2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer complaints

WHEN I STARTED CARE ON ABOVE DATE I SMELT SOMETHING HOT LOOKED UNDER HOOD SAW NOTHING. AFTER ENTERING CAR REALIZED THE ELECTRIC WINDOW CONTROL SWITCHES ON DRIVER SIDE WAS THE ISSUE IT WAS HOT AND SMOLDERING. SMOKE BY THEN WAS ENTERING CAR. I PULLED OVER AND CALLED A FRIEND MECHANIC WHO TOOK THE MELTED PART OUT AND UNPLUGGED ELECTRIC WIRES. I WAS TOLD IT WOULD COST $1500 TO REPLACE AND DO NOT HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY. *TR

POWER WINDOW SWITCH MELTED AND SCORCHED DOOR DRIVER SIDE. *TR

CAR WAS PARKED AND NOT RUNNING. AN HOUR LATER, I RETURNED TO THE CAR AND MANUALLY UNLOCKED THE DRIVER'S DOOR WITH THE KEY AND SMOKE CAME ROLLING OUT OF CAR. I LOOKED AROUND AND SAW THE DRIVER'S SEAT AND THE DASH AND CEILING COVERED IN BLACK ASH AND LOOKED AT THE DRIVER DOOR AND SAW A HOLE MELTED IN THE DOOR PANEL NEAR THE DOOR HANDLE BY THE AUTOMATIC WINDOW AND DOOR LOCKS. AUTOMATIC WINDOW ON DRIVERS SIDE WOULD NOT WORK AND AUTO LOCK/UNLOCK WOULD NOT WORK ON DRIVER SIDE. UPDATED 03/06/12 *BF THE CONSUMER HAS SINCE TRADED THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 03/08/12 *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR CONTROL MODULE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED THE MODULE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 37,309 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 43,000.

PE12003 MY TRAILBLAZER 06 WINDOW AUTOMATICALLY WENT UP AND I COULD SMELL BURNING, I MADE THE KIDS GET OUT OF THE CAR AND I HAD MY DAD SEARCH. THE DOOR PANEL WAS POPPED OFF, THE SWITCH HAD MELTED AND BURNED A HOLE INTO THE WHITE INSULATION, NOW NOTHING WORKS ON THE TRAILBLAZER DRIVER SIDE DOOR. I NOTIFIED THE CAC AND SENT PICTURES. THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THE VEHICLE. I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO GET IT FIXED SO IT IS STILL NOT FUNCTIONING. *TR UPDATED 6/26/12 *CN

I NOTICED AN ARTICLE ON FOX NEWS ABOUT AN INVESTIGATION REGARDING DOOR FIRES. I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT THAT ISSUE HAPPENING TO ME ABOUT A YEAR AGO. THE PROBLEM STARTED INTERMITTENTLY WHERE THE WINDOW/DOOR SWITCHES WOULD NOT WORK. AFTER DEALING WITH THAT PROBLEM FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS I GOT IN MY TRUCK ONE MORNING AND COULD TELL IT SMELLED LIKE AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. FROM THAT POINT NONE OF THE WINDOWS OR DOOR LOCKS WORKED AND I COULD SEE SOME BROWN DISCOLORATION THAT HAD COME UP BETWEEN THE DOOR AND THE PANEL FOR THE DOOR SWITCHES ON THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR. I PULLED THE SWITCH PANEL UP AND THERE WAS A HOLE ON THE SIDE OF THE SWITCH PANEL AND PART OF THE PLUG WAS MELTED WHERE THE VERY SMALL FIRE HAD OCCURRED. I ORDERED A NEW SWITCH PANEL FROM A DEALER AND HAD THE DEALER FLASH IT SO IT WOULD WORK IN MY TRUCK AND SO FAR SO GOOD. I MAY HAVE THE OLD SWITCH PANEL IN MY GARAGE IF NEEDED FOR ANYTHING. *TR

