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2002 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

10 injured · 698078 · 2008-11-29

Vehicle

Make
CHEVROLET
Model
TRAILBLAZER
Year
2002
Manufacturer
General Motors, LLC
Component
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Miles at failure
70,000
Speed
25 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
10
Fire
No
Crash
No
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

WAS PULLING INTO WORK PARKING LOT WHEN A HEARD A QUICK BANG FOLLOWED BY SCREECHING NOISE. I TRIED PARKING BUT COULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE. FORWARD GEARS APPEAR TO WORK FINE BUT REVERSE IS COMPLETELY GONE. MY 2002 TRAILBLAZER HAS UNDER 70,000 MILES ON IT AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN MAINTAINED IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. AFTER READING SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS ONLINE, I SUSPECT THAT ONCE I TAKE IT FOR REPAIR I WILL BE TOLD IT IS THE SUN SHELL AND CORRESPONDING GEARS. I'M GLAD I WASN'T IN A DANGEROUS POSITION WHEN THE TRANNY WENT OUT BUT I COMPLETELY AGREE THAT THE SUN SHELL ISSUE IN THESE TRAILBLAZERS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE AND IT'S SICKENING THAT AS OF TODAY A RECALL TO CORRECT THE ISSUE IS NOT OUT THERE! I SUPPOSE IT TAKES A FEW TRAGEDIES FOR SOMEONE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT BUT I'M HOPING THAT'S NOT THE CASE THIS TIME. *TR

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10250150
Machine
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