Chevrolet Blazer Complaints (1998)

716 consumer complaints on file.

#10057791March 17, 2004
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:SWITCH/WIRING
WINDSHIELD WIPERS DON'T OPERATE PROPERLY. WINDSHIELD WIPERS SOMETIMES COME ON BY THEMSELVES, AND WILL NOT TURN OFF. ALSO, WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL STOP OPERATING DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE WIPERS AND INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THERE IS A WIRING PROBLEM WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS. *AK *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10060630March 7, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
THE TURN SIGNAL ON MY BLAZER WON'T STOP CLICKING. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10060101March 1, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:FLASHER UNIT
TURN SIGNAL FLASHER UNIT CONTINUES TO "CLICK" WHEN TURN SIGNALS ARE NOT IN USE. LIGHTS DO NOT FLASH. CLICKING STOPS WHEN BRAKES APPLIED. APPEARS THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN ONGOING IN GM SUV'S SINCE MID 80'S. RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOME 2000-2002 GM SUV'S. PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE WITH THE LUBRICANT USED IN THE TURN SIGNAL MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH. GM FIX IS TO REPLACE SWITCH AND WAIT FOR NEXT FAILURE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10060058February 29, 2004
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
1998 CHEVROLET BLAZER. WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING WITHOUT WARNING. THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM FOR US SINCE WE LIVE IN ONE OF THE SNOWY STATES. VERY DANGEROUS WHEN DRIVING IN A SNOW STORM AND THEY QUIT WORKING. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10055289February 24, 2004
AIR BAGS
WHILE TRAVELING 35 MPH, THE DRIVER DROVE INTO A DITCH AND NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. THE DEALER HAD BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE DESCRIBE FURTHER. *JB *MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10058309February 17, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH
I HAVE A 1998 CHEVY BLAZER 2-DOOR S10. I HAVE A PROBLEM W/ MY TURN SIGNALS. THE TURN SIGNALS WORK FINE, BUT THE CLICKING SOUND THAT GOES W/ THE TURN SIGNAL IS CONSTANTLY CLICKING, IT BEGAN WHEN THE TRUCK ONLY HAD ABOUT 35,000 MILES ON IT, JUST AFTER THE WARRANTY ENDED. I'VE REPLACED 2 DIFFERENT PARTS ON IT AND IT HAS STILL CONTINUED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10058148February 14, 2004
AIR BAGS
1998 BLAZER WENT OUT ROAD INTO 2 DITCHES AND HAD FRONT END DAMAGE AND BOUNCED AROUND . THE FRAME WAS BENT RIGHT WHERE THE RIGHT AIR BAG SENSOR IS LOCATED AND IT DIDN'T GO OFF. FENDER,HOOD,COW,BUMPER,GRILL, MOTOR MOUNT HAD BEEN REPLACED THAT I KNOW OF SO FAR. STILL AT REPAIR SHOP. I PURCHASED THIS CAR BECAUSE AIR BAGS AND SAFETY. THE 2 PEOPLE THAT WERE IN CAR ARE OKAY, THEY WAERE BRUISED AND SORE.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10056864February 9, 2004
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
1998 CHEVROLET BLAZER. WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP WORKING WITHOUT WARNING. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR ABOUT 10 MONTHS. EARLIER AND LATER BLAZERS HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT NOT THE 1998 MODEL YEAR. I BELIEVE THE RECALL SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO INCLUDE 1998 MODELS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10057779February 9, 2004
