Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 05/15/2011 | 118000 | ||
| Speedometer keeps getting stuck. chevy has been told about it. but they want me to pay another 500 to fix it. and this is the second time. they have had recalls on the 2003 and 2004 for the same thing. but will not ammit the 2005 . | |||
| 03/30/2011 | 68000 | ||
| I have a 2005 chevrolet trailblazer ext. couple months ago the speedometer started acting up, i will be driving and it will stop reading my speed and going down to 0, it will get back to normal after i turn off the car and turn it back on, did that couple times, not very often, then started getting stuck on whatever speed i was going, and didn't matter if was slowing down or going faster, will stay at that speed on the speedometer, couple days ago started to go nuts, now when i am stopped rreads i am at 20 or 30 mph, and when i am going 30 or 40 starts going up and down, marking 100 mph when i am actually going just 40 mph, i have read several complaints about this problem with this same vehicle, a recall was issued for older models, but nothing for the 2005, i dont have the money to fix it right now, and i have to use my gps unit to know how fast i am going, and avoid getting pull over or cause an accident, but i am not the onlyone with this problem, i will like to have chevrolet take ownership of the problem, it is a safety issue, and is clearly a chevy issue not a consumer one, we paid for a product that supposed to work properly and it is not. | |||
| 09/15/2010 | 70000 | ||
| Speedometer quit working, first 70mph then 90 then 120 , it started bouncing around all over the place. now it has quit working all together. i believe this is a major safty issue. i have checked into it and thousands of people are experiencing the same issues. this is my wife daily driver and she transports my kids in this vehicle. chevy needs to man up and address this issue. | |||
| 01/29/2011 | 50000 | ||
| I own a 2005 trailblazer ext and the speedometer does not work. it is a chronic problem according to research that i have conducted. it is a safety issue as well. gm needs to take responsibility and recall the instrument cluster. the speedometer fails everytime that i drive it. the dealership stated that the cluster is going to run about $400, which does not include labor. | |||
| 01/02/2011 | 110000 | ||
| Speedometer on 2005 trailblazer is misleading. you can be doing 70mph and it will only register 50 mph. sometimes you can be doing 20 mph and it will register 120 mph. but 80% of the time the speedometer is correct (i think). this can be dangerous, especially to new drivers (my daughter who just turned 16). gm is providing misleading information to the driver and you have no indication that it is incorrect. | |||
| 02/08/2009 | 60000 | ||
| Gas guage and speedometer does not work on a 2005 trailblazer. i have seen many complaints on this | |||
| 11/25/2010 | 70000 | ||
| Speedometer and other instrument panel items are not functioning. main issue is the speedometer as i have no idea how fast i am going. | |||
| 10/01/2010 | 85000 | ||
| My speedometer stopped working around six months ago and now the oil level guage has stopped working. from what i've been reading it is only a matter of time before the fuel guage goes out. this is absurd that this hasn't been recalled since there are countless complaints concerning the instrument panel. | |||
| 07/01/2010 | 40000 | ||
| My 2005 trailblazer speedometer stops working. while driving the speedometer will read 120 mph or more while i am only driving 70 mph. i verify my speed through my garmin gps. this happens for no rhyme or reason sometimes it works fine and the next minute it is broken again. this is extremely dangerous as i was traveling 250 miles on the highway and thought i was traveling at 70 mph but i was really doing 50. the problem was that everyone including semi trucks where whizzing by my and i couldnt figure out why. this caused me to be almost run off the road as a semi almost rear ended me as he slammed his brakes on. i have not been able tofix the problem yet as gm wants 450 dollars to fix a problem that should be recalled. i have read hundreds of posts online about this exact problem on 2005 trailblazers. apparantly there is a recall on other gm vehicles with this speedometer just not on the trailblazer. | |||
| 02/28/2010 | 2 | ||
| I have a 2005 chevy trailblazer what a hunk of junk about 6 months ago the fuel gauge stopped working , which i read is a known problem with many of the 2005 models its a problem but i am dealing with it until i run out of gas late on night with my kids and some terrible happens to us! but that is not the major complaint now. on 2 seperate occasions my speedometer just stops working, either i am going zero or i am going 120 miles a hour, what a major problem for a person who does a great deal of highway traveling. so what are my options it seem that there are numerous complaints regarding both of these issues i know gm doesnt probably see them as a saftey issue but i do. i terrified of running out of gas i usually traveling alone or with my teenage daughter. but o wont be able to afford the gas because i have to pay all of those speeding tickets. *cn | |||
| 01/23/2010 | 135000 | 1 | |
| I have a 2005 chevrolet trailblazer ext lt the speedometer went haywire it was fine then on the highway i was all of a sudden doing 110 miles per hour i thought whats going on so i stopped along highway fully stopped my speedometer read 85 mph i knew the speed was off cause me speed on my gps said i was doing 55 mph when the speedometer said 110 mph chevrolet should fix this problem cause it is a safety hazard cause i am not able to correctly judge my speed please look in to this i am not the only one having this problem there are thousands on thousands of people complaining of this problem it is your duty to check this problem so someone or several people arent killed because of chevrolets problem i cant believe there isnt a recall already. if you can get back with me on this problem thank you *tw | |||
| 01/15/2009 | 45000 | 1 | |
| 2005 chevrolet trailblazer.....speedometer works improperly while driving. i will be driving at a rate of 60 mph and all of a sudden the speedometer jumps to 95+ mph and when i turned off the motor the speedometer will not go back to zero and will sit on 20 or 30 mph instead of zero. this has been happening for over a year. please help....... *cn | |||
| 06/01/2009 | 1 | ||
| Speedo stopped working at 65,000. *tr | |||
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - ACCELERATOR PEDAL | |||
| 07/25/2008 | 59048 | 1 | |
| My 2005 chevy trailblazer keeps losing power to the accelerator pedal,i took it to the dealer they had it for 2 days they replaced acc pedal sensor i took car home and the problem occurred again same day. it cost me 442 dollars to repair and i have to go back to dealer tomorrow what are my rights in this case can they charge me again to fix the same problem. *tr | |||