2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer complaints

MY FUEL GAUGE IS NOT WORKING ON MY 2005 TRAILBLAZER AND THE BLOWER RESISTOR WENT ON MY TRUCK AS WELL. IT WENT FROM NO HEAT BLOWING ON LEVEL 5 TO THE ENTIRE THING NOT WORKING. *TR

2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER FUEL GAUGE LIGHT IS ALWAYS ON AND FUEL GAUGE IS STUCK AT E. THE ISSUE OCCURRED AROUND 65K MILES AND IS STILL OCCURRING TODAY WITH AUTOMOBILE AT 75K. *TR

FUEL GAUGE STARTED FUNCTIONING ERRATICALLY - WOULD GO FROM EMPTY TO FULL OR JUST START GOING BETWEEN FULL AND EMPTY FLOATING AROUND. EVENTUALLY IT JUST STAYED ON EMPTY EVEN WHEN I HAD JUST FILLED UP. FROM THE TIME THE PROBLEM STARTED TILL IT STOPPED WORKING WAS ONLY A MATTER OF WEEKS. NOW MY OIL GAUGE STOPPED WORKING ALSO. *TR

2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER INSTRUMENT CLUSTER GOING HAYWIRE, SPEEDOMETER SAYING YOU ARE GOING 80MPH WHILE YOU ARE NOT EVEN MOVING. YOU HAVE TO GUESS ON HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING. *TR

SPEEDOMETER SUDDENLY QUIT. AND WILL NOT READ OVER 25 MPH. LUCKILY CRUISE WAS SET SO I KNOW MY SPEED. ODOMETER STILL COUNTS CORRECTLY. ESTIMATES FOR REPLACEMENT OF INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ARE %500 AND UP. THIS IS A KNOWN SAFETY ISSUE WITH OVER 1000 COMPLAINTS. *TR

I WAS DRIVING TO TOWN ON I-10 WHEN I RAN OUT OF GAS AND WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED BY A SEMI. MY GAS GAUGE DIDN'T REGISTER EMPTY. I TOOK MY 2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER TO GATEWAY CHEVROLET AND WAS TOLD IT WAS THE FUEL LEVEL SENSOR AND WOULD COST ME $525.00 TO REPLACE. I NOW PERSONALLY KNOW OF 3 OTHER CHEVYS TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM, 2 TRAILBLAZERS AND 1 ENVOY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION AND FROM ALL THE COMPLAINTS I'M SEEING, I'M FAR FROM BEING ONE OF FEW THIS IS HAPPENING TO. FROM THE QUESTIONS I SEE BELOW I WONDER IF PEOPLE HAVE TO BE KILLED OR HARMED BEFORE ANYONE TAKES A LOOK AT THIS PROBLEM? *TR

2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER...SPEED/GAS/OIL/BASICALLY ALL GAUGES ARE MESSED UP...I SEE ONLINE THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS AS TO THIS ISSUE...THIS CAUSES A SAFETY ISSUE FOR MY KIDS AND MYSELF...IF I CAN'T DEPEND ON MY GAUGES THEN WHAT DO I DO... *TR

SPEEDOMETER STOPS WORKING , VERY ERRATIC BEHAVIOR. WILL WORK FOR FEW MINUTES AT A TIME. *TR

STOPPED AT THE GAS STATION TO FILL UP UPON LEAVING THE GAS GAUGE WAS SHOWING EMPTY WITH THE WARNING LIGHT COMING ON. AFTER ABOUT 30 MINUTES OF DRIVING THE LEVEL FINALLY WENT UP TO FULL. *TR

SPEEDOMTER FAILURE. *TR

FUEL LEVEL READS INCORRECT AS WELL AS OIL LEVEL. WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC THAT THE FUEL SENSOR AND OIL SENSOR IS DEFECTIVE. THIS COULD CAUSE ACCIDENTS TO IMPROPER READINGS AND CARS STALLING. *TR

SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT WORK ON 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER AND 2005 SILVERADO. *TR

FUEL GAUGE FAILURE. GAUGE DID NOT INDICT FUEL LEVEL ON MANY OCCASIONS, FINALLY FAILING COMPLETELY DURING SUMMER 2009. CAN CAUSE REAL PROBLEMS IF UNAWARE GAUGE IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY AND VEHICLE WERE TO RUN OUT OF FUEL IN HIGH TRAFFIC SITUATION SUCH AS ON THE FREEWAY. HAVE CONTACTED MANUFACTURER TO NO AVAIL. *TR

