Chevrolet Blazer Complaints (1998)

716 consumer complaints on file.

#10136611September 29, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
DT: THE CONSUMER PURCHASED A CHEVROLET BLAZER NEW ON 01/28/98 FROM MASSE CHEVROLET OF EAST PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND. THE CONSUMER ALWAYS MAINTAINED THIS VEHICLE AT THE PROPER SERVICE INTERVALS. HAS ALL THE RECORDS. ON SEPTEMBER 14, 2005 THE BRAKES FAILED. IT HAPPENED WHEN TURNING INTO DRIVEWAY AND GOING BACK DOWN THE DRIVEWAY TOWARD THE ROAD. WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE BY RUNNING INTO THE TREES ALONGSIDE DRIVEWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO A GARAGE, WHERE THE CONSUMER WAS TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED SO SUDDENLY. THE BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPAIRED BEFORE. ALL GM TRUCKS FROM 1999 UP HAVE BEEN RECALLED BECAUSE OF BRAKE PROBLEMS. THE CONSUMER DID NOT THINK THERE WAS ANY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A 1999 MODEL AND A 1998 MODEL. . IT WAS DEFINITELY A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION, WHICH WAS WHY HE WAS TRYING TO CONTACT THE NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL.*AK THE HYDRAULIC LINES THROUGHOUT THE BRAKE SYSTEM WERE CORRODED AND REPLACED. THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS SOME SCRAPES ON THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, BUT DIDN'T CONSIDER IT A CRASH. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10137525September 25, 2005
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
INTERMITTENT WIPER CIRCUIT BOARD ON MY 1998 CHEVY BLAZER WENT BAD AROUND 90,000 MILES. CAUSED INTERMITTENT WIPER FAILURE. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT BY GM AND THAT EARLIER MODELS WITH SAME PROBLEM WERE RECALLED.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10137415September 23, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
DT: 1998 CHEVROLET BLAZER. THE CONSUMER STATED ON SEPTEMBER 15, 2005 THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE AND IT WAS DESTROYED. THERE HAS BEEN NO INVESTIGATION TO SEE WHERE THE FIRE STARTED. THE CONSUMER STATE FIRE STARTED IN THE ELECTRICAL BOX BECAUSE THAT WAS WHERE IT GOT THE HOTTEST. THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS RUNNING THE SAME PRIOR TO THIS OCCURRENCE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND A REPORT WAS TAKEN. THE CONSUMER DID NOT HAVE THE NUMBER. CHEVROLET HAS BEEN CONTACTED, BUT THEY WERE NOT GOING TO HELP THE CONSUMER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10137185September 21, 2005
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
1998 CHEVROLET BLAZER. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. THEY WILL STOP AT ANY GIVEN TIME, DURING WET WEATHER. THE STOPPED WIPER BLOCKS VIEW THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD. NO DAMAGE HAS OCCURRED TO THE WIPER MOTOR/CIRCUIT BOARD OR WIRING. THIS IS A PRODUCT FAILURE THAT GM HAS NOT RECALLED FOR THIS MAKE/MODEL/YEAR. THEY HAVE RECALLED 1996, 1997, 2002, AND 2003 SUVS WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT. AFTER MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH GM REPRESENTATIVES, THEY REFUSE TO REPAIR THE DEFECTIVE EQUIPMENT. I MUST PAY FOR REPAIRS OUT OF MY OWN POCKET. WHY WON'T THEY RECALL THE 1998 LINE WHEN THERE ARE SO MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THEM? A QUICK ON-LINE INTERNET SEARCH YIELDS HUNDREDS OF UNHAPPY 1998 BLAZER OWNERS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THE VERY SAME WIPER ISSUES THAT CAUSED THE OTHER RECALLS. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10135934September 9, 2005
