Chevrolet Blazer Complaints (1998)

716 consumer complaints on file.

#550969February 16, 2000
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
THERE IS EXCESSIVE MOVEMENT OF LEFT REAR AND RIGHT FRONT DOORS OF THE VEHICLE BECAUSE OF IMPROPER FITTING CAUSED POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARDS. YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#718612February 11, 2000
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
DRIVER'S SIDE & PASSENGER SIDE FRONT DOOR PANELS NOT SEATED CORRECTLY; DOORS CONSTRUCTED WRONG, SEATED AT ANGLE, HAVE GAP AND VIBRATE DURING VEHICLE OPERATION; SAFETY CONCERN IS THAT DOORS WILL FATIGUE AND OPEN DURING VEHICLE OPERATION; PANELS "REPAIRED" WITH SCOTCH TAPE BY DEALER! DOOR DESIGN DEFECTIVE - DEALERSHIP STATED UNABLE TO REPAIR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#856392February 7, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES, AND HAS ALIGNED VEHICLE. DEALER SAID IT WAS NORMAL. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#856396February 7, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE MAKING A STOP BY DEPRESSING THE BRAK PEDAL VEHICLE CONTINUED TO TRAVEL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATON. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#718143February 1, 2000
SEATS, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE, PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
THE MANUAL ADJUSTMENTS BROKE OF BOTH THE RIGHT AND LEFT FRONT SEATS. ONE MONTH AFTER PURCHASING MY VEHICLE, PARTS OF THE MUFFLER HAD TO BE REPLACE CAR. THE EMERGENCY BRAKES STICK. THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG LIGHTS COMES ON FOR AND EXTENDED PERIOD FOR NO REASON. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#718048January 29, 2000
STRUCTURE:BODY
IT MAY SEEM SMALL, BUT THE BAND HANGS DOWN FROM VISOR, & SERIOUSLY IMPAIRS VISON. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#855612January 27, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS, SEATS
TENSIONER BELT BROKE, AND ENGINE SHUT OFF. CAUSE UNKNOWN. ALSO, DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE SEATS SLIDE UP AND DOWN WHEN BRAKING AND ACCELERATING. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717910January 26, 2000
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
NO SUMMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#877513January 5, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
CONSUMER PUT VEHICLE IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE, SLID OFF ROAD AND HAD TO BE TOWED. AT THAT TIME CONSUMER NOTICED ONLY 2-WHEELS WERE TURNING, EVEN THOUGH 4-WHEEL DRIVE WAS CLEARLY ENGAGED. AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#853105December 21, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
ENTERING HIGHWAY AND GETTING PREPARED TO MOVE INTO ANOTHER LANE, ANOTHER TRUCK PULLING A TRAILER PULLED IN FRONT OF THE CAR AHEAD OF THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. HE HIT THE BRAKES AND SO DID THE CONSUMER, BUT BRAKES FAILED. CONSUMER WAS ON HER WAY TO THE COBBS CHEVROLET BECAUSE OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. CONTACTED THE DEALER. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#716017December 13, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VEHICLE BURNED OVER 9 QTS OF OIL IN 3-4 MONTHS. FIRST NOTICED 12/98, DEALER BEGAN CHECKING AND TESTING. FINALLY, IN APRIL - MAY 1999, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT VEHICLE WAS BURNING ABOUT 1 QT EVERY 300-400 MILES. THEY FINALLY AGREED TO REPLACE ENTIRE ENGINE BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT LOCATE SOURCE OF PROBLEM. THE NIGHT BEFORE CARRYING IT FOR SERVICE, VEHICLE LOST TRANSMISSION POWER. THE DEALER HAD TO TOW THE VEHICLE IN THE NEXT DAY. AT THIS TIME, THEY NOT ONLY REPLACED THE ENGINE, BUT ALSO THE ENTIRE DRIVE TRAIN/TRANSMISSION SYSTEM. THEY STILL HAVE NO IDEA WHAT CAUSED THE FAILURES ON SUCH A NEW VEHICLE. I TRIED TO GET A REPLACEMENT VEHICLE SINCE THE FIRST FAILURE WAS AROUND 5,000 MILES, BUT THE GM REPRESENTATIVE REFUSED AND ONLY OFFERED TO REPLACE THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION. I DON'T THINK I'LL EVER FULLY TRUST MY VEHICLE NOW, BUT CAN'T AFFORD TO TRADE AT THE MOMENT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#549684November 24, 1999
