general problems of the 2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer

The contact owns a 2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the windshield wipers activated unintendedly, and the washer fluid was continuously sprayed on the windshield. The vehicle returned to normal functionality, but the failure became a regular occurrence. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an unknown dealer, where it was diagnosed with the windshield wiper control module failure. The vehicle was not repaired. After investigating the failure, the contact related the failure to NHTSA campaign number: 04v046000 (visibility), but the VIN was not included. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, a case was filed, and the contact was referred to the NHTSA hotline for assistance. The failure mileage was 151,000.

The contact owns a 2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer. While the vehicle was parked in the driveway without the keys in the ignition, a fire originated from the driver's door near the window switch. The contact extinguished the fire. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 159,000.

The contact owns a 2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer LS (na). The contact stated that after having her vehicle serviced at a local repair, the driver side window was left down. After the vehicle was returned to her, the window would no longer move up. The vehicle had not been inspected or repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 98,000. The VIN was unavailable.

This is the 2nd time that the rear window has literally "blown up" on this particular vehicle. The first time my wife was at a busy grocery store when she started to lower the back hatch and the entire back window exploded. It was so loud and devastating that she thought someone had fired a shotgun into the back window! the dealership replaced the window in 2008 as a courtesy. Less than two weeks ago it happened again as I dropped my two young children off at school. I opened the gate, removed their school bags, shut the hatch and took approximately 3 steps and kapoww! the entire window exploded right in the school's bus circle. The explosion was so great that it even blew one of the window lift cylinders right out into the road!! the wife wasn't kidding. . . The sound is deafening. Contacted gm and was told that a technical bulletin was issued 03-08-48-006g rev. Feb 25th 2010) regarding the replacement of the window clips. I was issued a case no. In essence I was told that if the clips weren't replaced it would happen again. Well unfortunately this bulletin wasn't available in 2008 so it happened again. Contacted customer service again, was told vehicle has too many miles, is no longer under warranty, the original repair was only good for 1 year, and that this is "my baby' to deal with. But the service rep offered me $1000,00 gm loyalty bucks (something like this) that I could use on a new gm vehicle. I am furious to say the least and when I asked for the name and number of the customer service rep he told me that I could have the name, but not the number, as his supervisor doesn't speak to customers!!!!.

I have a 2005 chevy. Trailblazer,on 1/25/10 at 9:00 am driving south on i95 in MD. The rear window exploded completely from the car,no objects came into contact with the window,was in a none public area and no overpasses. It was a real shock could of caused a wreck just from the loud sound. I called chevy. Fact. Complaint no. 1-800-222-1020 and talked to jenny at ext 23002, she said there were no recalls and to take it to my dealer and I would have to pay for the repairs,they wanted $1600. 00 for a new rear window,I bought one at a salvage yard for $300. 00 and had it replaced. I googled this by putting in "trailblazer rear window" and seen I am not alone and chevy. Will not help people or admit of the problem.