2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer Speed Control & Cruise Problems

GEAR SHIFT LOCKED INTO THE PARKED POSITION WHILE VEHICLE STILL MOVING AND IN DRIVE. BRAKE PEDAL ALSO LOCKED.MY AUTISTIC SON WAS IN THE VEHICLE WITH ME. GM KNOWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE AS FAR BACK AS 2002 . DO THEY CARE ABOUT THE IMPACT ? I AM THE 3RD OWNER ,BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE OF SAFETY RATING AND THAT IT HAS LESS THAN 92000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE OWNED IT FOR 5 YEARS.

I HAVE 2004 TRAILBLAZER IN JAN MY TACH AND SPEEDOMETER HAVE NOT WORKED PROPERLY ...I CANNOT AFFORD THE 500 DOLLAR PLUS FIX ON THIS VEHICLE. I HAVE READ MANY COMPLAINTS IN REGARDS TO THE SAME SITUATION. APPARENTLY NO ONE HAS TAKEN CARE OF THIS PROBLEM. IFROM MY UNDERSTANDING THERE HAVE BEEN RECALLS ON MOST OTHER VEHICLES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THERE ISN'T ONE FOR THE TRAILBLAZER.PLEASE ADVISE WHAT TO DO. *TR

SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER. BOTH HAVE NOT WORKED PROPERLY FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW... UN SAFE WILL BE GETTING IT FIX UNFORTUNATELY ITS GOING TO COST ALOT OF MONEY BUT WILL SAVE LIVES...I HAVE HEARD MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE DID SOME RESEARCH AND THERE WERE QUIET ALOT OF PPL W SAME PROBLEMS.. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE TO PREVENT ANY AND ALL SAFETY ISSUES. *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER AND ALL OTHER GAUGES EXCEPT THE GAS GAUGE HAVE STOPPED WORKING.

SPEEDOMETER GETS STUCK AT RANDOM PLACES. IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW HOW FAST YOU ARE GOING. ALL OTHER CONTROLS HAVE ALSO GONE OUT TOO. THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE WAS THE FIRST TO STOP WORKING AND THE REST HAVE GONE OUT ABOUT A MONTH OR 2 APART.

VEHICLE GOES INTO SHUTDOWN MODE WITH AN UNRESPONSIVE ACCELERATOR. MOTOR STILL RUNS BUT NO ACCELERATION. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE WHEN DRIVING IN TRAFFIC AS YOU HAVE NO POWER TO GET OUT OF TRAFFIC AND HARMS WAY. THERE IS NO WARNING THAT A PROBLEM IS IMMINENT. A REDUCED POWER LIGHT COMES ON AND YOU'RE STUCK. VEHICLE IN QUESTION IS A 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. *TR

SPEEDOMETER ON MY 2004 TRAILBLAZER HAS BECOME ERRATIC. SOMETIME NO SPEED. SOMEITMES STUCK ON 90MPH WHETHER I'M MOVING OR NOT. CURRENTLY STUCK ABOVE THE 120MPH MARK.

THE SPEEDOMETER BEGAN TO BE ERRATIC AND WOULD NOT SHOW THE CORRECT SPEED. I COULD BE TRAVELING 40 MPH AND THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD SHOW 10 MPH. THEN IT WOULD JUMP TO 110 MPH, THEN ZERO. I WENT TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD A NEW CLUSTER BOARD WAS NEEDED. THE REPLACEMENT COST IS $600-$700. I DID AN INTERNET SEARCH AND FOUND OUT THAT HIS IS A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM WITH THE TRAILBLAZER. I ALSO FOUND OUT THAT CHEV. HAS RECALLED OTHER VEHICLES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, SUCH AS SUBURBAN, SILVERADO AND YUKON, BUT HAS NOT RECALLED THE TRAILBLAZER. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. CHEVY MUST BE AWARE THAT THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM FOR TRAILBLAZER OWNERS THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL OF THE CLUSTER BOARD ON THE TRAILBLAZER. *TR

