1998 Chevrolet Blazer complaints

REPLACED BOTH SEAT ADJUSTERS. REPLACED BATTERY AFTER IT BROKE AND LEAKED ON THE CABLE OPERATING THE 4WD. REPLACED THE CABLE OPERATING THE 4WD. REPLACED BOTH BACK WINDOWS, (2-DOOR) THE SEALS KEPT COMING OUT IN FRONT OF THE DOORS MAKING IT HARD TO OPEN THE DOORS. REPLACED DRIVERS SIDE MIRROR. SEAT BELT WARNING LIGHT WAS STAYING ON. LASTLY THE LOWER BALL JOINTS, TIE ROD ENDS, PITTMAN ARM AND IDLER ARM HAVE BEEN REPLACED. ALL DONE UNDER WARRANTY EXCEPT THE FRONT END COMPONENTS. WHAT A CRAPPY CAR!

WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE WHICH WAS COMING FROM THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION STRUCK HIS VEHICLE, FORCING HIM OFF THE ROAD AND INTO A TELEPHONE POLE, DURING THE ACCIDENT THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, ONE PERSON WAS INJURED IN ACCIDENT. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT).*YH *JG

BOTH SETS OF OIL COOLER LINES BEGAN LEAKING. THE MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT THIS WAS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM ON GM VEHICLES WITH THE SAME TYPE OF OIL FILTER ASSEMBLY.

THE SEAT RECLINING LEVERS BROKE OFF ON BOTH FRONT SEATS. DRIVER SIDE BROKE FIRST, THEN PASSENGER SIDE BROKE ABOUT 4 MONTHS LATER.

FRONT WHEEL BEARING MUST BE REPLACED.

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER STATED SHE COULD HEAR A LOUD NOISE, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY DEALER THAT THE BALL JOINTS NEED TO BE REPLACED.*AK *SLC

GAS PEDAL STICKS, CAUSING VERY DANGEROUS LURCHING. THROTTLE BODY MUST BE CLEANED AT LEAST EVERY 30,000 MILES.*AK

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED DURING NIGHT. INSURANCE INVESTIGATOR DETERMINED FIRE WAS STARTED BY MAIN LINE OF ALTERNATOR. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING OR WHEN VEHICLE IS PARKED OIL IS LEAKING, CAUSE UNKNOWN. CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT THIS COULD RESULT IN A FIRE. *AK. CONSUMER STATED THERE IS A CONSTANT OIL LEAK FROM BOTH SETS OF OIL LINES.*SLC

AFTER TURNING A CORNER, THE VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY SHUT OFF, CAUSING ME TO COAST THROUGH A RED LIGHT. IN DOING SO, I WAS STRUCK BY AN ONCOMING VEHICLE. BOTH VEHICLES WERE TOTALED IN THE ACCIDENT. THREE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THIS ACCIDENT WERE INJURED, INCLUDING MYSELF. IN A SEPERATE INCIDENT, THE RADIATOR BLEW APART, LEAKING COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID. DEALERSHIP FOUND VEHICLE LEAKING FROM TOP OF TRANSMISSION LINE FROM RADIATOR. THEY REPLACED COUPLER FITTING AND O-RING AND ADDED 6 QUARTS OF TRANSMISSION FLUID (AT THEIR EXPENSE).

WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL INTERMITTENTLY DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER. DEALERSHIP REPLACED WIPER MODULE AT OWNERS EXPENSE. *AK *TT

CONSUMER HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR AN OIL CHANGE, AND CONSUMER TOLD MECHANIC TO CHECK VEHICLE FOR ANY OTHERS PROBLEMS. MECHANIC FOUND OUT THAT FRONT SUSPENSION WAS WEARING OUT AND NEEDED IT TO BE REPLACED, WHICH THEY DID. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

