2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer complaints

THE FUEL SENSOR THAT WORKS THE GAS GAUGE HAD TO BE REPAIRED TWICE. *TR

BOUGHT THE 2005 TRAILBLAZER NEW, HAVE TAKEN IT TO HAVE THE FLASHING LIGHTS FIXED ON 3 OCCASIONS, BUT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, SO THEY COULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THEN WHILE ON A TRIP THE SWITCH WENT OUT, AND WAS REPLACED AT A DEALER WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT PURCHASED, THE LIGHTS QUIT FLASHING. NOW THE ALTERNATOR HAS GONE OUT, ONLY 48,000 MILES. *JB

I WAS DRIVING ON AN ELEVATED INTERSTATE AND LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. I HIT THE GUARDRAIL IN A DIRECT FRONTAL IMPACT. THE ENTIRE FRONT OF THE CAR WAS CRUSHED ABOUT 40 INCHES. THE CAR IS TOTALED BUT THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. I SUFFERED SOME INJURIES ON MY HEAD EVEN THOUGH I HAD MY SEATBELT ON. *JB

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER AND WHILE DRIVING AT CERTAIN TIMES THE HEADLIGHTS WILL FLASH (BRIGHT -> DIM -> BRIGHT) IN A FAST FASHION. I BELIEVE THAT THIS COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT WERE PEOPLE THINK YOU ARE ALLOWING THEM TO PULL OUT IN FRONT OF THEM, ECT. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO MY DEALER AND THEY SAY THERE IS NO FIX FOR THE PROBLEM. FROM WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE SAYING ON FORUMS CHEVY SAYS THIS IS "NORMAL". DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ACCIDENT I BELIEVE THESE VEHICLES SHOULD BE RECALLED. HERE IS A SITE I FOUND REGARDING THE ISSUE HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.NET/FORUM/AUTOS/CHEVROLET-TRAILBLAZER/TUCLLQK4UIF5NA0UT. I'M HAVING THE SAME ISSUE DESCRIBED HERE AND I BELIEF IT CAUSES AN UNSAFE CONDITION WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE VEHICLE HAS CONTINENTAL CONTITRAC TR OWL, SIZES P245/65R17 TIRES. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SWERVE. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND REPLACED THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE WITH A SPARE. HE ALSO NOTICED TREAD SEPARATION. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 47,000. UPDATED 12-13-07. *KB

ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, I HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH THE HEADLIGHTS DIMMING UPON SLOWING FROM HIGHWAY SPEEDS. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS NORMAL FUNCTION, AND COULD NOT BE REPRODUCED BY THE DEALER. TODAY, I WAS INFORMED BY ANOTHER DEALER THAT THE ALTENATOR BEARINGS HAVE GONE BAD, AND THE ALTENATOR NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. VEHICLE HAS 57K MILES.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. SHE NOTICED THAT THE ADHESIVE THAT HELD THE REAR WINDOW IN PLACE CAME LOOSE. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WHEN THEY ATTEMPTED TO OPEN IT THE GLASS SHATTERED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR IT AT THEIR COST. THE CONTACT FELT THE VEHICLE SHOULD BE INCLUDED AS PART OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN# 05V035000 (VISIBILITY: WINDSHIELD). THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 67,000.

BASICALLY MY 2006 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER CONTINUES TO GO DEAD WHILE DRIVING OR NOT. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP MORE THAN 5X AND THEY STILL CANT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. SOMETIMES IT STOPS IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING AND AT OTHER TIMES IF I GO NOWHERE IT WILL NOT CRANK UP. SINCE THE PURCHASE OF MY BRAND NEW VEHICLE THE DEALERSHIP HAS PUT IN 2 NEW BATTERIES WHICH WAS NOT THE PROBLEM AS THEY STATED. THEY HAVE ALSO KEPT MY VEHICLE FOR AT LEAST A WEEK TO SEE WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT WHICH DID OCCUR. ONE DAY THEY WERE DRIVING IT THE NEXT DAY IT WOULDN'T START. THEY JUMPED THE VEHICLE AND PUT IT ON THE COMPUTER STILL GOT NOTHING. THIS IS POSING A PROBLEM FOR ME SINCE I HAVE 3 YOUNG KIDS ALL UNDER THE AGE OF 5 THAT I DRIVE AROUND DAILY. WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN WHEN THE TRUCK STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC WITH MY LITTLE ONES! *JB

CONTINENTAL TIRE FAILURE CUSTOMER STATES THAT HE HAD A SERIOUS BLOW OUT AND THAT THE TIRE SIDEWALL COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE TREAD THIS IS THE SECOND TIRE TO MALFUNCTION ON HIS VEHICLE IN LESS THAN ONE WEEK**CC THE CONSUMER STATED HE IS VERY CONCERNED THAT 2 TIRES FAILED WITHIN A WEEK AND IS REALLY HOPEFUL ABOUT THE SITUATION BEING INVESTIGATED. *TR UPDATED 08/29/07. *JB

