2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer: doors won't lock, open or latch

Filed Jun 26, 2014 · Electrical, Locks · 75,000 miles · IN

I purchased my 2004 trailblazer of the original owner with 35000 miles on the speedometer. At 75000 miles the door locks started clicking as if locking and unlocking. I took it to a chevy dealer and the mechanic said it was definitely strange and I would need to make an appointment to have them look at it. Just him saying definitely strange to my ears said expensive. My sister had the same vehicle different color and hers had the same problem. Now how strange is that? I broke the appointment and got used to the clicking. Sometimes it would stop for a week or so and click some more. The clicking was loud as if you could imagine the sound when you lock all the doors with one click. Click click click click every half minute or so. Then the tachometer went nuts. Sometimes it worked sometimes it didn't. Same with the gas gage, oil pressure, temp gage and battery. Once the wipers wouldn't come on while being caught in a rain storm. The started working again about 15 miles later. Now the electric door locks are acting up setting off the alarm. I no longer lock the doors due to the alarm going off for no reason. Deactivating the alarm can be a chore as pushing the correct button to shut it up only works after pushing it a few times. We have checked for pinched wires and checked the fuses to no avail. Without these electrical problems I would be one happy customer!

Filed Feb 1, 2014 · Airbags · VA · crash · 2 injuries

I was come down a secondary road there is a stop sign so I came to a stop look both ways to make sure I could make it cross the highway safetied I made it cross two lanes got in the turn lane so I could get in the other lane but before I could do that a car hit me on the drive side total my trailblazer out my airbags didn't come out at all the hood of my SUV came off door wouldn't open up they used the jaws of life to try to open the door but it didn't work so they got me out on the passage side. I had a head injure got staples in my head. It was a lot of damage done to my SUV I'm blessed to be alive. The person in the SUV he got hurt nothing to bad he didn't have to go to the hosp his up back some injure to it.

Filed May 20, 2013 · Locks · 157,000 miles · OH · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet trailblazer. The contact was driving 30 MPH when another driver informed her that the vehicle was on fire. The contact moved off the roadway and attempted to exit the vehicle but the doors would not unlock. The door finally opened after several attempts of engaging the automatic door lock function. The police and fire department was notified. The cause of the failure was an electrical malfunction. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 157,000. ...updated 07-10-13 *bf updated 07/16/2013

Filed Jan 20, 2011 · Electrical · 25,000 miles · MS

Instrutment cluster does not work at times....door locks lock and unlock by theirselves at times...been happening for a long time...

Filed May 13, 2010 · Electrical · 47,717 miles · WI

Tl*the contact owns a 2004 chevrolet trailblazer. The consumer stated the vehicle was at a stop, but still running. The contact noticed that all the lights on the instrument panel had suddenly illuminated. He turned the vehicle off and noticed that neither the windows nor doors would not unlock. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealership where the ignition switch was replaced. The current and failure mileages were 47,717. Updated 7/16/10 *cn at one point the consumer was unable to open any of the doors and had to turn the vehicle completely off. Once he turned the vehicle back on, everything operated as normal. The dealer stated there was an internal failure in the ignition switch. Updated 07/21/10

Filed May 12, 2010 · Electrical · WI

2004 chevrolet trailblazer. Consumer states that he was trapped in the car even after pressing the unlock button. The door sand windows would not open. *gr the consumer stated while driving, all of the dash lights illuminated,and were not working. The gas gauge read empty etc. Upon arriving at his destination, the doors and windows would not open, despite pressing the unlock button. The consumer and his occupants were trapped in the vehicle. The consumer turned the engine off and back on again, and everything worked. The consumer stated the incident happened several times for several days. According to the invoice, there was an internal failure in the liftgate module which caused the door locks to malfunction. The dash lights illuminating was the result of an internal failure in the ignition switch.

Filed Jan 2, 2005 · Electrical · 15,510 miles · MI · 1 injury

I was backing out of a driveway when my radio starting sounding funny, then smoke started filling up in the car it smelled like wires were burning. I could not see the gear,the door or window would not open and I was trapped in my seat belt. All of my passengers got out safe. I was screaming that I could not get out that's when my son came and pulled me out the truck. I got a few scratches on my leg and my knee. The truck would not start back up for awhile. It shut it self down, it started back up about 15 minutes later. I was about 3 blocks from my home, I was dropping off a neighbor. I did manage to drive home this happened on january 1, 2005 at about 2:30 am. I did start the truck up about 2:00 pm you could still smell burnt wires. I am afraid to drive it. The doors will not lock and all of the dash board warning lights are lit up, like the check engine, battery, brake light and etc. I will be getting it towed on monday , january 3, 2005 to bill wink dealership.