Chevrolet Blazer Complaints (1996)

1,153 consumer complaints on file.

#883527March 20, 2001
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH
TURN SIGNAL, FRONT AND REAR STOPPED WORKING, FUES AND RELAY ARE NOT AT FAULT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883338March 19, 2001
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
RECALL 98V 150 001/ WINDSHIELD WIPER WIRING: VEHICLE EXPERIENCING INTERMITTENT WORKING OF WINDSHIELD WIPERS. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742493March 15, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
BATTERY LEAKED ACID ONTO 4 WHEEL DRIVE CABLE. FRONT WHEEL DRIVE FAILED. CABLE HAD CORRODED ACTUATOR CABLE.CAUSED CABLE TO BREAK.FAILURE OCCURED ON TRIP TO MOUNTAINS. HAD TO GET CHAINS TO GET OUT OF SNOW. IT COST 203.13 TO REPLACE ACTUATOR CABLE AND 226.61 TO REPLACE BATTERY CABLE AND BATTERY. BATTERY WAS ONLY ONE YEAR OLD. SERVICE MANAGER SAID THEY HAVE SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH DELCO BATTERIES. SAME PROBLEM HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED TO NHTSA. REFERENCE ODI ID 554064,724743,717883,885560
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883155March 15, 2001
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILED. 3 TO 4 CLUTCH PATCHES DISINTEGRATED . TRANSMSSION HAS BEEN REPLACED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742437March 14, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY
GEERAL MOTORS RECCOMMENDED COOLANT FOR CHEVROLET BLAZER'S CLOGGED THE RADIATOR AND THERMOSTAT RESULTING IN THE REPLACEMENT OF ALMOST THE ENTIRE COOLING SYSTEM. THIS OCCURED WELL BEFORE THE MANUFACTURER'S SUGGESTED SIMPLE COOLANT REPLACEMENT.100,000 MILE C
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883071March 14, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO STOP BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, RESULTING IN A COLLISION. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882913March 13, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES
OIL LEAKING FROM TRANSMISSION COOLER LINE AT A REMOTE FILTER LOCATION. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742237March 11, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
NO SUMMERY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742150March 8, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABS BRAKES LOCK UP SPORADICALLY, WITH NO WARNING. CAN HAPPEN AT ANY TIME BRAKE PRESSURE IS APPLIED. BRAKES ALSO HAVE A HIGH PITCHED SQUEAL/SQUEEK WHEN BRAKING TO STOP. THE LOCKING UP PROBLEM IS ONLY OCCASIONALLY, WHILE THE SQUEALING/SQUEEKING NOISE IS THERE ALL THE TIME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#560246March 7, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION AND APPLYING THE BRAKES THE ABS VALVE BEGAN TO CHATTER BUT THE BRAKE DID NOT APPLY THE BRAKE VALVE ONLY CHATTERED QUICKLY ALLOWING THE BRAKES TO SHUTTER, AS A RESULT OF THE VEHICLE NOT BEING ABLE TO STOP THE CONSUMER HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#560231March 7, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
WHILE TURNING INTO A PARKING LOT THE UPPER BALL JOINT ON THE DRIVER SIDE BROKE CAUSING TIRE TO COME OFF THE VEHICLE, THE CONSUMER HAD ALL FOUR BALL JOINTS REPLACED. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#560243March 7, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
RIGHT FRONT SUSPENSION COLLAPSED CAUSING THE WHEEL AND TIRE TO EXPLODE. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741888March 4, 2001
STEERING:LINKAGES, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
NO MAJOR SAFETY PROBLEMS. HOWEVER, SIGNFICANT MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH VERY MODERATE MILEAGE. MECHANICAL PROBLEMS INCLUDE STEERING LINKAGE, WATER PUMP, STARTER, HEAD GASKET.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881751February 28, 2001
WHEELS
