1996 Chevrolet Blazer complaints

WHEN APPLYING ABS BRAKES ON WET PAVEMENT PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK

THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A FATAL ACCIDENT IF IT OCCURRED ON A HIGHWAY AT A GREATER RATE OF SPEED AS THE SUV WOULD HAVE ROLLED-OVER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH ON THE EXPRESSWAY THE LEFT BALL JOINT FAILED, CAUSING THE DRIVERS SIDE WHEEL TO BUCKLE, CUTTING THE TIRE,RIM,AND CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER INDICATED THE RIGHT BALL JOINT WAS BROKEN ALSO. THE BOTTOM LINE IS "THIS SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED." THE BALL JOINTS ARE DEFECTIVE AND MY FAMILY AND I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE BALL JOINT FAILED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO DRAG. *MJS

THE ALTERNATOR FAILURE HAPPENED SLOWLY ENOUGH THAT I COULD GET OFF THE ROAD BEFORE IT THE VEHICLE DIED COMPLETELY. HAD IT FAILED FASTER, WELL, THERE'S NO TELLING. I WAS DOING 45 MPH IN TOURIST TRAFFIC WHEN THE LIGHTS BEGAN TO DIM. AS FOR THE BATTERY, I KNEW IT WAS DEAD, BUT THE CORROSION TO THE FRAME COMES THANKS TO A SHARP EYED MECHANIC. SURFACE CORROSION IS APPARENT, AND I SHALL HAVE TO PULL THE TIRE, SAND, PRIME, AND PAINT THE FRAME TO STEM THE CORROSION. I'M WONDERING HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SERIOUS BATTERY ACID LEAKS CAUSING FRAME CORROSION, AND HOW MANY OF THEM WILL FAIL WITH CATASTROPHIC RESULT IN THE FUTURE. FURTHER ON THE ALTERNATOR, I HAVE ANECDOTAL INFORMATION THAT A NUMBER OF GM TRUCKS AND SUVS HAD ALTERNATORS THAT FAILED JUST OVER THE 40,000 MILE MARK. I LEARNED THIS WHEN I WENT TO BUY A NEW ONE, AND NO ONE HAD ONE BECAUSE OF A RECENT DEMAND ON THEM. THE DEMAND IS STRONG AGAIN THIS SUMMER HERE, I'M TOLD. IS GM SELLING UNSAFE VEHICLES? NEED MORE INFO? PLEASE EMAIL. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED THE VIN. THANK YOU. GERRY BISHOP, NICEVILLE FLORIDA.

MY SON HAS A 1996 GMC JIMMY THAT HAS HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS. HE HAS HAD TO HAVE HIS RADIATOR REMOVED AND CLEANED OUT TWICE AND HAVE THE WATER PUMP REPLACED ONCE. GENERAL MOTORS KNOWS OF THIS PROBLEM BUT HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL. THERE IS A LABEL IN FRONT OF THE RADIATOR THAT STATES THAT THE COOLANT DOES NOT REQUIRE SERVICE FOR 100,000 MILES. THIS COOLANT CAUSES SOME OF THE ENGINE COMPONENTS TO RUST ( EX. HEATER NIPPLE) SOMEONE AT THE DEALERSHIP ADMITTED THAT THEY SEE MANY VEHICLES EVERY DAY WITH THIS PROBLEM. *AK

NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG OCCURED WHEN CONSUMER REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. WHEN HE HIT THE VEHICLE THE FRONT END WENT DOWN UNDER OTHER VEHICLE. NLM

THE FRONT TOP & BOTTOM BALL JOINTS WENT BAD WHILE DRIVING. DRIVER'S SIDE/FRONT WHEELS CAVED INWARD. UNABLE TO DRIVE VEHICLE. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. MECHANIC GAVE NO INDICATION OF CAUSE OF PROBLEM. *AK