WHEN DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL TO COME TO A STOP, PEDAL IS HARD AND WILL NOT GO DOWN. IF I KEEP MY FOOT ON PEDAL EVENTUALLY IT STOPS BUT IT REQUIRES LONGER STOPPING DISTANCE. WHILE DRIVING MAKES HUMMING, MOANING NOISE UNTIL ABS LIGHT COMES ON AND PROBLEM STOPS. BRAKING BECOMES EASIER. WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC THAT RIGHT FRONT HUB BEARING IS BAD AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. WAS TOLD THIS MAY CLEAR UP ABS/BRAKING SITUATION. FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. SHOWS HALF TANK WHEN NEAR EMPTY. AS FUEL LEVEL GOES DOWN, GAUGE GOES UP.FUEL PUMP WENT OUT AND HAD TO BE REPLACED.

WHEN MAKING A RIGHT TURN STEERING WHEEL WOULD LOCK UP INTERMITTENTLY. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON THREE OCCASIONS, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER. *AK

WHILE AT STOP LIGHT HE HEARD BRAKES OF VEHICLE BEHIND HIM. A PERSON APPROACHED CONSUMER, AND TOLD HIM THAT BRAKE LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING. CONSUMER CONTACTED A DEALER, WHO DETERMINED A FAULTY MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH WAS THE CAUSE OF REAR BRAKE LIGHTS NOT BEING OPERATIONAL. *AK

BRAKE LINE IS RUBBING UP AGAINST WHEEL COLUMN, RESULTING IN FORMATION OF A HOLE IN BRAKE LINE. THIS HAS CAUSED VEHICLE TO LOSE BRAKE PRESSURE DURING NORMALOPERATION. DEALERSHIP HAS NOT EXAMINED VEHICLE FOR THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK

BATTERY FAILED FIVE TIMES, CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DEALER AND GM ARE UNWILLING TO HELP RESOLVE WHATEVER IS CAUSING THE EXCESSIVE BATTERY FAILURES YET THEY ACKNOWLEGDE THAT THE NUMBER OF BATTERY FAILURES IS ABNORMAL. *YH

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

STEERING COLUMN STARTED SMOKING THROUGH HAZARD BUTTON OPENING. PULLED INTO DRIVEWAY AND SHUT OFF IGNITION- SMOKING STOPPED. I DETERMINED THAT IT WAS THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH THAT WAS SMOKING. REPORTED TO GM VIA PHONE (1-800-222-1020) AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY COULDNT/WOULDNT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. STEERING COLUMN COULD HAVE EASILY CAUGHT FIRE IF I HADNT STOPPED RIGHT AWAY.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

WAS TRAVELING APPROX. 50-55MPH AND WENT AROUND A CORNER; ROAD HAD UNEVEN SHOULDERS. TOOK FOOT OFF ACCELERATOR PEDAL, AND VEHICLE ACCELERATED INTO A DITCH. NOTICED AND TRIED TO CORRECT, AND VEHICLE HIT DITCH AND CRASHED. AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. DRIVER WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH AN INJURED BACK, CRUSHED 2ND VETERBRAE. *AK

TRUCK BOUGHT NEW. AT 47,576 MILES, LEFT AND RIGHT LOWER BALL JOINTS REPLACED. AGAIN, AT 84,200 MILES SAME BALL JOINTS TO BE REPLACED. ANOTHER CHEVY DEALER TOLD ME 96TO97 BLAZERS HAVE BALL JOINT DEFECT RECALL, RECALL NOT EXTENDED TO 98 BLAZERS. SEEMS FISHY. MY TRUCK IS SERVICED EVERY 3,000 MILES.

