2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE WAS INOPERABLE AND THE SPEEDOMETER WAS PERMANENTLY STUCK AT 20 MPH. IN ADDITION, THE FUEL WARNING LIGHT WAS CONSTANTLY ILLUMINATED DESPITE HOW MUCH FUEL WAS IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 82,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000 UPDATED 11/16/11*LJ

MY SPEEDOMETER BEGAN TO WORK IMPROPERLY. SOMETIMES IT WOULD NOT GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO ZERO WHEN THE IGNITION WAS SWITCHED OFF, OR IT WOULD BE FUNCTIONING PROPERLY AND THEN FOR NO APPARENT REASON THE NEEDLE WOULD GO ALL THE WAY AROUND AND END UP POINTING AT THE PARK, NEUTRAL, REVERSE AREA AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SPEEDOMETER. NOW THE SPEEDOMETER DOES NOT WORK AT ALL AND THE TACHOMETER HAS STARTED TO WORK INTERMITTENTLY. IT IS DOING THE SAME THING THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WAS DOING. RIGHT NOW THE VEHICLE IS OFF BUT THE TACHOMETER NEEDLE IS ON 3. I JUST HAD THE FUEL SENSOR GAUGE REPLACED UNDER CHEVROLET'S "SPECIAL POLICY" BECAUSE IT HAD CEASED WORKING AS WELL. I HAVE SERIOUS RESERVATIONS ABOUT THE INTEGRITY OF THE OTHER GAUGES BECAUSE WHILE THEY APPEAR TO BE WORKING I DO NOT KNOW. I CONTACTED CHEVEROLET AND WAS TOLD THAT WHILE OTHER MAKES AND MODELS HAD BEEN RECALLED MINE HAD NOT. WHEN I INQUIRED AS TO WHETHER THE COMPONENTS FOR MY INSTRUMENT CLUSTER CAME FROM THE SAME SUPPLIER AS THAT OF THE RECALLED VEHICLES I WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD NOT DISCLOSE THAT INFORMATION TO ME BECAUSE IT WAS CONFIDENTIAL. THEY DID SAY THEY HAD OTHER COMPLAINTS SIMILAR TO MINE BUT AT THIS TIME THEY WERE NOT OFFERING ANY ASSISTANCE TO CONSUMERS AND DID NOT KNOW IF OR WHEN THEY EVER WOULD. I WAS TOLD THAT DUE TO THE AGE OF MY VEHICLE (A 2005) THAT I COULD EXPECT CERTAIN REPAIRS. I DO EXPECT CERTAIN REPAIRS HOWEVER A TOTAL FAILURE OF THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER, THAT HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED ON MY MAKE AND MODEL AS WELL AS OTHER CHEVROLETS, IS NOT ONE OF THEM. IT IS FRUSTRATING AND DISHEARTENING TO ME THAT WHILE CHEVROLET IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM THEY KNOWINGLY DISREGARD THE CONCERNS OF THEIR CUSTOMERS, ESPECIALLY AS THE MALFUNCTION OF A FUEL GAUGE, SPEEDOMETER OR ANY OTHER INSTRUMENT PANEL COMPONENT COULD HAVE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES. *KB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FUEL GAUGE WAS DEFECTIVE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE GAUGE WOULD DISPLAY THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY RIGHT AFTER REFUELING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO OFFERED TO PAY FOR HALF OF THE REPAIR COSTS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 96,780. THE DASH LIGHT WILL GO ON AND OFF BY THEMSELVES THE DOOR CHIME DOES NOT ALWAYS WORK THE RADIO DOES NOT ALWAYS WORK GOES ON AND OFF AND LOUD THEN QUITE. UPDATED 11/03/2011 *LN *TR