CONSUMER PLOWED INTO THE DRIVERS SIDE OF ANOTHER VEHICLE, THE SEAT BELT FAILED TO PROPERLY RESTRAIN CONSUMER DURING IMPACT CAUSING HER HEAD TO HIT THE REARVIEW MIRROR, THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING ACCIDENT, CONSUMER RECIEVED SEVERE WHIPLASH. NLM

BOTH O2 SENSORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED (AT SEPERATE TIME IN PAST 4 MONTHS). UPPER/LOWER BALL JOINTS ARE IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT. ACCORDING TO DEALERSHIP (DESANTIS CHEVROLET) SHOULD HAVE NEVER PASSED INSPECTION IN APRIL. HAVE HAD PROBLEM WITH ABS SINCE PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE. FIRST RECALL DID NOTHING TO FIX PROBLEM. ABS CAN'T TELL DIFFERENCE FROM WET & DRY PAVEMENT. ABS WILL KICK IN WHEN SLOWING DOWN ON GRAVEL AT 20MPH, BUT NOT AT FASTER SPEEDS ON WET PAVEMENT.

DEFECTIVE DEX-COOL SHOULD MAKE GOOD ON ALL REPAIRS, RECALL ALL VEHICLES WITH DEX COOL. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED WITHIN VEHICLE. *AK

WE ARE HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE BLAZER OVERHEATING. AND ALSO IT WONT BLOW HOT AIR FROM THE HEATER. WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONING IS ON IT ALSO OVERHEATS. WE HAD IT TO THE GARAGE AND GOT AN ESTIMATE OF $350.00 TO REPAIR THIS AND WE WERE ALSO TOLD THAT THEY HAD ALOT OF OTHER 96 BLAZERS COMING IN WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS AND IT SHOULDNT BE UP TO US THE PEOPLE TO PAY FOR THIS PROBLEM IF IT IS GMS FAULT FOR THIS!! COULD YOU PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS!! *AK

RADIATOR CLOGGED AT 75000 MILES(CAR IS 4 YEARS OLD). RADIATOR FLUID IS NOT SCHEDULED TO BE REPLACED UNTIL 100000 BASED ON OWNERS MANUAL.

ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS IN IDLE POSITION. IT SEEMS TO BE WORSE THE FIRST TIME THE PEDAL IS PRESSED AFTER THE ENGINE IS FIRST STARTED. HOWEVER, SINCE 5 MONTHS HAVE ELAPSED SINCE THE PROBLEM WAS FIRST NOTICED, IT SEEMS TO STICK NOW ALMOST EVERY TIME THE PEDAL GOES BACK TO THE IDLE POSITION. IT FEELS AS THOUGH SOMETHING IS HOLDING THE ACCELERATOR IN THE IDLE POSITION, AS IF IT IS SNAGGED ON SOMETHING. AFTER YOU APPLY EXTRA FORCE TO OVERCOME THE STICKING, IT TRAVELS SMOOTHLY WITH NO OTHER SNAGGING. A CO-WORKER OWNS A 1997 BLAZER AND IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE DRIVEN AT LEAST 2 DIFFERENT COMPANY VEHICLES WHICH WERE 1998 AND 1999 MODEL GM MINIVANS WITH A SIMILAR STICKING ACCELERATOR. ALL OF THESE VEHICLES, INCLUDING MINE, STICK ONLY IN THE IDLE POSITION. THE PROBLEM RESULTS IN THE DRIVER HAVING TO USE EXCESSIVE FORCE TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP AND THUS IT IS DIFFICULT TO KEEP FROM GUNNING THE ENGINE WHEN STARTING FROM A STOP. *AK

LEFT UPPER BALL JOINT BROKE, THE WHEEL BUCKLED CAUSING ~$1.5K IN DAMAGE. DEALER POINTS TO LACK OF MAINTENANCE. HOWEVER, THE SUSPENSION WAS LUBED EVERY 3000 MILES - RECORDS AVAILABLE. PHOTOS OF DAMAGED PARTS AVAILABLE. DAMAGED PARTS REMOVED FROM VEHICLE AND ARE AVAILABLE FOR NHTSA INSPECTION. THIS TYPE OF FAILURE SEEMS TO POINT TO DESIGN PROBLEMS COMPROMISING SAFETY OF THIS VEHICLE. *AK

