WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ON THE HIGH WAY ABOUT 55 MPH THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. STEPPING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP VEHICLE THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK. AFTER GETTING RIGHT OFF HIGHWAY THE BRAKES LOST POWER BECAUSE THE ENGINE DID NOT RUN WITH ENOUGH POWER BECAUSE OF EGR VALVE CODE 32 BRAKES WENT FROM POWER BRAKES TO MANUAL BRAKES. DRIVER HAD TO STAND ON BRAKES FOR CAR TO STOP. DRIVER CONTACTED DEALER AND THEY ALWAYS FIXED THEM FOR HER. *AK
1993 Chevrolet Blazer complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1993 record →
WHEN BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED FOR AN EMERGENCY STOP THEY LOCKED UP AND LET GO, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO COLLIDE INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER,FRONT LEFT CALIPERS/PADS/ROTORS WERE REPLACED. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCK APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE TRUCK JUST KEPT ON GOING. THERE IS AN INVESTIGATION LISTED ON THE ABS FAILURE, EA 94 038
EXHAUST SYSTEM/MUFFLER OVERHEATED AND CAUGHT FIRE.
CRUNCHING NOISES WHEN APPLYING BRAKES/PEDAL BECOMES HARD.
ENGINE EXHAUST BAS RECIRCULATION VALVE FAILURE.
ENGINE EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE FAILURE.
ENGINE EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE IS SUSPECTED TO HAVE FAILED AGAIN.
EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE MALFUNCTIONED.
EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE MALFUNCTIONED.
BRAKES FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE TO CRASH.
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP. DEALER CANT FIND THE PROBLEM. *AK
UPON MAKING A SUDDEN OR GRADUAL STOP ON WET PAVEMENT CONSUMER NOTICED THE PEDAL TRAVELING TO THE FLOORBOARD, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. ALSO THE ABS LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER STATES COMPUTER NEEDS REPLACING . *AK
WHENEVER ABS BRAKES ARE APPLIED, THEY WOULD LOCK UP & SLIDE. THE WEATHER CAN BE WET OR DRY. THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM THAT WOULD CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO HAVE A LONGER STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK
BLAZER INVOVLED IN ACCIDENT WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE & SEAT BELTS DID NOT RESTRAIN DRIVER. PASSENGER SIDE HELD. STORAGE PANEL HAD COLLAPSED & LACERATED DRIVER'S SCALP. BOTH DRIVER/PASSENGER WERE INJURED. VEHICLE TOTALED. TOWED TO JUNK YARD. *AK
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE PEDAL GRABS AND MAKES A GRINDING NOISE, AND THE VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP. DEALER CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. *AK
ANTI LOCK BRAKES NOT WORKING PROPERLY, EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, REPAIRS MADE HOWEVER PROBLEM STILL EXIST.
WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS, THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND THE BRAKES FAIL TO STOP THE VEHICLE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK
ABS: WHILE DRIVING APPLIED BRAKES, PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES/EXCESSIVE EFFORT TO ENGAGE BRAKES, NO WARNING. ACCORDING TO MECHANIC, BRAKES SEEMED FINE. COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS, INTERMITTENT, DRY/WET WEATHER. *AK
WHEN THE ROAD IS WET AND DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES THE TRUCK SLIDES INTO THE WATER. THIS HAS BEEN A SERIOUS PROBLEM, AND IT ONLY HAPPENS WHEN IT IS WET OUTSIDE AND THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED.*AK
ABS BRAKE PROBLEMS; APPLIED THE BRAKES ON WET ROAD AND IT RESULTED IN A CRASH/ INJURY. THE BRAKES ALSO LOCK UP WHENEVER THE VEHCLE GOES THROUGH A CAR WASH. WHEN TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP, A PROBLEM COULD NOT BE FOUND WITH THE BRAKES. *AK
WHEN DRIVING THE TRUCK IN SNOW COVERED SLIPPERY ROADS AND PUTTING FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE FRONT WHEELS LOCK UP AND THE TRUCK SLIDES. THE BACK WHEELS JUST KEPT TURNING AND IT TOOK LONGER FOR THE TRUCK TO STOP. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE CONSUMER TRIED TO MAKE A SUDDEN STOP BY PRESSING THE BREAK PEDAL TO THE FLOORBOARD. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO STILL TRAVEL. CONSUMER CONTINUED TO PRESS THE BREAK PEDAL THEN VEHICLE STOPPED. *AK
THE ANTI LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY, CAUSING EXCESSIVE WEAR TO BRAKE COMPONENTS AND BRAKES TO FAIL ON WET PAVEMENT.