I JUST BOUGHT A 2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER LS. SPEEDOMETER IS GOING HAYWIRE. NEEDLE POINTS STRAIGHT DOWN AND SLOWLY TICKS BACKWARDS. WHEN IM STOPPED IT NORMALLY SHOWS IM GOING 60 MPH AND WHEN DRIVING IT GOES INTO THE 100'S AND THEN WAY PASSED THE 120 MPH MARK. ALSO MY OIL PRESSURE GAUGE NEEDLE IS WAY PASSED FULL AND IS ALMOST FACING STRAIGHT DOWN. APPARENTLY THERE'S BEEN A TON OF PEOPLE WITH THIS EXACT PROBLEM AND IT SHOULD BE A RECALL BUT APPARENTLY GM WON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 TRAILBLAZER WHOSE FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT WORK. IT HAPPENED BACK IN 08 AND I REFUSE TO PAY TO REPAIR A VEHICLE THAT IS STILL FAIRLY NEW. IT CONSTANTLY READS EMPTY WHEN I FILL UP THE TANK. I'VE HAD TO RELY ON THE ODOMETER SO I DON'T RUN OUT OF GAS. THERE IS ALSO A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM. AS I PRESS ON THE BRAKES WHILE GOING OVER A BUMP THE VEHICLE WILL SKIP OR SKID AND THE STEERING LOCKS UP. *TR

MY SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET NEAR MY HOUSE, DRIVING AT 45 MPH WHEN IT WENT OUT. SINCE THEN IT HAS NOT WORKED AND I NEVER KNOW HOW FAST I AM GOING. I CALLED CHEVY BECAUSE I HAD READ ONLINE THAT GM IS EXTENDING THE WARRANTY ON QUITE A FEW CARS AND TRUCKS THAT ARE HAVING THIS ISSUE AND AS LONG AS YOUR CAR HAS LESS THAN 70K MILES AND/OR 7 YEARS OLD THEY WILL FIX IT AT NO COST TO THE CAR OWNER. WHEN I SPOKE TO THE REPRESENTATIVE SHE SAID THAT MY TRAILBLAZER WAS NOT INCLUDED AND THEN MADE ME AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE LOCAL DEALER. ALTHOUGH IT WAS NICE TO MAKE THE APPOINTMENT I STILL HAVE TO PAY THE 200 DOLLAR DIAGNOSTIC FEE AND THE 700 DOLLARS TO GET IT FIXED. I SEE SO MANY COMPLAINTS ONLINE WITH MY YEAR AND MAKE THAT IT IS INCONCEIVABLE THAT THIS IS NOT A RECALL. *TR

I FILLED UP MY CHEVY WITH A FULL TANK OF GAS WHEN IT HAD ABOUT 1/4 OF A TANK LEFT. I GOT IN THE CAR AND IT STILL SAID I HAD 1/4 OF A TANK. I PULLED OVER AFTER DRIVING ABOUT 5 MINUTES AND SHUT OFF THE CAR, TURNED IT BACK ON, AND NOW IT WAS SHOWING EMPTY. SOMETIMES OUT OF NOWHERE IT WILL SHOW ME AT ABOUT JUST ABOVE EMPTY, EVEN IF I HAVE JUST FILLED UP, BUT IT HAS ONLY DONE THIS A FEW TIMES. IT STAYS ON EMPTY WITH THE FUEL LIGHT ON AND I NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH GAS I HAVE. I KEEP TRACK ON MY TRIP-O-METER TO MAKE SURE I HAVE ENOUGH GAS BUT HAVE RAN OUT OF GAS EVEN THOUGH I KEEP TRACK. *TR

DRIVING DOWN BUSY ROADWAY, FUEL GAUGE HAS NOT WORKED IN ABOUT 7 MONTHS BEEN USING ODOMETER TO ESTIMATE GAS USAGE. MY 2005 TRAILBLAZER RAN OUT OF GAS, ALMOST REARENDED. THERE WAS NO SHOULDER TO PULL OFF ROADWAY IN A DANGEROUS CURVE. NEARLY RUN OVER BY PASSING VEHICLE IN AN ATTEMPT TO SLOW TRAFFIC DOWN SO MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT CAUSE ACCIDENT. CLOSE CALL. IMAGINE A WOMAN WITH KIDS IN THIS SITUATION. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF THIS FUEL SENSOR PROBLEM ON THE TOPIX FORUMS WEBSITE. PLEASE HELP BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED WITH THIS PROBLEM. *TR

