2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer EXT complaints

FUEL GAUGE STOP WORKING AND OUT OF FUEL LIGHT STAYS ON EVEN WITH A FULL TANK OF FUEL. *TR

THE BEARINGS ON THE ALTERNATOR ARE WEARING AND NEED TO BE REPLACED, THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 29,000 MILES AND ACCORDING TO MY MECHANIC THEY SHOULD NOT BE WORN THIS EARLY AND SHOULD BE REPLACED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE; THIS IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE AND A FAULTY PART THAT I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE REPLACED. THE FUEL LEVEL INDICATOR HAS STOPPED WORKING OVER 2.5 YEARS AGO. I DID RECEIVE A LETTER SAYING THAT THE PART MAY WEAR OUT PREMATURELY AND THEY ARE WILLING TO PAY 50% OF THE REPLACEMENT BUT IF IT WEARS OUT PREMATURELY THEN THE PART IS FAULTY AND I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY TO REPLACE THE PART. THE BACKUP LIGHT PANEL IS BAD, I TRIED TO REPLACE THE BULB BUT THE PROBLEM LIES WITH THE PANEL, FAULTY PART AGAIN. *TR

FUEL SENSOR FAILURE, DOES NOT READ TRUE FUEL TANK LEVEL. GENERALLY WHEN FULL READS EMPTY THEN AS TANK DECREASES GAUGE MAY READ CORRECT. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2006 TRAILBLAZER IN 2006. IT RAN GREAT UNTIL ABOUT 36000 MILES WHEN THE FUEL GAUGE BEGAN ACTING UP. AT ABOUT 36500 MILE, THE GAUGE QUIT WORKING AND I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE 800.00 TO REPAIR. I HAVE TO TRY TO GAUGE HOW MANY MILES I CAN GET ON A TANK OF GAS. IT HAS BEEN LIKE THIS FOR OVER A YEAR AND A HALF. I HAVE RUN OUT OF GAS TWICE, ONCE IN THE SUMMER WITH TWO SMALL CHILDREN IN THE CAR AND ONCE IN THE WINTER. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY GM. I UNDERSTAND THEY SAY THEY WILL DISCOUNT THE REPAIR 50 %, BUT THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THE CONSUMER HAS CONTROL OVER. WE CAN NOT CAUSE THE DAMAGE AS IT IS INSIDE THE GAS TANK. WE HAVE 2 GM PRODUCTS AND IF IT IS NOT REMEDIED THEY MAY BE OUR LAST. MAYBE IT IS TIME FOR SOMEONE TO FILE A CLASS ACTION SUIT. AND WE MIGHT ALL END UP WITH NEW VEHICLES. I WOULD THINK THE RECALL WOULD BE LESS EXPENSIVE. *KB

WENT TO GET GAS FOR MY 2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER. WHEN I DID I GOT BACK IN THE VEHICLE AND STARTED THE CAR. THE EMPTY SENSOR FOR THE GAS DINGED ALERTING ME THAT I WAS ALMOST OUT OF GAS AND WOULDN'T GO ABOVE THE EMPTY LEVEL. IT NOW PLAYS TRICKS RANGING FROM FULL TO EMPTY AT ANY GIVEN POINT IT CAN BE FULL 1 TIME THEN GO TO 1/4 FULL THEN BACK UP TO FULL IN 1 TRIP TO THE STORE. IT APPEARS THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE FROM RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET. *TR

THE FUEL LEVEL SENSOR WENT OUT AND SAID THERE WAS NO GAS IN THE CAR WHEN THERE WAS WHEN IT WAS STILL PRETTY NEW. SOMETIME DURING THE TRIP, IT WOULD SAY IT WAS FULL WHEN PREVIOUSLY IT SAID IT WAS NEAR EMPTY. UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME I WAS TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE AND I HAD NO IDEA HOW MUCH GAS I HAD OR HOW MUCH TO PUT IN THE CAR. I COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN STRANDED ALONE ON THE INTERSTATE AND PUT IN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. I ALSO COULD NOT RENEW MY LICENSE TAG WITHOUT GETTING IT REPAIRED IN THE STATE OF GA. I THOUGHT THE $400 EXPENSE AFTER HAVING A NEW CAR FOR LESS THAN 2 YEARS FOR AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE WAS RIDICULOUSLY UNRELIABLE QUALITY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE EVAPORATOR VENT FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 90,000. UPDATED 10/12/11 *BF UPDATED 3/30/12 *CN