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS DID NOT WORK ACCORDING TO THE SETTING ON THE WINDSHIELD WIPER CONTROL. MANY TIMES THE WIPERS WOULD GO ON AND NOT SHUT OFF AND MANY TIME THE WIPERS WOULD NOT GO ON AT ALL. OVER THE SPAN OF 18,000 MILES THE EFFECT HAVE BEEN DANGEROUS TO MY PERSONAL SAFETY. ON SUNNY DAYS WHEN APPLYING THE WINDSHIELD WASHER, THE WIPERS WOULD NOT OPERATE. THIS CAUSES ME TO PULL OVER AND PULL ON THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS UNTIL THEY START AND THEN THEY DO NOT TURN OFF. ON RAINY DAYS, THEY TURN OFF WITHOUT WARNING CAUSING ME TO PULL OVER ON THE HIGHWAY AND RISK BEING HIT DUE TO A DRIVER SIDE VEHICLE EXIT ON BUSY HIGHWAYS TO MANUALLY CLEAN THE WINDOW OR WAIT UNTIL THE RAIN STOPS. I HAVE HAD THE CONTROL REPLACED AT A COST OF OVER $300 BUT THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THE MOTOR NEEDS TO BE REPLACED DUE TO FAULTY CONNECTIONS FROM THE PULSE CONTROLLER BOARD AND THE WIPER MOTOR. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY FLAW IN THE VEHICLE AND MUST BE CORRECTED BY GM. I HOPE YOU CAN HELP ALL THE OWNERS OF VEHICLES USING AC DELCO PART NUMBER 15036008 WIPER MOTORS. MANY COMPLAINT HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED AND IT IS TIME THAT THE NHTSA PROTECTED THE DRIVERS OF THE VEHICLES EFFECTED REGARDLESS OF THE PAIN CAUSED TO GM. IF IT SAVES ONLY ONE LIFE IT IS WORTH IT. HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE DIED AND HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DOCUMENT THE PROBLEM DUE TO THEIR DEATHS? HOW MANY COMPLAINTS DOES IT TAKE BEFORE YOU TAKE ACTION AGAINST AN OBVIOUS SAFETY FLAW IN A VEHICLE? THIS MUST BE ADDRESSED. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10135876September 8, 2005
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
DT: THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS DO NOT WORK PROPERLY. THERE HAS BEEN NO ACCIDENTS AS OF NOW. THE CONSUMER HAS NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO BE REPAIRED AS OF YET. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE 9-1-02. *AK *MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10135308September 4, 2005
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
THE AIR BAG LIGHT IS CONSTANTLY GOING ON AND OFF. THE DEALER HAD SUPPOSEDLY FIXED THE PROBLEM, BUT IT IS STILL NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN BACK TO DEALERSHIP, NOW THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. I WAS TOLD THAT WHEN THE WARNING LIGHT IS LIT, THE AIRBAG WILL NOT WORK. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10135266September 3, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
I OWNED A 1996 CHEVY BLAZER. THE SEAL ON THE ENGINE WENT AT 70K MILES. HAD TO REPLACE ENGINE. I NOW OWN A 1998 CHEVY BLAZER, REPLACED THE SEAL IN DEC '04 AND THE ENGINE BLEW AT 67K MILES. HAD TO REPLACE (REBUILD) THIS ENGINE. I HAVE SERVICE RECORDS FOR BOTH VEHICLES. NO REASON TO HAVE TWO ENGINES GO. I WROTE GM AND GOT NO ANSWER. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10135060September 1, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
1998 CHEVROLET BLAZER 4WD SUV - UNWANTED APPLICATION OF THE ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM AT LOW SPEEDS CAUSE INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCES. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10134899August 31, 2005
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER, FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM
VEHICLE: 1998 CHEVY BLAZER 4DR 4X4 4.3L VORTEC V6 EVENTS LEADING UP TO FAILURE: NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS FAILURE(S): THERE ARE TWO PRIMARY CONCERNS WITH THIS VEHICLE: 1) FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT WORK, IT WILL REPORT COMPLETE FULL AND WHEN VARYING AMOUNTS OF FUEL THE FUEL GAUGE BOUNCES AROUND(USUALLY BETWEEN HALF AND FULL, BUT SOMETIMES BETWEEN E AND FULL) I AM FORCED TO USE TRIP ODOMETER AND APPROXIMATE FUEL ECONOMY TO DETERMINE TANK LEVEL. I HAVE HEARD SEVERAL TO MANY ANECDOTAL STORIES OF OTHER CHEVY VEHICLES EXPERIENCING THE SAME SYMPTOMS. 2) THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK SPORADICALLY. CURRENTLY WHEN OPERATING IN 'INTERMITTENT' MODE, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL BEGIN TO OPERATE IN CONTINUOUS, REGULAR SPEED AND WILL NOT TURN OFF WHEN SWITCH TURNED TO 'OFF' POSITION. SITUATION WILL OCCASIONALLY CORRECT ITSELF AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES. OTHER TIMES I AM REQUIRED TO STOP, PARK, AND TURN OFF THE VEHICLE BEFORE RESTARTING IT TO TURN THE WIPERS OFF. OCCASIONALLY THE WIPERS WILL NOT WORK AT ALL IN ANY POSITION. USUALLY THIS ONLY HAPPENS FOR A SHORT PERIODS OF TIME, WHILE I AM TRYING TO TURN THEM ON BY SCRUBBING THROUGH ALL THE POSITIONS OF THE SWITCH. I OWNED A 95 GMC JIMMY PRIOR TO THIS VEHICLE AND EXPERIENCED THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. THIS MODEL YEAR WAS COVERED UNDER A RECALL THAT ENDED WITH, I BELIEVE, THE 97 MODEL YEAR. CORRECTIONS/REPAIRS: I HAVE HAD NEITHER PROBLEM REPAIRED. THEREFORE, I STILL HAVE THE OLD PARTS. INSTEAD OF REPAIRING, CURRENTLY FINANCIALLY UNFEASIBLE, I AM USING RAIN-X FOR THE WINDSHIELD AND THE ODOMETER FOR A FUEL GAUGE. *INCIDENT DATE IS APPROXIMATELY THE LAST TIME THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE USED. I HAVEN'T DRIVEN IN THE RAIN MUCH THIS SUMMER. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10133917August 23, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING AND OVERHEATING IN MY 1998 CHEVY BLAZER. I INSTALLED A TRANSMISSION COOLER HOPING THAT WOULD STOP THE PROBLEM, BUT IT HASN'T EVEN TOUCHED THE PROBLEM. I WOULD LIKE SOMETHING NONE ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS IN BLAZERS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10133328August 18, 2005
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
SAME COMPLAINT AS DOCUMENTED IN CHEVROLET S10 BLAZER RECALL 03023 BUT THAT IS LIMITED UP TO AND INCLUDING 1997 AND MY VEHICLE IS A 1998.....*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10133425August 12, 2005
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
CONSUMER WAS INJURED BY THE SEAT ADJUSTMENT HANDLE ON THE 1998 CHEVROLET BLAZER.*MR THE CONSUMER AND HER HUSBAND WERE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHEN THE INCIDENT WITH THE SEAT ADJUSTMENT HANDLE OCCURRED. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10132488August 11, 2005
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WE OWN (MY WIFE) A 1998 CHEVY BLAZER. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS BEGAN TO QUIT FOR NO REASON INTERMITTENTLY ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO. WE WERE RECENTLY TRAVELING WEST ON I-70 JUST PAST THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL IN COLORADO IN A RAGING DOWNPOUR, AND THEY QUIT AGAIN NEARLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. I'VE READ ON THE WEB THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE WIPER MOTOR PULSE MODULE FOR MANY YEARS' BLAZER MODELS, BUT NOT THE '98 OR '99, WHICH ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM ACCORDING TO THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS I'VE READ ON THE WEB. I BELIEVE THE 1998 MODEL BLAZER PULSE MODULE SHOULD BE RECALLED ALSO. CAN'T YOU COMPEL GM TO RECALL THIS ALSO? I'VE READ NUMEROUS STORIES ON THE WEB OF PEOPLE GETTING INTO ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. GM SHOULD FIX IT FOR FREE. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10129343August 5, 2005
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
