Chevrolet Blazer Complaints (1996)

1,153 consumer complaints on file.

#10047168November 19, 2003
VISIBILITY:REAR WINDOW WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
REAR WINDOW WIPER MOTOR DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. EITHER IT WON'T START OR WILL NOT STOP UNLESS YOU DISCONNECT THE MAIN BATTERY. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10047058November 17, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
BALL JOINT SEPARATED AND CONTROL ARM NEED TO BE REPLACED. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10046463November 6, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
UPON MAKING A RIGHT TURN WHILE PULLING INTO A DRIVEWAY FRONT WHEELS TURNED INWARD AND FELL OFF. THE UPPER/LOWER BALL JOINTS WORE OUT PREMATURELY, CAUSING THE FAILURE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10047821November 5, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
VEHICLE ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE DRIVING.*MR THE CONSUMER STOPPED AT MIDDLE RIDGE SERVICE PLAZA AND NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE CONSISTED OF HOSES, WIRES AND INSULATION UNDER HOOD. CONSUMER HAD NO RECENT ENGINE PROBLEMS. *PH *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10046290November 4, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
UPPER BALL JOINTS SEPARATED, CAUSING THE FRONT WHEEL TO VIBRATE WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. RECALL 95V080000 DEALT WITH THIS ISSUE; BUT, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO MODEL AND VIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10045425November 4, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABS BRAKE SYSTEM; CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO TWO DEALERS.THEY HAD NO RECORD OF RECALLS. VEHICLE GRABBED/RELEASED/ KEPT SLIDING, AND WOULD NOT STOP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10043383October 22, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
APPLIED BRAKES WHILE TWO CAR LENGTHS BEHIND ANOTHER CAR IN TRAFFIC ON FREEWAY, GOING ABOUT 25 MPH. BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, CAR DID NOT STOP UNTIL IT HIT CAR IN FRONT OF US. WHILE BRAKING ON WET PAVEMENT, OR RR TRACKS, OR UNEVEN PAVEMENT THE ABS FAILS AND PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR. AT MY EXPENSE I TOOK CAR TO GMC DEALERSHIP TO CHECK BRAKES. I WAS TOLD CAR HAD NO OPEN RECALLS. THEY LOOKED AT ABS AND SAID THERE WERE NO ERRORS COMING UP. GMC SAID BRAKE PADS WERE WORN - THEY WERE REPLACED 6 MONTHS AGO, AND THEN AGAIN ABOUT 30 DAYS PRIOR TO ACCIDENT. MECHANIC TOOK US ON TEST DRIVE OVER UNEVEN PAVEMENT, WE TRIED TO BRAKE, AND ABS WENT TO FLOOR, STOPPING WAS EXTREMELY DELAYED. WE WERE TOLD THAT WAS "NORMAL". HE ALSO SAID THAT IF WE HAD GMC BRAKE PADS THEN WE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STOP BETTER. OPENED CALL WITH GMC AND WAS TOLD THAT DUE TO MILEAGE OF CAR THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. HOW CAN A CAR BE CONSIDERED SAFE TO DRIVE IF THE BRAKES DON'T WORK? GMC RECALL 99I006000 DESCRIBES THIS EXACT PROBLEM WE EXPERIENCED. I WAS TOLD MY CAR HAD THIS RECALL PERFORMED. I WILL TAKE CAR TO 3RD PARTY FOR OPINION, AND THEN WILL SEEK LEGAL REPRESENTATION. CAR WILL SIT IN GARAGE UNTIL THEN. IT'S TOO UNSAFE TO DRIVE. *LA
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10041774October 14, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
WHILE DRIVING AT 30MPH ON A WELL PAVED ROAD, HEARD A LOUD BANG. TWO SECONDS LATER, ANOTHER LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD, AND THE BLAZER TILTED TO THE LEFT LIKE HAVE A BLOWN TIRE. LUCKILY, WE WERE GOING AT SLOW SPEED AND MANAGED TO PULL THE BLAZER TO THE CURB. AFTER TOLD TO THE NEARBY SERVICE STATION, THE MECHANIC SAID THE UPPER BALL JOINT ON THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WAS PULLED OFF THE SOCKET. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE WHEEL RIM WAS CUT AND TIRE WAS BLOWN. AFTER LEARNING THAT THERE WAS A RECALL OF THIS KIND ON 1996 BLAZER, I CALLED GM AND GAVE THE VIN. THE CUSTOMER SERVICE SAID MY VEHICLE IS NOT IN THE RECALL LIST AND THERE IS NOTHING HE CAN DO. THE CAR IS WELL MAINTAINED, OILED AND LUBRICATED EVERY 3000 MILES. I CANNOT IMAGINE IF THIS HAD HAPPENED ON THE FREE WAY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS DEFECT THAT ALL BLAZER OWNER SHALL KNOW. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10041090October 2, 2003
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON MY 1996 CHEVY BLAZER FAILED INTERMITTENTLY. SOME DAYS, THEY WILL NOT START UP, OTHER DAYS THEY STOP WHILE I AM DRIVING AND OTHER DAYS THEY WORK FINE. I CONTACTED GM BUT THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS A RECALL, BUT MY VEHICLE ALREADY HAD THE REPLACEMENT PART INSTALLED. I FELT THAT THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY PROBLEM THAT COULD LEAD TO ACCIDENTS OR FATALITIES. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10037949October 1, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
