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 1999 record →
IGNITION COIL AND MODULE BURNED UP ON FREEWAY CAUSING ENGINE TO SHUT OFF PARTS REPLACED PICKED UP CAR AND WENT FOR A DRIVE STARTED HAVING ENGINE PROBLEMS MISSFIRING ETC. PULLED OFF FREEWAY HAD CAR TOWED BACK TO SHOP. CATILIC CONVERTER COMPLETELY PLUGGED.
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN HAD TIRES ROTATED NOTICE THAT ALL 4 BALL JOINTS WERE BAD. NLM
FRONT OF CAR BUMPER AND ENGINE PUSHED IN 6-8 INCHES. WENT UP HILL HIT TREE OVER TURNED 2 TIMES. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK
DRIVER SIDE RECLINER THAT ADJUSTS SEATHANDLE WAS GONE. PASSENGER SIDE CAME OFF 37000 MILES. CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS VERY UNSAFE. AND THERE MAY BE A DEFECT IN HANDLES. PLEASE ADD INFORMATION. *AK
WELD PLATE THAT HOLDS STABILIZER BAR ON SNAPPED OFF. *AK
WHILE DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH VEHICLE SHUTOFF WITH NO WARNING AND FULL GAS TANK. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOP ASSOCIATED WITH GMC. OWNER IS WAITING FOR ANALYSIS. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
THE LEVERS WHICH RAISE AND LOWER THE SEATBACKS ARE MADE OF AN INFERIOR METAL AND HAVE BROKEN COMPLETELY OFF THREE TIMES. MY CHEVROLET SERVICE REP. SAYS THEY ARE MADE OF AN INFERIOR METAL AND THAT CHEVROLET IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT HAS DONE NOTHING TO CORRECT IT. IF THE LEVERS WERE TO BREAK WITH THE SEAT BACK ALL THE WAY DOWN, THE VEHICLE WOULD BE COMPLETELY UNDRIVABLE. THE DRIVER SIDE LEVER WAS REPLACED ONCE UNDER WARRANTY. IT HAS SINCE BROKEN AGAIN, AS HAS THE PASSENGER SIDE LEVER. PLEASE ADVISE.*AK
FRONT BALL JOINTS FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SHAKE, AFFECTING CONTROL AND WEAR OF FRONT TIRES. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
FRONT WHEEL HUB ON ON FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE HAD TO BE REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES DUE TO A GRINDING NOISE WHEN DRIVING.*AK IDLER ARM AND BALL JOINT WERE ALSO REPLACED. *SLC
COOLANT BECAME SOLID AND THEY CHARGED ME $300 TO "SUPER FLUSH" THE SYSTEM. I SEE SEVERAL OTHER OWNERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM.*AK
WITH IGNITION FAILURE, VEHICLE CEASED TO OPERATE. FORTUNATELY LOCATION WAS A LOW VOLUME ROAD. *AK
BOTH FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS HAVE FAILED UNDER 50,000 MILES OF WEAR. DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. *AK CONSUMER CALLED THE AC DELCO COMPANY TO RETRIEVE PARTS NEEDED. THIS WAS TO NO AVAIL. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT GM AND OTHER DEALERS HAVE FIRST PRIORITY TO THE PARTS AND WOULD BE ABLE TO BUY FROM THE DEALER. *JG
