There are 3 stored owner reports matching the brakes leading-label group for the 2001 Chevrolet Trailblazer in our NHTSA-sourced dataset. These are unverified consumer reports and may not reflect confirmed defects.
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Open the full vehicle complaint log (all categories)WHILE COMING TO A STOP IN MY 2001 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER THE BRAKE SYSTEM (ABS) KEEPS ENGAGING CAUSING IT NOT TO STOP. I HAVE WENT THROUGH MANY STOP SIGNS AND INTERSECTIONS FROM NOT BEING ABLE TO STOP. CHANGED ALL THE BRAKES ,BLEED THE BRAKES AND PUT NEW SENSORS ON..STILL HAVING THE SAME ISSUES . I HAVE READ THAT GM KNOWS THAT THIS IS A FLAW IN THE DESIGN ,WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT? *TR
WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH ON A RURAL ROAD CONSUMER CAME TO A STOP. THEN PRESSED THE BRAKES, AND CONSUMER FELT THAT BRAKES TRIED TO ENGAGE, BUT VEHICLE KEPT GOING ACROSS THE INTERSECTION. AFTER TRAVELING ANOTHER SIXTY FEET OR SO VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP ON ITS OWN. DEALER ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THERE WAS A FLAW DESIGN IN THE ABS SYSTEM.*AK
WHILE DRIVING ABS LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN APPLYING BRAKES PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK THE VEHICLE HAD GONE THROUGH FIVE RED LIGHTS, INTERSECTIONS, AND STOP SIGNS WITH NO BRAKES AND WAS UNABLE TO STOP. OTHER PROBLEMS WERE: THE TIRES WERE OUT OF ROUND(ALL 4), THERE WERE NO BRAKE OR TAIL LIGHTS, THE ENGINE SURGED, THE SPEEDOMETER FLUCTUATED, THERE WAS A SMOKE AND OR SMOKY ODOR, THE ELECTRONIC BRAKE CONTROL FAILED, THE VEHICLE DID NOT START, THE BRAKES WOULD LOCK WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS BACKED, AND THE BATTERY DIED. *SCC
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Vehicle import recorded: Apr 22, 2026. This is the stored import date, not confirmation that every source was successfully refreshed.