2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT Complaints

THE SPEEDOMETER HAS BEEN FAILING CONSISTENTLY. SEVERAL OCCASIONS IT FAILS TO RETURN TO ZERO, REGISTERING 100MPH WHEN GPS SHOWS 35MPH. AFTER SEVERAL DAYS, IT WILL START WORKING NORMALLY - THEN FAULT AGAIN. MILES DRIVEN ON THE ODOMETER DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE AFFECTED. THE CONDITION IS STARTING TO SPREAD TO OTHER GAUGES, WITH THE TACHOMETER SHOWING SEVERAL SIMILAR SYMPTOMS. *TR

2004 TRAILBLAZER , TRANSMISSION DIPSTICK RUSTED AND BROKE, TRANSMISSION WENT OUT FROM WATER GETTING INSIDE / DO NOT KNOW HOW THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED ! AND THE BEARINGS IN THE WATERPUMP WENT OUT LEAVING THE FAN SHAFT WIGGLING / LOOSE. WITH ONLY 65000 MILES ON MY TRAILBLAZER NOT TRAVELING NO FASTER THAN 75 MPH MAX. THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. MY FRIENDS WITH THE SAME TRAILBLAZER IS HAVING THE SAME THING HAPPENING. I SERVICED EVERY 3500 MILES SINCE OWNED 2005. PLEASE HELP IF CAN . *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT. WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER DISPLAYED 50 MPH. THE SPEEDOMETER BECAME INOPERABLE AND WOULD OFTEN BECOME STUCK AT ZERO. IN ADDITION, THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD OFTEN DISPLAY 100 MPH WHEN THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING LESS THAN 50 MPH. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER COULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS LESS THAN 73,000.

THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IN SEPT 2004. IN MARCH 2005 I STARTED NOTICING IT WAS HARD TO START IN THE MORNING WHEN IT WAS COLD AND IT IDLED ROUGHLY AND WOULD STALL WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL TO ACCELERATE. THE DEALER FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH IT THEN. IN APRIL 2005, WITH 9400 MILES ON IT, THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON SO I TOOK IT BACK TO DEALERSHIP. THEY CLEANED OUT (FLUSHED) THE FUEL SYSTEM AND PROCEEDED TO TELL ME NOT TO BUY "CHEAP GAS" BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT WILL HAVE PARTICLES IN IT THAT CAN CLOG UP THE FUEL SYSTEM (THEN WHAT IS THE FUEL FILTER FOR?). SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD THE FUEL SYSTEM FLUSHED THREE MORE TIMES. I PROBABLY COULD HAVE HAD IT DONE MORE TIMES, BUT IT IS EXTREMELY INCONVENIENT TO KEEP GOING TO THE DEALERSHIP AND BEING WITHOUT A VEHICLE, SO I JUST DEALT WITH THE ROUGH IDLE AND HESITATIONS. I BUY GAS THE SAME PLACES AS EVERYONE ELSE IN MY FAMILY, YET I AM THE ONLY ONE EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM. I BOUGHT FUEL INJECTOR CLEANER AND PUT IT IN THE GAS TANK EVERY COUPLE OF FILLUPS. THE DEALERSHIP HAS OFFERED TO REPLACE THE FUEL INJECTOR THAT KEEPS CLOGGING, BUT OF COURSE NONE OF THE MECHANICS EVER MADE NOTE OF WHICH ONE IT WAS. SO WHEN THE PROBLEM RECURS I MUST TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN. *TR

DRIVING HOME FROM VACATION ON THE HIGHWAY IN A SNOWSTORM, WE REALIZED THE TACHOMETER WAS NO LONGER SHOWING THE CORRECT RPMS. IT WAS STUCK AROUND 4000 WHILE WE WERE GOING LESS THAN THAT. A LITTLE WHILE LATER WE NOTICED THAT WHILE WE WERE SLOWING DOWN FOR A RED LIGHT AND TRAVELING PROBABLY 10 MPH THE SPEEDOMETER WAS SHOWING 60 MPH. WE QUICKLY STOPPED FOR GAS, THINKING MAYBE THOSE GAUGES WERE MALFUNCTIONING AS WELL, BUT THEY WEREN'T. WHEN WE ACCELERATED AGAIN, THE SPEEDOMETER RAISED FROM 60 TO EVENTUALLY OVER 120 MPH. EACH TIME WE SLOWED DOWN THE NEEDLE STUCK, THEN WHEN WE ACCELERATED IT WENT HIGHER. WHILE WE WERE DRIVING IN THE SNOWSTORM ON THE HIGHWAY, WE THINK WE WERE TRAVELING ABOUT 20 TO 30 MPH, BUT THE SPEEDOMETER WAS STILL OVER 120 MPH. THIS WAS SCARY BECAUSE UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS WE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO JUDGE OUR SPEED, BUT IN THE SNOW IT WAS HARD TO DO SO. ON MONDAY WE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND WERE TOLD THAT VEHICLES WITH UNDER 70,000 MILES THEY WOULD FIX BUT SINCE OURS HAD 78,000 WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR REPAIRS. WE DECIDED WE CAN'T AFFORD THE REPAIRS, THEN A FEW DAYS LATER BOTH GAUGES STARTED WORKING PROPERLY ON THEIR OWN. WE ARE STILL LEERY OF TRUSTING THEM, AND WE ARE ASSUMING THEY WILL MALFUNCTION AGAIN. I CAN SEE THIS PROBLEM LEADING TO BEING TICKETED FOR SPEEDING AND POSSIBLY EVEN HAVING AN ACCIDENT DUE TO NOT KNOWING YOUR SPEED. *TR

