2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer

NIGHT DRIVING UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES THE VEHICLE A CHEVROLET TRAILBLZER LS 2005 HAS A PROBLEM THAT RANDOMLY SHUTS OFF THE HEADLIGHTS AND DASHBOARD LIGHTS. THE TRAILBLAZER DECIDES TO DO THIS TOTALLY ON ITS OWN AT RANDOM. THIS CAUSES A POTENTIALLY DEADLY SITUATION WHEN ON THE INTERSTATE AND YOUR HEADLIGHTS GO OUT AND DECIDE TO COME BACK ON AT RANDOM INTERVALS MAYBE APROXIMATELY 15 TO 20 SECONDS APART. SEVERAL ATTEMPS HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP TO GET THE PROBLEM REPAIRED. THEIR COMMENT IS THAT THEY EITHER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM OR THEIR IS A SERVICE BULLETIN THAT EXPLAINS THE ISSUE. I HAVE DONE THE PROCEDURES THAT THE DEALERSHIP DESCRIBED IN THE SERVICE BULLETINS WITH NO SUCCESS. CURRENTLY MY TRAILBLAZER IS BEING REPAIRED ONCE AGAIN AT TERRY LEE CHEVROLET AS OF 12-19-06. THE LAST TIME THAT THE VEHICLE WAS IN FOR REPAIR TERRY LEE CHEVROLET REPLACED WHAT THEY HAD THOUGH WAS A FAULTY BODY CONTROL MODULE. REPLACING THIS MODULE OBVIOUSLY DID NOT RECTIFY THE PROBLEM AND ON THURSDAY 12-14-06 THE PROBLEM ONCE AGAIN RETURNED. SINCE THE VEHICLE IS USED TO TRANSPORT MY CHILDEREN AND WIFE WHO HAVE BEEN DRIVING PRIMARILY AT NIGHT. I HAVE BECOME SKEPTICAL ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE VEHICLE IS SAFE TO ACTUALLY DRIVE AT NIGHT BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THE LIGHTS WILL DECIDE TO TURN OFF BY THEMSELVES AND POTENTIALLY CAUSE THEM TO BE IN AN ACCIDENT. *NM

HEADLIGHTS..FOR NO APPARENT REASON MY HEADLIGHT FLASH OFF AND RIGHT BACK ON AND THEN FLICKER AT A CONSTANT I HAVE TAKEN MY TRAILBLAZER TO THE DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT IT SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY SAY THAT THEY CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM..I HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE IN THE SHOP SEVERAL DIFFERENT TIMES..THEY HAVE REPLACED THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THE SPEEDOMETER CABLE..THE ONSTAR COMPUTER NOW YOU TELL ME WHY THEY CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT IS BLOWING THESE THINGS OUT..WHY THEY CAN'T FIND A PROBLEM WITH THEM. *JB

I BOUGHT THIS SUV TO GO OFF ROAD, MOSTLY RIDING IN THE SAND ON THE BEACH. THE FIRST TIME ON THE SAND IT DID NOT WANT TO GO AND I THOUGHT MY HUSBAND OR I DID SOMETHING WRONG. HOWEVER THE SECOND TIME IT WENT A SHORT DISTANCE AND THEN SANK UP TO THE AXLES AND WE HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED OFF THE BEACH. IT WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH IT, AND ACTED LIKE THIS WAS THE FIRST COMPLAINT ON THIS PROBLEM, HOWEVER MY ACCOUNTANT HAS THE SAME SUV SAME YEAR MODEL AND SAME PROBLEM, TOOK IT TO THE SAME DEALERSHIP AND WAS ALSO TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH HIS TRAILBLAZER. *JB

WHILE DRIVING TO WORK IN THE EARLY MORNING WHEN IT WAS STILL DARK THE HEADLIGHTS AND DASH BOARD LIGHTS BEGAN TO FLICKER. THEY GOT REALLY DIM AND THEN CAME BACK TO FULL BRIGHTNESS. THIS HAPPENED FOR A PERIOD OF 15 - 20 MINUTES WHICH WAS WHEN I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THEY TOLD ME LATER THAT AFTERNOON THAT GM HAD BEEN CONTACTED AND THAT GM STATED THAT THIS WAS A NORMAL CONDITION AND THAT NO REPAIRS WERE WARRANTED. I FOUGHT WITH THE DEALER AND TOLD THEM THAT IT WAS NOT A NORMAL CONDITION AND THAT I WAS UNABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE IN THE DARK BECAUSE IT CAUSED A SAFETY ISSUE BOTH TO MYSELF AND TO OTHER VEHICLES ON THE ROAD. THEY KEPT THE VEHICLE FOR 3 DAYS AND THEN TOLD ME THAT GM WAS AWARE THAT THERE WAS IN FACT A PROBLEM WITH THE AIR PUMP HOWEVER THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT IT WILL CONTINUE TO DO THE SAME THING ON AND OFF IN THE FUTURE. THIS IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE CARS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ME AND ON COMING TRAFFIC THINK THAT I AM FLASHING MY HIGH BEAMS AT THEM NOT TO MENTION THAT IT IS VERY DISTRACTING TO ME WHILE I AM DRIVING AND I AM SURE THAT EVENTUALLY, WHETHER IT IS MY VEHICLE OR ANOTHER VEHICLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, THIS WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. AFTER LOOKING THROUGH THE COMPLAINTS ON THIS WEB SITE I HAVE FOUND 17 OTHER VEHICLES WITH THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM. THE OWNERS OF THOSE VEHICLES WERE ALSO GIVEN THE SAME "LAME" EXCUSE THAT I WAS GIVEN. *NM

SPEEDOMETER WENT HAYWIRE ON A 450 MILE TRIP GOT ABOUT 200 MILES AND THE SPEEDOMETER READ 90 MPH WHEN CRUISE CONTROL WAS SET AT 79 MPH. WENT TO GET OFF OF EXIT AND WHEN I STOPPED IT DIDN'T GO BACK TO 0 INSTEAD WHEN I STARTED DRIVING AGAIN IT WENT BELOW 120 AND WAS HANGING DIRECTLY DOWN. WE GOT IT BACK DOWN TO ZERO BY HAVING TO START IT AND TURN IT OFF 5 MILES AT A TIME. IT HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES NOW IN LESS THAN A WEEK. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. IT WAS MANEUVERED OFF THE ROAD AND RESTARTED. THIS HAD HAPPENED FOUR TIMES AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE W MODULE AND TWO SPARK PLUGS, CLEANED THE THROTTLE PLATE AND REPAIRED A GROUND WIRE. THE PROBLEM RECURRED AND THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED A NHTSA RECALL LETTER WAS RECEIVED # 06V417000 REGARDING THE AIR BAGS: FRONTAL. THE MANUFACTURER'S HOTLINE WAS CONTACTED WHO RECOMMENDED THAT ALL DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE VEHICLE BE FAXED TO THE MANUFACTURER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED CONFIRMATION THAT THE PAPERWORK WAS RECEIVED AND WAS DIRECTED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR A VEHICLE EXCHANGE. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER THEY WERE UNAWARE OF HOW TO HANDLE THE RECALL OF THE ENTIRE VEHICLE. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN IN CONFERENCE REGARDING HOW TO HANDLE THIS RECALL FOR A WHILE AND THERE WAS AN EXPIRATION ON HOW THE VEHICLE CAN BE HELD.