NHTSA Complaint #10453290 — 2006 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER

AFTER TAKING MY VEHICLE IN FOR YEARLY INSPECTION MY MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT THE ALTERNATOR BEARINGS ARE BAD AND THAT IT NEEDS IMMEDIATE REPAIR. I WAS INFORMED THAT THIS IS SERIOUS BECAUSE THE VEHICLE MAY GIVE ME PROBLEMS AT ANY TIME WITHOUT WARNING. THIS IS EXTREMELY UNSETTLING TO ME BECAUSE I HAVE TO HAVE A VEHICLE I CAN DEPEND ON TO DRIVE MY HUSBAND TO AN OUT OF TOWN HOSPITAL AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT, AND DRIVE ON AN EXTREMELY BUSY HIGHWAY.(THE SCHUYKILL EXPRESSWAY) MY MECHANIC STATED THAT THIS IS VERY UNUSUAL BECAUSE THE VEHICLE HAD LESS THAN 30,000 MILES AND THIS DOESN'T USUALLY TILL AT LEAST 100,000 MILES. ANOTHER PROBLEM IS THE GAS GAUGE HAS NOT WORKED FOR TWO YEARS, AGAIN THIS IS UNSETTLING BECAUSE OF DRIVING OUT OF TOWN AT ANY TIME OF DAY OR NIGHT ON A BUSY HIGHWAY. GENERAL MOTORS SAID THEY WOULD PAY HALF OF THE REPAIR BUT WHY MUST I PAY ANYTHING WHEN IT IS APPARENT THAT THE PART THEY USED WAS FAULTY. *TR