2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT Complaints

TOOK TRAILBLAZER INTO CHAMPION CHEVROLET AND THEY REPLACED TURN SIGNAL MODULE DUE TO SHORT CIRCUIT . HAZARD FLASHERS COME ON WHEN DRIVER MOVES TURN SIGNAL LEVER UP OR DOWN. SPOKE TO CHEVROLET REGARDING POSSIBLE RECALL AND WAS TOLD MY VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL BECAUSE THE RECALL INVOLVES VIN#'S WITH THE LAST FOUR DIGITS ENDING IN 362 AND MINE ENDS IN 361. I BELIEVE THERE MAY BE OTHER CUSTOMERS WITH THIS SAME ISSUE AND THIS CAUSES A SAFETY PROBLEM. *NM

YOU START TO HEAR A NOISE WHEN THE WINDOW IS BEING PUT UP OR DOWN, THEN EVENTUALLY THE MECHANICS OF THE WINDOW BREAK AND THE WINDOW FALLS INTO THE SOCKET AND WILL NOT GO UP OR DOWN. TWO OF MY WINDOWS NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED, COSTING ME SEVERAL HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS LATER. SAME SITUATION IN TWO OF MY FRIENDS CARS. SAME MAKE AND MODEL. *JB

DT: THE CONSUMER OWNED 2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER AND WAS HAVING ROTOR PROBLEMS. THE VEHICLE HAS 33,000 MILES ON IT. THE ROTORS WERE PITTED AND WARPED ON THE INSIDE . THE TOTAL COST WAS $838.00 TO REPLACE THEMT. BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED ALONG WITH THE ROTORS. THE BRAKES WERE SQUEAKING AND VIBRATING WHEN TO TRYING TO COME TO A STOP. TALSO, HE BRAKES SQUEAKED IN REVERSE. T OWNER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. THE VEHICLE HAS NOW BEEN REPAIRED BY THE MECHANIC.THE OWNER HA NOT CALLED THE DEALERSHIP, BUT THE OWNER KNEW THAT THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. *AK

DT: LEFT DRIVER'S SIDE OUTSIDE MIRROR IS NOT HOLDING THE CORRECT SETTINGS, AND CLICKS CONSTANTLY. THE MIRROR IS HITTING AGAINST SOMETHING, AND TURNS COMPLETELY TO THE GROUND. WHEN USING KEYLESS ENTRY THE MIRRORS ALSO TURN TO THE GROUND. THE MIRROR IS CHANGING BY ITSELF, AND IT IS NOT GOING BACK TO THE CORRECT SETTING. THE MIRROR IS ALWAYS MAKING A CLICKING NOISE AND IT IS FACING DOWNWARD. THERE IS NO PROBLEM WITH THE RIGHT SIDE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE RIGHT SIDE MIRROR, AND FROM THEN ON THE LEFT SIDE HAS NOT WORKED. CONSUMER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP 4 OR 5 TIMES TO BE CHECKED. DEALERSHIP INSISTS THE MIRROR IS WORKING FINE. BUT AS SOON AS THE CONSUMER LEAVES THE DEALERSHIP THE MIRROR WILL WORK FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS AND THEN STOP WORKING PROPERLY. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE MECHANIC DIDN'T WRITE DOWN THE PROBLEM WITH THE MIRROR IN HIS PAPERWORK, AND THIS HAPPENED MORE THAN ONCE. *AK WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO REVERSE THE VEHICLE JERKED AT TIMES. THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE WAS REPROGRAMMED. THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT THE REPROGRAMMING RESULTED IN POOR FUEL ECONOMY. THE CD PLAYER MADE A HISSING NOISE. WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED THEY WOULD GRIND. THE 4-WHEEL DRIVE SWITCH SHORTED. WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR FAILED. RIGHT SIDE TAG LIGHT BULB BLEW. *NM

THE OUTSIDE BACK DOOR HANDLES DO NOT WORK PROPERLY. DURING THE WARRANTY PERIOD, I BROUGHT THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE WE PURCHASED IT, A FEW TIMES, AND THEY TRIED TO CONVINCE ME THAT THE CHILD SAFETY LOCKS WERE ENGAGED. IF THE CHILD SAFETY LOCKS WERE ENGAGED, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO OPEN THE DOORS FROM THE INSIDE. THE PROBLEM WE HAD THEN AND CONTINUE TO HAVE IS THAT THE OUTSIDE BACK DOOR HANDLES DO NOT WORK. I USED TO THINK OF IT AS A MERE NUISANCE UNTIL RECENTLY. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I STRAP YOUNG CHILDREN, IN THEIR CAR SEATS, INTO THE BACK SEATS OF THAT CAR. IN AN EMERGENCY, THEY MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO BE REACHED QUICKLY UNLESS MY WIFE OR I WERE THERE TO SAY THAT THE DOOR HANDLES DON'T ALWAYS WORK AND YOU MUST OPEN THE FRONT DOORS AND REACH INTO THE BACK TO THE INSIDE DOOR HANDLES TO OPEN THE DOORS. CHEVROLET HAS MAINTAINED THAT THEY WORK PROPERLY. IT'S KIND OF IRONIC, WE STRAP OUR KIDS IN SAFETY SEATS TO KEEP THEM SAFE, BUT IN AN EMERGENCY, WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO GET TO THEM BECAUSE THE DOOR HANDLES DON'T WORK. THERE IS A SAFETY PROBLEM HERE AND CHEVROLET NEEDS TO FIX IT.

