2008 Chevrolet Trailblazer complaints

ON THE 2008 TRAILBLAZER, HAD TWO PROBLEMS WITH THE IGNITION SWITCH. IN APRIL 2011 THE TUMBLER MECHANISM PORTION OF THE IGNITION SWITCH FAILED AT APPROXIMATELY 27,225 MILES AND WAS REPLACE UNDER WARRANTY. IN MAY 2014 HAD DIFFICULTY STARTING THE VEHICLE WHEN THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS IN THE START POSITION. WAS ABLE TO START THE VEHICLE AND DRIVE TO THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP. WHILE WAITING FOR THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN, I MOVED THE TILT STEERING WHEEL TO A DIFFERENT POSITION AND THE VEHICLE STOPPED RUNNING. THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRICAL PORTION OF THE IGNITION SWITCH HAD FAILED. THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS REPLACED. THE APPROXIMATE MILEAGE WAS 71878. *TR

STARTED VEC. IN THE MORNING. EXHAUST VERY LOUD. CHECKED EXHAUST SYSTEM FOUND MANIFOLD CRACKED. GOT ON ON STAR ACCT...STATED EXTENDED COVERAGE HAD EXPIRED. FOUND OUT SPECIAL COVERAGE GM BULL. #11150. CONTACTED DEALER. STATED NOT COVERED DUE TO OUT OF MILEAGE RANGE OF 120000 LIMIT. SAID TO TAKE TO SERV. MGR AND SAID OUT OF HIS HANDS. CONTACTED GM AND NOW THEY ARE WORKING WITH ME TO HELP RESOLVE ISSUE. TOLD GM I HAVE NEVER RECV. ANY INFO ABOUT THIS PROBLEM WHEN I BOUGHT THIS TRAILBLAZER. WILL FUMES ENTER PASS. AREA. DON'T KNOW AT THIS POINT. SAFETY ISSUE...YES, RECALL ISSUE...YES, DESIGN ISSUE...YES. *JS

HAD TO REPLACE THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD DUE TO CRACK. *TR

WHILE SITTING THE PARKED VEHICLE, WITH THE KEY IN IGNITION IN THE ON POSITION BUT ENGINE OFF THE DASH BEGAN TO POUR SMOKE INTO THE VEHICLE. UPON INSPECTING UNDER THE HOOD THERE WERE BURNED AND MELTED WIRES LEADING TO FUSE BOX. ELECTRICAL FIRE OCCURRED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ABS AND STABILITRAK WARNING LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE DEFECT WAS REMEDIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,779.

REPEATED ISSUE. SMELL OF SMOKE/BURNING TRIGGERS DASH WARNING SIGNALS. SAME DASH WARNING SIGNALS COME ON WITHOUT SMELL OF SMOKE/BURNING. CYCLE REPEATS ITSELF WITHOUT PATTERN, AND INCLUDES DURING 4 WHEEL USE. VEHICLE TAKEN TO MULTIPLE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIPS FOR SERVICE (UTAH, NORTH CAROLINA AND WASHINGTON) WITH THE DASH WARNING LIGHTS ON. UTAH AND NC CLAIM UNABLE TO REPLICATE EVENT OR IDENTIFY PROBLEM, SO LISTED AS UNKNOWN WITHOUT CORRECTION. GMC EXECUTIVE OFFICE INTERDICTION RESULTED IN REPLACEMENT OF STEREO EVEN THOUGH DASH LIGHT INDICATE POWERTRAIN & ELECTRICAL. STEREO BROKE 2 MOS LATER. GMEO AND WA IDENTIFIED FUSE ISSUE RELATED TO 4 WHEEL DRIVE, BUT UNABLE TO REPLICATE SMOKE/BURNING BEFORE CLAIMING ISSUE RESOLVED. DASH WARNING LIGHTS CONSTANTLY COME ON AND OFF INDICATING PROBLEM WITH POWERTRAIN/ELECTRICAL. GMEO CLOSED CASE AS RESOLVED. *TR

