1994 Chevrolet Blazer complaints

ABS BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK *ML

APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION, BRAKES WERE APPLIED WITH NO BRAKING ACTION OCCURRING. THE ANTILOCK SYSTEM MADE NOISES AS THOUGH CAR WAS ON A SLIPPERY SURFACE, BUT ROAD WAS CLEAR AND DRY WITH NO LOOSE GRAVEL. BRAKE PEDAL WAS THEN PUSHED VERY HARD, AGAIN WITH NO BRAKING ACTION. THE CAR PROCEEDED INTO THE INTERSECTION IMPACTING ANOTHER VEHICLE. BOTH DRIVERS RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE BLAZER WAS A TOTAL LOSS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN STEPPING ON THE BRAKES, BRAKES FAILED, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE JUST AS MENTIONED IN MANUFACTURER'S RECALLS 9335 AND 9332 THE REPAIRS NEEDED DO NOT FALL UNDER THE RECALL, AND OWNER MUST PAY FOR REPAIRS NEEDED. *AK *ML

ABS BRAKES AND LINEAR EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE) FAILED. PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK

BRAKES MAKE NOISE ALL THE TIME, BUT DID NOT THE NIGHT OF THE ACCIDENT. CONDITIONS WERE SNOWY. *AK

VEHICLE HAD ROUGH IDLE, CLEANED EGR VALVE. REOCCURRING PROBLEM. *AK

I HAVE CONTACTED (2) CHEVORLET DEALERS AND THEY CAN NOT FIND THE PROBLEM,THEY DID TELL ME THEIR WAS A RECALL ,BUT WE HAVE NOT BEEN CONTACTED AT THIS POINT . I WOULD GREATLEY APPRICIATE YOUR HELP ON THIS MATTER. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED WITHIN SUMMARY. *AK

AFTER THE ACCIDENT; I FOUND BY RESEARCHING YOUR SITE THAT THERE ARE TWO RECALLS ON DEFECTS PERTAINING TO THE BRAKES ON MY VEHICLE. MFG.# 99I006000- MAILING OF RECALL NOTICE TO BEGIN MAY OF 2000. ALSO MFG. CAMPAIGN # 99041- MAILING TO BEGIN MAY, 20000. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY MAILING TO WARN ME OF THIS DEFECT. MAY OF 2000 IS TOO LATE. I HAVE ALREADY HAD THE ACCIDENT!!!!*AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE RECALL COMPONENT HOWEVER VEHICLE DENIED DUE TO VIN #. (99V-193) *MJS

CALLED/ EMAILED GM AND ALTHOUGH I HAD A FAILURE THE DAY AFTER MY NEW BRAKES WERE DEALER INSTALLED AND EVEN THOUGH I HAVE A BLAZER IN THE YEARS RECALLED I AM NOT SUBJECT TO THE RECALL. THIS REALLY UPSETS ME BECAUSE I COULD INJURED SOMEONEON THE STREET ON IN MY CAR AND THEY CONTINUE TO PRETEND THAT THIS DID NOT HAPPEN. I FILED A REPORT W/ YOU IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE INCIDENT- BRAKES PUT ON ONE DAY- NEXT DAY I AM, FORTUNATELY, MAKING A SLOW TURN AS I HEAD TO COURT, CANNOT NEGOTIATE THE TURN BECAUSE I HAVE NO BRAKES AND SLAM INTON AND ON TOP OF A FIRE HYDRANT. THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER/ MECHANIC AT THE SCENE AND THE OFFICER AT THE SCENE BOTH DEPRESSED THE PEDAL AND CONFIRMED WHAT I SAID. THE DEALER AND GM DENIED IT AND- EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A MAJOR RECALL- AND I AM A TRUE VICTIM- AM IGNORED AND THEY ARE "PLEASED TO TELL ME THAT MY VEHICLE IS NOT SUBJECT TO RECALL". THIS IS GARBAGE AND CLEARLY THE REASON THAT I WILL NEVER SUPPORT GM OR ANY OF THEIR PRODUCT. I AM DISGUSTED WITH THIS WHOLE PROCESS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER- I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE ON BEHALF OF THOSE MULTITHOUSAND OF OWNERS WHO HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM- BUT IT WAS OF NO BENEFIT TO ME. *AK

