2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT Complaints

FIRST OIL PRESSURE GAUGE WENT AND NOW MY SPEEDOMETER IS ALSO GONE STUCK AT 50 MPH. CALLED CHEVY CAN'T GET STRAIGHT ANSWER FROM THEM AND ASK WHAT OTHER VEHICLES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM WITH GAUGE CLUSTER ADVISED CAN'T DISCLOSED ANY INFORMATION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT 370. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE HATCH DOOR AJAR LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND FAILED TO LATCH WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

VEHICLE STARTED LEAVING SPOTS OF OIL ON THE GROUND OVER NIGHT. WAS DRIVING TO WORK ON WEDNESDAY AND A BLUISH CLOUD OF SMOKE WAS TRAILING BEHIND ME. ARRIVED AT WORK AND LET TRUCK COOL DOWN AFTER WHICH I CRAWLED UNDERNEATH AND WITH A MIRROR WAS ABLE TO LOCATE THE LEAKING REAR MAIN SEAL. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH GM,S 5.3 LITER ENGINES. MULTIPLE FORUMS ARE POSTING MANY PEOPLE COMPLAINING OF THE SAME ISSUE. GM NEEDS TO STAND BEHIND THERE PRODUCTS AND REPAIR THIS ISSUE WHICH AGAIN IS A WIDE SPREAD KNOWN PROBLEM. *TR

AFTER A LONG DAY OF WORK, I RETURNED TO MY PARKED VEHICLE TO DISCOVER A TOTALLY FLAT FRONT RIGHT TIRE, ON CLOSER EXAMINATION IT WAS NOTED THAT THE TIRE HAD SPLIT ON THE OUTSIDE SEAM. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE SAME CONDITION OF THE TIRE SPLITTING WAS VISIBLE ON ALL THREE OF THE OTHER TIRES ON THE VEHICLE. FLAT TIRE WAS REPLACED WITH SPARE TIRE THAT HAD NEVER BEEN USED. I RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO THE PLACE THAT I HAD PURCHASED THE TIRES; THE TECH AT THE STORE EXAMINED THE TIRES AND DECLARED THAT ALL FOUR TIRES WERE MANUFACTURED FROM THE SAME BATCH OF TIRES MANUFACTURED BY GOODYEAR. AND THAT ALL FOUR WERE DEFECTED. TODAY I CONTACTED GOODYEAR AND TOOK MY VEHICLE TO THEIR LOCATION. THE MAN AT GOODYEAR STATED THAT GOODYEAR HAS NEVER HAD A RECALL NOR DEFECTIVE TIRES. THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO CONTACT GOODYEAR WHEN THEY OPENED ON THE EAST COAST. MY COMPLAINT IS WITH GOODYEAR. AND THE VALIDITY OF THE GOODYEAR TECH STATING THAT GOODYEAR HAS NEVER HAD A DEFECTIVE TIRE OR RECALL ON THEIR TIRES. *TR

NHTSA ACTION NUMBER : PE07014 OCCURRED ON MY VEHICLE AROUND NOVEMBER 2014. THE PROBLEM PRESENTED AS P0442 CEL AND ODOR OF GAS AFTER PARKING IN GARAGE. GM HAS INDICATED BECAUSE THE SPECIAL CONSIDERATION ALLOWANCE HAS EXPIRED, DESPITE THE LOW MILEAGE THEY WILL DO NOTHING. THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW IN AUGUST 2003. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY GM WAS NOT COMPELLED TO ISSUE A SAFETY RECALL DUE TO THE RISK OF GAS LEAKING. I WOULD APPRECIATE ASSISTANCE TO GET GM TO MINIMALLY PROVIDE DEFECTIVE PARTS REPLACEMENT, DUE TO THE KNOW MANUFACTURING DEFECT IN THE GAS TANK. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT 370. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WINDOWS FAILED TO ROLL UP OR DOWN. ALSO, THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE HEATED SEAT WOULD NOT TURN OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

