2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer

CLUSTER GAUGES ARE GOING OUT. THE SPEEDOMETER QUICK WORKING A FEW YEARS AGO AND IS INTERMITTENT AT BEST ON A DAILY BASIS. IT EITHER INDICATES A LESSER OR GREATER SPEED THAN ACTUAL OR JUST FALLS TO POINT STRAIGHT DOWN. I HAVE BEEN USING A MOUNTED GPS TO INDICATE SPEED. INITIAL REPAIR COST ESTIMATES WERE $500+ FOR THE PARTS SINCE THEY WILL ONLY REPLACE THE ENTIRE GAUGE CLUSTER. WITH LABOR, THE ESTIMATE WAS IN EXCESS OF $800. FUEL GAUGE IS NOW INOPERATIVE OR INTERMITTENT. WHEN I FILL THE TANK, THE FUEL GAUGE READS WAY PAST THE FULL LINE. HAVING TO RELY OF THE FUEL TO EMPTY AND THE FUEL USED COMPUTER INFORMATION ALONG WITH THE TRIP METER TO ESTIMATE FUEL. RECEIVED ANOTHER ESTIMATE FOR A MECHANIC TO PULL THE GAUGE CLUSTER AND REBUILD EACH INDIVIDUAL GAUGE MOTOR FOR AN ESTIMATE OF $500. BASED UPON THE NUMBER SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ON THIS SAME THING, THIS APPEARS TO BE A MANUFACTURING DEFECT THAT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED BY GM. *TR

ON MAY 3, 2014, I FILLED THE GAS TANK UP, AND BEGAN TO EXIT THE GAS STATION. THE FUEL GAUGE SHOWED LESS GAS IN THE TANK THEN WHEN I BEGAN FUELING. AFTER SEVERAL MILES THE GAS GAUGE SHOWED SLIGHTLY MORE GAS, BUT WAS STILL NOT PROVIDING AN ACCURATE READING. AFTER SHUTTING DOWN THE VEHICLE I CHECKED THE GAS GAUGE, AND IT WAS STILL NOT WORKING PROPERLY. I'VE BEEN REVIEWING ONLINE COMPLAINTS THROUGH THE NHTSA WEBSITE, AND THIS APPEARS TO BE AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THE 2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZERS RESULTING IN ACCIDENTS. I'M VERY GRATEFUL. I OBSERVED THE PROBLEM BEFORE STALLING IN AN INTERSECTION OR OTHER DANGEROUS LOCATION WITH MY THREE SMALL CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE. *TR

DRIVING DOWN MAIN ROAD IN TOWN AND THE VEHICLE JUST STOPPED RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LANE - NO WARNING OR ANYTHING. WE WERE ALMOST REAR ENDED. I HAD MY 3 CHILDREN WITH ME AND HAD TO PUSH THE VEHICLE UP THE ROAD TO THE NEAREST TURN IN AND CALL MY HUSBAND FOR HELP. I CONTACT CHEVROLET AND WAS TOLD THAT SINCE I WAS NOT THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THE VEHICLE THAT THEY WOULD ONLY COVER 1/2 OF THE COST TO REPAIR THE FUEL GAUGE PROBLEM AND THEY COULD NOT GUARANTEE IT WOULD NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. I TOLD THEM THAT I PAID MY 1/2 WHEN I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. I'VE BEEN FIGHTING THIS FOR 3 YEARS WITH NO AVAIL. I HOPE YOUR AGENCY CAN HELP. *TR

