2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer complaints

SPEEDOMETER/INSTRUMENT CLUSTER HAVE FAILED/STOPPED WORKING. THE GAUGE BEGAN TICKING WHILE BEING OPERATED; SHOWING INCREASED, BUT NOT ACCURATE SPEED. NOW THE GAUGE STAYS AT 180 MPH AND NO LONGER FUNCTIONS. *TR

THE GAS HAND DOES NOT WORK. $50+ DOLLARS IS PUT IN AT THE GAS STATION, THEN THE GAS LIGHT STILL COMES ON. THIS SAME ISSUE HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR ALMOST A YEAR NOW AND HAVE RUN OUT OF GAS ON AT LEAST 2 OCCASIONS. I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET IT FIXED BECAUSE I CAN'T AFFORD IT, BUT IT IS REALLY A SAFETY CONCERN. FROM WHAT I'VE READ ON LINE RECENTLY, THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH SEVERAL TRAILBLAZER OWNERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. *TR

DRIVER SIDE MASTER POWER WINDOW SWITCH DOES NOT WORK THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW AT ALL! OUT OF THE BLUE THIS STOPPED WORKING. FURTHER RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THE 2006-2007 MODELS WERE RECALLED NOT THE 2005! REALLY, THIS CAR IS "CURRENTLY REGISTERED IN A COLD WEATHER STATE WHICH USES SALT TO CLEAR THE ROADS" (DIRECT QUOTE FROM GENERAL MOTORS AND ISUZU RECALL 258,000 SUVS, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, AUGUST 19, 2012) SINCE 12/2005 WHICH IS WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. JUST BECAUSE MY VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE A FIRE "YET" BUT I HAVE THE "EXACT" PROBLEM WHICH AROSE BEFORE THESE VEHICLES DID CATCH FIRE, MINE IS NOT RECALLED? NOT ONLY WAS THE TRANSMISSION RECALLED IN 2008, I HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE "BLOWER MOTOR" NOT WORKING WHEN YOU TURN ON THE HEAT. YOU COULD ONLY TURN ON THE HEAT TO NO. 4. THE TRUCK WAS TAKEN FOR SERVICE ON 1/10/06, 1/30/06, 2/7/06 AND 2/17/06 WHICH WAS NOT EVEN 2 MO. AFTER PURCHASING SAID VEHICLE BEFORE THE PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED. IN 11/06 THE "FUEL PUMP MODULE" WAS REPLACED AND COVERED "ONLY" BECAUSE I HAD THE EXTENDED WARRANTY AND I HAD TO PAY THE $100.00 DEDUCTIBLE, BECAUSE I HAD GAS BUT IT WAS NOT REGISTERING. AGAIN, I CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM. WHEN CALLING GM ON 7/24/13 ABOUT THE WINDOW SWITCH RECALL, I NOW FIND OUT THAT THERE IS A "SPECIAL COVERAGE" FOR THE "FUEL LEVEL SENSOR". THIS IS COVERED UNTIL 7/24/14, PER GM (866-694-6546), UNLESS YOU HAVE MORE THAN 120,000 SOMETHING MILES. WAS NOT SURE OF THE MILEAGE EXACTLY SINCE MINE IS BELOW THAT FIGURE. THE WINDOW SWITCH

CLUSTER WENT OUT AND WE HAD TO HAVE IT REPLACED. *TR

FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT ACCURATELY SHOW THE RIGHT LEVEL OF FUEL IN THE CAR. FUEL LIGHT COMES ON WHEN TANK IS FULL. FUEL GAUGE SHOWS FULL TANK WHEN EMPTY. THIS HAS CAUSED TWO CASES O CAR BREAKING DOWN AND BEING STRANDED. ONE INCIDENT ALMOST CAUSED CAR TO BE REAR ENDED ON BUSY HIGHWAY. *TR

IN THE BEGINNING THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD GO ALL THE WAY TO HIGHEST SPEED IMMEDIATELY UPON CRANKING VEHICLE. AFTER A FEW MONTHS OR QUIT WORKING ALL TOGETHER. THE GAS GAGE QUIT WORKING A FEW MONTHS AFTER THAT. THEN AGAIN A FEW MONTHS LATER ALL OTHER GAUGES QUIT WORKING EXCEPT RPM GAGE. THAT IS ONLY FUNCTIONING GAGE ON INSTRUMENT PANEL. *TR

THE FUEL GAUGE SAYS ITS EMPTY BUT I HAVE GAS. MY ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON EVERY TIME I START THE CAR. *TR

