Chevrolet Blazer Complaints (1998)

716 consumer complaints on file.

#764710July 25, 2002
CHILD SEAT
WE HAVE A 2 YEAR OLD BOY THAT SLID THE CHEST HARNESS APART. (IT IS EASY) TO TAKE OFF HIS CHEST PROTECTOR IN THE CAR SEAT. HE WAS SITTING IN THE BACK SEAT OF THE CAR BEACUSE OF FRONT AIR BAGS. HE THEN ROLLED DOWN THE WINDOW BECAUSE I FORGOT TO LOCK THE WINDOWS OUT AGAIN. HE THEN HAD HIS HEAD AND SHOULDERS OUT THE WINDOW. ALL THIS HAPPENED IN A MATTER OF SECONDS. I HAD TO PULL THE VEHICLE OVER AND HAVE MY OLDER SON SIT IN THE BACK WITH HIM. THE CHEST CLIP ON THE COSCO TOURIVA SLIDS APART ON ONE SIDE EASILY. THEN THE CHILD CAN TAKE THE STRAP OFF THE SHOULDERS AND PULL THEMSELVES UP AND OUT. IT IS NOT A SAFE DESIGN FOR A CURIOUS TODDLER. ALSO ON MY CENTURY IT HAS THE SAME CLIP. THEY BOTH HAVE OVERHEAD PADS TO PUT THEIR ARMS ON. I HOPE THIS PROBLEM CAN BE INVESTIGATED. THANKS.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#764323July 16, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
CHEVROLET DEXCOOL COOLANT NOT GOOD FOR 100,000 MILES AS ADVERTISED. TWO PREVIOUS RADIATOR FLUSHES, ONE WAS ONE MONTH PRIOR TO ENGINE FAILURE. TOLD DUE TO OVERHEAT DESPITE NO SIGNS OF OVERHEAT. CHEVY DEALER SAYS NO SIGNS OF COOLING SYSTEM HAVING EVER BEEN FLUSHED DESPITE ANOTHER CHEVY DEALER FLUSHING SYSTEM APPROXIMATELY 1000 MILES PREVIOUSLY. CHEVY AND TEXACO STATE VEHICLE MUST BE DRIVEN FOR EXTENDED PERIODS (20,000 MILES) WITH LOW COOLANT LEVELS TO START CORROSION CLOGGING UP COOLING SYSTEM. NOT SO IN THIS CASE. SYSTEM HAD BEEN FLUSHED AND FILLED BY CHEVY DEALER ON 6-11-2. APROXIMATELY 1000 MILES LATER, ON 7-8-2, CHEVY DEALER NOTES BUILDUP IN COOLING SYSTEM AGAIN. COOLANT SYSTEM HAD NOT BEEN LOW, AND HAD NOT BEEN EXTENDED PERIOD. REMANUFACTURED ENGINE AND NEW RADIATOR BEING INSTALLED, CHEVY DENIES ANY KNOWLEDGE OF PROBLEMS OF THIS SORT WITH DEXCOOL.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8013568July 9, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
OIL LINE LEAKED ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8013419July 8, 2002
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
WHEN TURNING LEFT OR RIGHT, THERE IS A LOUD NOISE. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR AN OIL CHANGE, MECHANIC STATED THAT BALL JOINTS WERE SHOT. CONSUMER INDICATED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR SAME PART ON 1996 AND 1997 MODELS.*AK. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY MANUFACTURER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO THE VIN.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#566409July 1, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
FRONTAL AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY DURING ACCIDENT WHICH INVOLVED A 1998 CHEVROLET BLAZER. *MC THE CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND HIT A TELEPHONE POLE HEAD ON, SPLITTING IT IN HALF. *NM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#763698July 1, 2002
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE UNLATCHED AND FLEW BACK ONTO THE WINDSHIELD OF THE VEHICLE. THERE IS DAMAGE TO THE HOOD, WINDSHIELD AND ROOF OF THE VEHICLE. I WAS TRAVELING AT 40MPH. AT THE TIME, AND I HAD JUST FINISHED A TRIP OF 130 MILES AT AN AVERAGE SPEED OF 70-75MPH. WORK HAD NOT BEEN PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE FOR THAT DAY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8013085July 1, 2002
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
FRONT SEAT HANDLE SNAPPED, AND CONSUMER IS UNABLE TO RECLINE SEAT FOR ADJUSTMENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8013106July 1, 2002
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