DRIVERS DOOR CONTROL PANEL BURNED CAUSING FAILURE OF DOOR LOCKS,WINDOWS,ETC. GAS GAUGE CONTINUALLY SHOWED INCORRECT AMOUNTS OF FUEL CAUSING RUNNING OUT OF FUEL. REPLACED THE PART AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN.CHEVROLET TOOK NO BLAME.RECENTLY CHEVY NOTIFIED ALL OWNERS THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM THAT THEY WILL FIX UP TO 1/2 OF THE ACTUAL COST.(MY SHARE WILL BE $218 FOR THEIR MISTAKE) BACK TAIL LIGHTS HAVE BLOWN OUT OVER AND OVER AGAIN SINCE PURCHASE. FINALLY REPLACED ENTIRE UNITS ON MY OWN ANDIT CONTINUED TO HAPPEN. CONTACTED CHEVROLET DEALER AND CHEVY CUSTOMER SERVICE.WENT TO DEALER AND HAD THE TAILLIGHTS REPAIRED BUT CHEVY AGAIN TOOK NO RESPONSIBILITY BUT KINDLY SENT ME A$1000 VOUCHER FOR USE ON A NEW PURCHASE OF A CHEVROLET.THE DEALER REPAIR COST WAS APPRX.$680. STILL OWN THE VEHICLE AND WILL HAVE MAKE FUEL GAUGE REPAIR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR CAUGHT FIRE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 25 MPH WHEN THE DOOR STARTED TO SMOKE. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND POURED A BOTTLE OF WATER IN THE DOOR TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC WHO STATED THE DOOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN, BUT THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 56,390. UPDATED 03/06/12 *BF

I AM FAILING COMPLIANT CASE OF FIRE HAZARD ON THE BLOWER RESISTOR, HAVE COMPLAINED TO THE CHEVY GARAGE ABOUT THIS THEY HAVE KNOWN THE PROBLEM WAS THERE SINCE 2004 AND NEVER REPORTED THIS, THE WIRES BURNT FILLING THE TRAILBLAZER HAZARD SMOKE CAUSING MY GRANDCHILDREN TO COUGH AND NAUSEATED, ALONG WITH MY WIFE AND ME. THEY WILL NOT COVER TO REPAIR THIS .I AM SEEKING HELP ON THIS MATTER.ALSO THERE IS A BAD SHORT SOMEWHERE CAUSING A THE BATTERY TO DRAIN WHICH MAY CAUSE A FIRE ....... NOT SURE OF WHAT THIS IS. I HAVE CONTACTED STATE REPRESENTATIVE [XXX] THE CONGRESSMAN. PLEASE CONTACT ME A.S.A.P IF ANY MORE DETAILS NEEDED . MY WIFE USES THIS FOR WORK AND I AM VERY CONCERN ON THE FIRE WHICH MAY OCCUR I AM AN AUTO MECHANIC FOR 40 + YEARS AND I KNOW THERE IS A SERVER PROBLEM OF A DEFECT IN THIS VECH. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).*TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S DOOR CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE CONTACT DISCONNECTED THE FUSE TO STOP THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHERE THE DEALER REPLACED THE BUTTONS ON THE FRONT DRIVER'S DOOR. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 112,020 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 128,000. UPDATED 03/09/12 *BF UPDATED 03/13/12

I HAVE AN 06 TRAIL BLAZER & I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW CONTROLS I AM UNABLE TO USE THE KEYLESS ENTRY OR UNLOCK THE DOORS WITH DRIVER DOOR OR EVEN PUT DOWN THE WINDOWS IN MY TRUCK & THIS IS NOT A GOOD THING IF I HAVE TO WONDER IF MY DRIVER DOOR IS GOING TO START ON FIRE OR NOT. ALSO THE DRIVE SIDE MODULE HAS BURN MARKS ON IT AS OF RIGHT NOW I HAVE BEEN LUCKY WITH NO FIRES IN THE DOOR BUT IF THIS DID ME OR SOMEONE IN MY FAMILY COULD BE SERIOUSLY INJURED BECAUSE OF THIS FAULTY PART & FOR THIS ONE PART TO CAUSE SO MANY PROBLEMS TO SO MANY PEOPLE I THINK THAT THIS NEEDS TO GET LOOKED AT & FIX NOW BE FORE SOMETHING TRAGIC HAPPENS TO SOMEONE. *TR

I SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING AND TRIED TO ROLL MY WINDOW DOWN WITH NO SUCCESS. I HAVE A FRIEND WHO IS A MECHANIC, REMOVE THE MASTER SWITCH FROM THE DOOR. THERE BURN MARKS AND MELTING ON THE PLASTIC OUTSIDE COMPONENTS. I AM FEARFUL THAT THIS COULD HAVE CAUGHT FIRE AND ME OR SOMEONE IN MY FAMILY WOULD BECOME SERIOUSLY INJURED OR WORSE. AND WHO IS TO SAY THAT IS WOULD NOT DO IT AGAIN IF THE PIECE WAS ONLY REPLACED. I FEEL THIS SHOULD BE SERIOUSLY LOOKED AT BY CHEVROLET BEFORE SOMETHING TRAGIC HAPPENS. *TR

