2006 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT Complaints

BOTH REAR BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED SIMULTANEOUSLY, EVEN AFTER FUSES WERE CHECKED BOTH UNDER THE HOOD AND BEHIND THE DRIVERS SIDE FUSE BOX (FUSE #12 & FUSE #34). THIS IS A ROAD HAZARD AND FAULTY WIRING SHOULD BE COVERED. FRONT LEFT HEADLIGHT WAS FOUND TO HAVE SWITCH WITH MELTED WIRING AS WELL, CHANGES BY MECHANIC AND I WAS INFORMED IT COULD HAVE CAUSED A FIRE. THIS VEHICLE HAS 3 RECALLS THUS FAR THAT ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IF SUCH FAULTS CAN CAUSE A FIRE WITHIN THE ELECTRICAL WIRINGS. I WOULD LIKE TO GET COMPENSATED FOR THE WORK DONE, THE BRAKE LIGHTS FAULTY WIRING SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER THE RECALL AS THE LOCAL CHEVY DEALER REFUSES TO FIX IT. *TR

WENT TO GET IN MY TRAILBLAZER AND THE WINDOW SWITCH PANEL WOULD NOT WORK AT ALL!! TOOK IT IN AND HERE TO FIND OUT THE PANEL WAS SMOKING AND SMELLED BURNED!! *TR

I WAS DRIVING THE TRUCK AND THE FUEL GAUGE WAS READING THAT THERE WAS GAS IN THE TANK. THE VEHICLE DIED CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. I WAS ABLE TO PULL THE TRUCK TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH GREAT EFFORT. HAD MY WIFE OR TEENAGE DAUGHTER BEEN DRIVING THE OUTCOME MIGHT HAD BEEN VERY DIFFERENT.AFTER FILLING THE GAS TANK THE GAUGE WENT TO E AND NEVER WORKED PROPERLY AFTERWARDS. *TR

THE ELECTRIC SEAT CONTROL PANEL WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE DRIVERS SEAT ON THE LOWER LEFT SIDE BECOMES DISLODGED UPON A LARGER PERSON SITTING IN THE DRIVERS SEAT. MY VEHICLE HAD THIS PROBLEM AND WAS TAKEN TO A GM GARAGE AND THE PANEL WAS REATTACHED MORE THAN ONCE IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. THE SIDE PANEL STILL CONTINUES TO COME OFF. THE DISLODGING OF THIS PANEL COULD CAUSE THE SEAT TO MOVE WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION UNEXPECTEDLY REPOSITIONING THE DRIVER AND CHANGE THE DRIVERS POSITION RELATIVE TO THE STEERING WHEEL AS WELL AS THE BRAKE AND GAS CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. *TR

UPON TURNING THE FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE ENGAGED UNKNOWN TO ME AT THE TIME BECAUSE THE SELECTOR SWITCH DID NOT INDICATE THIS.THE TRUCK BECAME DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN AT LOW SPEEDS AS THIS VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE A LIMITED SLIP DIFFERENTIAL IN THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE MODE. WHILE TURNING THE TIRES ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE TURN MAKE A LARGER RADIUS THAN DO THE INNER TIRES.WITHOUT ANY SLIP THE VEHICLE TRIES TO MAINTAIN THE SAME LINEAR FOOTAGE TRAVEL BY EACH TIRE. THIS CAUSES THE TIRES TO BIND LOCK UP AND SKID DURING TURNS. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM ON INTERNET FORUMS AND IT SEEMS TO BE A QUITE COMMON OCCURRENCE AND COULD CAUSE CRASHES WHILE TURNING. I HAVE CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURE AND THE RESPONSE WAS FOR ME TO TAKE IT TO A DEALER AND PAY FOR THEM TO LOOK AT IT. I DECLINED THEIR SUGGESTION AND OFFERED THE COMPROMISE OF TAKING IT TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AT MY OWN COST,TO WHICH THEY DECLINED. PLEASE NOTE I DID NOT ASK THEM TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE AT THEIR COST BUT ONLY WANTED THEM TO EXAMINE THE VEHICLE FOR DEFECTIVE DESIGN/MATERIAL. *TR

