NHTSA Complaint #11021177 — 2007 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER

PROBLEM WITH FATALITY RISK. IN AUG 2016 LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS AND RUNNING LAMP BEGAN TURNING OFF RANDOMLY, INTERMITTENTLY. WILL USUALLY WORK WHEN VEHICLE IS FIRST STARTED, FAIL IN TRANSIT. INCREASES IN FREQUENCY, PROGRESSES TO FAILURE. ON LIT STREETS,I HAVE NO INDICATION THAT I AM ESSENTIALLY INVISIBLE. RELAY REPLACED BY DEALER, PAID FOR 10/1/16. MILEAGE 137K AT THAT TIME. BEGAN FAILING AGAIN 7/2017. DRM MODULE HAD FAILED. PART ALONE COST $267. PRIOR TO DEALER REPAIR, I HAD TRIED AUTO PARTS STORE MODULES AS WELL, AND EACH 2 BURNED OUT WITHIN 1-2 MONTHS. GM HAS ISSUED A RECALL FOR THIS VERY PROBLEM, I THINK NUMBER 14921, ESTABLISHED MAY 2016. IT INCLUDES 2006-2007 TRAILBLAZERS. THEY EXTENDED IT TO 12 YEARS OLD OR 150K MILES, WHICHEVER FIRST. I CONTACTED GM. THEY ME THAT MY VIN DOES NOT COME UP SO THEY WILL NOT COVER THIS. WILL NOT TELL ME WHAT DISQUALIFIES MY VEHICLE, OTHER THAN VIN NOT COMING UP. DID ONLINE CHAT WITH THE REP AND S/HE SAID THAT I HAVE TO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH YOU, NO INTERNAL COMPLAINT DEPARTMENT, NOBODY I CAN APPEAL TO WITHIN GM FOR HELP. I HAVE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT TO FIX THIS, BUT NO ASSURANCE THAT IT WON'T JUST KEEP FAILING, SINCE THIS IS THE 4TH TIME I HAVE DONE A REPAIR IN 2 YEARS, I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE 3 YEARS AGO, SO THIS MAY HAVE BEEN A RECURRING PROBLEM PRIOR TO MY OWNING IT. I DO NOT HAVE A COPY OF THE REPAIR BILLS FROM LAST YEAR, BUT MY APPOINTMENT FOR NEXT REPAIR IS THIS COMING TUESDAY, 9/5/2017.