1997 Chevrolet Blazer

These are unverified consumer reports filed with NHTSA, shown as submitted.

• 12/31/1998· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT, THE GEAR WAS STUCK IN 3RD GEAR, AND THE GEARS WERE SHIFTING VERY HARD. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE, AND THE DEALER TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE AND COULDN'T DETERMINE. DEALER REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION TUBE, AND ENGINE VALVE BODY. ALSO, THE ACCELERATOR SLIPS. *AK

• 12/31/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  ABS BRAKES; WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE IS EXPERIENCED/ PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, ON DRY SURFACE, IN FOR REPAIR, NO PROBLEM FOUND. *AK CONSUMER STATES ADDRESS IS INCORRECT AND HAS NEVER OWNED A CHEVROLET BLAZER.*JB

• 12/30/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULICCrash

  BRAKE CABLE HAS NOT BROKEN BUT IS WORN PARTIALLY INTO IN FRONT OF REAR LEFT WHEEL AT BRACKET SUPPORT. *AK

• 12/30/1996· SEATS

  HEAD REST COMES RIGHT TO THE BOTTOM OF THE DRIVERS SKULL, NOT ADJUSTABLE, IN CASE OF A REAR END ACCIDENT THE HEADREST IS LOCATED FOR A PERSON OF MY SIZE TO RECIEVE A BROKEN NECK.

• 12/29/2005· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  DT: THE CONTACT SET THE CRUISE CONTROL WHILE GOING UP A HILL AND VEHICLE SPED UP .WHILE GOING DOWN THE HILL THE VEHICLE JUST KEPT GOING FASTER. THE RPMS WERE ABOVE 4000. HE PRESSED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AS HARD AS POSSIBLE. THIS SLOWED THE VEHICLE A LITTLE. HE MANAGED TO PULL THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. HE GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND OPENED THE HOOD TO CHECKED THE THROTTLE ASSEMBLY. IT WAS STUCK. HE WORKED WITH THE THROTTLE AND FINALLY MANAGED TO GET IT RELEASED. THE CONTACT HAS NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO A DEALERSHIP TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK UPDATED 2/7/2006 - *NM

• 12/29/1999· POWER TRAIN

  NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

• 12/29/1998· SUSPENSION

  AFTER APPROXIMATELY 30,000 MILES, MY LEASED S-10 BLAZER DEVELOPED A VIBRATION THAT IS NOTICEABLE WHEN DRIVING ABOVE 60 MPH. THE VIBRATION IS MOST NOTICEABLE AT 65 TO 70 MPH. THE LOCAL DEALER IN ROANOKE, VA HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THERE IS A VIBRATION PROBLEM, BUT HAS BEEN UNABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD SEEN THE SAME PROBLEM IN OTHER BLAZERS WITH THE NEW BODY STYLE (SAME AS MINE).

• 12/27/2001· SUSPENSION

  BOTH FRONT LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE DEFECTIVE. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER.*AK

• 12/27/2000· STRUCTURE

  TAILGATE WILL NOT LOCK PROPERLY AND WILL OPEN WHILE TRAVELING. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT WARRANTY EXPIRED AND ANY REPAIRS WOULD BE AT CONSUMER'S COST. *AK CONSUMER STATES THE PART IN QUESTION WAS NOT FASTENED TO THE GLASS, IT WAS HELD IN PLACE BY A THIN RUBBER GASKET THAT GOES AROUND THE GLASS THAT BROKE. *SLC

• 12/23/2003· POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING,VISIBILITY,LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES,INTERIOR LIGHTING