WHILE APPROACHING INTERSECTION A VEHICLE TRAVELING PERPENDICULAR TO US FAILED TO STOP AT STOP SIGN. THIS VEHICLE ENTERED THE INTERSECTION AND WE "T-BONED" THE VEHICLE. OUR VEHICLE SUSTAINED A DIRECT HIT ON THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND THE AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. AFTER THE INITIAL COLLISION OUR VEHICLE REMAINED IN CONTACT WITH THE VEHICLE THAT FAILED TO STOP AND BOTH OF OUR VEHICLES WERE DRIVEN DIRECTLY INTO A TREE, THUS INCURRING ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ( MORE SIGNIFICANT THAN THE INITIAL COLLISION W/ THE OTHER CAR ) AND THE AIR BAGS STILL DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WERE 2 PEOPLE IN THE FRONT SEATS AND 2 PEOPLE IN REAR SEATS. ALL SUSTAINED INJURIES AND NEEDED OR STILL REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE TWO PASSENGERS ON THE OTHER VEHICLE WERE FATALLY INJURED. THERE HAD NEVER BEEN ANY INDICATION OF AIR BAG FAILURE AND NEVER ANY WARNING "IDIOT" LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD EVER AT ANY TIME INDICATION ANY ISSUES W/ AIR BAG FUNCTIONALITY. WITH RECENT EVENTS SHOWING FAILURE OF GM AIR BAGS, I BELIEVE THIS IS ANOTHER INDICATION OF THIS FAILURE WHICH NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED. SAFETY FEATURES ARE SOMETIMES TAKEN FOR GRANTED IN VEHICLES, BUT WHEN NEEDED TO PERFORM, THEY ARE EXPECTED TO PERFORM AS ENGINEERED. THESE SAFETY FEATURES ARE FACTORED INTO THE DECISION MAKING OF VEHICLE PURCHASES AND ARE EXPECTED TO PERFORM. *TR

I WAS ON A TRIP WHEN I HAD STOPPED TO FUEL UP MY TANK BECAUSE IT WAD CLOSE TO EMPTY SO ONCE I FUELED IT UP TO FULL AND TURNED MY CAR BACK ON FOR A SECOND IT SHOWED FULL TANK THEN JUST STROLLED TO EMPTY AND AFTER FEE MINUTES WENT BACK TO FULL. COUPLE DAYS LATER THE GAUGE JUST STARTED GOING CRAZY AND SHOWING ALL KINDS OF LEVELS OF THE FUEL TANK. NOW IT ONLY STAYS ON EMPTY WITH THE YELLOW LIGHT ON. BUT BEFORE THIS ALL HAPPENED MY OIL PRESSURE SENSOR STOPPED WORKING. ITS FRUSTRATING AND I'VE BEEN LEFT WITHOUT GAS ON MIDDLE OF ROAD A FEW TIMES. *TR