FUEL GAUGE SHOWED I WAS EMPTY AFTER FILLING UP THE CAR. THE GAUGE NOW READS ERRATICALLY AND DOES NOT SHOW THE PROPER AMOUNT OF FUEL IN THE TANK. MY WIFE IS THE PRIMARY DRIVER OF THIS CAR AND I FEAR THAT SHE WILL RUN OUT OF GAS DUE TO THE "FAILURE" OF THE GAUGE. WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO DRIVE BY MILEAGE BUT OUR MPG VARIES QUITE A BIT DEPENDING ON OUR DRIVING SITUATION. JUST RECEIVED A LETTER FROM GM ADVISING THEY WILL PAY 50% OF REPAIR COSTS. HOWEVER, I FEEL THAT THIS SAFETY RELATED ITEM FAILURE SHOULD BE COVERED ENTIRELY BY GM VIA A RECALL. ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED. THANKS [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) *KB

GAS GAUGE BECAME VERY ERRATIC. FINALLY DIDN'T REGISTER AT ALL. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHILE OUT OF TOWN. TOOK THE CAR TO A MERLIN AUTOMOTIVE FOR REPAIR. SPENT HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS AND THE LIGHT WOULD NOT GO OFF. MASS AIR FLOW METER, PLUGS, FUEL RAIL, THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR, FUEL INJECTORS. THEY EVEN CALLED IN A CHEVY TECHNICIAN WHO COULD NOT FIGURE IT OUT. WHEN I RETURNED HOME I TOOK IT TO MY LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE THEY DROPPED THE TANK AND REPLACED THE SENDING UNIT. HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS IN EXPENSES. THEN THE HEATING FAN SWITCH STARTED SMOKING AND HAD TO BE REPLACED AS IT HAD MELTED AND NOTHING WORKED . ALSO, EVERY DOOR RUSTED THROUGH AT THE BOTTOM INCLUDING THE REAR HATCH. DEALERS' RESPONSE:WELCOME TO WISCONSIN. I SPENT $700 TO HAVE THE RUST CLEANED UP. *TR

AT 30,000 MILES THE FUEL GAUGE ON MY 206 TRAILBLAZER STARTED GIVING WRONG READINGS. IT NEVER HAS THE CORRECT AMOUNT ON THE GAUGE. IT HAS CAUSED ME TO RUN OUT OF FUEL ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. I HAVE BEEN LUCKY TO NOT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. AS THE MILEAGE CAN CHANGE BASED ON DRIVING I HAVE TO JUST FILL UP EVERY 200 MILE TO BE SAFE. GM HAS TOLD ME THIS REPAIR IS NOT COVERED UNDER ANY WARRANTY AND WOULD COST ABOUT $1000.00 FOR THEM TO REPLACE THE FUEL SENDING UNIT. *TR

FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT WORK. STARTED WITH MISLEADING READINGS BUT STOPPED WORKING ALTOGETHER NOW. *TR

BOUGHT 2006 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER EXT USED FROM THE DEALER IN 2009 FOR COMMUTE TO AND FROM WORK. UPON REACHING 63,000 MILES BEGAN TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH FUEL GAUGE READING HALF FULL THEM EMPTY EVEN AFTER JUST HAVING FILLED UP THE TANK AT THE STATION. AS A RESULT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ACTIVATED AND WHEN IT CAME TIME TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE NO ONE AT THE LOCAL DEALERSHIPS WERE WILLING TO DROP THE GAS TANK AND FIX THE PROBLEM SO I COULD PASS INSPECTION. PENNA STATE EMISSIONS WOULD NOT PASS THE VEHICLE UNTIL THE FUEL SYSTEM WAS REPAIRED, HENCE CANNOT PASS INSPECTION. I WILL NO LONGER USE THE VEHICLE ON LONG TRIPS WHERE I HAVE TO GUESS HOW MUCH GAS I HAVE IN THE TANK, OR TAKE IT ON BUSY HIGHWAYS LIKE 95 OR 83 NEAR WASHINGTON CLOSE TO WHERE I LIVE. PROBLEM DESCRIPTION SEEMS TO BE CONSISENT WITH THIS MODEL YEAR. WHILE I WAS WILLING AND ABLE TO PAY FOR MY REPAIR THE FIRST TIME, IT IS NOT MY RESPONSIBILITY TO ACCOUNT FOR A SHODDY PRODUCT. GM HAS ALREADY ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT ME AND COVER 50% OF THE REPAIR VIA MAIL. THIS IS AN INSULT TO MY INTELLIGENCE AND I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO FORK OVER ONE RED CENT TO GET THIS FIXED GIVEN THE MASSIVE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM ON THE SAME VEHICLE. IGNITION SWITCH ALSO FAILED AT 60,000 MILES. YET ANOTHER ITEM I AM FINDING IS A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL, MAKE AND YEAR. *TR

