2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT Electrical System Problems

ONE BY ONE THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING OUT AND NOT WORKING. FIRST THE CAR WOULD NOT START ALL THE TIME WITH THE KEY, THEN THE A/C STOPED WORKING, NEXT WAS THE FUEL PUMP, THEN THE INJECTORS. I CHECKED EVERYTHING IT COULD BE. I WAS DRIVING WITH MY KIDS DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN MY CAR JUST DIED LOST POWER STEERING SO IT WAS HARD TO GET OFF THE ROAD FAST. I GOT IT STARTED AND WAS DRIVING AND IT DID IT AGAIN. I WAS ABLE TO FINALLY GET IT HOME WHEN IT WOULD NOT START AGAIN. AFTER SOME RESEARCH ONLINE FOUND OUT THIS CAR HAS ISSUES WITH THE FUSE BOX ITSELF UNDER THE HOOD. I OPENED IT UP JUST TO FIND THE WORDING THAT CONNECTED THE PINS WAS BROKEN IN NUMEROUS PLACES AND HAD STARTED TO BURN UP IN THE BOX.

Mileage: 177,000

WHEN DRIVING FOR 30 TO 45 MINS ALL THE INSTRUMENTS ON DASH START STICKING AND READING WRONG INFORMATION. IN THE PICTURE MY CAR IS PARKED .

Mileage: 140,443

SPEEDOMETER IS ERRATIC OFTEN SHOWING FALSE SPEED OR GOES TO ZERO.ALL MOVING SPEEDS HIGHWAY OR STREETS.

Mileage: 108,321

THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE MODULE TO PCM COMMUNICATION ERROR COMES UP AND THE VEHICLE STARTS THE WARM UP PROCESS AND THEN DIES IN THE PROCESS OF WARM UP PROCEDURES. I GUESS MY QUESTION TO YOU IS HOW CAN I FIX THIS OR DOES A DEAL NEED TO FIX IT OR IS THERE A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE?

Mileage: 199,263

MY KEY WILL NOT COME OUT OF THE IGNITION I HAD TO UNSCREW AND REMOVE THE BOTTOM OF MY STEERING TO PUSH THE BUTTON ALSO ALL OF MY INSTRUMENT GAUGE DO NOT WORK INCLUDING THE SPEEDOMETER AND ALL GAUGES SO I NEVER KNOW MY TEMPERATURE OR FUEL LEVEL, OIL PRESSURE THEY ALL ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY MY SPEEDOMETER ONLY WORKS SOMETIMES. ALSO MY ENGINE IS RUNNY ROUGH AND I HEAR A VIBRATION AND TICKING. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS AND I'M GETTING CODE SAYING THERES A LEAK IN THE FUEL EVAP SYSTEM. I HAVE SEARCHED THE INTERNET AND EVERYONE HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THEIR 2003 TRAILBLAZERS. WHY ISN'T CHEVROLET RECALLING THESE PROBLEMS ITS FUSTRATING THEY WANT SEVERAL HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS I CANNOT AFFORD

Mileage: 80,000

LOW BEAMS INTERMENTLY GO OFF AND ON ! EXHAUST MANIFOLD IS CRACKED CAUSING A LEAK ! ALL DASH GAUGES BUT FUEL GAUGE DONT WORK !

Mileage: 120,000

NONE OF MY GAGES WORK AND A LOT OF MY DASH LIGHTS ARE ON. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH GAS I HAVE. MY SPEEDOMETER AND RPM GAGES WORK BUT NOTHING ELSE DOES. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING ON AND OFF FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS BUT THEY WOULD ALWAYS GO BACK ON. BUT NOW IT HAS BEEN OFF FOR A WEEK WITHOUT GOING BACK TO NORMAL. TWICE LAST WEEK THE RADIO AND THE POWER WINDOWS STOPPED WORKING AS WELL. THIS HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING PARKED ALL THE TIME AND IT DOESNT GO BACK TO NORMAL. I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SO I HAVE NO CLUE WHY THERE ISN'T A RECALL. IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE MY TRAILBLAZER UNTIL THESE THINGS ARE FIXED. I WORK AT A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AND THEY COULDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO FIX THIS EITHER. GM NEEDS TO PUT OUT A RECALL TO GET THIS FIXED ASAP.

Mileage: 184,000

THE GAS GAUGE STARTED MESSING UP/NOT READING RIGHT ESPECIALLY IN THE RAIN AND THEN SHORTLY AFTER THAT THE SPEEDOMETER STARTED DOING THE SAME THING. NOW NEITHER ONE WILL WORK AT ALL. THIS STARTED ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO AND QUIT WORKING ALL TOGETHER ABOUT 1 YEAR AGO. I HEARD THAT THIS IS HAPPENING TO ALOT OF TRAILBLAZERS. THIS STARTED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION.

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON AND THERE WAS A STRONG GAS ODOR. GAS HAD ALSO PREVIOUSLY SPILLED OUT WHEN FUELUNG.

Mileage: 155,000

FIRST OIL PRESSURE GAUGE WENT AND NOW MY SPEEDOMETER IS ALSO GONE STUCK AT 50 MPH. CALLED CHEVY CAN'T GET STRAIGHT ANSWER FROM THEM AND ASK WHAT OTHER VEHICLES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM WITH GAUGE CLUSTER ADVISED CAN'T DISCLOSED ANY INFORMATION.

Mileage: 131,000

THE DRIVERS SEAT HEATER GOT VERY HOT AND THEN STOPPED WORKING SHORTLY AFTER. I DID AN INTERNET SEARCH AND FOUND THAT THIS IS VERY COMMON. I FOUND THAT ONE OF THE WIRES HAD OVERHEATED AND ACTUALLY BURNED THE FOAM AND COVERING. THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS AND PICTURES ON THE INTERNET. I REMOVED MY SEAT AND FOUND THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. I AM ASTOUNDED THAT NOTHING IS BEING DONE TO STOP THE USE OF THESE DEFECTIVE HEATERS. THIS IS MOST CERTAINLY A VERY SERIOUS FIRE AND BURN HAZARD. *TR

Mileage: 83,000

MY VEHICLE STARTED RANDOMLY SHUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING. LOSS OF POWER TO EVERYTHING BUT THE BRAKES. LUCKILY I WAS ONLY GOING 10-15MPH EACH TIME THIS HAPPENED. WITH THE RECENT RECALL IN GM VEHICLES REGARDING THE IGNITION SWITCH I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO SWITCH THIS PART OUT FIRST. FIXED THE PROBLEM IMMEDIATELY. I WOULD LIKE TO BE REIMBURSED MY COST FOR PART AND LABOR. I CAN'T BELIEVE AS MANY KNOWN PROBLEMS THE TRAILBLAZER HAS WITH THIS THAT IT HAS YET TO BE ADDED TO THE RECALL LIST. *JS