  WIRING BUNDLE HOLDER ABOVE TRANSMISSION ONE OF WHICH GOES TO THE TRANSMISSION SWITCH FAILS AND LETS WIRING BUNDLE FALL ON TRANSMISSION AND RUBS THE COATING OFF OF THE WIRING CAUSING ELECTICAL SHORTS; DAYLIGHT HEADLIGHTS, TRANSMISSION FAILURE ( NOTHING WRONG WITH TRANSMISSION)INTERIOR LIGHTING GOES OUT OR STAYS ON ALL THE TIME CAUSING BATTERY TO GO DEAD OVERNIGHT, BURNING OF WIRING ESPECIALLY UNDER DASH AND AT FUSE BOX AND TRANSMISSION SWITCH (NO FIRE RESULTED, UNHOOKED BATTERY REMOVED FUSES,AND HAD WIRE REPLACED TO TRANSMISSION SWITCH THEN TRASMISSION WORKED; NO FAILURE OF SWICTH JUST WIRING,WIPER AND NIGHT LIGHT FAILURES AND MORE. TRANSMISSION AUTO REPAIR SAYS IT IS NUMBER 1 FAILURE AND HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. THE DEALER SAID I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THIS IS A 1997 CHEVROLET BLAZER. I STILL HAVE ELECTRAL PROBLEMS I HAVE TO GET FIXED. SOME RECALLS WERE MADE ON THIS AUTO THAT MAY BE DUE TO THIS SHORTAGE CAUSED BY WIRING BUNDLE FALLING ABOVE THE TRANSMISSION.

• 12/22/2003· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  I OWN A 1997 CHEVROLET BLAZER LS THAT HAS HAD REPEATED ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS INCLUDING STALLING WHILE DRIVING. THE CAR STALLS, THOUGH THE HEADLIGHTS, RADIO, HEATER/AIR CONDITIONER CONTINUE TO WORK. THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS, AND I HAVE TO STOP THE CAR COMPLETELY, PUT IT IN PARK, AND TRY TO RESTART THE ENGINE. SOMETIMES IT STARTS RIGHT AWAY, SOMETIMES NOT. I'M AFRAID THIS WILL HAPPEN IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. ALTHOUGH IT'S BEEN CHECKED AT LEAST SEVEN TIMES, THE DEALER CAN'T LOCATE THE PROBLEM. IT HAPPENED TO ME THREE TIMES TODAY, SO TOMORROW MORNING IT WILL BE BACK AT THE DEALER. I'M LISTING THE MOST RECENT DATE (12/22/03) AS THE INCIDENT DATE BELOW, THOUGH IT'S HAPPENED MANY TIMES (I'M GUESSING AT LEAST 12).*AK

• 12/22/2003· SUSPENSION

  RECALL 01V200000, LOWER BALL JOINT SEPARATION: WHILE CONSUMER WAS TURNING INTO DRIVEWAY A LOUD CRACKING AND POPPING SOUND WAS HEARD. SEVERAL DAYS LATER THE LOWER BALL JOINTS SEPARATED COMING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY. A RECALL WAS ISSUED CONCERNING THIS PROBLEM, BUT THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *AK

• 12/21/2005· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULICCrash

  WHILE TRAVELING AT 25 MPH ON A WET ROADWAY I APPROACHED A VEHICLE STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT. AT AROUND 6 CAR LENGTHS I APPLIED MY BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP, RESULTING IN A REAR END CRASH WITH THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE STARTED TO VIBRATE AS IF THE ABS BRAKES WERE ACTIVATING. THE BRAKING SYSTEM FAILED TO PROVIDE MUCH STOPPING POWER. THE SPEED AT THE TIME OF COLLISION WAS ABOUT 15 MPH, SLOWED FROM 25. *JB

• 12/21/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  DEALERSHIP HELPED PAY FOR A SMALL PORTION OF REPAIR OF BOTH COMPLAINTS. GMC DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE WHATSOEVER. ALSO REPLACED MY BRAKE PADS FOR THE 4TH TIME AT 43,000 MILE. THEY ARE PREMATURELY WEARING MORE THAN LIKELY BECAUSE THE CALIPERS ARE LOCKING UP. HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE SINCE IT'S PURCHASE.*AK

• 12/18/2016· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  VEHICLE STARTS BUT THEN STALLS OUT RESTART BUT AMP GAUGE SHOWING LOW