FUEL GAUGE WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. IT WOULD FLUCTUATE CONSTANTLY.

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK IN MY 2006 TRAILBLAZER EXT. AFTER STOPPING AT THE STOP SIGN IN FRONT OF MY HOME, I PRESSED THE CENTER BUTTON ON THE OVERHEAD CONSOLE TO OPEN THE GARAGE DOOR AND PROCEEDED TO TURN RIGHT AS TO POSITION THE VEHICLE TO ALLOW FOR BACKING-UP ONTO MY DRIVEWAY AND INTO THE RIGHT PARKING HALF OF MY GARAGE. BUT AS I SHIFTED THE TRAILBLAZER INTO REVERSE, I BEGAN TO PRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. I COULD FEEL THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT SLIPPING, THE ENGINE WAS UNDER LOAD, AND IT WAS AS IF I WAS PRESSING THE BRAKE AT THE SAME TIME I WAS PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. BUT, I ONLY USE MY RIGHT FOOT, AND MY LEFT FOOT WAS IN FRONT OF, AND AGAINST, THE DRIVERS SEAT, FAR AWAY FROM BOTH PEDALS. I LOOKED OVER TO THE PARKING BRAKE, BUT IT WAS COMPLETELY DOWN. USING THE PARKING BRAKE LEVER, I MADE CERTAIN THAT IS WAS NOT ENGAGED. THE BRAKE LIGHT IN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS NOT ON AT ANY TIME, NOR WAS THERE A WARNING FROM THE DRIVER INFORMATION CENTER (DIC), NOR WAS THERE ANY OTHER WARNING OR INDICATOR SHOWING THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG. I STILL COULD NOT GET THE CAR TO MOVE. I PLACED THE TRANSMISSION INTO DRIVE, AND I COULD FEEL THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT, BUT AGAIN, I COULD NOT GET THE VEHICLE TO MOVE. AND, THERE WAS A LOAD ON THE ENGINE AS IF I WAS PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL AT THE SAME TIME AS I WAS PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, BUT THE BRAKE WAS NOT BEING PRESSED, AND MY LEFT FOOT WAS FAR AWAY FROM THE PEDALS. FINALLY, AFTER ABOUT A MINUT

