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Year · Make · Model

2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer EXT

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

1
Open recalls
261
NHTSA complaints
3
Defect investigations
126
Service bulletins

NCAP safety

Overall
Not rated
Frontal
Not rated
Side
Not rated
Rollover
Not rated

Consumer complaints

261 filed
6
Crashes
3
Fires
13
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Electrical System
    97
  • Electrical SYSTEM: Instrument CLUSTER/PANEL
    50
  • Fuel SYSTEM, Gasoline
    24
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    11
  • Exterior Lighting
    10
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    9
  • FUEL/PROPULSION System
    9
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:EXHAUST System
    6

Recalls

1 campaign
04V527000·EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS2004-11-01

ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, VIBRATION AND HEAT MAY CAUSE THE TAIL LAMP/STOP LAMP BULB TO LOOSEN IN ITS SOCKET. IF THIS OCCURS, THE BULB MAY FLICKER AND EVENTUALLY BECOME INOPERATIVE.

RiskAN INOPERATIVE BRAKE LAMP WILL NOT CONVEY THE DRIVER'S INTENTION OF STOPPING TO DRIVERS IN FOLLOWING VEHICLES, AND AN INOPERATIVE REAR TURN SIGNAL LAMP WILL NOT CONVEY THE DRIVER'S INTENTION TO TURN TO DRIVERS IN FOLLOWING VEHICLES. BOTH OF THESE FAILURES CAN INCREASE THE RISK OF A CRASH.

FixDEALERS WILL INSPECT THE TAIL LAMP/STOP LAMP ASSEMBLIES, AND IF NECESSARY, REPLACE THEM. THE RECALL BEGAN ON NOVEMBER 22, 2004. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT CHEVROLET AT 1-800-630-2438, OLDSMOBILE AT 1-800-630-6537, BUICK AT 1-866-608-8080, OR GMC AT 1-866-996-9463.

NHTSA investigations

3 actions
RQ17002·EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS2017-04-24 → 2021-03-29

Loss of Headlights

EA07009·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP2007-07-10 → 2008-08-28

FUEL PUMP MODULE LEAKS GASOLINE

EA04021·EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS2004-08-03 → 2004-11-04

BRAKE LAMP FAILURE

Led to recall04V527000

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