Model years Chevrolet Trailblazer
2023 Chevrolet Trailblazer
This year drew an ordinary 62 complaints for a Chevrolet Trailblazer — the model's median is 107. What they were about is the unusual part: 19.4% of them mention brakes, against 6.6% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 62 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 107 |
| Involving a crash | 4 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 0 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 30 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- brakes — 19.4% of this year's complaints, against 6.6% across the model's other years (2.9×).
- nothing — 12.9% of this year's complaints, against 4% across the model's other years (3.2×).
- sounds — 11.3% of this year's complaints, against 3.4% across the model's other years (3.3×). Owners wrote it as: sounds, squeaking, says.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
Brakes have been squeaking since about 2,000 miles at lower speeds (parking, drive-thru, stop-and-go street traffic, etc.). Took my car into the dealership at around 7,000 miles. Dealer acknowledged the issue and says that it's due to the material that the bra…
I recently bought a new Trailblazer 2023 last year. I have had problems with a squeaking noise when I apply the brakes. The problems have gotten considerably worse. I have taken it to the dealership and they claim there are no problems. I made an appointment t…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Chevrolet Trailblazer was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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