2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT Complaints

CONTACT STATES: LEFT AND RIGHT LOWER CONTROL ARM FAILED AND VEHICLE MAKES A NOISE WHEN COMING TO A STOP OR MAKING A RIGHT TURN. CONTACT SAYS THAT 2002 CHEVROLET, TRAILBLAZER WAS RECALLED FOR THE SAME PROBLEM THAT HE IS HAVING. *AK

WHILE PUTTING THE VEHICLE IN 4-WHEEL DRIVE IT BEGAN TO ACCELERATE. VEHICLE RAN INTO A GUARD RAIL AND ROLLED DOWN INTO A DITCH. OWNER CONTACTED THE DEALER, WHO SAID IT WAS THE FAULT OF THE DRIVER. LATER, DEALER CONTACTED THE OWNER, AND INFORMED HIM THAT THE 4-WHEEL DRIVE KEY WAS BROKEN. *AK *BF *NM

DEALER WAS CONTACTED JAN 2005 TO SCHEDULE REPLACEMENT PARTS FOR REAR LIGHTS AS PART OF THE RECALL. I WAS TOLD THAT THEY COULD NOT DO IT WITHOUT THE RECALL NOTICE NUMBER THAT WAS SENT TO ME. CALLED BACK A DAY LATER AND GAVE THE DEALER THE NUMBER FROM THE RECALL NOTICE. HE TOLD ME THAT THE PARTS WOULD NEED TO BE ORDERED AND THEY WOULD CALL ME. I RECEIVED A THIRD RECALL NOTICE FROM CHEVROLET ON 2/26/05 AND CALLED THE DEALER ON 3/2/05 AND SPOKE WITH A MAN IN SERVICE. HE TOLD ME THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT ORDERED AND THAT I WOULD NEED TO BRING THE CAR IN FOR THEM TO ORDER THE PARTS AND THEN AGAIN WHEN THE PARTS COME IN. I HAVE EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT I HAVE REPLACED 6 TAILLIGHT AND BRAKE LIGHTS WITHIN THE LAST 6 MONTHS AND WHY WASN'T I INFORMED OF THIS WHEN I CALLED BEFORE. APPARENTLY THEY DO NOT HAVE A CALL BACK PROCEDURE FOR WHEN THEY SCREW UP. *AK

AFTER EXTENDED DRIVING OF MY 2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER LT EXT, MY HEAT (AUTO. DUAL CLIMATE CONTROL) BEGINS TO BLOW COLD AIR, AND DURING THE SUMMER IT BLOWS HOT AIR. *JB

MY RIGHT FRONT HEADLIGHT WAS BURNED OUT, AND UPON INVESTIGATION, I DISCOVERED THAT THE PLUG AND BULB SOCKET HAD MELTED ALONG WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF WIRE. IT WAS REPAIRED AFTER SOME BACK AND FORTH DISCUSSION WITH THE CHEVROLET DEALER. I THOUGHT THIS INCIDENT WAS STRANGE, BUT THOUGHT IT WAS A RANDOM INCIDENT UNTIL I READ ON A WEB FORUM THAT THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON OCCURRENCE.*AK

HAVE HAD MY 2003 TRAILBLAZER LT 2WD V8 IN THE SHOP UNDER WARRANTY MANY TIMES. FIRST WAS A RECALL ON THE DRIVE SHAFT WHICH WAS REPLACED 3 TIMES. STILL HAVE A NOISE THE DEALED SAYS THEY DON'T HEAR! NEXT CAME THE TAILLIGHT RECALL. NOW I HAVE A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH A DEAD BATTERY. THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME AND NOTHING HAS BEEN LEFT ON TO CAUSE IT. I CAN GO INTO A STORE AND COME OUT TO FIND IT DEAD. WHEN YOU CHARGE THE BATTERY, THEN EITHER THE HEATED SEATS WORK IMPROPERLY, THE BLOWER WON'T COME ON, SOMETHING DIFFERENT EVERY TIME. *JB