Mileage: 131,000

WHEN I PULLED INTO DRIVEWAY, I PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK, AND TURNED THE KEY OFF, AND ACTUALLY PULLED THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION SWITCH, WITH THE VEHICLE STILL RUNNING. I BACKED THE CAR UP, WITHOUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION, WHERE I STARTED SMELLING WIRES BURNING. I CALLED FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND THEY PUT FIRE OUT ON THE FUSE BOX, WITH EVERYTHING MELTED AROUND IT. I HAVE HAD MINOR PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR, I.E. WHEEL BEARING AND BRAKES, BUT, NOTHING LIKE THIS. WHILE MY 14 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND I WERE IN THE CAR AT THE TIME, WE DID GET OUT, AND NO ONE WAS HURT. *TR

Mileage: 127,000

MY INSTRUMENT CLUSTER PANEL STARTED TO MALFUNCTION BUT THEN RESET ITSELF. NOW, NONE OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WORKS. *TR

Mileage: 65,000

LIKE MANY OTHER, MY PROBLEM IS WITH THE INSTRUMENT PANEL/CLUSTER. MY FUEL GAUGE DOESN'T WORK AND MY SPEEDOMETER IS ALL OVER THE PLACE...SOMETIMES IT SEEMS TO WORK FINE, OTHER TIMES NOT AT ALL, AND SOMETIMES IT WORKS BUT ISN'T ACCURATE. *TR

Mileage: 125,000

AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE LIKE NORMAL, STOPPED AT A GAS STATION AND WHEN IT WAS RESTARTED, THE FUEL GAUGE, OIL PRESSURE GAUGE, BATTERY GAUGE, TACHOMETER, PRETTY MUCH THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL STOPPED WORKING THEN CAME BACK ON. ALSO, INSTEAD OF READING DRIVER LIKE IT NORMALLY DOES, THE PANEL WAS READING UNKNOWN DRIVER. THEN AS WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE HOME, THE SPEEDOMETER WENT TO 0 AND WOULD NOT COME BACK UP. AFTER WE GOT HOME, THE NEXT DAY THE PANEL WORKED FINE. THIS HAS OCCURRED NUMEROUS TIME SINCE THE FIRST INCIDENT IN 2011. I HAVE READ MULTIPLE FORUMS AND POSTS ONLINE FROM OTHERS STATING IT IS THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER THAT MAY BE THE PROBLEM AND THERE WAS A RECALL ON OTHER CHEVY MAKES BUT NOT THE TRAILBLAZER. THIS IS A VERY SCARY PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE COVERED BY CHEVY DUE TO THE NUMEROUS OTHER TRAILBLAZER OWNERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE. *JB

AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE LIKE NORMAL, STOPPED AT A GAS STATION AND WHEN IT WAS RESTARTED, THE FUEL GAUGE, OIL PRESSURE GAUGE, BATTERY GAUGE, TACHOMETER, PRETTY MUCH THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL STOPPED WORKING THEN CAME BACK ON. ALSO, INSTEAD OF READING DRIVER LIKE IT NORMALLY DOES, THE PANEL WAS READING UNKNOWN DRIVER. THEN AS WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE HOME, THE SPEEDOMETER WENT TO 0 AND WOULD NOT COME BACK UP. AFTER WE GOT HOME, THE NEXT DAY THE PANEL WORKED FINE. THIS HAS OCCURRED NUMEROUS TIME SINCE THE FIRST INCIDENT IN 2011. I HAVE READ MULTIPLE FORUMS AND POSTS ONLINE FROM OTHERS STATING IT IS THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER THAT MAY BE THE PROBLEM AND THERE WAS A RECALL ON OTHER CHEVY MAKES BUT NOT THE TRAILBLAZER. THIS IS A VERY SCARY PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE COVERED BY CHEVY DUE TO THE NUMEROUS OTHER TRAILBLAZER OWNERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE. *JB

I STARTED MY VEHICLE AND THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER DID NOT WORK. NO PRECHECK LIGHTS EXCEPT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND NONE OF THE INSTRUMENTS ON THE PANEL WOULD WORK. TRIED SHUTTING DOWN THE ENGINE AND RESTARTING BUT TO NO AVAIL. *TR

Mileage: 141,000

STARTED THE CAR AND PULLED OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY WAS GOING 0-5 MPH AND THE SPEEDOMETER SHOT UP TO 40. STARTED DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND IT STAYED STUCK AT 40, BUT I WAS DOING 30MPH. PULLED INTO THE STORE 2 BLOCKS UP, SHUT THE CAR OFF. WHEN I TURNED IT BACK ON THE CAR WAS REGISTERING 13 MPH AT A DEAD STOP. WENT BACK HOME, CAR SAT OVERNIGHT. STARTED IT FOR WORK IN THE MORNING ON SUNDAY AND IT WAS IDLING AT 8 MPH. STARTED DRIVING TO WORK AND THE SPEEDOMETER WAS REGISTERING 60 MPH, YET I WAS GOING WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC ON A CITY STREET THAT'S SPEED LIMIT WAS 45MPH. SEEMS I NEED TO KEEP TURNING OFF THE CAR AND TURNING IT BACK ON AGAIN IN ORDER FOR THE SPEEDOMETER TO RESET TO A LOWER NUMBER (I.E. 3 OR 8 MPH AT A DEAD STOP, VS. 13 TO 18 MPH AT A DEAD STOP). REVVED THE ENGINE TO SEE WHAT THE RESPONSE WOULD BE, TACHOMETER REGISTERED INCREASE, BUT THE SPEEDOMETER DID NOT BUDGE AT ALL! I WORRY THE DAY IT WILL SAY I AM DOING 40 BUT I AM ACTUALLY DOING 55 AROUND A CURVE. THE CAR IS ABSOLUTELY OFF LIMITS TO MY 17 YEAR OLD NOW. FUNNY THING IS I PREFERRED HER DRIVING THE TRAILBLAZER FOR SAFETY VS. HER LITTLE VW CONVERTIBLE. NOT ANY MORE!! I DO NOT SEE HOW CHEVY CLAIMS THIS IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE! *TR

Mileage: 89,000

DRIVING AT 40MPH AND THE TRUCK WENT UP IN FLAMES TRUCK SHOWED NO WARNING EVEN DROVE IT APP. 300YARDS TO PULL OVER STILL RAN WITH FLAMES AS HIGH AS 6 FT NO DUMMY LIGHTS CAME FIRE WAS UNDER THE TRUCK WHILE DRIVING WAS WARNED BY ANOTHER DRIVING HEADING TOWARDS ME TRUCK HAD 85130 MILES ON IT NEVER HAD NO MAJOR PROBLEMS EVER THIS IS A BRIEF SUMMARY. *TR

Mileage: 85,000

I, ALONG WITH MANY OTHERS ARE EXPERIENCING MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH THE INSTRUMENT PANELS ON OUR CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. MY MOTHER TRADED HERS IN BECAUSE HER SPEEDOMETER WAS GOING OUT. BUT MY PROBLEM IS MUCH WORSE, MY WHOLE ENTIRE DASHBOARD IS OUT. MY GAS GAUGE DOESN'T WORK, MY SPEEDOMETER DOESN'T WORK, MY OIL PRESSURE DOESN'T WORK, MY THERMOSTAT DOESN'T WORK, NOTHING WORKS. MY CRUISE CONTROL ACTS UP TOO. *TR

