2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT Complaints

2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER ALL INSTRUMENTS INTERMITTENTLY QUIT FUNCTIONING DURING NORMAL OPERATION (SPEEDOMETER, FUEL LEVEL, RPM'S, BATTERY CHARGE, OIL PRESSURE, TEMPERATURE, MILEAGE, AND GEAR INDICATOR. YOU CAN'T TELL WHAT GEAR YOU ARE IN. DIFFICULT TO FIGURE OUT FORWARD FROM REVERSE. THIS IS NOT SAFE AT ALL TO OPERATE ESPECIALLY NOT KNOWING WHAT GEAR YOU ARE IN. *TR

INSTRUMENT CLUSTER MY 2004 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER HAS BEEN ACTING ERRATIC OR NOT AT ALL ON SOME OF THE GAUGES. I'VE READ THAT IT IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AND SOME HAVE BEEN RECALLED BUT NOT ALL. *TR

ON JULY 26 THE FUEL TANK BROKE AND THE FUEL PUMP WENT OUT ALSO ON MY CHEVY TRAILBLAZER IT WAS TWO DAYS BEFORE I HAD IT FOR 30 DAYS I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT THEY COULDN'T DO NOTHING WE PAID ABOUT $2800.00 DOLLARS TO GET IT FIXED YOU COULD SMELL THE GAS INSIDE THE CAR I WAS VERY WORRIED BEING THAT IT WAS HARMFUL TO MY KIDS AND I LET THE DEALER KNOW THAT AND THEN A WEEK LATER WE GOT A RECALL LETTER FROM CHEVY ABOUT THE PROBLEM THE DEALER NEVER GAVE US THE CAR FAX REPORT LIKE IT STATES IN THERE DEALER FRONT DOOR I WOULD LIKE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS . *TR

ON FEBRUARY 7, 2009, WE WERE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE. WHEN APPROACHING TRAFFIC I TOOK THE VEHICLE OFF OF CRUISE AND BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN. HOWEVER, THE SPEEDOMETER DID NOT MOVE. AFTER THAT, EVERYTIME I BEGAN TO ACCELERATE, THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD NOT MOVE. EVERYTIME I START THE CAR IT DROPS 5 MPH, BUT WHEN YOU USE CRUISE OR DO A CONSTANT SPEED, IT STICKS AGAIN. WE ARE GETTING READY TO GO ON A BIG FAMILY VACATION AND DO NOT FEEL SAFE TAKING MY FAMILY IN A VEHICLE THAT YOU DON'T KNOW HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING. MY MECHANIC IS REPLACING THE CLUSTER WITH A USED ONE FROM THE LOCAL SALVAGE YARD. A USED ONE WITH LABOR IS STILL GOING TO COST ME $200 AND WHO KNOWS HOW LONG THAT ONE WILL LAST. I CANNOT BELIEVE WITH THIS MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME EQUIPMENT FAILURE THAT GM HASN'T DONE ANYTHING. IT'S JUST NOT SAFE! *TR

I BOUGHT MY 2004 TRAILBLAZER NEW IN 2004 AND IT HAS BEEN OK. I GOT IN IT LAST THURSDAY AND PUT IT IN REVERSE TO BACK OUT OF MY BASEMENT TO GO TO WORK. IT MADE A HORRIBLE NOISE SO I GOT MY HUSBAND UP TO LOOK AT IT. COME TO FIND OUT REVERSE WENT OUT ON THE TRANSMISSION. THE REPAIR SHOP SAID REVERSE WAS OUT AND SOME GEARS WERE WORN. I HAD NO WARNING AND THIS JUST HAPPENED. THIS REPAIR PERSON TOLD US THIS WAS WEAK LINK ON THE TRAILBLAZERS AND THE TRANSMISSIONS WOULD GO JUST LIKE THAT. IF THIS IS A WEAK LINK, GM SHOULD RECALL AND FIX THE PROBLEM. I DID NOT TAKE OUT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY AND I ONLY HAVE ABOUT 89,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. *TR

YESTERDAY MY DASHBOARD CONTROL PANEL WORKED GREAT. THIS MORNING (4/18/09) AS I WAS DRIVING TO MY BANK, I NOTICED THAT NONE OF THE GAUGES AND/OR LIGHTS WERE WORKING ( OIL GAUGE, TEMPERATURE GAUGE, BATTERY GAUGE, SPEEDOMETER, TACHOMETER, ETC). MAJOR SAFETY FACTOR. *TR

THE NIPPLE PART OF THE FUEL TANK THAT CONNECTS THE FILLER LINE TO THE FUEL TANK HAS CRACKED AND LEAKS FUEL WHEN WE FILL UP AND WHEN WE DRIVE AND DO TO THE FACT THAT WE PARK IN THE GARAGE WITH THE (WET) LEAKY SIDE OF THE FUEL TANK WITHIN FIVE FEET OF OUR GAS WATER HEATER WE ARE LUCKY PEOPLE TO BE ALIVE. (THIS IS A FAULTY PIECE OF PLASTIC AND BY THE WAY THE REVIEWS/COMPLAINTS LOOK ON THIS SITE WE ARE NOT THE FIRST TO EXPERIENCE THIS ISSUE). *TR

TICKING NOISE FROM ENGINE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS A CRACKED EXHAUST MANIFOLD. THIS SHOULD BE COVERED BY GM AS A WARRANTY ITEM SINCE THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY EXHAUST MANIFOLD FAILURES RELATED TO THE 4.2 LITER SIX CYLINDER ENGINE. *TR

(SPEEDOMETER CLUSTER PROBLEMS) IT SEEMS TO BE A BIG PROB WITH CHEVY TRUCKS & SUVS. MY VEHICLE SPEEDOMETER CLUSTER IS NO WORKING, GM IS REFUSING TO RECALL THE 2004 TB. *TR

I HAVE A 2004 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER EXTENDED SUV. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS CONTINUOUSLY FLASH ON AND OFF SINCE HAVING THE TRUCK ONLY SIX MONTHS. IT HAS CONTINUED TO DO THIS FOR THE LIFE OF THE CAR AT ALMOST 70,000 MILES. ALSO, MY SPEEDOMETER NOW WORKS ONLY WHEN IT WANTS TO. AT FIRST WE THOUGHT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE COLD WEATHER, NOW IT IS ALMOST 70 DEGREES AND WE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. SOUNDS AS IF THIS IF VERY COMMON IN THESE MODELS. SOMEONE NEEDS TO FIND A WAY TO COMPENSATE OWNERS FOR THESE COSTLY REPAIRS. *TR