NHTSA Complaint #10592904 — 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER

STOPPED ALONG INTERSTATE FOR GAS LAST NIGHT. STARTED THE VEHICLE AFTER FILLING UP AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE, THE RADIO WAS DEAD, THE A/C WAS BLOWING HOT AIR ON HIGH FAN (WHICH I COULD NOT TURN DOWN OR OFF), THE INTERIOR LIGHTS WERE OUT AND THE BRAKE LIGHTS / TAIL LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. RESTARTED THE VEHICLE 3 TIMES WITH NO CHANGE. PLACED THE VEHICLE IN GEAR TO MOVE TO A PARKING SPOT AND EVERYTHING STARTED WORKING AGAIN. DROVE REMAINING 70 MILES DOWN THE INTERSTATE W/O FURTHER ISSUE. DROVE VEHICLE TO WORK AND HOME TODAY. PULLED INTO DRIVEWAY, PUT VEHICLE IN PARK AND GOT OUT TO OPEN GARAGE DOOR. GOT BACK IN VEHICLE, PUT IT IN GEAR AND RAN INTO THE SAME PROBLEM FROM LAST NIGHT. THIS VEHICLE'S ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAS BEEN WACKY FROM THE DAY I PURCHASED IT BRAND NEW. A/C OR HEAT GOES OUT INTERMITTENTLY, INSTRUMENTS QUIT WORKING, BATTERY SUDDENLY DRAINS, WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON BY THEMSELVES (EVEN AFTER THE RECALL WORK), CRUISE CONTROL DISENGAGES FOR NO REASON, HEADLIGHTS/TAILLIGHTS FAIL, ETC. SERVICE TECH'S WILLINGLY ADMIT THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, BUT GM WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE IT NOR ISSUE A RECALL. I SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN RID OF THE [XXX] THING ALONG TIME AGO, BUT MY WIFE LOVES IT BECAUSE OF THE ROOM. I HOPE IT DOESN'T WIND UP KILLING HER ONE DAY. *TR INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR