NHTSA Complaint #10222608 — 2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER

JUST AS MANY OTHER 2002 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER OWNERS HAVE FOUND, ONE DAY THERE WAS A LOUD FAN NOISE WHEN ACCELERATING, REDUCED GAS MILEAGE, AND A LACK OF ABILITY TO ACCELERATE THAT LASTS FOR ABOUT A MILE. AFTER A FEW MINUTES OF SEARCHING ON THE INTERNET IT IS APPARENT THAT MY PROBLEM IS THE FAN CLUTCH, TSB 060602003, NHTSA 10019510. IT APPEARS THAT THOUSANDS OF OWNERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AND HAVE BEEN FOR YEARS BUT THERE IS STILL NO RECALL. ALTHOUGH THIS PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT AT THIS TIME IT ALMOST CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED. I WAS MERGING ONTO A HIGHWAY AND COULDN'T GET THE ENGINE OVER 30 MILES PER HOUR. WE WERE NEARLY REAR-ENDED. I HAVE COPIES OF AT LEAST A THOUSAND INTERNET COMPLAINTS WITH THE FIRST ONE POSTED AROUND NOVEMBER 2001 --- JUST ABOUT THE TIME WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE NEW. (IF YOU DON'T KNOW IT ALREADY THERE ARE WEBSITES JUST FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMPLAINING ABOUT THE CHEVY TRAILBLAZER!!!) I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT GM WOULD TURN AWAY FROM IT'S CUSTOMERS LIKE THIS! I CERTAINLY DOESN'T MAKE ME WANT TO PURCHASE AMERICAN MADE AGAIN! *TR