Chevrolet Blazer Complaints (1999)

436 consumer complaints on file.

#751616September 4, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY, SEATS
REGARDING COMPLAINT ON BATTERY: AT 26,000 MILES THE ORIGINAL BATTERY WAS REPLACED. THE REPLACEMENT BATTERY BEGAN LEAKING AT APPROX. 38000 MILES; HOWEVER, BATTERY DID NOT FAIL UNTIL 39000 MILES. DEALER SAYS SINCE BATTERY WAS REPLACED IN 36000 MILE PERIOD, THE REPLACEMENT BATTERY CARRIES NO WARRANTY. THIS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. REGARDING HANDLES TO RECLINE SEAT BACK: THEY BOTH BROKE OFF WHERE CONNECTED TO CHAIR. SOFT METAL USED. THERE WAS NO HEAVY USAGE OR FOCE APPLIED. I FEEL THAT GM IS USING INFERIOR PARTS AND MATERIALS AND SEEK ASSISTANCE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894695August 20, 2001
AIR BAGS
AIRBAG LIGHT KEEPS FLASHING ON AND OFF. CONSUMER HAS BEEN TO DEALER FOR REWIRING CONNECTIONS TO AIRBAG 6 TIMES, AND THE PROBLEM REOCCURRED ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894755August 20, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL STALL ABRUPTLY,AND WILL LOSE ALL POWER ,AND WOULD NOT START. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED THERE WAS ASHORT IN IGNITION SWITCH. PLEASE ADD VIN . *AK
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750007August 7, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
REAR ROTORS HAVE AREAS WHICH ARE MISSING PIECES OF SURFACE AREA WHICH REDUCE BRAKING ABILITY AND PREMATURELY OR ABNORMALLY WEAR BRAKE PADS. I HAD AN ASE CERTIFIED MECHANIC AND A CHEVY DEALERSHIPS MECHANIC LOOK AT THE ROTORS AND THEY BOTH DETERMINED THE ROTORS ARE MADE OF POOR QUALITY STEEL. I CONTACTED GM ABOUT THIS AND THEY STATED THAT DUE TO DRIVING HABITS AND AREA (WEATHER), AND THAT THE WARRANTY IS OVER THEY WILL HELP WITH TECHNICAL SUPPORT ONLY. BEFORE HAVING THE ROTORS CHECKED I COULD TELL THEY WERE POOR QUALITY. COULD NHTSA INVESTIGATE OTHER ROTOR CASES AND CHECK WITH GM CONCERNING THE STRENGTH AND QUALITY OF ALL THEIR ROTORS AND DRUMS?*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#562368August 3, 2001
STRUCTURE
THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED CLUNKING NOISE IN THE FRONT END DUE TO LOOSE BODY MOUNTS, THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURED ON TWO OCCASIONS. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#748778July 19, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY
FIRST PROBLEM WITH THE STARTER CAUSED SIGNIFICANT INCONVENIENCT. FOR A VEHICLE THAT WAS BRAND NEW AND HAD NOT EVEN REACHED THE WARRANTY LIMIT, THIS IS EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#892655July 12, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CONSUMER STATED THAT VEHICLE SHUT OFF WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING AT STOP SIGN AND TRAFFIC LIGHT. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#892327July 10, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
VEHICLE WAS SET ON CRUISE CONTROL AT 65MPH. ENGINE REVVED AND SUDDENLY SPED UPTO 80 MPH PLUS. CONSUMER COULDN'T DISENGAGE CRUISE CONTROL AND HAD NO BRAKES. CONSUMER PUT VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL, AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO FLOOR. EMERGENCY BRAKE AND FOOT BRAKE FINALLY KICKED IN TO STOP VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAD 2 KIDS IN VEHICLE, AND ALMOST REAR ENDED 1 VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED ,AND A GMC REPRESENTATIVE FOUND NOTHING WRONG. THERE WAS OVER $2300 WORTH OF REPAIRS TO BRAKE SYSTEM. ALSO, CALIPES/ROTORS, SHOES AND PADS WERE REPLACED 1 MONTH BEFORE INCIDENT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#892152July 6, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
WHILE DRIVING OR AT A STOP THE VEHICLE WILL KICK ITSELF INTO FOUR WHEEL DRIVE. WHEN IT DOES THAT VEHICLE IS VERY HARD TO CONTROL. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER CAN'T FIND WHAT IS WRONG WITH VEHICLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#745584May 21, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM
CLUNKING SOUND IN THE FRONT OF VEHICLE. TOOK FOR ALIGNMENT AND WAS TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM WAS A LOOSE BALL JOINT. WHEN WE CONTACTED THE DEALER FOR THIS PROBLEM, WE WERE TOLD THAT THE BALL JOINT COULD NOT BE LOOSE. THEY CHECK AND COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM BECAUSE EVERYTHING WAS SATISFACTORY ACCORDING TO FACTORY TESTING. WE ARE STILL EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#888153May 14, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
CONSUMER STATE AT 40 THOUSAND MILES BRAKE ROTORS NEED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744991May 6, 2001
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
THE AIR CONDITIONER HAS FAILED REPEATEDLY SINCE ABOUT 35,000 MILES; SIMON MOTORS, AN AUTHORIZED CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP AND SERVICE CENTER, HAS REPAIRED IT FOUR TIMES. THEY REPORT THERE IS A LEAK SOMEWHERE IN THE SYSTEM AND THAT IT IS LEAKING FREEON (SP?) "BUT THEY CANNOT FIND IT." MOST RECENTLY, THEY REPLACED THE COMPRESSOR, BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. AFTER RUNNING COOL FOR A TIME, THE AIR CONDITIONER BEGINS BLOWING HOT AIR. THIS IS USUALLY ACCOMPANIED BY A CONCENTRATION OF MOISTURE IN THE AIR INSIDE THE VEHICLE, OFTEN WITH A FOUL ODOR. ARE WE IN DANGER OF ANY TOXIC EXPOSURE FROM THIS LEAK? WHAT OTHER REPORTS OF CHEVY AIR CONDITIONERS DO YOU HAVE ON FILE? IT GETS EXTREMELY HOT HERE IN THE DESERT AND THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO GET FIXED, BUT IT IS NOT BEING FIXED. PLEASE ADVISE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#887087April 30, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN APPLYING ABS BRAKES PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#885253April 6, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED BRAKE FAILURE WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 20-25 MPH. DEALERSHIP CANNOT DETERMINE REASONS FOR DEFECT. ON FEB. 09, 2001, WHILE TRAVELING UNDER WET CONDITIONS AT 20 - 30 MPH, VEHICLE EXPERIENCED BRAKE FAILURE TWO MORE TIMES. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#743117March 27, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
TOOK TRUCK IN FOR NEW TIRES/ EXCESSIVE WEAR ON FRONT TIRES/ TOLD BOTH LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE BAD. MECHANIC STATED HE PERSONALLY WORKED ON 7 OR 8 4X4 BLAZERS IN THE LAST 2 MONTHS, WITH BAD LOWER BALL JOINTS. THE YRS ON THESE VEHICLES RANGED FROM 1997 TO 1999. MAJOR SAFETY CONCERNS!!!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#743044March 26, 2001
POWER TRAIN
THE SPEEDOMETER AND RPM WILL START SPINNING AROUND OUT OF CONTROL MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW THE SPEED YOU'RE GOING. THE CAR DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO STATE A CAUSE. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING EVERY OTHER DAY NOW. IT STARTS FOR NO REASON AND THEN STOPS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883631March 21, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
HERE IS A FUEL SMELL IN CAB OF VEHICLE AFTER FILLING FUEL TANK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742473March 15, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
WE ARE INSURANCE COMPANY THAT SETTLED TOTAL LOSS. WE ARE SEEKING INFORMATION ABOUT REPORTED PROBLEMS, RECALLS, TSB'S OR CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS. PLEASE ADVISE. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882819March 13, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
SHORTY AFTER FILLING VEHICLE WITH FUEL A STRONG FUEL ODOR CONSUMES PASSENGER COMPARTMENT, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742298March 12, 2001
EXTERIOR LIGHTING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
VEHICLE LIGHTING SYSTEM, INCLUDING DASH, INTERIOR LIGHTS, HEAD LIGHTS, ETC, WILL BLINK ERRADICALLY. THE MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, AND HAS INDICATED THAT IT COULD BE THE ABS SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONING, OR SOMETHING ELSE, THEY ARE UNSURE. I HAVE CONTACTED GM ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS FOR UPDATES. THEY PROVIDE NOTHING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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