HEADLIGHTS AND INTERIOR LIGHTS FLASH AND FLICKER RAMDOMLY WHILE DRIVING. SOMETIMES IT IS SO BAD THAT OTHER DRIVERS PULL OVER BECAUSE THEY THINK I AM FLASHING THE LIGHTS AT THEM. DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN UNABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM AFTER FOUR VISITS.*AK

THE HEADLIGHTS ON THE VEHCLE DIMME D INTERMITANTLY. IT OCCURRED AT NIGHT AND OFTEN WHEN I REMOVE THE FOOT FROM THE GAS PEDAL. IT MAY HAPPEN ONE NIGHT AND NOT HAPPEN AGAIN UNTIL 3 TO 4 NIGHTS FROM THEN. *AK IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT BACK TO THE MULTIPLE DEALERSHIPS 4 TIMES. ONCE, THEY STATED IT WAS A BAD GROUND, NEXT TIME THEY CHANGED THE BATTERY AND THE NEXT TIME THEY SAID IT WAS NORMAL. THEN I WENT TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP AND THEY CHANGED OUT THE ALTERNATOR. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE FOR OTHER DRIVERS ALNG WITH MYSELF BECAUSE OF THE BLINKING HEADLIGHTS. THE AMP METER OF THE DASHBOARD FLUCTUATES WHEN THIS OCCURS.

IN MARCH 2007 THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON . I TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT. IT TURNED OUT TO BE THE SECONDARY AIR PUMP EITHER CLOGGED, NOT RUNNING OR SOMETHING ELECTRICAL WITH IT. EVER SINCE THEN ALL THE EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR LIGHTS BECAME BRIGHT THEN DIMMED FOR A FEW MINUTES WHEN I START THE VEHICLE. AFTER LEAVING FOR WORK AND STOPPING THE VEHICLE TO TURN, AND THEN AGAIN A FEW MILES DOWN THE ROAD, THE HEADLAMPS STARTED TO FLICKER. SOMETIMES IT FLICKERED A FEW MORE TIMES BEFORE I GOT TO WORK , ONLY 25 MINUTES FROM HOME. I HAVE NOTICED THE BATTERY GAUGE FLUCTUATED WHILE THIS IS HAPPENED. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS NORMAL. ALSO, I AM NOT SURE THIS WAS RELATED, BUT EVER SINCE THE CHECK ENGINE"LIGHT PROBLEM THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM DID NOT WORK PROPERLY. IT DIDN'T WORK ON 5, BUT IT DID BLOW SOME ON THE OTHER LEVELS, AND THAT VARIED TOO. I HAVE HAD THE AIR CONDITIONING RECHARGED, TO NO AVAIL, IT ACTED LIKE THERE WAS A LEAK SOMEWHERE. HOPEFULLY ,GM OR SOMEONE ELSE WILL FIND THE SOLUTION BEFORE THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL FIRE OR EVEN A CASE OF ROAD RAGE DUE TO OTHER DRIVERS THINKING I WA S FLASHING THE BRIGHT LIGHTS AT THEM. *AK

EXTERIOR LIGHTS AND INTERIOR LIGHTS DIM OUT RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT GM SAYS IT IS NORMAL AND NOTHING THEY CAN DO. CHEVROLET HAS ISSUED A BULLETIN REGARDING THIS. HOW SAFE CAN IT BE TO DRIVE AT NIGHT WITH HEADLIGHTS DIMMING OUT? *TR

I PURCHASED AN 2005 TRAILBLAZER AND MY HEADLIGHTS GO BRIGHT AND DIM AND I CONTACTED GM AND THEY ARE UNWILLING TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND TO PUT ME INTO A SAFER CAR I AM SCARED TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE CONSIDERING I HAVE TWO SMALL CHILDREN I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN

WHILE DRIVING I AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED TO WORK IN THE DRIVE POSITION. IT WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS,WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT A COMPLETE FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS SAFELY STOPPED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THEIR WERE NO INJURIES, BUT UNDER DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES THIS OCCURRENCE MAY HAVE RESULTED IN SEVERE INJURY OR DEATH. THE VEHICLE HAD ONLY 51,653 MILES AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE TRANSMISSION WAS OVERHAULED AND THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED 5 DAYS LATER. THE REQUIRED FIRST SERVICE OF THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT SCHEDULED UNTIL 100,000 MILES.*AK