SINCE OWNING THE VEHICLE; PURCHASED USED IN 2005 FROM A DEALER; WE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE IGNITION SWITCH TWICE. CALLED TO REPORT PROBLEM TO CHEVROLET SINCE ALL THE NEWS OF IGNITION SWITCHES; THEY DIDN'T SEEM CONCERNED OR INTERESTED SINCE THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT LISTED ON THE RECALL LIST. IT HAS LEFT ME STRANDED TWICE AND HAS COST ME APPROX. $400. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY FAILED TO TURN IN THE IGNITION AND THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE STARTED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED ONLY ONCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,316 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 81,447.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE ELECTRIC PANEL FOR THE WINDOWS WAS NOT FULLY FUNCTIONING. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE REAR WINDOWS WOULD ELECTRONICALLY OPEN BUT WHEN ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE THE WINDOWS FROM THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE MAIN ELECTRIC PANEL, IT WOULD REQUIRE THE CONTACT TO MANUALLY CLOSE THE WINDOWS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102000.

I'VE NOTICED SEVERAL TIMES THAT MY VEHICLE WILL TURN ON WHEN I PLACE THE IGNITION KEY INTO THE "ON" POSITION RIGHT BEFORE I TURN THE KEY ALL THE WAY TO START IT. I'M NOT SURE IF IT WAS DUE TO THE COLD WEATHER OR NOT. ALSO, MY ENGINE LIGHT IS ALWAYS ON AND I HAD IT TESTED WHICH CAME BACK AS AN EMISSIONS CONTROL PROBLEM. WHICH COULD BE THE GAS CAP I HAVEN'T PAID TO FIX YET. *TR

MY DAUGHTER TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, SAW CAR IN FRONT OF HER STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT. SHE ATTEMPTED TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES, IT FELT AS IF SHE WAS NOT STOPPING AT ALL. SHE HIT THE STOPPED CAR, PUSHED BOTH OF OUR CARS THROUGH THE INTERSECTION TO THE OTHER SIDE. HER AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY, ONSTAR DID NOT CONTACT HER. THE REASON I BOUGHT THIS SPECIFIC CAR WAS FOR THE ONSTAR IN CASE OF A COLLISION OR EMERGENCY. WHEN I CONTACTED ONSTAR LATER, THEY REPORTED THEY DID NOT RECEIVE NOTIFICATION THAT A COLLISION HAD OCCURRED. I CONTACTED GM TO HAVE BRAKE, AIRBAG, AND ONSTAR FAILURE INVESTIGATED. RECEIVED REPORT FROM GM INVESTIGATOR STATING NO FAILURE IN AIRBAG SYSTEM, THAT THE CRASH WAS NOT SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO CAUSE AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT AND ONSTAR NOTIFICATION. SHE WAS TRAVELING 45 MPH UPON IMPACT (PER CDR). THE CAR WAS TOTALED - OVER $13,000 DAMAGE. IF A CRASH AT 45 MPH, REAR-ENDING, CAR TOTALED DOES NOT DEPLOY AIRBAGS IT SEEMS AS THOUGH SOMETHING IS WRONG. *TR

AS I WAS DRIVING MY 2008 TRAILBLAZER THE STEERING WHEEL COMPLETELY FROZE ON ME AND I COULD NOT TURN THE VEHICLE IN ANY DIRECTION. I ENDED UP DRIVING IT INTO SOMEONES YARD BEFORE I COULD GET IT STOPPED. AFTER HAVING IT TAKEN TO A GARAGE THEY TOLD ME MY POWER STEERING LINES ETC WERE BLOWN. THEY HAVE SINCE FIXED THIS ISSUE, VERY COSTLY TO ME THOUGH, AND THEN THEY INFORMED ME THAT WHILE CHECKING THE VEHICLE OUT THEY FOUND MY TRANSMISSION LINES ARE VERY CORRODED. SO THAT IS THE NEXT ISSUE TO BE FIXED WITH THIS VEHICLE. *TR