I HAD RECENTLY PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN APRIL OF 2011. I STOPPED AFTER GETTING PAID ON A FRIDAY TO FILL UP MY TANK AND WHEN I GO TO TURN ON MY VEHICLE THE GAUGE GOES TO FULL AND JUST DROPS ALL THE WAY TO EMPTY. SINCE THAN I'VE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM RUNNING OUT OF GAS IN THE STREETS DOZENS OF TIME. I TRIED USING MY TRIP BUT MY MPH AREN'T ALWAYS ACCURATE I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MANY GALLONS MY TANK HOLDS. BEING STRANDED FOR AWHILE WITH MY CHILDREN IS REALLY TOUGH. I CAN'T JUST AFFORD TO PAY OVER $500 TO HAVE MY PROBLEM FIXED JUST BECAUSE GM WON'T BE RESPONSIBLE ENOUGH TO DO A RECALL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET TRAIL BLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GAUGES ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE HEAD LIGHTS SPORADICALLY FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000. *TR

MY VEHICLE SHOWS GAUGE LIGHT AS EMPTY EVEN AFTER FILLING UP. MY VEHICLE STOPPED IN MIDDLE OFF ROAD ON EARLY MORNING TRAFFIC. NOW WE HAVE TO ESTIMATE MILEAGE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT LEFT WITHOUT GAS, VERY FRUSTRATING AND UNSAFE BUT CAN'T AFFORD TO FIX. *TR

GAS GAUGE STOPPED WORKING ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO. SHOWS AS EMPTY EVEN WHEN THE TANK IS FULL. IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING AS YOU HAVE TO ALWAYS REMEMBER TO FILL UP TO COUNT THE MILES. I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM CHEVY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO LETTING ME KNOW THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND WILL COVER 50% OF THE COST OF GETTING IT FIX. BUT WHY DO I HAVE TO PAY AT ALL? IT'S NOT MY FAULT, I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY AT ALL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE ODOMETER AND FUEL LEVEL GAUGE FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE IT WAS STATED THAT THE CLUSTERS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000. *TR

RAN OUT OF FUEL ONCE ON HIGHWAY, WHEN GAUGE SHOWED TANK WAS FULL. IN JAN/FEB THE GAS GAUGE JUST STOPPED WORKING EVEN WHEN COMPLETELY FULL OF FUEL IT WILL SHOW ONLY 1/4 OF A TANK OR NONE AT ALL. THE RADIO WORKS ONLY INTERMITTENTLY WILL WORK THEN STOP WORKING UNEXPECTEDLY. HEADLIGHTS ARE ALWAYS BURNING THEIR CONNECTION, SHORT CIRCUITING MY HEADLIGHTS PRETTY FREQUENTLY. *TR

GAS GAUGE DOES NOT READ CORRECTLY, LIGHT STAYS ON EVEN AFTER A FULL TANK OF GAS. *TR

FUEL SENSOR SEEMS TO BE FAILING AS IS WITH MANY OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM ON THIS CAR INCLUDING A BROKEN SPEEDOMETER AT 60,000 MILES. THIS CAR SEEMS TO HAVE FAR TOO MANY SENSOR OR ELECTRICAL ISSUES AND GIVEN THE SAFETY IMPLICATIONS OF SPEEDOMETERS THAT SUDDENLY FAIL AND FUEL SENSORS THAT FAIL, IT WOULD SEEM PRUDENT FOR SOMEONE TO REALIZE THAT THESE ISSUES POSE A SEVERE SAFETY HAZARD TO ALL. AFTER RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET, SPEEDOMETERS AND FUEL SENSORS SEEM TO BE A COMMON ISSUE WITH TRAILBLAZERS. PLEASE RESEARCH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND SENSORS MORE CLOSELY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHENEVER IT RAINED THE WINDOWS AND DOOR LOCKS STOPPED WORKING. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE WATER ENTERED THE DOOR AND CAUSED A SHORT CIRCUIT. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT ONCE IT DRIED OUT THE WINDOWS AND DOOR LOCKS BEGAN TO FUNCTION NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 107,000. *TR

