Car Problem DataNHTSA records

2000 Chevrolet S/T Blazer

Routine

Owners filed 3 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the suspension › front › control arm › upper ball joint. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Suspension › Front › Control Arm › Upper Ball Joint1
000
Fuel System, Gasoline1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Engine and Engine Cooling
Filed Apr 14, 2008110,000 milesNC

2000 S-10 BLAZER LS. VERY NICE SUV BOUGHT FOR MY SON TO GO TO COLLEGE. THIS IS NOT A COMPLAINT BUT INFORMATION FOR OTHER OWNERS. A/C AND DEFROST DID NOT WORK BUT NO TIME FOR IT TO BE IN SHOP FOR FIRST SUMMER. READ SOME ON HERE AND SAW "CLOGGED HEATER CORE" WITH VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIRS. TOOK TO LOCAL REPAIR SHOP I USE. THEY CHECKED IT OUT AND HAD IT BACK IN LESS THAN 4 HOURS. CLOGGED HEATER CORE DUE TO CHEMICAL MAKEUP OF LONGLIFE ANTIFREEZE. FLUSHED AND TWO CLAMPS REPLACED ALL FOR UNDER $50. *TR

Fuel System, Gasoline
Filed Mar 29, 2008TX

STRONG FUEL SMELL IN VEHICLE WHEN FILLING FUEL TANK. 2000 CHEVROLET S BLAZER. NO SMELL IF TANK IS FILLED LESS THAN 3/4 FULL. *TR

Suspension › Front › Control Arm › Upper Ball Joint
Filed Sep 22, 200647,000 milesWI

TRAVELING SLOW ON A CITY STREET. ON TURNING A CORNER, THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL COLLAPSED UNDER THE CAR. THIS MOMENTARILY THREW THE VEHICLE OUT OF CONTROL BUT WAS QUICKLY RECOVERED. UPON INVESTIGATION, WE LEARNED THE UPPER BALL JOINT FAILED, SEPARATING AND CAUSING THE WHEEL TO FOLD UNDER WITH ADDITIONAL SUBSEQUENT DAMAGE TO THE ALUMINUM WHEEL. *NM

3 of 3 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1999
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20053000Routine
20041000Routine
20032000Routine
20024000Routine
20012000Routine
2000 — this page3000Routine
19995000Routine
19984000Routine
19972000Routine
19961000Routine
19951000Routine
19944010Routine

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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.