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WINDSHIELD WIPERS CAME ON AND OFF. WINDSHIELD WIPERS STAYED ON WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS ON. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10056800February 8, 2004
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL
WITHIN 1 MINUTE OF TURNING ON MY REAR DEFROSTER, THE REAR WINDSHIELS EXPLODED. MY CAR WAS ALREADY WARMED UP AND WAS DRIVEN FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES BEFORE TURNING ON THE REAR DEFROSTER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10056583February 5, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
-- PASSENGER SIDE RECLINER HANDLE BROKE -- FRONT BRAKE PADS AND ROTOR HAVE HAD TO BE REPLACED TWICE IN THE 6YRS OF OWNERSHIP -- WINDSHIELD WIPER WORKS ERRATICALLY (STOPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDOW) -- THE EXTRA HEAVY DUTY BATTERY DIED AFTER 3 YRS OF OWNERSHIP -- THE ALTERNATOR HAD TO BE REPLACED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10050026January 27, 2004
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE IN THE RAIN THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. *PH THE SWITCH FOR THE WIPERS HAD BEEN REPLACED. THERE WERE 3 PREVIOUS YEAR MODELS OF THE BLAZER WHICH HAD BEEN RECALLED FOR FAULTY WIPER MOTORS. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10054432January 19, 2004
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:SWITCH/WIRING
WIPER STOPS WHILE IN THE MIDDLE OF WINDSHIELD, OR WIPER RUNS CONTINUOUSLY. *CB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10071151January 15, 2004
SEAT BELTS
SEAT RECLINER HANDLES JUST BREAK OFF THIS IS COMMON ON ALL BLAZER WITH THE SAME RECLINING BUCKET SEATS THE PART IS 70 BUCKS A SIDE 2 HOURS LABOR PER SIDE! AND THE PASSENGER SIDE HAS HARDLY EVER BEEN USED THAT JUST BROKE OFF I HAVE ADDRESSED THIS PROBLEM WITH GM AND THEY COZ MY CAR IS A 98 THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO THIS IS A BIG SAFTY ISSUE AND EVERY BLAZER PERSON I HAVE TALKED TOO HAS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10071173January 15, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL
MY WIFE WAS IN DANGER DRIVING THE TRUCK WHEN SHE BROUGHT IT TO ANOTHER ROUTE (ANOTHER SHOP), WHICH WAS HUTCHENS CHEVROLET. THEY TOLD MY WIFE AND GAVE HER THE PAPER WORK STATING THAT, THE TRUCK WAS UNSAFE AND SHE COULD HAVE BEEN IN DANGER IF CONTINUED DRIVING IT. WHEN HE WAS TOLD OF THE BRAKE PROBLEMS, (THE CAR DEALERSHIP OWNER) HE INSTRUCTED MY WIFE TO TAKE IT TO HIS OWN AUTO REPAIR SHOP, WHEN MY WIFE GOT THE TRUCK BACK, IT WAS IN THE SAME STATE NOT EVERYTHING WAS FIXED. THE WORK WAS COMPLETED AT HUTCHENS. THE WORK HAD TO HAVE COST ABOUT $378.00. AND THERE ARE MORE TROUBLES WITH THE TRUCK, I SEE SIGNS OF RUST AND CORROSION, THERE ARE VIBRATIONS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10070519January 15, 2004
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL TO WORK PROPERLY. THEY STOP WORKING AT THE MOST INOPPORTUNE TIMES...LIKE WHEN THERE IS A RAIN FALL AND THEY ARE NEEDED FOR SAFETY AND VISIBILITY. I CONTACTED GM AND WAS TOLD THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED ENOUGH COMPLAINTS TO WARRANT A RECALL. THE RECALL IS AVAILABLE ON 94 TO 96 MODELS. HOWEVER, THE MANUFACTURE DATE ON MY VEHICLE IS 2/17/1997. IN A TORRENTIAL RAIN FALL, GOING 50 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE, THE W/S WIPERS STOPPED, IT WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION, ESPECIALLY WHEN AN 18 WHEELER PASSED MY SON, WHOM WAS DRIVING AND SPLASHED EXTRA WATER ON THE VEHICLE. LUCKLY HE MAINTAINED CONTROL AND HE WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10054173January 15, 2004