GAS GAUGE DOES NOT WORK.CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON AND GAUGE SHOWS EMPTY ALL THE TIME. *TT

VEHICLE BOUGHT AUG 2010 WITH 76, 014 MILES ON IT. ABOUT ONE MONTH AFTER THE PURCHASE THE GAS GAUGE STARTING ACTING ERRATIC. ( COULD HAVE BEEN THAT WAY WHEN WE BOUGHT IT BUT DIDN'T NOTICE.) WHEN YOU WOULD FILL IT UP IT WOULD STILL READ E UNTIL YOU DROVE ABOUT 50 MILES OFF FROM IT THEN IT WOULD BOUNCE AROUND SOMETIMES READING CORRECT OTHER TIMES NOT. I RAN OUT OF GAS ON I-69 ONE TIME FORTUNATELY FOR ME NO ONE WAS BEHIND ME BECAUSE I THE WHOLE VEHICLE STARTING JERKING AND EVENTUALLY JUST SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE STILL READ THAT IT HAD GAS AT THAT POINT. IN FEBRUARY 2011 THE GAS GAUGE JUST QUIT WORKING ALL TOGETHER WOULD READ E EVEN WHEN YOU FILLED IT ALL THE WAY UP. HAD TO USE GALLONS USED TO TELL HOW MUCH FUEL WAS IN IT. MAY 2011 THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STARTED COMING ON AND OFF. JULY 11, 2011 I TOOK IT TO A GM SERVICE SHOP FOUND OUT THE ERROR FOR THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS THE FUEL SENSOR AND THE SAME REASON THE GAUGE WASN'T WORKING. $458 AND CHANGE TO HAVE IT FIXED. I HAD IT FIXED BECAUSE I COULDN'T AFFORD TO RUN OUT OF GAS ON THE FREEWAY AGAIN WITH THREE SMALL CHILDREN THAT ARE FREQUENTLY RIDING WITH ME. LOOKING FOR A RECALL BECAUSE THIS IS A VERY WIDESPREAD ISSUE AND A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS ONE WHEN PEOPLE ARE RUNNING OUT OF GAS ON MAJOR FREEWAYS BECAUSE OF IT. *TR

THE FUEL SENSOR IN MY 2006 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER HAS BEEN SPURIOUSLY FAILING. IT DOES NOT ACCURATELY REPRESENT THE AMOUNT OF FUEL THAT IS IN MY TANK. SOMETIME IT WILL SAY THAT MY TANK IS FULL WHEN I KNOW THAT IT IS NOT, AND SOMETIMES IT WILL SAY THAT MY TANK IS EMPTY IMMEDIATELY AFTER FILLING IT. MY CAR HAS 65,000 MILES ON IT. *TT

THE GAS GAUGE ON THE DASHBOARD DOES NOT WORK. IT ALWAYS SAYS THE TANK IS EMPTY, EVEN AFTER FILLING IT. *KB

THE FUEL GAUGE IN MY CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT FAILED RESULTING IN THE VEHICLE STALLING ON A BUSY ROAD. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT THE GAUGE ON THIS CAR HAS MALFUNCTIONED (WAS REPAIRED BY THE DEALER AFTER A SIMILAR INCIDENT ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO). AT THIS TIME, THE GAUGE ONCE AGAIN DOES NOT WORK AT ALL. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER. I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE FUEL GAUGE. IT IS ALWAYS ON EMPTY, EVEN AFTER I FILL IT UP. I'VE CALLED CHEVY ABOUT THE PROBLEM. I'VE SEEN ON TOPIX.COM THAT ARE ABOUT 589 PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUE. *TR

2006 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER RUNS OUT OF FUEL. THE LOW FUEL LIGHT FAILS TO WORK. THE GAUGE IS OFF SLIGHTLY. VEHICLE HAS 52,000 MILES, THIS FIRST START IN 2009 WITH 42,000 MILES. *TR

THE GAS TANK REGISTERS EMPTY EVEN WHEN FULL. GAS GAGE FLOATS RANDOMLY UP AND DOWN, NOT STAYING ACCURATE, GAS LIGHT COMING ON CONSTANTLY SAYING "LOW FUEL" EVEN AS PULLING AWAY FROM THE TANK AFTER A COMPLETE FILLUP. HAD BEEN DOING IT FOR A FEW WEEKS OFF/ON, NOW CONSTANT. GAUGE CONSTANTLY READING EMPTY, RARELY MOVING AT ALL. GAS LIGHT STAYS ON. NOW SEEMS TO BE CAUSING PROBLEMS WITH ENGINE/TRANSMISSION. CAR IS SUDDENLY MOVING SLOW WHEN ACCELERATING INITIALLY. *TR

THREE WEEKS AGO, AFTER OUR 2006 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER EXT WAS FILLED UP, THE GAS GAUGE WENT TO EMPTY AND THEN WENT BACK AND FORTH BEFORE FINALLY GOING TOWARDS FULL. HOWEVER, WE ARE NOT SURE IF IT IS ACCURATE AT ANY POINT. THIS OCCURS EVERY TIME WE FILL THE TANK UP IN THE TRUCK. WE HAVE NOT HAD IT FIXED, BUT AN ESTIMATED COST HAS BEEN $800 TO FIX THE SENDING UNIT AND DROP THE TANK TO FIX. *TR