2004 TRAILBLAZER, THE TRANSMISSION DIP STICK RUSTED AND BROKE AND WATER IN TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. MANY OTHER OWNERS HAVING SAME PROBLEM WITH SAME 2004 TRAILBLAZERS. BAD DIP STICK MANUFACTURE POSITION GETTING WATER INSIDE. *TR

WHEN I BOUGHT MY TRUCK EVERYTHING WAS FINE NOW THE GAS GAUGE, OIL GAUGE AND RPM GAUGE ARE NOT WORKING RIGHT AND I SEE THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON WITH THIS PROBLEM, IT WILL COST ABOUT $600 TO $700 DOLLARS TO FIX THIS AND WITH ECONOMY THE WAY IT IS I THINK CHEVY SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. MY CAR IS A 2004 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER. *TR

THE GAUGES ON MY 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER DO NOT WORK. I HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM SEVERAL MONTHS AGO AND TOOK TO DEALERSHIP TO FIX, THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. NOW MY WARRANTY IS OUT AND THEY AGAIN ARE NOT WORKING. IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE WHEN THE SPEEDOMETER, TACHOMETER, OIL GAUGE, AND TEMPERATURE GAUGES DON'T WORK. APPARENTLY THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT MANY OWNERS OF THE SAME MODEL HAVE REPORTED AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE ABOUT IT. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZZARD AND SHOULD HAVE A RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH IT WITH CHREVOLET FOOTING THE BILL. I GUESS IT WON'T BE ADDRESSED UNTIL DEATHS OR INJURIES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH IT. *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER STICKS. THIS PROBLEM STARTED LAST SUMMER (2008). I HAD NOTICED IT HAPPENING AFTER USING THE CRUISE CONTROL. I THOUGHT IT WAS RELATED TO THE CRUISE CONTROL AND STOPPED USING THE CRUISE AND IT WOULD STILL STICK. FOND OUT IT IS THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE SPEEDOMETER USED TO RESET ITSELF AFTER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. NOW WHEN I TURN MY CAR ON IT WILL READ AROUND 100 MPH AND MOVE UP PAST THE 120 MPH. IT HAS BEEN THIS WAY FOR APPROX 2 MONTHS. MY MECHANIC SAID IT NEEDS A NEW INSTRUMENT PANEL. I JUST RESEARCHED ON INTERNET AND I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT IF SOMEONE DOES NOT REALIZE THEIR SPEED WHEN THE SPEEDOMETER STARTS STICKING. I HAVE NOT HAD IT REPLACED AS I CANNOT AFFORD IT. I JUST GAUGE MY SPEED BY OTHER CARS OR BY THE TIME IT TAKES TO GO 5 OR 10 MILES WHEN ON THE HIGHWAY. NOT GOOD. *TR

MY SPEEDOMETER AND TACH BEGAN READING HIGH (90MPH, 115MPH - 6000RPMS, 7000RPMS) BEFORE BOTH NEEDLES POINTED STRAIGHT DOWN. IF I TURNED OFF THE CAR, THEY WOULD RESET THEMSELVES TO 55MPH AND 5000RPMS. I WAS ON THE BEGINNING OF A LONG ROAD TRIP WHEN THIS HAPPENED, SO I WAS HOPING I WASN'T GOING TO GET PULLED OVER FOR SPEEDING. WHEN I RETURNED HOME I TOOK MY CAR IN TO BE REPAIRED AND THANKFULLY I WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THIS PROBLEM ALSO HAPPENED TO MY PARENTS 2004 TRAILBLAZER. AFTER SEEING ALL OF THE COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME ISSUE, I FEEL THAT I SHOULDN'T HAVE HAD TO PAY MY $100 DEDUCTIBLE. THIS DEFINITELY SOUNDS LIKE A GM DEFECT. IF HIS ENDS UP BEING A RECALL, COULD I GET REIMBURSED?? *TR