SEVERE FLUCTUATIONS IN ELECTRICAL POWER, RESULTING IN DIMMING OF HEADLIGHTS. *AK

2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER HEADLIGHTS DIMMED WHILE DRIVING FOR NO REASON. VEHICLE BROUGHT TO DEALER, THEY STATED IT WAS NORMAL DUE TO AN AIR PUMP TURNING ON AND OFF. I FELT IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS DUE TO OTHER DRIVER'S THINKING I AM FLASHING THE HEADLIGHTS AT THEM. THAT HAPPENED ABOUT 10 TIMES A WEEK WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. I HAVE FOUND ONLINE MANY OTHER OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. AT THE LINK BELOW HTTP://WWW.TOPIX.NET/FORUM/AUTOS/CHEVROLET-TRAILBLAZER/TUCLLQK4UIF5NA0UT. AK

THE SENDING UNIT FOR THE FUEL GAUGE ON MY 2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A COST TO ME OF $400.00. WHEN MY REPAIRER CALLED THE DEALER FOR THE PART, HE WAS TOLD HE HAD TO WAIT A DAY AS THE PART WAS NOT IN STOCK, BECAUSE THE HAD SOLD OUT OF THEM AND THERE HAD BEEN A "RUN" ON THIS INDIVIDUAL PART. THIS WOULD LEAD ME TO BELIEVE THAT THE PART FAILURE IS NOT RANDOM BUT THAT IT WAS DEFECTIVE AND OTHERS WERE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM AS I. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD APPROXIMATELY FOUR FEET WHILE IN THE IDLE POSITION. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE FOUR TIMES AND WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE AND DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE DEALER TO REPROGRAM THE COMPUTER. THE COMPUTER WAS REPROGRAMMED, BUT THE FAILURE STILL PERSISTED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 37,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 900.

ON 04/06 MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR 05 TRAILBLAZER THAT WE HAVE HAD ABOUT A YEAR AND THE DEALER ALREADY HAD TO REPLACE THE ENGINE, AND NOW THE BRAKES JUST WENT COMPLETELY OUT WITHOUT WARNING. IT CAUSED HER TO REAR END ANOTHER VEHICLE LUCKILY NO ONE WAS HURT. THE DEALER WE BOUGHT IT FROM REFUSES TO WORK WITH US THEY TOLD US THEY ALREADY PUT THE NEW ENGINE IN IT AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO DO IT. IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO DO IT THEN WHY DID THEY KEEP IT 2 MONTHS RIGHT AFTER WE BOUGHT IT? I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC NEAR WHERE WE LIVE AND HE REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER FOR THE BRAKES AND THEY WORK FINE NOW. THE DEALER SAID THAT IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY 75 DOLLARS FOR THEM TO TELL US WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT. THIS IS THE WORST VEHICLE I HAVE EVER OWNED. AS SOON AS YOU FIX SOMETHING, SOMETHING ELSE MAJOR GOES WRONG WITH IT. YOU NAME IT AND I HAVE PROBABLY HAD IT WORKED ON IN THIS VEHICLE. I CALLED THE DEALER AND TRIED TO WORK WITH THEM AND JUST REPLACE THE VEHICLE WITH ONE I COULD PUT MY WIFE AND KIDS IN WITHOUT WORRY IF SOMETHING ELSE IS GOING TO GO WRONG WITH IT AND SOMEONE GETS REALLY HURT OR KILLED. I JUST NEED HELP TRADING THIS VEHICLE IN SO I CAN GET A RELIABLE FORM OF TRANSPORTATION FOR MY FAMILY. JUST WANT THE DEALER TO WORK WITH ME AND CANCEL THIS LOAN OUT AND I WILL GLADLY BUY ANOTHER VEHICLE. *JB

THE HEADLIGHTS WILL DIM WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THIS CAN OCCUR WHEN IDLING BUT MOSTLY HAPPENS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS AT HIGHWAY SPEED. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES AND TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS HAVE CHECKED THE PROBLEM AND PERFORMED ALL APPLICABLE TSBS AND REPLACED THE BCM WITH NO DIFFERENCE IN THE PROBLEM. THE LIGHTS WILL DIM ENOUGH THAT WHEN DRIVING ON DARK COUNTRY ROADS I AM NOT ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE EDGES OF THE ROAD. TECH SUPPORT CLAIMS THIS IS NORMAL OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM. *JB

2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER CUSTOMER STATED WHILE LEAVING PULLING OUT OF DRIVE THE REAR DOOR WAS OPEN AND THE INDICATOR DID NOT COME ON**NAR**CC *JB