WE RAN OUT OF GAS ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, DESPITE THE GAUGE INDICATING FUEL WAS LEFT IN THE TANK. WE DRIFTED TO A STOP ON THE SHOULDER AND I HAD TO OBTAIN FUEL FROM THE NEAREST SERVICE STATION 5 MILES AWAY AND THEN RETURN TO THE VEHICLE, LEAVING MY WIFE AND 3 YOUNG CHILDREN UNATTENDED. AFTERWARD, THE FUEL GAUGE ONLY PERIODICALLY FUNCTIONED FOR THE NEXT 2-3 FILL-UPS AND NOW DOES NOT WORK AT ALL - THE GAUGE CONSTANTLY READS "EMPTY" AND THE FUEL LIGHT IS ALWAYS ON. WE RAN OUT OF GAS ON ONE ADDITIONAL INSTANCE BECAUSE OF THIS MALFUNCTION ON A BUSY FREEWAY OFFRAMP AND NOW MUST CONSTANTLY CAREFULLY CHECK OUR MILEAGE EVERYTIME WE FILL THE TANK. *TR

FUEL GAUGE 2006 TRAILBLAZER STOPPED WORKING AND THE LOW FUEL LIGHT STAYS ON! *TR

2006 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER FAULTY FUEL SENDING UNIT , STARTED GIVING FALSE AMOUNTS AND NOW DOES NOT WORK AT ALL. *TR

2006 TRAILBLAZER EXT; FUEL LEVEL SENSOR, SENDING UNIT, ETC. AT 34,000 MILES AROUND SEPT, 2009 RIGHT AFTER FILLING UP, THE FUEL GAUGE WENT TO "EMPTY' AND THE LIGHT WENT ON WITH THE WARNING BELL SOUNDING 5 TIMES UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ALSO ILLUMINATED, BUT DID GO OFF BY ITSELF AFTER 1 DAY. THE GAUGE STAYED AT EMPTY FOR APPROXIMATELY 50 MILES AFTER WHICH IT BEGAN TO FUNCTION PROPERLY, AND THEN BELOW ABOUT A THIRD OF A TANK IT WENT TO ZERO AGAIN. OVER TIME THE PORTION OF TIME THE GAUGE FUNCTIONS PROPERLY HAS DECREASED. NOW IT REGISTERS ABOUT A QUARTER TANK FOR ONLY ABOUT 25 MILES WORTH OF DRIVING, TYPICALLY FROM 50 TO 75 MILES AFTER FILLING IT UP. I'VE BEEN AWARE OF THE PREPONDERANCE OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS, AND HAVE PUT OFF GETTING IT FIXED...JUST USING THE ODOMETER...SO FAR THE ODOMETER STILL WORKS. A LOCAL CHEVY DEALER WOULD NOT COMMENT ON THIS AS A COMMON ISSUE, BUT WANTS A $49 MINIMUM TO LOOK AT IT, WHICH IS MORE LIKELY TO BE A FULL HOUR AT $99, JUST TO DIAGNOSE. I'M NOT INTERESTED IN HAVING A DEALER LOOK AT IT SINCE IT'S OUT OF WARRANTY, BUT WILL PUT UP WITH IT UNTIL I FIND A TRUSTWORTHY MECHANIC WHO WILL NOT FLEECE OUR FAMILY. THIS CONSTITUTES A SAFETY PROBLEM IN MY OPINION, BUT BEYOND MY OPINION THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE THAT REMAINS UNRESOLVED BY GM TO MY KNOWLEDGE. THIS IS MY FIRST GM VEHICLE IN 20 YEARS, AND I CAN SAFELY SAY THAT UNLESS GM SHARES SOME RESPONSIBILITY IT WILL BE MY LAST. *TR

