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2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer EXT 370 lighting problems

18 complaints about lighting have been filed for the 2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer EXT 370, which is 6% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
18 6% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
76,000 miles 15 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When lighting problems show up

Lighting complaints by mileage, 2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer EXT 370 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 76,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 2 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 3 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 4 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 2 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 76,000 miles
Based on 15 complaints that include mileage. 33% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles1
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles2
60k to 80k miles3
80k to 100k miles4
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles2
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 15 lighting complaints that report mileage, the median is about 76,000 miles, and 33% were reported before 60,000 miles.

None of the lighting complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.

What owners wrote

Brake and tail light on 2005 chevy trailblazer ext have failed on two occasions since leasing this new car on 9/15/2004. The first incident occurred on 6/15/2006, when the passenger brake and tail light failed and was noticed by a police officer who gave an informal warning. It was repaired on 6/16/2007 by the dealer who is now out of business. The second incident occurred today, june 21, 2007 when the driver side brake and tail light failed and was noticed by another driver.

Reported at 35,400 miles, June 2007

Driving 6 people to pittsburgh international airport at 3 am 8/5/17 on the parkway to catch a flight for a vacation when noticed low beam headlights were not working. Do not know how long I was driving before this was noticed. Low beams worked the evening of 8/12/17 @ 10 pm after returning to pittsburgh airport and driving home. Low beams did not work again on the evening of 8/24/17 when driving home from a baseball game. Repairs were completed 9/1/17 by nick chevrolet in tarentum, pa.

Reported at 121,000 miles, August 2017

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