THE FRONT HUB ASSEMBLIES ARE BOTH IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT, BUT THEY CANNOT BE PURCHASED ANYWHERE IN OUR AREA, EXCEPT AT DEALERSHIPS FOR 3 TIMES THE AUTO CASH AND CARRY STORES. WE FEEL THAT THE YEAR AND MILES ON THE BLAZER ARE NOT CONSISTANT WITH HAVING THE BEARINGS GO BAD...ON BOTH SIDES. CHEVROLET IS OF NO HELP TO US. THIS IS THE THIRD MAJOR REPAIR TO THE VEHICLE SINCE WE PURCHASED IT. TWO DAYS AFTER PURCHASE THE SERVICE LIGHT CAME ON, AND STAYED ON. THAT WAS SECONDARY AIR PUMP FAILURE, AND COST $241.51 TO REPAIR. TWO DAYS LATER IT WAS BACK ON. WE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE SEVERLY PITTED ROTORS WITHIN THE FIRST 4 MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP. ANY HELP WITH THESE HUB ASSEMBLIES WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. WE FEEL WE HAVE PURCHASED A "LEMON" AND HEINRICH MOTORS IS OF ABSOLUTELY NO HELP IN RESOLVING THE MATTER.*AK
THE DRIVER SIDE UPPER BALL JOINT FAILEDCOMING OUT OF A MCDONALDS MAKING A LEFT TURN AT SLOW SPEED. I PULLED IT OVER IMMEDIATELY AND HAD IT TOWED. I HAVE THE PART (UPPER BALL JOINT) AND IT IS VERY MANGLED. I AHVE NOT BEEN IN ANY ACCIDENTS, HIT ANY CURVES, AND GET THEM LUBED EVERY 3,000 MILES WHEN I HAVE THE OIL CHANGED. I REALLY WOULD HATE TO HAVE SEEN THIS HAPPEN ON THE HIGHWAY AT 65 OR 70 MPH. THE ONLY THING I ASKED THE DEALER IS IF THE PART WAS UNDER RECALL. THEY SAID NO. THE $975.00 IS FOR REPLACEMENT OF ALL THE BALL JOINTS. I DID NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE CHANGING JUST THE ONE JUST IN CASE. I DO HAVE ALL THE PARTS. IF YOU WANT THEM I CAN SEND THEM TO YOU. I AM NOT DOING THIS TO GET OUT OF PAYING THE BILL. I HAVE ALREADY PAYED IT IN FULL. IT BOTHERS ME THAT IT HAPPENED BECAUSE I GO OUT OF MY WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT MY VEHICLE IS MAINTAINED PROPERLY. ANOTHER POINT IS THAT I HAD NEW TIRES PUT ON THREE WEEKS AGO, WITH AN ALIGNMENT, AND SUPPOSEDLY EVERYTHING WAS OK THEN.*AK
THE PARKING BRAKE DOES NOT HOLD, EVEN AFTER ADJUSTMENT. THE DEALER ADMITS THAT THE PARKING BRAKE ON THE BLAZER DOES NOT WORK AND SAYS THAT IS THE WAY THEY ARE BUILT. THE PARKING BRAKE WILL NOT HOLD THE BLAZER AT ALL, IT IS ALL MOST LIKE YOU DID NOT SET THE PARKING BRAKE.*AK
BRAKE ROTORS RUSTED ,CAUSING BAD VIBRATION WHEN STOPPING. TWO OF THE ROTORS COULD BE TURNED AND TWO HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF THE RUST PROBLEM. I KEPT THE TWO THAT WERE REPLACED. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT IF THIS VEHICLE WASN'T DRIVEN MUCH IN WINTER IN MICHIGAN, THAT ROTORS WOULD RUST BECAUSE OF THE HUMIDITY. I TOLD THEM I KEPT THE VEHICLE IN THE GARAGE, BUT THEY SAID THAT WOULD NOT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE. I FELT THE MATERIAL WAS DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY, BUT THAT WOULD NOT COVER IT. I CONTACTED GM TO GET A FIELD REPRESENTATIVE'S NAME AND NUMBER TO TALK TO BUT THEY WOULD NOT GIVE IT TO ME. THE DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT GIVE ME THE FIELD REPRESENTATIVE'S NAME AND NUMBER EITHER. I FEEL THAT IF A VEHICLE'S BRAKE SYSTEM IS GOING TO RUST SITTING IN A GARAGE IN THE WINTER, THAT INFORMATION SHOULD BE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE PUBLISHED IN LARGE PRINT IN THE VEHICLE BROCHURES. *AK