TODAY FOR THE 5TH TIME MY VEHICLE RAN OUT OF GAS, THIS TIME ON A BUSY HIGHWAY RIGHT AFTER I TURNED ONTO THE HIGHWAY. I HAD TO BE PUSHED OUT OF THE WAY OF TRAFFIC. A TRUCK CAME WITH FUEL AND I WAS ABLE TO GET TO A GAS STATION. ONE OF COURSE PAYS A MARK UP ON THE FUEL WHEN IT IS BROUGHT TO YOU. THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED IT DOES NOT SERVICE CHEVROLET'S ANY LONGER. ANOTHER DEALERSHIP IN TOWN SAYS THERE IS NOTHING TO BE DONE UNTIL THERE IS A RECALL. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. I WOULD LIKE TO SELL THE VEHICLE BUT WHO WOULD BUY A VEHICLE LIKE THIS? I MISSED A CLINIC APPOINTMENT, SOMEONE HAD TO COME PICK UP MY SON TO GET HIM TO SCHOOL AND I REARRANGED MY MORNING. THE PREVIOUS TIMES I HAVE BEEN ON MY WAY TO WORK OR IN TO TOWN. ONCE MY SON AND I HAD TO WALK INTO TOWN TO GET A GAS CAN AND WALK BACK WITH THE FUEL. ANOTHER TIME AAA CAME BUT I MISSED ALL MORNING OF WORK. ANOTHER TIME I WAS AT A STOPLIGHT AND IT RAN OUT OF FUEL AND MY OLDER SON AND SOME BASKETBALL PLAYERS, ALSO IN MY VEHICLE, PUSHED THE VEHICLE UP THE BLOCK INTO THE GAS STATION. THE OTHER TIME IT RAN OUT WHILE I WAS ON A MAIN STREET BUT I WAS ABLE TO COAST INTO A NEARBY GAS STATION. I WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY WHEN IT BEGAN AT ABOUT 75,000. I WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE 700$ AND MAYBE MORE TO FIX AND THAT TO EVALUATE IT MEANT PAYING MOST OF THE 700$. I WATCH MY FUEL MILEAGE VERY CAREFULLY SO I KNOW WHEN TO REFILL. TODAY IT STOPPED SOONER THAN IT SHOULD HAVE. SO NOW I CAN' T RELY EVEN ON THE MILEAGE. I W

THE FUEL SENDING UNIT HAS QUIT WORKING. CAN NOT TELL HOW MUCH GAS IS IN THE GAS TANK BY THE GAS GAUGE. WHEN GAS RUNS OUT, VEHICLE STOPS WITH NO WARNING CAUSING A POSSIBLE ACCIDENT ESPECIALLY IN HEAVY TRAFFIC OR AT A STOP LIGHT.

I HAVE A 2006 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER EXT. I WAS DRIVING AROUND AND IT WAS PRETTY WINDY. I NOTICED THAT THERE SEEMED TO BE ALOT OF AIR COMING IN THRU THE REAR HATCH. WHEN I OPENED THE GLASS ON THE REAR HATCH I NOTICED THAT THE HINGE HAD COME UNGLUED FROM THE WINDOW. SINCE IT WAS WINDY IT ALSO CAUSED SOME OF THE OTHER HINGES TO CRACK AND BREAK WHERE THE 3RD BRAKE LIGHT IS LOCATED. I HAD TO FORCIBLY CLOSE THE REAR WINDOW AND NOW IT IS ONLY BEING HELD BY ONE HINGE ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND IN THE LOWER MIDDLE WHERE IT CLOSES AND LOCKS. CHEVY SAYS THAT IT'LL COST ME OVER $1,300 TO GET FIXED SINCE IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY. IT ONLY HAS 53,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

GAS GAUGE DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY AND IS VERY SPORADIC IN ITS READINGS. *TR

FUEL GAUGE SENDING UNIT FAILURE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT. THE FUEL GAUGE DISPLAYED EMPTY WHEN THE FUEL TANK WAS FULL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 71,000.