I AM EXPERIENCING THE SAME LIGHT DIMMING/VOLTAGE DROP ISSUE ON MY '05 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER THAT I SAW REPORTED BY MANY OTHERS ON THE WWW. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN TO DEALER TWICE FOR THIS ISSUE, I AM TOLD THAT LIGHTS DIMMING DURING QUICK DECELERATION WAS NORMAL, AND CAUSED BY AIR PUMP. WHILE GM MAY CONSIDER THIS NORMAL, I OBJECTED TO THAT CHARACTERIZATION AS ITWAS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO HAVE HEADLIGHTS AND ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM DIMMING RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. THIS PRESENTS A LEGITIMATE SAFETY ISSUE. HOW CAN WE FORCE GM TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? *AK

ON THE BACK OF MY 2005 TRAILBLAZER THE SEAL AROUND THE LICENSE PLATE WAS MELTING . IT RAN LIKE BLACK TAR. TALKED WITH OTHER OWNERS, AND THEY ALL HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. WAS PART ON RECALL. HAD IT REPLACED JUST AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR, BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER LS 4WD SPEEDOMETER FAILED AS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY. WAS GOING APPROXIAMATELY 60 MPH AND SPEEDOMETER REGISTERD 10 MPH. IT CORRECTED IT SELF AND FOR A COUPLE DAYS IT WAS FINE AGAIN. THEN IT STARTED REPEATING SAME FAILURE, AND STAYED THE SAME. IT WAS TAKEN INTO A GMC DEALER AND THE REPAIR WAS DONE. THE SPEEDOMETER WAS REPLACED, WITH A TOTAL BILL OF $463.09, PAID MY MYSELF, SINCE THE WARRANTY WAS JUST BARELY OVER.

MY HEADLIGHTS DIM WHILE DRIVING ,FIRST NOTICED WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 25 MI. FROM HOME AND THEY WOULD GO DIM AND THE GAGE WOULD DROPBELOW 14 AND THEN THEY WOULD BRIGHTEN UP AND THE GAGE WENT ABOVE 14, HAS DONE THIS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS DEALER TOOK IT HOME OVER NIGHT TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON AND OF COURSE IT DIDN'T DO IT , HE SHOWED ME A PRINT OUT THAT SAID NOT TO REPLACE THE ALTERNATOR THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH IT, IT CONTINUES TO DO THIS AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM BUT UNTIL THEY SEE IT I'M JUST STUCK WITH IT , ANY SUGGESTIONS!. *AK

WHEN I START UP MY TRAILBLAZER AND DRIVE OFF THE HEADLIGHTS AND DASH LIGHTS FLASH AND FLICKER. I HAVE TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP TWICE FOR REPAIRS AND THEY FIND NOTHING WRONG, AND GAVE ME A BULLETIN FROM GM THAT STATED THIS IS A NORMAL OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC DUE TO A SECONDARY AIR PUMP DIAGNOSTIC ROUTINE, AND THAT THERE IS NOTHING TO FIX. I THINK THIS IS WRONG. THE LIGHTS FLASH SO MUCH PEOPLE THINK I AM FLASHING MY LIGHTS AT THEM. IF I SIT AND IDLE FOR 30 SECONDS OR SO, SOMETIMES THAT HELPS, SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T (THIS WAS GM'S "FIX"). IF IT'S COLD I HAVE TO IDLE IT FOR SEVERAL MINUTES, AND EVEN THEN IT DOESN'T ALWAYS STOP IT. I HAVE HAD TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY, STOP MY ENGINE, START IT AGAIN, WAIT SEVERAL MINUTES, THEN MERGE BACK INTO TRAFFIC AND JUST PRAY THE LIGHTS DIDN'T START FLICKERING AGAIN. THIS SHOULD BE MADE A RECALL AND THEY SHOULD BE FORCED TO FIX THIS. I HAVE CONTACTED THEM REPEATEDLY AND GOT NOWHERE WITH THEM. *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT (MORE NOTICEABLE), THE HEAD LIGHTS APPEAR TO DIM THEN BRIGHTEN (FLASHING THE VEHICLE AHEAD). WHILE THIS IS OCCURING, THE BATTERY GAUGE BOUNCE DRASTICALLY FROM MIN TO MAX THEN BACK TO THE MIDDLE. THIS HAS BEEN OCCURING SINCE THE DAY I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE JUNE 05. ALSO WHILE THIS OCCURS, THE VEHICLE TENDS TO LOSE RPM POWER SO AS YOU ARE DRIVING THERE IS A "JERK" IN THE FORWARD MOTION. *JB

MY VEHICLE WAS REPURCHASED BY GM RECENTLY. THE DEALERSHIP THAT HANDLED THE TRANSACTION WAS VANDERGIFF CHEVROLET IN ARLINGTON, TX. THEY DID NOT RESPOND TO MY CALLS. THEY IGNORED MY REQUEST. THEY DID NOT FOLLOW THROUGH ON THE PAPERWORK REQUIRED BY GM, AND THEY LIED TO GM AND MYSELF REGARDING FILING THE "WARRANTY' WITH GM RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL TIME THAT I HAD TO WAIT IN ORDER TO HAVE THE VEHICLE PAID OFF TO MY LOAN INSTITUTE AND THE REMAINING FUNDS TO ME SO THAT I COULD ACQUIRE ANOTHER VEHICLE. *NM

