1997 Chevrolet Blazer complaints

BAD A/C: COMPLAINED TO A DEALER APPROXIMATELY 10 MONTHS (SUMMER OF 98) AFTER THE PURCHASE ABOUT WARM AIR BLOWING, INTERMITTENTLY, FROM UNDER THE DASHBOARD. THE DIAL WAS TURNED TO COLD POSITION AND THE FAN WAS OFF. DEALER TECHNICIAN COULD NOT RECREATE THE PROBLEM EVEN AFTER THE CAR WAS KEPT OVERNIGHT. COMPLAINED AGAIN A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER. HOWEVER, THE DEALER COULD NOT RECREATE THE PROBLEM, BUT APPARENTLY OPENED THE UNIT AND FOUND NO PROBLEMS. ABOUT 6 MONTHS LATER (SPRING OF 99), COMPLAINED ABOUT A/C NOT BLOWING COOL ENOUGH AIR. AGAIN, DEALER FOUND NO PROBLEMS AND STATED THAT IT THE DESIGN DEFECT. ABOUT 2 YEARS LATER, MOVED TO SC WHERE NO COLD AIR WAS BLOWING - ONLY OUTSIDE AIR (IT WAS COOLER TO OPEN THE WINDOW). TOOK THE CAR TO PRECISION TUNE AND THEY ADDED FREON AND A DIE TO DETECT LEAKS. THE FREON SEEMED TO MAKE SOME DIFFERENCE. NO LEAK WAS FOUND AFTER A REVISIT A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER. PLACED A COMPLAINT TO THE CHEVROLET 800 NUMBER SERVICE LAST YEAR (FALL OF 02). THE OPERATOR WAS SOMEWHAT HESITANT AND QUESTIONED WHY IT TOOK SO LONG TO REPORT THE PROBLEM AND FINALLY MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH A LOCAL DEALER. AFTER DIAGNOSIS, THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE COMPRESSOR HAD GONE BAD. THIS PROBLEM WOULD HAVE BEEN DETECTED IF THE PREVIOUS DEALER HAD RUN DIAGNOSTICS. MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO TALK TO CHEVROLET POINT OF CONTACT ABOUT WARRANTY COVERAGE. HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. THE INITIAL COMPLAINT WAS AROUND 10,000 MILES AND LAST COMPLAINT WAS AROUND 46000 MILES. CHEVROLE

THE UPPER BALL JOINT WAS INOPERATIVE, WHICH CAUSED THE STEERING WHEEL TO TIGHTEN.*JB

1997 CHEV BLAZER S-10 WINDSHIELD WIPPERS INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. STOP WORKING WITHOUT WARNING TRANSMISSION TCV SHORTED OUT, CAUSING COMPUTER TO SHORT OUT, REQUIRING REPLACEMENT GAS GAUGE DOESN'T WORK PAST 1/2 TANK NO WARNING. RAN OUT OF GAS ON INTERSTATE.

THE TURN SIGNAL ON OUR 1997 CHEVY BLAZER JUST STOPPED WORKING. WHEN I CALLED THE SHOP TO GET AN APPOINTMENT I WAS TOLD THAT THAT WAS A PART THAT HAD BEEN RECALLED BUT ACCORDING TO MY VIN #, MY TRUCK WAS NOT INCLUDED. I HAD TO PAY 594.19, FOR A REPLACEMENT PARTS AND SERVICE. THE PART IS CALLED A MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH, AND THE MECHANIC SAID THAT IT SHORTED OUT. NOW I HAVE DRIVEN LOTS OF CARS AND I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS SWITCH GOING OUT. I ALSO BELIEVE THAT IF IT SHORTED OUT THAT THERE IS A DESIGN FLAW AND I SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET MY PART REPLACED EVEN IF MY VIN# DIDN'T MATCH. BASICALLY IF CHEVROLET MADE A BAD PART IT SHOULD REPLACE ALL OF THEM, NOT JUST PICK AND CHOSE SO THAT THEY CAN SAVE MONEY.