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
NOISY GAS TANK LEAKING GAS. YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#715045November 20, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
WITHIN 8 MONTHS OF PURCHASING MY VEHICLE I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH OPENING THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT DOOR. THE VERTICAL MOULDING ATTACHED TO THE DRIVERS SIDE TRIANGLE WINDOW WOULD OVERLAP THE DRIVERS DOOR WHEN THE DRIVERS DOOR WAS SHUT. THIS MADE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO ENTER OF EXIT THE VEHICLE WHICH COULD BE THOUGHT OF AS A SAFETY HAZARD. IT WAS BROUGHT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE TO BE FIXED 7 TIMES. THREE OF THE TIMES THEY REPLACED THE ENTIRE SIDE TRIANGLE WINDOW, YET IT STILL KEPT HAPPENING. THE LAST TIME I BROUGHT THE CAR IN WAS 11/19/1999. THE PROBLEM LOOKS TO BE FIXED NOW BUT ONLY TIME WILL TELL. THE DEALERSHIP HAS SAID THAT THEY HAVE SEEN OTHER BLAZERS WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM, YET NOT AS BAD. IT SEEMS TO BE A DESIGN FLAW WHICH SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OFF. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT IF THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT WHERE THE BLAZER CAUGHT ON FIRE, THE DRIVER MAY NOT BE ABLE TO QUICKLY EXIT THE VEHICLE DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#714593November 10, 1999
AIR BAGS
THE BLAZER ROLLED ON ITS SIDE THEN FLIPPED END OVER END LANDING ON ITS FRONT BUMPER.THE BLAZER WAS VERTICAL TO THE GROUND ON ITS BUMPER SUPPORTED BY SOME TREES.I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. MOST OF THE DAMAGE TO THE BLAZER WAS TO THE FRONT AND BACK BUMPERS AREAS.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
1
#852194October 29, 1999
SUSPENSION:FRONT
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED THE VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT. AND MAKING SHARP TURNS, SUCH AS IN A PARKING LOT, THERE IS A POPPING NOISE PRESENT. DEALER HAS SEEN NUMEROUS TIMES AND NO REMEDY HAS BEEN FOUND.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#852244October 29, 1999
SEATS
WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE SEAT HAS TO BE HIT MORE THAN ONCE TO LOCK INTO PLACE. ALSO, THE TENSIONER DRIVE BELT CAME APART. HAD TO BE TOWED. THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#549495October 29, 1999
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
THE HVAC SYSTEM CANNOT BE SET TO SHUT OUT FUMES FROM OTHER VEHICLE CAUSING THEM TO ENTER THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE AND RESULTING IN DRIVER AND PASSENGER DISCOMFORT WHILE DRIVING. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#852120October 28, 1999
SUSPENSION
WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY NOTICED WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS THAT THE WHEELS WOULD VIBRATE VERY BADLY. VEHICLE ALSO PULLED TO THE RIGHT. CONTACTED DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT THIS WAS NORMAL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#851809October 26, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE OIL FILTER IS LEAKING OIL ONTO THE ENGINE. CONSUMER HAD THE PROBLEM REPAIRED THREE TIMES, DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE CAUSE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#713810October 25, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DRIVING SHELL DEFECTIVE, CAR WON'T GO INTO REVERSE ANS SKIPS 2ND GEAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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