AT 12300 MILES CONSUMER NOTICED FLUID LEAKING FROM VEHICLE, DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION COOLING LINES THAT HAD BEEN LEAKING. ON 3 SEP 2001, CONSUMER NOTICED ANOTHER LEAK. DEALER AGAIN REPLACED LEAKING TRANSMISSION COOLING LINES.*AK

THE VEHICLE WOULD OCCASIONALLY SHIFT INTO FOUR WHEEL DRIVE WITHOUT THE DRIVER PUSHING THE TRANSFER BUTTONS, SOMETIMES IT WENT INTO FOUR WHEEL HIGH AND SOMETIMES FOUR WHEEL LOW, THE CONSUMER FIRST THOUGHT HE WAS ACCIDENTALLY HITTING THE BUTTON WITH HIS FIST WHILE SHIFTING FROM DRIVE TO REVERSE, THE DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DUPLICATE AND REPAIR THE PROBLEM. NLM

WHILE DRIVING IN 2-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE WILL JUMPS INTO 4-WHEEL INTERMITTENTLY. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND REPLACED WIRING HARNESS FOR THE FIRST INCIDENT, AND THEN REPLACED TRANSFER CASE SHIFT MODULAR. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN EXAMINED FOR THIRD INCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK

VEHICLE WAS LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID. ALSO, DOORS ON DRIVER'S SIDE RATTLE LIKE THEY ARE GOING TO FALL APART. VEHICLE SHUTS OFF WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS. *AK

SEAT ADJUSTMENT LEVER BROKE OFF WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ADJUST SEAT. THE METAL (ALUMINUM?) ROD THE PLASTIC HANDLE ATTACHES TO SHEARED. NO WEIGHT WAS AGAINST THE SEAT BACK AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE.*AK

CONSUMER WAS AT A STOP LIGHT REAR TIRES STARTED SPINNING AS HE PULLED OFF. AS CONSUMER WENT UP THE BRIDGE HE LOOKED THOUGH REARVIEW MIRROR AND SAW WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM REAR. VEHICLE PULLED OVER AND CONSUMER LIFTED HOOD UP AND NOTICED THAT ENGINE WAS ON FIRE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AKTHE NYLON RETAINER RING THAT LOCKS THE TRANSMISSION OIL COOLER LINE INTO THE RADIATOR FAILED, IT BROKE AND SLID DOWN THE COOLER LINE ALLOWING THE OIL COOLER LINE TO DISCONNECT SPRAYING THE ENGINE WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID WHICH CAUGHT FIRE. NLM

MECHANIC EXPRESSED THAT THE AUTO'S MILEAGE WAS VERY LOW TO HAVE THIS KIND OF PROBLEM, AND FEELS STRONGLY THAT THIS HOSE MUST BE DEFECTIVE. *AK

I HAVE EXPERIENCED WIPER MOTOR FAILURES SIMILAR TO CAMPAIGN #98043. WHEN IT RAINS, MY WIPERS WILL SPORATICALLY STOP WORKING. I HAVE READ ABOUT RECALL #98043, BUT AM AWARE THAT IT DOES NOT APPLY TO 1998 BLAZERS. NEVERTHELESS, THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE IDENTICAL TO THOSE FROM THE EARLIER RECALLS. PLEASE ADVISE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 TO 15 MPH POWER ASSISTED STEERING WAS LOST AND THE DRIVER HAD A DIFFICULT TIME MAINTAINING CONTROL OF VEHICLE. UPON EXAMINATION, BELT TENSIONER BAR BROKE WHICH RESULTED IN THE LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. *AK *JB

WHILE DRIVING 60-65 MPH VEHICLE WENT TOWARDS LEFT AND WAS HARD TO CONTROL, AFTER PULLING OVER, CONSUMER NOTICED DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL WAS SIDEWAYS. A BROKEN UPPER BALL JOINT. NO ACCIDENT.*AK AFTER TAKEN TO MECHANIC FOR REPAIR HE NOTICED THE OTHER SIDE WAS ALSO BAD. REPAIRS INCLUDED UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS ON DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDES. WHEEL WAS ALSO DAMAGED. *YH

BACK OF THE VEHICLE WAS MAKING A SQUEAKING NOISE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER SAID VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW REAR BRAKE SYSTEM. REAR BRAKES WERE RUSTED AND DETERIORATED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE UNLOCKING PASSENGER DOOR INSIDE DOOR LATCH BROKE, UNABLE TO CLOSE PASSENGER'S DOOR. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED THAT ANY REPAIRS WOULD BE AT CONSUMER COST DUE TO VEHICLE B EING OUT OF IT WARRANTY, AND NO MANUFACTURER'S RECALL ON THAT PART. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER.*AK