2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT. RPM GAUGE STOP WORKING AND THEN NOW THE RPM AND SPEEDOMETER IS NOT WORKING. I FOUND A NUMBER OF REPORTS FROM OTHERS ONLINE STATING THAT THEIR RPM AND SPEEDO ALSO STOPPED WORKING. I HAVE SEEN NO RECALLS ON THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW FAST I'M TRAVELING. *TR

I BOUGHT MY 2004 TRAILBLAZER EXT 7 MONTHS AGO EVERYTHING WAS WORKING FINE FOR ABOUT 5 MONTHS UNTIL MY TACHOMETER GOT STUCK IN A DOWNWARD POSITION LAST WEEKEND I RAN OUT OF GAS EVEN THOUGH THE METER DISPLAYED 1/2 TANK FULL. I'VE TALKED TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID I WOULD HAVE TO SEND THE PANEL TO GM PLUS 300 DOLLARS TO GET REPAIRED AND I CANT DRIVE MY VEHICLE UNTIL THE PANEL IS RETURNED BECAUSE THE MILEAGE HAS TO STAY THE SAME. IF THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WHY CANT GM COME UP WITH A SOLUTION INSTEAD OF JUST TAKING PEOPLE MONEY WITH ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS. *TR

IN MY 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER I WAS APPLYING THE BRAKES. THE BRAKES FAILED, AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED (APPROXIMATELY 65MPH) WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL SET, WHEN MY VEHICLE SUDDENLY RESPONDED LIKE I HAD SLAMMED THE GAS PEDAL DOWN TO THE FLOOR. MY SPEED CLIMBED RAPIDLY, BUT I HAD THE PRESENCE OF MIND TO DROP THE TRUCK INTO NEUTRAL (THE TACHOMETER CONTINUED TO BE AT ITS MAXIMUM LEVEL AND THE ENGINE STILL WHINED HIGH) AND STEER TO SAFETY, ACROSS SEVERAL LANES OF TRAFFIC, TO THE BREAKDOWN LANE. WHEN I SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND TURNED IT BACK ON AGAIN, THIS ISSUE WAS NO LONGER PRESENT. *TR

I HAVE SAFETY CONCERNS IN REGARDS OF MY VEHICLE. WHILE DRIVING, MY SPEEDOMETER IS READING OFF WRONG NUMBERS. FOR EXAMPLE, I CAN BE DRIVING 60MPH, BUT THE SPEEDOMETER IS READING AT 80MPH. IT IS A REAL CONCERN FOR ME BECAUSE I HAVE KNOW IDEA HOW FAST I'M DRIVING. NOW THAT A LOT OF CITIES HAVE PHOTO-ENFORCED CAMERAS TO RECORD HOW FAST YOU ARE DRIVING, I HAVE TO GUESS HOW FAST I'M GOING AND HOPE THAT I DON'T RECEIVE A TICKET IN THE MAIL. I HAVE BEEN RESEARCHING THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM AND I SEE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ON THIS TOPIC. UNFORTUNATELY, MY WARRANTY IS EXPIRED SO I WILL HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET. I HOPE GM SEES THIS AND CONSIDER A RECALL

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE THROTTLE BODY FAILED WHILE THE CONTACT WAS AT A STOP LIGHT CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED IMMEDIATELY AND THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO A MECHANIC WHERE THEY INSPECTED AND REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY AT HER EXPENSE FOR $200. THE DEALER WAS ALSO CALLED AND INFORMED HER TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING BUT SHE INFORMED THEM THAT SHE WOULD TAKE THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER MECHANIC AND THEY WILL REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CALLED, FILED A CLAIM AND WAS ALSO INFORMED TO CONTACT NHTSA AND FILE A CLAIM. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 121,000. UPDATED 12/8/10. *LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE THROTTLE BODY FAILED MANY TIMES AND THE LAST TIME IT FAILED, THE CONSUMER WAS APPROACHING A RED LIGHT AND THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY STALLED. UPDATED 12/13/10

