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2021 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER — Complaint #2117917

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NHTSA Complaint about ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL filed August 6, 2025

NHTSA complaint #2117917 (ODI reference 11678883) concerns a 2021 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER and was filed on August 6, 2025. The owner reports the failure occurred on August 1, 2025. The vehicle had 57,850 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Ohio based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as engine and engine cooling:exhaust system:emission control, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.

The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.

Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER cohort independently describe similar engine and engine cooling:exhaust system:emission control failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2021 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2021 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER
Component
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL
State
Ohio
Mileage
57,850 mi

Complaint Description

vThe contact owns a 2021 Chevrolet Blazer. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, there was an abnormal sound coming from the vehicle. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where it was diagnosed with a crack between the muffler and front pipe. The contact was informed that the muffler needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but provided no assistance. The contact was advised to contact the NHTSA Hotline to report the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 57,850.

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 2117917
ODI Number 11678883
Date Filed August 6, 2025
Failure Date August 1, 2025
VIN KL79MRSL3MB

Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.