10.0
really awful- Crashes / Fires:
- 2 / 0
- Injuries / Deaths:
- 5 / 0
- Average Mileage:
- 100,406 miles
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The anti lock brakes engaging with no seasonal weather
- West Fargo, ND, USA
The contact owns a 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer. While driving various speeds, the vehicle was involved in a crash on three occasions for the same failure. The contact stated that the brakes malfunctioned in the same format three times since June of 2014. During the first occasion, the brake pedal made a popping sound, vibrated, and traveled to the floorboard. In turn, the contact crashed into the preceding vehicle. The air bags did not deploy. A police report was filed and there were no injuries. The vehicle was towed to rick hendricks Chevrolet in buford, Georgia where it was repaired. During the second occasion, the contact crashed into the preceding due to the brake failure. The air bags did not deploy. A police report was filed. There were no injuries. The vehicle was towed to chattahoochee collision in buford, Georgia where the vehicle was repaired. During the third time the contact rear ended a vehicle, the air bags did not deploy. A police report was filed. There were no injuries sustained. The vehicle was towed to caliber collision in buford, Georgia where the vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failures and stated that the vehicle would have to be diagnosed by a General Motors dealer, and that the contact would have to pay for the repair because the vehicle was out of warranty. The failure mileage was approximately 123,000.
- Lawrenceville, GA, USA
While driving at about 60mph my ABS light came on an my car started jerking as the anti lock brakes kicked in. I let up off the gas but as soon as I applied the gas it continued, I then pulled over to turn the engine off I let it sit for about 5 min an started it back up an it was fine. This has happened several times over, an usually when I am going at a higher rate of speed. I would say it has happened at least 10X in the past year.
- Pekin, IL, USA
The summer of 2013 I had it brought to my attention that my driver side brake light would fail to light up as the brake was applied. I tried changing the bulb but that proved to not be the problem as it still failed to light up. The following summer the same thing happened with the passenger side brake light. I am unsure if it is an electrical problem or a sensor that has gone bad. I can only assume that it is an electrical problem due to the fact that the back windshield wiper stopped working due to electrical issues.
- Waite Park , MN, USA
My wife, daughter and myself were driving on Idaho state highway 70, a narrow, winding, two-lane road with little to no shoulder, when the motor stopped and ilost all power-brakes, steering etc. I was fortunately able to steer the car over to a wide spot on the shoulder and stop. I was unable to re-start the Blazer and called aaa to have it hauled to knudtsen Chevrolet in coeur D'alene, Idaho. In another half hour we would have been driving 70 mph on interstate and the outcome could have been disasterous if the car had failed then in high volume traffic. The next day I was advised by knudtsen that the ignition switch was the problem. I wrote a follow-up letter to the owner and the service manager called a few days later indicating that since my warranty had expired neither GM nor knudtsen could help me with the $268 charge for replacing the switch. Since then I have been told GM and knudtsen would split the cost three ways since I was a long-time customer (three Blazer). I have not yet received any reimbursement as of this date. Is this possibly another car which should be on the recall list?
- Post Falls, ID, USA
When I was driving downhill on curvy road, I applied the brakes during a turn and the power steering had activated my anti-lock brakes. It kept happening on every turn and when I took my car to a shop they had to replace a steering angle sensor.
- Scotts Valley, CA, USA
Started by truck, the brakes and ABS lights came on, also engine light. After turning off and wait a few minutes, I restarted my truck. Lights were off. I drive approx 33 miles to work everyday. When I arrived to work, as I was parking it sounded like my brakes were grinding and hard to move my truck. It became difficult to drive it, like something was holding it back. When I was leaving to go home, nothing, everything seemed ok. Approx 5 minutes before getting home, I was at a light and when I push the gas to go, the noise came back and it was very hard to get my truck to move. Finally got it home, I told my son what happened, he took it for a drive and nothing. For the next few days only here and there maybe I would hear the grinding noise and hard to move my truck. Yesterday 4/15/2013, I was going home and stop at light, my tuck did not move again, light something stopping it from moving. When it started moving the noise is so loud that it sounds like the whole bottom of my truck going to fall off. My truck was in the shop for the recall of sensor for window, they inspected the vehicle and I have a inspection that my truck was in the green for all, new rotors, new brakes all good. So I looked online and I can see that I am not the only person who is having this problem, but I do not see it on this sight. I am scared... do you know anything about this?
- Severn, MD, USA
This has happened to me 4 times in the last year and a half first time at a red light it turned green I was the only car at the light when I hit the gas it felt like someone rear ended me look no one behind me then the rear brakes were locked up I drove it 1/4 of a mile and they unlocked them selves I drove to my dealer told them he looked it up said there was a service bulletin about that took my Blazer in for a oil change an I supposed looked at the brakes then about 6 months later the same thing and it felt like some one rear ended me again but no one there behind me..then about a month ago in July the same thing at a red lite and I had 3 senior citizens in the Blazer when they all thought some one ran into the rear of me but no one was behind me the rear brakes only stayed locked up maybe 300 yards and then released..then today at a stop sign 8-16-2012 same thing then all kind of noise going to the doctors office about 1/4 of a mile away got into the parking lot an the drive shaft fell out at the front of the trans here both bars trailing arms at the rear axle broke had to have it towed the Chevrolet dealership(greenwood) in austintown Ohio I have 43000 miles on it and bought it new at greenwood Chevrolet.
- Austintown, OH, USA
Rear brake lights keep going and having to change them bi weekly.
- Torrance , CA, USA
Stabilitrak/ABS engaging randomly while driving at regular and highway speeds!!!! while driving on the highway at 60mph stabilitrak light comes on, vehicle reduces speed, I can not accelerate, loud grinding sound from front end, vibration felt from brake pedal when I tried to depress the brakes. I had to pull over turn the vehicle off and restart. Very dangerous and scary situation semi was behind me and had to swerve to the other lane to avoid hitting me!!!!
- Glenwood, IL, USA
The contact owns a 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer. The contact stated that the stability light illuminated on the instrument panel and the brakes unexpectedly engaged. The contact was traveling 60 mph when the failure occurred and the vehicle decelerated to 30 mph before the brakes released. The failure occurred on more than one occasion. The contact stated that the dealer replaced the yaw sensor, but that did not correct the failure. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was unknown and the current mileage was 82,000. The VIN was unavailable.
- Chicago , IL, USA
- Goose Creek, SC, USA