AT LOW SPEED, APPROXIMATELY 30MPH, I HAD TO STOP SUDDENLY. AT THE FIRST INSTANCE OF BRAKING THE BRAKES BEGAN TO STOP ME. THEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT SLOWLY TO THE FLOOR AND BRAKING CEASED. I REAR ENDED THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH. THE ABS FAILED IN SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES IN MARCH OF 1995, ALSO CAUSING A REAR-END COLLISION. THIS INCIDENT WAS ALSO REPORTED TO THE NTSA AS WELL AS TO CHEVROLET. AT THAT TIME THE BRAKES WERE INSPECTED BY A CHEVROLET DEALERS SERVICE DEPARTMENT. CHEVROLET MADE THE DETERMINATION THAT THERE WAS NOTHING DEFECTIVE ABOUT THE BRAKES. THIS PROBLEM DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE CONSTANT AND IS APPARENTLY NOT REPEATABLE ON DEMAND. *AK

VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS DUE TO ABS BRAKE FAILURE, BOTH INSTANCES OCCURED IN THE RAIN. *MJS

WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE PEDAL WOULD GRAB AND LOCK UP, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED, AND PAID FOR HALF OF THE FIRST REPAIR. BRAKE FAILURE OCCURRED AGAIN, AND OWNER PAID REPAIR COSTS, WANTS FULL REIMBURSEMENT. *AK *ML

HAVE EXPERIENCED SITUATIONS WHEN THE BRAKING SYSTEM HAS FAILED TO STOP IN AN ADEQUATE AMOUNT OF TIME. *AK

ABS INDICATION LIGHT WOULD FLASH ON/OFF . DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK THERE WAS ABS RECALL ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, BUT THE DEALER STATED THAT REPLACING THE MODULE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM IS NOT COVERED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *YH

ABS BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED ONCE TO STOP ON 1994 4WD CHEVROLET BLAZER. *AK

AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH TRAFFIC SUDDENLY STOPPED IN FRONT OF MY BLAZER. I HAD PLENTY OF ROOM TO STOP, BUT THE BRAKES "LOCKED UP" AND FAILED TO STOP OUR VEHICLE IN TIME. I FOUND OUT THERE MAY BE A RECALL ON THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM AND CHECKED YOUR WEBSITE. THE INFORMATION INDICATED THERE WAS A RPOBLEM SO I CONTACTED CHEVROLET. I SPENT OVER 2 HOURS ON THE TELEPHONE WITH THEM AND THEY SAID TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO MY DEALER AND HAVE THEM CHECK IT. I DID SO AND INCURRED THE EXPENSE OF AN ANALYSIS. THE DEALER FOUND NO PROBLEM AND SAID THAT EVEN IF THEY DID THEY COULDN'T MAKE ANY REPAIRS UNTIL CHEVROLET SENT THEM THE NOTICE ON WHAT TO DO. I GUESS I AM SOMEWHAT SIMPLE MINDED, BUT IF THE GOVERENMETN AND GM KNOWS THERE HAVE BEEN PROBLEMS WITH SOMETHING AS IMPORTANT AS THE BRAKES, WHY IS THIS TAKING SO LONG? THERE WAS A POLICE OFFICER STANDING LESS THAN 100 FEET FROM WHERE OUR ACCIDENT OCURRED AND HE CAN VERIFY THAT MY BRAKES DID NOT PROPERLY WORK. *AK

I EXPERIENCED "HARD STARTS" "ENGINE RUN ON" AND "ROUGH IDLE" FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE TO FIVE MONTHS. THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS A LEAKING FUEL INJECTOR. THE GM DEALER GARAGE INFORMED ME THAT THEY "SEE THIS ALL THE TIME WITH GM PRODUCTS" AND THAT THE LEAKING FUEL PRESENTED A SIGNIFICANT FIRE HAZARD. THE GARAGE STATED THAT WHILE GM WILL REPAIR FUEL INJECTORS WITH CALIFORNIA EMISSIONS, THEY WILL NOT DO SO WITH FEDERAL EMISSIONS. GM HAS BEEN NO HELP AND TOLD ME I HAD NO RECOURSE TO RECOVER THE MONEY PAID TO REPLACE THE FUEL INJECTOR (APPOXIMATELY $700). IT SEEMS TO ME IF THE PROBLEM IS COMMON, PRESENTS A SAFETY HAZARD, AND HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF AN ACKNOWLEDGED PROBLEM, SOME INVESTIGATION INTO THIS ISSUE SHOULD TAKE PLACE..