CONSUMER STATES WHEN TO GET ALIGNMENT, WAS TOLD ALIGNMENT COULD NOT BE PERFORMED UNLESS THE BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED, THE DEALER NOTED THAT THE LOWER BALL JOINTS WORE OUT DUE TO LACK OF LUBRICATION WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO PULLING TH THE LEFT, THE DEALER REPLACED UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS ON BOTH SIDES, REPLACED IDLER AND PITMAN ARM AND PERFORM ALIGNMENT, DEALER STATED NEVER HEARD OF ANY RECALL. HOWEVER THERE IS A RECALL CAMPAIGN 01V200000 INVOLVING REPLACING UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS. CONSUMER WANTS TO BE REIMBURSED FOR REPAIRS. *TT
FOUR-WHEEL LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON DASHBOARD, FOUR WHEEL DRIVE DID NOT FUNCTION. *AK CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC THAT THE PROBLEM IS THE 4-WHEEL DRIVE SENSOR MOTOR. *MJ
I HEARD A CLICKING LIKE MY TURN INDICATOR WAS ON BUT IT WASN'T. SMOKE CAME OUT OF THE STEERING COLUMN. A CO-WORKER OF MY FATHER'S HAS HAD THIS COMPONENT REPLACED TWICE (SAME SYMPTOMS) IN HIS 1998 BLAZER AND THE GENTLEMAN'S SISTER-IN-LAW HAS HAD THIS COMPONENT REPLACED ONCE. ALSO, ANOTHER CO-WORKER OF MY FATHER'S HAD IT REPLACED ONCE (UNDER WARRANTY) ON HIS 2001 BLAZER. I WOULD THINK THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE SINCE SMOKE CAME OTU OF THE STEERING COLUMN.*AK
CONSUMER STATES ALMOST REAR ENDED WHEN BRAKE LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE. THIRD LIGHT WORKS BUT OTHER TWO WORK ON AND OFF. DEALER FOUND MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH IS SHORTED OUT. *TT
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
THE HANDLES FOR THE FRONT SEAT RECLINERS BREAK WITHOUT WARNING. IT APPEARS THEY ARE MAKE OF POT METAL. DEALERS WILL NOT REPLACE, SAYING IT'S WEAR AND TEAR, EVEN THOUGH WHEN FIRST REPORTED IT WAS IN WARRANTY. SEATS CAN NOW RECLINE WITHOUT WARNING.*AK
WHEN APPLYING BRAKE THERE IS A SCRAPING SOUND AND VIBRATION. DEALER REPLACED FRONT AND REAR ROTORS DUE TO BEING RUSTY AND WARPED. *AK
CONSUMER STATED THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS HAD WORN AT LOW MILEAGE. TOOK TO DEALER FOR TIRE WORK AND DEALER INDICATED BALL JOINTS NEEDED REPLACING.*NLM*YD
VEHICLE WAS PULLING TO SIDE AND STEERING WHEEL HAD TOO MUCH PLAY. DEALER REPLACED IDLER ARM. DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. ON 10 APRIL 2002 RIGHT FRONT UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED. REPORTED BY DAVID BLUMAN.*AK
VHICLE HAD BEEN PULLING TO SIDE AND THE STEERING HAD TOO MUCH PLAY, DEALER DETERMINED STEERING BOX NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK
SEAT RECLINER BRACKET BROKE AS CONSUMER WAS ADJUSTING SEATBACK. CONSUMER CANNOT POSITION SEATBACK FOR COMFORT. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED.*AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE RADIATOR COOLANT CAUSED RADIATOR TO FAIL.*YD
