FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL INTERMITTENTLY. WHILE DRIVING IN SNOW AND DURING RAIN THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED AND THE DRIVER HAD TO PULL THE VEHICLE OVER.
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 →
BRAKES FAILED SEVERAL TIMES.
INTERMITTENTLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCES AND CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO COLLIDE. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
OWNER HAS HAD VEHICLE FOR 2 YRS AND THE FOLLOWING ITEMS HAVE BEEN REPLACED: SPARK PLUB WIRE, 2 SPARK PLUGS, 3 OXYGEN SENSORS, EGR VALVE, CONTROLLER, PCM/VCM, FRONT ROTORS, ALL NEW BRAKES, UNIVERSAL JOINT, FUEL INJECTOR, ABS COMPUTER, 4 NEW TIRES, NEW BATTERY, AND NEW STARTER. VEHICLE HAS ALSO HAD 3 RECALL NOTICES.
WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES ON WET OR DRY PAVEMENT THE PEDAL NEARLY TRAVELS TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY.
EACH TIME IT RAINS WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKS INTERMITTENTLY, CAUSING VISUAL OBSTRUCTION. *AK
THE DRIVER'S RESTRAINT WILL NOT RETRACT OR CATCH. DEALER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK
ABS BRAKES; WHEN APPLYING BRAKES IN WET CONDITIONS, THE VEHICLE JERKS. CAUSE UNKNOWN. OWNER HAS REPLACED BRAKE PADS 3 TIMES. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK
WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR FAILED, COULD AFFECT VISIBILITY ESPECIALLY IN INCLEMENT WEATHER. *MJS
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND VEHICLE DOES NOT SLOW DOWN. DEALER SAYS NO PROBLEM. *AK
CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH WINDSHIELD WIPERS NOT COMING ON WHEN NEEEDED OR STOP RUNNING AFTER BEING TURNED ON. DEALER NOTIFIED AND WILL NOT REPAIR UNLESS COST IS TO THE CONSUMER. *AK
WINDSHIELD WIPER FAILURE. WOULD LIKE INFORMATION REGARDING POSSIBLE RECALL.
ABS BRAKES; WHEN APPLYING BRAKES IN NORMAL CONDITIONS, THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND BRAKES LOCK UP, CAUSING REAR END TO PULL TO THE LEFT. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK
VEHICLE STALLS/ENGINE QUITS RUNNING WHILE DRIVING AND WILL NOT RESTART. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. DEALERS CANNOT CORRECT PROBLEM. *AK
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT 40 MPH AND WHEN TRYING TO TURN ON THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS SWITCH, IT DID NOT WORK, LEAVING CONSUMER WITHOUT WIPERS AND ALMOST HAVING AN ACCIDENT. *AK MANUFACTURE WAS NOT CONTACTED.
EXCESSIVE BATTERY USE.
WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL INTERMITTENTLY.
VEHICLE SHIFTED OUT OF PARK WHILE RUNNING, COSUMER WAS INFORMED BY MANUFACTURER/DEALER THAT THE VEHICLE COULD NOT SHIFT UNLESS BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. *AK
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLS FOR NO REASON. NUMEROUS PARTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, SUCH AS FUEL PUMP/ SPARK PLUGS/ CPI INJECTOR AND EGR VALVE, SENSOR, LOCK CYLINDER, BATTERY, 3-2 SHIFT SOLENOID, FUEL FILTER, AND PERFORMED FUEL PRESSURE TEST. PROBLEM REMAINS. *AK *TT
THE DEFECTIVE EGR VALVE, CAUSING THE CARBON TO BREAK UP IN VALVE IN WHICH IT CLOGS THE VALVE, CAUSING LOSS OF PRESSURE, RESULTING IN LOSS OF BRAKING ABILITY. DEALER REPLACED EGR VALVE. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. *AK
STEERING IS DEFECTIVE, EXCESSIVE STEERING IS NECESSARY WHEN DRIVING.THE VEHICLE IS HARD TO STEER. IT SEEMS LIKE THE VEHICLE HAS NO POWER STEERING. THE PUMP WAS REPLACED, AND THE POWER BOOSTER WAS ADDED TO 96 MODELS, THE DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK
THE DRIVERS/ PASSENGER SIDE WINDOWS WITHIN ONE YEAR WOULD NOT GO UP ALL THE WAY, THE ELECTRIC WINDOW SWITCH BURNED OUT , THE DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK
WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY.
