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2025 Chevrolet Trailblazer problems, complaints & recalls

Most-reported problem areas: Power Train (5) · Electrical System (5) · Visibility/Wiper (2)

🧭 Reliability snapshot

97 /100
✓ Typical or better for this model

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26
Complaints
1
Recalls
272
Service bulletins
1
Crashes reported
0
Fires reported
0
Deaths

Safety recalls (1)

Back Over Prevention: Sensing System: Camera 2026-08-20 · campaign 26V539000 · 306,511 vehicles

Defect: General Motors, LLC is recalling certain 2024-2025 Buick Envista, 2024-2026 Buick Encore GX, Chevrolet Trailblazer, and 2025 Chevrolet Trax vehicles. The rearview camera screen may display a distorted or blank image.

Risk: A rearview image that does not display correctly reduces the driver's view behind the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.

Fix: Dealers will inspect and replace the rearview camera, if necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 30, 2026. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020 or Buick customer service at 1-800-521-7300. GM's number for this recall is A262554900. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on August 20, 2026.

Service bulletins (272)

Technical service bulletins are repair instructions manufacturers send dealers for known issues. Unlike recalls, the fix is not automatically free — but naming the bulletin at the service desk can save diagnosis time and support goodwill repairs.

Unknown Or Other 2026-10-22 · PIC6611H · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

pi provides information on how to obtain a restricted radio

Unknown Or Other 2026-10-07 · PIT6110L · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

this preliminary information communicates an issue with the ses mil and dtc p062b and engineering is currently investigating.

Unknown Or Other 2026-09-28 · PIT6457C · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

this preliminary information is for technicians that may see dtcs that are history and should not perform any part replacements. they should follow the notes mentioned prior to anything being replaced.

Unknown Or Other 2026-09-28 · PIC6540K · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

this preliminary information communicates to dealers a procedure to reset the radio.

Unknown Or Other 2026-09-26 · PIT5698F · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

this pi provides diagnostics tips on how the lin bus works and how to diagnosis it.

Unknown Or Other 2026-09-10 · PIC6629F · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

this pi is to instruct dealer on diagnostic procedures that need to be completed prior to replacing a radio or ipc display

Showing the 6 most recent of 272 bulletins. Search all of them free at nhtsa.gov.

What owners report

2026-10-22 · Air Bags

“service air bag system light has come on. yes, the dealership has confirmed there is a problem with the air bag system and part need to be replaced. collision sensor system consists of sensors that distinguish between a moderate or severe crash impact. in the event of a crash, these sensors send information to the computer that controls the deploym…”

2026-10-06 · Electrical System · 36,800 mi

“the contact owns a 2025 chevrolet trailblazer. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 26v539000 (back over prevention); however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. the contact stated the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. the contact stated that while in reverse, the back…”

2026-09-30 · Structure:body

“i was traveling at high speeds on the freeway amid a strong head wind and noticed that the hood was fluttering and had to pull over concerned about the hood was going to detach and flip up into the windshield upon inspection and research i found that there are hood bumper adjustments at the forward engine bay i adjusted the bumpers but i'm still c…”

2026-09-30 · Lane Departure: Warning

“forward collision warning is intermittently effective. …”

2026-09-23 · Visibility/Wiper · 💥 crash

“monic was backing out of driveway and indicates her backup camera and sensors were not functioning, she looked in her mirrors and did not see the vehicle so continued and collided with a parked/unoccupied vehicle. liberty mutual claim 062101908…”

2026-09-14 · Electrical System

“ my vehicle antenna was broken off in an automatic carwash by the spinning wash system because of the length and design of the unit. this antenna becomes a projectile endangering the carwash employees as well as damaging my car or a following car. …”

2026-08-31 · Steering

“about a year ago i brought my car to the dealership because my computer blacked out which resulted in losing power steering and braking ability. i was told they hooked it up to the computer and found nothing and sent me on my way. last week this same thing happened 5x in one day and i lost all computer function for 24 hours. the computer has sin…”

2026-07-04 · Power Train

“component affected: power train: automatic transmission / transmission control moduledescription of safety defect:the vehicle is experiencing a severe, intermittent, and violent mechanical "garage shift" engagement lurch. this occurs specifically when shifting the gear selector from reverse to drive during a cold-start cycle.when the gear is select…”

2026-04-29 · Unknown Or Other

“rear back up camera. one day it started to glitch when put in reverse. i placed the car in park, gave it a moment and put it in reverse again. this was repeated in the attempt to get the back up camera to work. next- turned the vehicle off for a moment, restarted it, put in reverse and this did not help. also, i attempted to check for update/update…”

2026-04-23 · Visibility/Wiper

“rear camera stoped working. i read 2022 to 2024 had recalls on internet. ours is 2025. been to dealer they ordered new camera under warranty. but there on back order. they said they would call us when it came in. that’s the story.…”

Excerpts of consumer complaints filed with NHTSA, lightly truncated. They are owner statements, not verified findings.

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