FRONT WHEEL CAME LOOSE FROM TIRE. IT HOLDS WHOLE FRAME OF VEHICLE. CONSUMER WAS IN REVERSE AND TURNED OUT ON A MAIN ROAD. ABOUT 10 FEET THERE WAS A POP, STEERING FELT FUNNY. DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL POPPED LOOSE FROM FRAME. CONSUMER WILL CONTACT MANUFACTURER TO REFER THEM TO A CHEVROLET DEALER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741542February 26, 2001
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
WINDSHIELD WIPERS ONLY WORK OCCASIONALLY.....USUALLY WHEN IT'S RAINING,THEY DON'T WORK. CONTACTED CHEVROLET BECAUSE WE SAW THAT THE 1996 BLAZER WIPERS WERE RECALLED....THEY SAID OUR BLAZER IS A WEEK OF OF THE RECALL VIN #'S. , AND SINCE WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN INT AN ACCIDENT, THEY WON'T DO ANYTHING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741482February 24, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
BRAKES FAILED,RUBBING NOISE RESULTING THE PATH OF AN AUTO/DAMAGE LISTED
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881203February 23, 2001
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
SOMETIMES WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD BE WORKING/SOMETIMES THEY WOULD NOT,AND SOMETIMES THERE WAS A DELAYED REACTION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880945February 21, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
WHILE CHANGING LANES VEHICLE SWERVED. DRIVER STOPPED VEHICLE, AND UPON VISUAL INSPECTION NOTICED THAT BALL JOINT BROKE OFF. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741249February 20, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
ON 8/18/1999 I TOOK MY 1996 CHEVY BLAZER TO SUPERIOR CHEVROLET (MERRIAM, KS [XXX]) BECAUSE THE ENGINE COOLING LIGHT KEPT COMING ON. AS SOON AS I TOLD THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE ABOUT THE PROBLEM HE REPLIED THAT THIS WAS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH 1996 BLAZERS DUE TO A DEFECTIVE COOLANT (DEX-COOL) THAT WAS USED IN THE VEHICLE. THEY SAID THAT THE FIX WAS TO "FLUSH" THE COOLING SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE TO GM SERVICE BULLETIN NO. 99-06-02-012 (OF WHICH I HAVE A COPY). AT THIS TIME THEY CHARGED ME $543.96 FOR THE "FLUSH". AS I INVESTIGATED THE INCIDENT MORE I FOUND FROM SEVERAL OF THE SERVICE PERSONEL AT THIS DEALERSHIP, AS WELL AS FROM THE SERVICE MANAGER ([XXX] [XXX]) THAT THE PROBLEM WITH THE DEX-COOL COOLANT WAS VERY COMMON WITH 1996 &1997 BLAZERS. I THEN QUESTIONED WHY THE CONSUMER SHOULD PAY FOR AN INFERIOR COOLANT THAT WAS USED IN THESE VEHICLES. AS I PURSUED MY COMPLAINT MORE, THE SERVICE MANAGER ENDED UP CONTACTING THE AREA REP FOR CHEVY, WHO IN TURN ENDED UP REIMBURSING ME APPROX. $312. OF MY $543. AT THE TIME I FIGURED THAT I BETTER TAKE WHAT I COULD GET, AND THAT THE PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED.... WELL HERE I AM 18 MONTHS LATER AND 19,200 MILES LATER AND THE COOLANT LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. ONCE AGAIN I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO SUPERIOR CHEVROLET, AND ONCE AGAIN THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE COOLING SYSTEM DUE TO THE DEX-COOL COOLANT ACCORDING TO THE SERVICE REPS AND SERVICE MANAGER. THIS TIME THOUGH THE SERVICE MANAGER SAYS THAT THE ENTIRE COOLING SYSTEM (RADIATOR, HEATER CORE, AND WATER PUMP) ALL NEED REPLACEMENT BECAUSE THE DEX-COOL HAS "GELLED" UP THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM. MR. [XXX] HAS TOLD ME THAT TO REPAIR THIS WOULD COST $2100., BUT BECAUSE WE HAD THE SYSTEM FLUSHED JUST 18 MO. AGO, AND BECAUSE THE PROBLEM WITH THIS DEX-COOL COOLANT IS SO COMMON THAT HE WOULD ONLY CHARGE ME $1300. I VOICED MY CONCERN OF WHY THE CONSUMER SHOULD PAY FOR A PROBLEM THAT IS COMMONLY KNOWN AT CHEVROLET. PLEASE CONTACT ME AT THE LISTED PHONE NUMBERS. THANKS. *AK PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY ID
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741028February 16, 2001
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:FLASHER UNIT
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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