Owners filed 4 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the transmission. No safety recall has been issued.
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2 of the 4 complaints (50%) are about the transmission.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service Brakes · brakes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Power Train › Automatic Transmission · transmission | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Power Train · transmission | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Equipment › Appliance › Air Conditioner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TOOK A TRIP OF APPROXIMATELY 130 MILES, DRIVING MY DAUGHTER AND GRANDCHILDREN IN VERY HILLY PART OF CINCINNATI, OHIO. UPON GETTING BACK HOME I NOTICED A OILY SPOT ON THE DRIVEWAY AND GOT IN MY VEHICLE AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. INSPECTION OF BRAKES SHOWED A RUSTY BRAKE LINE WITH HOLE. ALL LINES SHOW PREMATURE RUSTING. REST OF VEHICLE SHOWS LITTLE RUST. *TR
CONSUMER COMPLAINED THAT AT 67,000 MILES AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE, AND INTERMITTENTLY LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING. REPAIRS WERE DONE AT AN REPAIR SHOP. CURRENTLY, AT 85,000 MILES THE PROBLEM RECURRED. VEHICLE WAS BACK AT THE REPAIR SHOP, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. *AK
WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR IS RUNNING THERE IS A NOTICEABLE LOSS OF POWER. WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP IT IS NECESSARY TO INCREASE THE PRESSURE ON THE GAS PEDAL TO COMPENSATE FOR THE LOSS OF POWER IF THE COMPRESSOR CYCLES ON. IF THE COMPRESSOR CYCLES OFF DURING ACCELERATION YOU NEED TO LET UP ON THE GAS PEDAL TO COMPENSATE FOR THE INCREASE OF POWER. THE DEALER CLAIMS THIS I NORMAL FOR THIS VEHICLE. I KNOW OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE 1999 AND 2000 TRAIL BLAZERS AND HAVE NEVER HAD THIS TROUBLE. THIS VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. *LA
CONSUMER STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT WAS ROUGH. TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. THE VEHICLE ALSO HAD TO HAVE THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL SEAL REPLACED. *SCC
All 4 complaints, reproduced as filed.
| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Deaths | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2025 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2024 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 2023 | 75 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Routine |
| 2022 | 112 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2021 | 198 | 4 | 3 | 0 | Routine |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2009 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2008 | 193 | 0 | 11 | 0 | Routine |
| 2007 | 732 | 5 | 56 | 4 | Fatalities reported |
| 2006 | 1,108 | 8 | 59 | 14 | Fatalities reported |
| 2005 | 1,466 | 2 | 25 | 1 | Fatalities reported |
| 2004 | 1,081 | 2 | 31 | 4 | Fatalities reported |
| 2003 | 901 | 8 | 14 | 2 | Fatalities reported |
| 2002 | 1,149 | 13 | 35 | 4 | Fatalities reported |
| 2001 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2000 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 1999 — this page | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
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.