ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM LOCKED UP OCCASIONALLY. WHEN PRESSING ON THE PEDAL IT DID NOT GO DOWN ALL THE WAY, ALL POWER WAS LOST. MECHANIC IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, CANNOT DETERMINE IF THE REPAIR WORK CAN BE DONE. *AK
1995 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 1995 record →
THE EGR VALVE WENT BAD, RESULTING IN LOSS OF BRAKE PERFORMANCE. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE EGR VALVE TWICE. *YC
ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM IS WORKING INTERMITTENTLY. *AK
EA 3561, ONGOING INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE ACCELERATION. WHENEVER FOOT IS REMOVED FROM ACCELERATOR PEDAL, VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE FOR A FEW SECOND OR MORE BEFORE RETURNING TO NORMAL. DEALER NOTIFIED AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT WAS NORMAL FOR THAT VEHICLE. SEEKING NHTSA TO PROVIDE OR HELP INTHIS MATTER. *AK
SINCE PURCHASED THE FRONT WHEEL DISC BRAKES EXPERIENCING EXCESSIVE WEAR DUE TO CALIPERS NOT APPLYING PRESSURE EVENLY TO PADS. *YC
DRIVING DOWN THE HWY AT APPROX 55MPH ON DRY ROAD, SLOWED DOWN TO GO AROUND A CURVE, FRONT BRAKES LOCKED BUT NOT THE BACK BRAKES. FELT LIKE A POWER SURGE. BRAKE PEDAL WAS STILL DEPRESSED TO THE FLOOR. VEHICLE FISHTAILED AND ROLLED OVER INTO A DITCH.
WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES ON DRY PAVEMENT PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED. *AK
THE ABS LIGHT COMES ON & STAYS. HAVE BEEN TO DEALER & WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC THE PROBLEM COULD BE THE ABS MODE SOLENOID SENSOR. THE LIGHT CAN COME ON WHILE TRAVELING JUST 10MPH. WILL GO OFF WHEN VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF. *AK
WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY ON DRY ROAD NOTICED TRAFFIC WAS SLOWING DOWN. WENT TO APPLY BRAKES, AND BRAKES WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR, FELT SOFTAND COULDN'T CONTROL VEHICLE, ABS FAILED. *AK
RUST HAS DEVELOPED IN THE DIP STICK AND IN THE DIP STICK TUBE WHICH HAS CAUSED DIRT TO GET INTO THE TRANSMISSION FLUID, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.
WHILE DRIVING ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WILL LIGHT UP. WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED IT FEELS LIKE THE POWER ASSIST BRAKES ARE LOST, CONSUMER SAYS THAT THE BRAKE COULD BE STOOD ON AND THERE WOULD BE NO RESPONSE. DEALE RHAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
WHILE DRIVING REAR WINDOW EXPLODED WITHOUT WARNING. THE EXPLOSION CAUSED THE GLASS TO FLY INWARD TOWARDS THE DRIVER. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE VEHICLE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. CURRENTLY, DEALER HAS VEHICLE. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE RAN A RED LIGHT, AND CONSUMER'S VEHICLE REAR ENDED THE OTHER VEHICLE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE DUE TO THE ABS SYSTEM LOCKING UP, AN VEHICLE SKIDDING. *AK
WHENEVER THE ABS BRAKES ARE APPLIED, AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND VARIOUS SURFACES, THEY WOULD LOCK UP & VEHICLE WOULD SLIDE. CAN HAPPEN WHEN GOING UP HILL & USE ABS BRAKES. WILL BE TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER TO CHECK OUT PROBLEM. *AK
WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED A SHORT CIRCUIT OCCURRED IN THE FUSE RECEPTICLE THAT RESULTED IN A FIRE WITH THE INTERIOR LIGHTS BEING BURNED, FIRE WAS PUT OUT BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND THEY MADE THE DETERMINATION THAT FIRE WAS CAUSED BY A SHORT CIRCUIT IN FUSE RECEPTICLE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