MY SUV HAS LESS THAN 70,000 MILES AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT STOPPED SHOWING ME THE SPEED THAT I AM GOING. IT JUST SITS ON ZERO AND IT STOPPED SHOWING ME MY GAS, IT SITS ON E,...THIS IS A HUGE AND DANGEROUS PROBLEM. I TRIED TO CONTACT CHEVY BUT HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL...I HAVE A 2004 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER! I HAVE NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I LOVED MY VEHICLE AND TOOK VERY GOOD CARE OF IT.... *TR

THE SPEEDOMETER STICKS AND DOES NOT GIVE ACCURATE READINGS OF SPEED (I.E. 70MPH WHEN STOPPED AT TRAFFIC LIGHT). THIS BEGAN TODAY AND HAS NOT CORRECTED ITSELF. THERE ARE SERIOUS POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES OF THIS PROBLEM AS DRIVERS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO KNOW THEIR TRUE SPEED. NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE YET TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. RESEARCH HAS SHOWN AVERAGE PRICE OF REPAIR TO BE AROUND $450.00. *TR

DRIVING ALONG AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE SPEEDOMETER READS ZERO. ALL OTHER GAUGES WORK FINE. HAD DEALER FIX IT FOR 466.00 GM HAS BULLETIN OUT FOR THE PICKUPS AND SUVS BUT NOT THIS VEHICLE THAT USE THE SAME COMPONENTS. *TR

AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING. *TR

ISSUE ORIGINALLY OCCURRING IN 2008. SPEEDOMETER FAILED...FIRST GETTING STUCK THEN NOT RETURNING TO ZERO. WHEN TURNING VEHICLE ON AGAIN, SPEEDOMETER WOULD SPORADICALLY WORK, THEN GET STUCK, THEN STAY ON ZERO. BROUGHT TO 2 CHEVY DEALERSHIPS WHILE STILL UNDER WARRANTY (PURCHASED EXTENDED WARRANTY ON DATE OF PURCHASE) AND WAS TOLD "THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE REPRODUCED", SO NOTHING COULD BE DONE. THE PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT, AS WELL AS "SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT" GOING ON FOR PERIODS OF TIME ....AGAIN CHECKED BY GM DEALERSHIPS AND OTHER MECHANICS BUT NOTHING FOUND. HERE WE ARE IN 2012, I RECENTLY STARTED DRIVING THIS VEHICLE AGAIN AS MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING IT AND APPARENTLY DIDN'T MIND THE SPEEDOMETER NOT WORKING AT TIMES, BUT, WITH HIS UNEXPECTED DEATH IN NOVEMBER, AND MY SON AWAY AT COLLEGE, I HAD PLANNED TO GIVE THE VEHICLE TO MY SON TO TAKE TO COLLEGE, BUT NO SPEEDOMETER IS DEFINITELY A PROBLEM. AS I AM RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE I AM SEEING MANY CONSUMERS HAVE HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE. WHY HAS THIS NOT BEEN A RECALL BY GM. THERE ARE CLAIMS OF OTHER MECHANICS BEING ABLE TO REPAIR THIS ISSUE AT A PRETTY HEFTY COST. I AM IN NO POSITION TO PAY FOR A REPAIR OF SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF UNDER THE WARRANTY WE PURCHASED, WHICH, BY THE WAY WAS NOT CHEAP. IS NOT SAFETY SOMETHING GM HAS ON ITS' PRIORITY LIST. DRIVING WITH NO ABILITY TO KNOW HOW FAST OR SLOW YOU ARE TRAVELING IS DEFINITELY AN ISSUE. I REQUEST AN INVESTIGATION BE LAUNCHED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THIS DEFECT, WHICH I HAVE NO DOUBT WILL RESULT IN A GM RECALL TO REPAIR THIS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

ON 2004 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER THE SPEEDOMETER WILL GO FROM ZERO TO 60 WITH OUT MOVING. *TR