CONSUMER WILL COMPLETE FORM. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL RANDEMLY STOP OPERATING, RECENTLY THE PROBLEM HAS BECOME WORSE, SAME PORBLEM SEEN IN CAMPAIGN 98V150001

ALL FRONT END BALL JOINTS FAILING FROM APPROX.. 38,000 MILES AND UP. (6) TOTAL TO DATE. HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH LIFTIME BALL JOINTS. THESE ONES ALSO FAIL. THIS HAS CAUSED US TO PURCHASE TIRES ON A REGULAR BASIS BECAUSE FOR THE FRONT BECAUSE OF WEAR ALONG SIDE OF TIRES. ACCORDING TO VARIOUS AUTO DEALERS AND AUTO PARTS STORES, THIS IS CONTINUAL PROBLEM WITH S-10 BLAZERS. I HAVE CHECKED THE RECALL LIST FOR CHEVROLETS AND COULD NOT FIND THIS PROBLEM LISTED.*AK

I REPLACED ALL OF THE FRONT BALL JOINTS, AFTER 60,000 MILES. AS A RESULT OF THE BALL JOINTS GOING BAD IT MESSED UP MY TIRES, SO I HAD TO GET NEW ONES. THE AC COMPRESSOR IS MAKING REALLY LOUS NOISES, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT IS DEFECTIVE BEARINGS, ON THE FRONT OF THE COMPRESSOR.*AK

WHEN BRAKE LIGHT FLICKERS & BRAKES ARE APPLIED HARD, THEY WOULD MAKE CHATTERING NOISE. WOULD HAVE NO BRAKES. CAN FEEL ABS ACTIVATING. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP & MECHANIC INDICATED PROBLEM COULD HAVE HAPPENED, BUT NOT ON RECALL. *AK

CONSUMER HAD BEEN EXPERIENCING INTERMITTENT BRAKE PROBLEMS, ONE OF WHICH RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. ALTHOUGH AT FIRST THE DEALER CLAIMED THAT THE BRAKES WERE FUNCTIONING PROPERLY, THE CONSUMER WAS LATER INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE VEHICLE CONTROL MONITOR, WHICH IS DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH BRAKING PROBLEMS. *AK *ML

ENGINE STALLS DUE TO FAULTY VCM (COMPUTOR MODULE). YH

INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF OPERATION. AFTER A FEW MINUTES, OPERATION CONTINUED.DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. BLAZER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL # 98V15000 DUE TO VIN. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRRECTED. *AK

THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS ARE PREMATURELY BREAKING,CAUSING A LOUD NOISE IN FRONT END. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

EA99022, FRONT PASSENGER'S BALL JOINT BROKE, WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED A LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. DEALER SAID THE OTHER 3 BALL JOINTS, SEEM LIKE THEY MAY BREAK ALSO. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

VEHICLE UPPER BALL JOINT DRIVER SIDE WAS DRY CAUSING VEHICLE TO COLLAPSE WHILE DRIVING, PREGNANT WOMAN SUSTAINED PHYSICAL INJURIES OTHER PASSENGER SUSTAINED NECK AND BACK INJURIES. *ET

RECALL 98V150.001/ WINDSHIELD WIPER WIRING: WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER NOTIFIED ,AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