I AM A SENIOR CITIZEN I BROUGHT THIS CAR NEW. AFTER ONE YEAR I HAD TO REPLACE LINC PLATE. OVER THE YEARS EVERYTHING HAS GONE WRONG WITH THIS CAR. SPEEDOMETER HAS NOT WORKED SINCE AUG. '08, GAS GAUGE STOPPED OCT. '11. INSTRUMENT CLUSTER SINCE 2010 AND GM KNOWS THIS IS A DEFECTED PART. YET GM PAID FOR THIS SAME DEFECTED PART AT THEIR COST FOR THE TAHOE, BUT HAS NOT PAID FOR THE TRAILBLAZER. WHY? WINDOWS AND DOORS DO NOT UNLOCK ON COMMAND. WINDOW WIPER(REAR) STOPPED WORKING-I REPLACED THAT PART. A/C COMES ON MY ITSELF. THERMOSTAT FAILURE. I THINK GM SHOULD STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT. THE ONLY REASON THEY WOULD NOT IS THAT THEY ALREADY KNOW THAT THEY ARE PRODUCING SUBSTANDARD PRODUCTS THAT ARE NOT FIT TO BE DRIVEN ON THE ROAD. *TR

THE GAUGES STARTED FAILING ONE AT A TIME. FIRST THE OIL AND BATTERY NEEDLES MOVED TO THE FAR RIGHT AND BURIED OFF THE CHART. NOW THE SPEED IS READING 90MPH AT A STOP LIGHT AND 10MPH ON THE INTERSTATE. THE CLUSTER IS GONE AND THE WHOLE DRIVER DASHBOARD IS FAILING. THE GAS AND OIL GAGUES I FEAR ARE NEXT. ACCORDING TO DEALER THEY KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM, BUT THEY HAVE NO PROBLEM CHARGING UP TO $600 TO FIX THE SITUATION. THIS IS MECHANICAL AND NOT CAUSED BY THE OWNER. THERE ARE BLOGS ALL OVER THE PLACE ON THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 108,000

ALL ELECTRONIC GAUGES WITHIN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILED AT RANDOM TIMES AND VERY FREQUENTLY, LEADING TO THE CLUSTERS' CURRENT STATE, WHICH IS ALL GAUGES ARE NON-OPERATIONAL (DEAD). HAZARDOUS CONDITION CAUSED DUE TO SPEEDOMETER FAILURE. CHEVY REPLACED THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER TWO TIMES WHILE UNDER 36/36 MFG WARRANTY. CHEVY REFUSES TO REPLACE CURRENT INSTRUMENT CLUSTER SINCE 36/36 HAS PASSED. *TR

Mileage: 5,000

2003 TRAILBLAZER EXT 4X4 LOADED PURCHASED NEW 5-2004 STICKER $ 42,000 I HAVE OWNED 14 VEHICLES AND HAVE NEVER HAD ONE WITH THE PROBLEMS THIS TRUCK HAS. GM HAS DESIGNED ENGINEERED AND SOLD AN UNRELIABLE UNSAFE AUTOMOBILE. 1. ELECTRICAL ISSUES: REAR BRAKE LAMP BOARDS REPLACED 3 TIMES, RADIO REPLACED, HEADLAMP SOCKETS MELTED, BRAKE LAMP BULB BASE MELTED. 2. CAR LOSS ALL POWER WHILE DRIVING WIFE HAD TO SIT IN MIDDLE OF ROAD UNTIL TOW TRUCK CAME. TRUCK ONLY 2YRS OLD AT THAT TIME CAUSE OF PROBLEM IGNITION SWITCH. 3. ELECTRONIC FAN CLUTCH REPLACED TWICE 10-10 AND 6-11 HAD TO BATTLE DEALERSHIP TO COVER BASED ON PROBLEM AND GET ATTORNEY INVOLVED COST TO REPLACE WITH DIAG. $700.00. 4. SWAY BAR LINK PIN KIT REPLACED TWICE. 5. 4X4 TRANSFER CASE WILL NOT GO INTO 4-WHEEL DRIVE 2-WHEEL DRIVE ONLY WHEN YOU SELECT 4-WHEEL DRIVE TRUCK WILL NOT MOVE AND MAKES INTERNAL NOISE.TRAILBLAZER HAS A TOTAL OF 115,000 MILES. JUST TO MAKE A COMPARISON I PURCHASED IN 2001 A NEW TOYOTA TACOMA TRUCK IT HAS 176,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER.OTHER THAN STANDARD MAINTENANCE NO ISSUES AT ALL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE CONTACT OBSERVED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD FLUCTUATE CONTINUOUSLY PROVIDING INACCURATE SPEEDS TRAVELED. IN ADDITION, THE TAC AND OIL PRESSURE GAUGES COMPLETELY FAILED TO OPERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 88,976.

Mileage: 88,976

BAD ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. MY SIDE MIRRORS AREN'T WORKING AT ALL. MY REAR BRAKE LIGHTS ARE ALWAYS INOPERATIVE. I ALWAYS GET A CONSTANT VIBRATION COMING FROM THE ENGINE. MY GEARBOX SOMETIMES FREEZES OR GETS STUCK. POOR FUEL EFFICIENCY. *TR

Mileage: 75,000

MY 2003 TRAILBLAZER EXT. WOULD NOT START TODAY, ALL DASH LIGHTS COME ON BUT GAS AND VOLTAGE GAUGE DON'T REGISTER. KEYS AND KEY FOBS ARE NOT RECOGNIZED ALSO ONLY SAYS UNKNOWN DRIVER .IT WILL NOT CRANK AT ALL OR EVEN MAKE NOISE, BATTERY,ALTERNATOR,STARTER AND ALL FUSES HAVE BEEN CHECKED AND ARE GOOD. THERE IS NO SECURITY LIGHT THAT STAYS ON AND MY KEY WILL REMOVE FROM THE IGNITION! FRONT DOOR WINDOWS AND DOOR LOCKS WILL NOT WORK OR RADIO.....ALL LIGHTS, A/C, BACK WINDOWS, SUNROOF, POWER SEATS WORK!.......HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 105,000

MY 2003 TRAILBLAZER HAS A SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER THAT QUIT WORKING MOST OF THE TIME. I CONTACTED A GM DEALER AND WAS INFORMED IT WOULD COST ABOUT $500 TO REPAIR. MY CARS INSPECTIONS RUNS OUT SOON AND CANT BE INSPECTED TILL THIS ISSUE IS REPAIRED. *TR

Mileage: 62,000

MY 2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER'S SPEEDOMETER JUST FROZE UP. SITTING STILL, I AM DOING 90 MPH. I TRIED DISCONNECTING THE NEGATIVE BATTERY TERMINAL TO RESET IT, BUT THAT DID NOT WORK. *TR

Mileage: 108,750

SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING PROPERLY. MAY READ 90 AT A DEAD STOP, MAY READ 30 WHEN TRAVELING AT 70, MAY READ 120 AT 50. NO PROPER WAY TO JUDGE SPEED, HAVE BEEN USING GPS FOR SPEED. WITH SPEEDOMETER WORKING IMPROPERLY, OTHER EQUIPMENT IN VEHICLE IS WORKING IMPROPERLY ALSO (I.E. COMPUTER COMPONENTS, EMISSION COMPONENTS,ETC.) *TR