2006 TRAILBLAZER 4WD. THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW BECOME ERRATIC DURING OPERATION AT FIRST. THEN ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WAS AFFECTED OVER NEXT DAY OR TWO, INCLUDING MAKING DOOR LOCKS OPERATE ON THEIR OWN, HEARD ELECTRICAL CRACKLING SOUNDS IN DOOR AND DASHBOARD. SMELLED ELECTRICAL FIRE FUMES SLIGHTLY ONCE. ENGINE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON, FOLLOWED BY LIGHT WARNING THAT STABILATRAK HAD ISSUES. TOOK IT INTO CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP (HARBOR, 9911 W 300 N, MICHIGAN CITY, IN. PHONE (219) 210-4266.) AFTER THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATED, THEY REPORTED THAT THE ISSUE WAS A BURNED OUT DRIVERS DOOR MODULE THAT HAD OBVIOUS CHARRING ON IT. THE SERVICE TECH NOTED ON INVOICE SHEET THAT HE FOUND THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS INDICATING A P0171 DIAGNOSTIC ISSUE WHICH HE TRACED TO THE "FAILED/SHORTED" DRIVER DOOR MODULE. THE SOLUTION WAS TO REPLACE THE MODULE AND PROGRAM THE NEW MODULE. THE NEXT DAY AFTER GETTING BACK THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. A CHECK BY ME USING MY OBD UNIT SHOWS THAT ONCE AGAIN THE P0107 IS THE ISSUE. I HAVE ALSO AGAIN HEARD CRACKLING IN THE DOOR, BUT NO ELECTRICAL ISSUES SEEN THUS FAR. WILL BE HEADING BACK TO DEALERSHIP FIRST CHANCE THAT I GET. COST OF THE UNIT REPLACEMENT WAS $524.62. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY 2006 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER I NOTICED THE STRONG SMELL OF AN ELECTRIC FIRE. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER NOTICING THE SMELL SMOKE BEGAN TO COME OUT OF THE DOOR PANEL ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. BY THE TIME WE WERE ABLE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD ONTO A SIDE STREET (ABOUT 30 SECONDS) THE SMELL AND SMOKE HAD INCREASED CONSIDERABLY. WE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP AND WE WERE TOLD THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW SWITCH WENT BAD AND CAUGHT FIRE. WE HAD TO HAVE THE ELECTRICAL REPLACED ON THE ENTIRE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. I NOTICED THAT THIS SAME ISSUE HAS BEEN REPORTED BY OTHERS FOR CHEVY TRAILBLAZER'S OF THE SAME MODEL YEAR AND WOULD REQUEST THIS ISSUE CONTINUE TO BE INVESTIGATED IN THE EVENT A RECALL IS NECESSARY. *TR UPDATED 6/26/12 *CN

MY TRAILBLAZER HAS EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AS SOME OTHER ONES THAT I HAVE READ ON HERE. MY GAS GAUGE QUIT COMPLETELY, AT FIRST IT WOULD READ FULL THEN GO DOWN AND NOW IT STAYS ON EMPTY WITH THE LIGHT ON. IF THERE ARE SO MANY TRAILBLAZERS HAVING THIS PROBLEM WHY ISN'T THERE A RECALL AND WHY ISN'T CHEVROLET FIXING THIS INSTEAD OF PUTTING IT ON THE CONSUMER TO DO IT. I HAVE RAN OUT OF GAS ON THE HIGHWAY AND HAD TO PULL OVER AND WAS LUCKY THAT I COULD MANEUVER IT OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WHAT ARE THEY WAITING ON FOR SOME PEOPLE TO GET KILLED BEFORE THEY DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT? WHEN IT DIES NOTHING WORKS AND YOU ARE STUCK WHERE IT DIES. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WHICH NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY CHEVROLET AND THEY NEED TO FIX THE PROBLEM, THEY SHOULDN'T BE PUTTING FAULTY THINGS ON VEHICLES AND NOT OWN UP TO IT. THEY NEED TO OWN UP TO THE PROBLEM AND FIX IT. ALSO I CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE IT FIXED. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY A MECHANIC THAT THE FUEL PUMP SHOULD BE REPLACED NOT JUST THE SENSOR. *TR

