WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR WILL RUN, BUT WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL NOT WORK. DEALER CONTACTED.*AK
1994 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 1994 record →
AT 20 MPH CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKE, ROAD WAS WET AND VEHICLE SLID/ WHEELS LOCKED UP, AND VEHICLE REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE, CAUSING $ 4000.00 DAMAGE, NO INJURIES.*AK
INTERMITTENTLY, WHILE APPLYING BRAKES DURING A SUDDEN STOP, THERE WOULD BE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. VEHICLE BEEN TO DEALER, AND DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
WHEN DRIVING AT 17 MPH CONSUMER TRIED TO STEP ON BRAKES AND BRAKES FAILED. CONSUMER HAS HAD THIS VEHICLE IN THE SHOP TO GET A RECALL ON THE BRAKES DONE IN THE PAST.*AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
ABS BRAKES FAILED 9 TIMES. THE LAST TIME CAUSED ME TO ROLL AND TOTAL THE VEHICLE TRYING TO TURN IN MY DRIVE. THE FIRST AND ALL FAILURES WHERE REPORTED TO CHEVROLET. CHEVROLET TOLD ME I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO PRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE THREE DEALERS REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER AND ABS BRAKE MODUAL. NONE OF THOSE REPAIRS CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. I PRESSED SO HARD ON THE BRAKE I BROKE THE SEAT DOWN 3 TIMES. THE LAST TIME IT BROKE I LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND IT ROLED 10 FT. PAST THE DRIVE I WAS TRYING TO PULL INTO. *AK
CONSUMER STATED THE FUEL INJECTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES,AND FUEL PUMP HAS FAILED FOUR TIMES. *YH
DRIVER'S AND FRONT PASSENGER'S SEATS WILL NOT LOCK INTO POSITION ALONG SEAT TRACK AND MOVE UNEXPECTEDLY DURING OPERATION OF VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP HAS NOT EXAMINED THE VEHICLE FOR THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION.*AK
RECALL 99 V 193 000/ABS: WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED PEDAL WOULD GO TO THE FLOOR. VEHICLE WOULD CONTINUE ON BEFORE STOPPING. THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
NHTSA RECALL 99 V 193 000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 99041 CONCERNING ABS FAILURE.RUSSELL CHEVROLET; FAIRFIELD, CT; PHONE# 203/259-5221 REFUSED TO HONOR RECALL BECAUSE TITLE WAS BRANDED AS A SALVAGE VEHICLE. SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
ABS BRAKE LIGHT REMAINS ILLUMINATED INDICATING A MALFUNCTION. WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED ON WET PAVEMENT, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
WHILE CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBELT BROKE. ALSO, AT BOTTOM OF SEAT A BOLT CAME A LOOSE FROM SEAT. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS. *AK
CONSUMER HAD ABS RECALL COMPLETED ON VEHICLE AND NOW HIS ABS LIGHT HAS ILLUMINATED, GM STATES THAT THIS PROBLEM IS NOT RELATED TO THE PROBLEM THAT LED TO THE SAFEY DEFECT OR THE REMEDY THAT WAS PERFORMED. *SLC
PLASTIC GAS LINES GOING FROM UNIT WHERE METAL GAS LINES FROM GAS TANK ENTER ENGINE COMPARTMENT TO THE FUEL INJECTORS FAILED CAUSING ENGINE TO COMPLETELY FAIL (BLOWN ENGINE). NOTHING NOTED BY GM THAT THIS IS A MAINTAINENCE ITEM THAT SHOULD BE CHECKED AND OR CHANGED AFTER X MILES. ENGINE FAILED AT HIGHWAY SPEED, CAUSING OIL TO LEAK ONTO HIGHWAY. NO ACCIDENTS OCCURED, BUT COULD HAVE. GM SHOULD REPLACE THE ENGINE IN MY VEHICLE AND SEND A NOTICE TO ALL OWNERS OF CHEVY BLAZERS WITH THIS TYPE OF FUEL SYSTEM TO HAVE THIS CHECKED.