Mileage: 140,000

2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER CLUSTER PANEL QUIT WORKING. NO ODOMETER, RPM, AND OCCASIONALLY THE FUEL GAUGE. *TR

Mileage: 87,000

SPEEDOMETER STICKS AT VARYING LOCATIONS DOES NOT DISPLAY ACCURATE SPEED. *TR

Mileage: 150,000

2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER - INSTRUMENT CLUSTER MALFUNCTION. SPEEDOMETER READINGS ARE ERRATIC, FUEL GAUGE IS STUCK ABOVE FULL LEVEL, WATER TEMPERATURE GAUGE ALSO HAS ERRATIC READINGS. GM RECALLED THE SUBURBAN AND TAHOE FOR THIS ISSUE BUT NOT THE TRAILBLAZER. *TR

Mileage: 67,000

2003 TRAILBLAZER EXT LT SPEEDOMETER NOT WORKING, ODOMETER WORKING FINE. BOUGHT IT USED DIDN'T WORK WHEN I BOUGHT IT. LOOKED UP TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL BUT ALL I SEEN WAS NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME SITUATION BUT NO RECALL. *TR

CHRONIC PROBLEM/FAILURE OF INSTRUMENT GAGES/CLUSTER RELATING TO SPEEDOMETER, TEMPERATURE AND OIL PRESSURE FOR A 2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER EXT. FOR EXAMPLE, THE SPEEDOMETER WILL UNEXPECTEDLY RAISE TO AN ALARMING SPEED READING WHILE THE VEHICLE IS NOT ACTUALLY TRAVELING MORE THAN A FEW MILES PER HOUR. DEALER ADVISES THAT THIS CONDITION IS NOT COVERED BY ANY RECALL NOTICE AND GM IS UNWILLING TO PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE TO ALLEVIATE THIS SERIOUS AND UNSAFE CONDITION. OTHER GM VEHICLES HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS EXACT CONDITION. ALSO, THIS VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED A CRACKED EXHAUT MANIFOLD DUE TO POOR DESIGN/ENGINEERING. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

MY INSTRUMENT CLUSTER ON MY 2003 TRAILBLAZER ( SPEEDOMETER , TEMP, VOLTAGE ,GAS GAUGE OIL PRESS.) STOPPED WORKING .I BOUGHT IT NEW AND IT GET SERVICED AT THE DEALERSHIP REGULARLY , FIRST THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING THEN THE OTHERS STOPPED WORKING. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER SPEEDOMETER AND TACH DO NOT WORK PROPERLY. I HAVE SEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS AND GM HAS HAD A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM IN NUMEROUS OTHER VEHICLES BUT NOT THIS ONE. *TR

Mileage: 70

HEADLAMPS KEEP GOING OUT AND THE CONNECTORS KEEP MELTING AND BURNING THE REAR RADIO SPEAKERS GO OUT THE REAR HEAT/AIR GOES OUT THE LEVEL 5 SETTING ON THE FAN DOES NOT WORK THESE ARE NOT UNUSUAL COMPLAINTS FOR THIS VEHICLE, THERE SEEMS TO BE A STANDARD BEING SET WITH THESE ISSUES. *TR

Mileage: 90,000

WE OWN A CHEVY TRAILBLAZER, 2003 EXT! I SWEAR THE SUV IS POSSESSED!SPEEDOMETER SPORADICALLY ACTS UP, STATING HIGHER MPH, SOMETIMES IT GOES OVER 100MPH, WHEN WERE ONLY GOING 30MPH! IT WONT GO BACK TO 0 UNLESS YOU TURN THE VEHICLE ON/OFF REPEATEDLY! OIL, BATTERY AND TEMP GAUGES ALL HIGH, YET DEALER CANT FIND PROBLEM! PROBLEM DOESN'T ALWAYS OCCUR YET I RELY ON MY NAVIGATION SYSTEM TO DETERMINE SPEED AS I NO LONGER TRUST THE 2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER. *TR

Mileage: 180,000

INSTRUMENT CLUSTER PANEL STOPS WORKING. GAS GAUGE SHOWS EMPTY, BATTERY LIGHT APPEARS, OIL GAUGE AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS START ACTING ERRATICALLY. I HAD MY 2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER AT THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES. 1ST TIME THEY REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR, NEXT TIME I WAS TOLD THE BATTERY WAS WEAK. I HAD THE BATTERY CHECKED AT ANOTHER LOCATION AND IT TESTED FINE. MY INSTRUMENTS ARE NOT REGISTERING PROPERLY AGAIN. THIS IS ABOUT THE 4TH TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED AND I DON'T WANT TO BE STUCK SOMEWHERE ALONG THE HIGHWAY. I NEVER KNOW WHEN THIS PROBLEM WILL RESTART. *TR

Mileage: 37,500

MY CHEVY TRAILBLAZER 2003 EXT SPEEDOMETER HAS BROKE. APPARENTLY, THERE IS AN EPIDEMIC PROBLEM WITH TRAILBLAZERS. GM HAS RECALLED ALL VEHICLES IN THIS CLASS EXCEPT THE TRAILBLAZER. WHY?????????? *TR

Mileage: 99,000

I OWN A CHEVY TRAILBLAZER 2003, AND ALL THE GAUGES ARE HAVE QUIT WORKING, IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE WITHOUT A SPEEDOMETER AND GAS GAUGE ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER GAUGES. I HAVE REPLACED FUSES AND RELAYS NOTHING HAS YET TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 90,000

I OWN A 2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER LS. BOUGHT IT NEW OFF THE DEALER'S LOT. IN 2007, APPROXIMATELY 100,000 MILES LATER THE TACHOMETER BEGAN TO FUNCTION INTERMITTENTLY. AT 120,000 MILES, IT QUIT ALL TOGETHER. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE SPEEDOMETER BEGAN TO MALFUNCTION INTERMITTENTLY. NOW IN 2009 AND 150,000 MILES IT DOES NOT WORK 90+% OF THE TIME. WHEN IT DOES, THE SPEED INDICATION IS UNRELIABLE. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE INTO THE LOCAL CHEVY DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC AND REPAIR ESTIMATE; $800 TO $1000 ALL DAY SITUATION. HAVE TAKEN IT TO OTHER REPAIR SHOPS, BUT THEY REFER BACK TO THE DEALER IN ORDER TO OBTAIN PARTS. SO FAR, HAVE BEEN ABLE TO OPERATE VEHICLE, BUT AWAITING THE NEXT GAUGE TO FAIL. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

