Chevrolet Blazer Complaints (1992)

278 consumer complaints on file.

#866098July 26, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
RECALL 99V193000/ABS: AFTER DEALER INSTALLED ABS SWITCH, HE REFUSED TO RECONNECT THE ABS SYSTEM CABLE UNLESS CONSUMER AGREED TO PAY FOR THE SERVICE FEE TO COMPLETE THE REPAIRS. CAN NHTSA SHARE SOME LIGHT ON THIS MATTER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#865660July 19, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
RECALL # 99V193000 GM/ABS; DEALER DOES NOT HAVE PARTS TO CORRECT RECALL CAMPAIGN. OWNER HAS BEEN WAITING FOR TWO MONTHS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#725152July 9, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
FOLLOWING ANOTHER CAR ON NORTH 75 OHIO 6/29/00 @ 63-67MPH ABOUT 3-4 LTHS. BEHIND, WHEN THE CAR IN FRONT HIT THE BRAKES I THEN HIT MY BRAKES AND IT WAS LIKE A SEC. BEFORE THEY WOULD CATCH , THATS WHEN I HIT THE OTHER CAR IN FRONT OF MINE.THE OHIO STATE POLICE REPORT STATES THAT MY CAR USED ONLY THE RIGHT SIDE FRONT, AND REAR BRAKES.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#864953July 7, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
BRAKE LIGHT WAS ON, THEN A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER FROM CHEVROLET FOR ABS BRAKE FAILURE. CONSUMER STATES AFTER DEALER CORRECTED RECALL, BRAKE LIGHT WAS STILL ON. DEALER SAID THERES WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT THAT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#864973July 7, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
NHTSA RECALL 99V193000 AND MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 99041 CONCERNING ABS BRAKES. MADE APPOINTMENT, WENT DOWN TO DEALER, AND NO PARTS AVAILABLE. CALLED BACK A FEW DAYS LATER, AND MADE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT. WENT TO THE DEALER, AND STILL NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#864532June 29, 2000
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 25MPH AS SHE WAS APPROACHING A CURB SHE WENT TO TURN, AND THE STEERING WHEEL WOULDN'T TURN. THERE WAS A TREE IN FRONT OF VEHICLE. CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES, AND VEHICLE VEERED OVER INTO THE GRASS AREA, HITTING THE TREE. SHE CALLED A TOW TRUCK WHICH BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO DEALER'S REPAIR SHOP. A MECHANIC TOLD CONSUMER THAT THE IDLE LOOSENED FROM THE FRAME. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#864376June 28, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
WHILE DRIVING SMOKE STARTING COMING OUT OF THE DASHBOARD. FIRST, SPEEDOMETER AND OTHER GAUGES BLACKED OUT. AFTER TURNING VEHICLE OFF FOR A FEW MINUTES, IT STOPPED SMOKING. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. CLUSTER MODULE SENT TO BE "RECONDITIONED." *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#864263June 26, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 99V193000 FOR ABS BRAKES. CONSUMER INDICATED THAT BRAKES WORKED WORSE AFTER RECALL REPAIRS THAN THEY DID BEFORE. VEHICLE HAD TO STOP ALL OF A SUDDEN AND BRAKE PEDAL WAS VERY HARD TO APPLY. CONSUMER WAS GOING BACK TO DEALER WITH BRAKE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#863545June 13, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
DEALER REFUSED TO HONOR MANUFACTURER'S RECALL CONCERNING ABS BRAKES. INFORMED CONSUMER THAT RECALL WAS LIFTED SINCE APRIL. SEEKING NHTSA HELP IN THIS MATTER. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#722503May 10, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SUSPENSION:FRONT
FRONT RIGHT TIRE MAKES A WHIRRING NOISE AND THEN A CLUNKING NOISE WHEN BRAKING. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM. I HAVE HEARD FROM OTHER GMC JIMMY OR CHEVROLET BLAZER OWNERS THAT THEY HAVE HAD THE SAME OR SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THEIR TRUCKS IN THE RIGHT FRONT TIRES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#860371April 14, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE TRAVELING AND DEPRESSING BRAKES TO THE FLOORBOARD, VEHICLE CONTINUED TO TRAVEL. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#551836April 12, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
