2005 cheverlot trailblazer has had an issue since I purchased it in 2004 with stalling out. However over the last 4 years I have had an issue of no start... Everything has been replaced by the dealer ignition switch, alternator, starter, exhaust, etc.... Last result was the PCM powertrain module supposedly the brains of the car. However the same day it stalled again, most recently my dealership took it for a week and said they could not reduplicate issue. So there again I am at the same place where the car will be fine for weeks then do a no start untill after serveral attempts and smell of gas finally the car will start. Chevrelot trailblazer have known this problem for awhile has done nothing about it ...resolve the issue and do a recall spent over $10,000 on just maintenance.. What is chevy going to do about this issue? *tr ## VIN failed ##
2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer electrical complaints
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Speedometer just stop working. Leaving from work and speedometer wasn't working, period.
The fuel gauge reads empty when there is plenty of gas in the tank. It sometimes read full when there is little gas left.
My gas gauge has stayed on empty for a month or so with the gas light on. I have not had the money to fix it and I put gas in it the night before the incident happened. I was driving home from a family members house a few blocks away from my house and my 2005 trailblazer died and everything locked up on me. The brakes would not work what so ever. And I just had brand new brakes put on a couple months ago and my steering wheel locked up. My vehicle would not stop. It kept going. I am so happy that I didn't have my three small children with me. It took me three turns onto three different streets before it finally stopped. It was very hard to turn. And my back wheels were making a horrible noise and smelled really bad when I got out. I always keep a gas can in the back in case I ever run out of gas due to the gauge not working. And mind you I have only had this vehicle a year. Gm should have to pay to get this fixed. This is very dangerous. Thankfully someone was watching over me and there was no other cars headed toward me. It was on a main roads that has a 45 mile an hour speed limit. I will never buy a chevy again.
In 2007 I paid off my vehicle and now became the proud owner of my truck. In 2009, I noticed some problems with my truck. First, the gas gauge would say "f" full, but really it was on "e" empty. Then the mileage gauge ? I can be on the expressway going as fast as the other cars, but my car reads 20 MPH. This is crazy!!!! I called at 800-number for gmc and was informed that there was no recalls or any others calls for the 2005 trailblazer, which I knew was a huge lie!!!! I decided to go on line and google the make and model of my car. Wow? Guesses what I seen? There were over 41,000 people who have the same problems that I had for their 2005 trailblazer. Again, the problem with my truck has gotten worst. In 2010, I called again and was informed that their still wasn't any other calls or concerns with my truck and that I should take it to an authorize chevy dealership. Well, I did .. . In 2011, I called again.. Same script same story!!! I received a letter for a emission test for my car. Well, let me tell you when I took my vehicle up to the emission testing it failed!!! . I got an estimate cost of $ 1900, plus they found 3 additional codes. . Well, I got a 2008 chevy impala. I went from paying no car note, to $381.00 a month note. The week of september 4th, 2011.. I receive a letter from chevrolet addressing the issues with the 2005 chevy trailblazers, and offering 50% on repairs for the same problems that I have been calling on for 2 years. [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet trailblazer. The contact stated that the vehicle was parked when she noticed that the driver's side window was opened mid-way independently. Upon further inspection, she found that the components were melted. The vehicle was taken to a dealer for diagnosis and she was informed that both a fuse and the master switch would need to be replaced. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The VIN was unavailable. The failure and current mileage was 108,000.
Filled up truck and gas gauge still said it was empty. Gas gauge is faulty and no longer works. Have to keep track of mileage now so I don't run out of gas. I also read that gm is willing to cover half the cost and were suppose to send a letter stating that. Never received anything. Not at all impressed with gm and will find it hard to stay a loyal customer.
I was traveling at approximately 55mph and the speedometer was indicating 120+MPH. The speedometer has been sticking and indicating incorrect speed for about a month. Normally when the engine is cold and the outside temperature is cold. When driving and the vehicle warms up, the speedometer eventually corrects itself after stopping at a light and shutting the engine off and back on.
Speedometer show 120 mphs when driving 40 mphs.
My speedometer displays an extremely inaccurate reading, or doesn't work at all.
Is no longer working broken.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet trailblazer. The contact stated while trying to turn the vehicle off the key became seized in the ignition. The contact mentioned that it took several attempts to remove the key from the ignition. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 78,000 and the current mileage was 84,000. The VIN was not available.