MY RPM GAUGE AND FUEL GAUGES BOTH STOPPED WORKING. *TR

Mileage: 85,000

I HAVE A 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT AND THE SPEEDOMETER GAUGE QUIT WORKING ON ME. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH ON THIS AND FIND THAT MANY TRAILBLAZER OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED SIMILAR PROBLEMS. APPARENTLY, CHEVROLET HAD A RECALL PROGRAM FOR DASHBOARD GAUGE ISSUES WITH OTHER MODELS BUT DID NOT INCLUDE THE TRAILBLAZER AS A COVERED MODELED UNDER THIS RECALL. OTHER TRAILBLAZER OWNERS WHO HAVE POSTED COMPLAINTS OR PROBLEMS ONLINE HAVE ADVISED FILING A COMPLAINT THROUGH THE NHTSA TO SEE IF ENOUGH COMPLAINTS CAN BE LODGED AGAINST CHEVROLET TO FORCE A RECALL. IT OBVIOUSLY IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION TO HAVE A DEFECTIVE SPEEDOMETER. SOMETIMES MINE WORKS FINE, OTHER TIMES IT REGISTERS THE WRONG SPEED, AND STILL OTHER TIMES IT DOESN'T REGISTER A SPEED AT ALL. IF THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE AMONG TRAILBLAZER OWNERS, THEN I WOULD THINK THAT CHEVROLET SHOULD COVER IT UNDER THEIR RECALL PROGRAM ALONG WITH THE OTHER MODELS OF CHEVROLET TRUCKS & CARS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED SIMILAR PROBLEMS. THANK YOU. *TR

Mileage: 148,656

BEGINNING 2 WEEKS AGO THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER HAS NOT BEEN WORKING PROPERLY. THE NEEDLE WILL GO PAST 120 MPH AND WHEN YOUR STOPPED IT WILL BE AT 30-40 MPH. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SINCE MY SON HAS HIS LEARNERS PERMIT AND WAS DRIVING THE FIRST TIME THE SPEEDOMETER MALFUNCTIONED. WE WERE ON THE HIGHWAY. I LOOKED ON-LINE AND FOUND SEVERAL PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. ONE SUGGESTED DISCONNECTING THE BATTERY FOR 5 MINUTES. I DID THIS AND IT WORKED FOR 1 WEEK. I DISCONNECTED IT 2 MORE TIMES SO FAR. TODAY I CALLED GM AT 800-630-2438 TO REPORT THE PROBLEM & SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL. I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO RECALL BUT THAT I SHOULD TAKE IT TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. I ASKED IF I WOULD BE CHARGED AND SHE SAID YES. I TOLD HER THAT I CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY THEM JUST FOR DIAGNOSTICS AND THAT THEY ALREADY KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS SINCE IT IS ALL OVER THE INTERNET ABOUT SO MANY OF THEIR VEHICLES DOING THIS. *TR

Mileage: 98,500

I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE WITH APPROXIMATELY 63,000 MILES ALREADY ON IT. WITHIN A MONTH I NOTICED THE SPEEDOMETER WAS DOING FUNNY THINGS LIKE READING 100MPH WHEN I WAS ONLY DRIVING ABOUT 25MPH. I CONTACTED A DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT WOULD COST $500 TO REPAIR. WE DO NOT HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY SO I LEFT IT. THE PROBLEM CONTINUED UNTIL THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING ALTOGETHER. I HAD LEARNED HOW TO GAUGE MY SPEED BY USING THE TAKOMETER BUT THAT STARTED TO GO SHORTLY AFTER THE SPEEDOMETER. NOW MY BATTERY GAUGE IS STARTING TO SHOW SIGNS OF FRITZING. I HAVE READ ONLINE THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES AND THAT GM HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL. I NOW HAVE A GPS WHICH CAN TELL ME MY SPEED BUT THE BATTERY GAUGE IS A DEFINATE SAFETY ISSUE. THANK YOU! *TR

Mileage: 63,000

I HAVE A PROBLEM SIMILAR TO MANY OTHERS. I HAVE RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. I HAVE ENCOUNTERED A PROBLEM WITH THE SPEEDOMETER ON THIS VEHICLE. THE SPEEDOMETER OCCASSIONALLY STOPS WORKING ENTIRELY FROM TIME TO TIME AND OTHER TIMES, HAS A MIND OF IT'S OWN AND DECIDES TO MAKE A RANDOM NUMBER THE ZERO MARK AND INCREASE SPEED FROM THAT POINT. I KNOW THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS THERE ARE TIMES THAT I HAVE NO IDEA HOW FAST I AM TRAVELING. I HAVE SINCE TAKEN THIS MATTER TO GENERAL MOTORS IN AN ATTEMPT TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECTIFY AN UNSAFE SITUATION. IN RESPONSE, THEY ASKED ME TO TAKE THE VEHICLE INTO A CERTIFIED GM DEALER FOR A VEHICLE DIAGNOSTIC AND REPAIR. I DID JUST THAT. MY VEHICLE WAS FOUND TO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. THE DEALER WAS NICE ENOUGH TO INFORM ME THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL RELATED PROBLEMS THAT GM HAS ISSUED A RECALL FOR... UNFORTUNATELY, I SEEM TO HAVE THE ONLY MODEL IN THIS VEHICLE CLASS THAT IS NOT COVERED IN THIS RECALL. AND GM WAS NICE ENOUGH TO OFFER TO DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING IN MY CASE... WHICH INCLUDES NOT REFUNDING THE COST OF THE DIAGNOSTIC THAT THEY REQUESTED IN ORDER TO GATHER THEIR INFORMATION. IN MY DISAPPOINTMENT, I HAVE DONE SOME ONLINE RESEARCH AND COME ACROSS SEVERAL LAWSUITS AGAINST GM FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM... SOME OF WHICH EVEN INCLUDE THE TRAILBLAZER. MY QUESTION IS THIS: DO I HAVE ANY OTHER COURSE OF ACTION? ALSO, HAS THERE ALREADY BEEN A COMPLAINT SIMILAR TO THIS THAT MAY BE OF ASSISTANCE TO ME? *TR

Mileage: 68,500

MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON BUT THE VEHICLE RAN O.K. TOOK IT TO MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THAT THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE WAS NOT WORKING AND HE BELIEVED THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS. IT WASN'T A RECALL SO WE WERE TOLD WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS OURSELVES AND SINCE WE REGULARLY CHANGE/CHECK OUR OIL I WASN'T TOO WORRIED. NOW WE HAVE NOTICED THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE HAS SHOT ALL THE WAY AROUND AND HAS STAYED BUT WHEN IT IS REALLY COLD OUTSIDE IT DROPS BACK TO NORMAL. THE SPEEDOMETER AND THE RPM GAUGE ALSO STICKS. SPENT MANY DAYS FOR A FEW YEARS TRYING TO SOLVE PROBLEM WITH THE RADIO AND DVD PLAYER NOT WORKING PROPERLY AND SWITCHING STATIONS ON ITS OWN AND AFTER SEVERAL REPLACEMENTS FINALLY GAVE UP BECAUSE IT WAS NEVER CORRECTED. THIS IS A REAL CONCERN AS I DO TRAVEL BY MYSELF AND RELY ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THIS SEEMS TO BE A REAL PROBLEM WITH THE TRAILBLAZER AND SHOULD BE RECALLED BY CHEVORLET. *TR

Mileage: 110,000

SPEEDOMETER STICKING AT HIGH SPEEDS ANDNOT SHOWING ACTUAL SPEED DRIVING. *TR

Mileage: 75,245

SPEEDOMETER HAS BECOME FAULTY. IT MAY NOT REGISTER THE CORRECT SPEED OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 70,500