ENGINE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON HAD A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK DONE WITH THE CODE P0440 COMING UP WHICH IS THE EVAPORATIVE EMISSIONS SYSTEM YET NO-ONE CAN FIND ANYTHING WROND WITH THE BLAZER

WHILE DRIVING , CONSUMER CAN HEAR AND FEEL OUTSIDE AIR COMING FROM DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR. UPON VISUAL INSPECTION, NOTICED THAT DOOR HINGE IS PULLING AWAY FROM FRAME. PH

THIS TRUCK WAS ALWAYS SERVICED AT THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED. ANY SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE WAS DONE INCLUDING THE TRANSMISSION. ON THE 60,000 SERVICE THE SERVICE MANAGER SUGGESTED A FLUSH TYPE OF TRANSMISSION SERVICE & I SAID TO PROCEED. THE VERY NEXT DAY THE VEHICLE WAS PICKED UP & IMMEDIATELY SHOWED SYMPTOMS OF SHIFTING AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS THAN IT HAD BEFORE THE SERVICE. AFTER SOME CALLS TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT BACK SO THEY COULD DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. NO DEFINITIVE ANSWER COULD BE GIVEN BUT THE SERVICE MANAGER STATED, THEY, THE DEALERSHIP, WOULD ACCEPT NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROBLEM. I GUESS THEY NEVER HEARD OF CAUSE & EFFECT. NEEDLESS TO SAY I REMOVED THE VEHICLE FROM THEIR POSSESSION IMMEDIATELY. A THIRD PARTY REPAIR FACILITY HAD DETERMINED THE TRANSMISSION HAD SELF DESTRUCTED TO THE POINT OF MAJOR DAMAGE. SUBSEQUENTLY I SPOKE WITH OTHER SHOPS ONLY TO FIND THE METHOD OF FLUSHING WAS A BAD IDEA MOST LIKELY DID CAUSE THE FAILURE. SO MUCH FOR AN AUTHORIZED DEALER & MANUFACTURER STANDING BEHIND THEIR WORK. THIS COST ME TO THE TUNE OF $2,000.

NAR 02/10/2003. THE CONSUMER HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED FOR NO APPARENT REASON, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED, THE MANIFOLD GASKET FAILED, THE TURN SIGNALS WENT OUT, 2 BATTERIES FAILED WITHIN A YEAR, THE ALTERNATOR AND BELT FAILED, THE OXYGEN SENSOR AND A/C COMPRESSOR FAILED. *JB

VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR A ROUTINE INSPECTION FOR TIRES, CONSUMER STATES THAT MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE LOWER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT HAD FAILED. NO WARNING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE'S STEERING BECAME LOOSE AND "WOBBLY". ALSO NOTICED THAT VEHICLE WAS HAVING EXCESSIVE ALIGNMENT PROBLEMS. DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE UPPER AND LOWER FRONT BALL JOINTS WERE CORRODED CAUSING PROBLEMS. MR

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING THERE WAS FUEL SMELL COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE DASHBOARD. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PROBLEM DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS

THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR HAS QUIT FUNCTIONING ON 4 DIFFERENT OCCASSIONS DURING THE PAST YEAR, AND EVERYTIME, NATURALLY, IT HAS BEEN RAINING OR SNOWING. I HAVE TALKED TO OTHER 96 AND 97 BLAZER OWNERS AND ABOUT HALF HAVE HAD THEIR WIPER MOTORS REPLACED INDICATING TO ME A BASIC DESIGN FLAW. THE DEALER SAID IT WAS THE FIRST CASE HE'S HEARD OF A TAP ON THE MOTOR CASE BRINGS THE DEAD MOTOR BACK TO LIFE. DT

MY SON HIT A FENCE AND THEN A LIGHT POLE, FRONT END BENT IN, AXLE BROKE, FRAME BENT, HE HIT THE STEERING WHEEL AND AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. SEAT BELT DID NOT CATCH EITHER. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT TO DO. DT