DIMMING LIGHTS ON A 2005 TRAILBLAZER AND FLUCTUATIONS IN ELECTRICAL ACCESSORIES. TOOK TO DEALER TWICE, SECOND TIME REPLACED ALTERNATOR, THEY SAY GM STATES IT'S NORMAL OPERATION AND THE COMPUTER IS DRAWING POWER AND CAUSING DIMMING. OTHER MOTORISTS THINK I AM FLASHING LIGHTS AT THEM, I AM ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT FIRE. *NM

MY WIFE DRIVES A 2005 CHEVROLET TRAIL BLAZER. ONE DAY ABOUT 1-2 MONTHS AGO SHE WAS COMING HOME FROM WORK, ABOUT 20 MILES, AND THE HEADLIGHTS AND INSTRUMENT LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING ON AND OFF. THIS HAPPENED ALL THE WAY HOME. I TOOK IT TO SMITH CHEVROLET IN LAURENS, S.C. (29360) TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO FIX AND CHEVROLET WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND THAT THIS WAS ALSO A PROBLEM ON THE ENVOY. I WAS TOLD IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE DRAIN ON THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WHEN A NUMBER OF COMPONENTS WERE DRAWING CURRENT AND THE SMOG SYSTEM OR PUMP CAME ON. I WAS GIVEN A FLYER THAT STATED WHAT COULD CAUSE THE PROBLEM OF WHICH NONE COULD I ATTRIBUTE TO MY WIFE'S DRIVING STYLE. I HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BY A PERSON SAYING HIS NAME IS JEREMY AT 866-790-5700 EXT. 22087. JEREMY OFFERED TO GIVE US A 12 MONTH 12,000 OR 18,000 MILE EXTENDED WARRANTY FROM THE DATE OF SERVICE AT SMITH'S. THE CAR HAS ABOUT 29,000 MILES ON IT SO THE WARRANTY WOULD BE FOR ABOUT 5,000 MILES. I DO NOT WANT AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. I WANT THE CAR FIXED, REPLACED OR REFUND. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR MY WIFE. SHE IS OUT AT NIGHT WITH OUR 9 YEAR OLD SON AND SHE DOES NOT FEEL SAFE. I DON'T KNOW DATE EXACTLY. IT IS ESTIMATED. THIS HAS HAPPENED A SECOND TIME BUT NOT TAKEN IN YET. *JB

WE HAVE A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH THE HEADLIGHTS, DASH LIGHTS DIMMING AND BRIGHTENING. IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE WITH MOST 2005 TRAILBLAZERS. THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. *NM

2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER'S HEADLIGHTS FLICKERED ON AND OFF. **CC SOMETIMES THE FLICKERING LAST FOR A FEW SECONDS OTHER TIMES IT HAS LASTED UP TO 10 MIN. THE DEALER WAS ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM BUT STATED THERE WAS A TSB FROM CHEVROLET WHICH STATED THE FLICKERING WAS NORMAL. THEREFORE THERE WERE NO REPAIRS ATTEMPTED. THE BRAKES PULSATED DUE TO RUST ON THE ROTORS. *NM

TL* - ON NOVEMBER 11, 2006 THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING AT 5-10 MPH ON WET ROAD CONDITIONS WHEN THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATOR LIGHTS DISPLAYED ON THE 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE VEHICLE STARTED SPINNING, THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE HIT A CEMENT MEDIAN,AND THE VEHICLE SPUN AROUND AGAIN. THE LEFT FRONT TIRED LOOKED SHREDDED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AWAY. THE DRIVE SHAFT WAS REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED THE TIRE WAS RUBBING ON THE FRAME. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER REPAIR SHOP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE DRIVE SHAFT HAD BEEN INSTALLED INCORRECTLY, CAUSING THE TIRE TO RUB ON THE FRAME. THE FIRST DEALER DID NOT TELL THE CONTACT THEY REPLACED THE DRIVE SHAFT. THE VEHICLE'S DRIVE SHAFT HAS BEEN ORDERED AND THE CONTACT IS STILL DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAD APPROXIMATELY 28,000 MILES AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT HAS THE REPAIR INVOICES. *NM