ANTI LOCK BRAKES DO NOT WORK PROPERLY. THEY REQUIRE EXTENDED DISTANCE TO STOP...EVEN WHEN TRAVELING AT 15 MPH. ALSO, LOOSE CONTROL TO STOP WHEN HITTING BUMPS IN ROAD. HAVE HAD ONE ACCIDENT, PULLED INTO ONCOMING TURN LANE IN OREDER TO STOP VEHICLE. WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT I NEEDED TO GET USED TO THE BRAKES.

VEHICLE BEEN EXPERIENCING ONGOING PROBLEM WITH LEFT WHEEL LOCKING UP WHENEVER BRAKES ARE APPLIED ON WET / SNOW ROAD. VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP VERY FAST. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK

RECALL 94V-093 000, POWER TRAIN:AUTO TRANSMISSION; VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A NO PARK CONDITION WHILE ENGINE WAS RUNNING, CAUSING UNINTENTIONAL MOVEMENT OF VEHICLE WITHOUT OPERATION ACTION. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED THAT CONSUMER VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF RECALL. SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE ABS SYSTEM IS KICKING OUT AND NOT STOPPING THE VEHICLE. ABS BRAKES WORK INTERMITTENTLY. *AK

INITIALLY - ABS LIGHT CAME ON. DIAGNOSED AT BRAMER CHEVROLET IN JOHNSTOWN, NY AS BAD SPEED SENSOR. REPLACE LEFT FRONT SPEED SENSOR. STILL HAD PROBLEM WITH ABS LIGHT AND NOW INTERMITTENT REGULAR BRAKE WARNING LIGHT. WHILE DRIVING HOME WITH WIFE AND GRAND DAUGHTER, BOTH LIGHTS STARTED FLASHING. RED LIGHT AHEAD, APPLIED PRESSURE TO BRAKES AND LIMITED RESPONSE. LOUD DEEP WHIRRING SOUND CAME FROM FRONT. FORTUNATELY HAD ENOUGH SPACE TO PULL TOWARD SHOULDER OF ROAD BEFORE TRUCK CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. TOOK BACK TO BRAMER CHEVROLET AND DIAGNOSTIC SHOWED ONBOARD DIAGNOSTICS DEAD. COULD NOT RETRIEVE TROUBLE CODES WITH DEALER DIAGNOSTIC COMPUTER. SITUATION STILL UNRESOLVED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WOULD STALL FOR NO REASON. WOULD HAVE NO CONTROL OF VEHICLE. INSTRUMENT PANEL WENT BLACK. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER & INFORMED THAT FUEL PUMP RELAY NEEDED REPLACING. POSSIBLE CAUSE OF STALLING. NOT SENDING FUEL THROUGH THE FUEL LINES. ALSO, POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL SHORT, CAUSING INSTRUMENT PANEL TO GO BLANK. *AK

BRAKES FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON DRY PAVEMENT RESULTING IN ACCIDENT. NLM

WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR IS WORKING INTERMITTENTLY. *AK

RECALLS ON 1994 CHEVEROLET BLAZERS

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, AND VEHICLE TOOK A FEW SECONDS TO COME TO A STOP.ALSO, THERE WAS A CLICKING NOISE. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

ABS SYSTEM IS WORKING INTERMITTENTLY, AND SOMETIMES THE BRAKES GO STRAIGHT TO THE FLOORBOARD. *AK

HIT BRAKE PEDAL WHILE GOING 30 MPH ON A DRY SURFACE AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING A COLLISION WITH THE VEHICL IN FRONT. *AK

WHEN THE ABS BRAKES WERE APPLIED, BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, THEN IT CAME BACK. VEHICLE CONTINUED TO MOVE. HAD PUMPED BRAKES; PEDAL CAME BACK AGAIN. TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER TO CHECK. *AK

PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT AND THE ENTIRE SHOULDER HARNESS BELT WAS IN DRIVER'S LAP AND DIDN'T RETRACT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 30-35MPH SMALL NIPPLE THAT SCREWS ON TO THE INTAKE MANIFOLD BROKE OFF, CAUSING A LOSS OF WATER & ANTIFREEZE. HAD NO WARNING. TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER.

