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CarComplaints.com Notes: The 2002-2007 Chevrolet Trailblazer is known for many things, but perhaps it is most famous for its faulty fuel gauge.

This gauge flip-flops more than a politician during election season. Some report that the gauge says "empty" after a fill-up, while others report the gauge says "full" when they're running on fumes. Either way, there's one thing everyone seems to agree on: the darn thing is just wrong.

Following hundreds of complaints and a few accidents allegedly caused by the malfunction, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) opened an investigation into the issue in May 2011. Unfortunately for frustrated owners, no recall has been announced.

10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 2
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
113,486 miles

About These NHTSA Complaints:

This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.

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2007 Chevrolet Trailblazer Owner Comments (Page 5 of 7)

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problem #59

Apr 212016

Trailblazer

  • 130,000 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet trail Blazer. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 20 mph, the low beam headlights failed without warning. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer who stated that the low beam headlights failed and the hdm module needed to be replaced. The contact was informed that the vehicle's failure directly related to NHTSA campaign number: 15V519000 (exterior lighting) however, the vehicle was not included in the recall. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 130,000. The VIN was not available.

- Lansing, MI, USA

problem #58

Apr 172016

Trailblazer

  • 137,000 miles
The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Trailblazer. While driving at approximately 70 mph, the headlamps ceased. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The in was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 15V519000 (exterior lighting). The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 137,000.

- Albuquerque, NM, USA

problem #57

Mar 012006

Trailblazer

  • 100,000 miles
The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Trailblazer. While driving approximately 35 mph, the low beam headlights suddenly shut off. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the headlight power module was faulty and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 100,000.

- New Brighton, PA, USA

problem #56

Mar 142016

Trailblazer

  • 125,000 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

I have no low beam light or daytime running lights. I do have side marker lights along with turn signal and tail lights. The problem started on 12/2015 and again on 03/14/2016.

- Charlotte, NC, USA

problem #55

Mar 122016

Trailblazer

  • 32,500 miles
The low beam and daytime running lights will not come on. Some VIN numbers are covered under recall for this problem but Chevrolet says my VIN number isn't listed.

- Ft Worth, TX, USA

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problem #54

Mar 152016

Trailblazer

  • 190,000 miles
1) headlights would not come on; there is a recall noted but dealer said it did not cover my car based on VIN # 2)have been losing pressure in fuel tank; replaced cap and problem continues; dealer thanks it the evaporator device on top of fuel tank

- Brentwood, TN, USA

problem #53

Mar 122016

Trailblazer 6-cyl

  • miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

My lights went out while I was driving on Saturday March 12, 2016. My boyfriend was with me when it happened. His name is [xxx] and [xxx]. information redacted pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

- Elm Mott, TX, USA

problem #52

Feb 252016

Trailblazer

  • 141,000 miles
The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Trailblazer. While driving at various speeds, the low beam headlights suddenly malfunctioned and shut off. The contact indicated that the light bulbs were replaced several times, but the failure continued. The cause of the failure was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The contact was informed that the vehicle was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 15V5190000 (exterior lighting). The contact stated that the vehicle experienced the same failure listed in the recall. The failure mileage was 141,000.

- Tionesta, PA, USA

problem #51

Feb 282016

Trailblazer

  • 79,000 miles
Loss of both drl's and headlights while driving at night, while vehicle was in motion on interstate 10.

- Surprise, AZ, USA

problem #50

Dec 082015

Trailblazer

  • 67,000 miles
The headlights on the vehicle go out at random times, several times while driving at night the lights have gone out, the last time I was entering a highway and ended up using the high beams so I wouldn't go off the road. This is a very dangerous safety concern.

- Suffolk, VA, USA

problem #49

Sep 062015

Trailblazer

  • Automatic transmission
  • 67,000 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Trailblazer. While driving approximately 35 mph at night, the low beam headlights failed to illuminate. The vehicle was taken to two independent mechanics and the failure could not be duplicated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the low beam module needed replacement. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 67,000. Updated 04/08/16 updated 04/14/16.

- Corpus Christi, TX, USA

problem #48

Nov 102015

Trailblazer

  • miles
There is time the key will keep turn engine over even when you let go of key, #2 headlamp and daytime driving lite sometimes won't won't work properly. And the last thing is my driver side master doesn't work properly when it rain.