WHILE DRIVING IT APPEARS THAT MY HEADLIGHTS ARE RECEIVING A SURGE OF POWER WHICH CAUSES THEM TO BLINK AS IF I AM FLASHING MY HEADLIGHTS. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON AND OFF FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW. SINCE THIS HAS STARTED I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE MY HEADLIGHTS ABOUT EVERY 6 TO 8 MONTHS. AFTER THE THIRD TIME I REPLACED THE SAME HEADLIGHT MY MECHANIC SHOWED ME THE FUSE AND STATED THAT IT SEEMS THERE IS A SURGE OF POWER THAT CAUSES THE FUSES TO BLOW. I EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT MY HEADLIGHTS SEEM TO BLINK ON THEIR OWN EVERY NOW AND THEN AND WE DID SOME RESEARCH ONLINE AND NOTICED THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM IN MID 2000 MODEL TRAILBLAZERS. I CONTACTED GM TO MAKE THEM AWARE WITH NOTHING MORE THAN A, "SORRY FOR YOUR INCONVENIENCE". I HAVE ALSO EXPERIENCED ISSUES WITH MY DOOR ELECTRONICS. YOU CAN HEAR THE POWER WINDOWS AND DOOR LOCKS MAKE A CLICKING SOUND AS IF THEY ARE BEING ENGAGED WITHOUT BEING OPERATED. THE SPEAKERS IN THE DOORS DO NOT WORK AFTER IT RAINS OR IN VERY HUMID CONDITIONS. THE POWER WINDOWS AND DOOR LOCK BUTTON LIGHTS WORK ON AND OFF AND BLINK. THE DOOR/KEY CHIME RARELY WORKS. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THERE IS A SERIOUS ISSUE REGARDING THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM OF THIS MODEL. I RECENTLY HEARD ABOUT THE RECALL STARTING WITH 2006 MODELS WITH ELECTRICAL ISSUES AND I REALLY BELIEVE THIS PROBLEM IS NOT JUST ISOLATED TO THE ELECTRONICS IN THE DOOR, BUT THE OVERALL ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IN THESE VEHICLES. CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS I HAVE RESEARCHED ONLINE IT SEEMS THAT THESE ARE

AFTER FILLING UP MY GAS TANK THE FUEL SENSOR READ EMPTY AND THE GAS LIGHT WAS ON. ALSO, WHIEL DRIVING THE FUEL SENSOR WOULD JUMP AROUND SHOWING EMPTY, FULL AND THE GAS LIGHT WOULD COME ON. THE VEHCILE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AT THE TIME SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. THE SERVICE REP AT THE DEALERSHIP INIDCATED THAT IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL SENSOR AND IT WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. HE MENTIONED THAT I WAS LUCKY THE VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE THE REPAIR WAS VERY COSTLY. MY VEHICLE OCCASSIONALY LURCHES WHEN IT PUT INOT GEAR FROM BEING PARKED OR IDLE AS IF IT WANTS TO JUST TAKE OFF RIGHT AWAY. I CONTACTED GM ON THIS AND THEY STATED THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO, BUT I HAVE RESEARCHED AND FOUND THAT MANY OTHERS HAVE HAS THIS SAME PROBLEM. ANOTHER ISSUDE I HAVE HAD WAS MY SPEEDOMETER AND ENTIRE DASH CLUSTER FAILING. WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE MY SPEEDOMETER JUMPED TO OVER 100 MPH AND THEN BACK DOWN TO 0. AT THAT POINT IT STOPPED WORKING FOR A FEW MINUTES THEN STARTED WORKING PROPERLY AGAIN. FINALLY IT STOPPED WORKING ALTOGETHER. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC AND HE REPLACED THE ENITRE CLUSTER PANEL WHICH COST ME AROUND $800.00. AGAIN, HE DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THIS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM. I SENT GM A LETTER WITH A COPY OF THE REPAIR BILL ALONG WITH DOCUMENTATION OF THE MANY COMPLAINTS I FOUND ONLINE WITH THE SAME ISSUE. I HEARD NOTHING. I REACHED OUT WITH A PHONE CALL AND WAS TOLD THE ISSUE DID NOT WARRANT A RECALL. THIS COULD

MY GAS GAUGE READS EMPTY WHEN FULL, OR PARTIALLY FULL, I NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH GAS IS IN MY VEHICLE SO, I HAVE TO GUESTIMATE OR COUNT MILES, MY OIL PRESSURE IS THE SAME. I AM AMAZED THIS HASN'T CAUSED A MASS RECALL SO FAR AS I HAVE READ THROUGH SOME OF THE PAGES OF COMPLAINTS AND ITS LITTERED WITH THE SAME THING. I BOUGHT MY CAR USED FEB. 2012 AND HAVE HAD NOTHING, BUT ISSUES. *TR

FUEL GAUGE IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. STAYS ON (E) EMPTY, EVEN AFTER FILLING UP. CAN NOT TELL HOW MUCH FUEL IS IN THE TANK. MUST KEEP TRACK OF MILES DRIVEN ON A DAILY BASIS TO ENSURE OF NOT RUNNING OUT OF GAS WHEN DRIVING. DANGEROUS AND VERY UNSAFE. *TR