I HAVE A 2006 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER. SINCE MY VEHICLE HIT 69000 MILES MY FUEL GAUGE HAS BECOME INOPERABLE. I HAVE TRIED TO GET IT FIXED BUT IT IS $1300 AND NO GUARANTEE THAT IT WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN SINCE THE PART HAS NOT BEEN CHANGED. IT STALLS ON MANY OCCASIONS AS IF I HAVE NO GAS. I HAVE RUN OUT OF GAS SO I KNOW HOW MANY MILES I CAN GO. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER EXT WITH A FUEL SENDING GAUGE PROBLEM. WHEN I FILL THE TANK, THE GUAGE INDICATES A FULL TANK BUT THE "NEEDLE" STAYS LOCKED ON FULL UNTIL I'VE DRIVEN APPROXIMATELY 50 MILES - THEN THE NEEDLE SHOWS THE FUEL LEVEL AT ABOUT 3/4 OF A TANK. FURTHER DRIVING MAKES THE NEEDLE FLUCTUATE WILDLY UNTIL SOMETIME IN THE NEXT 50/100 MILES THE NEEDLE FALLS TO THE EMPTY MARK AND STAYS THERE. RECENTLY THERE HAS BEEN A NEW DEVELOPMENT: THE NEEDLE NEVER MOVES OFF THE EMPTY MARK WHEN I FILL UP AND TODAY, AFTER FILLING UP YESTERDAY, THE NEEDLE SITS ON THE EMPTY MARK WITH THE LOW FUEL LIGHT ON. I HAVE RESORTED TO BRINGING A GAS CAN WITH ME AND USING THE ODOMETER TO "GUESSTIMATE" THE AMOUNT OF FUEL I HAVE LEFT. NOT ALWAYS THE BEST SOLUTION. *TR

I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE FUEL GAUGE SWINGING BETWEEN FULL AND EMPTY THEN MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT I NEED AN WHOLE NEW FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY AND THAT THE FUEL TANK WILL HAVE TO BE DROPPED TO REPLACE IT. I'VE BEEN JUST SETTING THE TRIP METER AND FILLING IT UP EVERY 250 MILES BECAUSE THE FUEL GAUGE NOW JUST STAYS LIT ON EMPTY ALL THE TIME. I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH IT RUNNING, STARTING, ETC. SO I'M ASSUMING THAT IT'S JUST THE SENSOR THAT IS OUT. 2006 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT. *TR

I OWN A 2006 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER EXT. ON APRIL 17TH 2011 I WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 1-96 IN MICHIGAN WITH MY 2 YOUNG KIDS. GAS GAGUE READ 48 MILES TILL EMPTY WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED,IT WAS OUT OF GAS. MY KIDS AND I HAD TO WALK ALONG A MAJOR HIGHWAY TO NEAREST GAS STATION TO GET GAS. THE TRUCK RAN FINE BEFORE STALLING OUT AT 70 MPH. I AM THANKFUL THERE WERE NO CARS CLOSE BEHIND ME WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. *TR

WE HAVE A 2006 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER WE PURCHASED NEW.......FUEL GUAGE WILL SO FULL TANK THEN EMPTY. GUAGE IS NOT ACCURATE AT ALL AND MOST THE TIME DOES REGISTERS NOTHING. *TR

I FILLED MY VEHICLE WITH FUEL AND WENT TO START IT AND IT DIED. I RESTARTED IT AND IT LUGGED AND DIED. I STARTED IT AGAIN AND IT WAS RUNNING OK, BUT I NOTICED THE FUEL GAUGE WAS STUCK AT EMPTY AND MY LOW FUEL WARNING KEPT DINGING. ONCE MY TANK GOT TO ABOUT 3/4 FULL THE GAUGE WOULD WORK AGAIN. AFTER A FEW MONTHS, THE GAUGE NEVER WORKS AND I HAVE TO TRY TO KEEP A REALLY CLOSE EYE ON THE MILEAGE TO KNOW WHEN I NEED TO FILL UP. WE TOOK THE CAR TO AN AUTO PARTS STORE AND HAD THEM DO A READ ON THE COMPUTER BECAUSE OUR SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT IS ALSO ON HALF THE TIME. IT CAME BACK AS A "SENDING UNIT MALFUNCTION" IT COULD BE THE FLOAT OR THE SENDING UNIT. THE REPAIR WAS QUOTED AS $600.00 SO WE CANNOT AFFORD TO FIX IT YET. THE VEHICLE WAS ONLY AT 45,000 MILES WHEN THIS OCCURRED. *TR

THE GAS GAUGE FIRST STARTED BY READING THE WRONG AMOUNT OF FUEL, THEN ONLY AFTER RUNNING FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES WOULD IT READ THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF FUEL. THE ABOUT 15 DAYS AFTER INITIAL ISSUE IT STARTED TO SHOW ONLY THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF FUEL WHEN IT WAS STARTED UP THEN IT WOULD GO TO EMPTY, EVEN IF THE TANK WAS FILLED UP. NOW IT CURRENTLY DOES NOT MOVE AND THE "LOW FUEL LEVEL" SHOWS UP EVERY TIME YOU START THE CAR. AFTER DOING MUCH RESEARCH ON THIS I REALIZED THERE WERE OTHER PEOPEL WHO WERE HAVING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM.