IN THE FALL OF 2012, I HAD TO REPLACE AN IGNITION SWITCH IN MY TRAILBLAZER AT APPROX. 90,000 MILES. THEN, IN JULY OF 2013, WE WERE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 95 IN CT, HEAVY TRAFFIC, HIGH SPEEDS, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR JUST DIED. I, FORTUNATELY, WAS IN THE RIGHT HAND LANE AND WAS ABLE TO DRIFT OFF THE ROAD. A CT TROOPER SAT BEHIND US FOR AN HOUR WHILE WE WAITED FOR AAA. IT WAS A SUNDAY. WE WERE TOWED TO A CHEVROLET DEALER IN OLD SAYSBROOK, ESSEX CT. HAD TO SPEND THE NIGHT IN A HOTEL AND THAT MONDAY, THE DEALER PUT IN ANOTHER IGNITION SWITCH. MY MILEAGE WAS A LITTLE OVER 100,000. HAVE ALL THE DOCUMENTATION. HAVE YOU LOOKED INTO IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE IN TRAILBLAZERS? IS MY CAR SAFE TO DRIVE? WOULD APPRECIATE A RESPONSE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE AND AIR BAG WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 61,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 63,000. *TR

I HAD TO REPLACE THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW MOTOR AT ABOUT 30,000 MILES AND NOW THE PASSENGER SIDE MOTOR IS ACTING UP AND WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO BE REPLACED - I AM CURRENTLY AT 38000 MILES. SEEING SO MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS, INCLUDING VEHICLE DOOR FIRES, THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR

AFTER HAVING TAKEN A 25 MILE TRIP, I DISCOVERED A LARGE PUDDLE OF OIL UNDER MY CAR AND UPON INSPECTION FOUND THE POWER STEERING LINES HAD ALL RUSTED IN A SHOCK MOUNT AND RUPTURED RELEASING THE POWER STEERING FLUID. MY MECHANIC SAID IF ALL THE OIL HAD DRAINED OUT, IT WOULD HAVE BURNED UP THE PUMP AND COST AN ADDITIONAL $350. TOTAL COST OF REPAIR $623. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE OPENED THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR AND NOTICED CORROSION ON THE DOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE DOOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000.

INCIDENT WITH MY 2008 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER INCIDENT REPORTED ON SEPT. 9 AT 9:30PM WHICH OCCURRED AS I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM A CUBSCOUTS MEETING, WITH MY 2 SONS IN THE VEHICLE. AS I WAS DRIVING HOME AROUND 845PM HOME FROM OUR METHODIST CHURCH,WHICH IS LOCATED ABOUT .3 MILE FROM MY HOUSE. THE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD AND THE HEADLIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING ALL OF A SUDDEN AND I COULD SMELL SOMETHING BURNING AS I A DRIVING. THE TIME OF THE DAY WAS DUSK AND STARTING TO GET DARK BUT A CLEAR SUNNY DAY BEFORE THIS OCCURRED. MY OLDEST SON, WHO IS 9, SAID WHAT IS THAT SMELL AND THEN MY OTHER SON, WHO IS 4 YEARS OLD ALSO SAID THE SAME THING. I DROVE SLOWLY DOWN THE HILL AS THIS OCCURRED OFF THE ROAD AND THE RED LIGHT NEAR OUR SUBDIVISION ENTRANCE. I LIVE IN HIXSON TN. I ALSO NOTICED THERE WAS BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD AREA NEAR THE FUSE BOX AREA ON THE DRIVERS SIDE VEHICLE. I GOT HOME WITHIN 5 MINUTES OF THIS HAPPENING AND IMMEDIATELY PULLED MY CAR INTO MY DRIVE WAY AND TOLD BOTH MY BOYS TO GET OUT OF THE CAR. I PULLED THE HOOD RELEASE UNDER THE STEERING WHEEL AND WENT TO LIFT THE HOOD AND COULD SEE BLACK SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE FUSE BOX AREA. I POPPED THE END CLIPS THAT KEEPS THE FUSE BOX IN PLACE AND OPENED THE FUSE BOX. WHEN I DID THIS, THERE WAS A SPARK OF FLAME AND SMOKE THAT PUT ITSELF OUT WHEN I LIFTED THE LID OFF THE FUSE BOX AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT HAPPENED(PHOTO ATTACHED FOR YOU TO SEE). YOU CAN SEE THERE IS SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO MANY FUSES THAT CONTROL THE ELECTRONICS IN