IT WAS SLEETING AND I LOST CONTROL ON A CURVE. I HAD BEEN DRIVING ABOUT 50 MPH, BUT BRAKE BEFORE THE CURVE AND BRAKE VERY HARD WHEN I TRIED TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AS IT WAS SLIDING SIDEWAYS TOWARD THE CURVE. I WENT OFF THE CURVE AND HIT AN ELEVATED CROSSROAD, WHICH SENT THE VEHICLE AIRBORNE. I WAS AIRBORNE OVER MOST OF THE SIDE ROAD, WITH THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE HITTING JUST THE LAST FEW INCHES OF PAVEMENT, WHICH THEN SENT THE VEHICLE NOSEDIVING INTO THE DITCH. THE EMBANKMENTS WERE 4-5 FEET TALL. I HAD TWO VERY HARD FRONT END IMPACTS AND HIT MY HEAD ON THE STEERING WHEEL TWICE. THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE WAS BENT AND THERE WAS A LOT OF DAMAGE TO THE UNDER OF THE VEHICLE, BUT THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN DEEMED A TOTAL LOSS BY MY INSURANCE COMPANY. I HAVE A LOT OF CONCERN WITH THE FACT THAT THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND KNOW THAT THERE WERE OTHER VEHICLES OF MY YEAR AND TYPE THAT DID HAVE FAULTY AIRBAGS RECALLED, BUT MINE HAS NOT BEEN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT 370. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TURN SIGNALS DO NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY AND THE HAZARD LIGHTS ILLUMINATED INSTEAD OF THE TURN SIGNALS. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PRESS THE BUTTON FOR THE HAZARD LIGHTS WHEN NEEDED, BUT NOT THE TURN SIGNALS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE FAILURE CONTINUED AND CAUSED THE FRONT HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY AND THE REAR HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY TO SHORT AND DIM WITH NO WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN OUR REAR PASSENGER DOOR FLEW OPEN, AND WILL NOT STAY CLOSED OR LOCK. WE HAD TO DRIVE WITH SOMEONE BACK THERE HOLDING IT SHUT TIL WE GOT TO A STORE TO RATCHET STRAP IT CLOSED. I CALLED CHEVY WHEN I SEEN IT WAS PART OF A RECALL FOR THE 2005 BUT THEY WOULD NOT LOOK AT MINE BECAUSE IT WAS NOT THE SAME YEAR AS THE RECALL AND WANT ME TO PAY OUT OF POCKET TO FIX THE PROBLEM, AND WOULD NOT TELL ME K=NAME OF THE PART TO SEE IF I COULD BUY IT AND FIX IT OURSELVES A LOT CHEAPER. *TR

PLASTIC WELD CONNECTING FUEL FILL PIPE TO FUEL TANK HAS CRACKED.CONTACTED GM ABOUT THIS ISSUE & WAS INFORMED THAT THIS VEHICLE HAD JUST MISSED THE CAMPAIGN TO FIX THIS PROBLEM BY ONE MONTH. WHY IS THIS CAMPAIGN (07099) A LIMITED TSB & NOT A SAFETY RECALL? VEHICLE WOULD NOT PASS STATE EMISSIONS INSPECTION. TECHNICIAN REPAIRED LEAK WITH EPOXY THAT SEALED LONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT VAPOR LEAKAGE TO PASS EMISSION TEST.NOW THAT HAS FAILED AND ONCE AGAIN VEHICLE WILL NOT PASS EMISSIONS. MORE IMPORTANTLY THE FUEL VAPORS EMITTING FROM VEHICLE MAKE IT UNSAFE AND IMPOSSIBLE TO PARK IN AN ENCLOSED AREA.THIS IS NOT DUE TO A WORN PART OR CORROSION,THIS IS DUE TO A FAULTY DESIGN THAT EVENTUALLY WILL CAUSE AN EXPLOSION.WORSE YET GM OFFERS NO DISCOUNT ON THIS VERY EXPENSIVE TANK ASSEMBLY TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM.I CAN NOT THINK OF A MORE DANGEROUS CONDITION THAT HAS BEEN SO IGNORED.PERHAPS WHEN THE FIRES START THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CONGRESSIONAL HEARING ABOUT GM'S ABILITY TO RESPOND TO SUCH A SERIOUS AND POSSIBLY LOSS OF LIFE HAZARD THAT THEY REFUSE TO ASSIST OWNERS IN CORRECTING. *TR