MY 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT GAUGE CLUSTERS MALFUNCTION. ONE BY ONE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES HAVE BEEN FAILING. FIRST THE RPM GAUGE STUCK AT ZERO IN MARCH '08. ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO (OCT '08), THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE DROPPED TO ZERO AND NOW FLUCTUATES ERRATICALLY . OFTEN TIMES, RESTARTING THE CAR WILL TEMPORARILY RESET THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE UNTIL IT FAILS AGAIN. THIS MONTH (DEC. '08), THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE PEGGED HIGH AND THE SPEEDOMETER WILL TEMPORARILY HESITATE. THE ONLY GAUGE THAT APPEARS TO WORK PROPERLY IS THE FUEL GAUGE, AND I'M GUESSING THAT WILL EVENTUALLY FAIL TOO. DURING MY LAST OIL CHANGE AT A CHEVY DEALER, THEY INDICATED THAT MOST LIKELY THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/GAUGE DRIVERS ARE BAD AND CAN BE REPLACED FOR ABOUT $800. I'VE DONE A LOT OF SEARCHING ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING THIS SAME PROBLEM WITH CHEVY VEHICLES, YET CHEVROLET HAS DONE NOTHING TO CORRECT OR REMEDY THE SITUATION. *TR

Mileage: 55,000

WHILE DRIVING, THE SPEEDOMETER GOT STUCK AT 40MPH. IT NEVER CAME BACK DOWN, BUT EVENTUALLY WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT SIDE. AFTER $900 FOR A NEW INSTRUMENT CLUSTER IT WAS FIXED, BUT THE FOLLOWING YEAR A FRIEND OF MINE WITH AN 05 TRAILBLAZER HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN TO HER. SHE WON'T GET IT FIXED BECAUSE IT SEEMS JUST A TAD BIT SUSPICIOUS THAT SO MANY SPEEDOMETERS HAVE GONE OUT IN THESE THINGS. *TR

Mileage: 68,000

I NOTICED WHEN THE WEATHER GOT COLDER/SNOW IN DECEMBER, MY SPEEDOMETER WAS READING AROUND 60 MPG HIGH SPEED WHEN I WAS GOING ABOUT 20 MPH. AFTER TURNING MY TRUCK ON AND OFF A COUPLE OF TIMES, IT WOULD RESET TO 0 MPH. ANOTHER HEAVY SNOW DAY CAME AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN, AND AFTER I WAS EXITING MY CAR YESTERDAY, THE NEEDLE POINTED SOUTH AND WHEN I STARTED THE TRUCK IT WENT BACKWARD TO 120 MPH. I CALLED GM TO FIND OUT IF THERE WERE ANY RECALLS ON THIS PROBLEM OR ANY OTHERS AND THEY SAID THERE WERE NO RECALL FOR MY VEHICLE AT THIS TIME, WHICH I KNOW IS UNTRUE DUE TO THE GAS LEAK RECALL. I CALLED THE GM SERVICE CENTER AND WAS TOLD THE SAME THING AND THIS ITEM IS NOT COVERED. I SEARCHED THE WEB AND FOUND A CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST GM FOR THE SAME REASON AS MINE HTTP://WWW.LAWCASH.COM/ATTORNEY/4913/GENERAL-MOTORS-LAWSUIT.ASP *TR

Mileage: 62,228

I NOTICED WHEN THE WEATHER GOT COLDER/SNOW IN DECEMBER, MY SPEEDOMETER WAS READING AROUND 60 MPG HIGH SPEED WHEN I WAS GOING ABOUT 20 MPH. AFTER TURNING MY TRUCK ON AND OFF A COUPLE OF TIMES, IT WOULD RESET TO 0 MPH. ANOTHER HEAVY SNOW DAY CAME AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN, AND AFTER I WAS EXITING MY CAR YESTERDAY, THE NEEDLE POINTED SOUTH AND WHEN I STARTED THE TRUCK IT WENT BACKWARD TO 120 MPH. I CALLED GM TO FIND OUT IF THERE WERE ANY RECALLS ON THIS PROBLEM OR ANY OTHERS AND THEY SAID THERE WERE NO RECALL FOR MY VEHICLE AT THIS TIME, WHICH I KNOW IS UNTRUE DUE TO THE GAS LEAK RECALL. I CALLED THE GM SERVICE CENTER AND WAS TOLD THE SAME THING AND THIS ITEM IS NOT COVERED. I SEARCHED THE WEB AND FOUND A CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINST GM FOR THE SAME REASON AS MINE HTTP://WWW.LAWCASH.COM/ATTORNEY/4913/GENERAL-MOTORS-LAWSUIT.ASP *TR

Mileage: 62,228

SPEEDOMETER FREEZES UP AND WILL NOT GO BACK TO 0. HAS HAPPENED 2 TIMES IN 6 WEEKS. *TR

Mileage: 88,000

FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, THE SPEEDOMETER HAS BEEN ACTING UP. IT IS NOW BURIED PAST THE TOP REGISTERED SPEED. IT WILL VARY FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT IS, FOR THE MOST PART, NON-WORKING. IT WILL SHOW THAT I AM AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED EVEN WHEN THE VEHICLE IS SITTING IDLE OR IN PARK. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM AND FROM WHAT I CAN SEE, I AM NOT ALONE WITH THIS ISSUE. THIS IS A BIG SAFETY CONCERN AND I FEEL THAT GM NEEDS TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 121,000

INTERMITTENTLY THE SPEEDOMETER READS FROM A FEW MPH HIGH TO 70 MPH HIGH. THIS PROBLEM IS WELL DOCUMENTED ACROSS THE GM PRODUCT LINE AND IS COVERED IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER BY GM. BUT NOT THE TRAILBLAZER. WHY NOT? *TR

Mileage: 60,000

THE SPEEDOMETER FLUTTERS AROUND AND STICKS NOT SHOWING MY ACTUAL SPEED I AM TRAVELING. *TR

Mileage: 85,000

I HAVE A 2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER. MY INSTRUMENT CLUSTER HAS STOPPED WORKING. MY SPEEDOMETER, AND OIL GAUGES DO NOT WORK. CHEVY CURRENTLY HAS A RECALL ON OTHER MODELS FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT NOT THE TRAILBLAZER. I FEEL CHEVY NEED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL OF THEIR VEHICLES. *TR

Mileage: 67,000

WE PURCHASED OUR 2003 TRAILBLAZER EXT USED THIS SUMMER. IT HAD ABOUT 50,000 MILES ON IT. WE'VE NOTICED THAT WHEN WE'RE ON THE ROAD FOR OVER 2 HOURS AT A TIME, THE SPEEDOMETER BECOMES DANGEROUSLY UNRELIABLE. MOST RECENTLY, MY HUSBAND WAS PULLED OVER FOR AN UNSAFE LOW SPEED -- UNTIL THE STATE POLICEMAN SAW THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WAS REGISTERING 20 MILES AN HOUR WITH THE CAR IN PARK AND THE ENGINE TURNED OFF. WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE FAILURES. RESETTING IS SOMETIMES POSSIBLE BY CONTINUALLY RESTARTING THE CAR, BUT NOT ALWAYS, AND NOT WITH ANY RELIABILITY. BY CONTINUALLY RESTARTING I'M TALKING 30-50 RESTARTS. THE WEAR AND TEAR ON THE STARTER THEREFORE IS UNACCEPTABLE. THIS VEHICLE SHOULD BE COVERED BY THE RECALL, BUT WE'VE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED AND WHEN WE'VE TAKEN IT TO DEALERSHIPS, WE HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE RECALL. THE PROBLEM HAS NO OTHER DISCERNIBLE PATTERN AND HAS HAPPENED APPROXIMATELY 6 TIMES IN THE 8 MONTHS WE'VE HAD THE CAR. *TR