CONSUMER REPORTING EXCESSIVE WEAR OF BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS, FROM 17,614 TO 35,500 MILES THERE WERE THREE SETS OF BRAKE ROTORS AND TWO SETS OF BRAKE PADS REPLACE ON THE VEHICLE, AND THE PROBLEM REOCCURS. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *NLM WATER LEAK ON PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR, DRIVER SIDE DOOR RATTLES GOING OVER BUMPS, BOTH FRONT WINDOWS OUTER MOLDING COMES OFF, MOLDINGS REPLACED, HUMMING NOISE FROM FRONT WHEELS WHEN COMING TO A STOP, WHEEL BEARING / HUB REPLACED. *TT
VEHICLE IS LOCKING UP AND SLIDING ALL OVER THE HIGHWAY. CAN BE RIDING ALONG, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN VEHICLE SLIDES TO THE RIGHT. HAS HAD NEAR ACCIDENTS IN THREE DIFFERENT PLACES.*AK
CONSUMER NOTICED OIL LEAKING FROM UNDER VEHICLE. TECHNICIAN SERVICING VEHICLE INDICATED THAT OIL LINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
WHILE TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING A DEER JUMPED IN FRONT OF VEHICLE. DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBELT DIDN'T HOLD, AND AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY.*AK
ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS UPON FILLING FUEL TANK WITH GAS, SMELL CONTINUES TO ENTER INTO VEHICLE, TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER. *AK DEALER TIGHTENED LOOSE GAS CAP, ADVISED CONSUMER NOT TO CONTINUE FILLING VEHICLE AFTER PUMP CLICKS OFF, REPLACED EVAPORATIVE CANISTER AND EVAPORATIVE VENT SOLENOID, FUEL TANK MODULE, REMOVED LEFT QUARTER TRIM AND SEALED, REMOVED FUEL TANK SENDER, AND FILLER TUBE ASSEMBLY, DIAGNOSED FUEL AND EXHAUST SYSTEM, DEALER FOUND BODY SEAMS IN FILLER TUBE ASSEMBLY LEAKING FUMES, CAUSE STILL UNKNOWN, DOME LIGHT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME, DEALER REPLACED RIGHT AND LEFT DOOR JAM SWITCHES, HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING NOW HOT AT TIMES OR TOO HOT, DEALER REPLACED RAD CAP AND POLISHED NECK, SERPENTINE BELT NOISY, REPLACED SERPINTINE BELT, WIPERS WON'T CLEAR AND ARE NOISY, REPLACED WIPER INSERTS. *TT
100,00 ANTI-FREEZE TURNED TO SLUDGE CAUSING ENGINE OVERHEATING. REQUIRED REPLACEMENT OF RADIATOR AND ALL HOSES. SERVICE ADVISOR STATED A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THAT COOLANT, AND THAT THEY RECOMMEND COOLANT SYSTEM SERVICE EVERY 30,000 MILES. ALSO STATE THERE WERE NO TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS FROM GM REGARDING THIS ISSUE. REPAIR COSTS $930.00 PLUS RENTAL. *AK
AT START OFF THE THROTTLE PEDAL STICKS AND REQUIRES A GREAT AMOUNT OF PRESSURE. THIS RESULTS IN A SUDDEN START AND COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. TAKEN TO DEALER WITH REPORTED PROBLEM. DEALER REPLIED THAT THEY HAVE REPLACED NUMEROUS THROTTLE BODIES ON THESE VEHICLES.*AK
DEXCOOL 100000MILE ANTIFREZE TURNED TO SLUDGE AT 53000 MILES...2 DEALERS ATTRIBUTED CAUSE TO EVERYTHING BUT ANTIFREEZE NOT LIVING UP TO CLAIMS.
OIL COOLER LINES ARE FAILING AT THE POINT WHERE A RUBBER LINE IS CRIMPED TO AN ALUMINUM LINE.