WHILE DRIVING ON A STRAIGHT SECTION OF A CITY STREET AT ONLY 30 MPH BOTH SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. I WAS STARTLED BUT QUICKLY LOOKED AROUND TO SEE IF I HAD HIT ANYTHING OR HAD BEEN HIT BY ANOTHER CAR. I WAS STILL MOVING FORWARD AND AS SOON AS SAFELY POSSIBLE PULLED THE CAR OVER AND GOT OUT TO INSPECT WHAT HAD HAPPENED. THERE WAS NO COLLISION WITH ANY OTHER OBJECT OR CAR AND THE AIRBAGS HAD DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING. THE AIRBAG LIGHT HAD NOT BEEN ON AND THE CAR WAS DRIVING NORMALLY. I CALLED MY INSURANCE COMPANY AND REPORTED THE INCIDENT AND REQUESTED A TOW. THE INSURANCE ADJUSTER HAS SINCE DETERMINED THAT SINCE THERE HAS BEEN NO COLLISION THAT THE CAUSE MUST BE FROM A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. THE BODY SHOP HAS RUN THE CODES FROM THE ON BOARD COMPUTER AND THEY ARE B0051,B0058,B0062,B0065,B0070, AND U7300. EXCEPT FOR THE U7300 THE REST ARE STATING THE OBVIOUS THAT THE AIRBAGS AND SEAT BELT TENSIONERS HAVE DEPLOYED. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE IF I HAD BEEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON A SECTION OF ROAD THAT WAS CURVED I DO NOT THINK THAT I COULD HAVE MAINTAINED CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF OTHERS WITH THIS PROBLEM. GM SHOULD CONSIDER A RECALL. PEOPLE DON'T HAVE &500-$600 LAYING AROUND. AND THERE ARE MANY WITH SAME YEAR MAKE AND AROUND SAME MILEAGE WITH THIS PROBLEM. *TR

WATER GOT ON THE WINDOW SWITCHES BECAUSE THE DRIVERS WINDOW WAS LEFT OPEN A LITTLE DURING A RAIN STORM, AND NONE OF THE WINDOWS OR DOOR LOCK SWITCHES ON THE DRIVERS DOOR WORKED FOR 2 DAYS. I KNOW THAT THERE'S A RE-CALL FOR 2006 & 2007 MODEL YEARS FOR THE SAME REASON, SO WHY NOT ON THE 2008? *TR

DRIVERS SIDE DOOR ELECTRICAL SYSTEM NOT WORKING PROPERLY CREATING DIFFICULT PROBLEMS. *TR

DRIVER DOOR LOST POWER NOT WORKING AT ALL, ALL OTHER FUNCTIONS (PASSENGER, REAR, AND TRUNK LOCKING FUNCTIONS WORK) THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS SAME FUNCTION FOR 2006-2007 BUT 2008 WAS NOT INCLUDE. THE CORROSION THAT COULD RESULT IN A SHORT IN THE CIRCUIT BOARD. A POWER SHORT IN DOOR LOCK AND POWER WINDOW SWITCHES TO FUNCTION INTERMITTENTLY OR BECOME INOPERATIVE. THE SHORT CAUSE OVERHEARING, WHICH COULD MELT COMPONENTS OF THE DOOR MODULE, PRODUCING ODOR, SMOKE, OR A FIRE. AFTER REVIEW WITH MY SERVICE PROVIDER THIS IS SAME PROBLEM WITH THE PASS RECALL. CHEVROLET RECALL DOES NOT GO FAR ENOUGH TO INCLUDE ALL MODEL YEAR'S AFTER 2007 WHICH ALSO BE CHECKED FOR OLDER PARTS PLACE IN NEWER MODELS. *TR

ELECTRICAL POWER DISTRIBUTION BOX POWER WIRING/RIBBON THAT IS UNDER LEFT REAR SEAT OVERHEATED AND CAUGHT PAPERS INSIDE CAR ON FIRE AND CAUGHT ENTIRE CAR ON FIRE FROM OVERHEATED COPPER RIBBON THAT FAILED TO TRIP CIRCUIT BREAKER TO STOP WIRING RIBBON OVERHEATING. THIS DEFECT IS COMMON AND WHEN THE MANUFACTURER CHANGED FROM WIRES TO COPPER RIBBON FOIL IT CREATED A MEANS FOR WIRING/RIBBON OVERHEATING AND SOURCE OF FIRE TO BEGIN. *TR

