NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer Recalls
The 2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 31, 2006.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 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
- 1,466
- Crashes reported
- 59
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★☆☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
25 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 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 2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 06V417000
- Reported
- October 31, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 794
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2006 Trailblazer, 10 other models
Visibility: windshield
- Campaign
- 05V035000
- Reported
- February 3, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 17,815
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 212, windshield mounting
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer complaints by year
NHTSA has received 1,466 owner complaints about the 2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer, the newest on August 3, 2026. Of these, 59 describe a crash (4%) and 25 a fire; owners reported 59 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer, the component group named most often is the electrical system (42%), followed by the fuel system, gasoline (30%) and the exterior lighting (10%).
None of the 2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer's 2 recalls concerns the electrical system.
Where 2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer owners gave the mileage (1,218 complaints), the median was 70,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System617
- Fuel System, Gasoline435
- Exterior Lighting140
- Fuel System, Other95
- Fuel/Propulsion System95
- Vehicle Speed Control76
Complaints received, by year
| 2005 | 30 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 47 | |
| 2007 | 57 | |
| 2008 | 110 | |
| 2009 | 160 | |
| 2010 | 282 | |
| 2011 | 321 | |
| 2012 | 104 | |
| 2013 | 74 | |
| 2014 | 102 | |
| 2015 | 54 | |
| 2016 | 32 | |
| 2017 | 30 | |
| 2018 | 27 | |
| 2019 | 11 | |
| 2020 | 9 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer peaked in 2011, when NHTSA received 321. 17% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer drew 1.6× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Trailblazer year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 9 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 3/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 1,466 complaints about the 2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Trailblazer by model year
Other 2005 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: August 3, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted