general problems of the 2003 Chevrolet Trailblazer - part 1

Transmission doesn’t have 3rd or 4th gear. Vehicle was smoking under hood. Found out after buying it it has flood damage. Mechanic said there was water in the transmission when inspected. Vehicle needs catylic converter sensor and vehicle has bad ground wire. Seller didn’t inform me of any of these issues and he said it was in good shape and very reliable.

Wire harness coating falling apart almost caught my truck on fire got pictures and it triggers the brake light to stay on.

Nothing has happening yet trying to get the recalls fixed have no idea how to go about it so started here, please tell me if not allowed or where I can get the information.

Takata recall I have a 2003 Chevrolet Trailblazer and my SUV was parked in the yard and I went to go to the store and opened my door and found the truck was full of smoke! my driver seat had caught on fire just sitting there. Not even cranked! it destroyed the seat and the top of the SUV and the roof melted all over the truck.

Takata recall" tail lights not working any more out new lightbulbs in an a week later stop working again.

The instrument cluster has quit working.

My daughter was driving locally yesterday 7/1/18 and making a right hand turn at a slow speed. She lost control and collided with another vehicle in oncoming traffic. She was injured. The cars brake lights had just gone out and the blower is going on and off. I assume this is an electrical problem for which my VIN is not displaying a recall. There is now damage to the wheel and rear drivers side fender, clearly displaying that the vehicle spun out of control, based on the 2 vehicle impact points.

2003 chevy trail blazer, at engine start up, dash lights and gauges do not come on, turn key off and back on, dash panel (cluster) still does not function. Test drove to see if dash would come on, it did not. Parked tblazer, tried starting again, still noting. Did this procedure 5 times and still dash not working. Parked tblazer in driveway, went out to start tblazer an hour later at dash worked. Currently a driving safety hazard as the dash cluster is not working properly, only intermittent. Dash cluster recall.

For the last 3 years, every part of my instrument panel seems to work intermittently. At times while driving, the speedometer will show me doing 40 mph over my actual speed, or will show me doing 120 while I am sitting still. The oil pressure will sometimes show that there is no pressure at all, or the temp is as far as it can go on the hot side. All of these issues disappear after a while, and then function normally. They do not seem to be tied together, because at times several instruments are working fine, but 2 others are not.

When driving for 30 to 45 mins all the instruments on dash start sticking and reading wrong information. In the picture my car is parked .

The electronic throttle module to pcm communication error comes up and the vehicle starts the warm up process and then dies in the process of warm up procedures. I guess my question to you is how can I fix this or does a deal need to fix it or is there a recall on this issue?.

Speedometer and gauges do not work.

Speedometer is erratic often showing false speed or goes to zero. All moving speeds highway or streets.

The dashboard cluster malfunctions. The first time it went out, the fuel guage and oil pressure guage stopped working and all other guages went out one by one soon after. We had a new gm cluster installed by the gm dealership at a cost of $600. This time, all guages stopped working and the alert lights stay on. (I. E. Service 4wd, seat belt, service engine, brake and abs) other gm vehicles with this same cluster have been recalled but not the 2003trailblazer.

None of my gages work and a lot of my dash lights are on. I have no idea how much gas I have. My speedometer and rpm gages work but nothing else does. This has been happening on and off for about 3 months but they would always go back on. But now it has been off for a week without going back to normal. Twice last week the radio and the power windows stopped working as well. This happens while driving parked all the time and it doesnt go back to normal. I have seen a lot of complaints about this so I have no clue why there isn't a recall. It is not safe to drive my Trailblazer until these things are fixed. I work at a Chevrolet dealership and they couldn't figure out how to fix this either. Gm needs to put out a recall to get this fixed ASAP.

"takata recall" we just purchased this car from my husband's deceased mother's estate and it had a recall on the lighting inside and outside tail lights. The vehicle has 83 thousand miles on it and the vehicle rear lights are not working when I brake only one that is is the third light on top of car. Gm (Chevrolet) I live on a very limited income and due to disability as well. My income is 1330 a month. How can I get this fixed? they want to charge me for diagnostics, as I stated we fixed it once it seems to be that it may get hot and blows fuses and then I have no idea I have no tail lights this is very dangerous and someone could rear end me and kill themselves and or myself. Please help me in understanding are they responsible to fix their defects as they did it once when it was recalled and we also just bought this car. Paid about 5 thousand for it. Excellent condition. Other than the lighting system not working only on and off. I have not had an accident but I do not want to have a accident. I find it unfair that they dont want to fix the problem unless they are paid because apparently it is a problem that is and will recur. We have actually fixed the problem once but apparently something is wrong that we cannot secure the issue properly. Kindest regards carolyn otoole.

"takata recall" was driving down the highway doing bout 70mph and I hear a nosie on the roof and then I saw my whole 3rd break light asmbley break off and fly into the air and almost hit the car in back of me this can cause a major accident if it fly's off and hit a car in back of you and I was doing research online and saw its a common problem with these SUV its a poor design and needs to be recalled before somebody dies.

My wife started to drive the car and came in and said that the guages stopped working, I went out to see, turned the ignition on a couple of times and they came on and in about 30 seconds they went off and are still not working. The car was in the driveway at 2666 madison 248 fredericktown mo. It has the same as the ones that are included in other 2003 recalls but the Trailblazer hasn't had as many complaints. I would like to file one.

