2008 Chevrolet Blazer

Routine

Owners filed 5 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine and engine cooling › exhaust system. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Steering1
000
Exterior Lighting1
000
Equipment Adaptive/Mobility1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System1
000
Electrical System1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Electrical System
Filed Aug 20, 2018115,000 milesIL

THE ELECTRICAL DOESN'T WORK IN MY TRUCK ANY MORE. THE DASH DOESN'T LIGHT AND EVERY TIME I CHANGE THE FUSE IT BLOWS. THERE IS NO WAY I CAN AFFORD TO GET THIS FIX AND IS MISSING UP MY BREAK LIGHTS ALSO. I HAVE READ A LOT OF ARTICLES THAT THIS IS A REOCCURRING ISSUE WITH 2008 CHEVY BLAZERS.

Exterior Lighting
Filed Jun 7, 201682,400 milesMA

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 CHEVROLET BLAZER. THE VEHICLE FAILED THE STATE INSPECTION. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS AND HAZARD LIGHTS FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 82,400.

Equipment Adaptive/Mobility
Filed May 31, 201554,000 milesOH

THE CAR WAS PARKED. GOT OUT OF CAR AND CLOSED DOOR ALL DOORS LOCKED AUTOMATICALLY WITH KEYS INSIDE

Steering
Filed Oct 31, 201478,329 milesKY

WHEN TURNING ONTO MY RESIDENTIAL STREET I HAD SEVERE VIBRATION IN STEERING. I PARKED SUV BECAUSE IT WAS DARK. THE NEXT MORNING SUV WAS TAKEN TO CHEVY DEALERSHIP. THEY STATED THAT BOTH HIGH AND LOW PRESSURE LINES HAD RUSTED IN TWO, UNDER CLAMP ATTACHED TO LEFT FENDER WELL THAT HOLDS LINES IN PLACE. DEALERSHIP BLAMED SALT AND ROAD MOISTURE FOR PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH CLAMP IS LOCATED IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT NEAR TOP OF FENDER WELL. REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENT OF LINES WERE $925. *TR

Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System
Filed Sep 10, 2013MI

BOUGHT A USED 2008 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER FROM A DEALERSHIP, AFTER 1 1/2 YEARS OF OWNING IT, I HAD TO REPLACE THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD ALREADY. IT HAS LESS THAN 70,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

5 of 5 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1995
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20261000Routine
202531100Routine
202445100Routine
202342200Routine
202249110Routine
2021133110Routine
2020217300Above average
2019186200Routine
2008 — this page5000Routine
20079000Routine
200619010Routine
200515020Routine
200450100Routine
200377100Routine
2002246260Above average
2001326352Fatalities reported
2000589472Fatalities reported
1999436090Above average
199871631513Fatalities reported
19977687284Fatalities reported
19961,15311322Fatalities reported
19951,22411260High concern
1994620776Fatalities reported
19935117121Fatalities reported
1992278691Fatalities reported
19912227150Above average
199032470Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.