PURCHASED 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER LS OCT.28 06. SINCE THEN, TO DATE, VEH. HAS BEEN IN SHOP (DEALERSHIP 4X). 1. BRAKE REPAIR. ALL 4 CALIPERS WERE REPLACED. THIS VEHICLE HAD ONLY 22,000. MILES. IN SHOP VERY 1ST WEEK OF PURCHASE. 2. BEEN COMPLAINING OF FLICKERING LIGHTS. WAS HANDED A GMC PRINTOUT STATING THEY DID NOT KNOW CAUSE. SO THEREFORE THE DEALERSHIP, HOOD CHEVROLET, COVINGTON LA. COULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. 3. COMPLAINED OF ENGINE ACCELERATION WHILE APPLYING BRAKE, COMING TO A STOP OR A SLOW SPEED IN A PARKING LOT. FEAR THAT I MAY CRASH INTO SOMEONE. RECEIVED PRINTOUT FROM GM STATING THIS WAS NORMAL. BUT I SEE THIS IS A HAZARD. 4. COMPLAINED OF SEAT BELT "RIDING" ON THE NECKLINE, RESTRICTING BLOOD FLOW IN LEFT ARTERY ON NECK. I SEE THIS A MAJOR PROBLEM. I COMMUTE 26 MILES ONE WAY TO WORK AT A HOSPITAL. I THOUGHT I WOULD BE SAFER DRIVING MY TRAILBLAZER, NOW I FEAR FOR MY LIFE. 5. COMPLAINED OF POPPING ON FRONT END. SERVICE HAD TO ORDER SWAY LINKS AND REPLACE. DID NOT SOLVE PROBLEM, STILL HAVE FRONTAL POPPING WHILE TURNING LEFT OR RIGHT, REVERSE AND FORWARD. IT IS PROGRESSIVELY GETTING WORSE. FOUND OUT GM CERTIFIED TECH. DID NOT PROPERLY ALIGN CALIBERS WHEN INSTALLED. I HAVE PAID TO MUCH FOR THIS $23,000. LEMON. ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN. SARAH DYKES, BOGALUSA LOUISIANA. *NM

TL* - THE CONTACT'S 2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER WAS PURCHASED USED ON AUGUST 13, 2005 FROM BERGLUND CHEVROLET OF VIRGINIA, WITH 13000 MILES. THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT ON JANUARY 8TH, 2007 WERE THERE WAS ONE FATALITY AND FIVE PEOPLE WERE INJURED. A SECOND VEHICLE, A BUICK LASABRE, FAILED TO STOP AT STOP SIGN WHILE MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE STRUCK THE SECOND VEHICLE DIRECTLY ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT 50 MPH. THE DRIVER OF THE SECOND VEHICLE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE AIR BAGS NEVER DEPLOYED, EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE PASSENGERS IN ALL SEATS. SIX STATE TROOPERS WERE ON THE SCENE AND NO ONE WAS SITED.

ON 2 DIFFERENT TIMES I HAVE TAKEN MY 05 TRAILBLAZER TO THE DEALER FOR WORK TO DONE ON WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS THE ALTERNATOR. THE HEADLAMPS AND INSIDE LAMPS WILL DIM AND THE BATTERY CHARGE GAUGE WILL DROP BELOW THE 14 AMPS GM CALL NORMAL. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THIS IS A NORMAL CONDITION. I FEEL IT IS ANYTHING BUT NORMAL AND IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. PEOPLE THINK YOU ARE BRIGHT LIGHTING THEM AND IT IS JUST PLAIN HARD TO SEE AT TIMES. IT SEEM TO HAPPEN MORE WHEN IT IS COLD AND DAMP. THIS IS NOT NORMAL, AND UNLESS GM DECIDES TO FIX THIS PROBLEM WE WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER GM PRODUCT! *JB

HEADLIGHTS AND DASH LIGHTS DIM FOR NO APPARENT REASON. HEADLIGHTS FLICKER, USUALLY ONLY MOMENTARILY BUT ON OCCASION HAS LASTED FOR UP TO 10 MINUTES. I FEEL IT IS ILLEGAL AND UNSAFE TO DRIVE. GM SAYS IT IS "NORMAL" *JB

TL* - THE CONTACT NOTICED WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD GO DOWN TO LOW BEAMS. ONCE VEHICLE WAS WARM HE DIDN'T HAVE THIS FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE COULD BARELY SEE THE ROAD IN FRONT OF HIM WHILE DRIVING. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING AND ANOTHER VEHICLES BLINKED THE LIGHTS TO INFORM HIM THAT THE HIGH BEAMS WERE ON, BUT THE VEHICLE INDICATOR LIGHT DIDN'T SHOW THAT THE HIGH BEAMS WERE ON. THE CONTACT TOOK VEHICLE TO 4 TIMES , AND THE LAST TIME WAS TOLD THAT HIS AIR PUMP WAS THE CAUSE OF THIS MALFUNCTION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE STILL HAD NO RESOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM WITH HIS HEADLIGHTS. THE CONTACT HAS CALLED GENERAL MOTORS, AND THEY TOOK HIS COMPLAINT. HE WAS TOLD BY GENERAL MOTORS THAT THEY WERE WORKING ON THIS FAILURE DUE TO OF THE NUMBER OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. THE CONTACT STATED THT HE HAD NO RESOLUTION FROM GENERAL MOTORS, AND HE HAS CONTACTED THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU. THE BBB GAVE HIM A CLAIM # 71438795446, AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD WORK WITH GENERAL MOTOR AND SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO ABOUT THIS. *AK