IN JULY OF 2002 THE UPPER BALL JOINTS WORE OUT AND WERE REPLACED UNDER A FACTORY RECALL ORDER. JUST OVER ONE YEAR, THE UPPER BALL JOINTS WORE OUT AGAIN. DEALER/ MANUFACTURER WOULD RESOLVE THE PROBLEM FREE OF CHARGE. *AK *SCC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10039587September 26, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
REPLACED HEAD GASKETS AT 48K AND AGAIN AT 80K. EITHER DEXCOOL EATS THE GASKETS, OR THE GASKETS GO BAD AND LET AIR INTO THE COOLING SYSTEM WHICH CAUSES THE DEXCOOL TO GO BAD. I READ A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT DEXCOOL, HEAD GASKETS, AND 1996 BLAZERS. THERE MUST BE A CONNECTION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10039038September 17, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
I HAVE A 96 CHEVY BLAZER WITH COOLING PROBLEMS. I HAVE REPLACED THE WATER PUMP 2 TIMES IN THE LAST YR. THE RADIATOR NEEDS TO BE FLUSHED AND CLEAN ABOUT EVERY 2 MONTHS DUE TO SLUGGED AND RUST BUILD UP. I HAVE ALSO HAD THE UPPER BALL JOINTS BREAK ON ME. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10038089September 3, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS SNAPPED, WHICH RESULTED IN VEHICLE SPINNING AROUND AND ALMOST IMPACTING A TREE. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE UPPER BALL JOINTS, BUT NOT FOR THE LOWER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10036733August 27, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
I HAVE EXPERIENCED SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH MY 1996 CHEVROLET S10 BLAZER INCLUDING PROBLEMS WITH MY ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM AFTER TALKING TO TWO OTHER PEOLPLE THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE SAME MODEL VEHICLE I DECIDED TO LOOK FOR RECALLS AND INDEED THERE ARE SEVERAL RECALLS ON THIS MODEL NONE OF WITCH I HAVE BEEN INFORMED I ALOND WITH A CLOSE FRIEND OF MINE DEPEND ON OUR BLAZERS TO TRANSPORT OUR CHILD TO AND FROM SCHOOL. THE HEATER CORES ARE ALSO DEFECTIVE I BELIEVE GM IS RESPOBSIBLE AND I WILL HOLD THEM LIABLE IF THEY DO NOT FIX THESE DEFECTS AND AN ACCIDENT SHOULD OCCUR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10034170August 15, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, STEERING:LINKAGES
LOWER BALL JOINT FAILURE/ RIGHT & LEFT SIDE IDLER. ALSO IDLER ARM & PITMAN ARM LOOSE. *MR *SCC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10030336July 29, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM
TRAVELING AT 45MPH AND HAD TO COME TO A STOP. BRAKES BECAME VERY HARD TO PUSH. SLOWLY WAS ABLE TO STOP BLAZER S-10. THERE WAS NO EARLY INDICATOR THAT MY BRAKES WERE FAILING. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THE POWER ASSIST BOOSTER IS FAULTY. COST IS OVER 600.00 TO REPAIR . *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10024312July 28, 2003
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH
THERE HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH BRAKE LIGHTS FOR ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS. THE CONSUMER HAD TO MANEUVER THE FOUR WAY SWITCH IN ORDER TO GET THE LIGHTS TO COME ON. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, AND STATED THAT THE SWITCH HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH. *AK *CB *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10029299July 27, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY, POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS, WHEELS
BOTH REAR WHEELS AND AXLES SEPARATED FROM THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL WHILE TRAVELING AT 55 MPH ON HIGHWAY. LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL AND BRAKING DUE TO SEVERED BRAKE LINES AND REAR WHEELS SEPARATED FROM REAR DIFFERENTIAL.BODY DAMAGE INCURRED WHEN REAR WHEEL AND AXLE JAMMED UNDER REAR BUMPER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10026195July 25, 2003
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
ON CERTAIN MINIVANS, PICKUP TRUCKS, AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES WITH CERTAIN MODEL-ENGINE COMBINATIONS THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR MAY FAIL DUE TO CRACKED SOLDER JOINTS ON THE CONTROLLER CIRCUIT BOARD. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS COULD WORK INTERMITTENTLY OR NOT AT ALL. VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MINI VANS. SOME OF THESE VEHICLES FAIL TO COMPLY WITH REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS NO. 208, "OCCUPANT CRASH PROTECTION." THE "FASTEN SAFETY-BELT" AUDIBLE WARNING OCCASIONALLY MAY NOT COME ON OR MAY TERMINATE IN LESS THAN FOUR SECONDS AS REQUIRED BY THE STANDARD. THE CONSUMER HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AS STATED IN THE RECALL. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE WIPER MOTOR. *TS *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10024453July 18, 2003
VISIBILITY:REAR WINDOW WIPER/WASHER
THE REAR WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY.*AK *CB *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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