2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer

WHEN DRIVING SOMETIMES LIGHTS WILL BECOME DIM. WHEN ADJUSTING SEAT TO DRIVERS SIDE MIRROR ALSO TURNS UPWARD. IF OPENING RIGHT SIDE PASSENGER DOOR IN BACK WITH RADIO ON, RADIO GETS TERRIBLE BUZZING NOISE. I HAVE TO SHUT VEHICLE OFF AND TURN BACK ON AGAIN. ALSO MY CD PLAYERS HAS QUIT WORKING FOR NO REASON AT ALL AND GETS VERY HOT AND ALSO SOMETIMES WHEN YOU START VEHICLE THE MILEAGE GAUGE WILL NOT WORK. HAVE TO SHUT VEHICLE OFF AND RESTART SOMETIMES. THIS IS A 2005 TRAILBLAZER. *TR

1. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON CONSISTENTLY NO MATTER WHAT REPAIRS I HAVE DONE. 2. SPEEDOMETER FAILS TO CONSTANTLY. I RECENTLY GOT A SPEEDING TICKET FOR NOT STAYING WITHIN SPEED LIMIT. 3. DEALERSHIP HAS CONSTANTLY SAID THEY HAVE NOT HEARD OF ANY COMPLAINTS BY ANY CONSUMERS. 4. ONSTAR SYSTEM HAS FAILED FROM A YEAR AFTER PURCHASE. 5. OCCASIONALLY STALLS AND SMELLS OF GASOLINE. *TR

THE FUEL GAUGE ON MY 2005 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER HAS STOPPED WORKING. THE GAUGE ALWAYS READS EMPTY EVEN AFTER FILLING THE TANK TO THE FILL LEVEL. THIS PROBLEM JUST STARTED HAPPEN OUT OF THE BLUE ONE DAY ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO. HAVE BEEN READING ONLINE THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE RUNNING INTO THIS ISSUE WITH 2004-2006 CHEVY TRAILBLAZERS. TO DATE, I HAVE NOT HAD THE PROBLEM LOOKED AT, BUT WILL BE WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK. *TR

WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT AND NOT ON THE THROTTLE THE HEADLIGHTS AND INSTRUMENT LIGHTS FLASH ON AND OFF IN MY 05 TRAILBLAZER. IT DOES IT EVERY NIGHT AS I DRIVE HOME AND CAUSES PEOPLE AROUND ME TO DRIVE ERRATICALLY. THE TRUCK ALSO SUDDENLY REVS WHILE COMING TO A STOP. TWICE IT HAS CAUSED ME TO TAP THE PERSON IN FRONT OF ME WHILE MY HEADLIGHTS ARE FLASHING SO IT BADLY SCARES PEOPLE AROUND ME. THE DEALERSHIP CLAIMS THEY CAN FIND NO FAULT IN THE TRUCK BUT THE PROBLEMS ARE BECOMING SO BAD THAT I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THE TRUCK AND THAT IS A VERY BAD PLACE TO BE STUCK IN. I HAVE READ THAT MORE THEN A FEW PEOPLE HAVE THESE ISSUES AND THAT THERE IS NO FIX ACCORDING TO GM- SO I FELT THAT I HAD BETTER REPORT THIS HERE AS WELL. *TR

