2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer: ABS light or ABS activating

Filed Jun 1, 2020 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 160,000 miles · NV

Stabilitrak light comes on intermittently for no apparent reason. Have had brake fluid, brake pads, rotors, sensors and tires replaced. Traction control and ABS checked; all is good. No cel code relating to this issue. Traction control off button doesn?t work once light appears. There is no difference in driving when light is on. Still haven?t figured out what causes it. Battery, power cords, and alternator have both had to be replaced do to issues with the voltage outputs. Now to replace fuse box and ECM due to more voltage output issues. Cel has had no indications of an ECM, fuse box, alternator, or battery problem until they were beyond repair (this also happened with other transfer case leak, loss of reverse gear, and front differential leak) . Cel comes and goes by itself at anytime with no difference in drivability or conditions. Each time it reappeared it?s thrown different sensors and/or circuits failing or high/low voltages including o2, maf, tps, evap system, wheel speed, fuel pressure, oil pressure, steering wheel, gas and brake pedal position, air bag impact, just to name a few. My car has recently started going into limp mode at random due to this electrical issue. Only remedy for this problem is disconnecting the wiring harness and allowing the fuse box and ECM to cool down. And finally, my oil filler tube seal broke and oil was spitting out into engine bay. Coincidentally, my pcv valve tube had also broken, and the tube was hanging loose right in front of the oil filler tube. As a result, pcv tubing sucked up a large amount of oil into the air intake; with no check engine light illumination indicating any problems during the time of failure. My air intake system is nearly ruined (not to mention the $$$ I shelled out in oil) and the wear down on parts has been detrimental to the life of the engine. This car is nothing but a cash cow for gm.

Filed Feb 7, 2015 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 80,000 miles · IL

While driving at about 60mph my ABS light came on an my car started jerking as the anti lock brakes kicked in. I let up off the gas but as soon as I applied the gas it continued, I then pulled over to turn the engine off I let it sit for about 5 min an started it back up an it was fine. This has happened several times over, an usually when I am going at a higher rate of speed. I would say it has happened at least 10x in the past year.

Filed Apr 16, 2013 · Brakes · 157,000 miles · MD

Started by truck, the brakes and ABS lights came on, also engine light. After turning off and wait a few minutes, I restarted my truck. Lights were off. I drive approx 33 miles to work everyday. When I arrived to work, as I was parking it sounded like my brakes were grinding and hard to move my truck. It became difficult to drive it, like something was holding it back. When I was leaving to go home, nothing, everything seemed ok. Approx 5 minutes before getting home, I was at a light and when I push the gas to go, the noise came back and it was very hard to get my truck to move. Finally got it home, I told my son what happened, he took it for a drive and nothing. For the next few days only here and there maybe I would hear the grinding noise and hard to move my truck. Yesterday 4/15/2013, I was going home and stop at light, my tuck did not move again, light something stopping it from moving. When it started moving the noise is so loud that it sounds like the whole bottom of my truck going to fall off. My truck was in the shop for the recall of sensor for window, they inspected the vehicle and I have a inspection that my truck was in the green for all, new rotors, new brakes all good. So I looked online and I can see that I am not the only person who is having this problem, but I do not see it on this sight. I am scared ... Do you know anything about this?

Filed Jun 7, 2012 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 80,000 miles · IL

Stabilitrak/ABS engaging randomly while driving at regular and highway speeds!!!! While driving on the highway at 60mph stabilitrak light comes on, vehicle reduces speed,I can not accelerate, loud grinding sound from front end, vibration felt from brake pedal when I tried to depress the brakes. I had to pull over turn the vehicle off and restart. Very dangerous and scary situation semi was behind me and had to swerve to the other lane to avoid hitting me!!!!

Filed Apr 24, 2012 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 30,000 miles · NC

Driver side speaker intermittently comes on (rarely). Driver side window switch intermittently works. It used to intermittently fail, now it rarely works. Occasionally, all the driver controls on the dashboard go dead and the radio doesn't work. The lock doesn't work. The ABS light and traction control light always illuminate. This intermittent electrical problem has been one big headache and it all seems to point to the drivers side window switch which is under investigation for fires. There is a defect in these window switches and the owners of the vehicles should not be burdened financially because of this.

