1995 Chevrolet Blazer complaints

VEHICLE HIT A BARRIER AT 45 MPH, THEN ROLLED, AND AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK

A/C WIRING STARTED TO SMOKE. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

ENGINE OIL COOLER SEAL & LINE BROKE, CAUSED ENGINE TO LOCK UP ENGINE COMPLETELY REPLACED. *AK

NEW ENGINE CONSUMING OIL, MORE THAN I QT PER 700 MILES.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

THE ENGINE FROZE UP,, FOUND OUT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE TOWING PACKAGE COOLING LINE I DON;T KNOW WHAT THAT IS

VEHICLE SHOWED A NOTICABLE DECREASE IN GAS MILEAGE, ALSO ROUGH ENGINE START AND AS MANY AS SIX ATTEMPTS TO START ENGINE, WAS ADVISED BY MECHANIC AFTER PERFORMING DIAGNOSTIC, FOUND THAT THE ENGINE LOST PRESSURE AT AN ACCELLERATED RATE, WHERE IT SHOULD HAVE TAKEN 25 TO 30 MINUTES TO LOOSE 15 POUNDS OF PRESSURE, IT TOOK UNDER 3 MINUTES, FUEL PRESSIRE REGULATOR HAS FAILED TWICE SINCE OWNERSHIP OF VEHICLE-8-2-99 AND 4-2-01. *JB

PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT, RIGHT BALL JOINT BROKE. ALSO, WHEN LEAVING A PARKING LOT, FUEL INJECTOR FAILED, CAUSING HYDRAULIC BRAKES ARE TERRIBLE.*AK

ENGINE OIL COOLING LINE PIPE CAME OUT OF CRIMPING. DEALER HAS REPLACED ENGINE.*AK

EGR VALVE REPLACED. COST OVER $400. CHEVY ONLY RECALLED 96 OR NEWER AND THERE HAS BEEN OVER 60 COMPLAINTS LOGGED ABOUT THIS. WHEN IS THERE GOING TO BE A RECALL ON THE EGR VALVE. I NOW NEED TO REPLACE IT AGAIN. I HAVE ALSO COMPLAINED TO CHEVY REGARDING MY BRAKES. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE MY BRAKES EVERY 6 MONTHS SINCE I BOUGHT MY CAR. THE DEALER TOLD ME BRAKES ARE NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, THAT IT IS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR OF THE VEHICLE. I HAVE ALSO BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM. OTHER YEAR VEHICLE HAVE RECALLED THESE PROBLEMS BUT NOT FOR THE 1995 BLAZER. *AK

COOLER HOSES STARTED TO LEAK AT 39,500 MILES , 10 MONTHS LATER IT HAD TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. 2 YEARS AND 3 MONTHS LATER, CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY WHEN HOSES PULLED APART, CAUSING OIL TO SPILL ALL OVER ENGINE AND IT SEIZED ENGINE. *AK THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THE HOSES WERE DEFECTIVE. THE DEALER WANTED TO REPLACE THE ENGINE, BUT THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO PAY FOR THE HIGH COST OF REPLACEING THE ENGINE. *YH

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DEPLOYED, BUT DID NOT INFLATE.*AK

BRAKE FLUID LEAKED OUT, BRAKE DIFFERENTIAL: PROPORTIONAL VALVE FAILED AND NO BRAKES BECAUSE FLUID LEAKED OUT. *AK THE BRAKE PRESSURE MODULATING VALVE FAILED. *YH

OIL LINES BLEW OUT, PUMPING OIL OUT ONTO THE ROAD, ENGINE DIED AS VEHICLE WAS PULLING OFF TO THE SHOULDER OF ROAD. HAD IT TOWED TO DEALER. VEHICLE WOULDN'T TURN OVER. ENGINE SIEZED. HAD TO REPLACE ENGINE

BOTH OIL COOLER/FILTER LINES HAD TO REPLACED. OIL LINE FROM ENGINE TO OIL FILTER LEAKED OIL AT 51395 MILES. THE OTHER OIL LINE, FILTER TO RADIATOR HAD COMPLETE FAILURE LOST 3.5 QUARTS OF OIL AND BY PURE LUCK ENGINE DID NOT SEIZED, NO WARNING (LEAKS) BEFORE FAILURE. MILEAGE 70,000.

