2000 Chevrolet Trailblazer

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TURNING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THERE WAS A LOUD POPPING NOISE FROM THE FRONT END. THE VEHICLE WAS SEEN BY A DEALER, AND THE FRONT LOWER AND UPPER CONTROL ARMS, AS WELL AS THE LOWER/ UPPER BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED. AFTERWARDS, THE PROBLEM PERSISTED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THE SAME PARTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. THE BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED 5 TIMES AND NEED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. THE PROBLEM PERSISTED RIGHT AFTER REPAIRS HAVE BEEN DONE.*AK

AT APPROX. 50,000 MILES I HAD TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE IN MY 2000 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THIS VEHICLE WAS USED UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS. THE RESULT WAS A REPLACEMENT OF THE TRANSMISSION (GM REBUILD) INSTALLED AT A DEALER FOR COST OF APPROX. $1800.00 WHICH WAS UNACCEPTABLE THAT I HAD TO PAY ANYTHING IN MY OPINION, EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH OTHER OWNERS WHO EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE.

I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS A LOT AND FOUND THE INTERNET FULL OF PROBLEMS WITH BLAZERS AND THE TRANSMISSION GOING OUT / THE DEALERSHIP ALSO TOLD ME THIS IS A COMMON THING FOR BLAZERS (THE TRANS GOING OUT) IN WEST VIRGINIA I WAS TOLD BY A SALES DEPARTMENT THAT THIS IS COMMON FOR CHEVY BLAZERS. GM TOLD ME AND SOME OTHER INTERNET PEOPLE THAT THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE. I THINK AN INVESTIGATION NEEDS DONE /TRUCK HAS ALWAYS HAD A WEIRD NOISY THAT WHICH WE COMPLAINED ABOUT AND WE WERE TOLD UNTIL SOMETHING HAPPENS THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE. I WENT TO BACK OUT AND THE TRUCK WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE. 2. UNABLE TO DRIVE TRUCK DUE TO NOT GOING INTO REVERSE. 3. CALLED TO SCHEDULE ESTIMATE. GM SAID THEY COULD OFFER A REBATE CUSTOMER APPRECIATION BUT THEY ARE ALREADY ADVERTISING THIS OPTION TO ANYONE. *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT A MODERATE SPEED (~40 MPH) THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE. I SLOWED DOWN, AND TURNED ON TO A SIDE ROAD. AS I CAME TO A STOP THE FRONT, DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL COLLAPSED INWARD. FORTUNATELY, THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS NO PREVIOUS HINT OF A PROBLEM. PER THE GARAGE MECHANIC, THE UPPER BALL JOINT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE HAD "SEPARATED", CAUSING THE WHEEL TO COLLAPSE. THE PART WAS REPLACED, AND THE DAMAGED PART (WHICH I VIEWED) WAS THROWN AWAY. THE VEHICLE RIDES FINE NOW, BUT I WORRY ABOUT THE OTHER BALL JOINTS. *JB

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON CRASH AT 65 MPH, AND REAR ENDED. UPON IMPACT, FRONTAL AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DRIVER AND A CHILD SUSTAINED INJURIES, AND THEY WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE LOCAL HOSPITALS BY PRIVATE VEHICLE. DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE NECK, UPPER/LOWER BACK/LEFT SHOULDER SEPARATED, AND A SPRAINED LEFT WRIST AND LEFT ELBOW. CHILD SUSTAINED A SPRAINED RIGHT WRIST. *AK