JUST AS SO MANY OTHER 2005 TRAILBLAZER OWNERS, NEITHER MY SPEEDOMETER OR GAS GAUGE HAS WORKED FOR SOME TIME. I REFUSE TO PAY THE COST TO HAVE THESE REPAIRED AT $500 + ON A VEHICLE THAT I FEEL IS STILL NEW. TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM, I PURCHASED A GARMIN WHICH WILL TELL YOU WHAT SPEED YOU ARE GOING AND HAVE FIGURED OUT WITH MY GAS GAUGE THAT WHEN I HAVE GAS, MY LOW FUEL LIGHT STAYS ON AND WHEN I AM GETTING LOW, IT GOES OFF. SO I WORK BACKWARDS, WHEN MY LOW FUEL LIGHT GOES OFF, I FILL MY GAS TANK AND MONITOR THE MILES I HAVE DRIVEN. WHY IS GM NOT HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS PROBLEM, IT IS OBVIOUSLY WIDESPREAD. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER WITH 50,000 MILES. STARTING A COUPLE MONTHS AGO THE SPEEDOMETER REGULARLY MALFUNCTIONS AND GIVES ME THE WRONG SPEED. GM REFUSES TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM AND TELLS ME I HAVE TO SPEND $125 TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM AND POSSIBLY OVER $500 TO ULTIMATELY FIX THE PROBLEM THE PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED TO MANY 2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER OWNERS AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. *TR

THE CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER HAS A HISTORY OF THE GAUGE CLUSTER IN THE DASH BEING DEFECTIVE. IT SEEMS THAT MANY CONSUMERS ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THEM GOING OUT. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE FUEL GAUGE AND SPEEDOMETER DO NOT WORK. THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM AND IT SEEMS THAT CHEVROLET DOES NOT FEEL THE NEED TO HELP THE CONSUMERS CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. WE HAVE CHECKED INTO THE TIME AN COST OF THE REPAIRS AND IT IS VERY TIME CONSUMING AND EXPENSIVE FOR THE CONSUMER. *TR

MY SPEEDOMETER IN MY 2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER HAS STARTED NOT WORKING ON OCCASION. IT WILL WORK ONLY AFTER I TURN THE VEHICLE OFF AND LET IT SIT A BIT. THIS IS VERY DISTURBING TO ME DUE TO THE FACT THAT I AM A VERY SAFE DRIVER AND WHEN THIS HAPPENS I FEEL I AM A THREAT TO OTHERS ON THE ROAD. *TR

JUST ADDING ANOTHER 2005 TRAILBLAZER SPEEDOMETER TO THE GROWING LIST OF FAILURES. SPEEDOMETER QUITS WORKING SO MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM . 450.00 TO GET IT FIXED I NEED A BAIL OUT TO FIX IT. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER LT AND LIVE IN BIRMINGHAM, AL. ON MY WAY HOME FROM CHURCH ON A SUNDAY MORNING, I ENCOUNTERED A SEVERE ISSUE WITH MY SPEEDOMETER. AS I WAS DRIVING UP ON A POLICE OFFICER I LOOKED AT MY SPEEDOMETER, WHICH SAID I WAS DOING 70 SO I BEGAN SLOWING DOWN BUT MY SPEEDOMETER DIDN'T - IT CONTINUED TO GO UP. I STARTED HITTING MY BRAKES THINKING THAT WOULD MAKE THE SPEEDOMETER GO BACK DOWN BUT IT DIDN'T. AS I PULLED OFF THE INTERSTATE AND STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT, THE SPEEDOMETER KEPT GOING UP TO 110 MPH. THEN AS THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, I STARTED AGAIN AND THE SPEEDOMETER WENT STRAIGHT TO THE BOTTOM FACING THE FLOOR. I THOUGHT WHEN I GET HOME AND TURN THE CAR OFF, THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD RESET ITSELF. WELL ... IT DIDN'T!! I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO DO NOW! THE ECONOMY IS SO !@#$% BAD THAT I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF A FORECLOSURE AND NOW THIS CRAP HAPPENS! GM SHOULD RECALL THIS FAULTY ISSUES AS IT IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING ... HOW THE !@#$% DO YOU DRIVE WITHOUT A SPEEDOMETER UNLESS YOU ARE LOOKING TO GET IN TROUBLE BY THE LAW!! *TW

THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER MALFUNCTIONED SAYING I WAS GOING FASTER THAN I REALLY WAS. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES; THE FIRST TIME ON JANUARY 28TH 2010, AND TWICE ON THE NIGHT OF FEBRUARY 4TH 2010. IT APPEARS TO BE GETTING WORSE EACH TIME. THE SPEEDOMETER WILL INCREASE DURING ACCELERATION AND NOT MOVE FOR DECELERATION. WITH EACH DECELERATION AND SUBSEQUENT ACCELERATION THE SPEEDOMETER CONTINUES TO INCREASE UNTIL YOU HIT MAX SPEED OF 120 MPH. THIS IS A LARGE DANGER FOR FREQUENT FREEWAY/HIGHWAY TRAVELING CONSIDERING THE VEHICLES APPROACHING FROM THE REAR AND I HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING HOW FAST MY VEHICLE IS REALLY GOING. THE ONLY WAY THAT I HAVE FOUND TO RESET THE SPEEDOMETER, IS TO STOP AND SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE, THEN RESTART THE VEHICLE. HOWEVER, THIS MUST BE DONE MULTIPLE TIMES, SOMETIMES UP TO 10 TIMES OR MORE. EACH TIME THE VEHICLE IS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED, THE SPEEDOMETER WILL RESET APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH. THIS EVENING I HAD TO RESTART MY TRUCK 12 TIMES TO GET IT BACK TO ZERO. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED, A FRIEND WAS DRIVING FOR ME, AND THIS MALFUNCTION HAS RESULTED IN A SPEEDING TICKET. *TR

HEADLIGHTS DIM GREATLY WHEN THE TEMPERATURE IS IN THE 30S OR BELOW. TOOK THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE AT A CERTIFIED CHEVROLET REPAIR CENTER ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT IT IS NORMAL. *TR

I OWN A 2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER. ON HIGHWAY 61 NEAR TROY, MO, THERE IS A SPEED RADAR SET ALONG THE ROAD TO DISPLAY VEHICLE SPEED TO DRIVERS. ON 2 OCCASIONS, MY SPEEDOMETER SHOWED SPEEDS OF 60 MPH WHEN THE RADAR DISPLAY SHOWED 40 TO 45 MPH AND ON 3 OCCASIONS, MY SPEEDOMETER INDICATED SPEEDS OF 60 (THE SPEED LIMIT), WHILE THE RADAR DISPLAYED SPEEDS ANYWHERE FROM 75 TO 85 MPH. I WAS GOING 15 TO 25 MPH FASTER THAN THE SPEED LIMIT, BUT DID NOT KNOW IT ACCORDING TO MY SPEEDOMETER. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME, BUT HAS OCCURRED AT LEAST 6 OR 7 TIMES OVER THE PAST YEAR AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. I HAVE FOUND THAT WHEN I STOP THE TRAILBLAZER, WHEN THE SPEEDOMETER IS REGISTERING LOW, THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE WILL ACTUALLY MOVE BELOW THE 0 MPH. ON THOSE OCCASIONS WHEN MY SPEEDOMETER WAS REGISTERING HIGH, WHEN I HAVE STOPPED THE VEHICLE, THE NEEDLE WILL STILL BE SHOWING 25 TO 40 MPH! MY FEAR IS THAT ON ONE OF THOSE OCCASIONS THAT MY SPEED IS ACTUALLY FASTER THAN INDICATED, MY SPEED MY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE FOUND THAT AFTER STOPPING THE CAR AND TURNING IT OFF, IF I JUST TURN THE IGNITION KEY TO RUN WITHOUT STARTING IT SEVERAL TIMES, THE NEEDLE WILL GRADUALLY RESET ITSELF BACK TO 0 AND I WON'T HAVE ANY MORE PROBLEMS FOR A WHILE. I HAVE HAD AN ESTIMATE TO REPLACE THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FOR $500 TO $600, BUT I FEEL THIS IS A RECALL PROBLEM THAT CHEVROLET NEEDS TO TAKE CARE OF. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER TRAILBLAZER OWNERS ON THE INTERNET, THIS IS WHAT MOVED ME TO FILE THIS

1. DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, MINDING MY BUSINESS... 2. SPEEDOMETER IS STUCK AT 0 WHEN I'M DRIVING, SAYS I'M GOING 100+ WHEN I'M AT A STANDSTILL, & IS NEVER ACCURATE ANY MORE. HAPPENS EVERY TIME I DRIVE NOW. ALREADY ONE SPEEDING TICKET- 55 IN A 40 AND I HAD NO IDEA. 3. NOTHING DONE YET- DEALER SAYS COST WILL BE $500+. *TR

AFTER FILLING MY GAS TANK, THE GAS GAUGE NEEDLE DROPPED PAST "E". IT RECOVERED SOMEWHAT AND A FEW DAYS LATER, BACK TO "E". THE NEEDLE ONLY SOMETIMES MOVES PAST "E", EVEN WHEN FULL, AND NEVER GOES MORE THAT THE 1/4 MARK. I'VE UNKNOWINGLY RUN OUT OF GAS TWICE. FIRST OCCASION I WAS ON A DARK ROADSIDE BUT HAD SOMEONE NEARBY TO HELP. THE MOST RECENT OCCASION I WAS ON A HIGHWAY, STALLED PARTIALLY IN TRAFFIC. IT WAS 5 DEGREES OUTSIDE AND THE CLOSEST ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE PROVIDER WAS OVER AN HOUR AWAY. *TR

2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER FUEL GAUGE STOPPED WORKING. FILLED CAR WITH GAS GAUGE READS EMPTY. NO WAY TO KNOW NOW WHEN I AM OUT OF GAS. CAR ALSO HAS A DISTINCT GAS SMELL. *TR

ALL GAUGES ON MY 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER HAVE FAILED. IT APPEARS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM, AND MANY OTHER CHEVROLET MODELS USING THE SAME GAUGE CLUSTER HAVE BEEN RECALLED, BUT NOT THE TRAILBLAZER. *TR

MY 2005 TRAILBLAZER'S FUEL SENSOR AS EXPLAINED IN YOUR DP10001 HAS BEEN MALFUNCTIONING FOR MANY MONTHS. GM DEALER DOESN'T SEEM TO BE AWARE OF IT, BUT IT SEEMS MANY OWNERS (1000"S) HAVE THE SEEM PROBLEM, SOME HAVE HAD THEIR COMPUTER SHUT DOWN THE CAR WHILE DRIVING. SHOULDN'T THERE BE A RECALL ON THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM. THE FUEL GAUGE ALWAYS READS EMPTY. *TR

THE FUEL GAUGE OF OUR 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER, FLUCTUATES AND SELDOM GIVES AN ACCURATE READING. ON ONE PARTICULAR DAY WHILE MY WIFE WAS ON HER WAY TO WORK, THE VEHICLE RAN OUT OF FUEL WHILE READING A QUARTER OF A TANK. SHE WAS ON A 2 LANE ROAD THAT IS POSTED AT 55 MPH AND WAS NEARLY REAR-ENDED. THIS SEEMS TO BE A MAJOR AND EXPENSIVE PROBLEM WITH MANY GM VEHICLES. IT IS A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THIS PROBLEM RESULTS IN A FATALITY WHETHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVROLET TRAIL BLAZER THAT THE TACHOMETER AND SPEEDOMETER FAIL TO WORK. DOING RESEARCH ON THE WEB THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM. WHY IS THERE NOT A RECALL FOR THIS SAFETY HAZARD?*CW

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVORLET TRAILBLAZER. I HAVE HAD BOTH SPEEDOMETER AND GAS GAUGE QUIT WORKING ON ME. HAVE BEEN TOLD IT WILL BE AROUND $500 EACH TO BE FIXED! I FEEL THAT THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND SHOULD BE A RECALL BY GM. 2005 MODELS HAVE THE WORSE OVERALL RATING WITH THESE 2 MALFUNCTIONS BE THE TOP 2 COMPLAINTS!*CW