SOFT PLUGS RUSTED OUT IN VEHICLE. ANTIFREEZE LEAKED OUT, AND ENGINE OVERHEATED. WHEN CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE, IT TOOK ONE WEEK TO FIX PROBLEM, BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 60-70MPH ALL OF A SUDDEN VEHICLE STARTED SPEEDING UP TO 85MPH. CRUISE CONTROL HAD ENGAGED ON ITS OWN, ALMOST TO 100 MPH. PUTTING VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL, AND BRAKING WAS ONLY WAY TO STOP IT. TAKING FOOT OFF BRAKE VEHICLE WOULD STILL KEEP SPEEDING UP. ENGINE WAS RUNNIING WIDE OPEN. THIS WAS 2ND TIME IT HAPPENED, 02-20-2001. VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY IN SHOPFOR REPAIRS. MANUFACTURER FELT IT WAS NOT THEIR DEFECT. CONSUMER WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. *AKI

CONSUMER IS CONCERNED ABOUT TIRES. TIRES ARE TOO BIG FOR VEHICLE. TIRES ARE RUBBING AGAINST ROCKING ARMS ON BOTH SIDES. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. BUT, COULD DO NOTHING TO SOLVE PROBLEM. *AK *SLC

EVERY MONTH SINCE PURCHASE OF VEHICLE BRAKES GO OUT. TO REMEDY HAS TO HAVE EGR VALVE CLEANED, DEALER SAID ALL1995 BLAZERS HAVE THAT PROBLEM. *AK

AIR BAG LIGHT REMAINED ON. VEHICLE BEEN IN/OUT OF DEALER SHOP ON FIVE OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

INITIALLY REPLACED EGR VALVE IN 1998, HAVE REPLACED IT 4 ADDITIONAL TIMES (BY CHEVY DEALER) WITHIN TWO YEARS. BUILD-UP OF CARBON IN THE ENGINE CAUSING STALLING, SHAKING AND FAILURE OF ENGINE IN TRAFFIC. BRAKES TEND TO STICK AS WELL. ERRONEOUSLY CHARGED FOR TWO FUEL INJECTORS THAT WERE NOT NEEDED DUE TO MISDIAGNOSIS OF PROBLEM. CAR HAS SAT FOR LAST 3 WEEKS WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CONTACT CHEVY CUSTOMER SERVICE AT HQ, WAS GIVEN PROMISES OF REFUNDS, CALL BACKS AND HAVE NOT HEARD FROM ANYONE. LOOKED AT THIS SITE AND SAW OTHER OWNERS WITH SAME PROBLEM, POSSIBLE RECALL BUT WE WERE NOT NOTIFIED BY THE DEALER OR CHEVROLET. IN ADDITION BOTH REAR SEAT BELTS STOPPED WORKING NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO WHERE OUR YOUNG SON OFTEN SITS. SEEKING POSSIBLE LEGAL ACTION FOR REIMBURSEMENT, REPLACEMENT OF VEHICLE OR FINAL REPAIR OF DEFECTS.

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH APPLIED BRAKES, HEARD ABS ONLY FOR A SPLIT SECOND. BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, NO BRAKE ACTION AT ALL. CONSUMER HIT A BOX TRUCK. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. *AK

ENGINE BLEW DUE TO OIL COOLING TRANSFER LINE LEAKING. *AK

EGR FAILURES> REPLACEMENTT EGR VALVES HAVE 12MOS 12000 MILES. *AK

OIL COOLER HOSE BROKE, OIL LIGHT CAME ON AND ENGINE SEIZED UP; ENGINE REPLACEMENT REQUIRED.