Mileage: 49,000

WE PURCHASED OUR 2003 TRAILBLAZER EXT USED THIS SUMMER. IT HAD ABOUT 50,000 MILES ON IT. WE'VE NOTICED THAT WHEN WE'RE ON THE ROAD FOR OVER 2 HOURS AT A TIME, THE SPEEDOMETER BECOMES DANGEROUSLY UNRELIABLE. MOST RECENTLY, MY HUSBAND WAS PULLED OVER FOR AN UNSAFE LOW SPEED -- UNTIL THE STATE POLICEMAN SAW THAT THE SPEEDOMETER WAS REGISTERING 20 MILES AN HOUR WITH THE CAR IN PARK AND THE ENGINE TURNED OFF. WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE FAILURES. RESETTING IS SOMETIMES POSSIBLE BY CONTINUALLY RESTARTING THE CAR, BUT NOT ALWAYS, AND NOT WITH ANY RELIABILITY. BY CONTINUALLY RESTARTING I'M TALKING 30-50 RESTARTS. THE WEAR AND TEAR ON THE STARTER THEREFORE IS UNACCEPTABLE. THIS VEHICLE SHOULD BE COVERED BY THE RECALL, BUT WE'VE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED AND WHEN WE'VE TAKEN IT TO DEALERSHIPS, WE HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE RECALL. THE PROBLEM HAS NO OTHER DISCERNIBLE PATTERN AND HAS HAPPENED APPROXIMATELY 6 TIMES IN THE 8 MONTHS WE'VE HAD THE CAR. *TR

Mileage: 49,000

THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER QUIT WORKING. WHILE DRIVING THE SPEEDOMETER INDICATES THE CAR IS GOING 120+ MPH. WHEN PARKED IT INDICATES THE CAR IS GOING 50+MPH. THIS RESULTED IN DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND. I PHONED THE LOCAL BATTLE CREEK CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP MONDAY (2/4) AND WAS TOLD THAT ONLY CERTAIN GM VEHICLES WERE BEING REPAIRED COURTESY OF GM AND THAT AT THIS TIME MY VEHICLE DID NOT QUALIFY. ON THE INTERNET I AM SEEING THAT THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM FOR OTHER PEOPLE WHO OWN THE TRAILBLAZER. *TR

Mileage: 70,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER DISPLAYED A LOWER SPEED. THE CONTACT DECELERATED AND THE SPEEDOMETER DISPLAYED A HIGHER SPEED. GENERAL MOTORS STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT COVER THE REPAIRS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 70,350 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 69,350. UPDATED 02-14-08. *KB

Mileage: 69,350

FAILURE OF THROTTLE BODY SENSOR AND IGNITION SWITCH ON 2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER EXT. FAILURE LEFT VEHICLE UNABLE TO START AND UNABLE TO SHIFT VEHICLE OUT OF PARK. *TR

Mileage: 83,450

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE FAILED TO START, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL PRODUCED A HISSING NOISE, AND THE INSTRUMENT GAUGES FLUCTUATED ERRATICALLY. THE VEHICLE WOULD START AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS WERE MADE. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED THREE TIMES AT 39,650, 40,210 AND 40,227 MILES. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 40,227 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 39,650.

Mileage: 39,650

TL* - THE CONTACT CALLED REGARDING THE 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT. THE CONTACT STATED THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD NOT GO BACK TO ZERO WHEN THE IGNITION WAS TURNED OFF. THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD STATE 50-70 MPH WHEN ONLY TRAVELING 5 MPH. THE SPEEDOMETER CLUSTER WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76912. THE CONTACT HAS THE REPAIR ORDER. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 875000.*AK UPDATED 04/05/07. *JB

Mileage: 76,912

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 70 MPH MY SPEED HAND JUMPED TO 110 RPM, WHEN I GOT HOME AND TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE THE HAND WAS READING 60 MPH. THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES. I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THEY HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM SEVERAL TIMES IN TRAILBLAZERS. *JB

Mileage: 47,500

2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER BLEW A FEW FUSES SO I COULD NOT START THE VEHICLE (SEVERAL TIMES ALREADY), PER DEALER. TACHOMETER JUMPS AROUND, RADIO GETS HOT, ELECTRICAL LIGHTS TURN OFF ALONG WITH HEATER/COOLER, REAR LIGHTS REPLACED THREE TIMES, HOLE IN GAS TANK, DRIVE LINE REPLACED, CONSTANT CHIRPING/TICKING NOISE (OF COURSE DEALER DOES NOT HEAR). PURCHASED BRAND NEW AND HAVE WAY TOO MANY PROBLEMS FOR A NEW VEHICLE. YOU ASKED FOR INCIDENT DATE....THERE ARE SEVERAL. WILL STICK TO TOYOTA'S FROM NOW ON....*JB

AC DELCO FACTORY INSTALLED BATTERY LEAKS BATTERY ACID ON THE POSITIVE SIDE TERMINAL CAUSING MY 2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER EXT TO LOSE ALL POWER INCLUDING LOSS OF BEING ABLE TO OPEN REAR DOOR. *NM

Mileage: 31,700

5 MONTHS AFTER I PURCHASED MY 2003 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER I WENT OUT TO START THE CAR AND IT WOULD NOT START. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER THE FIRST TIME FOR THIS PROBLEM AND VARIOUS OTHERS AND WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I REPLACED THE BATTERY AND THE CAR WORKED FOR APPROXIMATELY ANOTHER 5 MONTHS AND THE SAME OCCURRED. ON BOTH OCCASIONS THE KEY WAS LOCKED IN THE IGNITION AND ATTEMPTS AT JUMP STARTING THE VEHICLE FAILED MULTIPLE TIMES. SINCE THE SECOND TIME HAPPENED THIS MORNING I HAVE YET TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER. THIS CAR ALSO HAS VARIOUS OTHER ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS SOMETIMES THE RADIO GOES BLANK AND GETS STUCK ON ONE STATION AS WELL AS GETTING EXTREMELY HOT (WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE ALL OF THE PROBLEMS BUT REPROGRAMMED THE RADIO SO IT WOULD NOT GET AS HOT). THE DVD PLAYER JUST STOPS WORKING (WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM). THE BLOWER MOTOR FOR THE REAR AIR WORKS SOMETIMES AND OTHER TIMES IT DOESN'T (THIS WAS APPARENTLY FIXED ONCE ALREADY). THE REVERSE LIGHTS STAY ON WHEN THE CAR IS IN DRIVE (JUST HAPPENED LAST WEEKEND). SHALL I GO ON? *JB