STARTED VEHICLE, WENT TO LOWER DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW AND IT WOULD NOT GO DOWN. MASTER WINDOW CONTROLS AS WELL AS OUTSIDE MIRROR CONTROLS AND REMOTE KEYLESS LOCKING/UNLOCKING OF DRIVERS DOOR WERE NO LONGER FUNCTIONAL. RESEARCHED THE MOST LIKELY PROBLEM AND DISCOVERED MANY OTHER OWNERS EXPERIENCING TROUBLE WITH THE "DRIVERS DOOR MODULE". I PULLED MINE OUT OF THE DOOR AND DISCOVERED THE MODULE WAS MELTED AND BURNED AND IT WAS SEVERE ENOUGH TO LEAVE BURN MARKS ON THE INSULATION INSIDE THE DOOR. THE ENTIRE SWITCH BURNED OUT AND APPEARED TO MELT/SMOLDER INSIDE THE DOOR. NOT SURE IF THIS HAPPENED THE INSTANT THE SWITCH WAS ACTIVATED OR IF IT HAPPENED SOMETIME ELSE WHILE PARKED. CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT "THEY REPLACE THESE ALL THE TIME" AND WERE HAPPY TO SELL ME ONE TO FOR OVER $500 INSTALLED/PROGRAMMED. I DECLINED BECAUSE I COULD NOT GET A SATISFACTORY ANSWER AS TO WHY A FUSE DIDN'T STOP THIS FROM OCCURRING AND CAUSING SUCH AN EXPENSIVE PIECE OF ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT TO CATCH FIRE INSIDE MY GARAGE. UPON READING OF AN INVESTIGATION BY THE NHTSB TONIGHT, I FEEL COMPELLED TO LET YOU KNOW THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION THAT NEEDS IMMEDIATE FIXING. BY THE DEALERS OWN ADMISSION THESE ARE REPLACED FREQUENTLY. GM DIDN'T ACKNOWLEDGE THE FUEL SENDING UNIT ISSUE UNTIL AFTER MANY PEOPLE WERE INCONVENIENCED OR INJURED AND IT APPEARS THEY ARE DOING THE SAME WITH THIS SITUATION. BEYONE THE OBVIOUS FACT THAT THIS IS A FAULTY PART, PLEASE INITIATE A RECALL ON THIS BEFORE IT CATCHES S

I FILLED UP AND THE METER IMMEDIATELY POINTED TOWARDS EMPTY THEN THE LIGHT CAME ON. READS EMPTY 95% OF THE TIME. THE NEEDLES WILL RAISE TO THE 1/4 LINE AND DROP WITHIN SECONDS. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 20 HEADING TOWARDS NORTH CAROLINA. I WAS ABOUT 5 TO 10 MILES FROM MERIDIAN, MS AND I WAS DRIVING INTO A DOWN POUR OF RAIN. TWO SEMIS PASSED ME SPLASHING WATER AND AFTER THE SECOND SEMI PASSED ALL I KNEW WAS MY VEHICLE SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL AT A RAPID SPEED BOUNCING UP AND DOWN FOR ABOUT 30 TO 50 YARDS AND FINALLY SLAMMING INTO A TREE ON THE DRIVER SIDE AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. I MYSELF SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES ALONG WITH MY OLDEST SON. MY TWO YOUNGER SONS WERE IN THE BACKSEAT BUT I HAD A BASKET NEXT TO THE DRIVERS SIDE PASSENGERS DOOR WHICH MADE ONE OF MY SON'S SIT IN THE MIDDLE AND MY OTHER SON TO THE RIGHT OF HIM. *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE WOULD FAIL INTERMITTENTLY. IN ADDITION, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE SPORADICALLY. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 94,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

FUEL GAUGE WARNING LIGHT DID NOT COME ON AND FUEL GAUGE REMAINED ON EMPTY EVEN AFTER FILLING THE GAS TANK UP. I NOW HAVE TO GUESS AS TO MY FUEL AMOUNT AND FILL UP EVERY 300 MILES TO BE SAFE SO AS TO NOT RUN OUT OF GAS WITH MY 6 MONTH OLD SON IN THE CAR. THE COST ESTIMATE FOR REPLACING THIS COMPONENT IS OVER $800 WHICH I DO NOT HAVE. I BELIEVE THAT WITH SO FEW MILES AND SUCH A COMMON COMPLAINT, GM SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL SO NO ONE RUNS OUT OF GAS ON THE INTERSTATE AND GETS REAR ENDED. *TR

