2007 Chevrolet Trailblazer

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2007 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME LOOSE WITHOUT WARNING. THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, CROSSED OVER THE MEDIAN, AND CRASHED INTO A TRUCK ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, BUT THE ENGINE STARTED TO BURN. THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER VEHICLE JUMPED OUT AND USED HIS FIRE EXTINGUISHER TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THE CONTACT'S FRIEND SUSTAINED INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. FIRE AND POLICE REPORTS WERE FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND TOTALED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 111,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER WAS TRAVELING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED WHEN THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO A CONCRETE WALL. THERE WERE FOUR OCCUPANTS IN THE VEHICLE, ALL OF WHICH WERE KILLED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE BLACK BOX WAS INVESTIGATED AND THE INVESTIGATING OFFICER DETERMINED THAT VEHICLE ACCELERATED BUT THE DRIVER DID NOT APPLY THE BRAKES DURING THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WERE BLACK TIRE MARKS AT THE SCENE OF THE CRASH, INDICATING THAT THE BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ONLINE REGARDING THE SAME ACCELERATION FAILURE FOR THE YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE DID NOT BELIEVE THAT THE DRIVER WOULD HAVE DRIVEN AND CRASHED INTO A CONCRETE WALL WITHOUT THERE BEING A VEHICLE MALFUNCTION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

MY TRUCK WAS INVOLVED IN A ACCIDENT AND MY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND MY CHARGING SYSTEM GOES IN AND OUT MY 4WD COMES ON BY ITSELF AND I HAVE TO TURN IT OFF WHILE DRIVING

TAKATA RECALL I WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT THAT DID OVER $9,000 DAMAGE TO MY FRONT END OF VEHICLE. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT INFLATE. THIS WAS ON A CITY STREET, AND BOTH VEHICLES WERE MOVING. ALSO HAD A POWER WINDOW MOTOR GO OUT. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS MIGHT BE INVOLVED IN A RECALL OF WINDOW MOTORS THAT COULD BE CAUSING FIRES. *TR

I HAD MY CRUISE SET ON 55 MPH AND WAS HIT HEAD ON BY VW JETTA PULLING OUT TOWARD MY VEHICLE, THEN FORCED TO LEFT INTO A TELEPHONE POLE. AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY, AND RECEIVED BROKEN STERNUM. DON'T KNOW IF SEATBELT INJURED ME, OR IF THE SEATBELT DIDN'T LOCK ON 2ND IMPACT AND POSSIBLY HIT THE STEERING WHEEL.

SWERVED TO AVOID HITTING A DEER ALMOST HIT MAILBOXES SO SWERVED TO AVOID THEM. I SWERVED TO MUCH THAN IN MY CORRECTION HIT THE GAS INSTEAD OF THE BRAKE. I THAN HIT A TREE BETWEEN 45 - 50 MPH. MY AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED.

A VEHICLE WAS STOPPED IN FRONT OF ME AND I REAR ENDED THEM. I WAS GOING AROUND 44-55 MPH. AFTER I HIT THE OTHER CAR FROM BEHIND I CROSSED 2 LANES OF TRAFFIC AND WENT THRU A PRETTY DEEP DITCH. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AT ALL. I SUSTAINED A CONCUSSION., SEVERAL HEAD LACERATIONS AND A FRACTURED LUMBAR SPINE.

IT WAS RAINING AND WE WERE ON OUR WAY HOME DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND HIT A WATER PUDDLE AND HYDROPLANED OF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD THE TRUCK CUT OFF AND SPENT AROUND HIT A TREE HEAD ON AND THE AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. I WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH MULTIPLE INJURIES AND IM STILL SUFFERING. *TR

MY SON IN LAW WAS DRIVING THE CAR WITH MY PERMISSION AND WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN THE VEHICLE STALLED; THERE WAS NO STEERING OR BRAKES. THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP DURING THE TURN AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO CONTINUE TURNING ON IT'S OWN AND I PROCEEDED TO HIT A POLE. THE RADIO AND LIGHTS WERE STILL ON DURING THIS TIME, HOWEVER, THE ENGINE SHUT OFF.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED HE WAS GETTING SICK WHILE DRIVING AND CRASH INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DESTROYED AND THERE WAS A POLICE REPORT FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A WHIPLASH INJURY AND SEVERE HEADACHE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED WHO SENT A TECHNICIAN TO LOOK AT THE VEHICLE AND THEY STATED THAT THE AIR BAGS FUNCTIONED PROPERLY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000. UPDATED 01/10/13*LJ UPDATED 1/11/13 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED HEAD ON INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF WHIPLASH AND EYE INJURIES. THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED. THE POLICE WERE NOTIFIED AND A REPORT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND A REPRESENTATIVE WAS SENT TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE, STATING THAT THE VEHICLE PERFORMED AS DESIGNED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 64,056.

