8th Mar 2006, 13:42
I have an 02 Trailblazer with 82000 miles. I've been getting the roaring sound for the last 20,000 miles and the transmission felt like it was slipping. Lasted for couple of blocks. Saturday when pulling off the interstate I notice the problem and it hasn't gone away. Now I'm told the transmission is bad and that the error code for the fan clutch is present. Seems like way too many people are having problems.
22nd Mar 2006, 11:20
My 2002 Envoy's service engine light just went on (for the first time). Have about 40k miles on it. If its the fan clutch, this will be the second or third one replaced. I've lost count. The last time at the dealer I had a pulley noise that wouldn't go away. Dealer replaced the idler pulley. The noise came back the next day. Then he replaced the a/c compressor. During the road test the new compressor apparently blew the alternator... so that was replaced. Envoy sounds fine. Thank god we got the ext. serv. contract! What next?
31st Mar 2006, 00:20
I have a 2002 Trailblazer with 44,000 miles and the fan clutch has quit working. The vehicle is less than five years old, but the warranty ran out. Dealership would not make any attempts to help with this problem except to charge $582.00 to fix it. I advised the dealership that my next vehicle will be Japanese. They have better service and product support!
16th Apr 2006, 23:58
Same problem here.driving down the street and all a sudden sounded like a jet engine in the front of the hood kicked on, so I'm replacing the fan clutch tomorrow. I hope its not any harder to replace than my old 95 blazer "that was easy". I bought my 2002 trailblazer "as is", so no warranty for me, but it seems to me you get nowhere with the dealerships so ill do it myself... wish me luck.
17th Apr 2006, 18:49
2002 Trailblazer, fan clutch went out at 42000 miles. Researched the price of a new one and found it at about $575, Seems that Chevy redesigned in 2002 to put the $20.00 switch into the clutch assembly to keep the replacement price up. I have been a GM Man since I was 16 years old for 32 years. I will trade this in for a Toyota. This will be my last GM ever.
18th May 2006, 17:30
I also had a problem with 03 Envoy SLT fan clutch. Researched on Internet and saw that this was a fairly common problem. I spoke with my dealership and they said that they have repaired a few, but they did not know of any recall. They said that the repair would be approximately $600. I then called GMC and told them of my concerns with the vehicle only having 40,000 miles on it. They set up a claim and told me to go to the dealer and have the problem diagnosed by them and that I would be responsible for the diagnosis fee ($89). I had the dealer affirm the problem and GMC agreed to split the cost of the repair, which I feel was fair. Total cost with diagnosis was around $280. Other than this problem, this vehicle has been very dependable so far and I still love it. The dealer told me to retain my receipt in case there was a future recall.
28th Jun 2006, 17:27
I have had the same problem with my 2002 Trailblazer that I bought used in 2004. It had 30,000+ miles on it at that time. Sometime within the last year, it started making the same noise described in other posts as a "jet engine". It also would not accelerate like it should. This seemed to me to happen early in the morning and also on hotter days. I described it to my husband and he noticed it too, but it was occasional at that time. This week, it got really bad and did it the entire time on my 31 mile drive to work. Then when driving home the service engine light came on. He took it to Auto Zone for free diagnostic which came back as PO495, guy there said it was fan clutch. We ordered the part today $217.99 w/tax. We have the Chilton Repair manual and my husband will be fixing it himself barring any unforeseen problems. Definitely should be a recall. BTW, it has just over 80,000 miles on it currently.
21st Jul 2006, 06:40
Similar problem as the previous posts. I have a 2002 Trailblazer with 42,000 miles. I've had very few problems with the vehicle; except recently (1) the A/C has started intermittently cycling and (2) the engine (when cold) has started to sound like an airplane. The dealer replaced the A/C Low Pressure Cycling Switch (for #1) and the Cooling Fan Clutch (for #2). Everything seems to be OK now. Looks like I didn’t waste my money buying that GMPP after all.
9th Feb 2006, 10:25
I'll be getting my truck back from the mechanic today, problem: Fan Clutch. I had no warning leading up to the failing fan clutch. I can say when it goes, causes car to lose the ability to accelerate. Same issues, extended warranty ran out at 75K and fan went at 79K. Check engine light came on. Took it to dealer to have it fixed: estimate $821 and they weren't sure what was wrong only guessing, a second estimate and replaced fan clutch, car is running like new for $482. Mechanic called GM regarding part, their response: we are aware there is a problem, however at this time we are not issuing a recall. Nice GM!