FRONT DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEAT BELTS INTERMITTENTLY FAIL TO RELEASE ONCE BUCKLED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8012547June 25, 2002
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH AT NIGHT HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT,. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN EXAMINED BY DEALER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8012588June 25, 2002
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, STEERING:LINKAGES:ARM:IDLER AND ATTACHMENT
LOWER BALL JOINTS WORE OUT AT 800 MILES ON VEHICLE. THIS WAS NOTICED WHEN CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE INTO REPAIR SHOP. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK DEALER ALSO FOUND IDLER ARM LOOSE. DEALER ADJUSTED CAMBER AND CASTER ON BOTH SIDES AND SET TOE. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED BUT WILL NOT OPEN A RECALL UNLESS THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. HOWEVER CONSUMER WAS GIVEN COMPLAINT NUMBER SI-4462134. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8012471June 24, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY PUT CRUISE CONTROL ON, BUT IT WOULDN'T DISENGAGE. HAD TO PUT VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL, AND CUT VEHICLE OFF TO SOLVE PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8012133June 19, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WAS ON AND TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, THEY CHECKED VEHICLE, BUT ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WAS STILL ON. *AK CONSUMER HAS A WARRANTY ON THE TRANSMISSION AND COMPLAINED TO DEALER 9 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF PURCHASE ABOUT THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATING. NO REASONABLE EXPLANATION WAS GIVEN EXCEPT PROBABLE GAS CAP. WHILE HAVING THE OIL CHANGED CONSUMER FOUND OUT THE LIGHT WAS FOR THE POWER TRAIN. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO A TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST WHO CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS A DEFECTIVE PART IN THE TRANSMISSION. CONSUMER WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION CODE PROVED THAT AN AFTER MARKET PART WAS USED TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE PART PREVIOUSLY. *JG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#762963June 11, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
SIDE GEARS AND CASE AND SIDE BEARINGS FAILED AT 48,300 MILES. REPLACED FRONT DIFFERENTIAL ASSEMBLY, INSTALLED NEW SIDE GEAR SET AND CASE AND SIDE BEARINGS. REPAIR COST WAS $1,154.00 DOLLARS. BOUGHT THE CAR USED IN FEB. 2001, BEARINGS FAILED IN NOV. 2001. ONLY 5,000 MILES WERE PUT ON THE VEHICLE IN THAT TIME FRAME. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#762966June 11, 2002
SUSPENSION, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
THIS VEHICLE IS PLAGUED WITH PROBLEMS. REPLACED BOTH FRONT & REAR SHOCKS AT 51,800 MILES AT A COST OF $342.00. AT 50,800 MILES, REPLACED DISC PADS, DISC BRAKE SHIMS AND REAR ROTORS AT A COST OF $290.00 - REAR BRAKES WERE COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT. FOUR NEW TIRES AT A COST OF $440.00 WERE PUT ON THIS VEHICLE AT 48,610 MILES. I HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE ALIGNED AND TIRES BALANCED THREE TIMES IN TEN MONTHS - ONE WAS A FORCED BALANCE AT A COST OF $160.00. THE STEERING WHEEL IS NOT STRAIGHT AND THE VEHICLE'S PASSENGER SIDE SITS 1" TO 1 1/2" LOWER THAN THE DRIVER'S SIDE. NO ONE SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS WITH THIS VEHICLE. NEXT REPAIR IS TO ADJUST THE TORSION BAR AND RE-ALIGN IT TO SEE IF THIS FIXES THE PROBLEM. EVERY TIME I GO OVER THE SLIGHTEST BUMP, THE WHOLE BODY OF THE VEHICLE SHAKES! IT FEELS AND SOUNDS LIKE THE FENDERS AND DOORS ARE GOING TO FALL OFF. I HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE FOR 13 MONTHS, PUT 8,600 MILES ON IT AND HAVE SPENT $2,385.00 IN REPAIRS SO FAR. I AM NOT A HAPPY PERSON.