NHTSA Complaint #10244126 — 2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER

FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION ON 9-3-08. NEAR COLLISION WITH ONCOMING CAR BECAUSE OF LOSS OF POWER AS I TURNED LEFT AND TRIED TO ACCELERATE ACROSS THE CENTER LINE. THE CAR WOULD NO LONGER MOVE FORWARD OR IN REVERSE. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP. THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS THE FAILURE OF THE SUN SHELL, A $39 DOLLAR PART. THE ENTIRE ORDEAL COST ME OVER $3600.00 AND CLIMBING. THE FAILURE OF THE SUN SHELL SHEARED OFF THE CHEAP GEARS AND THE FRAGMENTS FILTERED THROUGH MY TRANSMISSION CAUSING MORE DAMAGE. MY CAR HAD 76,094 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME. THE OWNERS MANUAL STATES THAT SERVICE FOR THE TRANSMISSION IS NOT DUE UNTIL 100,000 MILES. I THOUGHT I WAS BUYING A DEPENDABLE CAR. THIS, I CONSIDER A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. IF I WAS IN TRAFFIC ON THE FREEWAY AND THE TRANSMISSION FAILED I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN SERIOUS TROUBLE. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF WAS IN THE PATH OF A SEMI TRUCK. IN THE NAME OF SAFETY AND THE CONSUMERS POCKET BOOKS WHO FUND THIS ENGINEERING GAFF, I THINK THIS ISSUE SHOULD EVOKE SERIOUS CONSIDERATION BY THE NHTSA TO ENFORCE A RECALL OF THE SUN SHELL TRANSMISSION PART IN ALL GM CARS. *TR