I WAS STARTING TO GO UP A HILL AT A SPEED OF 56 MPH AND I SWERVED TO MISS A COUPLE OF SKUNKS WHEN THE STEERING LOCKED ON THE TRUCK AND I WENT INTO THE DITCH TO THE LEFT AND THEN ROLLED THE TRUCK THREE TIMES. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IN NOV 2010 I NOTICED THE SRS LIGHT WAS ON AND THE DASH LIGHT AND HIS RESPONSE WAS TO BRING IT BACK FOR SERVICE AFTER I MADE A PAYMENT, DURING THE ACCIDENT THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE TOWING COMPANY WHO CAME TO GET THE TRUCK THEY HAD TO CUT THE BATTERY OUT BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T GET THE STEERING TO UNLOCK. *KB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 52 MPH UPHILL THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED AND HE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE DROVE OFF OF THE ROAD, ROLLED OVER, AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED BACK, NECK AND SHOULDER INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS DECLARED DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 65,000. UPDATED 09/14/11*LJ UPDATED 09/23/11*JB

AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN CRASH IMPACT ESTIMATED AT APROX 60 MPH. VEHICLES AIRBAG THAT DID NOT DEPLOY WAS A FRONTAL CRASH. T-BONED ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF MENTIONED VEHICLE. *TR

ON 9/24/08 I WAS INVOLVED IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT WHERE MY 2007 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER'S AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. MY VEHICLE IMPACTED ANOTHER WITH MY ENTIRE FRONT END AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH. MY TRAILBLAZER WAS TOTALED. NOT ONLY DID MY AIRBAGS FAIL TO DEPLOY, THE ONSTAR SYSTEM DID NOT AUTOMATICALLY GO OFF. I HAD TO HIT THE BUTTON TO SUMMON ASSISTANCE. WHEN WE ASKED THE DEALER ABOUT IT, THEIR RESPONSE WAS "SOMETIMES THEY GO OFF, SOMETIMES THEY DON'T" I SUSTAINED A BROKEN LEFT ARM, NUMEROUS BRUISES, A CUT ON MY ANKLE AND AN ANKLE SPRAIN. I ALSO INJURED MY BACK AND NECK WHICH IS REQUIRING ONGOING CARE. *TR

TL - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE AND ALL THE DOORS FAILED TO UNLOCK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BACK HATCH WINDOW WAS USED TO INSERT A HOSE AND ATTEMPT TO PUT OUT THE FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS MADE AWARE OF THE INCIDENT AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE FIRE BEGAN FROM THE PASSENGERS MASTER POWER WINDOW SWITCH. THE CONTACT BURNED HIS ARM WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PUT OUT THE FIRE MEANWHILE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED. THE CONTACT WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. THERE WAS A POLICE REPORT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER:13V248000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM , VISIBILITY), HOWEVER THE CONTACT DID NOT RECEIVE THE RECALL NOTICE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 64,000. DR

Ive had to continueously replace the brakes axles, warped rotors . As well as needing to purchase tires for front end due to control arms malfunction. Constant replacemenf of front axle all causing rubbing, mis alignment and front end sitting inward. These replacements happen more than 3 times a year the last 3 years of ownership.

ABS ALWAYS ENGAGING AT LOW SPEEDS, ISSUE CAUSE BY ABS MODULE LOCATED UNDER VECHICLE, GETS WET OR MOISTURE , POOR GM DESIGN, POOR LOCATION TO PIT ELECTRONICS UNDER VECHICLE. ALOTA OF PEOPLE ONLINE HAVE SAME ISSUE SPENING OVER 1000.00 ON NEW MODULE DOES NOT CORRECT PROBLEM PER ONLINE FORUMS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH CROSSING AN INTERSECTION, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2007 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WHILE CROSSING AN INTERSECTION. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. IT WAS UNKNOWN IF ANY INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED OR IF A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.