WITHOUT ANY SQUEALING IN THE DAYS AND WEEKS BEFORE THE BRAKE FAILURE, AS I WOULD EXPECT FROM DETERIORATING BRAKES, THE BRAKES ON MY 2003 TRAILBLAZER EXT FAILED. FORTUNATELY, THE METAL TO METAL SOUND HEARD ON FEB. 4, 2005, ALERTED MY WIFE TO CALL OUR LOCAL CHEVY SERVICE CENTER. AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE, THIS CAR HAD 29,000 MILES ON IT. NOT ONLY DID THE DEALER FIND THE LEFT FRONT BRAKE DIGGING INTO THE ROTOR SURFACE, BUT THEY FOUND THE REAR BRAKES WORN LOW AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE PORTION OF THE ROTOR ROTTED. AT 29,000 MILES, TOTAL BRAKE OVERHAUL SHOULD NOT OCCUR. WHY HAD THE EMRGENCY BRAKE PORTION OF THE ROTOR ROTTED? WHEN MY WIFE CALLED THE 800 NUMBER TO REPORT THIS TO CHEVROLET, LISA KOINE, CHEVY'S REPRESENTATIVE, CALLED THE DEALER TO FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE SERVICE PEOPLE AT BRADY-STANNARD IN BREWSETE, NY, SHE RETURNED OUR CALL AND TOLD US THE BRAKE FAILURE WAS DUE TO NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. GIVE ME A BREAK.SINCE WHEN DO CONSUMERS HAVE TO PAY #1276.79 FOR A COMPLETE BRAKE OVERHAUL AT 29,000 MILES? SEVERAL WEEKS LATER, I NOTICED THE LEFT SIDE ROTORS HAD RUSTED. I CALLED THE DEALER AND TOOK THE CAR IN FOR INSPECTION. THE DEALER STATED THAT THIS IS NORMAL. I QUESTION THIS. I OWNED AN ISUZU TROOPER PRIOR TO THIS CAR, AND THE BRAKES WERE NOT REPLACED UNTIL 92,000 MILES. WHAT KIND OF INFERIOR PARTS IS CHEVROLET USING?

DRIVERS SEAT WILL MOVE TO THE "EXIT POSISTION" WHILE DRIVING. THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED THE DRIVER WAS PULLED AWAY FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL WHILE MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN AND DROVE OFF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIME FOR REPAIR WITH NO LUCK.

AS I AM GOING DOWN THE ROAD THE TACHOMETER STARTS TO JUMP AROUND AND THEN I LOSE THE DIRECTIONALS AND MY LIGHTS. IF I TURN OFF THE IGNITION IT WILL NOT START AGAIN. THIS HAS HAPPENED FOUR TIMES IN THE PAST YEAR. THE DEALERSHIP TELLS ME THAT FUSE #22 IS BLOWING. AS OF TODAY, MY TRUCK IS STILL AT THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS CAUSING IT. THEY HAVE REPLACED THE FUSE EACH TIME. THEY ALSO REPLACED THE INSTUMENT CLUSTER AND THE IGNITION LOCK. I AM SEEKING LEGAL ADVISE.

DT: THE OWNER WENT TO OPEN THE GLASS ON THE TAILGATE ,AND WHEN THE OWNER HAD HER HAND ON THE HANDLE TO LIFT THE GLASS IT EXPLODED FROM THE TAILGATE. THE WERE NO PRIOR PROBLEMS WITH THE TAILGATE. DEALER REPLACED THE GLASS WHICH WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE OWNER'S CHILD SUSTAINED INJURIES IN THIS INCIDENT, SHE HAD A SMALL CUT ON HER HAND, ON HER CHEEK, AND A LARGE CUT ON HER FACE ABOVE HER EYEBROW.*AK

DT: LAST YEAR THE FRONT WINDSHIELD CRACKED, THEN LAST WEEK THE CAR WAS IN THE DRIVEWAY AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE BACK DOOR WINDOW COMPLETELY EXPLODED FROM THE INSIDE OUT WHEN NO ONE WAS IN THE CAR. THE CHEVROLET FILE #1329931557. A SEPARATE PAINT CLAIM #5858627-01. THE CONSUEMR BELIEVES THE GLASS ON THE CAR IS FAULTY. THE TEMPERATURE WAS IN THE 40'S. *NM