Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / TRAILBLAZER / 2002

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 007127497 Incident Date: Nov, 19 2007
Consumer's City: RIPLEY Consumer's State: WV
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: TRAILBLAZER Model Year: 2002
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:transfer case (4-wheel drive)
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1GNET16S226 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Nov, 20 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Jan/feb 2007. switched trailblazer into 4 wheel drive high for first time since purchase (april 2006), and would not transfer into 4 wheel drive. took to local gm dealer, replaced control module, cost around $700. october 24, 2007 while trailblazer was in park and running the vehicle changed from 2 wheel drive to 4 wheel drive low. the switch was still in the 2 wheel drive position. the vehicle would not change back into 2 wheel drive at all. i took the vehicle to the gm dealer and they replaced the encoder motor. november 20, 2007. left vehical running while in park. went into a family members house,then returned to vehicle and began to back out of driveway. as i was backing up, the vehicle stopped, as if i had backed into an object (ie, another car), i pulled forward back into the driveway, and looked around, saw nothing, and was going into the house to get a flashlight when they noticed that yet again, the trailblazer had changed into 4 wheel drive again. this time i was able to get the vehicle back into 2 wheel drive, and drive the vehicle home. i have made an appointment to have the 4 wheel drive system checked again. total cost for repairs to 4 wheel drive system january to date is more than $1200. *tr