BRAKES FAILED. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#859214March 27, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED. CONSUMER PRESSED THE BRAKES AND THEY WOULD NOT STOP VEHICLE. THIS HAPPENED INTERMITTENTLY. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER , AND THEY REPLACED THE SENSORS, BUT THE PREOBLEM STILL OCCURRED. DEALER HAD TO DISCONNECT THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM IN ORDER FOR CONSUMER TO HAVE BRAKES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#858330March 10, 2000
SEAT BELTS
BELT TENSIONER ON DRIVEER'S SEAT BELT FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY. THE PASSENGER BELT WOULD LOCK UP. HOWEVER, BELT DID NOT LOCK UP WHEN PULLING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & WAS INFORMED IT WAS FINE. BELT TENSIONER NEVER CHECKED. FACTORY REPRESENTATIVE SAW NO PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#719585March 2, 2000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
THE CPI FAILED CAUSING LARGE AMOUNTS OF GAS IN MANIFOLD, ALSO SURGES WHEN IDLING, CAUSING AN UNSAFE CONDITION WHICH COULD CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO JUMP INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#719253February 25, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
DEALER STATES OUR PROBLEM PROBABLY IS NOT UNDER RECALL, W/O EVEN CHECKING VEHICLE. WANTS TO CHARDE FOR THE INSPECTION. WE KNOW THERE IS A URRENT RECALL BUT NO ONE HAS INFO OR INSTRUCTIONS. INCLUDING MANUFACTUER. NO AFETY DEFECT LISTED IN THE SUMMARY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#857345February 22, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN APPLYING ABS BRAKES THEY MADE LOUD/FUNNY NOISES, AND FAILED TO GRAB RIGHT AWAY. BRAKE PEDAL WOULD GO TO FLOOR. BRAKES WOULD LOCK UP WHEN IT WAS SNOWING, HAPPENED ONLY DURING WET & SNOWY WEATHER. INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. HAS NOT BEEN TO DEALERSHIP AS OF YET. RECALL ON '91 THROUGH '96 CHEVROLET VEHICLES DO NOT INCLUDE THE VIN OF THIS CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#718981February 19, 2000
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
1992 CHEVROLET BLAZER (TAHOE) FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPER CONTROL MODULE MALFUNCTIONS. CAUSES WIPERS TO NOT OPERATE OR TO OPERATE IN A RANDOM PATTERN (CONSTANT WHEN PUT IN INTERMITTENT MODE OR INTERMITTENT WHEN PUT IN A CONSTANT MODE; WILL NOT TURN OFF WHEN IN THE OFF POSITION ON OCCASION; WILL NOT TURN ON WHEN NEEDED. DEALER SAID THIS HAS BEEN A COMMON PROBLEM (COULD NOT KEEP THE PART IN STOCK FOR A WHILE) AND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON OTHER MODELS WITH THE SAME COMPONENT (S10). CREATES A DANGEROUS SITUATION WHEN YOUR WIPER WILL NOT COME ON IN THE RAIN/SNOW OR SUDDENLY TURN OFF IN THE SAME CONDITIONS. REPLACEMENT MODULE COST $50.00 WITH OWNER INSTALLATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#718713February 13, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR, SEATS
SEAT FRAME FAILED TWICE. ONCE IN THE LOWER FRAME AREA WHICH WAS FIXED BY WELDING THE FRAME, AND ONCE IN THE HEADREST TO SEAT FRAME CONNECTION. WINDSHIELD WIPER CONTROL UNIT FAILED DURING RAINSTORM RESULTING IN WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILURE TO WORK. UNIT REPLACED BY OWNER AND PROBLEM RESOLVED. SOLDER JOINTS TO RADIATOR FAILED TWICE RESULTING IN DEALER CHARGING TO REPAIR AT 60K MILES, AND ONCE AGAIN DURING WHICH TIME OWNER HAD RADIATOR REPAIR SHOP RESOLDER JOINTS TO SIDE TANKS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#856693February 10, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED PEDAL GOES PARTIALLY TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. *AK.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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