COOLING SYSTEM DEVELOPED A SLUDGE, A 5HR SUPER FLUSH WAS REQUIRED COSTING NEARLY $400, THERE IS A PARTIAL BLOCKAGE IN THE HEATER CORE AND THE ENGINE BLOCK, THERE ARE NO GUARENTEES THAT THIS WILL NOT OCCUR AGAIN. CHEVROLET WOULD NOT COVER.*AK
THE RIGHT UPPER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT FAILED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE TRAVELING AT 55 MPH. IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND I SUSPECT THAT IF MY WIFE WOULD HAVE BEEN DRIVING SHE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE SAFELY. THIS WAS VERY DANGEROUS. LUCKILY I WAS NOT ON THE EXPRESSWAY. I KNOW THAT CHEVY BLAZERS HAD RECALLS FOR THIS DEFECT IN PAST MODEL YEARS, AND I MAYBE THEY SHOULD AGAIN. *AK
INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INOPERABLE, OBSTRUCTING VIEW OF DRIVER. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON VEHICLE MAKE AND MODLE; HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK
THE STICK SHIFT POPPED OUT OF GEAR DUE TO A FAULTY RUBBER BOOT THAT ENCOMPASSES THE BOTTOM OF THE MECHANISM, CONSUMER STILL EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE STICK SHIFT BEING EXTREMELY LOOSE AND BARELY MANAGEABLE, ON ONE OCCASION THE STICK SHIFT EXHIBITED A CHIRP LIKE NOISE, AND THE STICK SHIFT LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE, DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE NOISE, ON ONE OCCASION CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WERE 2 THREADS DOWN INTO THE VEHICLE ABOUT THREE INCHES HIGHER THAN WHAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN. *TT
THIS CAUSES THE FRONT SEATBACK(S) TO GO COMPLETELY BACKWARD CREATING A HAZARD.*AK
NOISE WHEN TURNING TO LEFT. DEALER REPORTED RIGHT FRONT HUB BEARING ASSEMBLY WORN AND NOISY, NEEDING REPLACEMENT.*AK
HORN CONTINUOUSLY FAILS TO WORK. 1ST REPAIR ON 8/22 - 2ND ON 11/7. THEY TELL ME EACH TIME THEY HAVE TO RECONNECT WIRES IN STEERING WHEEL. THE 3RD FIX WILL COST ME ~$379.00 (THEY SAID THEY WILL NOT FIX IT AGAIN FREE - I WILL HAVE TO REPLACE WHEEL & COLUMN) WHY DO THE WIRES KEEP COMING UNCONNECTED? IT'S BAD TO PRESS THE HORN AND IT DOES NOT WORK.*AK
DUE TO LOCATION OF DRAINAGE HOSE, THE TOP PIN HINGE ON PASSENGER AND DRIVER DOORS RUSTED OUT. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. *AK THE HINGE BUSHINGS ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF WEAR, THE DEALER ADMITS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE DRAIN LOCATIONS, CONSUMER STATES WITH THE CORROSION PRESENT ON THE HINGE PINS THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF BREAKING. *SLC
POOR PLASTIC & METAL PARTS USED, HAVE HAD CAR LESS THAN 3 YRS, CUST. VERY DISSATISFIED. *AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIRS, AND MECHANIC TOLD HIM THAT FRONT PASSENGER AXLE BEARING HOOK HAD A LOT OF PLAY AND WORE OUT. MECHANIC HAD TO REPLACE THE PART. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK
WHEN CONSUMER APPLIES BRAKES PEDAL GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR.*AK
LIGHTS ON DASHBOARD FOR 4X4/2X4 BEGAN FLASHING WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE WAS IN NORMAL MODE. ALSO, SERVICE 4 WD DRIVE LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK TO COUNTRY CEHVROLET IN WARRENTON, VA-ADVISED OF 4WD PROBLEM ALSO ADVISED CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON, HEADLIGHTS DIM OCCASSIONALLY WHEN DRIVING. IN ADDITION, WHEN ENGINE IS TURNED OFF AND RADIO REMAINS ON, BATTERY DIED 2 TIMES. MECHANIC FOUND CIRCUIT 1133 SHORTED TO STEERING COLUMN BRACKET, REPLACED WIRE. PROBLEM REOCCURRED IMMEDIATELY. RETURNED TO COUNTRY CHEV-RECHECKED AND REPLACED WIRING. 4WD LIGHTS STILL FLASH. UNABLE TO DETERMINE TROUBLE.*AK
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