DT: CONSUMER STATES THAT THE LEVERS ON THE FRONT TWO SEATS BROKE. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE 2001. THE OWNER CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER. THE MANUFACTURER TOLD THE OWNER TO KEEP REPLACING THE LEVERS WITH THE SAME IDENTICAL PART WITH WHAT THEY PROVIDED. AFTERWARDS, THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE LEVERS. THEY KEPT BREAKING. OWNER DECIDED TO GO TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WERE THE LEVERS WERE MADE OUT OF METAL AND WERE LASTING . THEY HAVE NOT BROKEN SINCE THE OWNER CHANGED THE LEVERS TO METAL. CURRENTLY, THE OWNER WAS GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE THE LEVER ON THE OTHER SEAT WHICH WOULD COST $113.52. THE OWNER STATED THAT THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL, THAT THEY REPLACE THE LEVER WITH REAL METAL INSTEAD OF FLIMSY METAL, AND THE MANUFACTURERS SHOULD REIMBURSE THE CONSUMER. *AK *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10130614July 29, 2005
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
DT: CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A WINDSHIELD WIPER PROBLEM. CONSUMER OWNED A 1998, CHEVROLET BLAZER AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKED SPORADICALLY, SOME TIMES THEY WONT WORK FOR DAYS. HAD THIS PROBLEM FOR A FEW YEARS. TRIED TO GET DEALER TO FIX PROBLEM WHEN IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY. BUT, DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. CONSUMER STATED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR YEAR AND MODELS BEFORE AND AFTER HIS VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED. BUT FOR SOME REASON HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10126927June 28, 2005
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
DT: THE WINDSHIELD WIPER SWITCH BOARD OR THE MOTOR IS DEFECTIVE. SOMETIMES IT WORKS WHEN IT IS RAINING AND OTHER TIMES IT DOES NOT. WORK. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, WHO SAID IT WAS THE MOTOR. IT COST $150.00 TO GET IT FIXED IT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10124667June 28, 2005
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
DT: CONTACT STATES THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON 1998 CHEVROLET BLAZER. THE WIPERS WILL NOT COME ON AT ALL OR THEY WILL STOP ABRUPTLY. THERE IS A RECALL ON THE 1996 AND 1997 CHEVROLET BLAZER, BUT NOT THE 1998 CHEVROLET BLAZER. THE MANUFACTURER STATED IF THERE WERE ENOUGH COMPLAINTS IN THE FUTURE A RECALL WILL BE ISSUED. *AK MAY 2005 THE WIPER STOPPED WORKING DURING A RAIN STORM RESULTING IN REDUCED VISIBILITY. THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR AND CIRCUIT BOARD WERE REPLACED. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10124428June 7, 2005
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WIPERS DO NOT WORK PROPERLY - ONLY WORK SOMETIMES. THEY RUN FOR A FEW MINUTES THEN STOP...SOMETIMES THEY START BACK WITHIN A FEW MINUTES SOMETIMES THEY DON'T. VERY DANGEROUS..ALMOST RAN OFF THE ROAD DURING A STORM WHEN THEY STOPPED IN MID MOTION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10123956June 2, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
1998 BLAZER FUEL INJECTORS CLOG, ENGINES CUTS OUT, NO RESPONSE, STALLING, BACK FIRES, SHUTS DOWN, THREE TIMES FUEL INJECTORS REPLACED, TOLD "THAT MODEL KNOWN FOR THAT." ARIZONA CAR ON ARIZONA GAS; ALSO DRIVER SIDE SEAT ADJUSTER LATCH BROKE OFF. COST $1500 EACH TIME TO REPLACE INJECTORS, SAME PROBLEM WITH NEW INJECTORS, UNRELIABLE VECHILCE, DRIVER IS 76 AND TRAVELS TO SUMMER HOME IN MOUNTAINS, 500 MILE STRETCH, STRANDED ON ROAD, 50 MILES FROM NEAREST TOWN IN 100+ TEMPERATURES
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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