MY SPEEDOMETER TELLS THE SPEED PLUS OR MINUS 40MPH. MY OIL PRESSURE GAUGE IS STUCK AT AROUND 210PSI. TODAY, I NOTICED THAT MY FUEL TANK NOW READS 150% FULL, AND THE VOLTAGE IS DOWN TO 9V. THIS IS ALL DUE TO A DEFECTIVE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER THAT GM HAD A CLASS ACTION SUIT FILED ON SEVERAL OTHER MAKES OF VEHICLES, BUT DENIED THE TRAILBLAZER, DUE TO LACK OF COMPLAINTS. CONSIDER THIS A COMPLAINT. UNDOUBTEDLY, GM IS HOPING THE MILEAGE RUNS OVER 70,000 SO I WILL HAVE TO PAY AT LEAST PART OF THEIR DEFECTIVE WORKMANSHIP. CONSIDER HOW MANY TRAILBLAZERS ARE ZIPPING DOWN THE ROAD, UNAWARE OF THIS DEFECT... PERHAPS GOING ONLY 10-20 MPH OVER THE LIMIT. LACK OF COMPLAINTS TO THE NHTSA IS A POOR EXCUSE TO NOT RECALL, FIX AND/OR VERIFY THE VEHICLE IN QUESTION IS NOT AN ISSUE. I AM CURRENTLY USING A GPS SMARTPHONE AS A SPEEDOMETER, BUT AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT IS LESS ACCURATE THAN IDEAL. A YOUNG FRIEND HOUSESITTING MY DOG DROVE MY CAR ONCE, ON A BAD SNOW DAY, AND GOT A SPEEDING TICKET, AS HE WAS UNAWARE THAT THE PROBLEM EXISTED. I SUGGEST GM BE MADE TO FIX IT. *TR

FUEL GAUGE READS EMPTY WHEN CAR IS FILLED AND THE NEEDLE ONLY MOVES A LITTLE..I NEVER CAN TELL HOW MUCH GAS THERE IS. *TR

I FILLED UP MY CAR AND THE FUEL INDICATOR WENT TO EMPTY. NOW, SOMETIMES IT REGISTERS SOME FUEL BUT NOT WHERE IT SHOULD BE. IT USUALLY STAYS ON E. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH FUEL YOU HAVE. AFTER READING THE COMPLAINTS SEEMS THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH MOST TRAILBLAZERS. THE WHEEL HUBS AND BEARINGS HAVE ALSO WENT GONE SINCE THIS HAPPENED THE PARTS PLACE SAYS THIS IS ALSO A PROBLEM WITH TRAILBLAZERS. *TR

FUEL GAUGE READS EMPTY AFTER FILLING TANK, WON'T RESET ITSELF AFTER FUELING. BACK HATCH LOCK IS STUCK IN LOCK AND HAS ALREADY BEEN REPLACED ONCE. SOMETIME WHEN YOUR SETTING STILL AT A RED LIGHT OR JUST GOING SLOW IN TRAFFIC, THERE SEEMS TO BE A "SURGE" OF POWER OR FUEL TO WHERE THE VEHICLE LURCHES FORWARD. WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT THE LIGHTS WILL FLICKER OR DIM ON THERE OWN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE LIFT GATE REVEL MOLDING WAS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING, POWER TRANSMISSION AND THE REAR DECK MOLDING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 166,324. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. *TR

EVEN IF THIS CAR IS WELL MAINTAINED IT SADLY AS SERIOUS ELECTRICAL ISSUES THAT CHEVY DOES NOT WANT TO COME TO TERMS WITH. THE SPEEDOMETER GOES OUT AND IN AND READS INCORRECTLY AS WELL AS THE REST OF THE GAUGES AT RANDOM POINTS IN TIME. THE HEATING SYSTEM NEEDS REPLACES AND THE ALTERNATOR CONSISTENTLY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED EVEN WHEN THE MAINTENANCE OF THE CAR IS MAINTAINED. IT IS A CONSISTENT STRUGGLE TO KEEP THE CAR RUNNING EVEN IF IT IS NOT ON HIGH MILES AND IT IS A SAD PRODUCT FOR CHEVY. *TR

2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE FUEL GAUGE SENSOR ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATE THE FIRST TIME THE FUEL GAUGE STARTING ACTING ERRATIC WAS IN 2007. THE DEALER INFORMED HIS WIFE, THE VEHICLE HAD RAN OUT OF GAS, EVEN THOUGH THE GAUGE INDICATED THERE WAS 1/2 TANK OF GAS. THE CONSUMER STATED HE CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE AN ERRATIC BEHAVIOR OF THE FUEL PUMP AND THE LOW FUEL INDICATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE LATEST PRELIMINARY DIAGNOSIS WAS THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO SUSTAIN AN IDLE, BECAUSE OF THE ERRATIC FUEL PRESSURE (FUEL PUMP). THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE VEHICLE HAS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS AND THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE WAS INOPERATIVE.

