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2004 Trail Blazer Runs good until you turn on air cond. then runs ragged and quits


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dcoker
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Sep 1, 2011, 2:23 PM

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2004 Trail Blazer, we had a dead battery, didn't change it out for a couple of weeks.
Put in new battery runs good until you turn on air conditioner and then the motor runs
really ragged and it quits. Did not have any problems with until battery change.
What I need to fix this problems, it's my wife's car?


Hammer Time
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Sep 1, 2011, 3:26 PM

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It should straighten itself out. The computer has to relearn the idle strategy now that you cleared the memory by disconnecting the battery.



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Sep 1, 2011, 4:41 PM

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Clean the throttle body and that should solve your problem.





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Sep 1, 2011, 7:27 PM

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I'm leaning toward Ht on this one . It definently needs to do a relearn after no power for so long . THe throttlebody would cause a poor idle but should not a factor that much at speed. IMO


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Sep 1, 2011, 9:33 PM

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2004 Trail Blazer, we had a dead battery, didn't change it out for a couple of weeks.
Put in new battery runs good until you turn on air conditioner and then the motor runs
really ragged and it quits. Did not have any problems with until battery change.
What I need to fix this problems, it's my wife's car?


Cars can do funny things until the computer relearns everything.
If your still having these problems after the computer has completed the drive cycle(around 100miles for a lot of vehicles, but some are different) it should be diagnosed right away.
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Sep 2, 2011, 4:47 AM

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Re: 2004 Trail Blazer Runs good until you turn on air cond. then runs ragged and quits Sign In

Have been seeing this a lot on GM with the electronic throttle body. What happens is the customer has the battery replaced for some reason or the battery is disconnected. When power is restored the idle values are lost. The PCM goes to a default setting to relearn idle control, but the throttle bore is gummed up with carbon causing the engine to stall out or idle really low. Cleaning the throttle body usually fixes that problem.

There is even a TSB on it:

Subject: Engine Stalls When Air Conditioning Is Turned On at Idle

Models: 2004-2007 Buick Rainier
2002-2007 Chevrolet Trailblazer and Trailblazer EXT
2002-2007 GMC Envoy, Envoy XL and Envoy XUV
2002-2004 Oldsmobile Bravada
2005-2007 Saab 97x

Condition/Concern:

Engine may stall with the air-conditioner on and or while adding additional loads to the engine at idle. An example of an addition load would be turning the steering wheel left or right with the air-conditioning on. This type of stall usually occurs during idle or slow parking lot maneuvers. This concern may not set any diagnostic trouble codes.
Recommendation/Instructions:

Clean the throttle body bore and the throttle valve plate using a clean shop towel with GM top engine cleaner, GM P/N XXXXXXX (Canadian P/N 993026) or AC-Delco Carburetor Tune-Up Conditioner, P/N X66-P, or an equivalent product.

Please follow this diagnostic or repair process thoroughly and complete each step. If the condition exhibited is resolved without completing every step, the remaining steps do not need to be performed. If these steps do not resolve the condition, please contact GM TAC for further diagnostic assistance.


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re-tired
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Sep 2, 2011, 1:01 PM

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Point taken . His best bet is to clean AND drive . Most tb's could use a cleaning anyway.


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