SITTING IN TRAFFIC NOTICED VEHICLE RUNNING DIFFERENTLY.STARTED JERKING, AND FUMES GOT REAL BAD WHICH MADE CONSUMER SICK. HAD VEHICLE SERVICED, AND IT WAS DIAGNOSED A S ABAD FUEL INJECTION DISTRIBUTOR. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL TO WORK PROPERLY AFTER BEING IN USE. WOULD STOP ON THEIR OWN AFTER 3O MINUTES. SOMETIMES COME BACK ON BY THEMSELVES. THIS WOULD CAUSE THE DRIVER TO HAVE POOR VISIBILITY. TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER TO HAVE IT CHECKED. *AK

THREE TIMES WHEN HAVING TO COME TO A SUDDEN STOP THE BRAKE FELT LIKE TWO GEARS GRINDING AND THE VEHICLE WOULD JUST KEEP GOING, NOT FULLY STOPPING.

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING ONGOING / INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH ABS SYSTE.; WHENEVER VEHICLE RAN OVER A POTHOLE/MAN HOLE COVER /BUMP OR SLIPPERY SURFACE, WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL, IT CAUSES THE PEDAL TO GO DOWN TO THE FLOOR, LEAVING VEHICLE WITHOUT BRAKES. CONSUMER HAD TO PUMP BRAKE TO GET VEHICLE TO STOP PROPERLY. CAN NHTSA PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE EGR VALVE IS CLOGGED WITH CARBON DEPOSIT WHICH CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO CUT OFF. WHEN THIS HAPPENS CONSUMER LOSES ALL POWER AND CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AND APPLYING THE BRAKES THERE WAS EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE THAT CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO SLIDE DURING STOPPING. *AK

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER TRIED TO APPLY BRAKES DURING NORMAL STOPPING DISTANCE, AND VEHICLE DID NOT STOP. CONSUMER SWERVED TO AVOID A COLLISON ,BUT STILL WAS IN A CRASH.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS MALFUNCTIONED WHILE IN USE, AFFECTING DRIVER'S VISIBILITY WHICH MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. THE DRIVER NEEDS TO PLAY WITH THE WIPERS IN ORDER TO START WORKING AGAIN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHENEVER ABS BRAKES ARE APPLIED IN WET WEATHER OR ROUGH ROADS, VEHICLE WOULD LOSE BRAKING ABILITY. DEALER INFORMED BY MECHANIC THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG. IT'S A 2 WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKE, THE PEDAL IS VERY HARD AND THE CONSUMER HAS TO PRESS BRAKES VERY HARD TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP. *AK

UPON ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A NORMAL STOP WHILE TRAVELING AT LOW SPEED AND BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, PEDAL BECAME VERY HARD, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE/ BRAKE FADE AWAY. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED RESULTING IN COLLISION. MJS

FILLED VEHICLE UP WITH GAS ON MONDAY 2-AUG-99 AND THAT EVENING GAS GAUGE DROPPED DUE TO LEAK. CONSUMER HAD TO HAVE THE GAS TAKEN OUT TO MAKE IT STOP DRIPPING. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS OWNER'S RESPONSBILITY TO GET FIXED BECAUSE NO RECALL. *YC

WHILE DRIVING AT 35MPH DRIVER MADE SUDDEN STOP WHEN BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SKID FOR ABOUT 8 FEET AND THEN ROLLOVER . *AK

AIRBAG DIDN'T GO OFF AT ANY TIME. THE CONSUMER WHEN WAS DRIVING DRIVER LIGHT WENT CAME ON/OFF, BUT THE AIRBAG DIDN'T GO OFF. *AK

BRAKES MADE A CLICKING NOISE WHEN APPLIED. THE BRAKES WERE HARD WHEN CONSUMER PRESSES HER FOOT ON BRAKES. *AK