THE FUEL GAUGE IN MY VEHICLE STOPPED WORKING. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND THIS SEEMS LIKE A COMMON PROBLEM TO TRAILBLAZERS THAT GM IS IGNORING. RUNNING OUT OF FUEL CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY ON BUSY HIGHWAYS. SO I THINK THIS SHOULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. *TR

TODAY DRIVING DOWN A HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH IN MY 2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER LT. WE HEARD A LOUD CLACKING NOISE. AS I TURN AROUND I SEE THE LARGE PLASTIC PIECE OF THE TAILGATE FLY OFF AND THE 3RD TAILLIGHT JUST DANGLING. IN MY SEARCH TONIGHT I HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION I AM NOT THE ONLY TRAILBLAZER OWNER WHO HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM. *TR

FILLED UP GAS TANK ONLY TO FIND THAT IT WAS READING EMPTY. FLUCTUATED BETWEEN EMPTY AND 1/4 TANK. RAN OUT OF GAS WITH CHILDREN IN VEHICLE AT ONE POINT IN VERY BAD WEATHER. FINALLY ABLE TO SAVE $450.00 TO HAVE IT FIXED. IS IT TRUE THAT GM WILL PAY FOR HALF OF THE REPAIR BILL? VERY UPSET WITH GENERAL MOTORS!! *TR

THE FUEL GUAGE FLUCTUATES BETWEEN EMPTY AND FULL AND IS A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE READ INACCURATELY NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FUEL PUMP AND/OR THE COMPUTER CHIP THAT CONTROLS THE FUEL PUMP WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER OFFERED TO COVER HALF THE COST OF THE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 135,000.

GAS GAUGE IS NOT WORKING PROPERLLY. *TR

SPEEDOMETER FAILURE. SPEED PRESENTED BY GAUGE WAS INCREDIBLY INACCURATE. RATE OF SPEED WAS 20-30 MPH FASTER. FINALLY A TOTAL "LOCK-UP" OF INSTRUMENT. AT A STAND STILL GAUGE REPORTED 60MPH. THIS HAS BEEN REPORTED TO GM THEY REFUSE TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES. REFUSED TO REPAIR. FURTHER RESEARCH SHOWED THOUSANDS OF REPORTS OF FAILURES OF SPEEDOMETERS. HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE DIED AND OR CRASHED BECAUSE RATE OF SPEED WAS INACCURATE?? *TR

PURCHASED 11/24/2008 ~20K MILES. WITHIN 5MONTHS A WHOLE HOST OF ISSUES STARTED, THE 1ST BEING THE FUEL GAUGE NOT WORKING BY SHOWING FULL & ACTUALLY NOT (RAN OUT OF GAS TWICE) AND THEN SHOWING EMPTY AFTER FILLUP. 1WEEK LATER THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON & THE INSTRUMENT PANEL STOPPED WORKING. ~ ONE YEAR LATER, DEC 2009 THE SPEEDOMETER FLUCTUATED FROM WORKING PROPERLY TO ~50-55MPH BASE INSTEAD OF 0. AFTER A FEW DAYS, THE SPEEDOMETER DID ZERO-OUT BUT THEN DID NOT SHOW ANY SPEED BUT STAYED AT 0. ALONG WITH THE SPEEDOMETER ISSUE ARE THE HEADLIGHTS DIMMING SPORADICALLY. ALL OF THE ISSUES HAVE CONTINUED ON-OFF SINCE. MARCH 2012 THE WINDSHIELD RESERVOIR STARTED LEAKING/CRACKED. FEBRUARY 2013 HAD TUNEUP, BRAKES, AND THERMOSTAT REPLACED AND SINCE THEN ADD FRONT VENTS STOPPED WORKING PLUS SEVERE, SPORADIC, HIGH IDLE - DRIVING TO WORK (METROPOLITAN, DOWNTOWN, CAPITAL OF STATE-HIGH RUSH HOUR) THE HIGH REV STARTED AND ALL I WANTED WAS TO GET TO WORKPLACE PARKING LOT ~2MILES. 2BLCKS FR PKG LOT, I WAS BRAKING AT A LEFT, DBLTURN LIGHT WITH THE REV & BRAKES GRABBINGH/COUNTERACTING. I COME TO A FULL STOP BUT MY SUV REVS TO OVER 3RPMS & I THOUGHT THE TRBLZR WOULD BREAK FREE & CRASH INTO THE CARS IN FRONT OF ME! I HAVE A "CHRISTINE" CAR AND HATE THE FEELING OF DRIVING AN UNSAFE VEHICLE THAT CHEVY WON'T RECALL/FIX AND I CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY ANYTHING ELSE CURRENTLY OR GET ALL THESE ISSUES REPAIRED. I PLACE MINE, MY KIDS AND PASSENGERS' LIVES & SAFETY INTO JEOPARDY EVERY TIME WE GET IN TO DRIVE/RIDE. I O