WHEN TURNING STEERING THERE IS A LOUD THUMPING NOISE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE EXHAUST. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFOMATION.*AK

WHENEVER TURNING A SHARP CORNER OR PARALLEL PARKING STEERING WHEEL POPS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFOMATION.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WHEN APPLYING ABS BRAKES ON WET PAVEMENT PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR ,CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY CAUSE PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHEN THE BALL JOINT BROKE THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL DROP TO A 45 DREEG ANGLE AND THE AUTO WENT LEFT IN TO THE ON COMING LANE. I WAS LUCKY BECAUSE I WAS GOING 30 MILES A HOUR AND NO ONE WAS IN THE LANE. I HAD NO CONTROL FOR A FEW MINUTES AND IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPEN ON AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY I SURE A MAJOR ACCIDENT WOULD HAVE HAPPEN.*AK

BOTH FRONT HUB/WHEEL BEARINGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT 70500. DEALER ADVISED THIS WAS NORMAL WEAR AND COULD HAPPEN AT ANY TIME.

THE TORQUE CONVERTER ON THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT LOCK OUT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND THE TRANSMISSION OVERHEATED.*AK

THE WINDSHIELD WIPER FAILED TO PARK IN THE DOWN POSITION. ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS, THE WIPER WOULD ONLY OPERATE AT HIGH SPEED. THE WIPER WOULD STOP DURING OPERATION IWITHOUT WARNING WHEN IT WAS OPERATED AT LESS THAN HIGH SPEED. THIS OCCURRED TWICE UNDER RAINY DRIVING CONDITIONS. I PURCHASE A NEW DELAY MODULE AT THE DEALER FOR $88 AND IT HAS FIXED THE PROBLEM. I NOTED THAT CHEVROLET HAS PREVIOUSLY HAD THIS PROBLEM ON OTHER VEHICLES.

WHEN APPYLING BRAKES PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. PROBLEM BECOMES MORE PPRONONCED WHEN VEHICLE IS DRIVEN ON WET PAVEMENT. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY CAUSE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

TRANSMISSION WHINES GEARS, LOAD GRINDING NOISE. I MUST STOP, SHIFT INTO PARK AND GO BUT SOMETIMES THAT DOESN'T WORK. TRANSMISSION SHIFTS BY ITSELF INTO NEUTRAL. PROBLEM #2 SEAT RECLINING ARMS ON BOTH FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEATS BROKE OFF WITH LITTLE PRESSURE. PROBLEM #3 HEAT ONLY WORKS WHEN IT WANTS TO. SOMETIMES COOL AIR COMES OUT WHEN HEAT IS ON. PROBLEM #4 SOMETIMES WHEN APPLYING BRAKES GRINDING NOISE IS HEARD AND AND STEERING LOCKS UP. PROBLEM #5 STRAPS ON SUN VISORS SAG CONSIDERABLY, BLOCKS VIEW. *AK

IF IDLER ARM FAILS, IT'S THROWN INTO FAN BELT AND RADIATOR, DISEMBOWELING POWER SYSTEM. *AK

TRANSMISSION COOLING LINES ARE DEFECTED BECAUSE OF PLASTICOUTER RETAINER CONNECTOR FAILING, AND CAUSES OIL LEAKAGES. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND MADE REPAIRS AT CONSUMER COST. *AK *SLC

HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST DUE TO TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY. MECHANIC INDICATED THAT IT WAS A DESIGN FLAW THAT CAUSING POOR SHIFTING PROBLEM.*AK

ARM THAT HOLDS RECLINING SEAT HANDLE HAS BROKEN 2 TO 3 TIMES ON BOTH FRONT SEATS WITHOUT ABUSIVE TREATMENT.*AK

HAS PROBLEMS WITH BACK ROTORS AND BRAKES KEEP LOCKING UP. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER IS TAKING A LOOK AT BRAKES.*AK