NHTSA Complaint #10218708 — 2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER

MY VEHICLE IS A 2002 TRAILBLAZER LTZ. IT HAS THE "MEMORY" MIRROR OPTION WHICH FEATURES MEMORY SET OPTIONS FOR DRIVER 1 AND DRIVER 2, AS WELL AS REARVIEW CURB ASSISTANCE (THE MIRRORS WILL TILT DOWN TO YOUR SETTING TO HELP PARALLEL PARK WHEN IN REVERSE). THIS OPTION WORKED GREAT FOR A WHILE. THEN, THE MIRRORS STARTED ACTING ERRATICALLY. THEY WOULD CLICK EXCESSIVELY, TILT TOWARDS THE SKY OR DOWN AT THE GROUND. THE MIRRORS QUIT HOLDING THEIR MEMORY, AND EVERY TIME I GOT INTO THE VEHICLE, I WOULD HAVE TO RESET THE MIRRORS. THE WORRISOME PART OF THIS IS THAT THE MIRRORS WILL NOT HOLD THE RESET EITHER AND WHILE DRIVING, THE MIRRORS MOVED. I DRIVE THE INTERSTATE EVERY DAY AND WHEN I CHECKED THE MIRROR TO CHANGE LANES, FOUND MYSELF LOOKING UP AT THE CLOUDS OR DOWN AT THE ROAD. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE!. (I WON'T EVEN FACTOR IN THE ANNOYANCE ASPECT.) MY 17 YEAR OLD DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHY I WON'T TEACH HER TO DRIVE IN THE "NEWER" CAR AND I EXPLAINED THAT I ACTUALLY FEEL LIKE SHE'S SAFER, IN THE 96 SATURN COUPE, BECAUSE THE MIRRORS ARE RELIABLE. I'VE SEEN THIS COMPLAINT ON SEVERAL SITES AND I SERIOUSLY HAVE TO WONDER WHY THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL ON SOMETHING THAT IS FUNDAMENTALLY A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR