Chevrolet Blazer Complaints (1999)

436 consumer complaints on file.

#10039953September 15, 2003
SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER
REAR SEAT BELT ON DRIVER'S SIDE IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10038836September 13, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
I HAVE A 1999 CHEVROLET BLAZER THAT IS VERY WELL MAINTAINED. I HAD TO REPLACE BOTH FRONT END WHEEL HUB BEARINGS BEFORE IT HAD 60,000 MILES ON IT. THERE MUST BE DEFECTIVE BEARINGS BEING PUT IN THESE VEHICLES. THERE IS NO WAY A WHEEL BEARING SHOULD WEAR OUT BEFORE 60,000 MILES. I WROTE TO CHEVROLET CORPORATE OFFICES & THEY TOLD ME THEY WERE SORRY BUT DIDN'T OFFER ANY COMPENSATION. I AM FILING THIS REPORT TO HELP OTHERS IN THE FUTURE. IT IS QUITE EXPENSIVE TO REPLACE WHEEL BEARINGS AND IF ENOUGH PEOPLE COMPLAIN MAYBE CHEVROLET WILL TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY FOR INSTALLING DEFECTIVE PARTS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10038810September 12, 2003
FAILURE OF SIGNAL CONTROL SWITCH IN STEERING COLUMN. HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10038603September 10, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THEN CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10036927August 31, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
FRONT WHEEL BEARING WENT BAD TO THE POINT OF MAKING NOISE AND WHEN WE TORE IT DOWN FOR REPAIRS, THE BEARING ON THE FT. RT. (2WD) THEIR WAS A LOT OF METAL SHAVINGS BEHIND BEARING. UPON A SEARCH OF SEVERAL PARTS STORES THE ONLY SOURCE WAS A DEALER ITEM. NO PROBLEM EXCEPT FOR THE 487.00 DOLLARS EACH, WE ONLY HAD TO REPLACE 1 BUT, THIS VEHICLE THATHAS ONLY 60,000 MILES AND 2 FT.WHEELS THIS COULD EASILY END UP BEING A 1000.00 FIX FOR FRONT BEARING. PS.BEARINGS FOR 4WD WERE ONLY $138.00. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10033391August 24, 2003
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER, INTERIOR LIGHTING, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
MY CAR HAS HAD TWO RECLINER MECHANIZMS BREAK IN 2 YEARS. MY SECURITY LIGHTS COME ON FOR NO REASON,MY PAINT IS CHECKING AND PEELING.NOW IT APPEARS THAT MY CONTROL ARM AND LOWER BALL JOINT WERE FAILING AT 85,000 MILES.*AK AT ABOUT 70,000 MILES MY 4WHEEL DRIVE WOULD SLIP IN AND OUT AT FREEWAY SPEED. I HAVE A 1999 CHEVY BLAZER,4DR, COMPLETELY MAINTAINED AND DRIVEN WITH CARE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10032794August 14, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES, SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
HAVE A 99 BLAZER,2 WD. THE RECLINER HANDLE BROKE OFF THE FIRST WEEK I OWNED IT( MY KID BROKE IT BY SIMPLY TOUCHING IT!) VEHICLE HAD 32000 MI AT THE TIME. HAVE NOT FIXED IT BECAUSE OF COST.SINCE THEN I HAVE DISCOVERED AN OIL LEAK ON THE OIL LINE COOLER,A $300 FIX(TO REPAIR BOTH LINES),AND TO TOP THINGS OFF I'M BEING TOLD THAT THE INTAKE GASKET HAS THE POTENTIAL OF GIVING WAY. I HAVE 58000MI ON THIS VEHICLE SO FAR. HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE S-10 BLAZER ARE NOTORIOUS FOR THESE PROBLEMS, AND SO FAR G.M. HAS NO RECALL ON ANY OF IT. INCENDENTLY A MECHANIC I KNOW HAS A S-10 BLAZER SIMILAR TO MINE, HIS OIL LINES LEAKED, AND FINALLY BLEW,COSTING HIM A NEW ENGINE. MINE HAVEN'T BLOWN -----YET. I CAN STILL DRIVE IT, BUT IT WORRIES ME. I'VE BEEN A G.M. FAN FOR MANY YRS. BUT THIS CRAZY BLAZER IS STARTING TO MAKE ME RECONSIDER WHAT MY NEXT VEHICLE WILL BE. CAN ANYTHING BE DONE ABOUT THIS????? THANKS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10017929August 7, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
WHEN THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE FISH TAILED. THE DEALER INDICATED THE CALIPER WAS NOT COMPRESSING WITH THE ROTOR. *NLM *CB *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10032090August 5, 2003
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
CONSUMER STATES THAT WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10030702August 3, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
ENGINE COOLANT CONTINUES TO BOIL AND OVERHEAT AFTER HAVING IT FLUSHED THREE TIMES NOW. SAME AS 10030550.HY ISN'T SOMEONE DOING SOMETHING? WE JUST WANT OUR CAR FIXED . SEE: HTTP://WWW.KANSASCITY.COM/MLD/KANSASCITY/BUSINESS/5948626.HTM HTTP://WWW.NBC4.TV/NEWSLINKS/2369813/DETAIL.HTML HTTP://WWW.IMCOOL.COM/ARTICLES/ANTIFREEZE-COOLANT/DEXCOOL-MACS2001.HTM HTTP://ABCLOCAL.GO.COM/KGO/NEWS/7OYS/072503_7OYS_DEXCOOL.HTML HTTP://WWW.GEOCITIES.COM/B_GILLIE/DEXCOOL_PROBLEMS.HTML HTTP://WWW.CONSUMERAFFAIRS.COM/AUTOMOTIVE/GM_DEXCOOL.HTML HTTP://FORUMS.VMAG.COM/SUVSUBURBAN0402/MESSAGES/1665.HTML.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10030550July 31, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
BOUGHT NEW/USED 1999 CHEVROLET BLAZER FROM SHOWCASE CHEVROLET IN WESTMINSTER CA. HAD IN POSSESSION FOR ABOUT 1 WEEK AND THEN BEGAN HAVING RADIATOR/COOLING SYSTEM PROBLEMS. DEALERSHIP DID NOT WANT TO CORRECT DEFECT SO TRIED TO USE LEMON LAW. NO ONE WOULD GIVE ME INFORMATION ON GENERAL MANAGER. FINALLY FOUND OUT WHO GM WAS AFTER 3 WEEKS OF HASSLES. FOUND OUT THAT HIS NAME WAS JOE PERRY AND THAT HE WAS ON VACATION AT THE TIME. WHEN HE RETURNED I CONTACTED HIM THAT DAY AND TOLD HIM ABOUT ALL MY TROUBLES AND HOW THE VEHICLE WAS OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE AFTER BEING IN THE SHOP 2 TIMES IN LESS THAN A MONTH. HE WAS RUDE AND NOT HELPFUL WHAT-SO-EVER WITH THE SITUATION. AFTER BEING TOLD BASICALLY ITS MY PROBLEM NOW, I DECIDED TO FIND OUT THE AREA MANAGERS NAME AND HOW TO CONTACT HIM/HER. CALLED CHEVROLET CUSTOMER SERVICE NUMBER AND REPORTED THE VEHICLE PROBLEMS AND THE SERVICE PROBLEMS IN WHICH I HAD CONTACTED JUST TRYING TO FIX MY DEFECTIVE VEHICLE. CUSTOMER SERVICE PRETENDED TO CARE BUT NOTHING WAS BEING DONE. THEN I CALLED SHOWCASE CHEVROLET BACK AND TALKED WITH MR. PERRY ONCE AGAIN, AND ASKED HIM FOR THE NAME OF HIS AREA MANAGER. I WAS TOLD THAT THEY WERE INDEPENDENTLY OWNED AND THEY DID NOT HAVE AN AREA MANAGER. I REPEATED HIM AND MADE SURE THEY DID NOT HAVE A MANAGER THAT WAS HIGHER ON THE LIST THAN MR. PERRY HIMSELF. I WAS BLUNTLY TOLD NO. I THEN CALLED CUSTOMER SERVICE AND FOUND THAT THEY DO HAVE AN AREA MANAGER AND THAT SHOWCASE THOUGHT I WANTED TO CONTACT HIM. SO INSTEAD OF TELLING ME THAT THEY DID HAVE AN AREA MANAGER BUT I COULD NOT CONTACT HIM MYSELF, HE JUST THOUGH IT WOULD BE BETTER TO SAY THAT MR. PERRY WAS THE HEAD OF EVERYTHING AND THEY HAD NO SUCH THING AS AN AREA MANAGER. WELL NOW I'M HERE COMPLAINING TO THE LAST PLACE I COULD FIND. TODAY I HEARD ON THE NEWS OF THIS OUTRAGES LAWSUIT WITH GM AND THEIR COOLING SYSTEM AND DEX-COOL. THAT IS WHAT IM EXPERIENCING WITH MY VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10030455July 30, 2003