DURING FRONTAL IMPACT AT 20 MPH, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK
WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE IN HEAVY RAIN WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON AND THE TACKOMETER WENT TO "0 ," AND THE CAR HAD NO POWER AT ALL. THE REPAIR STATION STATED THAT THE FUEL PUMP AND WIRING WAS BURNED OUT. PARTS WERE REPLACED; THE FUSIBLE LINK AND THE FUEL PUMP WERE REPLACED, AND THERE WAS A SHORT. THE POWER WIRE BEHIND THE DASH WAS RUBBED RAW. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK
WINDSHIELD WIPERS SOMETIMES DO NOT WORK PROPERLY. WHEN THE WIPERS STOP WHILE THEY ARE STILL ON,CONSUMER HAS TO STEP OUT OF VEHICLE TO MOVE WIPERS SO THEY CAN START WORKING AGAIN. *AK
OWNER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE FROM GM FOR 1995 CHEVROLET BLAZER LS 2-DOOR ON CAMPAIGN 97-0-33 SEAT BELT SEPERATION THAT IS NOT ON WEB SITE.
BRAKES FAILED AND RESULTED IN A COLLISION AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.
THIS IS A DOCUMENTED PROBLEM WITH THE GMC JIMMY, WHICH IS THE SAME VEHICLE AS THE S10 BLAZER. GMC HAS ISSUED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN FOR THE JIMMY. I AM ONCE AGAIN REPLACING THIS EXPENSIVE PART. WHEN THE EGR VALVE FAILS, THE VEHICLE SHUTS DOWN OR RUNS ROUGHLY CAUSING THE POWER BRAKES TO LOSE THEIR VACUUM, WHICH IN TURN MAKES THE VEHICLE UNSAFE AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS.
WHEN EGR VALVE FAILS VEHICLE LOSES POWER BRAKE CAPABILITIES. PROBLEM OCCURS WITHOUT WARNING. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK
THE ABS LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH, ALSO CONSUMER HAS NOT EXPERIENCED ANY PROBLEMS WITH STOPPING THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER STATED THAT THE ENTIRE UNIT NEEDED REPLACING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.
WINDSHIELD WIPER FAILURE HAS BEEN INTERMITTENT FOR APPROX. 3 MONTHS. DEALER REP. CLAIMS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM.
DOOR LOCKS HAVE BEEN REPLACED ON 3 OF THE 4 DOORS BECAUSE THE LOCKS JAM AND THE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN WITH THE KEY, REMOTE OR MASTER CONTROL SWITCH. THE BACK LEFT DOOR IS THE ONLY DOOR WHERE THE LOCK HAS NOT JAMMED. *AK
WINDSHIELD WIPER FAILURE.
ANTI LOCK BRAKES PERFORM POORLY.
ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN TAKEN IN FOR THE SERVICE, THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE EGR VALVE WAS STUCK. THE VALVE WAS TAKEN OUT, CLEANED AND REPLACED AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. A WEEK LATER THE LIGHT WAS ON BACK AGAIN. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. THE MANUFACTURER IS NOT WILLING TO REPLACED THE EGR VALVE BECAUSE THE BLAZER IS OUT OF THE WARRANTY. *AK
EA97022; WINDSHIELD WIPER FAILURE. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ONLY WORKED WHEN TURNED ON HIGH SPEED. THE WIPERS WORKED 2 OR 3 TIMES THEN STOPPED. STARTED UP AGAIN, THEN STOPPED, ETC. THE DEALER IS NOT AWARE OF THIS PROLBEM. *AK
WHEN THE WINDSHIELD WIPER FLUID IS USED IT LEAKS INTO THE TRANSMISSION, CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO GO OUT. THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE. THE MILEAGE IS 95,000. *AK
WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE PEDAL BECOMES HARD, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. ALSO, CAUSES THE VALVES TO STICK OPEN WHICH CAUSES A VAPOR PRESSURE PROBLEM. THE DEALER IS REPAIRING THE VEHICLE. *AK
WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR FAILED.
VEHICLE CONTINUOUSLY CUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING, UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE.
WHILE DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY, STARTED TO OUR DOWN RAIN WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED. CONSUMER PULLED OVER, COULD HEAR THE MOTOR. TRIED TO MOVE THE WIPERS WITH HAND AND THEY STARTED WORKING FOR ONLY A COUPLE OF MINUTES. NO WARRANTY ON VEHICLE. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. WHEN RAINING THE WIPERS DO NOT WORK CONSISTANTLY. *AK
WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL INTERMITTENTLY CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY.
VEHICLE STOPPED ON THE HIGHWAY, REPLACE CATALYTIC CONVERTER, BEFORE THIS OCCURED, TRANSMISSION REPLACED, OX SENSOR AND LEAKING VACUUM SWITCH TO BLAME FOR POOR ACCELERATION AND GAS MILEAGE, ALSO SLIPPAGE AND LEAK FROM TRANSMISSION DUE TO TRANSFER CASE AND INNER SEAL AND GASKET PROBLEMS, REPLACE.
WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED INTERMITTENTLY.
DISTRIBUTOR CAP MISFIRED.
CONSUMER OPENED REAR WINDOW LOCATED ON REAR LIFTGATE. DEFECT IN THE PISTON OR STRUTS, CAUSED THE WINDOW TO FALL ON TOP OFF CONSUMER, RESULTING IN HEAD INJURIES. *AK
WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING.
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