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Chevrolet TrailBlazer LTZ.(Brief Article)(Evaluation)

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| July 01, 2002 | Stoll, John D. | COPYRIGHT 2002 Crain Communications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

We want to like our long-term TrailBlazer. We do.

Six months and nearly 20K on its odometer and still it's as cushy and cruise-worthy as day one. A tad floaty at low speeds, wobbly when it's really windy, but quiet and stable above 45 mph. We've used it to haul groups to Northern Michigan, Canada and Green Bay, Wisconsin, with little passenger grumbling, no back pain and never a want for space. And the 4.2-liter inline-six still packs the oomph of a V8, as promised by GM.

Unfortunately, its reliability lacks. As quarter two began, we noticed a loose weather strip on the driver's door that worsened with each open and close. We got it fixed and moved onto replacing a loose driver-side mirror that had been replaced once before. We also replaced a headlight bulb that fizzled after 16,000 miles.

GM charges a premium for its Autotrac 4wd and we in turn charged it with ushering staffers through the heaps of winter ...

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