EGR VALVE FAILED ONCE AT 54052 MILES. OWNER PAID FOR REPAIR. A FEW MONTHS LATER CHEVROLET ISSUED A RECALL FOR EGR VALVE AND REIMBURSED OWNER FOR COST OF REPAIR. 17719 MILES LATER, AT 71771 MILES THE EGR VALVE FAILED AGAIN. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER BOTH REFUSED TO ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR INSTALLATION OF A FAULTY PART, CLAIMS THEY HAVE FULFILLED THEIR RESPONSIBILITY OF RECALL. ANTI-LOCKING BRAKE S YSTEM HAS FAILED, ABS LIGHT ON DASH ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING. DEALER INSPECTS AND STATES ELECTRONIC BRAKE CONTROL MODULE HAS FAILED. A $1,600 REPAIR IS EXPECTED. OWNER COMPLAINS AND HAS QUESTIONS REGARDING PERFORMANCE OF ENTIRE BRAKING SYSTEM. OWNER HAD EXPRESSED PROBLEMS AND CONCERNS WITH BRAKES WHILE VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY, DEALER IGNORED COMPLAINTS STATING PROBLEMS WERE "THE NATURE OF THE BEAST". BRAKE PROBLEMS INCLUDE, NEW PADS AT 25000 MILE INTERVALS, SECOND SET OF ROTORS AT 70722 MILES, HARD AND STIFF BRAKE PEDAL, SOFT OR SLOW RESPONSE OF BRAKES TO PEDAL PRESSURE, DELAYED RESPONSE OF BRAKES, ABS SYSTEM ENGAGING AT INAPPROPRIATE CONDITIONS. WHILE VEHICLE WAS UNDER WARRANTY DEALER DID NOT ADDRESS COMPLAINTS OR PROBLEMS, NOW DEALER AND MANUFACTURER CLAIM VEHICLE IS TOO OLD AND WITH TOO MANY MILES FOR THEM TO CONSIDER ANY RESPONSIBILITY. DEALER CLAIMS THERE ARE NO SAFETY ISSUES INVOLVED WITH BRAKING SYSTEM FAILURES AND POOR PERFORMANCE.*AK

FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM IS LEAKING FROM FUEL INJECTORS. SYSTEM HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE WHICH HAS NOT CORRECTED PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

I HAVE ALREADY MADE ONE REPORT BUT SINCE HAVE HAD WINDSHIELD WIPER PROBLEM AND DEALERSHIP WOULD DO NOTHING AND THEY FAILED AND CAUSE ME TO WRECK MY NEW ENGINE THAT WAS PUT IN 13,000 MILES AGO TORE UP...I HAD EVERY REP FROM GMC ON PHONE AND CUSTOMER SERVICE BECAUSE DEALERSHIP WOULDNT WARRANTY THEN AFTER GMC REP CAME TO DEALERSHIP THEY CALLED AND TOLD ME TO BRING IN I DID AND THEY FOUND CATALYTIC CONVERTOR IN PIECES AND GASKETS AND CLAMPS LEAKING THEY REPAIRED AND I PICKED IOT UP ON 01/24/2001 AT 7:30 AM PROCEEDED TO WORK 50 MILES FROM THERE AND THE ENGINE LOST ALL OIL AND CAUSED VEHICLE TO SHUT DOWN...A MAN PULLED ME OVER THINKING MY TRUCK WAS ON FIRE....I AM SO MENTALLY DISTURB I CANNOT FUNCTION NORMALLY NO MORE.....THE GENTLEMEN CHECKED OIL AND SAID THERE WAS NONE IN IT......MY TRUCK HAS HAD NUMEROUS MORE PROBLEMS...DOOR CONTROLS DONT WORK I PUT A NEW WIND SHIELD IN IT... MY AIR CONDITIONER BROKE AFTER FIRST MOTOR....BACK IN OF TRUCK RATTLES....MY TRUCK HAS NOT RUN PROPER SINCE THE DAY I BOUGHT IT.. I HAVE TALK TO EVERYONE POSSIBLE AND NO ONE WILL LISTEN OR HELP ME....I HAVE ALMOST BEEN KILLED MANY TIMES ...I HAVE PAID FOR ALMOST ALL OF THE PROBLEMS PLUS MISSED WORK PLUS HAD TO RENT CARS...AND MENTALLY DISTROYED....PLEASE SOMEONE TALK TO ME....BILL HEARD WANT LIETEN ..AL GARCIA WANT LISTEN...SERVICE PEOPLE WANT LISTEN...FACTORY WANT LISTEN....HELP PLEASE IF NOTHING ELSE TALK TO ME ABOUT THIS...I KNOW I PROBABLY DONT MAKE ALOT OF SINCE RIGHT NOW BUT MY TRUCK SHUTTING DOWN AND