FUEL GAUAGE DEFECTIVE. GAUGE WAS NOT ACCURATE I RAN OUT OF FUEL, NOW FUEL GUAGE NON-OPERATIONAL. *TR

FUEL GAUGE WILL SHOW GAS LEFT IN CAR, NO LOW FUEL INDICATOR LIGHT COMING ON AND WILL RUN OUT OF GAS. HAVE RAN OUT TWICE ON EXPRESSWAY BECAUSE INDICATING HAS FUEL BUT DOESN'T. *TR

FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT REGISTER CORRECT AMOUNT OF FUEL IN TANK, AND AT TIMES BLOWS FUEL GAUGE FUSE. *TR

ERRATIC FUEL LEVEL READINGS ON FUEL GATE. ONCE THIS STARTED IT WAS REGULAR AND WOULD READ FULL, EMPTY, PARTIALLY FULL REGARDLESS OF ACTUAL FUEL LEVEL. REPLACED FUEL PUMP MODULE AND LEVEL SENSOR. OLD PART IS NOT STILL AVAILABLE. I AM REPORTING THIS BECAUSE I HEARD THERE IS AN INVESTIGATION I HAD A 2006 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXTENDED 2WD WE HAD NO SAFETY ISSUES AS WE DISCOVERED IT WAS NOT WORKING AND MONITORED MILES DRIVEN TO PREVENT RUNNING OUT OF FUEL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AFTER REFUELING AND OFTEN , WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED UNTIL THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. ADDITIONALLY, THE FUEL GAUGE WOULD NOT DISPLAY AN ACCURATE FUEL LEVEL READING. THE CONTACT NOTIFIED THE AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THEY ADVISED THAT THE FUEL TANK SENOR WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000. UPDATED 5/24/11 *CN

AS PER INCIDENT NUMBER DP10001 I AM ON MY THIRD FUEL SENSOR AND THE VEHICLE HAS LEFT MY FAMILY STRANDED IN DANGEROUS SITUATIONS SEVERAL TIMES DUE TO THE FAULTY PART. THE FAULTY PART IS PRESENTLY PREVENTING ME FROM PASSING EMISSIONS. *TR

ERRATIC FUEL GAUGE FOR COUPLE OF DAYS AND ABRUPT ENGINE POWER LOSS, FUEL GAUGE STAYED BELOW EMPTY MARK EVEN AFTER FULL FILL UP.

2006 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER GAS GAGE IS DROPPING TO EMPTY AND GAS ALARM GOES OFF WHEN IT HAS ALMOST 1/2 A TANK. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS FOR THIS PROBLEM ON LINE, AND IT HAS BEEN DANGEROUS. I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL. IF YOU CAN SEARCH THIS PROBLEM ON LINE YOU WOULD SEE HOW BAD IT HAS BEEN. *TR

THE FUEL GAUGE QUITE WORKING AT 75,000 AND IS CAUSED BY THE FUEL SENDING UNIT BEING DEFECTIVE. THIS CAUSES A HAZARD SINCE UNABLE TO DETERMINE AMOUNT OF FUEL AVAILABLE AND COULD CAUSE ENGINE TO QUIT ON ROAD. FROM ALL ITEMS I HAVE READ ABOUT THIS SEEMS TO BE A DEFECTIVE PART AND EVEN WHEN REPAIRED GOES BACK OUT. *TR

THE FUEL GAUGE ON OUR 2006 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER HAS FAILED ALONG WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON RESULTING FROM NUMEROUS CODES. THE ENTIRE FUEL PUMP/FILTER/SENDING UNIT HAS TO BE REPLACED AND THE VEHICLE WONT PASS AND INSPECTION WITHOUT IT. GM NEEDS TO RECALL THIS VEHICLE FOR THIS PROBLEM AND REFUND OWNERS WHO HAVE SPENT MONEY FIXING THE PROBLEM. *TR