Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | |||
| 05/31/2012 | 160000 | ||
| I was approaching a traffic signal. i hit my brakes when realizing the light was red. the anti-lock brakes locked up and i slid through the light hitting a turning car. this resulted in a frontal impact, but the airbags did not deploy. the vehicle is totaled. | |||
| 03/24/2009 | 70000 | ||
| Started with the service air bag message (known issue). then the fuel gauge acted up and finally went to e and stayed. now have and occasional surge in the fuel when i have the brake pressed (known issues). speedometer starting acting up and no longer works (known issue). oh and the check engine light is now always on. started intermittently (again, known issue). was told $500 from dealer when i called to report the service air bag message. recall should apply to this vehicle, i don't know what the vehicle went through before i purchased it. cloth seats/leather seats, the service air bag sensor is still broke! don't have the money to fix all the known problems. | |||
| 02/08/2008 | 25000 | 1 | 03/01/2005 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet trailblazer ext 370. while driving on an icy bridge at approximately 40 mph, the vehicle spun and struck a brick wall. the air bags failed to deploy. the contact sustained injuries and a police report was filed. the vin was unknown. the current and failure mileages were 25,000. | |||
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL | |||
| 09/28/2006 | 42866 | 2 | 07/19/2005 |
| On september 28th 2006 i was driving my 2005 chevy trailblazer ext down the road between 55 and 60 mph. it had started raining about 5 minutes earlier. i started up the hill and was approaching the other road i needed to turn on and gently applied the brakes. as soon as i applied the brakes, the vehicle went out of control. i tried to pump the brakes and get the vehicle back into control but had no luck. i then crossed the center line and crashed head on into the guard rail on the other side of the road. after i hit the guard rail i bounced off of that and hit an on coming vehicle in the passenger side with the front end of my car. i then proceeded to continue back to the other side of the road and jump a 4ft ditch and finally came to a stop on the other side of the ditch. the funny thing is that this all happened while i was traveling up hill!!! i truly believe the so called four wheel anti-lock brakes failed. the air bags never deployed either! after the crash the right front tire had a huge hole in the side wall and i am not too sure that this wasn't part of the problem. the torn part of the tire is sticking out and seems like it failed too. i just wish i could get someone to investigate this (goodyear tires). *nm | |||
| AIR BAGS - SIDE/WINDOW | |||
| 12/08/2010 | 49392 | ||
| I took a left turn with my 2005 chevy trailblazer ext. and fishtailed on some ice and my side airbags deployed. i have read several other complaints about this on the internet and gm has told those people that the black box said that the airbag system anticipated a rollover and they have not paid to have the damage fixed. i have told gm this has happened and am waiting to hear back from them but am expecting the same verdict that everyone else has recieved. i don't see how fishtailing on wet pavement, ice, or in some instances or around something can cause airbags to deploy. i have airbags that need to be replaced, the interior roof needs to be replaced, and the seat belts are all locked up and can't be used. | |||