CFI INJECTOR UNIT HAS GONE BAD TWICE, AT 58800 MILES AND AGAIN 18 MONTHS LATER, CHEVY DEALER ADMITS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. CAN ONLY GET REPLACEMENT PART FROM GM AT $500 A PIECE. PART LEAKS FUEL AND ENGINE WILL NOT START. WHY HASN'T THIS BEEN A RECALL? IT IS A VERY PROFITABLE SITUATION FOR CHEVROLET. *JB ******DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS****739786***

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

DEALERSHIP STATED LINKAGE ARM FROM 4 WHEEL DRIVE TO 2 WHEEL DRIVE PROBABLY FROZE UP. *AK

A SMALL AMOUNT OF SMOKE COMES OUT FROM THE DASH (NEAR THE BLOWER SWITCH) WHEN THE BLOWER MOTOR SWITCH IS IN THE NUMBER 2ND LOW POSITION. THERE IS ALSO A BURNING SMELL WHEN THIS OCCURS.

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY MY ENGINE CHECK GAUGES" LIGHT CAME ONE. I LOOKED AT MY GAUGES AND MY OIL INDICATOR WAS IN THE "RED" ZONE. AS I PULLED OVER MY ENGINE SIEZED. AT THE GARAGE AND DEALER IT WAS DICOVERED THAT THE "OIL COOLER HOSE" CAME OFF WHICH CAUSED ALL OF MY OIL TO RELEASE WHICH CAUSED MY ENGINE TO SEIZE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING OIL COOLING UNIT LINE FAILED AND CAME APART WHICH CAUSED AN OIL LEAKAGE, RESULTING IN ENGINE LOCKING UP. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. *AK THE FIRST OIL LEAK WAS REPAIRED AND DID NOT DAMAGE THE ENGINE. THE INCIDENT OCCURED AGAIN AND ALL THE ENGINE OIL LEAKES OUT CAUSING ENGINE FAILURE. *YH

WHEN APPLYING ABS BRAKES PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHENEVER ABS BRAKES WERE APPLIED VEHICLE WOULD FAIL TO STOP. HAD REARENDED SEVERAL VEHICLES DUE TO LACK OF BRAKING ABILITY. ALSO, EXCESSIVE WEAR ON BRAKE PADS/SHOES. THEY WOULD BE CHANGED EVERY 20,000 MILES. ABS WOULD KICK IN EVERY TIME BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THIS CAUSED VEHICLE TO BE HARD TO STOP. BRAKES WERE REPAIRED UNDER RECALL. HAVE TAKEN TO MECHANIC & INFORMED IT WAS DRIVER'S PROBLEM. *AK

FUEL SYSTEM REPLACED TWICE WITHIN 10 MONTHS OF ONE ANOTHER. WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR REPLACED ONCE AT MY EXPENSE THEN AGAIN AFTER IT FAILED A SECOND TIME FINALLY THROUGH A RECALL CAMPAIGN I FEEL IT WILL FAIL AGAIN DUE TO THE SAME SOLDERING PROBLEM. *AK

