Fuel gauge not working.
2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer electrical complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet trailblazer. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 45 MPH, the check engine warning indicator illuminated and the vehicle stalled afterwards. After approximately two minutes, the vehicle started normally. The vehicle was driven to the dealer and the diagnosis was that the ABS sensor, the oxygen sensor, the brake pads, the cluster module and the fuel sender lever had to be replaced. The vehicle was being repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 178,000. The VIN was not available.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet trailblazer. The contact stated that the steering wheel became difficult to turn and the speedometer failed. In addition, the rear hatch lock failed causing the contact to be unable to unlock the rear hatch and the front rotors failed. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who replaced the power steering pump and the front rotors. The speedometer and rear hatch were not repaired. The contact also stated that there was a strong abnormal odor present inside the vehicle and the engine warning light illuminated. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 58,584.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet trailblazer. The contact stated that the vehicle's door power switch failed to function. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 120,000.
The gauge cluster, speakers and occasionally lights stop working at various times, the gauges either register completely maxed out, minimum or somewhere obviously wrong. Example fuel gauge way past full, oil pressure gauge reading 0, charge gauge maxed out tachometer completely off the scale and speedometer inoperable. Rear speakers work sometimes and bulbs in brake lights and tail lights keep blowing out. The gauges are of most concern as the true values of fuel level, oil pressure, battery voltage and engine temp are rarely accurate (or even close). The speed will not operate at times and occasionally if the vehicle is restarted the speedometer will correct itself. All these conditions create safety concerns on some level from running out of gas in a less than desirable location, driving at incorrect speeds, overheating engine without warning or engine problems. Losing a tail light not only creates a safety concern for traffic but creates issues with law enforcement as well. These conditions can happen at any time, driving, parked or idling but the key must be on to power the accessories. Type of driving (city, highway, etc,) makes no difference.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet trailblazer. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, all the gauges on the instrument cluster failed. The failure occurred constantly. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 75,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet blazer. While driving at approximately 30 MPH, the low beam headlights were activated and illuminated intermittently. The instrument panel warning indicators also illuminated. In addition, the high beam headlights experienced the same failure when activated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 150,000. The VIN was not available.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet trailblazer. While driving at 60 MPH, the headlights failed. The vehicle was able to restart and the headlights resumed to normal operation. The contact was advised that the vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v755000 (exterior lighting). The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 152,000.
Fuel guage is not accurate. When the tank is full the guage registers empty.
I have lots of issues with my trailblazer. Just today my A/C quit blowing. I've had enough so decided to research online. Glad I did because it seems that there really is a problem with these vehicles. First off I my gauges(all of them, including fuel gauge) started to act up. Sometimes they worked and other times they were way off or just hanging. The fuel gauge and speedometer no longer work at all. This all started years ago. I have just lived with it as I don't have the money to fix them. My headlights started going on and off at random about two years ago. Also something I have just lived with as I don't do too much night time driving. Now that my A/C is not blowing I will have to do something. I live in florida, and am not going to allow my daughter and I to sweat everyday back and forth from work and school to home. This sucks!!! They really needs to recall the whole electrical system for these vehicles. This is a fire hazard due to the connections getting so hot they burn up.
Lights go out/dim while driving. No additional electrical items in use-heater, AC, GPS, radio, cigarette lighter. Does not appear to be affected or caused by speed, acceleration, deceleration. Fule tank will sometimes register empty while mostly full. Do not notice problem during daylight driving.
I noticed my battery guage quit. Then after starting my truck a few different times, the gas guage read differently. Then my speedometer wduld stick on 100 when I was doing approximatly 60. Then the speedometer would not work at all. There needs to be a recall on it. My friend has a 2005 also and her cluster pannel went out too. Its a 400.00 repair. This has happened to quite a few 2005 chevrolet trailblazers from what ive read online. Come on general motors. You need to recall these models.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet trailblazer. While driving approximately 45 MPH, the driver side switch for the windows failed to operate. After the vehicle was powered off, the power lock switch was engaged and the windows closed but failed to operate again. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and stated that the VIN was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 13v248000 (electrical system, visibility). The failure mileage was 182,000.
The airbags will show that they're not enabled even with a passenger sitting in the seat.then it would come on as being on but no passenger in seat. A lot of sensors have popped up in the electrical panel, on top of that the car kinda shut down on me and started going 10 miles per hour, as I was going out in traffic.
Dash controls and readings all go out. Speedometer does not show speed. Oil pressure gauge does not read correctly.
The headlights work then shut off. (on the way to work in a downpour, no less) dashboard lights partially working. (if I go over 40 mpg can't tell what my speed is) was working correctly for a couple of days now nothing. I checked for recalls and there are recalls for 2006-20xx (the federal safety agency 14v755000 ) just wondering, after finding on the internet, numerous 2005 owners with same problem, why this model wasn't included in the recalls? I would like to file a complaint on the potentially deadly problem of the 2005 chevy trailblazer that should be corrected and included in this recall. Thank you
While traveling about 15mph through a boat yard with my heater on high (5) I smelled a hot metallic odor, but thought it was just from some welding be done on a steel boat. Then my heater quit. I turned it down to 3 or 4 and it ran a little longer and quit completely. When I got home I checked on a trailblazer website to find information and found that the blower resistor speed control unit was a common cause of this type failure. Upon removing this resistor pack I found the plastic plug connection on it had gotten so hot that it melted and fused the plug in the socket. When I did finally get it apart I found that one of the connector pins had burned completely off. Insulation on three or four wires had also been burned. Luckily there had been no major fire.