• 12/18/2002· SUSPENSION

  VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR A ROUTINE INSPECTION FOR TIRES, CONSUMER STATES THAT MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE LOWER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT HAD FAILED. NO WARNING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

• 12/17/2004· SUSPENSION

  FAILURE OF THE LOWER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT RESULTED IN HIGH MAINTENANCE COST FOR REPLACEMENT. *JB

• 12/17/2004· POWER TRAIN

  INTERIOR METAL OF GEAR SHIFT CONNECTING IT TO THE STEERING COLUMN SNAPPED THIS DOES NOT ALLOW FOR SHIFTING TO ANY GEARS INCLUDING PARK. IN TURN, THE KEY CANNOT BE REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION AND PARKING BRAKE NEEDS USED TO PARK. *JB

• 12/17/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHEN STARTING ENGINE STARTS AND CAR JUST SPUTTERS ALONG. SOMETIMES CONSUMER CAN GO ONLY 20MPH, AND IF ON A HIGHWAY, IT MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *AK

• 12/16/2008· VISIBILITY,EQUIPMENT

  I OWN A 1997 CHEVROLET BLAZER. A FEW YEARS BACK THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING WHILE I WAS DRIVING IN A HEAVY RAINSTORM ON A HIGH TRAFFIC EXPRESSWAY. IT WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AS THERE WAS NO VISIBILITY DUE TO THE WIPERS STOPPING. I CONTACTED CHEVROLET AND REPAIRS WERE MADE AT A DEALERSHIP. ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2008, I WAS DRIVING IN A RAINSTORM AND ONCE AGAIN THE WIPERS FAILED. I CONTACTED CHEVROLET AND THEY GAVE ME A SERVICE REQUEST CLAIM NO. AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT AT THE SAME DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED. THEY TOLD ME THAT I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC FEE AND NO GUARANTEE THAT THEY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR CHARGES. I BELIEVE THIS IS A HAZARDOUS PROBLEM TO MYSELF, PASSENGERS, OTHER MOTORISTS, AND PEDESTRIANS. THIS IS THE 2ND INCIDENT. I CHECKED FOR RE-CALLS ON THIS AND THERE ARE NONE. *TR

• 12/16/1999· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SHUTS DOWN CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKE AND STEERING CONTROL, ALMOST RESULTING IN ACCIDENT. MJS

• 12/16/1999· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL WHILE THE DRIVER WAS TRYING TO STOP DUE TO BROKEN THROTTLE BODY. YH

• 12/16/1998· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  FRONT BRAKE PADS WORN OUT PREMATURELY.

• 12/15/1998· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN UP TO 35MPH WITHOUT PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL. CONSUMER STATES THIS HAPPENS THREE TO FOUR TIMES A DAY. TO STOP ACCELERATION DRIVER HAS TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN NUTURAL WHILE MOVING AND SHUT ENIGINE DOWN. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

• 12/14/2004· VISIBILITY

  I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON MY 1997 CHEVROLET BLAZER. I CALLED THE GM HOTLINE AND QUESTIONED INFORMATION ABOUT ANY RECALLS. I DID THIS DUE TO MY PROBLEM AND A RECENT CONVERSATION WITH A NEIGHBOR WHO HAS THE SAME VEHICLE AND HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. HOWEVER, SHE RECEIVED A LETTER TO TAKE HER VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIR. WHEN I CONTACTED CHEVROLET ABOUT THIS OVERSIGHT THEY INDICATED THAT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT ELIGIBLE SINCE THE VEHICLE DID NOT MEET REQUIREMENTS. IT WAS OVER THE 70,000 MILES. HOWEVER, IF I HAD RECEIVED THIS LETTER WHEN THEY INDICATE THEY INITIALLY SENT THEM OUT (MAY 2003) MY VEHICLE WOULD HAVE INDEED QUALIIFED FOR SERVICE REPAIR. NOW I AM STUCK WITH THE CHARGES TO HAVE THIS REPAIR COMPLETED ON MY VEHICLE. IS THERE ANY WAY THAT GM CAN BE HELD RESPONSIBLE? THIS IS THE SAME ADDRESS THAT I HAD WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW AND I JUST RECIEVED A NOTICE ABOUT A SEAT BELT RECALL. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THEY ARE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM NOR THE FACT THAT DUE TO THEIR NEGLECT TO MAIL THIS LETTER, I HAVE TO PAY MYSELF FOR A DEFECTIVE PART. THE WIPERS HAVE BEEN WORKING INTERMITTANTLY ALMOST SINCE I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE. FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS OR SO NOW IT SEEMS THAT THEY WORK ON OCCASION. I CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE THEM FIXED, I JUST HOPE THAT IT DOESN'T RAIN OR THEY WORK WHEN IT DOES. *AK

