Chevrolet Blazer Complaints (1998)

716 consumer complaints on file.

#6900608December 10, 2001
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL INTERMITTENTLY DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER. DEALERSHIP REPLACED WIPER MODULE AT OWNERS EXPENSE. *AK *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#899771November 30, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT
CONSUMER HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR AN OIL CHANGE, AND CONSUMER TOLD MECHANIC TO CHECK VEHICLE FOR ANY OTHERS PROBLEMS. MECHANIC FOUND OUT THAT FRONT SUSPENSION WAS WEARING OUT AND NEEDED IT TO BE REPLACED, WHICH THEY DID. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#755090November 29, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
WHEN DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL TO COME TO A STOP, PEDAL IS HARD AND WILL NOT GO DOWN. IF I KEEP MY FOOT ON PEDAL EVENTUALLY IT STOPS BUT IT REQUIRES LONGER STOPPING DISTANCE. WHILE DRIVING MAKES HUMMING, MOANING NOISE UNTIL ABS LIGHT COMES ON AND PROBLEM STOPS. BRAKING BECOMES EASIER. WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC THAT RIGHT FRONT HUB BEARING IS BAD AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. WAS TOLD THIS MAY CLEAR UP ABS/BRAKING SITUATION. FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. SHOWS HALF TANK WHEN NEAR EMPTY. AS FUEL LEVEL GOES DOWN, GAUGE GOES UP.FUEL PUMP WENT OUT AND HAD TO BE REPLACED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#899605November 28, 2001
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
WHEN MAKING A RIGHT TURN STEERING WHEEL WOULD LOCK UP INTERMITTENTLY. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON THREE OCCASIONS, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#899255November 19, 2001
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH
WHILE AT STOP LIGHT HE HEARD BRAKES OF VEHICLE BEHIND HIM. A PERSON APPROACHED CONSUMER, AND TOLD HIM THAT BRAKE LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING. CONSUMER CONTACTED A DEALER, WHO DETERMINED A FAULTY MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH WAS THE CAUSE OF REAR BRAKE LIGHTS NOT BEING OPERATIONAL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#899124November 14, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
BRAKE LINE IS RUBBING UP AGAINST WHEEL COLUMN, RESULTING IN FORMATION OF A HOLE IN BRAKE LINE. THIS HAS CAUSED VEHICLE TO LOSE BRAKE PRESSURE DURING NORMALOPERATION. DEALERSHIP HAS NOT EXAMINED VEHICLE FOR THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#785785November 12, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
BATTERY FAILED FIVE TIMES, CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DEALER AND GM ARE UNWILLING TO HELP RESOLVE WHATEVER IS CAUSING THE EXCESSIVE BATTERY FAILURES YET THEY ACKNOWLEGDE THAT THE NUMBER OF BATTERY FAILURES IS ABNORMAL. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#754296November 9, 2001
AIR BAGS
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#754057November 3, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#753881October 30, 2001
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH
STEERING COLUMN STARTED SMOKING THROUGH HAZARD BUTTON OPENING. PULLED INTO DRIVEWAY AND SHUT OFF IGNITION- SMOKING STOPPED. I DETERMINED THAT IT WAS THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH THAT WAS SMOKING. REPORTED TO GM VIA PHONE (1-800-222-1020) AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY COULDNT/WOULDNT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. STEERING COLUMN COULD HAVE EASILY CAUGHT FIRE IF I HADNT STOPPED RIGHT AWAY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#753418October 19, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#897518October 9, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
WAS TRAVELING APPROX. 50-55MPH AND WENT AROUND A CORNER; ROAD HAD UNEVEN SHOULDERS. TOOK FOOT OFF ACCELERATOR PEDAL, AND VEHICLE ACCELERATED INTO A DITCH. NOTICED AND TRIED TO CORRECT, AND VEHICLE HIT DITCH AND CRASHED. AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. DRIVER WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH AN INJURED BACK, CRUSHED 2ND VETERBRAE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#752952October 5, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
TRUCK BOUGHT NEW. AT 47,576 MILES, LEFT AND RIGHT LOWER BALL JOINTS REPLACED. AGAIN, AT 84,200 MILES SAME BALL JOINTS TO BE REPLACED. ANOTHER CHEVY DEALER TOLD ME 96TO97 BLAZERS HAVE BALL JOINT DEFECT RECALL, RECALL NOT EXTENDED TO 98 BLAZERS. SEEMS FISHY. MY TRUCK IS SERVICED EVERY 3,000 MILES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#897270October 3, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES
AT 12300 MILES CONSUMER NOTICED FLUID LEAKING FROM VEHICLE, DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION COOLING LINES THAT HAD BEEN LEAKING. ON 3 SEP 2001, CONSUMER NOTICED ANOTHER LEAK. DEALER AGAIN REPLACED LEAKING TRANSMISSION COOLING LINES.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#563265September 25, 2001
POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
THE VEHICLE WOULD OCCASIONALLY SHIFT INTO FOUR WHEEL DRIVE WITHOUT THE DRIVER PUSHING THE TRANSFER BUTTONS, SOMETIMES IT WENT INTO FOUR WHEEL HIGH AND SOMETIMES FOUR WHEEL LOW, THE CONSUMER FIRST THOUGHT HE WAS ACCIDENTALLY HITTING THE BUTTON WITH HIS FIST WHILE SHIFTING FROM DRIVE TO REVERSE, THE DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DUPLICATE AND REPAIR THE PROBLEM. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#896699September 24, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
WHILE DRIVING IN 2-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE WILL JUMPS INTO 4-WHEEL INTERMITTENTLY. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND REPLACED WIRING HARNESS FOR THE FIRST INCIDENT, AND THEN REPLACED TRANSFER CASE SHIFT MODULAR. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN EXAMINED FOR THIRD INCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#896749September 24, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
VEHICLE WAS LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID. ALSO, DOORS ON DRIVER'S SIDE RATTLE LIKE THEY ARE GOING TO FALL APART. VEHICLE SHUTS OFF WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#752289September 17, 2001
SEATS
SEAT ADJUSTMENT LEVER BROKE OFF WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ADJUST SEAT. THE METAL (ALUMINUM?) ROD THE PLASTIC HANDLE ATTACHES TO SHEARED. NO WEIGHT WAS AGAINST THE SEAT BACK AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#896312September 13, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES
CONSUMER WAS AT A STOP LIGHT REAR TIRES STARTED SPINNING AS HE PULLED OFF. AS CONSUMER WENT UP THE BRIDGE HE LOOKED THOUGH REARVIEW MIRROR AND SAW WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM REAR. VEHICLE PULLED OVER AND CONSUMER LIFTED HOOD UP AND NOTICED THAT ENGINE WAS ON FIRE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AKTHE NYLON RETAINER RING THAT LOCKS THE TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER LINE INTO THE RADIATOR FAILED, IT BROKE AND SLID DOWN THE COOLER LINE ALLOWING THE OIL COOLER LINE TO DISCONNECT SPRAYING THE ENGINE WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID WHICH CAUGHT FIRE. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#751955September 9, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MECHANIC EXPRESSED THAT THE AUTO'S MILEAGE WAS VERY LOW TO HAVE THIS KIND OF PROBLEM, AND FEELS STRONGLY THAT THIS HOSE MUST BE DEFECTIVE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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