DOUBLE FAILURE OF 4-WHEEL DRIVE INDICATORS. 4-WHEEL DRIVE FAILED BUT THE "SERVICE LIGHT" DID NOT APPEAR ON THE DASH AND THE LED LIGHT ON THE 2WD/AWD/4-HI/4-LO SWITCH DID NOT DISPLAY CORRECTLY. BECAUSE WE WERE UNAWARE THAT BOTH INDICATORS WERE NOT WORKING AND THE 4-WHEEL DRIVE WAS NOT WORKING WE ATTEMPTED TO GO OVER A MOUNTAIN PASS DURING SNOW CONDITIONS UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE 4-WHEEL DRIVE WAS WORKING CORRECTLY. I WAS BRINGING MY MOTHER HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL AFTER A HEART PROCEDURE. LUCKILY I WAS DRIVING CAREFULLY, BECAUSE THE VEHICLE DID BEGIN TO LOSE CONTROL, BUT I WAS ABLE TO MAKE THE NECESSARY CORRECTIONS. WE WERE FORCED TO TURN AROUND AND TAKE ANOTHER ROUTE, WHICH DOUBLED THE LENGTH OF OUR DRIVE. THIS NORMALLY WOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM EXCEPT FOR MY MOTHER'S CONDITION. *NM

Mileage: 31,000

AS I AM GOING DOWN THE ROAD THE TACHOMETER STARTS TO JUMP AROUND AND THEN I LOSE THE DIRECTIONALS AND MY LIGHTS. IF I TURN OFF THE IGNITION IT WILL NOT START AGAIN. THIS HAS HAPPENED FOUR TIMES IN THE PAST YEAR. THE DEALERSHIP TELLS ME THAT FUSE #22 IS BLOWING. AS OF TODAY, MY TRUCK IS STILL AT THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS CAUSING IT. THEY HAVE REPLACED THE FUSE EACH TIME. THEY ALSO REPLACED THE INSTUMENT CLUSTER AND THE IGNITION LOCK. I AM SEEKING LEGAL ADVISE.

Mileage: 17,526

HAVE HAD MY 2003 TRAILBLAZER LT 2WD V8 IN THE SHOP UNDER WARRANTY MANY TIMES. FIRST WAS A RECALL ON THE DRIVE SHAFT WHICH WAS REPLACED 3 TIMES. STILL HAVE A NOISE THE DEALED SAYS THEY DON'T HEAR! NEXT CAME THE TAILLIGHT RECALL. NOW I HAVE A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH A DEAD BATTERY. THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME AND NOTHING HAS BEEN LEFT ON TO CAUSE IT. I CAN GO INTO A STORE AND COME OUT TO FIND IT DEAD. WHEN YOU CHARGE THE BATTERY, THEN EITHER THE HEATED SEATS WORK IMPROPERLY, THE BLOWER WON'T COME ON, SOMETHING DIFFERENT EVERY TIME. *JB

WENT OUT TO START VEHICLE ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2004 - TUNED KEY AND NOTHING HAPPENED, NO STARTER MOTOR, NO DASHBOARD LIGHTS, NOTHING. KEY REMIANED LOCKED IN STEERING COLUMN, COULD NOT BE REMOVED. TRIED AGAIN THE NEXT MORNING (9/19) - SAME THING. TRIED AGAIN THE NEXT MORNING (MONDAY, 9/20). THE SAME THING - AT THAT POINT CALLED DEALER TO TOW VEHICLE. ABOUT 3 HOURS LATER THE TOW TRUCK CAME - TOW TRUCK OPERATOR GOT IN VEHICLE TURNED KEY - AND VEHICLE STARTED RIGHT UP JUST AS IF NOTHING WAS EVER WRONG! . STILL HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP - DEALER CHECKED BEHICLE OVER AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG. ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23RD, CAME OUT OF BANK AFTER RUNNING ERRNAD, TURNED KEY IN VEHICLE - NOTHING HAPPENED AGAIN. KEPT TURNING KEY OFF AND ON FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES UNTIL VEHICLE STARTED OUT OF THE BLUE. DROVE STRAIGHT TO DEALER. DEALER REPLACED IGNITION SWITCH. VEHICLE WORKED FINE UNTIL SUNDAY, JANUARY 23RD. WENT TO START VEHICLE AND ONE AGAIN, NOTHING HAPPENED, NO LIGHTS, NO STARTER - NOTHING. KEY ALSO LOCKED IN STEERING COLUMN. DEALER TOWED VEHICLE THE NEXT DAY. DEALER COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG, THEORIZED AN INTERIOR LIGHT WAS LEFT ON (BUT I KNOW IT WASN'T). DEALER REPLACED SOME ENGINE FAN THEY THEORIZE WAS TURNING ON AFTER ENGINE TURNED OFF AND DRAINING BATTERY - I TOLD THEM THAT'S FINE BUT DOESN'T EXPLAIN WHY TRUCK WILL START DAYS AFTER AN INITIAL FAILURE. THIS INTERMITTENT FAILURE IS FRIGHTENING AS IT SEEMS TO BE A POSSIBLE PART OF A LARGER SYSTEM FAILURE - AS NOTED ON THIS WEBSITE BY OTHER OWNERS - WHEN THE TRAILBLAZER WILL FAIL AT HIGH SPEEDS ON THE HIGHWAY. (REFERENCE ODI ID NUMBERS 10101741 & 10060860). *AK

Mileage: 34,000

VEHICLE SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, IGNITION LOCKED. CONSUMER SHOOK THE STEERING COLUMN AND IT STARTED. THERE WAS A MULTIPLE VEHICLE COLLISION SINCE THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN AT 65 MPH. *AK

Mileage: 26,000

FRONT END LOOSE, BALL JOINTS NEEDED REPLACEMENT. DRIVER SIDE SEATBELT DEFECTIVE/TWISTED. ROTORS WARPED NEEDED REPALCEMENT. OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLE DOES NOT OPEN DOOR. DIRVER SIDE MIRROR MOVES AROUND (PROGRAMED) WITHOUT NOTICE. TRANSMISSION ENGAGES ROUGH, FEELS LIKE IT SLIPPING. TAILGATE OUT OF ALLIGNMENT, REAR SEATBELT DEFECTIVE NEEDED REPLACEMENT, 4WD LOCKED UP IN PARKING LOT, FRONT END HAS SCRAPING NOISES WHEN TURNING, HEATED SEATS NOT WORKING, IRRATIC, TAILGATE PANEL FALLS OFF, DRIVER SEAT FRAME BROKEN NEEDED REPLACEMENT,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IRRATIC. *AK

Mileage: 6,000

COMPLETE POWER FAILURE WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE IN TRAFFIC ON INTERSTATE. CRUISING UP THE INTERSTATE AT 65-70 MPH AND VEHICLE DASH WENT BLACK, STEERING LOCKED, COASTED TO ROADSIDE AND TRIED TO RESTART VEHICLE. IT TOOK 5 ATTEMPTS BEFORE VEHICLE WOULD RESTART. THIS HAPPENED TWICE MORE THE SAME DAY. DEALERSHIP HAD VEHICLE FOR 5 DAYS AND STATED THEY WERE "UNABLE TO DUPLICATE CUSTOMERS CONCERN", BUT REPROGRAMMED THE PCM ANYWAY.

Mileage: 21,130