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE FUEL TANK CRACK CAUSING FLUID TO LEAK OUT. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO START CAR SMELLED GAS VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. TOOK TO A MECHANIC AND THEY REPLACED FUEL PUMP AND THEN FOUND GAS IN COMPUTER. MECHANIC STATED FUEL INJECTORS FAILED AND FLOODED THE COMPUTER, WHICH STOPPED VEHICLE FROM STARTING. TS

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO MECHANIC. MECHANIC STATES THAT THE ELECTRICAL IGNITION SWITCH MELTED THE WIRING. WHICH RESULTED IN VEHICLE NOT STARTING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

CONSUMER STATES WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. MR THE DEALER REPAIRED THE DEFECT, INDICATING THE FAILURE OF THE ELECTRICAL BOARD WOULD CONTINUE TO CAUSE UNPREDICTABLE INOPERABLE WIPERS. *JG

CONSUMER STATE WHILE USING WINDSHIELD WIPER WITHOUT ANY INDICATION WIPER WOULD STOP WORK. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. MR

THIS BLAZER HAS BEEN A LEMON EVER SINCE WE BOUGHT IT. CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME OUT BECAUSE I STILL HAVE TO PAY $ 575.59 A MONTH FOR ANOTHER 2 1/2 YEARS ON THIS LEMON. THANKS CINDY STEYER. DT

GM WON'T REIMBURSE BALL JOINTS DUE TO REPLACEMENT NOT BY GM DEALER. DT

CONSUMER STATES HIS WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK AT WILL. SOMETIME WHEN HE TURNS THEM ON THEY DO NOT COME ON. THIS OBSTRUCT HIS VISION WHEN THE WEATHER IS INCLEMENT. TS

CONSUMER STATES THAT WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENLY.

THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTANTLY. AFTER INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE BY THE DEALER IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE GUIDE HOUSING AIR CLEANER BROKE OFF AND LODGED BEHIND THE ACCELERATOR. NLM

WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL INTERMITTENTLY IN WET WEATHE. *AK *NLM

CONSUMER STATES THAT THERE WAS A FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHICH CAUGHT THE WHOLE VEHICLE ON FIRE. CONTACTED DEALER AND THE DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMAITON. NLM

UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS HAVE TO BE REPLACED DUE TO THE JOINTS SEPARATING WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 01I081000*AK

I HAVE TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO CONTACT GM WEBSITE..DUE TO MY USING WEBTV IM UNABLE TO READ THE SMALL PRINT. I PURCHASED A 93 BLAZER 4 YEARS AGO...I HAD TO HAVE THE IGNITION SWITCH CHANGED..NOW I HAVE 1997 AND THE SAME THING IS OCCURRING THE ORGINAL KEY IS LOCKING UP IN THE ON POSITION..SOMETIME IT TAKES 5 MINS BEFORE IT WILL TURN TO OFF POSITION..MY INQUIRY IS IF THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON THE SWITCHES...THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP

WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE AND RIM SNAPPED OFF VEHICLE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. THERE IS RECALL 98V150001THATS DESCRIBESC THE SAME PROBLEM, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT AFFECTED BY RECALL DUE TO VIN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

AFTER RUNNING THE VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY FOR A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME, THE VEHICLE SHIFTS HARD FROM FIRST GEAR TO SECOND. HAD TO REBUILD THE TRANSMISION. SEVERAL OTHER VEHICLES, SAME MAKE AND MODEL, AND EVEN YEAR, WERE IN THE SHOP FOR THE SAME PROBLEM.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL FAIL ,NOT MOVING EVEN THROUGH, MOTOR IS RUNNING. OWNER HAS HAD TO SIT ON SIDE OF THE ROAD FOR TWENTY MINUTES UNTIL WIPERS STARTED MOVING AGAIN. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT 65 MPH HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND FRONT END SUDDENLY WENT DOWN TO THE GROUND. *AK VEHICLE EXPERIENCED UPPER BALL JOINT SEPARATION, CONSUMER STATES THAT THERE WAS A CRASH WITH ONE INJURY, ALSO MENTIONS RECALL 01E018, BUT STATES HE NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL. *SLC