MY 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER SHOWS THAT THE FUEL LEVEL READS EMPTY AFTER REFUELING TO CAPACITY. THE FUEL SENSOR LIGHT WAS ALSO ILLUMINATED. ONCE ON THE INTERSTATE FOR APPX 50 MILES THE LEVEL RESUMES. NO TELLING HOW MUCH FUEL IS IN TANK AFTER FILLING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE FUEL SENSOR NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. *TR

I HAD JUST FILLED UP MY SUV, AND WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY, MY FUEL GAUGE STARTED DROPPING WITHIN A MINUTES TIME, TO 3/4 TANK, 1/2 TANK, 1/4 TANK, THEN THE FUEL LIGHT CAME ON AND STATED I WAS ON EMPTY. I DIDN'T SMELL GASOLINE, BUT THE GAUGE THEN STARTED GOING BACK UP, THEN DOWN AND WENT HAYWIRE. AFTER SOME OF THE GAS WAS USED, IT WENT BACK UP TO ALMOST FULL, BUT AFTER A BIT, IT DROPPED BACK DOWN TO HALF TANK AGAIN. EVERY SUBSEQUENT TIME I FILL UP, THE GAUGE DOES THE SAME THING. ANOTHER INCIDENT THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS IS THE HEAD LIGHTS DIM AND GET BRIGHTER. THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME, BUT AT LEAST THREE TIMES A WEEK. I DIDN'T THINK TOO MUCH ABOUT IT UNTIL I SAW OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THIS WEBSITE ABOUT THE SAME THING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK DISPLAYED A FUEL LEVEL READING OF EMPTY AFTER REFUELING TO CAPACITY. THE FUEL SENSOR LIGHT WAS ALSO ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE FUEL SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HIGH STOP LIGHT ABOVE THE LIFT GATE FRACTURED DUE TO ICE IN THE WINTER. THE PART SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE AND SOMEONE RAN OVER THE PIECE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. AFTER DIAGNOSIS, THEY ADVISED HIM THAT THE HIGH STOP LIGHT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 102,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 170,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. *TR

I PURCHASED MY '05 TRAILBLAZER NEW OFF THE LOT NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS UNTIL THE SPEED ODOMETER STOPPED WORKING. COUPLE YEARS LATER MY OIL & GAS GAGE STOPPED WORKING. I BASED MY SPEED OFF MY RPM & CALCULATE MY GAS MILEAGE AFTER EACH FILL UP. NOW MY DASHBOARD LIGHTS ARE DIMMING & I'VE NOTICED ON MANY OCCASIONS MY HEADLIGHTS FLICKER...I HAVE REPLACED THE BATTERY TWICE & THE WATER PUMP TWICE. NOW WHEN MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT OR THIS OTHER LITTLE CHK GAGE LIGHT COMES ON, I DON'T KNOW IF A MALFUNCTION OF IF SOMETHING IS TRULY WRONG. NOW IT'S RUNNING ROUGH, ACTS AS IF IT WANTS TO CUT OFF. THEY HAVE CHECKED ALL THAT THEY CAN BUT BECAUSE THE CHK ENGINE LIGHT ISN'T ON, THERE'S NO WAY FOR THEM TO IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. AND UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN THE MECHANIC RIDES WITH ME OF COURSE THE CAR WON'T DO IT...AND ALTHOUGH, THESE ARE SEPARATE ISSUES I CAN'T WONDER IF REPLACING THE BATTERY IS CONNECTED THE SAME SYSTEM AS THE DASHBOARD. I'VE BEEN TOLD BY 2 DIFFER MECHANICS IT WOULD COST UP TO $600 TO REPLACE THE WHOLE SYSTEM. BUT AFTER READING ALL THE COMPLAINTS, MANY HAVING THE SAME ISSUE AS ME I CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER IF THIS PROBLEM COULD OR SHOULD BE ON A RECALL & IF NOT, WHY? IF YOU VIEW THE COMPLAINTS WHY NOT LOOK INTO THE VERY PRESENT & PERSISTENT PROBLEM! ITS VERY FRUSTRATING & AGGRAVATING TO PLAY A GUESSING GAME WHEN YOUR UP & DOWN A HIGHWAY DAILY! NOT TO MENTION A SAFETY HAZARD! SURELY, YOUR COMPANY ISN'T SO MONEY HUNGRY THAT YOU CAN'T TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOU PRODUCT & OFFER TO PAY FOR SO