The blower/fan on the air conditioner/heater stopped working. It first began with #4 and #5 on the fan selector switch not working, but then it stopped altogether. After doing research this blower motor problem is very popular amongst these vehicles. Also, the fuel gauge on the dash hasn't worked in about 3 years. After doing some research, it appears that this is due to the fuel sensor in the fuel tank. Again, this is very common occurrence within the trailblazer community. I was given an estimate of $774 for the blower motor to be fixed and $600 for the fuel gauge to be fixed.
Door locks repeatedly locked and unlocked, then cascading failures, anti-lock light, engine light, other warning lights. Engine started to run rough and would not make power, engine quit. Note transmission gear indicator read incorrectly. Disconnected battery, and reconnected, engine started got me home. Three occurrences that the engine just quits. It will restart after a few minutes. Mechanic could not find anything wrong. Had another occurrence, mechanic found a code indicating the ECM may be bad. He tells me this should have noting to do with the door locks. The door locks latch and unlatch, uncommanded. Engine stops when under power. Mechanic has no course of action at this time.
Gas gauge was reading inaccurately resulting in car stall. Also, speedometer is not functioning correctly - will start out anywhere from 5 MPH to 45 mpg over from standstill.
My 2005 trail blazer instrument cluster is going out it started with the oil gauge and now its the gas gauge, I was also told by the dealership that eventually my speedometer would stop working, it is extremely dangerous because I am not aware of how much gas is in the vehicle or if the oil pressure is having an issue. This repair at the dealership is costly.
I have the same issue as the 2006, 2007 trailblazer recall of august 2012. The door module shorted out.
The low beams on my wife 2005 trailblazer went out while we driving home to va from sc. They still wont work. Apparently mine aint the only vehicle with this problem. Why wont chevy recall them and repair them.
While driving the, window switch began to smoke so I physically removed the switch and have since not had power window access on the passenger side front door. The cost to replace was too great and at the bottom of the priority list. More recently, maybe 2 months ago, the driver side switch showed signs of the same results after a smell of burning electronics and heat to the touch so I simply unplugged the switch all together. The cost to replace these switches is quite significant and have not had any luck with chevrolet in the past with complaints so I figured I would wait until I had a little extra money to replace these switches. On the news today I heard the end of a report and only caught the words gm and window switches so I came home and searched and came across so articles involving 2006 models. That is how I came across this website. I would very much hate to find out that the company does not know the problem exists further than 2006. An unrelated problem I encountered with the vehicle, which was quite unnerving, was that the third brake light assembly came off while driving on a local highway at @ 65 MPH approximately 2 years ago. The fixture became un attached from the passenger side and was "flapping" off the driver's side. Only for a matter of time, I'm sure. Luckily our family was being followed by another family and they notified us by cell phone and we were able to remove the fixture without incident on the shoulder. It would have caused serious problems without doubt had it come completely off. When we notified the dealership, they told us we were out of our warranty and were on our own. Thank you for taking the time to try to make our highways safer!
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet trail blazer. The contact was driving 65 MPH when she noticed that the speedometer was providing an inaccurate reading of 100 MPH. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was contacted but provided no assistance. The failure mileage was 75,000 and the current mileage was 82,000. The VIN was not available.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet trailblazer. The contact stated that all of the gauges on the instrument panel malfunctioned. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed that the instrument cluster needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure who did not offer any assistance. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 100,000 and the current mileage was 149,000.
The fuel gauge does not work. This seems to be a very common problem, and gm's only remedy is to screw over consumers by making them pay for a known defective part out of pocket. This should be recalled and fixed at gm's expense, or they should at least offer a discount. Their $800.00 estimate is silly.
At the time of purchase the owners noticed the rear brake lights did not work. The owners immediately return the car to the place of purchase for replacement of the brake lights. Several weeks later there was an issue with the vehicle speakers and that seemed to indicate an issue with the electrical in the car. While listening to the radio at any volume (low, medium or high) a high pitch, frequency or reverberation would happen. This is only when the radio is played, not when listening to cd's. The temporary solution is to firmly hit the middle arm rest to stop the reverberation. It's an annoyance but could potentially lead to other electrical issues and enormous costs. Please advice of either safety recalls, defects and possible service repair to the vehicle.