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
THE RIGHT FRONT SEAT RECLINING HANDLE STUD SHEARS OFF. VERY LITTLE USEAGE, VERY LITTLE WEAR OR TEAR. THE LEFT SIDE BROKE 6 MONTHS AGO. CHEVROLET SAYS THAT IT'S OUT OF WARRANTY, AND THAT THEY WON'T TAKE CARE OF IT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10031315July 29, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WOULD COME ON. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10030297July 28, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
LAST YEAR 11/02 MY RIGHT FRONT WHEEL BEARING WENT BAD. A HORRIBLE NOISE FROM THE FRONT END AT AS LITTLE OF 20MPH. THEN THE SAME THING HAPPENED LAST WEEK FROM THE FRONT LEFT. I JUST GOT IT FIXED TODAY 7/28/03. THE FIRST TIME IT WAS AROUND 60,000. *AK NOW IT IS AT 66,671 MILES. THE ASSEMBLY'S TO FIX THE BEARINGS ARE NOT CHEAP...
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10026680July 28, 2003
SEAT BELTS:FRONT
THE CONSUMER WAS REAR ENDED, AND THE SEAT BELT ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE DIDN'T HOLD THE PASSENGER WHO WAS THE CONSUMER'S MOTHER, IN WHICH SHE SUFFERED INJURIES TO HER NECK AND ARMS. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A THREE VEHICLE ACCIDENT. THE CONSUMER STOPPED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN AND WAS REAR ENDED. THE CONSUMER'S MOTHER WAS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND HAD TO PLACE HER ARM ON THE DASH TO CATCH HERSELF AND TORE HER ROTOR CUFF. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED COMPENSATION. *SCC *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10029316July 27, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY
HAD TO RTEPLACE WATER PUMP IT IS NOT 60,000 YET. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10029155July 25, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT:SEAL
LEAKING TRANS AXLE FLUID OUT OF FRONT AXLE (SEALS DEFECTIVE). *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10024316July 25, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
WHEN FUEL TANK IS BELOW A HALF OF TANK VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN. FIRST TIME IT BROKE DOWN AT A STOP LIGHT. THE SECOND TIME AT 45 MILES AT BLACK MOUNTAIN OF ASHERILL, THE THIRD TIME 221 SOUTH WITH A TRAILER LAND OF WOODEN PALLETS. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK *CB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10029463July 16, 2003
SUSPENSION
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRES ARE LEANING INWARD, AND THE STEERING IS PULLING IN ONE DIRECTION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10026869July 9, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
CONSUMER STATED THAT BALL JOINT SNAPPED, CAUSING THE FRONT WHEEL TO COME OFF. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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