS PROBLEM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND AVOID FUTURE LAWSUITS AND OR CRIMINAL CHARGES FOR NOT ADDRESSING AN ISSUE THEY ADMIT IS A FAULT IN THEIR VEHICLES. *TR

SON WAS INVOLVED IN A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN WHICH HE HIT A CEMENT TRUCK HEAD ON AND THE VEHICLE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED (SMASHED IN) AND THE VEHICLE SUBSEQUENTLY TOTALED OUT. AS PER GM THIS TYPE OF CRASH WOULD NOT HAVE CREATED A DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIRBAG HOWEVER; MY SON CRACKED THE FRONT WINDSHIELD WHEN HIS HEAD HIT IT AT IMPACT WITH THE TRUCK AND AGAIN, THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS SMASHED. IF THIS TYPE OF IMPACT DOESN'T CREATE AN AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT I AM NOT QUITE SURE WHAT DOES? *KB

THE FUEL LEVEL SENSOR IS NOTORIOUS FOR FAILING ON THESE VEHICLES. CHEVY HAS STARTED A CAMPAIGN TO PAY FOR HALF THE COST OF THE REPAIR. WHILE I'M SURE GM THINKS THIS IS A FAIR OFFER ON THEIR BEHALF, IT DOES NOT GO FAR ENOUGH. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE NOT AN INCONVENIENCE. RUNNING OUT OF FUEL BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IS IN YOUR TANK CAN CREATE A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. GM DESCRIBES THIS PART AS A WEAR ITEM. NO. BRAKE PADS WEAR OUT. WIPER BLADES WEAR OUT. BATTERIES DIE. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CHECKED THE FUEL LEVEL SENSOR IN YOUR GAS TANK? WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS PARTICULAR PART IS CALLED FAILURE. THIS NEEDS TO BE A RECALL BY GM. *TR

FUEL GAUGE STARTED MALFUNCTIONING SPORADICALLY. WOULD DROP TO EMPTY FOR A WHILE THEN COME BACK UP AFTER DRIVING A DISTANCE. NOW GAUGE IS ALWAYS ON EMPTY AND CEL ALWAYS ON WITH CODE P0463.(FUEL LEVEL SENSOR CIRCUIT HIGH VOLTAGE) THIS SEEMS TO BE A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THIS GM PLATFORM. I AM KEEPING TRACK OF MILES PER TANK AND REFILLING AT 200 MILES BUT THE CEL WORRIES ME BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF THERE MAY BE ANOTHER, MORE SERIOUS, ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE. *TR

ELECTRICAL DRIVERSIDE DOOR SWITCH ON MY 2007 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER. WINDOWS/LOCKS WOULD NOT WORK. FOUND BLOWN FUSE. REPLACED FUSE AND TRIED TO ROLL WINDOW DOWN. SMELLED MELTED PLASTIC THEN DOOR PANEL BEGAN TO SMOKE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER 360. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, HE NOTICED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE WOULD REGISTER AN INACCURATE READING. THE FAILURE RECURRED SPORADICALLY AND PROGRESSED TO A CONSTANT FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE DEFECT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 34,000.

BOUGHT BRAND NEW CHEVY TRAILBLAZER FROM GM AND NOTICED MIDDLE TREAD WEAR ON ALL 4 TIRES AROUND 13K, TOOK VEHICLE IN AT 25K SINCE TREAD WAS BELOW 2/32 WHILE OUTER TREAD FINE AT 5/32 ON ALL 4 TIRES. EVEN HAD TIRES ROTATED BY DEALER WHEN WEAR NOTICED AROUND 13K. GM WOULD NOT COVER TIRES AND WAS NOT NOTIFIED TO CONTACT TIRE MANUF. CONTACTED TIRE MANUF (CONTINENTAL) AND THEY STATED THEY WOULD NOT COVER ANYTHING SINCE I HAD DIFFERENT TIRES PUT ON BY THE DEALERSHIP NOW. HAVE DOCUMENTATION FROM ONSTAR SHOWING PROPER INFLATION EVERY MONTH THAT VEHICLE HAS BEEN OWNED. NO ONE WILL COVER COST OR TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR BAD TIRES. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD IN JAN.08 AND MY TRAILBLAZER DIED. I GOT IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND IT STARTED UP. I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY REPLACED THE PCM. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD IN FEB.08, VEHICLE PUT ITSELF IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE AND DIED. ROADS WERE DRY. TOOK IT IN TO DEALERSHIP, THEY UPDATED CALIBRATIONS FOR TRANSFER CASE. ON JUNE 18, I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND VEHICLE DIED. TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP, THEY HAD VEHICLE FOR 42 DAYS. UNABLE TO FIX. THEY PUT A READER ON IT AND SAID I NEED TO DRIVE IT UNTIL IT HAPPENS AGAIN. I CALLED GM THEY SAID I NEED TO KEEP DRIVING IT. I GOT THE VEHICLE BACK ON JULY 29. DROVE IT THAT NIGHT. VEHICLE PUT ITSELF IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE AGAIN. TOOK IT BACK ON JULY 30. DEALERSHIP REPLACED ACTUATOR. THEY TOLD ME THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH VEHICLE DYING AND TOLD ME TO KEEP DRIVING. I AM SCARED TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE. I HAVE ASKED FOR A REPLACEMENT OR OUR MONEY BACK. I AM SO SCARED MY FAMILY IS GOING TO BE INJURED OR KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT OR SOMEONE IN FRONT OR BEHIND ME. IT GIVES YOU NO WARNING BEFORE IT DIES AND IT IS HARD TO CONTROL. *TR

2007 TRAIL BLAZER. WHEN CRUISING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE FRONT END STARTS TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND WILL CONINUE UNTIL THE VEHICLE IS BROUGHT TO A STOP. THEN IT WILL NOT DO IT AGAIN FOR AS MANY AS SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES. *TR