2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT Complaints

MY 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER HAD A SUDDEN FAILURE OF THE POWER STEERING PUMP. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAD 43,000 MILES ON IT AND FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. IT BECAME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO STEER AND FORTUNATELY I WAS NOT TRAVELING FAST AT THE TIME. NOTE THAT THERE WERE NO LEAKS IN THE SYSTEM AND THERE WAS THE PROPER AMOUNT OF FLUID IN THE RESERVOIR AT THE TIME OF FAILURE. *TR

MY 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER HAD A SUDDEN FAILURE OF THE POWER STEERING PUMP. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAD 43,000 MILES ON IT AND FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. IT BECAME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO STEER AND FORTUNATELY I WAS NOT TRAVELING FAST AT THE TIME. *TR

INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES FLUCTUATE, SHOWING INACCURATE READINGS. SPEEDOMETER STICKS ON ONE SPEED AND ALSO JUST FAILS CONSISTENTLY. *TR

ON 02/05 /2010 I WAS GOING SOUTH ON 165 TO MONROE, LA IT WAS ABOUT 8:00 AT NIGHT,WHEN THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS THEN THE HEADLIGHTS JUST WENT OUT. THIS MADE ME GO INTO A PANIC. I DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO BECAUSE IT WAS VERY DARK. I DID MANAGE TO PULL OVER. THANKFULLY THERE WAS A GAS STATION NEAR BY. ON 2/06/2010 I TOOK TO A CHEVY DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE BE SEEING THIS PROBLEM FOR SOME TIME. BUT THEY CLOSE EARLY ON SATURDAY SO THEY COULD NOT FITS IT IN ONE DAY. SO I TOOK TO ANOTHER REPAIR SHOP AND THEY TOLD ME THEY HAVE SEEN THIS SAME PROBLEM 4 TIMES IN JAN. SO CHEVROLET HAS A PROBLEM THAT NEEDS LOOKING INTO. *TR

I OWN A 2004 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER THAT I PURCHASED NEW IN 2004. IN 2007, THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER BEGAN TO MALFUNCTION EXHIBITING ERRATIC FUNCTION. I TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND IT WAS REPLACED UNDER THE WARRANTY. NOW, HERE IT IS, 2/2010 AND THE CLUSTER IS DOING THE VERY SAME THING THE ORIGINAL DEFECTIVE CLUSTER WAS DOING. I HAVE GONE ONLINE AND READ WHERE MANY, MANY OWNERS OF CHEVY PRODUCTS FROM 2003 ON ARE HAVING THESE COMPARABLE ISSUES AND THAT CHEVY HAS SOME SORT OF EXTENDED WARRANTY THEY ARE OFFERING FOR MANY GM PRODUCTS WITH THESE DEFECTIVE CLUSTERS. I AM DISGUSTED BY THE FACT THAT, FROM WHAT I HAVE READ ONLINE, TRAILBLAZER OWNERS HAVE BEEN EXCLUDED FROM THIS EXTENDED WARRANTY DUE TO AN INADEQUATE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS NECESSARY TO WARRANT COVERAGE. IT IS A KNOWN FACT THAT THE TRAILBLAZER HAS THE IDENTICAL INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AS THE OTHER GM PRODUCTS COVERED IN THEIR EXTENDED WARRANTY. AT THIS POINT, I AM ADDING MYSELF TO WHAT I'M SURE IS A GROWING NUMBER OF UNHAPPY GM OWNERS COMING TO YOU IN HOPES THAT GM WILL BE MADE HELD RESPONSIBLE TO REPLACE A THEIR DEFECTIVE PRODUCT. *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER, OIL PRESSURE GAUGE, AND TACHOMETER HAVE STOPPED WORKING ON MY 04 TRAILBLAZER. ONLY HAVE 64,000 MILES ON IT. HAVE TALKED TO MECHANICS ABOUT REPLACING. TOLD IT WOULD COST BETWEEN $400 AND $800 TO REPLACE BUT MAY NOT FIX THE PROBLEM IN THE LONG TERM--MANY TIMES REPLACED CLUSTERS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. LOOK AT THE INTERNET AND YOU WILL SEE THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER WITH ABOUT 79000 MILES ON IT. THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER STARTED BEING INCORRECT ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. AT THAT TIME I WAS NOT AWARE OF WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS AND DID NOT REALIZE THAT THIS PROBLEM IS SO WIDESPREAD AMONG TRAILBLAZER OWNERS. THE GAUGES STICK. WHEN THIS FIRST STARTED IT WAS JUST THE SPEEDOMETER AND THE RPM GAUGE, BUT NOW ITS THE MENTIONED GAUGES PLUS THE FUEL GAUGE. I HAVE HAD A TRAFFIC STOP AND WAS GIVEN A WARNING FOR DEFECTIVE EQUIPMENT. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY IS THERE NOT A RECALL IN PLACE FOR THE REPAIR OF THIS PROBLEM? I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AS A PROBLEM BY A LOT OF OWNERS AND THE COST IS AROUND $500. PLEASE HELP WITH THIS ISSUE THAT IS CLEARLY NOT AN OWNER INITIATED PROBLEM BUT A DEFECT IN MANUFACTURING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I WAS DRVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING WHILE THE TRUCK WAS IN MOTION. IT WENT FROM 60 MPH TO THE NEEDLE GOING ALL THE WAY PAST 120 AND POINTING DOWN AT THE ODOMETER. MY SPEED DID NOT CHANGE DURING ALL THIS. *TR

EACH TIME I START MY 2004 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER EXT THE "CHANGE ENGINE OIL" LIGHT COMES ON. AFTER 15 SECONDS IT TURNS OFF. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, MY RPM WILL EITHER GO EXTREMELY HIGH, TRAVELING 30 AND THE RPM SAYS I'M DOING 90, OR WILL GO EXTREMELY LOW, GOING 30-SAYS I'M GOING 0. ALSO, MY GAS GAUGE STARTED ME OUT WITH JUST UNDER A HALF A TANK OF GAS, AND WHEN I GOT TO WORK 15 MILES AWAY, I AM UNDER A QUARTER A TANK OF GAS. FINALLY, MY 4WD AND ALL-WHEEL-DRIVE FLASHES INTERMITTENTLY WHILE I AM DRIVING. I DO NOT NEED TO SWITCH IT MYSELF, IT JUST SOMETIMES SWITCHES TO 4HI, AND FLASHES BETWEEN. THIS MORNING I NOTICED THE LIGHT WASN'T ON, PERIOD. THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IS ENTIRELY MESSED UP. *TR

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVY EXTENDED TRAILBLAZER WITH 84,000 MILES. MY SPEEDOMETER IS STUCK AT 90 MPH. I UNDERSTAND IT IS NOT A RECALL ISSUE AND THIS IS NOT COVERED UNDER MY WARRANTY. IT WILL BE APPROXIMATELY $500 TO FIX A SAFETY ISSUE. I DON'T FEEL THIS IS FAIR. IT SHOULD BE A RECALL. IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT RATE OF SPEED YOU ARE TRAVELING. I UNDERSTAND FROM DISCUSSION BOARDS IN THE INTERNET THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON CHEVY TRAILBLAZER PROBLEM. I HAVE NOT YET HAD IT FIXED AS I CANNOT AFFORD IT AT THIS TIME. MY CAR WAS JUST IN A FEW WEEKS AGO FOR A COST OF OVER $300 FOR A THERMOSTAT. TW*