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. VEHICLE CHECKED BY DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT THE MODULE WAS BAD. *AK THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS NORMAL. THE MODULE WAS REPLACED ON 8-07-02 AND TO DATE 2-25-2002, THERE HAS BEEN NO RE-OCCURENCES. *SCC

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL INTERMITTENTLY STOP WORKING. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

CONTAMINATION IN TRANSMISSION FLUID. DEALER CONTACTED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP AT MID SWIPE AND WON'T START AGAIN. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE WIPERS WILL NOT START WHEN TURNED ON. CONSUMER HAS ALMOST WRECKED THE VEHICLE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE MANUFACTURER SAYS THAT THERE IS NO PROBLEM. *SCC

CONSUMER STATES WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, ABS HAS A THUMPING SOUND AND THERE IS LONG STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER ADVISED THIS WAS NORMAL. *TT

I JUST SAW THIS IN THE NEWSPAPER - I WAS NOT NOTIFIED BY THE DEALER ABOUT THE PREVIOUS RECALL. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED.

WHILE TRAVELING AT 30 MPH BALL JOINT CAME APART AND CAUSED THE PASSENGER SIDE TIRE TO GO INWARD TOWARDS THE ENGINE. *JB THERE WAS A RECALL TO REPLACED BALL JOINTS. HOWEVER VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL. WHEEL BEARINGS, UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS AND CONTROL ARM HAD TO BE REPLACED. *TT

CONSUMER STATES THAT INTERMITTENTLY THE ENGINE WILL STALL WHEN DRIVING. CAN HAPPEN AT ANYTIME. CONSUMER IS ABLE TO RESTART ONCE THE VEHICLE IS STOPPED. CONSUMER HAS ALSO NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE WAS HARDER TO START IN MORNINGS. DEALER REPLACED IGNITION SWITCH. *TT *CB

VEHICLE HAS LOSE STEERING, WHEN VEHICLE HITTING A BUMP IT FELT REAL HOLLOW. THIS WAS A RESULT OF BAD LOWER BALL JOINTS.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. THE PROBLEM HAS EXISTED FOR A MONTH. THE WIPERS WORK AWHILE, BUT ONCE TURNED OFF THEY MAY NOT COME BACK ON. DEALER WAS INFORMED. *AK *YH

GAS GUAGE FLUCTUATES EACH TIME VEHICLE IS STARTED UP. TANK MAY BE HALF, BUT DUE TO MALFUCTION IT READS FULL. INADEQUATE READINGS HAS CAUSED CONSUMER TO RUN OUT OF GAS. PROBLEM HAS EXISTED SINCE DECEMBER 2000. DEALER WAS INFORMED, AND STATED THAT FUEL SENDING UNIT WAS DEFECTIVE. *AK *YH

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY.*AK *MJ

WHILE TURNING A CORNER AT 10 MPH, THROTTLE STUCK AND VEHICLE TOOK OFF, HITTING THE SIDE OF A GARAGE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK *TT

RONT DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER 'SSEAT BELTS INTERMITTENTLY FAIL TO RELEASE ONCE BUCKLED.*AK

EGR VALVE FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SHUTDOWN. VEHICLE LOSES POWER AND DOESN'T RESTART. DEALER HAS REPLACE IT 2 TIMES. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM BROKE, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL. CONTACTED DEALER,AND DEALER STATED THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 01V200000 DUE TO VIN. VEHICLE IS OUTSIDE OF RECALL REGION (RUST BELT) *AK

NEED REPLACEMENT OF LOWER BALL JOINTS IN ORDER TO PASS INSPECTION

WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP INTERMITTENTLY WHEN BEING USED. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN EXAMINED BY DEALER.*AK THE DEALER LOOKED AT THE VEHICLE AND SAID THE WIPER MALFUNCTIONED DUE TO SWITCH FAILURE. *YH