DRIVING AT 45MPH AND HIT A POTHOLE, BOTH SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. TOOK TO DEALER AND THE TECH SAID THERE IS NO DAMAGE TO TIRES, WHEELS OR SUSPENSION SO THAT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN. IT WILL HAVE TO BE AN INSURANCE CLAIM BECAUSE YOU WERE DRIVING AT THE TIME. TALKED TO THE SERVICE MANAGER AND HE SAID THERE ARE SCUFFS ON THE TIRES AND RIMS AND IT WAS ENOUGH JOLT TO SET OFF THE AIRBAGS SO THEY WERE WORKING AS DESIGNED. IT WILL HAVE TO BE AN INSURANCE CLAIM. *TR

THE INCIDENT HAPPENED EARLY IN THE MORNING ON THE WAY TO WORK. AS I WAS DRIVING, I CAME TO A RED LIGHT AND MADE MY RIGHT HAND TURN LIKE I ALWAYS DO. I STARTED DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, AND MY SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED ON BOTH SIDES. IT SCARED ME & MY DAUGHTER SO BAD, AND IT CAUSED ME TO SWERVE AND HIT THE CURB ON THE LEFT SIDE. LUCKILY THERE WERE NO CARS AROUND ME. I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY DEPLOYED LIKE THEY DID. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS!! IT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO BY THE FACTORY!!!!! *TR

I PURCHASED A 2008 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER IN 2011 WITH 26,839 MILES. AT THE BEGINNING OF MARCH 2013 WITH 33,371 MILES, THE POWER WINDOW ON THE PASSENGER SIDE BROKE AND IS NOW STUCK HALFWAY DOWN. THE DOOR STILL HAS POWER AS I CAN HEAR THE MOTOR TRYING TO WORK BUT THE WINDOW WILL NOT MOVE AND THERE IS A GRINDING SOUND IN THE DOOR. I COULD HAVE OPENED THE WINDOW MORE THAN 20 TIMES SINCE PURCHASE. ALSO IN AUG 2011 AT 27,522 MILES THE STABILITRACK SENSOR MALFUNCTIONED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND IN JAN 2012 AT 28,547 MILES THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD CRACKED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

ALL ELECTRICAL POWER WAS LOST ON DRIVERS DOOR. WINDOW REMAINS OPEN. SIDE MIRRORS,HEATED SEATS,DOOR LOCKS AND INTERIOR LIGHT IS NOT WORKING ON THIS DOOR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE TWO SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 50,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH THE SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED FOR NO REASON. AS A RESULT THE SEAT BELTS NO LONG FUNCTION APPROPRIATELY. *TR

VEHICLES STABILITRAC LIGHT COMES ON CONSTANTLY. REPAIR LISTED FOR CODE IS NOT THE PROBLEM. HAD SAME ISSUE WITH MY 2006 TRAILBLAZER. LIGHT COMES ON SPORADICALLY, EVEN WHEN BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AT LOW RATE OF SPEED. *TR

POWER STEERING LINES CORRODED AND LEAKING AT/FROM RUBBER MOUNT ON L WHEEL WELL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE BUT FAILED TO DO SO. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THAT THE ALTERNATOR WAS OVER CHARGING AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT PROVIDED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, BOTH FRONT HEADLIGHTS SHUT OFF AND THE HIGH BEAM LIGHTS HAD TO BE UTILIZED. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE BACK IN SEPTEMBER 2009. EVER SINCE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS COMING ON FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THIS HAPPENS WHEN ITS HOT AND COLD, DRY OR WET. JUST STARTING THE ENGINE MAKES THEN COME ON. I HAVE BEEN BACK TO THE DEALER FOR 2 YEARS NOW FOR THE SAME PROBLEM AND THEY TELL ME THAT THEY DON'T KNOW WHY IT IS HAPPENING AND CAN'T FIX IT. MY VEHICLE IS NOW OUT OF WARRANTY AND WILL NEVER BE FIXED. ?*TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER ENGINE STARTUP, THE EXHAUST BECAME ABNORMALLY LOUD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 76,000.