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#762785June 7, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:FLASHER UNIT, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER, VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR
TRANSMISSION REPLACED AFTER 2 YEARS OF HASSLE, NEW TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD BUT DEALER STATES ALL TRANSMISSIONS RUN THAT WAY. TURN SIGNAL/WINDSHIELD WIPER MODULE REPLACED TWICE, TURN SIGNAL CONTINUED TO CLICK AFTER TURNED OFF, WINDSHIELD WIPERS TURNED ON BY ITSELF. DRIVER'S MIRROR REPLACED TWICE DUE TO VIBRATION AND CONTINUES TO VIBRATE, DEALER REFUSED TO REPLACE A THIRD TIME DUE TO A BUGSHIELD BEING INSTALLED EVEN THOUGH MIRROR VIBRATED BEFORE BUGSHIELD WAS INSTALLED. VEHICLE WAS BOUGHT AT GRUBBS CHEVROLET BUT HAS BEEN SERVICED FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS AT LOWE CHEVROLET IN WAYNESVILLE MO.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8011158June 5, 2002
PARKING BRAKE
CONSUMER BACKED HIS BOAT TRAILER INTO THE LANDING, APPLIED THE BRAKES AND PLACED THE TRANSMISSION IN PARK, CONSUMER BEGAN LOADING THE BOAT, WHEN ENTERING THE VEHICLE, HE PLACED IT IN DRIVE AND THEN PULLED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND ALSO APPLIED THE FOOT BRAKE, THE FOOT BRAKE HELD FOR A SECOND THEN WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO ROLL INTO THE LAKE, CONSUMER HAD TO GIVE THE VEHICLE A LITTLE GAS IN ORDER TO GET THE VEHICLE ONTO LEVEL GROUND. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#762063May 19, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
THE FUEL INJECTORS LEAKED ONTO THE MAIN WIRING HARNESS INSIDE THE ENGINE. ALL OF THE WIRES MELTED. THREE DIFFERENT MECHANICS CONFIRMED THAT THIS SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED AND COULD HAVE CAUSED A FIRE. I WAS REFERED TO GENERAL MOTORS. ESTIMATED REPAIRS FOR $1600.00 INCLUDE REPLACEMENT OF THE WIRING HARNESS, FUEL INJECTORS, FUEL REGULATOR KIT, FUEL BODY KIT AND UPPER INTAKE GASKET. GM HAS AGREED TO PAY 50% OF THE BILL. SINCE THE VEHICLE HAS ONLY 42,000 MILES, HAS BEEN MAINTAINED PROPERLY WITH OIL CHANGES AND TUNE UPS, I FEEL THAT GM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TOTAL AMOUNT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8009780May 14, 2002
PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL
EMERGENCY BRAKE HAD TO BE REPLACED, WOULD NO LONGER HOLD WHEN APPLIED.*AK ALSO, THE REAR BRAKES WERE WORN OUT. THE REAR ROTORS COULD NOT BE TURNED SINCE IT HAD CRUMBLED. THE DRIVER DOOR WAS REPLACED AND THE DOOR PANEL WAS REINSTALLED. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8009840May 14, 2002
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM, STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS
POWER STEERING WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH. CONSUMER REPAIRED VEHICLE. *AKCONSUMER FOUND THAT THE POWER STEERING HOSE WAS WORN AND HAD A HOLE IN IT CAUSING IT TO LEAK. PHOTOS ATTACHED. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8009762May 13, 2002
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
CONSUMER WAS RECLINING SEAT AND SEAT LATCH LEVER BROKE OFF IN HAND. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROBIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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