WENT OUT TO START VEHICLE ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2004 - TUNED KEY AND NOTHING HAPPENED, NO STARTER MOTOR, NO DASHBOARD LIGHTS, NOTHING. KEY REMIANED LOCKED IN STEERING COLUMN, COULD NOT BE REMOVED. TRIED AGAIN THE NEXT MORNING (9/19) - SAME THING. TRIED AGAIN THE NEXT MORNING (MONDAY, 9/20). THE SAME THING - AT THAT POINT CALLED DEALER TO TOW VEHICLE. ABOUT 3 HOURS LATER THE TOW TRUCK CAME - TOW TRUCK OPERATOR GOT IN VEHICLE TURNED KEY - AND VEHICLE STARTED RIGHT UP JUST AS IF NOTHING WAS EVER WRONG! . STILL HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP - DEALER CHECKED BEHICLE OVER AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG. ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23RD, CAME OUT OF BANK AFTER RUNNING ERRNAD, TURNED KEY IN VEHICLE - NOTHING HAPPENED AGAIN. KEPT TURNING KEY OFF AND ON FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES UNTIL VEHICLE STARTED OUT OF THE BLUE. DROVE STRAIGHT TO DEALER. DEALER REPLACED IGNITION SWITCH. VEHICLE WORKED FINE UNTIL SUNDAY, JANUARY 23RD. WENT TO START VEHICLE AND ONE AGAIN, NOTHING HAPPENED, NO LIGHTS, NO STARTER - NOTHING. KEY ALSO LOCKED IN STEERING COLUMN. DEALER TOWED VEHICLE THE NEXT DAY. DEALER COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG, THEORIZED AN INTERIOR LIGHT WAS LEFT ON (BUT I KNOW IT WASN'T). DEALER REPLACED SOME ENGINE FAN THEY THEORIZE WAS TURNING ON AFTER ENGINE TURNED OFF AND DRAINING BATTERY - I TOLD THEM THAT'S FINE BUT DOESN'T EXPLAIN WHY TRUCK WILL START DAYS AFTER AN INITIAL FAILURE. THIS INTERMITTENT FAILURE IS FRIGHTENING AS IT SEEMS TO BE A POSSIBLE PART OF A LARGER SYSTEM FAILURE - AS NOTED ON THIS WEBSITE BY OTHER OWNERS - WHEN THE TRAILBLAZER WILL FAIL AT HIGH SPEEDS ON THE HIGHWAY. (REFERENCE ODI ID NUMBERS 10101741 & 10060860). *AK

SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON IMMEDIATELY AFTER FILLING TANK WITH GAS. TOOK TO MECHANIC AND THEY TIGHTENED THE GAS CAP AND THEN RESET THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT AND DROVE AROUND AND NO LIGHT CAME ON. THREE DAYS LATER THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. TOOK BACK TO MECHANIC AND THEY RAN MORE DIAGNOSTICS AND FOUND THREE CRACK S IN THE OPENING (NECK) OF THE GAS TANK. I HAD TO HAVE THE TANK REPLACED IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO FUNCTION WITHOUT THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON. A NEW GAS TANK ON A 2003 VEHICLE IS UNHEARD OF AND I WONDER HOW MANY OTHER GAS TANKS ON 2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZERS OR OTHER GM VEHICLES HAVE HAD TO REPLACED DUE TO THIS SAME PROBLEM?? *JB

VEHICLE SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, IGNITION LOCKED. CONSUMER SHOOK THE STEERING COLUMN AND IT STARTED. THERE WAS A MULTIPLE VEHICLE COLLISION SINCE THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN AT 65 MPH. *AK

NHTSA RECALL 04V527000, AFTER ALMOST BEING REAR ENDED CONSUMER WENT TO THE DEALER AND A NEW MOTHER BOARD WAS PUT ON. BATTERY EXPLODED. CONSUMER WENT TO RETRIEVE THE VEHICLE AFTER DEALER MADE THE REPAIRS AND IT WILL NOT START.*AK