DRIVING ON NORMAL PAVED ROAD AT ABOUT 25 MPH, RIGHT UPPER BALL JOINT FAILED, CAUSING WHEEL TO LOCK AND CANT AT 45 DEGREE ANGLE (TOP IN/BOTTOM OUT). THIS CAUSED PARTIAL LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. HAD VEHICLE BEEN MOVING FASTER, THE LIKELY RESULT WOULD HAVE BEEN A ROLL AND SERIOUS INJURY. DEALER INSPECTED AND SAID THAT ALL BALL JOINTS NEEDED REPLACEMENT DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED ONE YEAR EARLIER (ON 15 SEP 98 AT 43302 MILES). THIS MEANS THAT THE TWO LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE NOT ACCEPTABLE AFTER ONLY 22,946 MILES). VEHICLE HAS ONLY BEEN USED FOR NORMAL, ON-ROAD DRIVING, AND HAS HAD ROUTINE MAINTENANCE (INCLUDING LUBRICATION). THIS CONTINUED AND FREQUENT FAILURE OF THIS SAFETY RELATED PART IMPLIES A SERIOUS DESIGN DEFECT. I REQUIRED DEELER TO SUPPLY ME WITH THE REPLACED BALL JOINTS SHOULD THEY BE NEEDED FOR INSPECTION.*AK

VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED IN AUGUST 1996. WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED INTERMITTENTLY, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 98V150000 DUE TO VIN ALTHOUGH IT HAD THE SAME SAME DEFECT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT SLOW SPEED BRAKE BOOSTER AND MASTER CYLINDER FAILED, CAUSING TOTAL FAILURE OF BRAKES, CONSUMER HAD TO COAST VEHICLE UNTIL VEHICLE STOPPED. *AK

THREE OF THE FUEL INJECTORS STARTED LEAKING AT THE SAME TIME CAUSING THE OXYGEN SENSORS TO BURN OUT, WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN DETECTED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN FOR DRIVABILITY PROBLEMS ON PREVIOUS OCCASIONS WITH NO CORRECTION. ALL THE FRONT BALL JOINTS HAD TO BE REPLACED BEFORE 35000 MILES DUE TO FAILURE, WHICH RESULTED IN SEVERE NOISES AND VIBRATION IN CAB OF VEHICLE.

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE 4 MONTHS AND HAVE HAD TO HAVE 2 TRANSMISSIONS REPLACED, GMC HAS HAD MORE TIME WITH MY BLAZER THAN I HAVE. *AK

DRIVING ON U.S.95 EAST , TRAFFIC SLOWED DOWN AND STOPPED, AND I PUT ON MY BRAKES AND I DIDN`T STOP. I CONTINUED PUSHING ON THE BRAKES AND THEY MADE A STRANGE SOUND AND IT FELT LIKE A THUMPING UNDER MY FOOT (RIGHT). THEN I HIT THE PERSON IN FRONT OF ME. *AK

DRIVING WEST ON SAHARA SLOWED DOWN TO STOP AT LIGHT AND THE BRAKES WOULD`NT WORK THEY THE EXACT SAMETHING AS IN 9/98. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 15MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, CAME TO A STOP SIGN AND APPLIED BRAKES, CAR WOULDN'T STOP. CONSUMER HAD TO PULL THE EMERGENCY BRAKE IN ORDER TO STOP VEHICLE. *AK

OPERATING TILT STEERING CAUSES WIRES IN HARNESS TO BEND OR CRIMP CAUSING WIRE TO BREAK AND THEREFORE LOSS OF HEADLIGHTS,ALSO SHORTS OUT OTHER CIRCUTS IN HARNESS.COULD POSSIBLY CAUSE A FIRE.

FOUR MPH REAR END COLLISION. STOOD ON BRAKES AND VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND TO STOP. I HAVE SINCE TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN FOR A SOFTWARE CHANGE RECALL. THE BRAKES SEEM LESS EFFECTIVE THAN THEY WERE BEFORE. I THINK GENERAL MOTORS HAS HOODWINKED YOU FOLKS WITH THIS MAKE BELIEVE FIX. THE BRAKE SYSTEM ON THESE VEHICLES IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND IT IS NOT BEING ADDRESSED PROPERLY. I AM NEVER CONFIDENT THAT THE BRAKES WILL WORK IN A HARD BRAKING SITUATION. PLEASE HELP MORE THAN YOU HAVE AT THIS POINT. GM HAS SOME VERY DEAF EARS ON THIS SUBJECT. *AK