MY SPEEDOMETER STARTED TO GO CRAZY JUMPING AROUND WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY IT STARTED OFF READING FINE THEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN IT READ THAT I WAS GOING 120MPH BY THE TIME I GOT HOME IT DID NOT WORK AT ALL HAD TO GUESS MY SPEED THEN ABOUT A TWO WEEKS LATER IT STARTED TO WORK AGAIN SAME DAY IT WENT HAYWIRE AGAIN AND NOW IT DOES NOT WORK AT ALL. ALSO I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH BATTERY DRAINING I HAVE BEEN TO SEVERAL PLACES TO GET IT CHECK OUT ALL THAT CAN BE FOUND OUT IS THAT SOMETHING IS STAYING ON WHILE THE CAR IS IN THE OFF POSITION. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I HAVE TO JUMP MY CAR SEVERAL TIMES IN A DAY AND THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I CAN GO DAYS, WEEKS WITHOUT THE PROBLEM JUST NEVER KNOW WHEN IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. *TR

VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. HAD IT TOWED TO MECHANIC SHOP. BATTERY WAS COMPLETELY DEAD, THOUGH THE BATTERY WAS ONLY 1 YEAR OLD AND WAS A VERY EXPENSIVE AC DELCO 6 YR BATTERY. MECHANIC CHANGED THE ALTERNATOR AND THE BATTERY AND EVERYTHING TESTED THE SAME. PUT OLD BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR BACK IN, AS BATTERY HE CHARGED WAS HOLDING THE CHARGE OK. COULD NOT LOCATE SOURCE OF PROBLEM. THE NEXT DAY, THE DASH LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING, NOR THE INTERIOR LIGHTS. AS I DROVE ALONG THE HIGHWAY, THE DASHLIGHTS BLINKED AND THEN STAYED ON. CEILING LIGHT WORKS INTERMITTENTLY. THE ALTERNATOR SHOWS THAT IT IS CHARGING VERY HARD. ACCORDING TO OTHER INCIDENTS REPORTED ON THE INTERNET, THERE IS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM IN THE 2005 TRAILBLAZER THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PASSLOCK ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM, BUT IN ANY CASE, SHOWS SLOW LEAK OF ELECTRICAL CURRENT THAT SLOWLY DRAINS THE BATTERY 24/7, UNTIL THE BATTERY IS DEAD. WHY IS NO RECALL ISSUED MAKING GENERAL MOTORS RESPONSIBLE TO FIND AND FIX THIS PROBLEM WITHOUT COST TO THE OWNERS OF 2005 TRAILBLAZERS. I SPENT $130.00 AT THE MECHANIC SHOP AND THEY COULD NOT FIND WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, MUCH LESS FIX IT. MY VEHICLE IS PARKED IN A GARAGE MOST OF THE TIME, AND THERE IS NO REASON FOR THIS MALFUNCTION OTHER THAN FAULTY GM PART SOMEWHERE. OUR LOCAL CHEVY DEALER TOLD ME THEY THINK THE PROBLEM IS RELATED TO THE PASSLOCK ANTI-THEFT SYSTEM BUT THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO NAIL IT DOWN. THEY REFERENCE A VEHICLE WHICH THEY KEPT FOR TWO WEEKS FOR DIAGNOSIS OF A "

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE SPEEDOMETER FAILED. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO SEE CURRENT VEHICLE SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER HAD FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 113,000. *TR