GAS GAUGE JUST STOPPED WORKING ALL OF THE SUDDEN. EVEN AFTER I FILL THE TANK ALL THE WAY UP, THE GAS GAUGE IS UNRESPONSIVE. IT READS AS EMPTY AND THE WARNING SIGN/BEEPS CONTINUE THROUGHOUT MY DRIVE. I HAVEN'T CALLED CHEVY YET BECAUSE I WANTED TO LOOK ONLINE TO SEE THE ESTIMATED COST AND POSSIBLE CAUSES. MUCH TO MY SURPRISE, THERE ARE ABOUT A MILLION OTHER CHEVY CUSTOMERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE. IS THERE A REASON A RECALL HASN'T BEEN ISSUED YET? I READ CHEVY DOESN'T CONSIDER THIS A "SAFETY" ISSUE THEREFORE NO RECALL HAS BEEN EXTENDED. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I WOULD THINK YOUR CAR DYING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT AND BEING STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE WOULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE. OR YOUR CAR DYING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 75MPH..AGAIN PRETTY SERIOUS SITUATION. HOW ABOUT IF I'M DRIVING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION AND MY CAR DIES BECAUSE I HAVE NO CLUE HOW MUCH GAS I HAVE. THEN I GET T-BONED AND AM AT BEST IN CRITICAL CONDITION AT THE HOSPITAL. AM I THE ONLY ONE THAT THINKS THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE AND NEEDS TO BE RECALLED BECAUSE IT IS IN FACT A SAFETY ISSUE. IS IT NOT CONSIDERED A SAFETY ISSUE UNTIL WE HAVE REPORTED DEATHS BECAUSE OF IT. I'M ABOUT TO DEPLOY TO AFGHANISTAN AND WILL UNFORTUNATELY BE LEAVING THIS ISSUE FOR MY WIFE TO DEAL WITH. I PRAY THAT NOTHING HAPPENS TO HER OR MY 3 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER BECAUSE SOMEONE WASN'T MAN ENOUGH TO ADMIT THEY WERE AT FAULT AND ISSUE A RECALL TO FIX A PROBLEM SO MANY CONSUMERS ARE HAVING. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER VEHICLE FROM CHEVROLET OR GM FOR THAT

AFTER REFUELING VEHICLE, GAS GAUGE GOES TO E, WITH LOW FUEL WARNING LIGHT/BUZZER GOING OFF. AFTER TRAVELLING 30-40 MILES, GAS GAUGE GOES TO NORMAL. AFTERWARDS, GAUGE IS ERRATIC, AND YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH FUEL YOU REALLY HAVE LEFT, WITHOUT KNOWING YOUR FUEL MILEAGE AND HOW MANY MILES YOU HAVE DRIVEN ON A TANK OF GAS SO FAR. NOW GAUGE WILL GO E, EVEN WITH 1/4 TANK OF GAS REMAINING. *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE IGNITION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED FOR THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 39,700. UPDATED 02/15/12*BF UPDATED 05/021/2

LAST NIGHT ON 01/17/12 I FILLED MY TRUCK WITH GAS AND WHEN I RESTARTED THE VEHICLE IT STARTED DINGING AT ME AND THE GAS GAUGE WAS STUCK ON EMPTY. THIS MORNING I STARTED THE TRUCK AND DROVE TO WORK AND THE FUEL GAUGE KEPT MOVING AND READING DIFFERNT AMOUNTS. I PLACED A CALL TO GM AND THEY ARE FULLY AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT SAY IT'S NOT A SAFETY CONCERN SO NO RECALL WAS ISSUED AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR HALF OF THE REPAIR THAT COULD ONLY BE DONE THRU AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. SOMETHING IS SERIOUSLY WRONG, THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN FOR ME NOT TO KNOW IF I HAVE FUEL AND I HAVE TO PAY GM MORE MONEY WHEN THEY ARE FULLY AWARE THAT THEY USED FAULTY EQUIPMENT.

TRUCK RAN OUT OF GAS ON A HIGHWAY EXIT RAMP THIS HAS HAPPEN AT LEAST 10 TIMES SINCE THE FUEL GAUGE READ RANDOM LEVELS WHEN I KNOW THAT THERE IS EITHER MORE OR LESS GAS THAN ITS READING IT TENDS TO VARY BETWEEN EMPTY AND GAS LIGHT ON TO 1/2 FULL NO MATTER HOW MUCH GAS IS IN IT .WE HAVE TO CALCULATE MILEAGE IN ORDER TO ENSURE WE DO NOT RUN OUT .THE GAUGE WORKS MAYBE 1%OF THE TIME . *TR

