1 owner vehicle - bought in 2004 & had 8 miles on it. Has been very well kept & currently has only 65,000 miles on it as of 9/16/19. As others, the electrical cluster has malfunctioned. Speedometer quit working over a year ago & now the fuel gauge has failed. Problem is with the cluster as "estimated mileage" still works. Have noticed that other gauges act erratic at times. This has been an ongoing issue that chevy is well aware of yet fail to act. To tb to dealer for repairs they stated there is no recall. Cost out of my pocket for repair will be over $800.00. Speedometer originally failed while driving on hwy. It started to work again but failed again while driving on the hwy a few weeks later. Fuel guage simply stopped working after starting vehicle.
2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer: wrong fuel gauge reading
98 of the 1,081 complaints about the 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer describe wrong fuel gauge reading.
- owner complaints
- 98
- of this car's complaints
- 9%
- typical repair cost reported
- $800
- typical mileage
- 70,000
- recalls
- 0
Wrong fuel gauge reading by model year
What owners say
When in motion, the fuel gauge and speedometer stopped working. The speedometer problem began when I was on the highway and 100 miles away from home. When the problem began, the gauges would sporadically move up and down. Now they do not move up.
Instrument cluster is very faulty. At times when it is hot outside the battery and oil pressure gauge won't function properly. The RPM gauge went out at only 36,000 miles. I just went over 70,000 miles recently and now the speedometer will not work. As a matter of fact the only gauge that has always worked properly is the fuel gauge.
The speedometer and all other gauges except the gas gauge have stopped working.
While driving fuel level gauge jumps up and down from empty to full. It stays at what ever level it wants to. You cannot be certain how much fuel is in gas tank at any certain time!
Instrument cluster started going bad in 2006 and every year another gauge is faulty - first it was the gas gauge, next the oil, etc and 4 years ago the speedometer started sticking. I talked to the dealer and they wanted $800 to fix it. I have researched at the time and this it is a very common complaint. This should have been recalled. I have complained about it for years and even called gm - no help and I don't have the money to repair this. I would appreciate help with this and feel that gm has known that this is an issue. I drive a lot of kids in my car and I am afraid that one day this is really going to be a problem.
I was driving along on the highway and doing the speed limit. I hit traffic and checked my check my gas gauge and noticed that my speedometer was reading 120 at full stop. I turned off and then back on the truck and the speedometer still pinned at 120. This is a major safety issue and they need to address it. I called chevy and they said that there is nothing they can do, but charge me 900 for a new dash cluster.
Beginning with the tachometer in 2011, the remaining gauges on the instrument panel cluster have proceeded to stop working over the next two plus years to the point that none of them work anymore (including the speedometer). We have no idea how fast we are driving nor do we know the status of our fuel level.
The speedometer gauge went down to 0, while I was on hwy traveling at 55 MPH. My speedometer currently isn't working and gas gauge is not working to. Why isn't there a recall on this? The lightening will go out to and don't want to come back on some times.
Gas gauge and oil pressure gauge stopped working.
The speedometer, gas gauge and RPM gauges stopped working shortly after we purchased this vehicle used. I understand that this is an issue that has not be taken care of. Please do something.
First, all my lights on the instrument panel would flash at random times (like the seatbelt, ABS, check engine soon, etc.). Then my tachometer (RPM gauge) stopped working. Next my gas gauge stopped working. Next came the speedometer. It would get stuck at different speeds as a starting point and I would have to subtract that starting point speed from my speedometer speed to find the actual speed. For instance, if the speedometer was stuck on 25 MPH when I was stopped at a red light, then once I picked up speed to 100 MPH, I knew I was traveling at 75 MPH. For the last 5 months though the speedometer hasn't worked at all.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer fuel gauge
Is wrong fuel gauge reading a common problem on the 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer?
98 of 1,081 owner complaints about the 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer (9%) mention wrong fuel gauge reading. The model year with the most reports is 2005.
How much does it cost to fix wrong fuel gauge reading on the 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer?
Owners who mentioned a price put the repair at about $800 (median of 11 complaints that include a dollar amount). Costs vary with mileage, warranty and where the work is done.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer
Headlights 100Check engine light 62Fuel smell 36Stalling 34No deployment 28Fire or smoke 27Fuel leak 26Loss of power 18ABS 17Adaptive cruise 14Warning lights 11Fuel pump 10Wipers 10Won't start 10Tire blowout 9Transmission failure 8Airbag light 7Ball joint 7Grinding brakes 7Door locks 7Slipping 7Brake failure 6Knocking 5Overheating 5
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