• 12/14/2001· SUSPENSION

  UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS ARE WORN OUT, CAUSING SQUEAKING IN VEHICLE. ALSO, THERE WAS A RECALL ON BALL JOINTS; BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED VEHICLE WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE.*AK

• 12/14/2001· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START TWICE AND BATTERY WAS REPLACED. THE SERVICE PERSON SUGGESTED THE BELT TENSIONER AND SERPENTINE BELT TO BE REPLACED. *YD

• 12/12/2000· VISIBILITY

  THE LATCH FOR THE REAR WINDSHIELD IS FASTENED ONLY TO THE RUBBER GASKET AROUD THE WINDOW, NEVER TO THE GLASS AS THERE IS NO RESIDUE AS IF IT EVER HAD BEEN. FINALLY THE RUBBER BROKE AND THE HATCH FLEW OPEN. THE HATCH WILL NO LONGER STAY CLOSED ON ITS OWN. I HAVE SEEN OTHER BLAZERS WITH THE SAME "DEFECT". I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY SEVERAL BODYSHOPS THAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN BONDED AT THE FACTORY AND THEY CANNOT FIX THIS.*AK

• 12/11/2002· SUSPENSION

  CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE'S STEERING BECAME LOOSE AND "WOBBLY". ALSO NOTICED THAT VEHICLE WAS HAVING EXCESSIVE ALIGNMENT PROBLEMS. DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE UPPER AND LOWER FRONT BALL JOINTS WERE CORRODED CAUSING PROBLEMS. MR

• 12/10/2003· SEAT BELTS

  DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELTS DO NOT LATCH. CONSUMER TOOK CARE OF THIS ISSUE PREVIOUSLY, BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED.*AK *PH

• 12/10/2002· FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER

  WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING THERE WAS FUEL SMELL COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE DASHBOARD. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PROBLEM DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS

• 12/10/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  THIS VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP IN A PARKING LOT. THE ABS SYSTEM ACTIVATED, BUT BRAKES FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE IN A REASONABLE DISTANCE AND TIME. THIS TRUCK IS SCARY TO DRIVE IN THE SNOW. IT DOES NOT WANT TO STOP. HAS THERE BEEN ANY RECALL FOR THE ABS SYSTEM ON 1997 BLAZERS? *AK

• 12/10/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  THIS SUV DOES NOT STOP THE WAY IT SHOULD. THE ABS IS OVER SENSITIVE. IT ACTIVATES WAY TOO SOON, MAKING THIS VEHICLE HAVE A VERY LONG STOPPING DISTANCE. IN SNOW THIS VERY UN-NERVING, EVEN AT VERY LOW SPEED. HAS THERE BEEN ANY OTHER CONCERNS OR COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS VEHICLES' ABS OR LONG STOPPING HABITS?*AK

• 12/10/2000· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  RAN OUT OF GAS. FUEL GAUGE SHOWED HALF FULL. TOWED TO DEALER, REPLACED TANK SENSOR, COSTED $500. I'M NOT TO HAPPY WITH GM.