2008 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER FAILURE TO START AFTER A FAILURE IN ENGINE RUN DURING ENTRY TO HIGHWAY. *BF

ON MAY 24, 2012- I WAS TRAVELING OUT OUR MILE LONG GRAVEL DRIVEWAY. HALF WAY DOWN THE DRIVEWAY THE SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAGS ON BOTH SIDES DEPLOYED. THERE WAS NO CRASH- THEY JUST CAME OUT. I CONTACTED GM. THEY FINALLY SENT OUT A 3RD PARTY INVESTIGATOR TO INVESTIGATE THE VEHICLE. THEY DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD A ROLL-OVER EVENT. THE VEHICLE DID NOT ROLL-OVER. GM TOLD ME THAT IT WAS AN INSURANCE ISSUE. INSURANCE COMPANY SAYS IT IS A MECHANICAL ISSUE AND WAS GM'S PROBLEM TO FIX. AT THIS TIME THE VEHICLE STILL SITS WITH BOTH SIDE AIRBAGS OUT AND THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEATBELTS ARE LOCKED IN PLACE. VEHICLE IS NOT DRIVABLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW WAS OPENED AND THE DOOR CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE CIRCUIT BOARD IN THE DOOR PANEL CAUSED THE FIRE. THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WINDOW HAD ALSO BECOME INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 74,458. ..UPDATED 11/14/12 *BF UPDATED 11/19/2012 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACKED. THE CONTACT DID NOT TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER OR A MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION OR REPAIRS. THE CONTACT DID NOT CALL THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT VARIOUS WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL UPON STARTING. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHT WAS NOT FUNCTIONING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSIS. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY REPLACED A FUSE IN THE FUSE BOX. THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THEY WOULD CONTACT HER AT A LATER DATE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 131,000. UPDATED 10/11/12*LJ UPDATED 10/11/2012 *JS

THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD HAS CRACKED WITH ONLY 58,000 MILES. * JS

ON STARTING VEHICLE ALL WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. STOPPED ENGINE AND RESTARTED AND THIS TIME BATTERY LIGHT, ABS, SEAT BELT WARNING AND PARKING BRAKE LIGHT STAYED ON. WINDOWS WOULD NOT WORK ALONG WITH POWER LOCKS, RADIO, ONSTAR, AND LIGHTS. *TR

THE FRONT PASSENGER AIRBAG DOES NOT ALWAYS ENGAGE WITH AN ADULT OF 120 POUNDS SITTING IN IT. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT, AND CHANGES WHILE DRIVING. I WAS TOLD BY CHEVY AND THE DEALERSHIP THAT I MUST SIT PROPERLY IN THE SEAT. I ALWAYS WEAR MY SEATBELT. I AM 5'7' AND WEIGH 120 LBS. IF I CROSS MY LEGS OR PUT MY FEET CLOSE TO THE SEAT (RATHER THAN OUT IN FRONT OF ME) THE AIRBAG MAY OR MAY NOT DISENGAGE. OFTEN, THE AIRBAG DOES NOT ENGAGE EVEN THOUGH I AM SITTING "PROPERLY." I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THEY CANNOT CORRECT THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY DO NOT SEE A CODE. I SHOULD ALSO SIT CLOSER TO THE FRONT OF THE SEAT. THIS PROBLEM HAPPENED AT ABOUT 32,000 MILES AND WAS FIXED. NOW I HAVE ABOUT 62,000 MILES ON IT AND THEY CANNOT FIX IT. THERE IS NO RECALL OR SERVICE BULLETIN, SO APPARENTLY THERE IS NO PROBLEM. I FEEL THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND WOULD LIKE IT LOOKED INTO AND RESOLVED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. *TR

STABILITRAK LIGHTS ON DASH COME ON AS I AM LEAVING MY DRIVEWAY IN THE MORNINGS AND WHEN I LEAVE WORK IN THE EVENINGS. THIS OCCURS WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED TO THE RIGHT. THEY USUALLY GO OFF AFTER STOPPING AND RESTARTING THE VEHICLE. SOMETIMES THEY COME ON AGAIN WITHIN MINUTES. THIS PROBLEM IS BECOMING MORE FREQUENT AND THE LIGHTS ARE COMING ON AND STAYING ON MORE FREQUENTLY. WHEN I GOT MY TRANSMISSION SERVICED LAST WEEK THE MECHANIC PULLED THE CODE ON IT AND IT SHOWED TO BE THE STEERING WHEEL ANGLE POSITION SENSOR. I HAVE FOUND MULTIPLE INSTANCES OF THIS SAME PROBLEM IN AUTOMOTIVE FORUMS VIA GOOGLE AND IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM IN THIS YEAR MODEL. *TR