On or about november 12, 2010 the vehicle owner had the instrument panel replaced. Shortly after replacing the instrument panel at a cost of approximately $550 the gas sensor stopped working. The owner complained to the chevy service department but was told that this was a separate issue and not caused by the replacement of the instrument panel. The owner checked for recalls on the internet but found more complaints for the same issue but no manufacture recall or data on either the instrument panel or gas senor/gauge. Since the gas sensor/gauge/fuel level indicator does not work the vehicle owners have run out of gas at least 3 separate times. 1). A friday night at 10:00 p.m. On a dark winding road; 2). On a very busy 4-lane thorough fare both vehicle owners and a passenger ran out of gas at a stop light; 3). Most recently was approximately 3-weeks ago. There's no way to know when the gas tank is full or running low on fuel because the "low gas" fuel light stays on most of the time or when the owners do fill-up the tank the gas gauge remains "e". The owners were quoted the cost of repair would be upwards of $500+.
Nearly eight months after the purchase of the chevy trailblazer (april 2008) and while traveling from tennessee to new york the instrument panel that controls the RPM, odometer, speed, fuel gauge, oil level, temperature, etc. Completely stopped working. While traveling in the state of new york on I-90 e the driver had no indication of the vehicle speed. When shifting from the left passing lane to the nearest middle lane a ny state trooper clocked the vehicle speed at approximately 90+ miles per hour. The driver was sighted with a speeding ticket during the thanksgiving holiday weekend. The vehicle owner had the instrument panel replaced at a cost of more than $500. However, soon after the instrument panel was replaced the gas sensor stopped working. The owner complained to the chevy service department but was told that this was a separate issue and not caused by the replacement of the instrument panel. The owner checked for recalls on the internet but found more complaints of the same and no recall information. Since the gas sensor/gauge/fuel level indicator does not work the vehicle owners have run out of gas at least 3 separate times. Once on a friday night at 10:00 p.m. On a dark winding road. Another time on a very busy 4-lane thorough fare the vehicle owners with a passenger ran out of gas at a stop light. Most recently was approximately 3-weeks ago. The vehicle owners have purchased at least 3 new gas cans since we cannot tell with the vehicle is full of gas or not. When the gas tank is filled up there's no way of knowing and the owners cannot tell when the vehicle is running low on fuel since the "low gas" fuel light stays on most of the time or the gas gauge rarely moves passed "e". The owners were quoted that the cost to repair would be upwards of $500+.
While driving to work my cruise control shut down and my speedometer stopped working. A couple weeks later the speedometer began working and now it has stopped again and stuck on 55 and doesn't move regardless if the vehicle is on or off. The cruise control won't work. I am very frightened to continue driving without knowing what speed I am driving. I can't afford to keep spending money on this vehicle to repair all the problems it's had. Wondering if the speedometer is covered under my 100,000 mile warranty. Please help.
Both the speedometer and gas gauge quit working. In doing research, this appears to be a problem with alot of other owners of this vehicle; this should be a recall. This could be a very dangerous combination with the speedometer not working and if fuel runs out on a busy highway for example. I was just quoted over $880 to fix and declined due to the cost.
Cluster instrument panel failed. Rpm odometer doesn't work, speed ranges from 80-off the charts, gas gauge not accurate. Apparently big problem w/over 300 complaints yet no recall. Firestone just quoted me $700 for a remove and replace instrument cluster gauge. $600 for the gauge itself. I can't afford that.
1) fuel gauge indicator shows an empty reading despite just being filled. After driving for 40-50 miles gauge will show about a quarter of a tank for a short time and then go back to empty. When problem first started the gauge was all over the dial. 2) speedometer erratically will show a speed at a greater speed than actually traveling. Recently showed going 110mph despite traveling along with traffic flow of approximately 65 MPH on major interstate highway.
Like many people my 2005 chevy trailblazer has several issues regarding the instrumental panel. The first time this occurred was during a cold snap and all of the gauges got stuck on the down or off position. After some time some of the gauges (ie. Speedometer ,tachometer, and oil pressure ) starting working again however, the majority of the time the readings were inaccurate. After some time elapsed (this year - 2012) the tachometer and oil pressure gauge stopped working completely. This has become an extremely hazardous situation because no vital information is being provide to the driver and the manufacture will not fix the issue.
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