- Newfield, NY, USA

problem #47

Oct 152015

Trailblazer

  • 70,000 miles
Oct 15, 2015 headlights turned off while driving at night. Short trip on local streets finished without lights. Dealer, 10-16-15, replaced hcm fuze #53. Nov 3, 2015 headlights again turned off while driving at night. Trip finished with fog lights. Owner replaced hcm fuze #53. Nov 12, 2015 headlights again failed while driving at night. Trip finished with fog lights. Owner felt hcm, it was very hot. Lights turned on again in morning after hcm cooled. Fuze not replaced. Vehicle mileaage is approx 70,000. This vehicle VIN not included in GM recall #14291. This is definitely a serious safety issue!

- Biloxi, MS, USA

problem #46

Oct 142013

Trailblazer 6-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 70,157 miles
The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Trailblazer. The contact stated that while driving 35 mph, the low beam headlights failed without warning. The contact then was required to activate the headlights to high beam. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the headlight module needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 70,157....updated 03-10-16

- Southampton, PA, USA

problem #45

Oct 152014

Trailblazer

  • 101,000 miles
The contact owns a 2007 Chevrolet Trailblazer. While driving 30 mph, the headlights failed without warning. The contact stated that the failure was intermittent. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The vehicle was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 15V519000 (exterior lighting). The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 101,000.

- Talahassee, FL, USA

problem #44

Jun 152015

Trailblazer

  • 100,000 miles
While driving at any speed the headlights go out and the high beams have to be used in order to see safely. This is very dangerous and unsafe thus can cause an accident. I understand there is a recall on this but our cars VIN number is not included in the recall. Why would other VIN numbers with the same problem have a recall and ours does not" isn't it just as unsafe for us as it is for them" this has been going on for months and none of the garage mechanics can seem to find the problem. We have been very diligent with all maintenance items and would like to keep our car so any help you can give us would be greatly appreciated. We have no specific date this started but I am using the middle of June 2015. This seems to be happening more and more frequently.

- Columbia, PA, USA

problem #43

Oct 242015

Trailblazer

  • 60,000 miles
The low beam headlights will go out (off) without our doing anything. One occasion occurred on I-4 West bound from orlando. Have read of other people having the same problem., yet no recall. Do accidents and injuries have to happen before action is taken.? it is occurring more frequently than before and will happen under any conditions. Has been occurring for a couple years.

- Clearwater, FL, USA

problem #42

Oct 262015

Trailblazer

  • 146,000 miles
While driving my headlights will quit working and cease to turn on until after sitting for a few hours. After driving and and parking, sometimes the headlights will fail to turn on after starting vehicle. My headlights are having the very same issues as mentioned in GM recall 14291 where issues with the headlamp driver module (hdm) overheat and fail, causing the headlamps and daytime running lights to then fail and not illuminate. I contacted Chevrolet and they refused to cover the issue under the recall stating it is VIN specific and my VIN was not under recall. This issue has been occurring for several months and is very dangerous.

- Hendersonville, TN, USA

problem #41

Oct 082015

Trailblazer

  • 160,000 miles
Headlights go out occasionly while driving at night. It does not happen all the time. Looks to me exactly like recall 14V755000 / GM # 14291. GM says it could not be that because my Trailblazer does not have those parts that they know are defective? I am skeptical. Where it asks for date this happened I put the last date it occurred.

- Montreal, MO, USA

problem #40

Sep 252015

Trailblazer

  • 71,001 miles
While driving on the inter state at 8;30 pm both the low beam headlights failed I moved the light switch from auto to manual with no affect. The fog lights and high beam lights continued to work. However using the high on the interstate could affect on coming drivers so where the highway was lighted I used the fog light. Got home off interstate using high beams. Next morning the daytime lights and low beams working however shortly after driving to store the lights again were not operative stopped at pep boys and asked them about it and they said they could make sure bulbs were okay but normally both bulbs don't fail at the same. Later in the afternoon tried lights and both daytime and low beams worked. A friend told me GM was having trouble with 2006 and 2007 trail Blazer with the light just shutting off and a module was believed to be problem. Apparently GM has known about this problem and was suppose to recall the vehicles yet they did not warn anyone one about this issues however people with earlier trail Blazer have been having problems also. Even if GM is trying to decide on a recall fix they and the government should mandate that they at least warn the vehicle owners and tell him how to fix the problem. I have have not received any notices about the low beam lights as a point of reference my lights failed on an over pass down ramp and caught me totally by surprise thank god it was not a two lane secondary road with on coming traffic. Its time to force GM to deal with the problem. I am taking car to the local dealer to see how they deal with it. I have also seen on the internet you can get a module at local auto parts store I am looking into this tomorrow since I live in Florida and soon it will be dark at 5 O"clock and I will be constantly driving home in dark on the interstate.

- Oviedo, FL, USA

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