BOUGHT VEHICLE 8/10/05. FIFTEEN MONTHS LATER ON 1/29/07, I HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT SEAT ADJUSTER ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY ON THE DRIVER SIDE. THE SAFETY HAZARD IS THAT I HAD TO DRIVE 3 WEEKS WITH PILLOWS PROPPED BEHIND ME & USING MY TIP-TOES ON THE GAS AND BRAKE PEDDLES UNTIL THE PART WAS REPLACED. THE SEAT STOPPED WORKING A FEW MONTHS AGO AND IT TOOK A WEEK TO GET AN APPOINTMENT AT THE DEALER. THAT WEEK I HAD TO DRIVE WITH PILLOWS PROPPED BEHIND ME & USING MY TIP-TOES ON THE GAS AND BRAKE PEDDLES ON THE INTERSTATE TO GET TO WORK. WHEN THEY FINALLY GOT IT IN THE SHOP, THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. THIS MORNING GETTING READY TO GO TO WORK, MY SEAT DID NOT WORK AGAIN. I DROVE TO WORK USING TIP-TOES AND PILLOWS. WHEN I WAS LEAVING WORK, THE SEAT WORKED. HAVING TO RELY ON PILLOWS AND TIP-TOES BECAUSE OF AN UNRELIABLE DRIVER SIDE FRONT SEAT ADJUSTER ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY IS AN EXTREME SAFETY HAZARD TO MYSELF AND EVERYONE AROUND ME. *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER STICKS AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. SOMETIMES IT SHOWS *BELOW* ZERO WHEN I'M MOVING. LAST NIGHT, I WAS TRAVELING AT APPROX. 65-70MPH, I ASSUME, BUT THE SPEEDOMETER WAS STUCK AT 30. WHEN DECELERATING, THE SPEEDOMETER WILL STICK AT CERTAIN SPEEDS, AND THEN JERK DOWN SUDDENLY. MY TRAILBLAZER ONLY HAS ABOUT 53,000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE SEEN REPORTS OF THIS ISSUE BEGINNING AT 30K, BUT MOST KICK IN AT AROUND 50K. I AM CALLING THE SHOP TODAY. FROM WHAT I'VE READ, IT'S RELATED TO A FAULTY STEPPER MOTOR. IF I AM ABLE TO UPDATE THIS REPORT, I WILL. HOWEVER, I THINK THIS IS VERY UNSAFE AND AM NOT GOING TO WAIT TO REPORT IT UNTIL AFTER THE REPAIR; I'VE SEEN AT LEAST 40 (I STOPPED COUNTING) OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT A MALFUNCTIONING SPEEDOMETER IN 05 TRAILBLAZERS ON ABOUTAUTOMOBILE.COM (I ALSO HAVE ISSUES WITH DIMMING LIGHTS AND HEADLIGHTS FLASHING AT NIGHT). *TR

2005 TRAILBLAZER: 1) SPEEDOMETER WOULD READ WRONG SPEED WHILE DRIVING, NEEDLE WOULD MAX OR ZERO OUT WHILE DRIVING, AND NOW IS COMPLETELY NOT WORKING; CAN NOT DETERMINE CORRECT SPEED WHICH COULD LEAD TO TICKET OR ACCIDENT. 2) WIPERS STAY ON WITH SWITCH IN THE OFF POSITION, MUST PULL FUSE TO STOP THEM; WIPERS ARE DISTRACTION GOING ACROSS DRY WINDOW OR MUST STOP TO PUT FUSE IN IF WEATHER REQUIRES. CURRENTLY VEHICLE IS IN SHOP FOR REPAIR. FIRST REPLACEMENT PART FOR WIPERS DID NOT SOLVE PROBLEM. THROUGH VIEWING OTHER INTERNET COMMENTS THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED PROBLEM. IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE AN UNEXPECTED DRIVER IS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT DO TO THESE ISSUES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE VEHICLE STOPPED BECAUSE IT UNEXPECTEDLY RAN OUT OF FUEL. THE FUEL GAUGE DISPLAYED INACCURATE READINGS AND THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE VEHICLE'S FUEL TANK CAPACITY. ASSISTANCE WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE FUEL SENSOR. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON A SEPARATE OCCASION FOR THE SAME FAILURE AND A PART WAS ORDERED FOR THE FAILED COMPONENT. THE VEHICLE CANNOT BE REPAIRED AGAIN UNTIL THE PART IS AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,000.

THE GAS GAUGE ON MY 2005 TRAILBLAZER IS DEFECTIVE. THE GAUGE BEGAN TO MALFUNCTION ABOUT ONE YEAR AGO. WHEN I FILL THE TANK, THE GAUGE DROPS TO EMPTY. IT THEN FLOATS AROUND AND I NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH GAS I ACTUALLY HAVE. I HAVE TO USE MY TRIP METER TO KNOW WHEN I NEED TO FILL UP. THIS IS A DANGEROUS AND WORRISOME THING TO DEAL WITH. I WOULD HATE TO RUN OUT OF GAS ON THE INTERSTATE BY MYSELF. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS ON THE INTERNET AND APPARENTLY THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT WAS THE PASSENGER IN A VEHICLE TRAVELING 35 MPH ON ICY ROAD CONDITIONS. ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF THEM AND CRASHED INTO THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE. HER NECK WAS SNAPPED BACKWARDS. THE SEAT BELT PROPERLY RESTRAINED HER AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND THE OTHER DRIVER RECEIVED A CITATION. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHY THE AIR BAGS FAILED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.