2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRYING TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF THE KEY BECAME SEIZED IN THE IGNITION. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT IT TOOK SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO REMOVE THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 84,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

THE BLOWER/FAN ON THE AIR CONDITIONER/HEATER STOPPED WORKING. IT FIRST BEGAN WITH #4 AND #5 ON THE FAN SELECTOR SWITCH NOT WORKING, BUT THEN IT STOPPED ALTOGETHER. AFTER DOING RESEARCH THIS BLOWER MOTOR PROBLEM IS VERY POPULAR AMONGST THESE VEHICLES. ALSO, THE FUEL GAUGE ON THE DASH HASN'T WORKED IN ABOUT 3 YEARS. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS DUE TO THE FUEL SENSOR IN THE FUEL TANK. AGAIN, THIS IS VERY COMMON OCCURRENCE WITHIN THE TRAILBLAZER COMMUNITY. I WAS GIVEN AN ESTIMATE OF $774 FOR THE BLOWER MOTOR TO BE FIXED AND $600 FOR THE FUEL GAUGE TO BE FIXED. *TR

DOOR LOCKS REPEATEDLY LOCKED AND UNLOCKED, THEN CASCADING FAILURES, ANTI-LOCK LIGHT, ENGINE LIGHT, OTHER WARNING LIGHTS. ENGINE STARTED TO RUN ROUGH AND WOULD NOT MAKE POWER, ENGINE QUIT. NOTE TRANSMISSION GEAR INDICATOR READ INCORRECTLY. DISCONNECTED BATTERY, AND RECONNECTED, ENGINE STARTED GOT ME HOME. THREE OCCURRENCES THAT THE ENGINE JUST QUITS. IT WILL RESTART AFTER A FEW MINUTES. MECHANIC COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. HAD ANOTHER OCCURRENCE, MECHANIC FOUND A CODE INDICATING THE ECM MAY BE BAD. HE TELLS ME THIS SHOULD HAVE NOTING TO DO WITH THE DOOR LOCKS. THE DOOR LOCKS LATCH AND UNLATCH, UNCOMMANDED. ENGINE STOPS WHEN UNDER POWER. MECHANIC HAS NO COURSE OF ACTION AT THIS TIME. *TR

MY 2005 TRAIL BLAZER INSTRUMENT CLUSTER IS GOING OUT IT STARTED WITH THE OIL GAUGE AND NOW ITS THE GAS GAUGE, I WAS ALSO TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT EVENTUALLY MY SPEEDOMETER WOULD STOP WORKING, IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS BECAUSE I AM NOT AWARE OF HOW MUCH GAS IS IN THE VEHICLE OR IF THE OIL PRESSURE IS HAVING AN ISSUE. THIS REPAIR AT THE DEALERSHIP IS COSTLY. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE, WINDOW SWITCH BEGAN TO SMOKE SO I PHYSICALLY REMOVED THE SWITCH AND HAVE SINCE NOT HAD POWER WINDOW ACCESS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT DOOR. THE COST TO REPLACE WAS TOO GREAT AND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PRIORITY LIST. MORE RECENTLY, MAYBE 2 MONTHS AGO, THE DRIVER SIDE SWITCH SHOWED SIGNS OF THE SAME RESULTS AFTER A SMELL OF BURNING ELECTRONICS AND HEAT TO THE TOUCH SO I SIMPLY UNPLUGGED THE SWITCH ALL TOGETHER. THE COST TO REPLACE THESE SWITCHES IS QUITE SIGNIFICANT AND HAVE NOT HAD ANY LUCK WITH CHEVROLET IN THE PAST WITH COMPLAINTS SO I FIGURED I WOULD WAIT UNTIL I HAD A LITTLE EXTRA MONEY TO REPLACE THESE SWITCHES. ON THE NEWS TODAY I HEARD THE END OF A REPORT AND ONLY CAUGHT THE WORDS GM AND WINDOW SWITCHES SO I CAME HOME AND SEARCHED AND CAME ACROSS SO ARTICLES INVOLVING 2006 MODELS. THAT IS HOW I CAME ACROSS THIS WEBSITE. I WOULD VERY MUCH HATE TO FIND OUT THAT THE COMPANY DOES NOT KNOW THE PROBLEM EXISTS FURTHER THAN 2006. AN UNRELATED PROBLEM I ENCOUNTERED WITH THE VEHICLE, WHICH WAS QUITE UNNERVING, WAS THAT THE THIRD BRAKE LIGHT ASSEMBLY CAME OFF WHILE DRIVING ON A LOCAL HIGHWAY AT @ 65 MPH APPROXIMATELY 2 YEARS AGO. THE FIXTURE BECAME UN ATTACHED FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE AND WAS "FLAPPING" OFF THE DRIVER'S SIDE. ONLY FOR A MATTER OF TIME, I'M SURE. LUCKILY OUR FAMILY WAS BEING FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER FAMILY AND THEY NOTIFIED US BY CELL PHONE AND WE WERE ABLE TO REMOVE THE FIXTURE WITHOUT INCIDENT ON THE SHOULDER. IT WOULD HAVE CAUSED SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITHOUT DOUBT HAD IT COME COMPLETELY OFF. WHEN WE NOTIFIED THE DEALERSHIP, THEY TOLD US WE WERE OUT OF OUR WARRANTY AND WERE ON OUR OWN. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO TRY TO MAKE OUR HIGHWAYS SAFER! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET TRAIL BLAZER. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 65 MPH WHEN SHE NOTICED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WAS PROVIDING AN INACCURATE READING OF 100 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT PROVIDED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 82,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.