THIS VEHICLE WAS IN A REAR TO REAR ACCIDENT ON 06/04/13. EVERY SINCE THE ACCIDENT THE REAR HAS BEEN DOWN AND IT WAS TAKEN TO SERRA CHEVROLET IN BARTLETT, TN ON 09/16/13. THEY DETERMINE THAT THE REAR AIR SPRINGS WAS NOT AIRING UP AND WAS NOT CAUSED BY THE ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO ME ON 09/19/13 BY THE COLLISION REPAIR SHOP. ON 09/19/13 THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO SERRA CHEVROLET IN BARTLETT, TN AND DROPED OFF FOR THE EARLY BIRD. THAT FRIDAY 09/20/13, I WAS ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE REAR COMPRESSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AS NO PSI WAS ENGAGING IN THE REAR AIR SPRINGS. I ADVISED THEM OKAY AND TO GO AHEAD AND COMPLETE THE JOB. THEY ADVISED ME THAT MY VEHICLE WOULD BE READY THAT AFTERNOON. CALL RECEIVED AT 3:42 PM ON 09/20/13 ADVISING THAT MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT BE READY ON 09/20/13, BUT WOULD BE READY BY MONDAY 09/23/13 AROUND 11:00 AM. I ADVISED HIM (DAVID LANE) THAT I WAS WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION AND THAT I HAD TODDLER THAT WAS SICK AND NEEDED TRANSPORTATION. HE STATED HE DID NOT HAVE ANY VEHICLES THAT HE COULD LOAN ME. ON MONDAY 09/23/13, SINCE I HAD NOT RECEIVED A CALL AT (11:00 AM THE PROMISE TIME) I CALLED AT 12:30 PM, TO CHECK ON THE VEHICLE. AT THAT TIME, I WAS ADVISED THAT MY VEHICLE WAS READY AND THAT I COULD COME AND PICK IT UP. I ARRIVE TO PICK UP THE VEHICLE ON 09/23/13 AT 1:48 PM AND PAID $885.39. I LEFT AND TOOK POSSESSION OF MY VEHICLE. ON 09/24/13, WHEN LEAVING WORK I NOTICED THAT MY REAR END WAS DOWN AGAIN AND I IMMEDIATELY CALLED SERRA CHEVROLET AND LEFT MESSAGE FOR DAVID LANE. HE RETURNED MY CALL ON 09/25/13 AND ASKED THAT I BRING THE VEHICLE IN ON 09/26/13 BY 8;00 AM. I RETURNED THE VEHICLE ON 09/26/13 AT THE TIME ASKED. AN HOUR AND A HALF LATER I WAS ADVISED THAT THE AIR SHOCKS HAD PIN HOLES IN THEM AND THAT THEY REALLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. HE STATED THAT THIS WOULD BE $551.00 IN ADDITION. I ASKED IF THE *JS

THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS ON MY 2006 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT CONTINUE TO GO OUT. THE PROBLEM STARTED ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO WHERE INITIALLY THE DRIVERS SIDE LOW BEAM LIGHT WOULD TURN ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY. THEN, THE PIG-TAIL WIRING TO THE BULB BURNED UP (LUCKILY NOT CAUSING A FIRE, WHICH MY MECHANIC SAID COULD HAVE HAPPENED). THE PIG-TAIL WAS REPLACED AND THE LIGHT WORKED, BUT ONLY FOR ABOUT 8-10 MONTHS, WHICH THE WIRING BURNED UP AGAIN. THE SAME MECHANIC REPLACED THE WIRING AGAIN, AND THIS TIME IT ONLY LASTED ABOUT 6-8 MONTHS, AND HE REPLACED IT YET AGAIN. THIS FINAL WIRING REPLACEMENT LASTED, BUT THE RELAY WENT UP. WE REPLACED THE RELAY SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, BUT NOW THE LIGHT IS STARTING TO WORK INTERMITTENTLY AGAIN, WORRYING ME THAT THE PIG-TAIL WILL BURN UP AGAIN AND POSSIBLY CATCH FIRE. THE FIRST TIME IT BURNED UP, I NOTICED SOME VERY NOXIOUS FUMES WHILE DRIVING WHICH NAUSEATED ME TERRIBLY. I UNDERSTAND OTHER TRAILBLAZERS HAVE THIS PROBLEM. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A RECALL ON IT AS THERE IS A SIMILAR RECALL ON SOME OF THE TRAILBLAZERS FOR THE BRAKE LIGHTS. *TR

WELL PROBABLY ABOUT SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS AGO MY SPEAKERS AND AC/HEATER STARTED GOING OUT, WORKING SOMETIMES AND NOT OTHERS. EVENTUALLY THE AC/HEATER STOPPED WORKING ALL TOGETHER, AND AS FOR THE SPEAKERS THEY WERE DOING THE SAME WORKING SOMETIMES OR ONLY ONE SIDE WORKING OR JUST THE FRONT SPEAKERS WORKING. WELL NOW IT ONLY WORKS WHEN ITS HOT AND WHEN ITS COLD ONLY THE TWEEKERS WORK. FROM THE BLOGS I HAVE READ THIS IS A BIG ISSUE WITH THESE GM VEHICLES AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. A RECALL OR SOMETHING. *TR