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Vehicle speed controlPart report

2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer Vehicle speed control Problems

Complaints
76about this part
Share
5%of 1,466 total for the year
Median mileage
75,000miles
Trend
StableComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are within 25% of the 3 years before.

NHTSA recorded 76 complaints about the vehicle speed control of the 2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer, 5% of the 1,466 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 75,000 miles. 3 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“Speedometer first showed speed of 60 when sitting still. I turned off the engine, restarting it 3 times and the speedometer reset. But a few days later it once again stuck and I had just started it. This time at 48 at all times whether the engine is on or off, idling of traveling. It continues to be stuck at 48 at all times, never decreasing or increasing.”

NHTSA complaint #11189864, filed 2019-03, 85,000 miles

“The speedometer gets stuck on a speed and the only way to get it back down to 0 is by turning the engine on and off several times. This has happened to me several times in the last few months. From my research on this it appears this is happening to many many people but nothing gets done about it. It seems to me like it should be a recall to get it fixed.”

NHTSA complaint #10731169, filed 2015-06, 90,000 miles

“First my rear wiper and rear washer stopped working but when you turn the button it sounds like it wants to go. Second my speedometer is all over the board. Sometimes it runs low, sometimes it's higher and at times it just won't move. It has also been off the board pointer down at the prnd321. Third my oil gauge stopped working.”

NHTSA complaint #10806372, filed 2015-11, 80,000 miles

“The airbags will show that they're not enabled even with a passenger sitting in the seat.then it would come on as being on but no passenger in seat. A lot of sensors have popped up in the electrical panel, on top of that the car kinda shut down on me and started going 10 miles per hour, as I was going out in traffic.”

NHTSA complaint #10716811, filed 2015-05, 178,300 miles

“The speedometer in my car started not working a week ago.. It would say I was going 70 and in reality I was only going 55. Now it starts out at 110mph when I start driving....making it really difficult to know how fast/slow I am going. I have read many articles of this happening with this make and model of vehicle.”

NHTSA complaint #10693262, filed 2015-03, 115,000 miles

Vehicle speed control: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
202413%
202311%
202233%
202153%
200914%
200884%
2007112%
2006172%
2005765%
2004384%
2003253%
2002171%
200014%

Other parts of the 2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer

Electrical system
617 complaints
Fuel system
611 complaints
Exterior lighting
140 complaints
Air bags
70 complaints
Transmission and drivetrain
51 complaints
Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
45 complaints
Engine cooling
44 complaints
Other or unknown
32 complaints
Engine
30 complaints
Brakes
29 complaints
Body and structure
27 complaints
Equipment
21 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

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