Chevrolet Blazer Complaints (1996)

1,153 consumer complaints on file.

#512967December 17, 1996
STEERING:LINKAGES
IDLE ARM/PITTMAN ARM/LEFT AXLE MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING/ACCIDENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#806440December 17, 1996
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WENT TO APPLY THE BRAKE PEDAL AND IT WENT TO THE FLOOR. THERE WERE NO BRAKES AND VEHICLE REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#806291December 13, 1996
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABS BRAKES; DRY ROAD SURFACE IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, OWNER SAYS WHEN BRAKES APPLIED VEHICLE GLIDED INTO ANOTHER REAR ENDING IT. NOT INSPECTED BY DEALER/MECHANIC YET. BRAKES MANUFACTURED BY KELSEY HAYES. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#512545December 11, 1996
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
OXYGEN SENSOR FAILED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#806060December 10, 1996
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
POOR ABS BRAKE PERFORMANCE DURING NORMAL BRAKING CONDITIONS, THE PEDAL ALMOST GOES TO THE FLOOR AND COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE IS EXPERIENCED. *AK *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#806017December 9, 1996
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PARK POSITION, CONSUMER PLACED THE VEHICLE FROM PARK TO DRIVE AND THE VEHICLE ACCELEARATED IN DRIVE. CONSUMER APPLIED FORCE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AGAIN IN REVERSE, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO HAVE A COLLISION. *AK *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#804677November 27, 1996
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS
ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS THE FUEL INJECTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#805641November 26, 1996
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FLUID
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL, IT GOES TO THE FLOOR BUT THERE ARE BRAKES. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND AND HE DISCOVERED THAT BRAKES WERE CONTAMINATED , ROTORS WERE CUT DOWN . PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK DEALERSHIP DISCOVERED BRAKE FLUID CONTAMINATED, ENTIRE BRAKE SYSTEM WAS RUINED.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#805358November 20, 1996
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
DRIVING VEHICLE IN CLEAR WEATHER ON DRY ROADS, COMING OFF A HILL, TAPPED (ABS) BRAKES, AND THEY WOULD NOT CATCH, TAPPED HARDER, STILL NOT CATCHING, REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE, DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#805174November 18, 1996
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
FAILURE OF THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES, CONSUMER APPLIED FORCE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT, THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#805195November 18, 1996
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ON NORMAL ROAD CONDTIONS WHEN SLAMMING ON THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE KEEPS GOING AND SLOWS DOWN BUT WILL NOT STOP IN TIME TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. HAD (2) REAREND ACCIDENTS IN (4) MONTHS. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#511421November 15, 1996
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
BRAKES FAILED, UNABLE TO SLOW DOWN FOR AN UPCOMING CURVE, RESULTING IN RUNNING INTO A DITCH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#511088November 15, 1996
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL/ACCIDENT/INJURIES/FIRE. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH BRAKES FAILED AND VEHICLE ROLLED OVER. BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED INJURIES. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED A FRACTURE TAIL BONE, AND PERMANENT SCARING ON LEGS, AND ON RIGHT AND LEFT HANDS. WHILE THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED HEAD AND FACIAL INJURIES. GMC HAS NOT COOPERATED AND CONTINUED TO BLOCK INFORMATION THAT MAY EXPLAIN SOME OF THE VEHICLE'S PROBLEMS. GMC BLAMED THE CONTACT AS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCIDENT. EVERYONE WAS SCARED TO SAY ANYTHING TO THE CONTACT DUE TO THREATS FROM GMC. LAW FIRMS REFUSED TO TAKE THE CASE BECAUSE THE CONTACT AND PASSENGER DID NOT SUFFER SERIOUS INJURIES NOR WERE THERE ANY FATALITIES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#805147November 15, 1996
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
WHILE DRIVING APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKE FAILED AND THE VEHICLE WENT OFF THE ROAD AND WOULD NOT STOP. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#805148November 15, 1996
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
POOR ABS BRAKE PERFORMANCE, DURING A PANIC STOP AT 55 MPH, THE WHEELS LOCKED UP, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#805009November 14, 1996
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND ABS BRAKES FAILED. *AK CONSUMER STATES ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS IN NO ABS SITUATIONS, CONSUMER WENT TO BRAKE AT A STOP LIGHT AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR INSPECTION 3 TIMES BUT WAS ADVISED THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF TROUBLE, THE 3RD TIME THEY FOUND TIRE SPEED SENSOR WAS NOT POSITIONED THE CORRECT DISTANCE FROM THE TIRE.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#805012November 14, 1996
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
DRIVING IN THE RAIN, APPLIED THE BRAKES TWO OR THREE CAR LENGTHS AWAY, THE ABS BRAKES LOCKED UP, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO REAR END ANOTHER VEHICLE. PLEASE DESCRIBE IN DETAIL. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#804987November 14, 1996
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
ELECTRICAL SHORT UNDER THE HOOD CAUSED A FIRE WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. WILL PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#511120November 6, 1996
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM
BRAKE VACUUM BOOSTER FAILED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#510987November 5, 1996
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT, POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:UNIVERSAL JOINT
DIFFICULTY SHIFTING TRANSFER CASE INTO OR OUT OF NEUTRAL AND 4 WHEEL DRIVE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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