Chevrolet Blazer Complaints (1996)

1,153 consumer complaints on file.

#557578November 27, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
THE THROTTLE IS ONLY ABOUT 1 INCH AWAY FROM THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE CONSUMER HAS HIT THE THROTTLE WHEN WANTING TO USE THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAUSE THEY ARE TOO CLOSE TOGETHER. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#736870November 26, 2000
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
AT APPROXIMATELY 46,000 MILES, THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY BLAZER DIED. THE CONDENSOR, ETC. ALL NEED TO BE REPLACED. MY INDEPENDENT DEALER RELAYED TO ME THAT HE HAS HAD THREE 1996 AND A 1997 BLAZERS IN FOR A/C FAILURE IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS. HE SAYS IT IS DUE TO "CHEAP PARTS". *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#736493November 18, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT
FRONT TIRES WERE GETTING QUITE WORN OUT AND ROTATING WAS NOT HELPING. WAS FORCED INTO REPLACING ALL FOUR AT 49559 MILES - WELL BEFORE THE 60000 MILES WARRANTY ON THE THE TIRES. THE TIRE SHOP SAID THAT I NEED TWO FRONT LOWER BALL JOINTS AND AN IDLER ARM. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT I NEEDED TWO FRONT UPPER BALL JOINTS ALSO. THE DEALERSHIP ADDED THAT THE JOINTS SHOULD LAST A LIFETIME IF PROPERLY LUBRICATED - WHICH I HAD TAKEN CARE OF. ASKED THE CHEVROLET CUSTOMER SERVICE ABOUT A REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE FOR THE BALL JOINTS AND WAS TOLD TO ASK THE DEALERSHIP. BOTTOMLINE - DID NOT GET A REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE FROM EITHER PLACE. THE DEALERSHIP WARNED THAT THE JOINTS COULD BREAK WHILE DRIVING AND READING SOME OF THE OTHER COMPLAINTS TO NHTSA SCARED THE HECK OUT OF ME. ENDED UP GETTING THE LOWER AND UPPER BALL JOINTS ON EITHER SIDE ALONG WITH THE IDLER ARM REPLACED AT A COST OF $800. THE CHEVROLET CUSTOMER SERVICE GAVE A BUNCH OF PLATITUDE ABOUT HOW SORRY THEY WERE THAT THE WARRANY HAD EXPIRED AND THAT THEY COULD NOT HELP ME.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#875139November 17, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS, STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CONSUMER TRIED TO STOP AT AN INTERSECTION AND IDLER PULLEY/SERPENTINE BELTS WERE REPLACED. THEN, STEERING LOCKED UP, AND BRAKES FAILED, CONSUMER STATED THAT RECALL 98V193000 CONCERNING ABS BRAKES WAS NEVER DONE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#736479November 17, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
THE PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS HOWEVER, I LISTED ONLY ONE SPECIFIC INCIDENT. THESE BRAKES HAVE NOT WORKED PROPERLY SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN HOME. IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP AND A DOWNLOAD WAS MADE TO THE COMPUTER. THIS HAS NOT HELPED THE PROBLEM. THE BRAKES ARE UNRELIABLE AT BEST. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#736368November 15, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#736093November 10, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
ABOUT 1/4 TO 1/2 OF ONE SIDE OF ONE OF THE FRONT ROTOR SURFACES WAS PARTIALLY CORRODED AWAY. IN MY OPINION THIS WOULD HAVE SERIOUSLY AFFECTED BRAKING IN AN EMERGRNCY STOP. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ROTOR AND THE ROTOR ITSELF ARE AVAILBLE FOR INSPECTION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#874704November 9, 2000
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
RECALL 98V150001/WINDSHEILD WIPER WIRING: WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. THIS CAN RESULT IN INOPERATIVE WINDSHIELD WIPERS, REDUCING DRIVER'S VISIBILITY, AND INCREASING RISK OF A VEHICLE CRASH. DEALER / MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMERTHAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVEED UNDER THAT RECALL DUE TO VIN. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#736040November 9, 2000
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#874559November 7, 2000
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
SOMETIMES WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL NOT COME ON AND SOMETIMES THEY WILL. CONSUMER IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AS MENTIONED IN RECALL 98V150001. CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION BECAUSE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE NOT WORKING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#735934November 7, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
