1995 Chevrolet S-Blazer

Routine

Owners filed 7 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the fuel system, gasoline › fuel injection system. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Power Train › Automatic Transmission2
000
Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor1
000
Vehicle Speed Control1
112
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip1
000
Fuel System, Gasoline › Fuel Injection System1
000
Electrical System1
010

What owners reported

Newest filings
Vehicle Speed ControlCrashFire2 injured
Filed Aug 4, 2006135,684 milesNV

POOR DRIVABILITY. VEHICLE "JUMPS" OR "BUCKS" UNDER MODERATE THROTTLE. CONDITION DESTROYED SEVERAL O2 SENSORS, THEN PROGRESSED TO MAJOR FUEL USAGE AND FINALLY ENGINE DETONATION. NOT DETECTED EARLY ENOUGH. COULD NOT FIX IMMEDIATELY DURING OUR CROSS-COUNTRY TRIP. CENTRAL FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM LEAK CAUSED ENGINE DETONATION. THIS IS A FIRE SAFETY HAZARD! TOWED VEHICLE TO THE SHOP. THEY REMOVED MOST OF THE UPPER ENGINE. FOUND FUEL REGULATOR HAD LEAKED INSIDE THE MANIFOLD. THE REPAIR PART COST $600.00 (PART NOT SOLD SEPARATELY). SHOP SAYS THAT BLOWN UP ENGINES ARE COMMON TO THIS VEHICLE. SHOP SAYS REPLACING THE COMPONENTS DOES NOT GUARANTEE A FIX! THIS PROBLEM CAN (AND HAS BEEN KNOWN TO RECUR) SEVERAL TIMES PER VEHICLE. THIS DANGEROUS EXPLOSIVE POTENTIAL CAN CAUSE CATASTROPHIC ENGINE DAMAGE AND DEATH/INJURY!!! HOW LONG HAS CHEVY BEEN AWARE OF THIS? HOW LONG HAS THE NHTSA KNOWN ABOUT IT? WHEN WILL THIS BE RECALLED? PS- WHEN WE TRIED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY STOP, WE FOUND THAT THE ABS SYSTEM COMPUTER MODULE DOES NOT WORK! I WILL LOOK FOR THIS RECALL ALSO! *NM

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Dec 5, 2005IA

CHEVROLET BLAZER 97 TRANSMISSION REVERSE GEAR GONE. 4L60E TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. *NM

Electrical SystemFire
Filed Apr 17, 2005PA

VEHICLE FIRE. *AK

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Dec 16, 2003110,000 milesMN

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS WITHOUT ANY ACTION BEING TAKEN BY DRIVER OR ANYONE ELSE, FROM 2 WHEEL DRIVE MODE INTO 4 WHEEL DRIVE HI AND THEN INTO 4 WHEEL DRIVE LO. THIS HAS OCCURED ON THREE SEPERATE OCCASIONS WITHIN THE PAST YEAR. ALL INCIDENCES HAVE OCCURRED AT LOW SPEED FROM A PREVIOUSLY PARKED OR STOPPED POSITION UPON INITIAL ACCELERATION IN OVERDRIVE. GM CLAIMS NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR LOCATING,IDENTIFYING OR REPAIRING PROBLEM AS PER THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE ASSISTANCE DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND IS EIGHT YEARS OLD.*AK

Visibility › Windshield Wiper/Washer › Motor
Filed Jun 27, 2003TX

THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. *NLM

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Mar 8, 2003105,000 milesWI

I HAVE A 95 S-10 BLAZER. THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE BRAKES. IT SEEM TO BE FINE ON DRY PAVEMENT. AS SOON AS THE ABS KICKS IN THE BRAKES DO NOT WORK. YOU CAN FEEL THE ABS PULSING BUT THERE IS NO PRESSURE GETTING TO THE CALIPERS AS IF NO BRAKES ARE APPLIED. THE PEDAL IS ROCK HARD WHEN THE ABS IS ON. THE FIRST FAILURE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO MISS AN INTERSECTION AND GO THROUGH A SNOW BANK NEARLY HITTING A TREE. AFTER CAREFUL TESTING THE PROBLEM IS ONLY WHEN THE ABS KICKS IN. AGAIN THE BRAKES ARE FINE ON THEIR OWN. THANK YOU. *NLM

Fuel System, Gasoline › Fuel Injection System
Filed Feb 28, 2003FL

LEAKY CMFI (CENTRAL MULTI FUEL INJECTION) WHICH CAN LEAD TO ENGINE BLOWING UP IF NOT DETECTED EARLY OR REMEDIED IMMEDIATELY. THIS IS A $600 PART PLUS LABOR, AND THE SHOP I BROUGHT IT TO SAID THEY HAVE SEVERAL OTHER INCIDENTS WITH BLOWN UP ENGINES. I WOULD APPRECIATE KNOWING IF CHEVY HAS BEEN AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM, AND IF THIS IS A POSSIBLE RECALL!

7 of 7 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1995
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
1995 — this page7020Routine
19922020Routine

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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.