I JUST PURCHASED A 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER LAST NIGHT 1/25/10,TODAY THE SPEEDOMETER AND THE GAS GAUGE DO NOT FUNCTION. THE SPEEDOMETER ROTATES WHEN IT WANT ALL THE WAY AROUND THE DIAL. THE DEALER STATES IT IS AN AS IS CAR AND THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE. I RESEARCHED TODAY AND FOUND WAY TOO MANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE ON THIS MODEL. WHY ISN'T GM ADDING THIS TO THEIR RECALLS ON OTHER MODELS WITH THE SAME ISSUE? *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER LS. HE STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL DISPLAYED THE INCORRECT FUEL LEVEL, MILEAGE, AND SPEED TRAVELED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON HIS VEHICLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE REPAIRS WOULD BE AT THE OWNER'S EXPENSE AND THAT THE PANEL COULD POSSIBLY FAIL AGAIN. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE TO DATE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 57,413.

THE SPEEDOMETER MALFUNCTION BEGAN ON JANUARY 11, 2010. FIRST THE SPEEDOMETER APPEARED TO BE STUCK AT ZERO. NOW IT HAS GONE UP AND PAST THE HIGHEST MPH READING ON THE 2005 TRAILBLAZER. THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON THE OTHER CHEVY TRUCKS WITH THE SAME SPEEDOMETER BUT HAS NOT INCLUDED THE TRAILBLAZER. HOW CAN ONE SAFELY DRIVE WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE AN ACCURATE READING ON HOW FAST THE VEHICLE IS TRAVELING? *TR

SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING. *TR

ABSOLUTELY NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY, REGULAR DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER DOES NOT WORK. IT IS CONTINUOUSLY READING THE WRONG SPEED AND SKIPS WHEN MOVING. IT WILL GO ALL THE WAY TO 120MPH AND THEN BEYOND WHEN I KNOW I AM ONLY GOING 50. AT 55 TO 65 MILES AN HOUR THE SPEEDO STICKS THEN CONTINUES TO CLIMB. THE ONLY WAY I HAVE FIGURED OUT HOW TO CHANGE IT BACK IS TO TURN ON AND OFF THE VEHICLE UNTIL IT RESETS BACK TO 0. THIS TAKES FOR EVER AND IS DAMAGING TO THE VEHICLE. IT ONLY GOES BACK 4 MPH AT A TIME WHENEVER I HAVE TO DO THIS. IT HAPPENS ALMOST EVERYDAY NOW AND I AM LIVID WITH MY VEHICLE. I WILL NEVER BUY A GMC AGAIN. *TR

2005 GM TRAILBLAZER SPEEDOMETER WITH 58300 MILES IS TOTALLY INOPERATIVE DUE TO A FAULTY STEPPER MOTOR WITHIN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER PANEL. OTHER GAUGES IN THIS CLUSTER ARE ALSO POTENTIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO PREMATURE FAILURE BECAUSE THEY USE THE SAME DEFECTIVE MODEL STEPPER MOTOR. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE ESPECIALLY DURING RAINY OR ICY MONTHS WHERE UNKNOWN EXCESSIVE SPEED COULD CAUSE A FATALITY. THE SPEEDOMETER, AS WELL AS THE ODOMETER, SHOULD BE SERVICEABLE FOR THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE AND IS NOT DEEMED PERISHABLE. GM CUSTOMER SERVICE USES A PREDEFINED 'DENIAL OF SERVICE' CAMPAIGN BY WHICH THEY GATHER INFORMATION AND REQUIRE DEALERSHIP TESTING , THE COST OF AT LEAST $88 TO BE PAID BY THE OWNER, THEN DENIES ALL REMEDIAL ACTION BY USING THE VIN NUMBER AND MILEAGE AS A REASON TO NOT REPLACE THE KNOWN DEFECTIVE PART. THIS IS THOUGHT TO BE INTEGRAL TO THE DELPHI GM PARTS SUIT $100 MILLION SETTLEMENT OF SEPTEMBER 10, 2007 WHERE THE DEFECTIVE STEPPER MOTOR PART WAS PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGED AND GM IS SUPPOSE TO REPLACE THEM WITHOUT COST TO THE CONSUMER. FURTHER EVIDENCE OF GM USING A KNOWN DEFECTIVE PART IN THEIR SPEEDOMETER IS A CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT FILED AND WON BY TOUSLEY BRAIN STEPHENS, LLC ON NOVEMBER 7, 2008. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. SIX MONTHS AGO WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE SPEED ODOMETER FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED COMPLAINTS FOR THE FAILURE; THEREFORE, THERE WERE NO RECALLS AND HE SHOULD TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 87,000. UPDATED 2/17/10 *CN UPDATED 02/22/10.*JB

THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER IS OUT OF WACK. IT REGISTERS AT LEAST 3 TO 4 TIMES FASTER THAN I AM GOING. I HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING HOW FAST I'M GOING . *TR

WHEN WE BOUGHT OUR 2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER WE HAD TO TURN IT AROUND AND TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. ALL THEY DID WAS RESET IT. IT CAME BACK ON SOME TIME LATER, WE TOOK IT BACK TO DEALERSHIP THEY GOT IT WORKED IN AT THE NEAREST CHEVY SHOP, THEY RESET THE LIGHT AND WE WERE TOLD TO BUY A GASCAP FOR IT. WE BOUGHT THE GAS CAP, LIGHT STAYED OFF UNTIL NOW. WE HAVE TAKEN OUR 2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER TO THE LOCAL SHOP THEY HOOKED IT UP TO THE COMPUTER AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG. SO FAR NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE, BUT SINCE THE LIGHT IS ON IT IS A GAS GUZZLER WITH LIGHT ON GETTING 6 MILES TO THE GALLON. WITH GAS AT 2.59 A GALLON THAT'S NOT CHEAP. CHEVROLET DEALER IN TOWN SAYS ITS PROBABLY THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDS CLEANING, AND IT NEEDS A NEW BATTERY. THEY SAY THE THROTTLE BODY IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN THE NEW MODELS, BECAUSE THE GAS IS NOT FIT FOR THE NEWER MODEL VEHICLES. *TR

SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. THE ONLY REASON I FOUND OUT WAS CHP STOPPED ME FOR GOING 45 MPH. ONCE I BEGAN TO SLOWDOWN THE SPEEDOMETER JUMPED TO OVER 100MPH! I EXPLAINED THE SITUATION AND HE FOLLOWED ME TO THE NEXT EXIT WHERE I LET THE CAR REST. HE KNEW I NEED TO LET THE CAR REST BECAUSE HE HAD PULLED OVER ANOTHER TRAILBLAZER WITH THE SAME PROBLEM!! *TR

I AM ALSO HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY SPEEDOMETER. I AM CONTACTING GENERAL MOTORS IN DETROIT TO SEE ABOUT GETTING THIS PROBLEM FIXED NOT ONLY FOR MYSELF, BUT FOR EVERYONE ELSE WHO IS HAVING THIS PROBLEM. (THEY FIXED MY FAULTY FUEL PROBLEM). *TR

CAR STALLS WHEN GOING AROUND CORNERS. *TR

1. WHILE DRIVING THE SPEEDOMETER STUCK AT 65 MPH 2. THE SPEEDOMETER SHOWS 65 MPH WHEN THE CAR IS STOPPED AND WHEN DRIVEN, IT GOES TO A HIGHER MPH AS I DRIVE. 3. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE YET AS I AM WAITING FOR A REPAIR ESTIMATE. *TR

SPEEDOMETER NO LONGER WORKING PROPERLY. IT VARIES FROM DAY TO DAY AS TO WHAT SPEED IT SHOWS THAT THE VEHICLE IS TRAVELING. I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A DANGER IN THE FACT THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW FAST YOU ARE ACTUALLY TRAVELING. TO GET TECHNICAL THE DMV SAYS THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE ATLEAST 1 CAR LENGTH FOR EVERY 10 MPH YOU ARE TRAVELING BETWEEN YOU AND THE VEHICLE AHEAD OF YOU IN ORDER TO STOP YOUR VEHICLE IN TIME. HOW CAN YOU DO THAT IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING. WAS QUOTED $500 COST TO REPAIR. *TR

FUEL SENSOR WENT OUT. WELL KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE TRAILBLAZER/ENVOY. GAS GAUGE SHOWED EMPTY AFTER FILLING WITH 18 GALLONS OF FUEL. REPAIR COST OVER $500. *TR