Car Problem DataNHTSA records

1998 GMC Blazer

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the electrical system › ignition. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Electrical System › Ignition1
000
Child Seat1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Child Seat
Filed Dec 14, 2006CA

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT DID NOT INCLUDE A TETHER. THE SEAT WAS INSPECTED BY A CHILD SAFETY SEAT TECHNICIAN, WHO DETERMINED THAT A TETHER WOULD NEED TO BE INSTALLED IN ORDER TO MAKE THE CHILD SEAT SAFE. THE SAFETY SEAT MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, AND EXPRESSED THAT THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT TECHNICIAN'S SUGGESTION WAS INCORRECT AND THERE WAS NO TETHER AVAILABLE. THIS WAS AN EVENFLO, MODEL: AURA TRAVEL SYSTEM, REAR FACING INFANT SEAT. THE MODEL # WAS 5501616A.

Electrical System › Ignition
Filed Jun 2, 200300

VEHICLE KEPT STALLING OUT. IT STALLED WHEN CONSUMER STOPPED AT STOP SIGNS AND TRAFFIC LIGHTS. SHE HAD IT TOWED 3 TIMES, BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN IT STOPPED IT DID NOT RESTART. ONCE SHE WAS GOING UP A HILL AND HAD A LOT OF TRAFFICE BEHIND HER AND THE CAR DIED, SHE HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT RESTART AND NO ONE KNEW WHY THIS KEPT HAPPENING.*AK

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2000
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20023000Routine
20011000Routine
20005000Routine
19992010Routine
1998 — this page2000Routine

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Other GMC models

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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.