GAS GAUGE DOES NOT OPERATE HAS A REUSLT OF DEFECTIVE FUEL PUMP

WITHOUT WARNING CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WHEN APPLYING PRESSURE TO GAS PEDAL, THE MOTOR WOULD JUST REV UP. I HAD TO SHIFT AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION INTO LOWER GEAR TO GET IT TO GO. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO DEALERSHIP BY MANUALLY SHIFTING TRANSMISSION. SERVICE DEPARTMENT INFORM ME THAT TRANSMISSION WAS SHOT AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED FOR ABOUT $3,000.00 DOLLARS. MY 2006 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER HAS ALWAYS BEEN SERVICE AT THE SAME DEALERSHIP AND ONLY HAS 28,783 MILES ON THE ODOMETER; I DID NOT THINK THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD FAIL WITH SUCH LOW MILEAGE. GM DID SAY THAT THEY WOULD COVER THE PARTS BUT I WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE TO PAY FOR LABOR. I REALIZED THAT CHEVY DID NOT OFFER 100,000 MILE POWER TRAIN WARRANTIES ON TRAILBLAZERS UNTIL 2007 BUT I BELIEVE THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE FROM THE START AND CHEVY SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE TO COVER REPLACEMENT COST. *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE HEADLIGHTS WILL START FLICKERING THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS WILL COME ON IT THE DASH AND ALL OF THE BUTTONS ON THE DRIVERS DOOR WILL STOP WORKING AND THE REAR HEATER WILL ONLY WORK WHEN IT WANTS TOO THE POWER LIGHT ON THE REAR HEATER WILL NOT EVEN COME ON THEN YOUR DRIVING ALONG AND IT WILL LIGHT UP AND START WORKING THE ONLY WAY TO GET THE BUTTONS ON THE DOOR TO WORK AGAIN AND THE LIGHTS IN THE DASH TO GO OFF IS TO PULL OVER AND SHUT THE TRUCK OFF AND THEN RESTART IT UP AGAIN BUT YOU MAY BE DOING THIS AGAIN WITH IN THE HOUR IF STILL DRIVING AND IF YOU DON'T LOOK FOR THOSE LIGHTS ON IN THE DASH YOU COULD BE IN TROUBLE CAUSE IF THEY STAY ON LONG ENOUGH YOU WILL GO TO STOP AND THE BRAKE PADDLE WILL GO TO THE FLOOR AND YOU WON'T STOP BUT IF YOU QUICKLY HIT THE BRAKE AGAIN IT STOPS THE TRUCK IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE ANYMORE IT SCARES ME EVERY TIME I GET IN IT I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THESE TRUCKS FROM WHAT I HAVE SEEN ONLINE ALOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AND IF I HIT SOMEONE BECAUSE OF THIS THING I WILL SUE GM FOR MAKING JUNK. *TR

RAN OUT OF GAS, BECAUSE THE FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. *TR

THE FUEL GAUGE WAS GIVING FALSE READING SAYING EMPTY WHEN IT WAS NOT OR FULL WHEN IT WAS EMPTY AND SOMETIMES IN BETWEEN. THIS CAUSE THE ENGINE TO STALL WHEN DRIVING ON A PUBLIC ROAD MAKING IT VERY HARD TO PULL OVER AND STOP BECAUSE THE POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES QUIT WORKING. I HAVE SEARCHED ON THIS ISSUE AND IT IS A HUGE PROBLEM WITH TRAILBLAZERS. *TR

ALL REPAIRS DONE WITHIN 20,000 OF USE (PURCHASED USED AT 50,000 CURRENTLY HAVE 70,000) BACK WINDSHIELD WATER PUMP DOES NOT WORK BRAKE LIGHTS/LEFT SIGNAL LIGHT ARE NOT WORKING CORRECTLY, BACK UP LIGHTS ILLUMINATE WHEN BRAKING LEFT FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIE METAL RODS VISIBLE DUE TO SUSPENSION ERRORS CAUSING TOO MUCH WEAR ON TIRE SERVICE STABILITY TRACK ERROR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON BOTTOM OF CAR IS RUSTING OUT ABS FAILED ON ICE CAR RUNS ROUGH LEFT OUTER TIE ROD END REPLACED FRONT/REAR ALIGNMENT DONE FRONT BRAKES REPLACED REAR BRAKES REPLACE LEFT FRONT WHEEL BARRING REPLACED LEFT REAR BRAKE CALIBER REPLACED DRIVER MASTER SWITCH REPLACED WINDSHIELD WASHER PUMP REPLACED FUEL LEVEL SENSOR REPLACED LEFT OUTER TIE ROD REPLACED (SECOND TIME) FRONT END ALIGNMENT IGNITION SWITCH REPLACED WATER PUMP REPLACED SOLENOID REPLACED FRONT HUB R/F REPLACED FRONT DISC BRAKE PADS REPLACED BRAKE ROTOR REPLACED REAR DISC BRAKE PAD REPLACED REAR BRAKE ROTOR REPLACED GAS CAP REPLACED TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLY L/R. BATTERY REPLACED. *TR

LOW-BEAM HEADLIGHTS GO OFF WITHOUT WARNING AFTER ABOUT 20 MINUTES DRIVING. DASHBOARD LIGHTS STILL ON... (NOT A FUSE PROBLEM...NOT A BLOWN HEADLIGHT)...AFTER CAR IS TURNED OFF FOR A WHILE(30 MINUTES OR SO). LIGHTS WILL COME ON WHEN CAR IS STARTED...PROBLEM REPEATS ITSELF AFTER 20 MINUTES OR SO...THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE DRIVER MAY NOT KNOW THE LIGHTS ARE OFF UNLESS THE STREET IS EXTREMELY DARK...MAKING THE DRIVER A HAZARD TO OTHERS ON THE ROAD, AS WELL AS HIMSELF. *TR

