Two problems related to steering tie rod assembly have been reported for the 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
The tie rod broke pulling the vehicle into a tree causing injury and damage to the vehicle. Wheel damage windshield broken, side body damage and bumper damage.
The vehicle was 2 months old. It has not even had so much as an oil change or a flat tire. While driving the vehicle, the tie rod broke and forced me into a tree. I was going approximately 5-10 miles per hour. I was injured. Gm is saying that the tie rod broke when I hit the tree, however the state trooper at the scene documented that the tie rod definately broke before hand and caused the accident. There are scrape marks in the roadway showing the tire dragging me to the tree. To date gm will not acknowledge a problem. If I had been going faster I could have been killed.