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A SIDE IMPACT ACCIDENT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE SLAMMED INTO A WALL AND THE DRIVER'S SEAT BACK COLLAPSED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10051685January 15, 2004
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WHILE DRIVING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED AND CAUSED POOR VISIBILITY. SOMETIMES THE WIPERS REMAINED ON ALTHOUGH THE SWITCH WAS TURNED TO THE OFF POSITION. *AK *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10053037January 13, 2004
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
2 YEARS AGO IN THE FALL, I WENT TO FIRESTONE WITH A COMPLAINT OF NO HEAT. WITH NO HEAT, THE DEFROSTERS ARE SLOW OR DO NOT CLEAR THE WINDSHIELD IN A QUICK OR SAFE MANNER. FIRESTONE REPLACED THE THERMOSTAT AND I HAD SUFFICIENT (NOT HOT LIKE IN THE PAST) HEAT UNTIL THIS PAST NOVEMBER. AGAIN WITH NO HEAT OR EFFICIENT DEFROSTERS, I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO WILSON'S AUTO SERVICE. THEY SAID MY THERMOSTAT WAS COMPLETELY OPEN--THE SPRING WAS CAUGHT. THEY PERFORMED SERVICE TO THE EXTENT OF REPLACING THE THERMOSTAT AND BACKFLUSHING THE HEATER CORE. THIS SEEMED TO HELP SOME UNTIL IT PROGRESSIVELY GOT COLDER WEATHER. LAST WEEK WHEN THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 15 DEGREES IN THE MORNING AND I LET MY VEHICLE "WARM UP" FOR 20 MINUTES, THE INTERIOR WAS STILL VERY COLD AND THE WINDSHIELD WAS BARELY CLEARED OF LIGHT FROST. WILSON'S IS NOW WORKING ON REPLACING THE HEATER CORE AT A COST TO ME TO THE TUNE OF ALMOST $800. WILSON'S SERVICE MANAGER WAS TOLD BY A FRIEND THAT WORKS OR WORKED FOR GM THAT THIS IS A COMMON COMPLAINT WITH BLAZER OWNERS AS THE DESIGN AND THE PLACEMENT OF THE HEATER CORE IN THESE VEHICLES ARE SUCH THAT WHEN THE HEATER IS NOT IN USE--LIKE IN THE SUMMER--THE CORROSION AND SEDIMENT FROM THE COOLANT CLOGS UP THE PASSAGES AND BLOCKS THE HOT AIR TO HEAT THE VEHICLE. APPARENTLY THE PART IS NOT TOO EXPENSIVE BUT THE LABOR INTENSIVE REPAIR IS THE MAJORITY OF THE COST OF REPLACING THE PART. I KNOW OF AT LEAST 2 OTHER BLAZER OWNERS--DIFFERENT MODEL YEARS--THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS SAME PROBLEM AND INCURRED SIGNIFICANT COSTS AT THE RISK OF SAFE VISIBILITY. IF THIS IS A DESIGN PROBLEM FOR AT LEAST THE 3 MODEL YEARS THAT I KNOW OF AND OTHER OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING THIS SAME PROBLEM, THEN WHY HASN'T THIS DESIGN BEEN CORRECTED AND/OR REPAIRS COMPENSATED FOR?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10052998January 12, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL, THERE IS A VIBRATION AND A LOUD GROANING SOUND. THIS BEGAN IN MARCH 01, AND CONTINUES. AT THIS POINT IT IS ALMOST CONSTANT. A GM SERVICE MANAGER SAID IT WAS THE BALL JOINT AND THAT HE WAS SURPRISED THAT THERE WAS NOT A RECALL. WE HAVE TRIED TO KEEP UP WITH THE RECALLS, BUT THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANY REGARDING THIS MATTER. WE ARE CONCERNED THAT IT MIGHT BE A SAFETY HAZARD, BUT AT THIS POINT WE HAVE NO OTHER OPTION THAN TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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