Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 03/03/2012 | 89000 | ||
| Started the car and pulled out of my driveway was going 0-5 mph and the speedometer shot up to 40. started driving down the road and it stayed stuck at 40, but i was doing 30mph. pulled into the store 2 blocks up, shut the car off. when i turned it back on the car was registering 13 mph at a dead stop. went back home, car sat overnight. started it for work in the morning on sunday and it was idling at 8 mph. started driving to work and the speedometer was registering 60 mph, yet i was going with the flow of traffic on a city street thats speed limit was 45mph. seems i need to keep turning off the car and turning it back on again in order for the speedometer to reset to a lower number (i.e. 3 or 8 mph at a dead stop, vs. 13 to 18 mph at a dead stop). revved the engine to see what the response would be, tachometer registered increase, but the speedometer did not budge at all! i worry the day it will say i am doing 40 but i am actually doing 55 around a curve. the car is absolutely off limits to my 17 year old now. funny thing is i preferred her driving the trailblazer for safety vs. her little vw convertible. not any more!! i do not see how chevy claims this is not a safety issue! | |||
| 08/04/2010 | |||
| I, along with many others are experiencing major problems with the instrument panels on our chevrolet trailblazer. my mother traded hers in because her speedometer was going out. but my problem is much worse, my whole entire dashboard is out. my gas gauge doesn't work, my speedometer doesn't work, my oil pressure doesn't work, my thermostat doesn't work, nothing works. my cruise control acts up too. | |||
| 08/29/2008 | |||
| I am a senior citizen i brought this car new. after one year i had to replace linc plate. over the years everything has gone wrong with this car. speedometer has not worked since aug. '08, gas gauge stopped oct. '11. instrument cluster since 2010 and gm knows this is a defected part. yet gm paid for this same defected part at their cost for the tahoe, but has not paid for the trailblazer. why? windows and doors do not unlock on command. window wiper(rear) stopped working-i replaced that part. a/c comes on my itself. thermostat failure. i think gm should stand behind their product. the only reason they would not is that they already know that they are producing substandard products that are not fit to be driven on the road. | |||
| 09/05/2011 | 268842 | ||
| I was driving to work when all of a sudden i realize that my speed odometer wasn't working and i had to push the brakes because it felt that i was going to fast and the speed limit was 35 however my speed odometer was stuck on 10mph.... but it was probably going at about 55 mph... | |||
| 05/17/2011 | 40000 | ||
| 2003 chevy trailblazer ext. speedometor has malfunction contiuously for the last 4 years. very dangerous. company (gm) says it is not dangerous and they do not have enough compaints. thousands on the internet. | |||
| 01/17/2011 | 108750 | ||
| My 2003 chevy trailblazer's speedometer just froze up. sitting still, i am doing 90 mph. i tried disconnecting the negative battery terminal to reset it, but that did not work. | |||
| 11/16/2010 | 62000 | ||
| My 2003 trailblazer has a speedometer and tachometer that quit working most of the time. i contacted a gm dealer and was informed it would cost about $500 to repair. my cars inspections runs out soon and cant be inspected till this issue is repaired. | |||
| 01/17/2011 | 108750 | ||
| My 2003 chevy trailblazer's speedometer just froze up. sitting still, i am doing 90 mph. i tried disconnecting the negative battery terminal to reset it, but that did not work. | |||
| 11/16/2010 | 62000 | ||
| My 2003 trailblazer has a speedometer and tachometer that quit working most of the time. i contacted a gm dealer and was informed it would cost about $500 to repair. my cars inspections runs out soon and cant be inspected till this issue is repaired. | |||
| 01/17/2011 | 108750 | ||
| My 2003 chevy trailblazer's speedometer just froze up. sitting still, i am doing 90 mph. i tried disconnecting the negative battery terminal to reset it, but that did not work. | |||
| 11/16/2010 | 62000 | ||
| My 2003 trailblazer has a speedometer and tachometer that quit working most of the time. i contacted a gm dealer and was informed it would cost about $500 to repair. my cars inspections runs out soon and cant be inspected till this issue is repaired. | |||
| 01/17/2011 | 108750 | ||
| My 2003 chevy trailblazer's speedometer just froze up. sitting still, i am doing 90 mph. i tried disconnecting the negative battery terminal to reset it, but that did not work. | |||
| 11/16/2010 | 62000 | ||
| My 2003 trailblazer has a speedometer and tachometer that quit working most of the time. i contacted a gm dealer and was informed it would cost about $500 to repair. my cars inspections runs out soon and cant be inspected till this issue is repaired. | |||
| 01/17/2011 | 108750 | ||
| My 2003 chevy trailblazer's speedometer just froze up. sitting still, i am doing 90 mph. i tried disconnecting the negative battery terminal to reset it, but that did not work. | |||
| 11/16/2010 | 62000 | ||
| My 2003 trailblazer has a speedometer and tachometer that quit working most of the time. i contacted a gm dealer and was informed it would cost about $500 to repair. my cars inspections runs out soon and cant be inspected till this issue is repaired. | |||
| 09/08/2010 | |||
| 2003 trailblazer ext lt speedometer not working, odometer working fine. bought it used didnt work when i bought it. looked up to see if there was a recall but all i seen was numerous complaints of the same sitution but no recall. | |||
| 07/17/2009 | 50000 | ||
| Chronic problem/failure of instrument gages/cluster relating to speedometer, temperature and oil pressure for a 2003 chevy trailblazer ext. for example, the speedometer will unexpectedly raise to an alarming speed reading while the vehicle is not actually traveling more than a few miles per hour. dealer advises that this condition is not covered by any recall notice and gm is unwilling to provide any assistance to alleviate this serious and unsafe condition. other gm vehicles have been recalled for this exact condition. also, this vehicle has experienced a cracked exhaut manifold due to poor design/engineering. | |||
| 08/30/2009 | 70 | ||
| 2003 chevy trailblazer speedometer and tac do not work properly. i have seen numerous complaints and gm has had a recall on this problem in numerous other vehicles but not this one. | |||
| 12/08/2005 | 81000 | 1 | 06/30/2003 |
| While driving, my speedometer stopped working completely. i have had it checked by both a gm dealer and an independent repair shop. i was told the entire cluster would have to be replaced. i was also told that there are many of these problems and that there is a 2-3 week delay in getting the part shipped. i was also told it would cost about $400 to get it fixed. my car is a 2003 and has about 81,000 miles on it. a speedometer is not like an alignment, wear and tear item, or neglect of having it serviced. it is obviously a safety concern because of speed, the inability to get the part in a timely manner and the unwillingness of gm to cover the repair. *jb | |||