The engine light constantly comes on even after I had a tune up. I had diagnostics done and there is some type of fuel misfire. Two winters straight I have had issues with the power steering lines bursting and replaced 3 times. The speedometer malfunctions, most of the time it just stays at zero. If gm uses a lot of the same parts to make multiple models why has the 2005 trailblazer not been recalled? I was told the gm envoy has the same engine and other inner workings as my trailblazer so why wouldn't their recalls apply to my vehicle especially if I may be having the same issues.
Drove to an appointment, when came out vehicle would not start. Called for tow. After approx. 30 mins. And before tow arrived, vehicle started. Was able to drive home and made appointment for service. Next day while driving to shop for service engine died while vehicle was moving. Managed to get off road and vehicle would not start. After a while it started and was able to get it to shop. Ignition switch replaced. Second incident occurred 6/1/2014. Had to have towed to shop. A second ignition switch replacement. Contacted chevrolet to inquire why 2005 trailblazer not included in ignition switch recalls and seek possible reimbursement of service costs for recurring problem and was told to contact the federal safety agency and report.
The speedometer in my car started not working a week ago.. It would say I was going 70 and in reality I was only going 55. Now it starts out at 110mph when I start driving....making it really difficult to know how fast/slow I am going. I have read many articles of this happening with this make and model of vehicle.
Multiple times while driving the headlights will malfunction and turn on and off, at random driving speeds under many different conditions. I continued to drive the trailblazer even after this occurred. Just not as often. If the heater was on while driving and the headlights would short the heater would stop and then turn back on. The fan turns on at random, first it turns on when driving at random times. The fan will turn on at random times with a higher speed and sound. I have had the inspection completed multiple times with a mechanic re-assuring the issue although it has been happening frequently. The check engine light is on all the time due to computer error and is a $500.00 fix. This has all happened and been reported within the first year I bought the vehicle from kendal motors in lewiston idaho. I find that the amount of work to fix this vehicle is overwhelming and to see that this vehicle was under 100.000 miles is financially distressing. I have already had the fuel pump portion removed and fixed twice, I had to purchase a locking cap. The stereo repeatedly jams with new cd's even.
Our speedometer does not work any longer and as I read, this is a common problem but there is so recall on the vehicle.
The fuel gauge stopped working in my vehicle and by the time the recall occurred in 2013, my vehicle has more than the limited mileage of 120,000 or less to pay for half the repair cost. The speedometer failed to work at all back in 2009 as well.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet trailblazer. While driving at various speeds, the headlights would intermittently operate. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed that the fuse box needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 115,000. Updated 4/15/15*cn updated 9/20/2017
When I fill up with gas my gas gauge reads 0. After driving 40 - 80 mi. It slowly comes back, but reads incorrectly for a few miles. By the time its nearing 1/4 to 1/2 tank is seems ok. I really think its only a matter of time before it quits altogether. I don't trust and use my odometer to estimate my gas level.
First my temp gauge started reading incorrectly. The needle would point way outside the normal range of the gauge, often straight downward. Then my speedometer stopped working. At a full stop it says I'm going between 50 and 65 MPH. I've read online that this is apparently a big problem for this model and year (several repairs per week) and yet there's no recall?
Speedometer stopped working a few times until it completely has gone dead and doesn't work at all. My trailblazer also has stalled if stopped at a red light more than once.
While putting the truck into 4x4 hi, lo, or all wheel drive, the transfer case never does fully put it into 4x4. While driving, the dim lights turn completely off. The brights work, but the dims do not. These will not turn back on until the truck is shut off or a proper bump is hit. The heater blower in the front sometimes will nit come on. The back will be blowing, not the front. Also if a bump is hit improperly, the back speakers will start buzzing.
Multiple times my trailblazer has stalled without warning. It tends to happen when I am in a stopped position. Whether it is at a stop light or just stopping in general. It takes a minute and then restarts. *js it has also multiple times lost head lights. The last time was at 9pm while driving home with my children in the car. My headlights went out I had to pull over and the only way my lights would work was if I held my high beams on.
The speedometer no longer works. As the weather gets colder, the needle will get stuck in the 90-100 range and not reset when the car is turned off.I am the original owner of the car and this started happening about a couple of years ago as the winter approaches. In the summer the speedometer seems to work fine. Years ago the needle on the oil gauge stopped working. It was going to cost over $700.00 to replace the instrument panel so decided against that since I change the oil regularly. The speedometer is a necessity and the occurring defect seems like a very common problem on this model. Why isn't this being addressed?
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