WHILE TURNING AROUND IN A CUL DE SAC ONE MORNING THAT WAS ON A STEEP SLOPE I HEARD A POPPING SOUND AND MY STEERING WHEEL JERKED AND THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED ALMOST TO THE FLOOR IN THREE STAGES LIKE IT WAS CATCHING ON SOMETHING AND THEN WOULD RELEASE AND THE STABILITY CONTROL LIGHTS CAME ON. ONCE I GOT THE VEHICLE STRAIGHTENED OUT TO GO DOWN THE STEEP HILL IT FELT LIKE IT DOES WHEN A ROTOR GETS WARPED. ONCE I GOT CLOSE TO THE BOTTOM I TURNED ONTO A SIDE STREET THAT WAS FLAT AND I STOPPED AND PUT IT IN PARK AND TURNED THE ENGINE OFF. WHEN I STARTED IT BACK UP THE LIGHTS WERE OFF AND THE BRAKES AND STEERING RETURNED TO NORMAL. THE LIGHTS COMING ON HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE (LISTED IN ANOTHER COMPLAINT TO FOLLOW). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STABILITY AND TIRE PRESSURE WARNING LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT ALSO EXPERIENCED ENGINE FAILURES AS WELL AS THE ILLUMINATION OF THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT THAT WAS CAUSING A HESITATION IN THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT DIAGNOSED AND REPAIRED THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE AS WELL AS UPDATED THE VEHICLE SOFTWARE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 88,500. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

WHILE DRIVING THE 2008 TRAILBLAZER I STARTED TO EXPERIENCE A LOSS OF BRAKE PEDAL WITH THE TRAVEL GOING ALL OF THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, WITH HARDLY ANY BRAKING FUNCTION OR STOPPING ACTION. IT WAS INTERMITTENT AND WOULD NOT HAPPEN MORE THEN ONCE OR TWICE AT FIRST. THEN WHEN I WAS IN A PARKING LOT, THE BRAKES FAILED AGAIN AND I HIT A CEMENT DIVIDER DAMAGING THE BUMPER OF THE VEHICLE. YOU WOULD BE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, AND STEP ON THE BRAKES AS YOU WOULD BE COASTING INTO OR COMING UP TO A STOP. YOU WOULD LET UP ON THE PEDAL THEN HIT IT AGAIN, THE 2ND TIME LOOSING ALL BRAKE PRESSURE AND FUNCTION. I HAD TO TAKE THE VEHICLE INTO THE GM DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE. THERE WERE NO FLUID LEAKS, OR ANY TYPE OF BRAKE ROTOR DAMAGE. THE DEALERSHIP CAME BACK SAYING THAT THE MASTER CYLINDER HAD FAILED ON THE VEHICLE. THIS IS ON A CHEVROLET TRUCK, 4X4 THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE HEAVY DUTY OFF ROAD CAPABLE PACKAGE. GENERAL MOTORS WOULD NOT COVER THE REPAIR UNDER ANY TYPE OF WARRANTY CLAIM. THE REPAIR COST ME CLOSE TO $800, AND LOSS OF VEHICLE USE, ALONG WITH THE BUMPER DAMAGE. I HAVE OWNED OVER A DOZEN GENERAL MOTORS VEHICLES TO DATE OVER A 30 YEAR PERIOD. I HAVE NEVER, EVER HAD A MASTER CYLINDER FAIL ON ANY OF THEM. THIS IS A POOR QUALITY CONTROLLED COMPONENT AND I WANT G.M. TO COMPENSATE ME FOR THE REPAIRS AND DAMAGES. I HAVE RAISED THIS ISSUE THROUGH THE GENERAL MOTORS CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE, AND THEY REFUSE TO COVER THE REPAIRS. *TR

AFTER STOPPING ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE BUT COULD NOT MOVE. APPEARED THAT ALL FOUR BRAKES WERE LOCKED. TRIED CHANGING GEARS BUT NO CHANGE. NO WARNING LIGHTS. FINALLY TURNED ENGINE OFF AND RESTARTED AND PROBLEM WENT AWAY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SERVICE STABILIZER WARNING LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE SPORADICALLY. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52,500 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 54,000. UPDATED 02/15/12*BF UPDATED 03/08/12