WINDSHIELD WIPER FAILURE. MOVING HARNESS WILL CAUSE WIPERS TO FUNCTION. DELCO DOUBLE SIDED BOARD (PCB 22122142 REV. A) FAILED. REPLACED WITH DELCO P/N 12463090 (SUPERSEDED P/N 12463017). FAILED PART AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.*AK
WHILE TRAVELING AT 50 MPH CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO PUT ON BRAKES AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. ONLY WAY TO STOP VEHICLE WAS TO PUMP BRAKE PEDAL UNTIL VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER REPLACED BRAKES, AND CHECKED MASTER CYLINDER. BUT, PROBLEM WAS STILL OCCURRING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP PROPERLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. HAD TO PUMP BRAKES TO GET VEHICLE TO STOP.BRAKES GRAB AND RELEASE REPEATEDLY WHEN SUDDEN STOPS ARE NECESSARILY DEALER WAS NOTIFED AT THE TIME, AND REPLACED/ REPAIRS ABS MODULE. PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED. DEALER INFORMED THAT ANY REPAIRS AT THIS TIME WILL BE AT CONSUMER'S COST. *AK *YD
WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. AT THIS TIME WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD COME ON IF CONSUMER WOULD COME OUTSIDE TO WIGGLE WIRES TO START THEM BACK UP. *AK
BS BRAKE SYSTEM FAILS INTERMITTENTLY WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
WHEN DRIVING AT 40 TO 50 MPH ABS COMES ON AND LENGTHEN THE STOP. CONSUMER FEELS UNSAFE BECAUSE NOT GETTING THE BRAKING POWER THAT HE IS SUPPOSE TO GET.*AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME, BUT WHEN IT DOES HAPPEN THE WEATHER IS DRY. *SLC
CONSUMER WAS APPROACHING A YELLOW TRAFFIC LIGHT BUT COULD NOT DEPRESS BRAKE PEDAL ,IT WAS HARD CAUSING VEHICLE TO RUN THROUGH TRAFFIC LIGHT AT 55 MPH. CONSUMER KEPT STEPPING ON BRAKE PEDAL ABOUT 8 TIMES BEFORE PEDAL BECAME UNSTUCK.CONSUMER CONTACTED A DEALER WHO POSSIBLY THOUGHT PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY BOOSTER. *AK THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL SENSOR WAS REPLACED. NLM
TOOK BLAZER TO RIFE CHEVROLET FOR A RECALL ON THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES. THEY REPLACED THE PART THAT WAS ON THE RECALL AND SINCE THEY WORKED ON BLAZER THE ANTI LOCK LIGHT STAYS ON.
CHECK BRAKES FRONT BRAKES LOCK UP CALIPERS STICK ON NORMAL TO HARD APPLICATION ADVISE, FOUND STICKING CALIPER SEIZED TO HUB SLIDES R&R CALIPERS, SERVICED AND LUBED TEST DROVE 10 MILES.
WHILE OPENING DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR, DOOR DROPS DOWN. WHEN CLOSING DOOR IT STRIKES AND RUBS LOCKING PIN. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, AND STATED DOOR RETAINER HINGE PIN NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 99V193 AND TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS, WITHIN DAYS OF REPAIR WORK THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, DEALER REPLACED THE EBCM MODULE, THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN AND DEALER REPLACED THE EBCM MODULE AGAIN, THE EBCM MODULE WAS REPLACED 6 TIMES AND FINALLY THE DEALER STATED THAT THE EHCU VALVE ASSEMBLY NEEDED REPLACED, BUT THIS WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER THE RECALL, CONSUMER IS ANGRY DUE TO THESE PROBLEMS DID NOT OCCUR UNTIL AFTER THE RECALL WORK WAS COMPLETED. *SLC
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
ABS LIGHT HAS BEEN ON, BRAKING ACTION IS NORMAL. *AK THE CONSUMER WANTS TO KNOW IF THERE WAS RECALL REGARDING ABS, VEHICLE VIBRATION AND ROTORS. *YH
THE VEHICLE ANTI LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 99V-193 RESULTING IN AN ACIIDENT IN WHICH THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO STOP AND BROADSIDED ANOTHER VEHICLE, CONSUMER WAS 6 MONTHS PREGNANT AND DUE TO SEATBELT CONTRICTION SHE WAS SENT TO EMERGENCY LABOR AND DELIVERY FOR PREMATURE CONTRACTIONS (DID NOT CODE AS INJURY) NLM. CONSUMER STATES WHEN SHE TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR INSPECTIO OF THE BRAKES AGAIN THE INVOICE STATED THAT A VACUUM SWITCH, HARNESS, AND TRANSFER CASE WERE INSTALLED. *JB
CONSUMER GOT INTO VEHICLE AND STARTED IT UP. THEN, REALIZED THAT SHE DIDN'T HAVE REMOTE CONTROL TO GARAGE DOOR. WHEN GETTING OUT OF VEHICLE IT STARTED ROLLING BACKWARDS. DOOR KNOCKED DOWN CONSUMER, AND VEHICLE RAN OVER CONSUMER'S LEG. SHE SUFFERED A BROKEN LEG. STATE FARM INSURANCE ADVISED CONSUMER TO CALL NHTSA AUTO SAFETY HOTLINE. CONSUMER WILL ALSO BE CALLING MANUFACTURER.*AK *SLC
REPLACED SPIDER INJECTOR ONCE, REPLACED EGR VALVE 4 TIMES, REPLACED BOTH EXHAUST MANIFOLDS. THE SERVICE REP TOLD ME THE EGR VALVE REPLACEMENT IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. I CHECKED WITH A DEALER AND APPARENTLY THERE IS NO RECALL ON THE SPIDER INJECTOR NOR EGR VALVES WHICH TO ME IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION WHEN DRIVING AND THE MOTOR STARTS SURGING AND DYING.*AK
WHEN APPLYING ABS BRAKES PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
WHEN DRIVING AND UPON DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL TO MAKE A NORMAL STOP PEDAL TRAVELS TO FLOORBOARD, VACUUM SYSTEM FAILS TO KICK IN, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE . CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER CORRECTED RECALL WORK, AND BRAKE SENSOR WAS REPLACED. VEHICLE STILL HAVING PROBLEMS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
ON FEBRUARY 7, 2001, CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 35 TO 40 MPH, APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION WHERE LIGHT WAS CHANGING, CONSUMER HAD TO BRAKE REALLY HARD. CONSUMER STATED IT FELT LIKE IT WAS SLOWING DOWN, BUT THERE WAS VERY LITTLE BRAKING. *AK THE WHEEL SPEED SENSOR FAILURE WAS FOUND TO BE THE CAUSE FOR THE BRAKE PROBLEM. *YH
WINDSHIELD WIPERS INTERMITTENTLY FAIL, CAUSING POOR TO NO VISIBILITY DUE TO A DEFECTIVE WIPER RELAY BOARD. THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ISSUED BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO DATE OF MANUFACTURING ALTHOUGH EXPERIENCED SAME DEFECT. *AK *SLC