FIRST MY SPEED GAUGE STARTED GOING CRAZY READING DIFFERENT EVERYTIME I CRANK THE VEHICLE THEN THE ALTERNATOR GAUGE STARTED READING OFF THE CHART MY HIGHEST NUMBER ON THE GAUGE IS 19 IT IS READING AT THE 210 ON THE TEMP GAUGE THAT IS HOW FAR PAST THE 19 IT IS TODAY HOWEVER IT MAY BE DIFFERENT LATER I LOVE CHEVY MY FAMILY ARE ALL CHEVY PEOPLE AND IT IS SAD THAT CHEVY HAS FORGOTTEN ABOUT THERE CUSTOMERS I AM IN LAW SCHOOL NOT LONG LEFT WHEN I AM FINISHED I AM FILING A SUIT FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO OWN THIS VEHICLE CHEVY NEEDS TO STEP UP AN TAKE RESPONSIBILITY IT IS NOT A FLUKE THAT THIS MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AND IT IS RIDICULOUS THAT CHEVY HAS DROPPED SO LOW THAT THEY EXPECT US TO JUST EAT THESE PROBLEM WELL QUITE FRANKLY I AM FULL UP OF THE BS I AM ALSO WRITING MY LOCAL PAPER AND NEWS STATION AND I WILL BUG THEM UNTIL THEY RUN AN ARTICLE AND AIR THESE PROBLEMS AN SOME OTHER PROBLEMS THESE VEHICLES ARE HAVING CHEVY WON'T FIX OUR PROBLEMS THEY WON'T LISTEN TO THE ONES WHOM KEEP THEM IN BUSINESS WELL MAYBE THEY WILL LISTEN TO A JUDGE STEP UP CHEVY IT IS CRAZY THAT YOU WON'T TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MALFUNCTIONING PARTS YOU WILL SEE YOUR DAY IN COURT. *TR ## VIN FAILED ##

THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE STOPPED WORKING. SECOND INCIDENT AT A LATER DATE, THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING CORRECTLY, THIRD INCIDENT AT A DIFFERENT TIME, THE FUEL GAUGE READS INCORRECTLY, FOURTH INCIDENT, THE BATTERY GAUGE IS WORKING SPORADICALLY. MOST OF THE TIME THE GAUGES DO NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY OR NOT AT ALL. *TR

2005 CHEVERLOT TRAILBLAZER HAS HAD AN ISSUE SINCE I PURCHASED IT IN 2004 WITH STALLING OUT. HOWEVER OVER THE LAST 4 YEARS I HAVE HAD AN ISSUE OF NO START... EVERYTHING HAS BEEN REPLACED BY THE DEALER IGNITION SWITCH, ALTERNATOR, STARTER, EXHAUST, ETC.... LAST RESULT WAS THE PCM POWERTRAIN MODULE SUPPOSEDLY THE BRAINS OF THE CAR. HOWEVER THE SAME DAY IT STALLED AGAIN, MOST RECENTLY MY DEALERSHIP TOOK IT FOR A WEEK AND SAID THEY COULD NOT REDUPLICATE ISSUE. SO THERE AGAIN I AM AT THE SAME PLACE WHERE THE CAR WILL BE FINE FOR WEEKS THEN DO A NO START UNTILL AFTER SERVERAL ATTEMPTS AND SMELL OF GAS FINALLY THE CAR WILL START. CHEVRELOT TRAILBLAZER HAVE KNOWN THIS PROBLEM FOR AWHILE HAS DONE NOTHING ABOUT IT ...RESOLVE THE ISSUE AND DO A RECALL SPENT OVER $10,000 ON JUST MAINTENANCE.. WHAT IS CHEVY GOING TO DO ABOUT THIS ISSUE? *TR ## VIN FAILED ##

SPEEDOMETER JUST STOP WORKING. LEAVING FROM WORK AND SPEEDOMETER WASN'T WORKING, PERIOD. *TR

THE FUEL GAUGE READS EMPTY WHEN THERE IS PLENTY OF GAS IN THE TANK. IT SOMETIMES READ FULL WHEN THERE IS LITTLE GAS LEFT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER, WATER ENTERED THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 05V035000 (VISIBILITY). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52,000.

CRASHED STRAIGHT INTO THE BACK END OF A VEHICLE DOING 60 WHILE I WAS DOING ATLEAST 80, OR 85, MAYBE MORE, I DON'T REMEMBER. THE FIRST THING I REMEMBER SEEING IS REALIZING I'M ALRIGHT DESPITE THE BLOOD IN THE COCKPIT AND ON MY FACE DESPITE SNEEZING WHICH WAS SPREADING BLOOD. IS THIS A VEHICLE DEFECT OR WHAT? MY MATH SAYS THAT CRASHING AT 85MPH INTO A VEHICLE DOING 60 IS LIKE CRASHING INTO A BRICK WALL AT 25MPH. I'VE HAD A LOCAL MECHANIC CHECK IT OUT AND HE SAYS ACCORDING TO HIS OBD-II COMPUTER EVERYTHING IS WORKING FINE (OR WAS ATLEAST) :) ANYWAYS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME AGAIN WITH ANY MORE QUESTION YOU MAY HAVE. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR