Tl*the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet trailblazer ext. During the winter, the speedometer malfunctions. The dial will show 100 MPH when the vehicle is traveling 50 MPH. The dealer stated that a new speedometer was needed at the cost of $500. The dealer information was unavailable. The current mileage was 83,216 and failure mileage was 47,000.
2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer EXT electrical complaints
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2004 chevrolet trailblazer ext speedometer does indicate correct speed. Operation is intermittent. With cruise control on, indication is from 0 MPH to pegged out, with needle fluctuating. No accidents, injuries, or speeding tickets, yet!!!
Speedometer stuck and is pointing straight down. At first it was stuck at 80mph and then just fell all the way to the bottom. Now it does not work at all. My 2004 trailblazer only has 50k miles.
I purchased my 04 trailblazer in may of 07. Up until july there where no problems. Since then my speedometer and gas gauges have been acting up. On many occasions they give the wrong readings. I have been stopped twice for speeding when I did not think I was because of the wrong reading. Last week on 5 sep 07 the speedometer completely froze giving me no reading at all. Since then the needle has started moving but is no where near the correct reading.
The speedometer went to 120 and stayed for a couple of days and then slowly came back down but when traveling 5 MPH it will say 40 to 90 depends how it feels. Gm will not back up under warrant. Vehicle is out of warranty but seems to be a common problem with chevrolet trucks...vehicle is a 2004 trailblazer ,with 40,000 mi..
I have a 2004 trailblazer ext and a 2004 crew cab silverado. Both of my speedometer are sticking on both vehicles. I have not taking to the dealership but from my research on the web it looks like it is going to cost me a lot of money.
This is the second complaint I am submitting about the speedometer on my chevy trailblazer. I just wanted to include some links to customer discussion forums, in which you can see that this speedometer is a big problem. Gm tries to ignore the problem and most customers have no outlet to vent their problems, outside of the dealership who is trying to hide the problem. Please take a look at some of these discussions and you will see how gm is ignoring this very serious problem. Http://www.topix.net/forum/autos/chevrolet-avalanche/tji11lgm9554merna http://townhall-talk.edmunds.com/direct/view/.f0fb75b.
At approximately 36,000 miles the speedometer on my chevy trailblazer started acting funny. At approximately 40,000 miles it started to get stuck. At 45,000 miles it stopped working altogether. It is now stuck in the down position pointing toward the instrument panel. I have spoken to numerous chevy trailblazer owners and have visited a number of online discussion groups and have found out that a number of people have had this same problem. This is a very serious safety issue, which can lead to injury or death.
At 40,000 miles my chevy trailblazer's speedometer stopped working- at 120 MPH and has been stuck there for a week.
2004 chevy trailblazer. Intermittent engine stalling since new. Many service visits to chevy dealers to fix, however mechanics stumped. Local gas station mechanic found the problem having to do with components in the emission control / vapor recovery system. Now chevy needs to figure out the cure. In the meantime I get to drive around with the "check engine" light on. I guess this is better than being crashed because my car stalled in an intersection or on the highway. Chevy mechanics and engineers need to get the "duh" award. Very bad customer service and diagnostics performed by chevy. I would still like to have the check engine light to go off, and have the engine not stall if that is possible. Please send info to have this done if possible.
I am complaining about a 2004 chevy trailblazer problem the speedometer is measuring incorrect speed or not working at all. I can be parked and it reads 60 MPH I am driving it reads 120 MPH. In speaking with several gm owners this is a problem with quite a few gm vehicles and is very dangerous. I think this should be looked into before someone gets hurt. It is very scary not to know what speed you are driving at. In speaking to several owners and looking at web sites of complaints this is a problem and has been one for a long time. I do not blame my dealer I blame chevrolet or gm whoever made the car there are so many complaints about this speedometer with other makes from gm, its not the dealers fault for this problem.
Engine stalls at various times for no reason. Have had it into dealership many times. Dealership has been unable to isolate problem. Service engine soon light came on after first stall. Dealership reset computer. Since then, the engine has stalled at least 5 times. Ses light has not come back on. Engine usually restarts after approx 5 minutes.
Transmission shifts hard from 1st to 2nd, sometimes when at a stop it stalls before taking off, sometimes RPM bottoms out. 4 wheel drive only used about 3 or 4 times, each time it stalled before going into 4 wheel then would not come out of 4 wheel for about 2 or 3 minutes.
Full destruction because of fire I was on the way back from a long trip in southern chile (up to ushuaia) over the "carretera austral" and, after about 9'000 km drive without any problem, I saw a white smoke back my vehicle. Oil pressure: normal, motor temperature: normal. This meant immediate stop along the "ruta 40 norte" in argentina (about 100 km north of bariloche, on the way to neuqu). While stopping, I felt the brake pedal just going without immediate reaction but the pression came back. While bringing the gear shift to position parking, I did not feel any sensation, as if it would have no connection; the automatic door blocker connected to the gear shift did not work too, so that we had to unlock the doors manually. After having disconnected the engine, I saw white smoke coming out from the upper left corner of the motor. I opened the capot and the smoke came from the left corner (close to the driver's place). Suddenly, some material in flames fell to the bottom, about middle light left of the car. I tried to put out the flames with the extinguisher, but other burning material fell. Other people had stopped and helped me. We pushed the car a little ahead - though the hand brake was tied and the gear shift on "p", but burning material fell again. In the meantime, my wife and children throw out the luggage, so that we could save almost all of it. But the car burned entirely. What could be the reason of this incident ? Thanks god, I stopped immediately so that nobody was injured nor burned and no third party suffered any damage.
There has not been an accident yet, just one looking for a place to happen. My vehicle I believe has an electrical problem. Which in turn affect all functions of the vehicle, safety being one. I have had (2) fan switches go bad (2) crankshaft sensors go bad. (1) cruise control malfunction. (1) turn signal relay (1) radio console replaced for overheating (1) headlights when below 32 degrees flucuate in brightness till vehicle warms up. Dealer stated this is normal operation. Ha,ha, and transmission shifting problems (1)they reprogramed computer to solve, next some solinoid replaced and now the problem is back. I have a family of 6 that I have in the vehicle 90 % of time. I now have concerns that the wiring must have a short somewhere. Which potentially could cause a fire, or an accident due to what happens when the headlights go out or antilock brake system fails or taillights, etc. Gm refuses to replace wiring in vehicle. Gm rep told me to contact whoever I wanted to. They are not going to stand behind fixing the problem. Just keep replacing the electrical items as they go bad.
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