2003 Chevrolet Trailblazer Ext 370

THERE IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE GAS TANKS ON THESE VEHICLES. THE VAPORS CAUSE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE. IN NYS THIS CAR WILL NOT PASS THE YEARLY INSPECTION. CHEVROLET HAS AN EXTENDED COVERAGE BULLETIN OUT BUT IT ONLY IS FOR VEHICLES THAT HAVE LES THAN 150,000 MILES ON IT OR ARE NOT OLDER THAN 15 YEARS OLD. WHICHEVER COME FIRST. PRIOR TO THIS, THEIR EXTENDED COVERAGE WAS FOR 150,000 MILES OR 12 YEARS. I WAS EXCLUDED FROM THE FIRST TIME DUE TO AGE OF THE VEHICLE WHEN I PURCHASED IT AND AM NOW EXCLUDED FROM THE SECOND EXTENDED COVERAGE DUE TO THE MILEAGE. IT IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS THAT THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL RECALL AND THAT CHEVY HAS LOOPHOLED NUMEROUS OWNERS OUT OF THE COVERAGE BY NOT INCREASING THE MILEAGE REQUIREMENT. THE NATIONAL AVERAGE TO DRIVE A CAR ACCORDING TO THE NHTSA IS BETWEEN 15,000 AND 16,000 PER YEAR. ACCORDING TO THEIR MILEAGE REQUIRES A PERSON WOULD HAVE HAD TO DRIVE THIS CAR LESS THAT 10,000 PER YEAR. THIS IS TOTALLY UNREALISTIC. SINCE THIS SAFETY ISSUE INVOLVES FUEL WHICH IS HIGHLY FLAMMABLE I AM BAFFLED AS TO WHY THE NHTSA IS NOT FORCING AN OFFICIAL; RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE OR FORCING CHEVY TO TAKE THE MILEAGE RESTRICTION/AGE OFF OF THE EXTENDED COVERAGE.

2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER 370 REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR ELECTRICAL WINDOW CONTROL SWITCH WOULD NOT COMPLETELY CLOSE WINDOW . SMELLED LIKE ELECTRICAL WIRE BURNING. HAD VEHICLE STOP AT TIME AND HAD ASSISTANCE IN REMOVING DOOR INTERIOR PANEL AND FOUND ELECTRICAL WINDOW SWITCH COMPLETELY MELTED AND WIRE CONNECTION BURNED . PERSONAL VEHICLE USED ON VACATION, STOPPED JUST OFF HIGHWAY AT TIME . *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT 370. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL ODOR OF FUEL COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED CONTINUOUSLY. THE CONTACT OBSERVED FUEL DRIPPING FROM THE REAR DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 21,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT 370. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD AND THE RPMS FLUCTUATED WITHOUT WARNING. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT AN ABNORMAL FUEL ODOR EMITTED FROM THE VEHICLE AS THE CHECK FUEL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL TANK VACUUM AND FUEL TANK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 150,000.

VEHICLE STARTED LEAVING SPOTS OF OIL ON THE GROUND OVER NIGHT. WAS DRIVING TO WORK ON WEDNESDAY AND A BLUISH CLOUD OF SMOKE WAS TRAILING BEHIND ME. ARRIVED AT WORK AND LET TRUCK COOL DOWN AFTER WHICH I CRAWLED UNDERNEATH AND WITH A MIRROR WAS ABLE TO LOCATE THE LEAKING REAR MAIN SEAL. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH GM,S 5.3 LITER ENGINES. MULTIPLE FORUMS ARE POSTING MANY PEOPLE COMPLAINING OF THE SAME ISSUE. GM NEEDS TO STAND BEHIND THERE PRODUCTS AND REPAIR THIS ISSUE WHICH AGAIN IS A WIDE SPREAD KNOWN PROBLEM. *TR

AFTER A LONG DAY OF WORK, I RETURNED TO MY PARKED VEHICLE TO DISCOVER A TOTALLY FLAT FRONT RIGHT TIRE, ON CLOSER EXAMINATION IT WAS NOTED THAT THE TIRE HAD SPLIT ON THE OUTSIDE SEAM. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE SAME CONDITION OF THE TIRE SPLITTING WAS VISIBLE ON ALL THREE OF THE OTHER TIRES ON THE VEHICLE. FLAT TIRE WAS REPLACED WITH SPARE TIRE THAT HAD NEVER BEEN USED. I RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO THE PLACE THAT I HAD PURCHASED THE TIRES; THE TECH AT THE STORE EXAMINED THE TIRES AND DECLARED THAT ALL FOUR TIRES WERE MANUFACTURED FROM THE SAME BATCH OF TIRES MANUFACTURED BY GOODYEAR. AND THAT ALL FOUR WERE DEFECTED. TODAY I CONTACTED GOODYEAR AND TOOK MY VEHICLE TO THEIR LOCATION. THE MAN AT GOODYEAR STATED THAT GOODYEAR HAS NEVER HAD A RECALL NOR DEFECTIVE TIRES. THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO CONTACT GOODYEAR WHEN THEY OPENED ON THE EAST COAST. MY COMPLAINT IS WITH GOODYEAR. AND THE VALIDITY OF THE GOODYEAR TECH STATING THAT GOODYEAR HAS NEVER HAD A DEFECTIVE TIRE OR RECALL ON THEIR TIRES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT 370. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TURN SIGNALS DO NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY AND THE HAZARD LIGHTS ILLUMINATED INSTEAD OF THE TURN SIGNALS. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PRESS THE BUTTON FOR THE HAZARD LIGHTS WHEN NEEDED, BUT NOT THE TURN SIGNALS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE FAILURE CONTINUED AND CAUSED THE FRONT HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY AND THE REAR HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY TO SHORT AND DIM WITH NO WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.