general problems of the 2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer - part 1

Speedometer first showed speed of 60 when sitting still. I turned off the engine, restarting it 3 times and the speedometer reset. But a few days later it once again stuck and I had just started it. This time at 48 at all times whether the engine is on or off, idling of traveling. It continues to be stuck at 48 at all times, never decreasing or increasing.

Driving in city speedomoter quit working properly. Dont know what speed is while driving car has 33000 miles, has not been driven in 3 years as it was my fathers and he no longer drives as he is 97 years old.

Instrument panel cluster doesn't work and I don't even know my speed.

I can't tell if my tank is full or empty.

Rpm, gas, and voltage meter are not reading properly at all. Everywhere u go everytime u start the truck up it does not read properly.

Car will not accelerate. Revs up really high without acceleration.

The speedometer has become unreliable; it sticks / jerks while driving after which it does not display an accurate speed. I¿ve had my speedometer read 30mph while completely stopped. It has a greater tendency to stick around 50-60mph. Repeatedly starting the engine, causing the speedometer to go through its reset cycle will move the needle back to 0mph in approximately 5mph increments for every start. This only provides a bit of reliability for short trips.

The speedometer doesnt work.

The airbags will show that they're not enabled even with a passenger sitting in the seat. Then it would come on as being on but no passenger in seat. A lot of sensors have popped up in the electrical panel, on top of that the car kinda shut down on me and started going 10 miles per hour, as I was going out in traffic.

The speedometer gets stuck on a speed and the only way to get it back down to 0 is by turning the engine on and off several times. This has happened to me several times in the last few months. From my research on this it appears this is happening to many many people but nothing gets done about it. It seems to me like it should be a recall to get it fixed.

The speedometer in my car started not working a week ago. . It would say I was going 70 and in reality I was only going 55. Now it starts out at 110mph when I start driving. . . . Making it really difficult to know how fast/slow I am going. I have read many articles of this happening with this make and model of vehicle.

Dash controls and readings all go out. Speedometer does not show speed. Oil pressure gauage does not read correctly.

Our speedometer does not work any longer and as I read, this is a common problem but there is so recall on the vehicle.

Speedometer stopped working a few times until it completely has gone dead and doesn't work at all. My Trailblazer also has stalled if stopped at a red light more than once.

The speedometer is stuck and will not go back down to 0mph when stopped.

For approximately 6 months my 2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer's speedometer was intermittently showing that I was going from 100 to 120 mph. It didn't matter what speed I was actually going or even if I was sitting still. I called the Chevrolet hotline because I noticed other owners having the same problem. They were basically not helpful. As many complaints that there are about this defect, I cannot believe the NHTSA has not stepped in. It is now happening all the time as it is approaching 74,000 miles which seems to be the mileage when everyone is stating they are having the most trouble.

Since October 2014 the speedometer would randomly start up at different initial points. Some days it would start at 60 mph, 10mph and recently it starts up at 110mph. When the vehicle is in motion the needle would move when accelerating but the readings are completely inaccurate. I have read various online blogs of this same incident happening to numerous chevy Trailblazers in general. Gm does not have this problem as a recall therefore I would formally like to make a complaint. Thank you for your time.

Tl-the contact owns a 2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer. The contact stated that while driving 35 mph, the accelerator pedal was released but the speed failed to decrease. The vehicle had not been diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not aware of the issue. The VIN was unavailable. The approximate failure mileage was 127,000. Ne.

My speedometer has stopped working in my car an I don't know how fast the car is traveling, done a research online an there are thousand people with the same probably as mine with the exact same make and model of car as I have. Something needs to be done cause Chevrolet want $500 to replace the speedometer an that is not right.

The odometer stops working periodically. It has happened a lot recently, and sometimes it resets when we turn the car off, but sometimes that doesn't help. The needle will just get stuck even after breaking. Other times, it just falls down to zero while we are still at a higher rate of speed.

We were driving at about 55 (we dont know exact speed as our control panel is not working) and the steering went out. It was hard pulling to the right and a few times we could not control it and went off the road. We had another incident like that when we were driving in the snow. When we purchased the car we had a fuel issue that covered under a recall. . . . Now our whole panel is out. We dont know the speed we are going, the oil light and engine light are always on. We take care of our car so we know its not low on anything.

Speed control. Driving down the road & the speedometer does not register the correct speed. 10 to 20 miles per hour over & even more at times. No way of knowing how fast car is going. Sometimes it registers under. Very dangerous driving. Never knowing how fast or slow I am going. Chevrolet also replaced fuel gauge sending unit. Rear wiper has not worked for years. Tried everything to fix. Very unsafe to not be able to see out of my back window. This vehicle has a lot of problems. Bought new. Very low mileage.

Cluster gauges are going out. The speedometer quick working a few years ago and is intermittent at best on a daily basis. It either indicates a lesser or greater speed than actual or just falls to point straight down. I have been using a mounted gps to indicate speed. Initial repair cost estimates were $500+ for the parts since they will only replace the entire gauge cluster. With labor, the estimate was in excess of $800. Fuel gauge is now inoperative or intermittent. When I fill the tank, the fuel gauge reads way past the full line. Having to rely of the ¿fuel to empty� and the ¿fuel used� computer information along with the the trip meter to estimate fuel. Received another estimate for a mechanic to pull the gauge cluster and rebuild each individual gauge motor for an estimate of $500. Based upon the number similar complaints on this same thing, this appears to be a manufacturing defect that needs to be corrected by gm.