WHILE SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT, THE FUEL GAUGE STOPPED WORKING. THE GAUGE WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO "E" AND THE LOW FUEL LEVEL INDICATOR APPEARED ON THE DISPLAY. NOW WHEN I FILL UP THE TANK, THE GAUGE READS EMPTY AND AFTER I DRIVE ABOUT 20-30 MILES IT WILL MOVE UP TO ABOUT 1/4 TANK BUT NO HIGHER AND SOMETIMES IT WILL STILL MOVE BACK TO EMPTY THAT SLOWLY MOVE BACK UP. ALSO SOMETIMES THE OIL PRESSURE INDICATOR WILL DROP ALL THE WAY DOWN WHILE IDLING OR IN PARK AND THE LOW PRESSURE INDICATOR WILL APPEAR, BUT AS SOON AS THE GAS IS PRESSED, THE PRESSURE WILL GO BACK TO NORMAL. ALSO, ABOUT 1 1/2 YEARS AGO, THE KEYLESS ENTRY/ALARM/BACK LIFTGATE LOCK AND LICENSE PLATE LIGHT ALL STOPPED WORKING SIMULTANEOUSLY. I WAS TOLD THAT IT IS PROBABLY A GROUNDING WIRE ISSUE BUT NOT DEFINITIVE. NOW MY LIFTGATE WILL NOT LOCK AT ALL. *TR

MY TRAILBLAZER 2005 WOULD BE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AT ABOUT 25 TO 30 MILES, THEN MY ENGINE WOULD JUST TURN OFF WITH OUT ANY WARNING, AM AFRAID IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN BUT THIS TIME WHEN AM IN THE HIGHWAYS GOING 60 MILES ON THE HIGHWAY I SEEN THAT IS NOT JUST MY VEHICLE THAT HAS HAPPENED TO AND EVEN THE FUEL PUMP HAS GAVE UP WITH OUT NO ANSWER, THE GM OR CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP DON'T HAVE A CLUE WHY THIS IS HAPPENING. IT WILL BE REALLY HELPFUL IF YOU GUYS LOOK INTO THIS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT ON THIS MALFUNCTION. I REALLY APPRECIATE FOR TAKING YOUR TIME. SINCERELY, CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER DRIVER *TR

AFTER FILING THE GAS TANK, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND LOW FUEL LIGHT CAME ON AND THE FUEL GAUGE REGISTERED EMPTY WITHIN MINUTES OF LEAVING THE GAS STATION. IT HAS CONTINUED TO BE MALFUNCTIONING LIKE THIS OFF AND ON OVER THE LAST MONTH. *TR I HAVE HEARD OF 2 OTHER PEOPLE I KNOW, WITH THE SAME MAKE, MODEL, AND YEAR VEHICLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. IS THIS A RECURRING PROBLEM NATIONWIDE WITH OTHER OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE? *TR

THE GAS HAND DOES NOT WORK. $50+ DOLLARS IS PUT IN AT THE GAS STATION, THEN THE GAS LIGHT STILL COMES ON. THIS SAME ISSUE HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR ALMOST A YEAR NOW AND HAVE RUN OUT OF GAS ON AT LEAST 2 OCCASIONS. I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET IT FIXED BECAUSE I CAN'T AFFORD IT, BUT IT IS REALLY A SAFETY CONCERN. FROM WHAT I'VE READ ON LINE RECENTLY, THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH SEVERAL TRAILBLAZER OWNERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. *TR

I HAD RECENTLY PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN APRIL OF 2011. I STOPPED AFTER GETTING PAID ON A FRIDAY TO FILL UP MY TANK AND WHEN I GO TO TURN ON MY VEHICLE THE GAUGE GOES TO FULL AND JUST DROPS ALL THE WAY TO EMPTY. SINCE THAN I'VE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM RUNNING OUT OF GAS IN THE STREETS DOZENS OF TIME. I TRIED USING MY TRIP BUT MY MPH AREN'T ALWAYS ACCURATE I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MANY GALLONS MY TANK HOLDS. BEING STRANDED FOR AWHILE WITH MY CHILDREN IS REALLY TOUGH. I CAN'T JUST AFFORD TO PAY OVER $500 TO HAVE MY PROBLEM FIXED JUST BECAUSE GM WON'T BE RESPONSIBLE ENOUGH TO DO A RECALL. *TR