2008 Chevrolet Trailblazer

REPEATED ISSUE. SMELL OF SMOKE/BURNING TRIGGERS DASH WARNING SIGNALS. SAME DASH WARNING SIGNALS COME ON WITHOUT SMELL OF SMOKE/BURNING. CYCLE REPEATS ITSELF WITHOUT PATTERN, AND INCLUDES DURING 4 WHEEL USE. VEHICLE TAKEN TO MULTIPLE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIPS FOR SERVICE (UTAH, NORTH CAROLINA AND WASHINGTON) WITH THE DASH WARNING LIGHTS ON. UTAH AND NC CLAIM UNABLE TO REPLICATE EVENT OR IDENTIFY PROBLEM, SO LISTED AS UNKNOWN WITHOUT CORRECTION. GMC EXECUTIVE OFFICE INTERDICTION RESULTED IN REPLACEMENT OF STEREO EVEN THOUGH DASH LIGHT INDICATE POWERTRAIN & ELECTRICAL. STEREO BROKE 2 MOS LATER. GMEO AND WA IDENTIFIED FUSE ISSUE RELATED TO 4 WHEEL DRIVE, BUT UNABLE TO REPLICATE SMOKE/BURNING BEFORE CLAIMING ISSUE RESOLVED. DASH WARNING LIGHTS CONSTANTLY COME ON AND OFF INDICATING PROBLEM WITH POWERTRAIN/ELECTRICAL. GMEO CLOSED CASE AS RESOLVED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY FAILED TO TURN IN THE IGNITION AND THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE STARTED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED ONLY ONCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,316 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 81,447.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE ELECTRIC PANEL FOR THE WINDOWS WAS NOT FULLY FUNCTIONING. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE REAR WINDOWS WOULD ELECTRONICALLY OPEN BUT WHEN ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE THE WINDOWS FROM THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE MAIN ELECTRIC PANEL, IT WOULD REQUIRE THE CONTACT TO MANUALLY CLOSE THE WINDOWS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102000.

I'VE NOTICED SEVERAL TIMES THAT MY VEHICLE WILL TURN ON WHEN I PLACE THE IGNITION KEY INTO THE "ON" POSITION RIGHT BEFORE I TURN THE KEY ALL THE WAY TO START IT. I'M NOT SURE IF IT WAS DUE TO THE COLD WEATHER OR NOT. ALSO, MY ENGINE LIGHT IS ALWAYS ON AND I HAD IT TESTED WHICH CAME BACK AS AN EMISSIONS CONTROL PROBLEM. WHICH COULD BE THE GAS CAP I HAVEN'T PAID TO FIX YET. *TR

IN THE FALL OF 2012, I HAD TO REPLACE AN IGNITION SWITCH IN MY TRAILBLAZER AT APPROX. 90,000 MILES. THEN, IN JULY OF 2013, WE WERE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 95 IN CT, HEAVY TRAFFIC, HIGH SPEEDS, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR JUST DIED. I, FORTUNATELY, WAS IN THE RIGHT HAND LANE AND WAS ABLE TO DRIFT OFF THE ROAD. A CT TROOPER SAT BEHIND US FOR AN HOUR WHILE WE WAITED FOR AAA. IT WAS A SUNDAY. WE WERE TOWED TO A CHEVROLET DEALER IN OLD SAYSBROOK, ESSEX CT. HAD TO SPEND THE NIGHT IN A HOTEL AND THAT MONDAY, THE DEALER PUT IN ANOTHER IGNITION SWITCH. MY MILEAGE WAS A LITTLE OVER 100,000. HAVE ALL THE DOCUMENTATION. HAVE YOU LOOKED INTO IGNITION SWITCH FAILURE IN TRAILBLAZERS? IS MY CAR SAFE TO DRIVE? WOULD APPRECIATE A RESPONSE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE AND AIR BAG WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 61,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 63,000. *TR

INCIDENT WITH MY 2008 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER INCIDENT REPORTED ON SEPT. 9 AT 9:30PM WHICH OCCURRED AS I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM A CUBSCOUTS MEETING, WITH MY 2 SONS IN THE VEHICLE. AS I WAS DRIVING HOME AROUND 845PM HOME FROM OUR METHODIST CHURCH,WHICH IS LOCATED ABOUT .3 MILE FROM MY HOUSE. THE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD AND THE HEADLIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING ALL OF A SUDDEN AND I COULD SMELL SOMETHING BURNING AS I A DRIVING. THE TIME OF THE DAY WAS DUSK AND STARTING TO GET DARK BUT A CLEAR SUNNY DAY BEFORE THIS OCCURRED. MY OLDEST SON, WHO IS 9, SAID WHAT IS THAT SMELL AND THEN MY OTHER SON, WHO IS 4 YEARS OLD ALSO SAID THE SAME THING. I DROVE SLOWLY DOWN THE HILL AS THIS OCCURRED OFF THE ROAD AND THE RED LIGHT NEAR OUR SUBDIVISION ENTRANCE. I LIVE IN HIXSON TN. I ALSO NOTICED THERE WAS BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD AREA NEAR THE FUSE BOX AREA ON THE DRIVERS SIDE VEHICLE. I GOT HOME WITHIN 5 MINUTES OF THIS HAPPENING AND IMMEDIATELY PULLED MY CAR INTO MY DRIVE WAY AND TOLD BOTH MY BOYS TO GET OUT OF THE CAR. I PULLED THE HOOD RELEASE UNDER THE STEERING WHEEL AND WENT TO LIFT THE HOOD AND COULD SEE BLACK SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE FUSE BOX AREA. I POPPED THE END CLIPS THAT KEEPS THE FUSE BOX IN PLACE AND OPENED THE FUSE BOX. WHEN I DID THIS, THERE WAS A SPARK OF FLAME AND SMOKE THAT PUT ITSELF OUT WHEN I LIFTED THE LID OFF THE FUSE BOX AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT HAPPENED(PHOTO ATTACHED FOR YOU TO SEE). YOU CAN SEE THERE IS SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO MANY FUSES THAT CONTROL THE ELECTRONICS IN THE VEHICLE. I HAVE NOT DRIVEN THIS VEHICLE SINCE THIS OCCURRED AS THE PERSON I TALKED TO INSTRUCTED ME NOT TO MOVE THE VEHICLE. I WOULD HATE TO GET LEGAL COUNSEL INVOLVED AND THE NATIONAL SAFETY AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION INVOLVED AND WOULD HOPE CHEVY WOULD LIKE TO GET THIS RESOLVED. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR ## VIN PASSED ## CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER 2008 ##