2006 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER — Complaint #932495
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NHTSA Complaint about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY:RELAY filed August 6, 2012
NHTSA complaint #932495 (ODI reference 10469413) concerns a 2006 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER and was filed on August 6, 2012. The owner reports the failure occurred on February 20, 2012. The vehicle had 113,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Indiana based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as electrical system:starter assembly:relay, 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: yes, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. A complaint that flags a crash, fire, or fatality is escalated on NHTSA's internal review queue and factors more heavily into any Preliminary Evaluation decision on this make and model. 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 electrical system:starter assembly:relay 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 2006 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SMOKE EMITTED FROM THE DRIVER'S DOOR. AFTER TAKING THE DOOR PANEL OFF, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE CONTROL PANEL HAD MELTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE CONTROL PANEL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND REPROGRAMMED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 113,000. UPDATED 09/11/12*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THAT ON 7/12 THE BLOWER FROM THE MOTOR FAILED BECAUSE OF A RELAY THAT ALSO MELTED, UPDATED 09/14/2012 *JS UPDATED 10/12/12*LJ UPDATED 10/15/2012 *JS
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 932495 |
| ODI Number | 10469413 |
| Date Filed | August 6, 2012 |
| Failure Date | February 20, 2012 |
| VIN | 1GNDT13S062 |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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