# 2003 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER EXT — STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE
> NHTSA complaint `575468` · 2006-03-12 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CHEVROLET
- **Model:** TRAILBLAZER EXT
- **Year:** 2003
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE
- **Miles at failure:** 44,306
## Narrative
AWFUL, AWFUL SAFETY HAZARD ON MY 2003 TRAILBLAZER!!!!!THE HATCH BACK/LIFT GATE WON'T OPEN - TAILGATE WINDOW EXPLODES IN THE MECHANICS FACE KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND.  REPRESENTATIVES  FROM GM AND FROM THE DEALERSHIP DENY THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED IN ANY OTHER 2003 TRAILBLAZERS.  THAT IS A LIE!!!!   SEE OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THIS VERY WEBSITE.  COMPLAINT #10121982, ALSO COMPLAINT #10150063, AND COMPLAINT #10075392.  THEN CHECK OUT COMPLAINT #10038988, #10075392 AND #10061979 REGARDING THE HATCHBACK TAILGATE BREAKDOWNS.  COMPLAINT #10121982 TELLS OF A CHILD THAT IS INJURED BY THE EXPLODING GLASS IN THE TAILGATE.  REMEMBER THE DOUBLE SIDED TAPE THAT THE DEALERSHIP TELLS ME THAT GM USES TO HOLD ON THE HIGH MOUNT STOP LIGHT AND TRIM???  IN COMPLAINT #10038988 THE COMPLAINANT WAS ALSO TOLD ABOUT THE DOUBLE SIDED TAPE.    ARE YOU INVESTIGATING THIS PROBLEM?????  I AM DRIVING A VERY UNSAFE CAR AND I WILL FIGHT UNTIL I GET SOME ACTION.    I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT A CAR NOW FOR 10 DAYS.  THE DEALERSHIP INSISTED THAT WE TURN THIS CLAIM INTO MY INSURANCE.  $2,650 CLAIM FOR WHAT THE DEALERSHIP SAID WOULD COST $25.  THE DEALERS BODY SHOP ALSO EXPLAINED THAT THE HIGH MOUNT STOP LIGHT AND TRIM ARE ATTACHED WITH DOUBLE FACE TAPE AND IF THEY COME LOOSE THEY BIND INSIDE THE HATCHBACK. I DON'T FEEL IT IS MY INSURANCE COMPANY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO PAY FOR SOMETHING THE DEALER CAUSED.  THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM CREATED BY CHEVEROLET'S POOR DESIGN. WHY HAVEN'T THEY DONE A RECALL ON THIS. THERE ARE NUME
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