2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER - VEHICLE HEADLIGHTS INTERMITTENTLY FLICKER WHILE OPERATING. CONDITION EXISTS EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE IS OPERATED RESULTING IN A SAFETY HAZARD TO BOTH THE DRIVER, OCCUPANTS AND OTHER MOTORISTS. CHEVROLET REPRESENTATIVES HAVE REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR, AIR PUMP AND FIXED A POTENTIAL ELECTRICAL GROUND WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. AT THIS POINT CHEVROLET REPRESENTATIVES ARE STATING THAT THIS ISSUE CAN NOT BE FIXED AND SHOULD BE ACCEPTED AS A NORMAL DRIVING CHARACTERISTIC OF THE VEHICLE. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN. *JB

NIGHT DRIVING UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES THE VEHICLE A CHEVROLET TRAILBLZER LS 2005 HAS A PROBLEM THAT RANDOMLY SHUTS OFF THE HEADLIGHTS AND DASHBOARD LIGHTS. THE TRAILBLAZER DECIDES TO DO THIS TOTALLY ON ITS OWN AT RANDOM. THIS CAUSES A POTENTIALLY DEADLY SITUATION WHEN ON THE INTERSTATE AND YOUR HEADLIGHTS GO OUT AND DECIDE TO COME BACK ON AT RANDOM INTERVALS MAYBE APROXIMATELY 15 TO 20 SECONDS APART. SEVERAL ATTEMPS HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP TO GET THE PROBLEM REPAIRED. THEIR COMMENT IS THAT THEY EITHER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM OR THEIR IS A SERVICE BULLETIN THAT EXPLAINS THE ISSUE. I HAVE DONE THE PROCEDURES THAT THE DEALERSHIP DESCRIBED IN THE SERVICE BULLETINS WITH NO SUCCESS. CURRENTLY MY TRAILBLAZER IS BEING REPAIRED ONCE AGAIN AT TERRY LEE CHEVROLET AS OF 12-19-06. THE LAST TIME THAT THE VEHICLE WAS IN FOR REPAIR TERRY LEE CHEVROLET REPLACED WHAT THEY HAD THOUGH WAS A FAULTY BODY CONTROL MODULE. REPLACING THIS MODULE OBVIOUSLY DID NOT RECTIFY THE PROBLEM AND ON THURSDAY 12-14-06 THE PROBLEM ONCE AGAIN RETURNED. SINCE THE VEHICLE IS USED TO TRANSPORT MY CHILDEREN AND WIFE WHO HAVE BEEN DRIVING PRIMARILY AT NIGHT. I HAVE BECOME SKEPTICAL ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE VEHICLE IS SAFE TO ACTUALLY DRIVE AT NIGHT BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THE LIGHTS WILL DECIDE TO TURN OFF BY THEMSELVES AND POTENTIALLY CAUSE THEM TO BE IN AN ACCIDENT. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED ALTHOUGH THERE WERE NO PREVIOUS PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRBAGS, THERE WAS A NHTSA RECALL, #06V417000 ON THE VEHICLE REGARDING THE AIRBAGS AND REPURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE ALERTED, AND CONFIRMED THE VEHICLE WAS SUBJECT FOR REPURCHASE, BUT HAVE NOT DONE SO AT THIS TIME.

HEADLIGHTS..FOR NO APPARENT REASON MY HEADLIGHT FLASH OFF AND RIGHT BACK ON AND THEN FLICKER AT A CONSTANT I HAVE TAKEN MY TRAILBLAZER TO THE DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT IT SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY SAY THAT THEY CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM..I HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE IN THE SHOP SEVERAL DIFFERENT TIMES..THEY HAVE REPLACED THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THE SPEEDOMETER CABLE..THE ONSTAR COMPUTER NOW YOU TELL ME WHY THEY CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT IS BLOWING THESE THINGS OUT..WHY THEY CAN'T FIND A PROBLEM WITH THEM. *JB