TWICE THE BRAKES FAILED. GOING DOWN MY DRIVEWAY AND APPROACHING A STOPSIGN. WHILE HOLDING DOWN THE BRAKE, THE PEDAL SUNK TO THE FLOOR. TOOK IT IN. DEALER DID RECALL99041. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#874507November 6, 2000
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
WHILE DRIVING, WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED AND CONSUMER COULD NOT SEE, THERE WAS A RECALL 98V150001, HOWEVER DEALER STATED THAT VIN ON THIS VEHICLE WAS JUST OUTSIDE OF RECALL. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#735807November 6, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR, SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT
THIS BLAZER HAS OFFERED NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS. WE HAVE REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR, BRAKE PADS THREE TIMES, THE BATTERY THREE TIMES, THE AIR CONDITIONER WENT OUT IN JULY, 1999, AND EVEN AFTER HAVING IT REPAIRED TWICE, IT STILL DOESN'T WORK. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR BECAUSE OF A "GURGLING" NOISE, BUT THEY COULDN'T FIND WHAT WAS CAUSING IT, (IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AT THAT TIME). NOW GAS FUMES FLOOD INTO THE VEHICLE AT VARIOUS TIMES, AFTER FILLING UP, AND EVEN WHILE DRIVING. THEY CLAIM THAT A $1,000.00 VALVE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, BUT I SURE WISH THEY HAD KNOWN THAT WHILE THE WARRANTY WAS STILL GOOD! THE WIPERS WORK SOMETIMES, THE BRAKES ALLOW ME TO SLIDE TO A STOP ANY TIME THERE IS MOISTURE, THE LEFT RADIO SPEAKERS ONLY WORK SOMETIMES, DOME LIGHT COVER FALLS OFF, HOOD WON'T OPEN WITHOUT FORCE, PWR. WINDOWS ONLY WORK WHEN THEY WANT TO, LOCKS STOPPED WORKING BEFORE WARRANTY EXPIRED, AND THEY "FIXED" THEM, BUT THEY STILL DIDN'T WORK. IS THERE ANY WAY THEY WILL TAKE THIS LOUSY EXCUSE FOR A VEHICLE BACK? I CAN'T AFFORD TO DRIVE MY CHILDREN AROUND IN SOMETHING THAT OFFERS THE POSSIBILITY OF EXPLOSION DUE TO GAS LEAKAGE, NOT TO MENTION THAT THE SMELL AND FUMES MAKE US ALL NAUTIOUS. I WONDER HOW MANY MORE PROBLEMS WE WILL HAVE WITH IT, THE TRANSMISSION NOW SEEMS TO BE SLIPPING. PLEASE HELP!!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#735863November 6, 2000
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#874244October 31, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM
AT 12,884 BRAKE BOOSTER WAS REPLACED, AT 44,080 MILES BRAKE BOOSTER WAS REPLACED AGAIN. NOW AT 68, 192 MILES BRAKE BOOSTER WAS REPLACED FOR THE THIRD TIME. DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIND A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR FOR THIS PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#873930October 26, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKS INTERMITTENTLY IN RAIN, ABS BRAKES NOT WORKING PROPERLY ON WET PAVEMENT; PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR . HAS BEEN TO DEALER . THERE HAS BEEN RECALLS ON BOTH PROBLEMS, AS PER MANUFACTURER. BUT, CONSUMER'S VEHICLE VEHICLE IS NOT PART OF RECALLS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#873731October 24, 2000
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
WHEN DRIVING IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS WHEN WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE NEEDED, WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE INOPERABLE, CAUSING POOR DRIVER'S VISIBILITY. ALSO, RECALL 98V150000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 98043 DEALT WITH SAME ISSUE. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#873634October 23, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
BRAKES WORK SOMETIMES AND SOMETIMES THEY DON'T. ONLY WAY CONSUMER COULD STOP WOULD BE TO SLAM DOWN ON THE BRAKES.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#734890October 22, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
AIR CONDITIONER STARTS BLOWING COLD, WHEN IDLE ENGINE OVERHEATS AND AIR COND. BLOWS HOT...WHEN DRIVING ABOUT 2000RPM CONSTANTLY, ENGINE COOLS AND AIR COND. BLOWS COLD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#873456October 20, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH PANEL. THIS LIGHT IS ON BECAUSE OF A BAD CONTROL MODULE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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