2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT 370 — Problems, Recalls & Safety Data

FILLER NECK TO GAS TANK LEAKING....DANGEROUS !! CAUSES THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO STAY ON....

RECEIVED A LETTER FROM GM REGARDING POTENTIAL PROBLEM WITH FUEL TANK INLET VALVE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER LEN STOLER, INC IN WESTMINSTER MD IN DECEMBER. PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS A FUEL TANK INLET VALVE FRACTURE. ON DEC 3RD 2015 FUEL TANK WAS REPLACED AND INSPECTION DONE. SUBSEQUENT TO SERVICE WHEN FUEL WAS PLACED IN VEHICLE GAS POURED OUT ON PAVEMENT. PRIOR TO THAT SERVICE THIS WAS NOT AN ISSUE ONLY THE SMELL OF FUEL IN THE INTERIOR AND A FEW DROPS OF FUEL NOTED. TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER AND PROBLEM NOW DIAGNOSED AS INLET PIPE FRACTURE. WAS TOLD I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS SERVICE, DESPITE SERVICE DEPT HAVING NOT MENTIONED THIS WHEN FUEL TANK WAS REPLACED AND VEHICLE INSPECTED AND LEFT DEALER IN UNSAFE OPERATING CONDITION. PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE AND WAS TOLD I SHOULD DRIVE IT AND HAVE WORK DONE LATER. SINCE THIS PART IS CONNECTED TO FUEL TANK SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTICED WHEN FUEL TANK WAS REPLACED AND WORK DONE AT THAT TIME.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT 370. WHILE IN A PARKING LOT, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PUMP AND FUEL FILTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED THE FILLER INLET WAS ALSO CRACKED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FUEL PUMP, THE FUEL FILTER, AND THE HOSE WERE REPLACED. HOWEVER, THE FUEL TANK FILLER INLET WAS NOT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,869.

MY SON [XXX] WAS INVOLVED IN A SINGLE CAR ACCIDENT (HIT A DEER AND RAN OFF THE ROAD) IN WHICH OUR 2004 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER WAS TOTALED IN A ROLL OVER AND NOT ONE SINGLE AIRBAG DEPLOYED IN THE ACCIDENT. AS A RESULT OF NO AIRBAG HE SMASHED HIS FOREHEAD INTO THE STEERING WHEEL LEAVING A 2 INCH GASH, CUT TO THE BONE. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

NHTSA RECENTLY POSTED A RECALL OF THE 2006-2009 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER FOR HEADLIGHT ISSUES DUE TO A HEADLAMP DRIVER MODULE (HDM) THAT IS NOT OPERATING CORRECTLY AND CAN CAUSE THE LOW BEAM HEADLAMPS AND DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS TO SHUT OFF. I HAVE A 2004 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER EXT 370 AND HAVE THE SAME ISSUE AND IT HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR SEVERAL YEARS. IT HAPPENED MAYBE ONCE IN 2012 AND THEN SEVERAL MONTHS LATER DID IT AGAIN AND NOW IT IS HAPPENING MORE FREQUENTLY (AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK OR SO). PLEASE EXTEND THE RECALL TO ALSO INCLUDE MY VEHICLE AS WELL. *DT