WHILE TRYING TO FASTEN SEATBELT THE HOLD BELT CABLE BROKE, CONSUMER IS UNABLE TO FASTEN SEATBELT. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INOPERABLE, OBSTRUCTING THE VIEW OF THE DRIVER. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON THE VEHICLE'S MAKE AND MODEL. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. DEALER HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SITUATION WHICH IS STATED IN SB #99-06-02-012B, RADIATOR CAP HAD RUST AND GRITTY MATERIAL LODGED UNDER IT. *MJS

AT 33000 MILES RADIATOR MALFUNCTION CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT, COOLANT WAS CORRODED. THE RADIATOR AND ENGINE WAS FLUSHED AND THE WATER PUMP REPLACED AND NEW COOLANT PUT IN.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. CONSUMER HAD THEM REPAIRED AT A REPAIR SHOP FOR $394.97. THEN, HE RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE C98043-S FOR THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS. CONSUMER STATED THAT AFTER BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU GOT INVOLVED SIX MONTHS AGO, DEALERSHIP NEGOTIATED WITH HIM TO GIVE HIM A $254.97 REFUND. CONSUMER STATED NO, THANK YOU. *AK

TUBE AND DIP STICK HOUSES TO TUBE TO THE TRANSMISSION RUSTED WHICH COULD EVENTALLY CAUSE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

THE DIP STICK FOR THE TRANMISSION IS RUSTED AND IS CAUSEING A TRANSMISSION FAILURE. DEALER REFUSED TO REPLACE STICK BECAUSE NOT UNDER WARRENTY. *AK

SEWELL CADILLAC ,CHEVROLET DEALER,@ 701 BARONNE AT GIROD, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. QUOTED ME $2900.00 TO FIX, SAID A VALVE FAILED AND HAVE TO REPLACE WHOLE SYSTEM. THE REPLACEMENT LOOKS NOTHING LIKE WHAT I HAD. AM I THE ONLY ONE THIS HAS HAPPENED TO? ALSO I WAS IN NEW ORLEANS AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE, I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF MARDI GRAS PARADE TRAFFIC, FOR 2 1/2HRS. OF STOP AND GO CARS,& PEOPLE WALKING IN FRONT OF MY BLAZER. I WAS EXTREMELY LUCKY THAT NO ONE WAS HURT BECAUSE OF THIS FAILURE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MY NERVES.I DON'T FEEL THAT THE SYSTEM SHOULD HAVE FAILED, ON SUCH A YOUNG VEHICLE. GOD FORBID IT WOULD HAVE GONE WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY. THANKYOU FOR HEARING ME OUT. ALSO, I PRESENTLY HAVE A FILE # WITH CHEVY ABOUT THIS SITUATION, THE NUMBER IS 000107487.QUINTA DANIELS WAS THE REPRESENTATIVE I SPOKE WITH, ON MONDAY, MARCH 6,2000. *AK

THE DIAPHRAM TO THE POWER BRAKE BOOSTER RUPTURED CAUSING A HISSING NOISE CAUSING CONSUMER TO APPLY MORE THAN NORMAL AMOUNTS OF PRESSURE TO ENGAGE THE BRAKES. NLM

VEHICLE ABS SYSTEM HAD BEEN REPROGRAMED BY DEALER PER GM RECALL CAMPAIGN DEC. 27, 1999. *AK

RADIATOR PLUGGED WITH RUST AND GRIT, CAUSING CAR TO OVERHEAT. CONSUMER TOLD BY DEALER THAT THE RUST AND GRIT COULD BE DUE TO A MANUFACTURING ERROR IN WHICH FOUNDRY CORE SAND WAS LEFT IN THE BLOCK AFTER CASTINGS. CORRECTION OF PROBLEM NOT UNDER WARRANTY, BUT CONSUMER WANTS CHEVROLET TO COVER THE COST OF REPAIRS. *AK *ML