FUEL GAUGE BECAME INOPERABLE. DOES NOT INDICATE PROPER FUEL LEVEL. SUBSEQUENTLY FAILED STATE SAFETY INSPECTION. *KB

THE GAS GAUGE ON THE VEHICLE HAS STOPPED WORKING. I CALLED GM AND THEY STATE THAT THERE IS NO RECALL EVEN THOUGH THIS A COMMON PROBLEM ON THIS VEHICLE LINE. GM NEEDS TO DO A FULL RECALL AND NOT ONLY OFFER TO PAY FOR HALF OF THE REPAIRS TO THE VEHICLE FOR THIS ISSUE. *TR

THE RPM GAUGE STOPPED WORKING TODAY. THE CAR HESITATED AND IS ACTING NOT RIGHT. I HAVE READ OF NUMEROUS PEOPLE HAVING THE EXACT SAME ISSUE. GM NEEDS TO DO A FULL RECALL ON THIS ISSUE. *TR

NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: DP10001 FUEL GAUGE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. GAUGE WILL SHOW EMPTY WHEN VEHICLE IS FULL; GAUGE WILL SHOW FULL WHEN THE VEHICLE IS EMPTY. THE GAUGE INDICATOR STARTED FLUXING BETWEEN FULL, EMPTY AND LEVELS IN BETWEEN. NOW IT TYPICALLY STAYS AT EMPTY ALL THE TIME REGARDLESS OF THE AMOUNT OF FUEL. *TR

THE GAS GAUGE ON MY 2006 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER BEGAN TO SHOW AN EMPTY TANK WHEN I FILLED UP, AFTER DRIVING ABOUT 50 MILES THE GAUGE WOULD PROPERLY SHOW THE AMOUNT OF GAS I HAD IN THE TANK UNTIL THE NEXT FILL UP. THE PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN WORSE AND I HAVE READ THAT OTHER TRAILBLAZER OWNERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. THE DEFECT SEEMS TO BE COMMON, EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR, AND SHOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF CHEVROLET. *TR

THE FUEL TANK FLANGE ON THE FILLER LINE INTO FUEL TANK LEAKS AND IS DEFECTIVE AT MANUFACTURING IT IS A PLASTIC FLANGE THAT HAS BROKE ALLOWING FUEL TO LEAK OUT OF FUEL TANK. IT IS AT CHEVY DEALER IN KISSIMMEE FLORIDA AND I HAVE PHOTO'S OF FLANGE AND AREA THAT HAS BEEN LEAKING. I HAVE CALL CHEVY AND THEY ARE REVIEWING THE CASE BUT I WANT AN INVESTIGATION DUE TO THE SAFETY OF FUEL LEAKS NEAR HOT EXHAUST PIPES. WE HAVE 2 TRAILBLAZER IN OUR FAMILY AND BOTH HAVE LEAKS FROM THE SAME FLANGE. CASE NUMBER [XXX] FOR THE 2006 MODEL AND [XXX] FOR THE 2004 MODEL. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

PURCHASED VEHICLE ON 09-08, WITH ROUGHLY 45000, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF, AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS OF GOING BACK AND FORTH AT CHEVY DEALER THEY DETERMINED IT WAS A FAULTY CYLINDER HEAD ON THE NUMBER FOUR CYLINDER. FILED BBC COMPLAINT AND SPOKE WITH CHEVY WHO REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING. COUPLE MONTHS LATER AND APPROX MILEAGE 60000, THE FUEL GAUGE NO LONGER WORKS CAUSING ME TO RUN OUT OF GAS A COUPLE DIFFERENT TIMES. ABOUT THE SAME TIME, THE STABILITY CONTROL SYSTEM DASH LIGHTS WOULD INTERMITTENTLY COME ON AND OFF. I HAVE NOT CONTACTED CHEVY ABOUT THE OTHER TWO ISSUES AS I FELT THEY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING THE SAME AS THE HEAD PROBLEM. *TR

FILLED UP THE VEHICLE AT THE GAS STATION AND WHEN VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED FUEL GAUGE WAS READING EMPTY. FUEL GAUGE HAS SINCE NOT FUNCTIONED PROPERLY. *TR

FUEL USUALLY READS EMPTY. EVEN AFTER FILL UP. SOMETIMES WANDERS FROM 1/4 TO 1/2 THEN DROPS AGAIN. ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AFTER FUELING UP, WILL GO OUT AFTER AN HR OF DRIVING .. GIVE OR TAKE. KNOWING THAT THIS MANY PEOPLE ALL ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES, GM SHOULD STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT, STEP UP AND LOOK AFTER IT!!!! RUNNING OUT OF GAS IS NOT ONLY DANGEROUS...BUT DOES NOT MAKE FOR HAPPY CUSTOMERS OR REPEAT BUSINESS. *TR