2003 Chevrolet Trailblazer 370 rear passenger side door electrical window control switch would not completely close window . Smelled like electrical wire burning. Had vehicle stop at time and had assistance in removing door interior panel and found electrical window switch completely melted and wire connection burned . Personal vehicle used on vacation, stopped just off highway at time .

I went to pick up my grandson who lives approximately 1 mile away, drove back home making it 2 miles. Upon parking in the driveway we both smelled something burning and noticed smoke coming out from under the hood. The ignition was switched off. Upon opening the hood I discovered the fuse box smoldering and melting away, so I quickly used a wrench to disconnect the battery terminals. Before doing so I noticed that the headlights were still on but growing dimmer by the minute. The vehicle is not in drivable condition.

Tl-the contact owns a 2003 Chevrolet Trailblazer. The contact stated that while driving at a high speed, the speedometer gave an incorrect reading. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the speedometer needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 135,000. Oo.

The rpm gauge and speedometer have quit working on the instrument panel. The blower motor switch has gone bad and the ac blower will not work.

First oil pressure gauge went and now my speedometer is also gone stuck at 50 mph. Called chevy can't get straight answer from them and ask what other vehicles with the same problem with gauge cluster advised can't disclosed any information.

The check engine light went on and there was a strong gas odor. Gas had also previously spilled out when fuelung.

The contact owns a 2003 Chevrolet Trailblazer. The contact stated that the air conditioner light, rear brake light, and rear driver side tail light malfunctioned. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic and the technician diagnosed that the lights malfunctioned due to electrical issues with the vehicle. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 65,000.

Tuning the key in the ignition, the car does not start and the key cannot be removed from the ignition. It is stuck in the on position, the wheel does turn but the shifter cannot be taken from the park position. Car is being towed today to aaa for assessment and repair. I found no recall but am concerned with the stuck ignition in the on position and the key not being removable.

Tl-the contact owns a 2003 Chevrolet Trailblazer ext 370. The contact stated that the vehicles windows would not roll up or down and that the heated seats would not turn off. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 140,000. Mc.

Fuel gauge and speedometer have stopped working.

We were driving down the highway when our rear passenger door flew open, and will not stay closed or lock. We had to drive with someone back there holding it shut til we got to a store to ratchet strap it closed. I called chevy when I seen it was part of a recall for the 2005 but they would not look at mine because it was not the same year as the recall and want me to pay out of pocket to fix the problem, and would not tell me k=name of the part to see if I could buy it and fix it ourself a lot cheaper.

The mileage on the Trailblazer does not light up or any info on the instrument panel.

Tl- the contact owns a 2003 Chevrolet Trailblazer. The contact stated that there was a strong burning smell emitting from the vehicle with no warning. The contact noticed that the key was removed and the position of the ignition was on and the vehicle would not turn off. The internal lights intermittently came on and would not turn off. The contact disconnected the battery andthe vehicle would not shut off. The contact checked further and noticed that there was a fire that was burning the fuze box. The contact had another consumer assist with disconnecting the fuzes so the vehicle would not be consumed with fire along with the ongoing electrical short. The vehicle was not repaired. The vehicle was not inspected nor diagnosed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 149,000. Dyd.

Electrical problems in the instrument panel (dashboard). All gauges intermittently quits working, on startup, sitting running or in motion. Tachometer never reads correctly. Can occasionally get gauges to reset by clicking ignition back and forth between run and start positions. I know of 5 other vehicle's that are having similar problems.

One day I woke up and got in my car to go to work and before I left I noticed my gauges were messed up. The abs symbol, the parking break symbol, and the low battery lights all were on and my temperature gauge was at zero and still is. The gas gauge is at zero the battery and oil gauges are all placed at zero. I checked all my fuses found a couple bad ones and replaced them and the problem is still not fixed. The car still drives. But I am fearful of a shut down in the middle of the road with it acting like this.

While driving down the road, my car shut off and I almost drove off the road because all of the lights shut off and I lost control of my power steering and brakes.

Stopped along interstate for gas last night. Started the vehicle after filling up and the instrument panel would not illuminate, the radio was dead, the a/c was blowing hot air on high fan (which I could not turn down or off), the interior lights were out and the brake lights / tail lights failed to illuminate. Restarted the vehicle 3 times with no change. Placed the vehicle in gear to move to a parking spot and everything started working again. Drove remaining 70 miles down the interstate w/o further issue. Drove vehicle to work and home today. Pulled into driveway, put vehicle in park and got out to open garage door. Got back in vehicle, put it in gear and ran into the same problem from last night. This vehicle's electrical system has been wacky from the day I purchased it brand new. A/c or heat goes out intermittently, instruments quit working, battery suddenly drains, windshield wipers come on by themselves (even after the recall work), cruise control disengages for no reason, headlights/taillights fail, etc. Service techs willingly admit there is an issue with the electrical system, but gm will not acknowledge it nor issue a recall. I should have gotten rid of the damn thing along time ago, but my wife loves it because of the room. I hope it doesn't wind up killing her one day.