My husband bought the car used for me for christmas 2013. I was driving through the city when I looked down to see how fast I was going the speedometer said 0 it remained that way until the next day. I started it the next day it seemed fine but after a 1/2 mile I noticed I sped up and speedometer was going down until it finally went to 0. I have been driving with a speedometer that doesn't work. I looked online and seen that a lot of other consumers were having the same problem some with much less mileage.

I was driving on the highway when I slowed down & stopped for an accident ahead of me. I did not slam on my brakes and I did not go over any bumps that would jar the vehicle. I was stopped for approximately 20 minutes. When I began accelerating I noticed the speedometer was no longer accurately reading my speed. I was doing around 50 mph, but my speedometer was reading 22 mph. I tried turning the car off once I got home, then restarting it, but it was still reading 22 mph. When I drove it the next day, it started out reading 10 mph, and has varied since then, but still not reading accurately.

While traveling we noticed the we were being passed excessively, we looked at the speedometer and saw that we were doing slightly above the speed limit. Out of curiosity we checked our speed against our gps / Smart phone and saw that we were doing 30 mph under the speed being reported by our speedometer. After searching on the internet we found that 100's if not 1000's are having the same issue or even sometimes in reverse where it states that they are doing 120 mph when they are only doing a fraction of that. In addition we have found that there has been a recall on this same part on other gm vehicles for the exact same reason but the Trailblazer was excluded for whatever reason. How can not knowing how fast your actually going not be a major hazard especially with a proven history of failures.

I went into town to grab dinner and as I am driving along, my headlights shut off. The only thing that remained on, were the orange turn signal lights. I frantically turned the headlight knob on an off and nothing happened. I was looking for a place to turn off the highway, however it was night time and I had no headlights. I ended up pulling over to the gravel side of the road, and turned the car off. Now I am stuck on the side of the highway at night time, with no working headlights. I turned the car off and got out, tapped the headlights and looked for any physical damage and did not find an answer. Upon starting the car again, it sounded like someone had turned on a vacuum cleaner. The noise pitched up for about 5 seconds before pitching back down. After re-starting the oil pressure gauge moved from its normal position at "12 o'clock" to an abnormal "6 o'clock". I tried to call onstar for a vehicle diagnostic, however now my radio would not work either. I tried the headlights again, and they still would not turn on. I turned on my high beams, and proceeded back home. While en route my speedometer was reading 10mph over my actual speed. When I pulled into my driveway and turned the car off, the speedometer stayed at 10mph. I find it very hard to believe that all of these things happened all at once as a coincidence. This is a huge safety concern as I lost the ability to see at night, as well as the ability to monitor my speed all while trying to drive. Not to mention all of the motorists who were blinded by my high beams on the way back.

Electrical issues:vehicle dashboard lights will show door gate open, doom lights wil be on, ringing bell when the door would be open and yet its actually closed, as all continues to go at any given time when the vehicle is in movement. Speed odometer gage doesn't read when vehicle is in movement and the gas gage doesn't read the correct level of showing how much gas is in vehicle. This is a big safety issues cause it has me worried of not knowing how much gas I have before it runs out of gas risking myself and others because vehicle all of a suddenness loses speed and shuts down.

The speedometer is stuck and will not move.

Quit working speed odmeter.

First my rear wiper and rear washer stopped working but when you turn the button it sounds like it wants to go. Second my speedometer is all over the board. Sometimes it runs low, sometimes it's higher and at times it just won't move. It has also been off the board pointer down at the prnd321. Third my oil gauge stopped working.

The engine light constantly comes on even after I had a tune up. I had diagnostics done and there is some type of fuel misfire. Two winters straight I have had issues with the power steering lines bursting and replaced 3 times. The speedometer malfunctions, most of the time it just stays at zero. If gm uses a lot of the same parts to make multiple models why has the 2005 Trailblazer not been recalled? I was told the gm envoy has the same engine and other inner workings as my Trailblazer so why wouldn't their recalls apply to my vehicle especially if I may be having the same issues.

When the steering is turned too far the car automatically and very suddenly shuts off, no matter where we are. Seatbelts in the last row of the vehicle dont lock so, our car seats just slide due to never ending seat belt. Engine and oil light come on when car is started and will stay on for days as result of gas cap being not screwed on properly. Delayed turning reaction with steering wheel, horn got stuck and would not stop sounding so it had to be disabled.

Speedometer just stop working. Leaving from work and speedometer wasn't working, period.

Tachometer and speedometer began acting errratically. Speedometer now acting properly but tach has never functioned correctly since. Researching online I have discovered that there are literally thousands of these instrument cluster units that are failing and eventually additional instruments within the cluster are likely to break. In fact, a class action suit forced general motors to recall/replace the instrument clusters on silverado pickups for similar problems. When I contacted gm about working with me to replace the failing cluster and they told me there were no recalls and to basically "pound sand. " with so many documented instances of failure and gm's now documented history of avoid recalls even at the cost of human life I believe it is time for the NHTSA to step up and bring pressure on gm to resolve this issue affecting thousands of owners who have been rebuffed in their efforts to have the automaker accept its proper responsibility for using inadaquate or faulty materials.