FUEL GAUGE STOPPED WORKING AFTER FILL UP AND NOW READS EMPTY AT ALL TIMES. *TR

GAS GAUGE READS EMPTY EVEN AFTER VEHICLE HAS BEEN FILLED UP. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED FOR A YEAR. HAVE RAN OUT OF GAS ON THE FREEWAY ON 4 OCCASIONS. *TR

GOT FULL TANK OF GAS. FUEL GAUGE DROPS TO EMPTY. APPEARS TO FIX SELF THEN DROPS TO EMPTY MORE. FUEL GAUGE COMPLETELY UNRELIABLE. HAVE TO USE TRIP METER NOW TO JUDGE GAS LEVEL. DANGEROUS IF I RUN OUT OF GAS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. *TR

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT 65 MPH FUEL GAUGE DROPS FROM 3/8 FULL TO ZERO. OTHER GAUGES SUCH AS OIL PRESSURE, COOLANT TEMPERATURES ALSO DROPS TO ZERO. ALSO SEVERAL WARNING LIGHTS SUCH AS CHECK ENGINE AND ANTI LOCK BREAK TURN ON. I STOPPED THE CAR SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND IT WOULD NOT START AGAIN. AFTER ADDING 2 GALLONS OF GAS IT STARTED AGAIN BUT WHEN I TOOK IT TO GAS STATION I COULD ONLY ADD ABOUT 11 GALLONS INTO A 24 GALLON TANK. SO I BELIEVE THE READING AT 3/8 FULL WAS CORRECT BEFORE IT WENT TO ZERO. THE SAME SITUATION OCCURRED AGAIN WHEN WE HAD 3/4 TANK FULL, THIS TIME OUR FAMILY WAS STRANDED OUT OF TOWN. *TR

CHEVROLET SHOULD BE MADE TO PAY FULL PRICE FOR THE REPAIR OF THE FUEL SENSOR. WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO PAY HALF FOR REPLACING A FAULTY PRODUCT. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FOR IT TO RUN PERFECTLY. SINCE THE PROBLEM WE HAVE TWICE BEEN STUCK ON THE ROAD WITH NO GAS. TRYING TO ESTIMATE FUEL CONSUMPTION FOR OUR NEXT FILL UP IS RIDICULOUS. I HAVE HEARD OF DRIVERS RUNNING OUT OF GAS ON THE HIGHWAY, A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. *KB

FUEL GAUGE INOPERABLE, FUEL GAUGE INDICATES EMPTY AT ALL TIMES. EVEN AFTER A FILL-UP OF THE GAS TANK. *KB

FILLED FUEL TANK FULL, AND STARTED TO DRIVE AWAY. FUEL GAUGE SUDDENLY DROPPED TO EMPTY AND LOW FUEL LIGHT CAME ON. MOMENTS LATER, FUEL GAUGE RETURNED TO A FULL READING, AND LOW FUEL LIGHT WENT OFF. MOMENTS LATER WHILE DRIVING, FUEL GAUGE AGAIN DROPPED TO EMPTY AND LOW FUEL LIGHT AGAIN CAME ON. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ALSO THEN CAME ON AND HAS STAYED ON. NOW FUEL GAUGE INTERMITTENTLY DROPS TO EMPTY AND LOW FUEL LIGHT COMES ON, THEN GAUGE RETURNS TO FULL READING. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON. DANGEROUS POTENTIAL TO RUN OUT OF FUEL AS HAVE NO IDEA AS TO ACTUAL GAS IN TANK. UNDERSTAND THAT THIS HAS BEEN A COMMON PROBLEM ON THIS AND SIMILAR GM VEHICLES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO ADVISED HER THAT THE GASOLINE SENSOR WAS NOT READING THE FUEL PROPERLY. THE DEALER ALSO ADVISED HER THAT THERE WAS NO OIL IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 145,000.

FUEL SENDING UNIT BEGAN SENDING INTERMITTENT FALSE READINGS, RESULTING IN RUNNING OUT OF GAS MID-INTERSECTION, WHILE ON FREEWAYS WHERE THE LOSS OF SPEED MIGHT RESULT IN AN OBSTRUCTION OF TRAFFIC, IN MID-ACCELERATION WHERE THE LOSS OF ACCELERATION MIGHT RESULT IN AN IMMEDIATE DANGER TO THE OCCUPANTS AND SURROUNDING VEHICLES, OR WHILE DRIVING WHILE GAUGE INDICATOR INDICATED THE AVAILABILITY OF FUEL WITHIN THE SYSTEM TO PERFORM COMBUSTION. *TR