WHILE DRIVING 35MPH CAME UPON STOPPED VEHICLES ON HIGHWAY AND HAD TO STOP SUDDENLY. BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. DID NOT FEEL ABS WORKING. VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP & REARENDED VEHICLE IN FRONT. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. BRAKES WERE JUST SERVICED PRIOR TO ACCIDENT. *AK
NOTICED WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. PULLED TO SIDE & LIFTED HOOD. FLAMES WERE COMING FROM LEFT SIDE OF ENGINE (BRAIN BOX). THE ELECTRICAL WIRES WERE BURNED. *AK
WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 35-40MPH CONSUMER HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE HEAD ON ,DRIVER'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING FACIAL TRAUMA AND INJURIES ON ARM EVEN WITH SEATBELT ON . THERE WAS NO INDICTATION OR WARNING OF AIRBAG BEING INOPERATIVE. *AK
WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM KICKS IN, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE. *AK *YC
THE VEHICLE STALLS AND WILL NOT START BACK UP. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP 5 TIMES. *AK DOCUMENTATION HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED #843756. *YC
WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL TO WORK PROPERLY WHEN IN USE. WOULD COME ON/OFF BY THEMSELVES. THE PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT. THIS AFFECTED DRIVER'S VISIBILITY. WHEN NEEDED DRIVER WOULD HAVE TO GET OUT & JIGGLE WIPERS OR MOTOR TO GET WIPERS STARTED AGAIN, IN THE RAIN. *AK
WHILE TRAVELING THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL WITHOUT INDICATIONS, BLOWING A FUSE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED . PLEASE PROVIDE FUTHER INFORMATION. *AK
ANTILOCK BRAKES ACTIVATE AT THE SLIGHTES BUMP OR DURING TURNS RESULTING IN BRAKE FADING AND ACCIDENTS.
ENGINE IDLES ON IT'S OWN. NLM
WHEN TRAVELING UNDER ANY NORMAL BRAKING AND UPON DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL ON DRY OR WET SURFACE, PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, BRAKE FADED AWAY. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER HAS YET TO REPLACE PARTS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR) MALFUNCTION CAUSES THE VACUUM SYSTEM TO BE BLOCKED. YH
WINDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF OPERATION. SOMETIMES THE WIPERS WILL NOT COME ON AT ALL. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
IN PANIC STOPS, IT FEELS LIKE THE BRAKES ARE NOT WORKING. THE PEDAL GETS SPONGY AND FEELS LIKE SLIDING ON ICE. LOOKED UP NHTSA LIST, MFG CAMPAIGN 19I005000 IS LISTED FOR THIS PROBLEM. CHEVROLET VIA 1-800-222-1020 NUMBER SAYS NO SUCH CAMPAIGN EXISTS.
THE WELDS FAILED AND CHEVY FEELS IT'S NOT THE RESPONCABILITY
THE NHTSA MANDATED THAT GM WARANTY THE LEGR ON 1995 BLAZERS. WHEN MY BLAZER EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM, I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE LEGR REPLACED. I WAS TOLD THEY COULDN'T REPLACE THE PARTS UNDER WARANTY BECAUSE THE NHTSA ONLY MANDATED THE WARRANTY FOR CARS WITH LESS THAN 75,000 MILES. MY BLAZER HAD THE PROBLEM AT 80,000 MILES. THE MILEAGE DICTATION IS RIDICULOUS! THIS FAILURE IS A SAFETY HAZARD AT ANY MILEAGE AND SHOULD BE REPAIRED REGARDLESS!
A FISHER-PRICE SAFE EMBRACE BOOSTER CAR SEAT ADJUSTABLE SHOULDER STRAP POSITIONER FAILED. THE PART OF THE STRAP THAT A PICE OF WEBBING CONECTS TO A PICE OF PLASTIC CAME UNDONE MAKING THE STRAP UNUSABLE. THE MANUFACTURE HAS REPLACED THE PART.
