Hatchback/liftgate Support Device Problems of Chevrolet Trailblazer

- the liftgate does not lock. - the key fob no lomger work.

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Spontaneous shatter of rear liftgate window, while driving straight on a smooth freeway. I heard a sudden pop and shatter, and sudden gush of cold air. The entire window disappeared with shards everywhere in my car. The driver behind me, luckily swerved and only had minor damage.

Design flaw of the center high mounted stop lamp applique (aka - rear upper liftgate molding) during the winter months, ice and snow builds up behind the molding, and when the user attempts to open the liftgate, the molding is separated from the vehicle, sometimes results in permanent breakage of the molding, or even shattering of the rear window. This is a problem that the company is already aware of, as evidenced by a released TSB. As evidenced by numerous reports on "trailvoy. Com", many group members have reported having this exact problem. I have read reports of this piece mysteriously coming off, to the surprise of the driver, while driving on the road. It seems that when this vehicle was designed, too much of the liftgate's structure was left to rely on the stability of plastic and glass. For instance, on my vehicle, after breakage of the molding, the force exerted by the glass lift arms caused the adhesive to separate from the windows hinge, leaving it "dangling by a thread". I feel that this a problem that has occurred in too many cases; a problem that could potentially cause safety issues while driving on the road. It is an expensive part to replace ($700-$1000, with labor). Chevrolet has since redesigned the Trailblazer vehicles to take care of this problem. I feel that Chevrolet should be held responsible to correct their design error on the older vehicles, instead of leaving it up to the consumer to pay for it out of their own pocket.

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I was going out to my SUV which is a 2003 chevy Trailblazer ext to open the back it was cold outside but no ice was visible on my truck or anything I heard a crack I though it was ice even though I didn't see anything but noticed my tail light cover on top looked broke so took it to local Chevrolet dealership to get checked they said yes it is cracked it will cost you 1800 dollars to fix I did not have that kind of money for a little piece but guy said you will be fine as long as the liftgate lifts which it did it seemed fine then on the way to our destination one day on a major highway the piece flew half way off flapping behind us freaking out we pulled over to the side we had to rip it off no choice or we were stuck their and the piece would of flew off and caused a major accident. Well it is still off until it gets repaired but this just in the last week I seen 2 more Trailblazer ext with the same piece missing just in my small town of pottsville which had me thinking there is something wrong. But what concerned me the most was the third Trailblazer ext in a wal-mart parking lot with the piece broke but still attached. That person probably has no idea that the piece will probably fall off will on the highway which could cause a major accident. I did talk to the lady down the street from me which was one of the Trailblazers I seen and ask she said the same thing that it cracked when opening then took it to shop they said your lucky this piece could have flew off while driving. So please investigate the 2003-2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer ext.