I HAVE BEEN HEARING A CLICKING NOISE AND MY CAR HAD BEGUN SOUNDING LIKE A JET ENGINE TAKING OFF FOR THE LAST 3 DAYS - VERY NOISY. I TOOK IT TO PEP BOYS WHERE I WAS TOLD THAT IT IS NORMAL FOR THE TRAILBLAZER TO BEGIN MAKING THIS NOISE SHORTLY AFTER 60K MILES. I WAS TOLD THE SERPENTINE BELT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, TENSIONER PULLEY AND THE IDLER PULLEY. I HAD THE NEW PARTS INSTALLED. NONE OF MY WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON THE DASHBOARD SO I ASSUMED WAS WELL AS THERE WAS NO OTHER INDICATION THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG. DRIVING MY CAR WITHIN 24 HOURS OF BEING FIXED, THE FAN CLUTCH SEIZED AND MY WATER PUMP BURST CAUSING CAR TO OVERHEAT IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION WHERE MY CAR THEN STALLED PUTTING ME AND MY CHILDREN AT RISK FOR INJURY. THE CAR ALMOST CAUGHT ON FIRE IT WAS SMOKING SEVERELY. SOMEONE HELPED ME MOVE MY CAR OUT OF THE BUSY INTERSECTION AND I CALLED MY HUSBAND AND A TOW TRUCK TO COME GET THE CAR. WHEN I GOT HOME AND LOOKED UP THE PROBLEMS AGAIN ON THE DEALER WEBSITE, I FOUND HUNDREDS OF FORUMS WHERE THE FAN CLUTCH HAS BEEN MENTIONED AND THE WATER PUMP TOO. A FAN CLUTCH ACCORDING TO THE MECHANICS I SURVEYED STATED THEY SHOULD LAST AT LEAST 100K OR MORE. THIS HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO GM AND THEY IGNORE IT. IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. ADDITIONALLY, MY SPEEDOMETER HASN'T WORKED FOR AT LEAST A YEAR AND WHEN I CALLED CHEVY THEY WANTED TO CHARGE ME $700 TO REPLACE IT WHEN IT IS NOT MY ISSUES. I DIDN'T CAUSE IT. NOT KNOWING WHAT SPEED YOU ARE GOING IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY HAZARD AND CAN CAUSE ACCIDENTS OR TICKETS.I AM ATTACHING A FORUM (THIS IS JUST ONE OF HUNDREDS I FOUND ONLINE)HTTP://WWW.EDMUNDS.COM/CHEVROLET/TRAILBLAZER/2004/CONSUMER-DISCUSSIONS.HTML WHERE PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME SAFETY ISSUES I AM AND GM HAS IGNORED THEM. MY CAR COULD HAVE CAUGHT ON FIRE TODAY AND I HAD MY 4 YR OLD DAUGHTER WITH ME. NOT A POSITION I EVER WANT TO BE IN. PLEASE ISSUE A RECALL. *TR

FAULTY SPEEDOMETER - READS 60MPH WHEN AT A STOP - UNDER WARRANTY - DEALERSHIP REPLACED INSTRUMENT CLUSTER PANEL CURRENT PROBLEMS - GAS GAUGE READS EMPTY WHEN TANK JUS FILLED, LIGHTS DIM AND BRIGHTEN INTERMITTENTLY, REPLACED BATTERY 9/2011 THINKING PROBLEM WITH BATTERY WHEN CAR JUST DIED ON ME, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT JUST GOES OFF AND ON, REPLACED FRONT LEFT HEAD LAMP AND WITHIN 1 WEEK THE SAME BULB IS DEAD. *TR

JUST ONE DAY WE GOT IN THE CAR TO HEAD TO THE GROCERY STORE AND AS WE WERE HEADING THERE I LOOKED DOWN AND THE SPEEDOMETER WAS AT 20 WHEN I WAS CLEARLY DOING 55. I PULLED UP TO A STOP LIGHT AND SHUT THE CAR OFF THEN RESTARTED HOPING IT WOULD FIX ITSELF AND NOTHING. I HAS NEVER WORKED RIGHT SINCE THEN. I WENT TO THE LOCAL CHEVY DEALER AND ASKED TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY RECALLS ON THIS ISSUE AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE ARE RECALLS ON EVERY CHEVY SUV AND TRUCK EXCEPT TRAILBLAZER AND TOLD ME TO INPUT A COMPLAINT TO SEE IF THEY WOULD RECALL THIS ISSUE. I ASKED THEM HOW TO DO THAT AND THEY SAID TO CONTACT CHEVY. THEY WERE NOT HELPFUL. THE BULL**** THING IS THAT EVERY CHEVY TRUCK AND SUV FROM 2003 TO 2007 USE THE SAME INSTRUMENT PANEL SO YOU CAN'T TELL ME THAT THIS PATICULAR VEHICLE IS NOT LIKE THE TAHOE, SUBERBAN, OR SILVERADO THAT HAS THE SAME ISSUE AS I AM HAVING. I AM PISSED THAT I HAVE TO PAY FOR A FAULTY PART THAT CHEVY KNOWS IS AN ISSUE. *TT