Chevrolet Trailblazer whining noise problems

Filed Dec 6, 2020 · Airbags, Seat belts · 160,000 miles · AZ · crash

Yes I was driving on the 65 miles an hour in the passenger lane are carpool lane all the sudden for no reason both curtain airbags just deployed I had my head right next to knock me out cold I didn't proceed over and hit the wall 21 times just skip down in when I came to I thought I was I thought it and other vehicles likely that was not the case did cause some testa injury hurt might pull my car allegedly for my ribcage in got my neck in my head I see this is happened many times the 2008 but yet they keep saying there's no problem that even though it's a 2% lean and exposed the 16 for the role over to kick in that escape screwing everybody yeah the vehicles on the highway going straight no turns no bombs nothing just deployed I have video pictures of the wall it screwed up my rams and of course the 4 wheel drive messed up and show the back axle in the pumpkin so now thats whining so I know it's gonna fail soon power steering linkin truck never lead to drop another with silent at the great v6 in it now the front end steering all screwed up and I can see that it's happened many many times before

Filed Jun 28, 2018 · Brakes, Electrical · OH

I have a 2005 tb ls, and it's a pos. As soon as I drove off the lot I've had nothing but issues. My brakes pulsate, go to the floor, get stiff as a board, basically they don't work. I have to pump the brakes quickly in an effort to avoid a crash. I filled the gas tank to full, huge mistake. The moment I did that the check engine light has flashed and sporadic idling. It has a loud whine under the hood, front turn signals and hazard flasher randomly stopped working. Car will die if I run the A/C for more then 15 mins. It will pull to either side when I apply my brakes. I have always kept up with proper maintenance, tune up, etc. This is absolutely terrible, that so many have the same [xxx] issues and yet chevy will not recognize/take responsibility for their obvious flaws and lack of mechanical knowledge..I just want out of this [xxx] lease and a replacement car!!! Parts of this document have been redacted to protect personally identifiable information pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).

Filed May 24, 2016 · Acceleration, Electrical · 112,000 miles · FL

While highway driving with cruise control engaged I heard a loud whining sound and experienced a sudden loss of power. I was almost hit from behind several times before I could get the vehicle over into the right lane. When I took the vehicle to my mechanic I was told the cooling fan clutch assemble had failed. I have had this fan replaced three times now and am not at all pleased that this vehicle has not been recalled for this problem. I have read that this is a "common" problem on this vehicle that can cause a severe accident. I have receipts for the repairs but have no way to upload them.

Filed Sep 1, 2015 · Transmission · 62,916 miles · IL

While driving on highway, stopped at a light, I went to accelerate and truck lurched forward, made a loud bang and would not engage. The engine whines when accelerator is pressed, but no movement. Also, vehicle would roll back without the emergency brake on. There were zero warnings prior to complete failure of truck. Contacted gm and chevy, and was offered no help, until out of pocket diagnostics are completed at a gm/chevy dealer (and at this point since vehicle is out of warranty, owner was told that help from gm is not guaranteed). Truck is at a private shop, preliminary findings are that the front differential is damaged. The power output shaft and spline is stripped, the cause is vehicle (drivetrain) design does not allow engine oil to get to these components. The parts become dry and brittle, which is why the gears are stripped and failure occurred. This is not an owner maintenance issue, but a complete design flaw. These components should be encased and be getting lubricated from the engine oil. Further findings will be reported.

Filed Apr 4, 2014 · Electrical, Transmission · 174,539 miles · MI

Was driving on the highway to lansing when my check engine light came on and I lost all power and guage function.I began to hear a loud howling noise, pulled off at the exit went to the repair shop in portland, mi where my wheel hub exploded in their hand on the passenger side. The fan clutch has completely stopped working witch caused the vehicle to overheat, and loose all power and my 4 wheel drive locked right up and stopped working. This was extremely dangerous at a rate of 70 MPH because the vehicle slowed all the way down to 25 and had no power. I have had so many issues with this vehicle that I am now checking for recalls to have the vehicle serviced completely.

Filed Mar 30, 2013 · Transmission · 162,417 miles · IN

We just left the house to take the kids to get so food and we made it like fifty yards from the house and the tranny made a popping sound and so we stopped and tried to go and it wont move either way so I pull it back to the house and I start it up and the tranny is whining and I put it in reverse nothing happens so I put it in drive and it goes forward but wont shift.

Filed Jan 28, 2011 · Transmission · 134,000 miles · IN

I'm driving down the road with traffic behind me. Suddenly my RPM jolt up to five a horrible noise comes from engine and I loose all power. If I even touch gas a little RPM jump to five and transmission whines very loud. Car behind me slams on brakes to avoid hitting me. I throw on cautions and have to push my car off road while cars are trying to ger around me at ten at night on my way home from work. I have to have my husband load our three kids in his tiny eclipse well after bedtime to drive the 40 minutes to come get me and pay 150 dollars to have car towed off side of road back to my house. Where it now sitting with blown transmission and broken transmission lines.

Filed Jan 3, 2010 · Electrical, Transmission · NY

The problems that are happening to my 2004 chevy trailblazer : I am having a whining noise in the front end of the vehicle and when I try to engage into 4wd the sound worsens and there is a vibration in the front as well the whining almost resembles a low siren sound. I am also having a major malfunction with my speedometer since the weather has gotten colder??? I could only be moving 10mph and it will register to 120 or even surpass it and then get stuck, the only way to unstick it is to shut the car off and keep restarting it until it resets itself but now it is stuck and wont reset, I went online to see if there were any recalls and I all I found out was there were tons of people having the same issues with their trailblazers as I am having. These problems are occurring at all different times during the life of the car some people have them happen around 30,000 miles or some 50 thousand and myself the speedometer is happening around 72,000 miles. The speedometer seemed to start to act up once the weather was colder. Its a shame they will fix the larger SUV's due to a lawsuit but since this is a smaller SUV it's not covered. We have tried to replace the wheel bearings in the truck for the front end noise to only find the noise did not disappear after reading many of other complaints from others it seems this could be the transfer case on the truck. I am not going to keep replacing part after part to only find out its the drive train and something should be done about this.

Filed Jun 22, 2009 · Transmission · 142,002 miles · SC

Tl*the contact owns a 2002 chevrolet trailblazer. While attempting to place the vehicle into reverse, it failed to move and a whining noise was coming from the engine. Through online research, the contact found the federal safety agency campaign id number 01v283000 regarding the transfer case, but the VIN was not included in the recall. The contact feels that this is a safety issue because the vehicle cannot operate in reverse. The current and failure mileages were 142,002.

Filed Dec 4, 2008 · Transmission · 95,000 miles · MN

Transmission all of a sudden starting not going into gear and there was a whining sound. The reverse went out and it skips from 1st gear to 3rd. It will cost about 1300 to repair but I have not done it yet, as I cannot afford it. This seems to be a major issue for many trailblazers due to a defective sun shell part and really should be recalled.