WHILE COMING HOME FROM WORK ATTEMPTED TO COME TO A STOP AND ABS BRAKES BEGAN TO MAKE A GRINDING NOISE, AND DID NOT IMMEDIATELY STOP VEHICLE. *AK THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE PROBLEM EXISTED SINCE THE PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE. *YH
ENGINE FAILED DUE TO A FAULTY REGULATOR ON NEWLY INSTALLED CPI, WHICH LEAKED FUEL INTO THE ENGINE AND PRESENCE OF SILICON IN THE ENGINE FROM INSTALLATION OF GASKETS, OIL CHANGE NOT PERFORMED ON VEHICLE WHEN NEW FUEL INJECTION/CPI AND GASKETS WERE REPLACED, THIS ALLOWED FUEL, DEBRIS, ETC TO CONTAMINATE THE ENGINE, ENGINE REPLACEMENT COMPELETED 1/26/01. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT) CJ
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ABS DO NOT WORK PROPERLY. *SLC
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON A SIDE STREET AND WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE, VEHICLE STARTED KNOCKING/HESITATING, AND THEN SURGING. SUDDEN SURGING ALMOST RESULTED IN AN INCIDENT. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK
HARD TO START,BOGGS OUT AND KILLS ALSO BAD FOUL ODOR FROM EXHAUST(TOLD IT IS RUNNING RICH).ROUGH IDEL IN PARK.*AK
TRYING TO APPLY BRAKES THEY FELL TO THE GROUND. A ALOUD NOISE WAS HEARD. IT RESULTED IN REARENDING ANOTHER VEHICLE. CONSUMER WILL CONTACT DEALER.*AK
BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. DRIVER TRIED TO PUT EMERGENCY BRAKE ON, HOWEVER VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ROLL. DRIVER HAD TO PUT VEHICLE INTO PARK TO STOP. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK
A YEAR OLD CHILD WAS ABLE TO RELEASE GEAR SHIFT LEVER FROM PARK TO REVERSE WHICH RESULTED IN A COLLISION. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM IS LEAKING DUE TO CORROSION. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
WHEN APPLYING ABS BRAKES PEDAL NEARLY GOES TO FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 99V139000. *AK *SLC
IDENTICAL PROBLEM TO EXISTING NHTSA # 98V150001 COVERING WINDSHIELD WIPERS CIRCUIT BOARDS PRODUCED BETWEEN AUG. 1994-MAY 1996. MANUFACTURER DOES NOT INCLUDE THIS VIN# IN THEIR RECALL, THE PART IS AS DEFECTIVE AND AS MUCH A SAFETY CONSIDERATION AS OTHER IDENTICLE VEHICLES THAT CARRY A DIFFERENT VIN#. ALL FAULTY CIRCUIT BOARDS SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *AK
AT 43,659 MILES VEHICLE EXPERIENCED AN ONGOING PROBELM WITH ENGINE STALLING DUE TO CARBON BUILD UP IN EGR VALVE. VEHICLE TAKEN IN, DEALER WOULD ONLY CLEAN VALVE, AND PROBLEM WOULD CONTINUE TO REOCCUR . ALSO, AT 64,000 MILE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH STARTING. DEALER NOTIFIED ,INFORMED CONSUMER THAT PROBLEM WAS DUE TO A FUEL LINE FAILURE. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK
THE WINDHSIELD WIPER WORKS INTERMITTENTLY, THE CONSUMER SOMETIMES TAPS ON THE WIPER MOTOR WHICH WILL GET THEM WORKING AGAIN. *SLC
WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY, REDUCING A DRIVER'S VISIBILITY, AND INCREASING RISK OF A VEHICLE CRASH. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER MANUFACTURER'S RECALL. *AK *SLC
DRIVING 35MPH & STARTED TO APPLY BRAKES. WAS IN 2- LANE TRAFFIC & WAS MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN ON GREEN LIGHT. THERE WAS A METAL EXPANSION JOINT IN THE ROAD AND VEHICLE HIT METAL EXPANSION JOINT WHICH WAS WET DUE TO RAIN. VEHICLE STARTED TO SLIDE. ABS DETECTED A PROBLEM, BUT HAD NO BRAKES TO STOP. PEDAL DID NOT GO TO THE FLOOR. VEHICLE NEARLY HIT AN 18 WHEELER AHEAD, BUT SLID PAST ONTO SHOULDER & STOPPED.*AK
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