SEAT BELT BUCKLE HAS ONLY WORKED PROPERLY WHEN YOU PULLED ON THE CASING TO LIFT IT UP. NOW IT DOES NOT WORK AT ALL. THERE ARE SPRINGS COMING OUT OF IT AND IT WILL NOT LET THE BELT LATCH. *AK

OIL COOLING LINE CAME APART FROM COUPLING WHERE THE METAL AND RUBBER PARTS OF THE LINE ARE CRIMPED TOGETHER. RESULTING IN ENGINE NEEDING TO BE REPLACED.*AK

WE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY A NUMBER OF REPAIR SHOPS THAT THE FRAME IS CRACKED AND THAT THE CRACK IS THE RESULT OF POOR/DEFECTIVE WORKMANSHIP BY THE MANUFACTURER. THE REPAIRS HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED AT OR ABOVE $2500. ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT WE ARE LUCKY THE CRACK IN THE FRAME WAS CAUGHT IN THE REPAIR SHOP BECAUSE THE CRACK COULD HAVE LED TO A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *AK

FUEL PUMP WHICH IS LOCATED INSIDE FUEL TANK HAS GONE BAD. PLASTIC AROUND WIRE HAS MELTED ON INSIDE. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

BOLTS CAME OUT OF FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS CAUSING A LOSS OF BREAKING POWER. INSPECTION SHOWED THAT SPINDLE HOUSINGS WERE STRIPPED ,ALLOWING THE BOLTS TO WORK OUT.

WHEN APPLYING ABS BRAKES PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

THIS VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A FUEL INJECTOR ASSEMBLY FAILURE,CAUSING THE INTAKE MANIFOLD TO BECOME FLOODED WITH GASOLINE ,CREATING A POTENTIALY VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION, DUE TO THE RISK OF FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED CASE,AS I HAVE DISCOVERED AT LEAST 6 OTHER INSTANCES INVOLVING THE SAME VEHICLE,WITH THE SAME HAZARDOUS CONDITION, RIGHT IN MY IMMEDIATE VICINITY. *AK

THE FRAME RAIL NEAR THE CONTROL ARM HAS CRACKED IN 7 PLACES.*AK

THE UPPER BALL JOINT FAILED WHILE I WAS TURNING IN TO MY DRIVEWAY. THE FRONT WHEEL THEN FOLDED UNDER MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE. IF I HAD BEEN TRAVELING ON AN INTERSTATE, SURELY I WOULD HAVE LOST CONTROL AND POSSIBLY WOULD HAVE "ROLLED" THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES. THIS PROBLEM WAS IDENTIFIED UNDER A NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID #95V080000. WHEN I CALLED THE CHEVROLET HOTLINE (1 800 222 1020) I WAS TOLD THAT MY VIN WAS NOT COVERED BY THIS RECALL. I WAS GIVEN A REQUEST #C02430111. I BELIEVE THIS RECALL SHOULD BE EXPANDED TO COVER ALL BLAZERS, ESPECIALLY SINCE MY REPAIR BILL FOR THIS IS ALMOST THE SAME WORDING AS WAS USED IN THE CAMPAIGN NUMBER PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED. *AK

RECALL 99V193000; RECALL REPAIRS DONE ON 22 NOV 2000. ON WAY HOME CONSUMER NOTICED PROBLEM STILL THERE, DEALER NOT CONTACTED YET. *AK

THE EVAPORATOR HOUSING IS BRITTLE AND IS CRACKING DUE TO MOLD AND POOR DRAINAGE, THIS CAUSES A BAD ODOR TO COME FROM THE VENTS. *SLC

THE CENTRAL PORT INJECTION SYSTEM FAILED AND WAS REPLACED, THE DEALER STATED THAT THIS FAILURE COULD HAVE STARTED A FIRE, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A HARD START, ROUGH IDLE, AND APPEARED NOT TO BE FEEDING GAS PROPERLY. *SLC