Tl*the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet trailblazer. Two weeks after the vehicle was purchased, the 4-wheel drive failed. When turning left, right, and when driving in reverse, the wheels lock when the 4-wheel drive is activated. The failure also occurred once while in drive, but all the other failures occurred only in 4-wheel drive. The dealer stated that the 4-wheel drive was operating normally. The manufacturer sent a technician to his local dealer to attempt to remedy the failure, but was unable to assist. The technician stated that the failure was located in the 4-wheel drive transfer case. The failure mileage was 35,678 and current mileage was 36,210. Updated 04/22/08.
2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer transmission complaints
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I purchased a 2005 chevy trailblazer on 4/15/05 shortly there after I was having problems with a whining sound. I took it to a dealer and I was told that it was the ignition pulley. I contacted the corporate office of chevrolet to inquire about assistance with payment considering I was about 3, 000 miles over the warranty. After several calls chevrolet absorbed this cost. Then in sept. Of 2005, my husband totaled his car and I purchased a 2005 trailblazer for him. Again this car began making similar noises and my husband was driving home with our 2 year old son and the car began smoking. My husband immediately pulled off the road and contact roadservice. Once we took it to a mechanic he said that it was the ignition pulley which caused the transmission to die. We took it to a chevrolet dealership and they said that was the transmission. I contacted the corporate office once again and this time they would not offer any financial assistance. It seems that the dealership said that it was the result of an oil change that did not occur at the 3000. They, the dealership based this off of a sticker that was in the window of the car. When I went to look at the car they was no oil sticker in the window. Despite that, I had contacted the chevy office about the same whining noise that I heard in my car (the ignition pulley) that my husband was experiencing in his car. This is still not resolved. We were told to fix this car it would cost $10,000.00, yes, for a new transmission. We have since towed to home in order to avoid storage fees. Here sits a 2005 chevy trailblazer with approx. 50,000.00 and a new transmission is needed. We do not have the money to fix this and also pay the car note on it as well. As a read reports, this is a similar problem with many many trailblazers. There needs to be a recall on this vehicle for faulty transmissions!!!!!
I own a 2005 chevy trailblazer and I have encountered numerous problems since purchasing this vehicle brand new from the dealer. I have had to have sensors replaced, fuel tank has had to be worked on, and now the main most costly is I am having to replace the transmission. This vehicle has approx. 84,000k miles on it and is only two years old. Please help to see if this should have been a factory recall. I have always had my vehicle serviced at the dealer where I purchased it at.
Transmission started acting up about 2 weeks ago at right around 47,000 miles. It's gotten to where I cannot go more than 45 miles an hour or so and it takes me 5 minutes to accelerate to that point. I am taking it to the dealership, even though my warranty is expired by 11,000 miles, and one month!
While driving I automatic transmission failed to work in the drive position. It was taken to dealer for repairs,where it was found that a complete failure of transmission occurred. The vehicle was safely stopped on the side of the road. Their were no injuries, but under different circumstances this occurrence may have resulted in severe injury or death. The vehicle had only 51,653 miles at the time of the incident. The transmission was overhauled and the vehicle was returned 5 days later. The required first service of the transmission was not scheduled until 100,000 miles.
Tl* - on november 11, 2006 the contact was driving at 5-10 MPH on wet road conditions when the contact lost control of the vehicle. There were no warning indicator lights displayed on the 2005 chevrolet trailblazer. The vehicle started spinning, the contact's vehicle hit a cement median,and the vehicle spun around again. The left front tired looked shredded. There were no injuries. The vehicle was towed away. The drive shaft was replaced. The contact stated that once the vehicle was repaired the tire was rubbing on the frame. The contact took the vehicle to another repair shop and was told that the drive shaft had been installed incorrectly, causing the tire to rub on the frame. The first dealer did not tell the contact they replaced the drive shaft. The vehicle's drive shaft has been ordered and the contact is still driving the vehicle. The vehicle had approximately 28,000 miles at the time of the failure. The contact has the repair invoices.
I bought this SUV to go off road, mostly riding in the sand on the beach. The first time on the sand it did not want to go and I thought my husband or I did something wrong. However the second time it went a short distance and then sank up to the axles and we had to have it towed off the beach. It was taken to the dealership and they could find nothing wrong with it, and acted like this was the first complaint on this problem, however my accountant has the same SUV same year model and same problem, took it to the same dealership and was also told there was nothing wrong with his trailblazer.
All of a sudden the transmission started to shift funny after a long road trip. It did this once on the highway. We got off the highway and pulled into our town and the car was having problems shifting. We barely made it to our house and the transmission was leaking. We went to drive it to the dealership and it over heated less than a mile from the house. We were told that the radiator deteriorated and sent anti-freeze into the transmission which destroyed the transmission.
I parked a 2005 chevy trailblazer rented from budget rent a car in the hotel parking lot where myself and my fiance were checking in to. I removed the key from the ignition and went inside. Approximately 30 sec later the car rolled down the hill in a large arc (due to the steering wheel being locked) and collided with another vehicle. The car was in neutral. At that point I put the key back into the ignition and found that the key could be removed while in neutral, which caused the car to roll. The police arrived and also were able to remove the key while it was in neutral. This is included in the police report. I was not cited since the police officer found the car to be defective. Budget rent a car replaced the vehicle without question, however are now seeking me to pay for the damage, which is obviously being contested.
Headlights flickering completely off and on in the dark and daylight hours as well as completely quitting. Had it to dealership 2 times for this matter and they could not find the cause of the problem. I felt it was a hazard driving it this way being. It also happened at night. This started in november/december 2005. Haven't had it a year yet and already the driveshaft has been replaced . Is this a lemon ?
The transmission shifted hard from first to second gear. *nm the transmission shifted so hard that it almost jerked the steering wheel out of the consumers hands. The second concern was when the consumer had to place the rear seat down to place items in the back , it required that the front seat be moved forward and would not go all the way back again. The last concern was that the vehicle could not use tire chains due to the fact that there wasn't enough clearance and the consumer was informed to use another traction device.
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