NHTSA Complaint #10592835 — 2005 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT 370

WHILE DRIVING MY 2005 CHEVYTRAILBLAZER IT JUST TURNED OFF WITHOUT WARNING, AS SOON AS IT DID THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND REDUCED ENGINE POWER LIGHT CAME ON(INSTRUMENT PANEL AND RADIO WERE STILL WORKING). I TRIED A FEW TIMES TO TURN IT BACK ON BUT IT FAILED TO RESTART. 15 MINUTES LATER IT RESTARTED AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO MY WORKPLACE A FEW BLOCKS AWAY, BY THE TIME I USED MY VEHICLE AGAIN(ABOUT 3HRS LATER) BOTH ENGINE LIGHTS HAD TURNED OFF. WE TOOK OUR VEHICLE TO AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP TO SEE IF THEY COULD DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM, THEY RECOMMENDED THAT WE TAKE IT TO A GM DEALERSHIP BECAUSE THERE WERE NUMEROUS CODES SHOWING UP ON THE DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE. WE TOOK IT TO A LOCAL GM DEALERSHIP IN INDIO, CA (COACHELLA VALLEY BUICK GMC). THEY TOO SAID THAT NUMEROUS CODES WERE COMING UP BUT AFTER 1 1/2 DAYS WITH OUR VEHICLE THEY STATED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WE TOOK IT IN TO AUTO REPAIR SHOP AND HE PERFORMED THE REPAIR THAT GMC STATED WAS NEEDED. UPON PICKING UP THE VEHICLE FROM THE REPAIR SHOP I DROVE HOME, AS I WAS PULLING INTO THE GARAGE IT TURNED OFF, A REPEAT OF THE SAME ISSUE WE WERE HAVING BEFORE REPLACING THE IGNITION SWITCH. SINCE THIS WAS ON SAT,05-03-2014 WE HAD TO WAIT UNTIL THE AFTERNOON OF MON, 05/05/2014 TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, WE INFORMED THEM THAT WE HAD THEIR RECOMMENDED REPAIR DONE AND THAT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO TURN OFF. THE FOLLOWING DAY THEY INFORMED ME THAT THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND THAT WE COULD PICK UP THE VEHICLE. ON THURS., 05/08/2014 THE VEHICLE TURNED OFF WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN. 20 MINUTES LATER IT TURNED BACK ON AND HE DROVE IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY THEN HAD THE VEHICLE UNTIL 05/12/2014; AGAIN THEY STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. IT HAS CONTINUED TO REPEAT THIS SAME PROBLEM, AGAIN WITHOUT ANY WARNING OR INDICATION THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM. *TR