2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer problems
The 2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer has 1,905 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (33%) concerns fuel system. Next are electrical system (33%) and lighting (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 1,905 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Fuel system 33% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 78 and 33
- Injuries and deaths
- 69 and 1
- Typical mileage
- 70,000 miles 1,576 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 117 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 127 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 299 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 383 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 281 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 179 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 93 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 47 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 25 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 10 |
| 200k+ miles | 15 |
What the data shows
Of the 1,576 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 70,000 miles. For fuel system specifically, the median reported mileage is about 70,000 miles (523 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 78 complaints mention a crash; 33 complaints mention a fire; 69 injuries reported; 1 death reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2005 ranks 1st most-complained-about out of 15 model years of the Chevrolet Trailblazer with enough data (1,096 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Tl* - the contact's 2005 chevy trailblazer was purchased used on august 13, 2005 from berglund chevrolet of virginia, with 13000 miles. The vehicle was involved in an accident on january 8th, 2007 were there was one fatality and five people were injured. A second vehicle, a buick lasabre, failed to stop at stop sign while making a left hand turn. The contact's vehicle struck the second vehicle directly on the driver's side. The contact's vehicle was traveling at 50 MPH.
Dt: the contact's boy friend was traveling at 78 MPH when he lost control of the vehicle, and it was involved in a frontal impact. The vehicle rolled over six times. Upon impact, the air bags did not deploy. The contact and passenger sustained injuries. Manufacturer was not contacted.
I was involved in an automobile crash in my 2005 chevy trailblazer. Upon impact, the car ignited under the hood and flames came up on the outside of the windshield while my family was still in the car. Fortunately I was able to get my family out of the car before it was totally engulfed in flames and destroyed by fire. I contacted GM and asked why my car burned. I told them I was concerned about the safety of my family since members of my extended family own similar GM suvs.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chevrolet trailblazer. The contact stated that while driving approximately 10 MPH, the engine stalled without any warning indicators illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle restarted after several attempts. The failure occurred sporadically. In addition, the headlights unintendedly failed to illuminate when activated on twenty separate occasions. The vehicle had been taken to an authorized dealer eights times for the same failures.
On or about november 12, 2010 the vehicle owner had the instrument panel replaced. Shortly after replacing the instrument panel at a cost of approximately $550 the gas sensor stopped working. The owner complained to the chevy service department but was told that this was a separate issue and not caused by the replacement of the instrument panel.