2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer

2005 GM TRAILBLAZER SPEEDOMETER WITH 58300 MILES IS TOTALLY INOPERATIVE DUE TO A FAULTY STEPPER MOTOR WITHIN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER PANEL. OTHER GAUGES IN THIS CLUSTER ARE ALSO POTENTIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO PREMATURE FAILURE BECAUSE THEY USE THE SAME DEFECTIVE MODEL STEPPER MOTOR. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE ESPECIALLY DURING RAINY OR ICY MONTHS WHERE UNKNOWN EXCESSIVE SPEED COULD CAUSE A FATALITY. THE SPEEDOMETER, AS WELL AS THE ODOMETER, SHOULD BE SERVICEABLE FOR THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE AND IS NOT DEEMED PERISHABLE. GM CUSTOMER SERVICE USES A PREDEFINED 'DENIAL OF SERVICE' CAMPAIGN BY WHICH THEY GATHER INFORMATION AND REQUIRE DEALERSHIP TESTING , THE COST OF AT LEAST $88 TO BE PAID BY THE OWNER, THEN DENIES ALL REMEDIAL ACTION BY USING THE VIN NUMBER AND MILEAGE AS A REASON TO NOT REPLACE THE KNOWN DEFECTIVE PART. THIS IS THOUGHT TO BE INTEGRAL TO THE DELPHI GM PARTS SUIT $100 MILLION SETTLEMENT OF SEPTEMBER 10, 2007 WHERE THE DEFECTIVE STEPPER MOTOR PART WAS PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGED AND GM IS SUPPOSE TO REPLACE THEM WITHOUT COST TO THE CONSUMER. FURTHER EVIDENCE OF GM USING A KNOWN DEFECTIVE PART IN THEIR SPEEDOMETER IS A CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT FILED AND WON BY TOUSLEY BRAIN STEPHENS, LLC ON NOVEMBER 7, 2008. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. SIX MONTHS AGO WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE SPEED ODOMETER FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED COMPLAINTS FOR THE FAILURE; THEREFORE, THERE WERE NO RECALLS AND HE SHOULD TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 87,000. UPDATED 2/17/10 *CN UPDATED 02/22/10.*JB

SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. THE ONLY REASON I FOUND OUT WAS CHP STOPPED ME FOR GOING 45 MPH. ONCE I BEGAN TO SLOWDOWN THE SPEEDOMETER JUMPED TO OVER 100MPH! I EXPLAINED THE SITUATION AND HE FOLLOWED ME TO THE NEXT EXIT WHERE I LET THE CAR REST. HE KNEW I NEED TO LET THE CAR REST BECAUSE HE HAD PULLED OVER ANOTHER TRAILBLAZER WITH THE SAME PROBLEM!! *TR

SPEEDOMETER NO LONGER WORKING PROPERLY. IT VARIES FROM DAY TO DAY AS TO WHAT SPEED IT SHOWS THAT THE VEHICLE IS TRAVELING. I BELIEVE THIS TO BE A DANGER IN THE FACT THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW FAST YOU ARE ACTUALLY TRAVELING. TO GET TECHNICAL THE DMV SAYS THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE ATLEAST 1 CAR LENGTH FOR EVERY 10 MPH YOU ARE TRAVELING BETWEEN YOU AND THE VEHICLE AHEAD OF YOU IN ORDER TO STOP YOUR VEHICLE IN TIME. HOW CAN YOU DO THAT IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING. WAS QUOTED $500 COST TO REPAIR. *TR

MY SPEEDOMETER HAS FAILED ON MY 2005 TRAILBLAZER WITH 67,000 MILES ON IT. IT STARTED MALFUNCTIONING IN DEC.09 INTERMITTENTLY. NOW THE DEFECT SEEMS PERMANENT. MY CHEVY DEALERSHIP SAYS GM WILL NOT STAND BEHIND THE PROBLEM. I ESCALADES. WHY WAS THE TRAILBLAZER NOT INCLUDED WHEN THEY EXHIBIT THE SAME PROBLEM WITH INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILURES. IS IT BECAUSE IT IS TOO LARGE A PROBLEM TO DEAL WITH. IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE WHEN THE SPEEDOMETER IS INCORRECT. THERE ARE TOO MANY FAILURES TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM DISREGARDED BY GM. THIS IS AN EXPENSIVE REPAIR(ABOUT 5-600 DOLLARS).THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ARE SO GREAT THAT I FEEL GM IS DUCKING THE PROBLEM. I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY GM NEEDED A GOVERNMENT BAILOUT BY MANUFACTURING VEHICLES HAVING SUCH A GRIEVOUS PROBLEM. INSTRUMENT CLUSTERS SUCH NOT BE FAILING AT SUCH A HORRENDOUS RATE. *TR

I OWN A 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER, HAVE OWN IT SINCE I BOUGHT IT IN 2005 AND HAVE NO PROBLEMS UP UNTIL RECENTLY. TODAY I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN MY SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING. I WOULD NOT SHOW THE CORRECT SPEED IN WHICH I WAS TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY FOR THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT, REALIZING THAT EVERYONE ELSE ON THE ROAD SEEM LIKE THEY WERE PARKED ON THE HIGHWAY, AS I AM FLYING BY THEM IS WHEN I REALIZED THAT MY SPEEDOMETER/INSTRUMENT PANEL. THIS PROBLEM HAPPENED ON MY TRAVEL TO A LOCATION AND BACK ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS. I MANAGED TO FIGURE OUT THAT THE LONGER I HAD THE VEHICLE RUNNING THE PROBLEM WOULD OCCUR. IF I SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND LET IT COOL DOWN IT WOULD BE FINE FOR ABOUT 15-20 MINS THAN ACT UP AGAIN. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS UNSAFE AND CAN POTENTIALLY CAUSE HARM IN THE NEAR FUTURE IF IT IS NOT ADDRESSED WITH OTHER OWNERS. LUCKILY I DID NOT CAUSE ANY ACCIDENTS OR PULLED OVER. *TR