My wife is wanting a Trailblazer to replace her mini van. We are looking at a 03-05 age and hoping for one with less than 100,000 miles.

Do they have common problems we need to check for? I know to check for rust in the rear corner panels.

But do they have transmission, motor problems?

It will be used to take the kids to school, grocery's, camping, and maybe a camper. We put about 20,000 miles on her mini van over the last 4 years so if we get a good one this should last us many years.


Edit: What is to high of mileage for the strait 6?

 

bout the only thing really is gauge clusters act up at times. this happens in most gm vehicles in the 2000's at some point. pay close attention to trans if its over 125k miles. feel how it shifts, when it shifts, if it feels like it slips. also, condition of fluid tho i would not use fluid as only means to determine condition. 4l60e trans have been known to give it up after 140k miles, unless regular maintanence and normal driving were done.

 

Thanks for that info.

 

Have a 2004 with 45K on it and have had no trouble with it at all. Just now replacing it with a new crew 1/2 chev. Like to use up tires in 20K miles. Did just replace the water pump, the bearing went away.

 

We have always been partial to chevy vehicles. My husband has a silverado,which we have had the transmission worked on twice,assuming it was because we pulled a camper with it . We have a 2002 trailblazer that has had the transmission repaired twice in the last two years and the other day I went in the store with my son,came back out and no reverse,and skipping from first to third on way home. I have been researching this and have found that chevy has been aware of the problem and even sent out bulletins to maintenance departments letting them know exactly what the problem is and how to fix it,using different parts.I am extremely dissappointed seeing how it's a few weeks before Christmas,5 kids and now my vehicle is sitting in the yard because I can't afford to do this again.Thank God I was only 1 mile from home when this happened.I travel rural roads with not even a cell signal on a daily basis to get to and from work.It just seems to me that knowing there was a problem for so long,Chevy would have recalled these transmissions,or parts and cared more about their customers safety.If the parts in these transmissions are good then why aren't they using the same parts to fix them?What has to be done to get Chevy to recall?

 

Forgot to mention that if you are buying a newer trailblazer you shouldn't have the transmission problems I have had because Chevy already knows about the problem and is no longer using these parts,but for those of us who got bad ones ,looks like we're stuck.

 

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I am sorry to hear of the frustration your Trailblazer has caused you. If you would allow, I would like to look into this further. Could you please PM me your full name, phone number, VIN number, mileage and preferred dealer? I look forward to your reply.

Louis
GM Customer Service

 

Louis, I sent you a PM with the info you requested. Thanks for your concern.I look forward to hearing from you.
Thanks,
mom of 5