Filed Mar 27, 2012 · Brakes · 70,000 miles · NY

Tl* the contact owns 2006 chevrolet trailblazer. The contact stated that while driving 5 MPH, the vehicle emitted a loud grinding noise and the ABS warning lamp illuminated. The contact mentioned that the brake pedal continued to vibrate while the failure occured. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 70,000 and the current mileage was 70,383.

Filed Jan 5, 2012 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 50,000 miles · NH

All repairs done within 20,000 of use (purchased used at 50,000 currently have 70,000) back windshield water pump does not work brake lights/left signal light are not working correctly, back up lights illuminate when braking left front driver side tie metal rods visible due to suspension errors causing too much wear on tire service stability track error check engine light on bottom of car is rusting out ABS failed on ice car runs rough left outer tie rod end replaced front/rear alignment done front brakes replaced rear brakes replace left front wheel barring replaced left rear brake caliber replaced driver master switch replaced windshield washer pump replaced fuel level sensor replaced left outer tie rod replaced (second time) front end alignment ignition switch replaced water pump replaced solenoid replaced front hub r/f replaced front disc brake pads replaced brake rotor replaced rear disc brake pad replaced rear brake rotor replaced gas cap replaced tail light assembly l/r. Battery replaced.

Filed Mar 16, 2011 · Brakes, Driver assistance · MO

2006 chevrolet trailblazer. Consumer states problem with brakes and traction control light illuminating. *tgw the consumer the ABS would activate when making right turns. Several components were replaced, but the consumer continued to experience problems. The blower resistor was replaced due to it only working on high. The engine light illuminated, the fuel sensor was not working, the heat was inoperative, there were noise/creaks coming from the steering wheel when driving slow and making turns, the power windows and heated seats stopped working, the fuel gauge was inaccurate, the 4-wheel drive switch had to replaced, the seat belt was difficult to fasten, the head lights and tail lights sockets burned out, the fan for the heater and defroster stopped working, the transmission would not down shift properly and eventually had to be replaced, the ignition switch didn't always work and the key would sometimes get stuck.

Filed Apr 22, 2010 · Brakes, Visibility · NJ

Tl*the contact owns a 2006 chevrolet trailblazer. While driving at various speeds with the windshield wipers on they would not stop functioning when they were deactivated. The ABS light was also illuminated on the instrument panel when the failure occurred. The contact spoke with an authorized dealer who offered no assistance and referred the contact to the federal safety agency. The current mileage was approximately 90,000. The failure mileage was unknown.

Filed May 5, 2007 · Brakes, Electrical · 8,000 miles · NY

I have had many many problems with my 2006 chevrolet trailblazer most recently the transmission is bad, I had started complaining to the dealer about the transmission slipping at around 8,000 miles, the truck now has 17,000 miles on it. The dealer refuses to repair it under my warranty. The dealer will not cover the repair. The dealer told me I had to pay out of pocket. I was informed of this on 5/4/2007. I have had many many repairs done on this vehicle, something is not right. The dealer also refuses to fix the brakes, the dealer claimed to have repaired them 3,000 miles ago and told me that it is not possible for the brakes to be bad again, the dealer said I need rotors, pads, and they did replace a lt ft caliper that they found to be bad. The dealer will not replace the pads and rotors. The dealer has told me to pick my vehicle up. The vehicle is currently not in safe condition to operate on public highway, I informed the dealer that I will leave the truck there while I contact the federal safety agency and whoever else I find that will help me. If the dealer insist that I remove my vehicle, I will have it towed, I will not operate the vehicle on public highways, as it is not safe. I will now list some of the items most recently replaced. Also, ABS , check engine, and service 4wd lite was on and off since january 2007. The gas gauge malfunctioned. The instrument panel was replaced twice, also replaced the radio, front heater, rear heater, dvd player, both upper ball joints, brakes, ft wheel bearing, lt ft door control, ft calipers, some kind of bearing in the steering wheel. The front suspension still makes noise, rattles (the dealer cannot find the problem) there is more but this is what I remember right now without looking it up. The dealer also told me that it is not possible for so many things to be wrong and has accused me of changing parts over from another trailblazer.