NHTSA Safety Recalls
2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer Recalls
The 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 5, 2005.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 1,081
- Crashes reported
- 56
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★☆☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
31 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer
Exterior lighting: turn signal
- Campaign
- 05V198000
- Reported
- May 5, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 286,478
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003 Trailblazer, 2 other models
Exterior lighting: brake lights
- Campaign
- 04V527000
- Reported
- November 1, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 871,473
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2003 Trailblazer, 3 other models
2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer complaints by year
NHTSA has received 1,081 owner complaints about the 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer, the newest on August 9, 2025. Of these, 56 describe a crash (5%) and 31 a fire; owners reported 74 injuries and 4 deaths.
In complaints about the 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer, the component group named most often is the electrical system (58%), followed by the exterior lighting (9%) and the fuel system, gasoline (9%).
2 of the 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer's 2 recalls also concern the exterior lighting.
Where 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer owners gave the mileage (897 complaints), the median was 67,500 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System627
- Exterior Lighting101
- Fuel System, Gasoline93
- Power Train62
- Fuel/Propulsion System43
- Air Bags42
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 40 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 46 | |
| 2006 | 42 | |
| 2007 | 80 | |
| 2008 | 119 | |
| 2009 | 192 | |
| 2010 | 185 | |
| 2011 | 108 | |
| 2012 | 52 | |
| 2013 | 39 | |
| 2014 | 51 | |
| 2015 | 49 | |
| 2016 | 26 | |
| 2017 | 13 | |
| 2018 | 11 | |
| 2019 | 17 | |
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer peaked in 2009, when NHTSA received 192. 19% arrived between 2003 and 2007, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2004 vehicles, the 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer drew 1.2× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Trailblazer year in the same window: 4th highest of the 9 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 3/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 1,081 complaints about the 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Trailblazer by model year
Other 2004 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: August 9, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted