Thanks!the roadie said:You've certainly chosen the right forum for long-term support. Welcome!
Read up on the history of TrailBlazers to understand What Usually Goes Wrong with them. Took a pass on vehicles advertised by dealers with less then sterling reputations. Reviewed the CarFax report.the roadie said:There have been a few discussions about pre-purchase and pre-acceptance inspections to make sure you don't get stuck with a lemon with deferred or ignored maintenance, dead 4WD systems, sneaky Check Engine Light problems, and so forth.
What have you done in terms of inspections and checking maintenance records?
SEMIJim said:My wife noticed the Chevy badge in the center of the steering wheel was dented-up a bit, so they've going to check to make certain there's still an honest-to-God functional airbag in there.
SEMIJim said:Thanks!
Read up on the history of TrailBlazers to understand What Usually Goes Wrong with them. Took a pass on vehicles advertised by dealers with less then sterling reputations. Reviewed the CarFax report.
Dealer is providing a six month power train warranty.
The truck was a lease car for the first part of its life, then was purchased by the lessee. It's an '07 with 88k on it. The paint is flawless. There are some stains in the carpeting in the back seat area, but the interior is otherwise in very nice condition. The engine compartment was so squeaky clean you wouldn't hesitate to eat out of it. Vehicle, over-all, looks well cared-for. It started and drove well. No untoward noises--either driving or idling and listening under the hood. The CarFax report looks good. (No accidents reported.) The dealer addressed a bunch of stuff, incl. having the gauge cluster rebuilt, already. I've emailed the salesman about the '07 driver's side switch PCB recall, to make sure they've already done that.
I tested everything except the rear window defogger (no fogging/frost with which to test it) and 4WD Low (I could not recall the procedure). Everything worked, except...
The wind-shield squirters didn't work, the radio appeared to have five bad speakers out of six (my guess is the radio has lost it--I've posted elsewhere about that), and the latch for the center console is busted. My wife noticed the Chevy badge in the center of the steering wheel was dented-up a bit, so they've going to check to make certain there's still an honest-to-God functional airbag in there.
I already gave them an "earnest money deposit," predicated on them addressing the issues we noted.
Jim
Thanks, very much, for the offer and the info, but the dealer said they'd fix it, so I'm going to let them fix it.DDonnie said:If i can find it, i have an extra latch you can have for cost of shipping. Otherwise they are like 12 bucks on ebay.
Thanks! And thanks to all the other wecomersWooluf1952 said:Welcome
Yeah, I read about it. It was in a PM sent to me upon successful sign-up.Wooluf1952 said:In case you haven't heard:
http://gmtnation.com/f5/welcome-gmtnation-com-heres-story-226/
SEMIJim said:I'd been kind of wondering why traffic seemed so low, for such popular brands, over at the OS. Then, late yesterday, lazily poking-around in other sub-forums over there, I ran across a reference to GMTN. Now I understand.
SEMIJim said:Well, we're now a Two-TrailBlazer family
Report from our mechanic: "Looks really clean. You don't often seem them that clean. It's tight." "We did well," I asked? "You did very well," he replied.
He cited two issues he felt should be addressed under the dealership's 3-month/3000-mile power train warranty: The transmission coupling hoses are badly rusted and should be replaced (he says this is a common problem with TrailBlazers and some other GM vehicles--I think we paid him to replace them on my wife's TrailBlazer) and the front pinion seal is leaking.
Thanks for the warm welcome
Jim
I know it may sound like blasphemy, here, but I don't have any mods planned for the near future.DDonnie said:Congrats man! What's the first mod?
SEMIJim said:I know it may sound like blasphemy, here, but I don't have any mods planned for the near future.
I would like to eventually add factory fog lights, but I looked up what it took. Now I'm not so sure.
Jim