2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer: engine overheating

Filed Jul 25, 2013 · Engine · 125,000 miles · WI · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet trailblazer. The contact stated that while driving approximately 70 MPH, smoke was coming from the engine. The contact mentioned that the vehicle was overheating without warning. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where the failure was unable to be replicated. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure and current mileage was 125,000.

Filed Apr 27, 2011 · Electrical · 100,000 miles · FL

I own a 2004 chevy trailblazer lt. The gauges on the instrument panel have begun to read intermittently. First, the gas gauge would read 1/4 tank and I ran out of gas with my 2 year old grandson in the car on the interstate. I have aaa, but was 30 miles from the nearest provider, therefore we were stranded for 2 hours. Now the speedometer is will show that I am going 90 miles an hour when in fact I am only going 30 or 40. Next my oil gauge and temp gauge are reading up and down, giving me false readings that could be a true reading and the engine overheat or freeze up. I researched this issue and see that there are many similar.

Filed Mar 24, 2011 · Electrical · 65,000 miles · CA

At about 65,000 miles my tachometer started to read improper, later my gauges began to read improper. This doesn't happen all the time. But you can't trust them. You never know how fast you are going, if you have fuel, if your engine is overheating,if battery is charging, if I have oil pressure. I am on disibilty and can't afford the several hundered dollars it will cost to repair. I have found from a few sources this is a common problem. I just talked to gm, I was told that if I had it repaired to keep my reciepts. But there is no recall on the 04 trailblazer only on full size vehicles. So if I spent more money on an other venicle gm would fix it and make it safe. I feel it is unsafe for myself or my wife.

Filed Dec 31, 2009 · Electrical · 75,000 miles · TN

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet trailblazer. While driving approximately 65 MPH he noticed that the speedometer and oil pressure gauges displayed inaccurate readings. The instrument panel and center radio/cd player console overheated. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer for inspection. The vehicle has not been repaired for the failure and the cause of failure has not been determined. The failure mileage was 75,000. Updated 01/27/10. *lj the consumer took the vehicle to another dealership and upon inspection the module that controlled the gauges was defective. Updated 01/28/10.

Filed Aug 20, 2009 · Engine · 78,000 miles · FL

I was traveling on the highway when I herd a rattling sound coming from the engine, got off the highway and pull into a station. Call the tow company to tow it to my mechanic he said the water pump bearings broke and the fan stop turning since both are connected together, he said the engine might be damage possible due to overheating. There was no warning of over heating on the gage, water did not leak from the pump. I call gm and they told me to tow it to the dealer for diagnose and they were consider my claim after the diagnose check; they knew my warranty just expired in july. I told them there was know warning of any kind everything was find water pump bearings just broke along with the fan clutch this sample problem cause the whole engine to go bad. If there is going to be a problem with bearings broken on the water pump there should be a warning of this potential problem. Right know I need help to get my truck fix gm denied my case to fix the engine. I believe gm knows there is a problem with these water pumps and serious damage it can cause if they fail.