ABS BRAKE SYSTEM ISN'T WORKING. *AK
EGR VALVE FAILED THREE TIMES, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL. REPLACEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE SINCE NOVEMBER. OF 1998. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. *AK
CHEVY WAS CONTACTED AND WOULD NOT COVER REPAIRS
ONGOING PROBLEM WITH PRESSING HARD ON BRAKE PEDAL TO GET VEHICLE TO STOP PROPERLY. VEHICLE EXPERIENCED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. VEHICLE BEEN IN/OUT OF DEALER SHOP, AND SOME REPAIRS WERE MADE. BUT DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM . CAN NHTSA HELP OR PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK
BRAKES FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE RESULTING IN VEHICLE COLLISION, NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS DURING COLLISION. (ATTORNEY FOR CONSUMER) MJS (99V006)
FIRE. INSURANCE TOTALLED CAR. NO ONE, CHEVY OR DEAL WANTS RESPONSIBILITY. FIRE UNDETERMINED BY FIRE DEPT.
WHILE DRIVING APPLIED BRAKE PEDAL, BRAKES WOULD NOT GO DOWN. AFTER APPLYING FOR 5-10 SECONDS, BRAKES GIVE AND STILL WILL NOT GO TO FLOOR. DEALER CONTACTED AND IS AWARE, NO RECALL. PROBLEMS STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
WHEN USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, ELECTRICAL WINDOWS DID NOT WORK. DEALER CONTACTED, AND STATED EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS CUTTING THE WIRES TO THE HARNESS. REPAIRWORK DONE AT OWNERS EXPENSE. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
WHILE DRIVING ON ANY TYPE OF BUMPY ROAD AND APPLYING THE BRAKES AT 30 TO 40 MPH THERE IS A SPRING TYPE NOISE COMING FROM THE BRAKES. *AK
SUDDEN ACCELERATION; WENT TO APPLY BRAKES, AND THE BRAKES JAMMED.CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. *AK
VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. WAS UNABLE TO STOP WITH FOOT ON BRAKES (ABS). HAD TO SHIFT INTO PARK TO STOP. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP & MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF SUDDEN ACCELERATION. *AK
WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING TWO CARS STOPPED IN FRONT OF CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. UPON ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE LANES , CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES, BUT BRAKES FAILED, AND CONSUMER REARENDED VEHICLE IN FRONT. *AK *ML
WHILE BRAKING AT A RED TRAFFIC SIGNAL A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD CAUSED THE ABS SYSTEM TO ACTIVATE CAUSING THE VEHICLE NOT TO SLOW DOWN.MORE PRESSURE WAS PUT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL WITH NO RESPONSE, IF ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS IN FRONT A COLLISION WOULD HAVE OCCURED.
WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL TURN ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. *AK
NO SUMMARY
WHILE BRAKING AT INTERSECTION,A SMALL BUMP CAUSED THE ABS SYSTEM TO ENGAGE CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE AND A COLLISION
WHILE BRAKING AT A RAILROAD CROSSING THE ABS SYSTEM ENGAGED CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE.
I HAVE BEEN PLAGUED WITH CONSTANT BRAKE PROBLEMS ON MY '95 BLAZER. IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP SINCE I PURCHASED IT OVER 10 TIMES FOR THE BRAKES ALONE. I RECENTLY HEARD ABOUT THE BRAKE RECALL WARNING ISSUED BY YOU (NHTSA) AND IMMEDIATELY CALLED ED MORSE CHEVROLET AND SPOKE WITH A SERVICE MANAGER. HE ADVISED ME YOUR REPORT WAS FALSE AND YOU ARE RE-ISSUING A STATEMENT TO THE CONTRARY. HE TOLD ME THE WARNING HAD "NOTHING TO DO WITH MY PARTICULAR BLAZER" AND THAT I WOULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN ANY RECALL OR WARNING PRESENTLY. MY BRAKES HAVE BEEN A NIGHTMARE FOR ME, I AM AFRAID OF BRAKING SYSTEM, BUT HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. I HAD MY ATTORNEY WRITE A LETTER TO ED MORSE, TO NO AVAIL. I FINALLY WENT TO AN OUTSIDE MECHANIC WHO ATTEMPTS TO KEEP ME SAFE BY REGULARLY CHECKING MY BRAKING SYSTEM. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS AM I INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL ALERT 99V193000 OR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 991006000? ANY HELP THAT YOU CAN GIVE ME WILL BE SO APPRECIATED. THANK YOU..FRANCESCA BEALERT
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