2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer

THE CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER HAS A HISTORY OF THE GAUGE CLUSTER IN THE DASH BEING DEFECTIVE. IT SEEMS THAT MANY CONSUMERS ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THEM GOING OUT. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE FUEL GAUGE AND SPEEDOMETER DO NOT WORK. THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM AND IT SEEMS THAT CHEVROLET DOES NOT FEEL THE NEED TO HELP THE CONSUMERS CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. WE HAVE CHECKED INTO THE TIME AN COST OF THE REPAIRS AND IT IS VERY TIME CONSUMING AND EXPENSIVE FOR THE CONSUMER. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER LT AND LIVE IN BIRMINGHAM, AL. ON MY WAY HOME FROM CHURCH ON A SUNDAY MORNING, I ENCOUNTERED A SEVERE ISSUE WITH MY SPEEDOMETER. AS I WAS DRIVING UP ON A POLICE OFFICER I LOOKED AT MY SPEEDOMETER, WHICH SAID I WAS DOING 70 SO I BEGAN SLOWING DOWN BUT MY SPEEDOMETER DIDN'T - IT CONTINUED TO GO UP. I STARTED HITTING MY BRAKES THINKING THAT WOULD MAKE THE SPEEDOMETER GO BACK DOWN BUT IT DIDN'T. AS I PULLED OFF THE INTERSTATE AND STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT, THE SPEEDOMETER KEPT GOING UP TO 110 MPH. THEN AS THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, I STARTED AGAIN AND THE SPEEDOMETER WENT STRAIGHT TO THE BOTTOM FACING THE FLOOR. I THOUGHT WHEN I GET HOME AND TURN THE CAR OFF, THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD RESET ITSELF. WELL ... IT DIDN'T!! I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO DO NOW! THE ECONOMY IS SO !@#$% BAD THAT I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF A FORECLOSURE AND NOW THIS CRAP HAPPENS! GM SHOULD RECALL THIS FAULTY ISSUES AS IT IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING ... HOW THE !@#$% DO YOU DRIVE WITHOUT A SPEEDOMETER UNLESS YOU ARE LOOKING TO GET IN TROUBLE BY THE LAW!! *TW

THE SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER MALFUNCTIONED SAYING I WAS GOING FASTER THAN I REALLY WAS. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES; THE FIRST TIME ON JANUARY 28TH 2010, AND TWICE ON THE NIGHT OF FEBRUARY 4TH 2010. IT APPEARS TO BE GETTING WORSE EACH TIME. THE SPEEDOMETER WILL INCREASE DURING ACCELERATION AND NOT MOVE FOR DECELERATION. WITH EACH DECELERATION AND SUBSEQUENT ACCELERATION THE SPEEDOMETER CONTINUES TO INCREASE UNTIL YOU HIT MAX SPEED OF 120 MPH. THIS IS A LARGE DANGER FOR FREQUENT FREEWAY/HIGHWAY TRAVELING CONSIDERING THE VEHICLES APPROACHING FROM THE REAR AND I HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING HOW FAST MY VEHICLE IS REALLY GOING. THE ONLY WAY THAT I HAVE FOUND TO RESET THE SPEEDOMETER, IS TO STOP AND SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE, THEN RESTART THE VEHICLE. HOWEVER, THIS MUST BE DONE MULTIPLE TIMES, SOMETIMES UP TO 10 TIMES OR MORE. EACH TIME THE VEHICLE IS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED, THE SPEEDOMETER WILL RESET APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH. THIS EVENING I HAD TO RESTART MY TRUCK 12 TIMES TO GET IT BACK TO ZERO. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED, A FRIEND WAS DRIVING FOR ME, AND THIS MALFUNCTION HAS RESULTED IN A SPEEDING TICKET. *TR

AFTER FILLING MY GAS TANK, THE GAS GAUGE NEEDLE DROPPED PAST "E". IT RECOVERED SOMEWHAT AND A FEW DAYS LATER, BACK TO "E". THE NEEDLE ONLY SOMETIMES MOVES PAST "E", EVEN WHEN FULL, AND NEVER GOES MORE THAT THE 1/4 MARK. I'VE UNKNOWINGLY RUN OUT OF GAS TWICE. FIRST OCCASION I WAS ON A DARK ROADSIDE BUT HAD SOMEONE NEARBY TO HELP. THE MOST RECENT OCCASION I WAS ON A HIGHWAY, STALLED PARTIALLY IN TRAFFIC. IT WAS 5 DEGREES OUTSIDE AND THE CLOSEST ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE PROVIDER WAS OVER AN HOUR AWAY. *TR

I OWN A 2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER. ON HIGHWAY 61 NEAR TROY, MO, THERE IS A SPEED RADAR SET ALONG THE ROAD TO DISPLAY VEHICLE SPEED TO DRIVERS. ON 2 OCCASIONS, MY SPEEDOMETER SHOWED SPEEDS OF 60 MPH WHEN THE RADAR DISPLAY SHOWED 40 TO 45 MPH AND ON 3 OCCASIONS, MY SPEEDOMETER INDICATED SPEEDS OF 60 (THE SPEED LIMIT), WHILE THE RADAR DISPLAYED SPEEDS ANYWHERE FROM 75 TO 85 MPH. I WAS GOING 15 TO 25 MPH FASTER THAN THE SPEED LIMIT, BUT DID NOT KNOW IT ACCORDING TO MY SPEEDOMETER. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME, BUT HAS OCCURRED AT LEAST 6 OR 7 TIMES OVER THE PAST YEAR AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. I HAVE FOUND THAT WHEN I STOP THE TRAILBLAZER, WHEN THE SPEEDOMETER IS REGISTERING LOW, THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE WILL ACTUALLY MOVE BELOW THE 0 MPH. ON THOSE OCCASIONS WHEN MY SPEEDOMETER WAS REGISTERING HIGH, WHEN I HAVE STOPPED THE VEHICLE, THE NEEDLE WILL STILL BE SHOWING 25 TO 40 MPH! MY FEAR IS THAT ON ONE OF THOSE OCCASIONS THAT MY SPEED IS ACTUALLY FASTER THAN INDICATED, MY SPEED MY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. I HAVE FOUND THAT AFTER STOPPING THE CAR AND TURNING IT OFF, IF I JUST TURN THE IGNITION KEY TO RUN WITHOUT STARTING IT SEVERAL TIMES, THE NEEDLE WILL GRADUALLY RESET ITSELF BACK TO 0 AND I WON'T HAVE ANY MORE PROBLEMS FOR A WHILE. I HAVE HAD AN ESTIMATE TO REPLACE THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FOR $500 TO $600, BUT I FEEL THIS IS A RECALL PROBLEM THAT CHEVROLET NEEDS TO TAKE CARE OF. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER TRAILBLAZER OWNERS ON THE INTERNET, THIS IS WHAT MOVED ME TO FILE THIS COMPLAINT. *TR