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2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer problems
Owners have filed 1,302 complaints about the 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer with NHTSA. Electrical system accounts for 49.2% of them — far more than any other system, ahead of exterior lighting at 8%.
Complaints1,302
Crashes69
Fires40
Injuries92
Deaths7
What owners report breaking
Electrical system 49.2% · 641
Exterior lighting 8.0% · 104
Fuel system, gasoline 7.4% · 96
Power train 4.9% · 64
Fuel/propulsion system 3.3% · 43
Air bags 3.2% · 42
Engine and engine cooling 3.0% · 39
Vehicle speed control 2.9% · 38
Severity
Of those complaints, 69 describe a crash, 40 describe a fire, 92 report an injury and 7 report a death.
Reading the numbers
Across the 9 model years of the Chevrolet Trailblazer in this data, 2004 sits 4th by complaint volume. 2005 draws the most.
Filings have fallen off, 12 in the last three years against 43 in the three before. That is normal as a generation leaves the road.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 68,000 miles.
In owners' own words
The contact owns a 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer. The contact stated that the instrumental clusters and battery cage failed. The contact called a local dealer and they informed him that his warranty was not valid for the repair. There are no related recalls. The contact is responsible for paying the instrument clusters repair cost of $500. The failure mileage was 62,000. Updated 02/01/10 *bf updated 02/02/10. Electrical system · reported at 62,000 miles
My gauge cluster will intermittently stop working both while driving and while vehicle is parked and running. Usually after a few moments it would go back to normal but now the issue is getting worse and I have to tap on the gauge cluster for the gauges to resume working.This has been an ongoing problem since approximately 2006 but chevy refuses to issue a recall on this issue which is in my opinion a safety issue Electrical system · reported at 35,000 miles
2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer speedometer is consistently incorrect. The speedometer will frequently reset the point of zero mph. E.G. Zero will be set at 50 mph so when the vehicle is actually traveling 20 mph, the speedometer will read 70 mph. The only way to reset the point of zero is to turn the vehicle off and start the car over and over again, lowering the point of zero by about 5 mph at each vehicle start. Electrical system · reported at 55,000 miles
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
Safety recalls
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