Transmission Failure problems of the 2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer

2005 chevy Trailblazer. Bought the vehicle used in 2008 with only 33868 miles on it. Have 78158 on vehicle now and last month had to have the radiator replaced and transmission rebuilt. The place that did the repairs told me he gets about 3-5 Trailblazers a year with the same problem. He had 2 folks call about the same issue while mine was on the rack. Seems the radiator develops a small leak in the system that cools the trans and causes the transmission to fail. Had no real issues until last month when vehicle would not come out of 3rd gear. Could put auto transmission in to 1 or 2 and then be able to take off from dead stop and shift into drive to get the vehicle home and then to shop. Have looked online to see if there was a recall on this issue and there has not, but appears there have been other complaints about this issue. Total cost for vehicle repair was $2,814. 17.

We were driving on I-85 in virginia with cruise control on when the engine started racing. We limped into a service station at the next exit to have the Trailblazer looked at. We only had 1st and 2nd gear remaining on our transmission and had to have the SUV towed to the next major city and spend the night until the dealership opened on Monday. The end result is that the transmission failed at less than 64,000 miles. I was told by the dealership that the transmission housing essentially disintegrated and there were a lot of metal fragments inside the housing which were a major factor in the transmission failing. This level of catastrophic failure of a major drive train component should not occur at so low a mileage. We, as the consumer, were forced to pay $3200. 00 for a new transmission. Plus the costs of hotel rental and a rental vehicle to return home and missing work to address this issue.

After doing some research I am encountering a problem that seems to be out there a lot. I have a 2005 Trailblazer and my forward gear stopped working at 80k miles. I think is a much too new car to encounter a transmission failure. There is obviously a problem when I have read pages and pages of this same issue. Gm has to step in and tell me something my dealer estimate this to cost me a min. $3,200. 00 in this economy or any that is a large expense to encounter with no warning or previous problems. I hope the gm will have some answers and do the right thing! this happened to me on the van wyke expressway in rush hour many of us could have been hurt or killed! thank you.

While driving I automatic transmission failed to work in the drive position. It was taken to dealer for repairs,where it was found that a complete failure of transmission occurred. The vehicle was safely stopped on the side of the road. Their were no injuries, but under different circumstances this occurrence may have resulted in severe injury or death. The vehicle had only 51,653 miles at the time of the incident. The transmission was overhauled and the vehicle was returned 5 days later. The required first service of the transmission was not scheduled until 100,000 miles.