I BOUGHT THIS SUV TO GO OFF ROAD, MOSTLY RIDING IN THE SAND ON THE BEACH. THE FIRST TIME ON THE SAND IT DID NOT WANT TO GO AND I THOUGHT MY HUSBAND OR I DID SOMETHING WRONG. HOWEVER THE SECOND TIME IT WENT A SHORT DISTANCE AND THEN SANK UP TO THE AXLES AND WE HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED OFF THE BEACH. IT WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH IT, AND ACTED LIKE THIS WAS THE FIRST COMPLAINT ON THIS PROBLEM, HOWEVER MY ACCOUNTANT HAS THE SAME SUV SAME YEAR MODEL AND SAME PROBLEM, TOOK IT TO THE SAME DEALERSHIP AND WAS ALSO TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH HIS TRAILBLAZER. *JB

WHILE DRIVING TO WORK IN THE EARLY MORNING WHEN IT WAS STILL DARK THE HEADLIGHTS AND DASH BOARD LIGHTS BEGAN TO FLICKER. THEY GOT REALLY DIM AND THEN CAME BACK TO FULL BRIGHTNESS. THIS HAPPENED FOR A PERIOD OF 15 - 20 MINUTES WHICH WAS WHEN I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THEY TOLD ME LATER THAT AFTERNOON THAT GM HAD BEEN CONTACTED AND THAT GM STATED THAT THIS WAS A NORMAL CONDITION AND THAT NO REPAIRS WERE WARRANTED. I FOUGHT WITH THE DEALER AND TOLD THEM THAT IT WAS NOT A NORMAL CONDITION AND THAT I WAS UNABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE IN THE DARK BECAUSE IT CAUSED A SAFETY ISSUE BOTH TO MYSELF AND TO OTHER VEHICLES ON THE ROAD. THEY KEPT THE VEHICLE FOR 3 DAYS AND THEN TOLD ME THAT GM WAS AWARE THAT THERE WAS IN FACT A PROBLEM WITH THE AIR PUMP HOWEVER THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT IT WILL CONTINUE TO DO THE SAME THING ON AND OFF IN THE FUTURE. THIS IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE CARS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ME AND ON COMING TRAFFIC THINK THAT I AM FLASHING MY HIGH BEAMS AT THEM NOT TO MENTION THAT IT IS VERY DISTRACTING TO ME WHILE I AM DRIVING AND I AM SURE THAT EVENTUALLY, WHETHER IT IS MY VEHICLE OR ANOTHER VEHICLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, THIS WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. AFTER LOOKING THROUGH THE COMPLAINTS ON THIS WEB SITE I HAVE FOUND 17 OTHER VEHICLES WITH THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM. THE OWNERS OF THOSE VEHICLES WERE ALSO GIVEN

SPEEDOMETER WENT HAYWIRE ON A 450 MILE TRIP GOT ABOUT 200 MILES AND THE SPEEDOMETER READ 90 MPH WHEN CRUISE CONTROL WAS SET AT 79 MPH. WENT TO GET OFF OF EXIT AND WHEN I STOPPED IT DIDN'T GO BACK TO 0 INSTEAD WHEN I STARTED DRIVING AGAIN IT WENT BELOW 120 AND WAS HANGING DIRECTLY DOWN. WE GOT IT BACK DOWN TO ZERO BY HAVING TO START IT AND TURN IT OFF 5 MILES AT A TIME. IT HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES NOW IN LESS THAN A WEEK. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. IT WAS MANEUVERED OFF THE ROAD AND RESTARTED. THIS HAD HAPPENED FOUR TIMES AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE W MODULE AND TWO SPARK PLUGS, CLEANED THE THROTTLE PLATE AND REPAIRED A GROUND WIRE. THE PROBLEM RECURRED AND THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED A NHTSA RECALL LETTER WAS RECEIVED # 06V417000 REGARDING THE AIR BAGS: FRONTAL. THE MANUFACTURER'S HOTLINE WAS CONTACTED WHO RECOMMENDED THAT ALL DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE VEHICLE BE FAXED TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED CONFIRMATION THAT THE PAPERWORK WAS RECEIVED AND WAS DIRECTED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR A VEHICLE EXCHANGE. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER THEY WERE UNAWARE OF HOW TO HANDLE THE RECALL OF THE ENTIRE VEHICLE. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN IN CONFERENCE REGARDING HOW TO HANDLE THIS RECALL FOR A WHILE AND THERE WAS AN EXPIRATION ON HOW THE VEHICLE CAN BE HELD.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS AT NIGHT, THE HEADLIGHTS, INTERIOR DOME LIGHT AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FLICKERED ON AND OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER WHO COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. UPDATED 11/13/06. *JB

INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL PROBLEM...WHEN DRIVING, LIGHTS DIM, ELECTRIC GAUGE GOES DOWN SEVERAL NOTCHES BELOW NORMAL READING AND THEN UP SEVERAL NOTCHES PAST NORMAL READING. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM, GETTING WORSE, WITH THE LATEST INCIDENT HAVING OCCURRED TODAY, NOV. 11, 2006. *NM