TRAVELING 30 MPH APPLIED BRAKES, TRUCK FAILED TO STOP, RESULTING IN A ACCIDENT/INJURIES. *AK
ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAIL ON OCCASION, ALSO LOCK UP.
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE THE CONSUMER TRIED TO STEP ON BRAKES PEDAL TO STOP VEHICLE, BUT SHE COULDN'T STOP. THEN SHE STOPPED VEHICLE WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND REPAIRED VEHICLE. *AK
WHENEVER BRAKES ARE APPLIED, THERE ARE NONE. BRAKES WOULD LOCK UP. THE VACCUM SYSTEM FOR THE BRAKES FAILED. THE ECC VALVES WOULD REMAIN OPEN. ECM KEYS, THE ECR VALVES OPEN. THIS HAS BEEN THE THIRD TIME IT HAPPENED. *AK
ANTI-LOCK BRAKES LOCKED UP NUMEROUS TIMES.
BRAKES: WHEN DRIVING, ESPECIALLY IN THE RAIN, APPLYING THE BRAKES AND THEY WILL NOT CATCH. VEHICLE CONTINUES TO ROLL AND WILL NOT STOP. *AK CONSUMER STATES SHE COMPLAINED TO DEALER REGARDING BRAKES EARLY AFTER PURCHASING VEHICLE, DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND PROBLEM. *SLC
THE DEFECTIVE BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. *AK
BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR.
OWNER APPLIES THE BRAKES, THEY SOMETIMES DON'T RESPOND WHEN FIRST APPLYING THEM. *AK
BRAKES EXPERIENCE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE.
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT 10 MPH THE CONSUMER TRIED TO STOP VEHCLE. STEPING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, BUT THE BRAKES DID NOT RESPOND AT THAT TIME. *AK
ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAILED/REPAIRED SEVEN TIMES.
WHEN THE BRAKE (ABS) PEDAL IS DEPRESSED, IT WOULD CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO HAVE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER CAN NOT LOCATE THE SOURCE OF THE DEFECT. *AK
EA94038; IN LOOSE DRY OR WET CONDITIONS, THE DEFECTIVE ABS BRAKING MALFUNCTIONS, CAUSING BRAKE PEDAL TO FADE/VIBRATE AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH RESULTED AN ACCIDENT. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. REPLACED REAR BRAKES. *AK
WHENEVER BRAKE (ABS) PEDAL IS APPLIED, THE PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR; VEHICLE WOULD BE THROWN TO NEXT LANE. TOOK TO MECHANIC & COULD NOT FIND PROBLEM. CALLED MANUFACTURER & TOLD TO DISCONNECT SYSTEM (ABS). *AK
UPON BRAKING NORMALLY, HIT SMALL POTHOLE/BUMP, LOSS BRAKES. DILEMMA: REAR ENDED TRACTOR TRAILER. *AK
WHILE STOPPING VEHICLE EXPERIENCES EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE.
WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED CAN HEAR NOISES WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. THEN BRAKES WILL SLIP/GO OUT, HEARS IT LOCK UP. TAKES ABOUT COUPLE SECONDS IN ORDER TO BRAKE , THIS DEFECT CAN RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE PEDAL HITS THE FLOOR. DEALER CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. *AK
WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED ON WET SURFACES, THE BRAKE PEDAL INTERMITTENTLY BECOMES HARD, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ABS TAKES AWAY ALL BRAKING AND THIS ONLY HAPPENS ABOUT 3 TIMES A YEAR. *SLC
WHENEVER APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE BRAKE (ABS) PEDAL IS VERY HARD & TAKES AN EFFORT TO STOP VEHICLE. FRONT BRAKES REPLACED EVERY 20,000; BACK BRAKES DO NOT WORK. PROBLEM DOES NOT OCCUR ALL THE TIME. *AK
ABS BRAKE SYSTEM FAILS CONTINUOUSLY.
ABS BRAKES; WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES IN NORMAL CONDITIONS, THE PEDAL GOES DOWN AN INCH FROM THE FLOOR ,AND THERE IS AN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE REDISH POWDER ON THE FRONT WHEEL HUBS WAS NORMAL. *SLC
BRAKES OCCASIONALLY WILL GRAB AND RELEASE WHEN ENGAGED.
OWNER HAS ABS BRAKES. WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THERE IS A EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. PROBLEM OCCURS ON ANY TYPE OF ROAD PAVEMENT WET OR DRY. DEALERS HAVE NOT LOOKED AT VEHICLE. *AK
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, BUT THE DRIVER IN FRONT OF THE CONSUMER STOPPED FOR SOME REASON, AND THE CONSUMER DIDN'T HAVE ANY BRAKES TO AVOID HITTING THE FRONT DRIVER. *AK
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