• 12/10/1999· AIR BAGS,SEAT BELTSCrash

  VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON CRASH, TRAVELING AT 20-25, THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF THE FRONTAL AIR BAGS. THE SEAT BELTS DID NOT RESTRAIN THE DRIVER OR PASSEGNER , CAUSING BOTH OCCUPANTS TO HIT THE WINDSHIELD. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURHTER INFORMATION. *AK

• 12/09/2002· AIR BAGSCrash

  MY SON HIT A FENCE AND THEN A LIGHT POLE, FRONT END BENT IN, AXLE BROKE, FRAME BENT, HE HIT THE STEERING WHEEL AND AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. SEAT BELT DID NOT CATCH EITHER. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT TO DO. DT

• 12/09/2002· VISIBILITY

  THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR HAS QUIT FUNCTIONING ON 4 DIFFERENT OCCASSIONS DURING THE PAST YEAR, AND EVERYTIME, NATURALLY, IT HAS BEEN RAINING OR SNOWING. I HAVE TALKED TO OTHER 96 AND 97 BLAZER OWNERS AND ABOUT HALF HAVE HAD THEIR WIPER MOTORS REPLACED INDICATING TO ME A BASIC DESIGN FLAW. THE DEALER SAID IT WAS THE FIRST CASE HE'S HEARD OF A TAP ON THE MOTOR CASE BRINGS THE DEAD MOTOR BACK TO LIFE. DT

• 12/09/1998· FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER

  GAS FUMES ENTERING VEHICLE CAUSING HEADACHES AND DIZZINESS.

• 12/08/2005· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  BACK IN 8/04 TOOK CAR TO DEALER BECAUSE BLAZER WOULDN'T START ALL THE TIME,NO IDIOT LIGHTS,JUST CRANK. DEALER INSTALLED STARTER RELAY SWITCH AND ADVISE TO GET NEW KEY, NOT REAL FIX,MAYBE IGNITION SWITCH NEEDS TO BE REPLACE, MAYBE KEY WILL HELP. PROBLEMS CONTINUES IMMEDIATELY, TRY NEW KEY, PROBLEMS THE SAME BUT IN 11/05 IT IS HAPPENING MORE FREQUENT THEN ON 12/02/05 WON'T START AT ALL. TOW TO DEALER, TELLS ME I NEED NEW IGNITION SWITCH,TELL OK DO IT. NEXT DAY I GO TO PICK UP AND CAR NOT READY,DIFFERENT PROBLEM, WE FOUND WIRING HARNESS MELTED. WIRING HARNESS IS FOR WIPERS AND IGNITION. BACK IN 02/04 HAD WIPER BOARD REPLACE BECAUSE OF SHORT. BOARD WAS REPLACED BECAUSE I GOT A LETTER FROM GENERAL MOTORS STATING BAD WIPER BOARD,SAFETY ISSUE,REPLACE FOR FREE. SO DEALER HAS CHARGED ME FOR A STARTER RELAY AND WIRING HARNESS WHEN I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN WIPER BOARD ISSUE THAT GM ADMITS TO. DEALER HAS CHARGED OVER $600.00 AND I DON'T KNOW IF CAR WILL BURN IN FUTURE. *NM

• 12/07/2009· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  PURCHASED THIS PREVIOUSLY ENJOYED VEHICLE FROM DEALER JUNE 2009, FIRST SNOW FALL FOUND THAT THE ABS SYSTEM LOCKS UP WHEN GOING OVER ANY SLIPPERY SERVICE. PEDAL IS HARD TO COMPRESS DURING INCIDENT AND RESISTS PRESSURE, AND MAKES GROWLING SOUND. OUTSIDE OBSERVER NOTES THAT FRONT WHEEL ACTUALLY LOCKS UP AND SOON NOT TURN DURING OCCURRENCE. WILL BE SERVICED BY DEALER ON FOLLOWING FRIDAY, SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT WAS PURCHASED WHEN CAR WAS PURCHASED. WILL RETURN WITH MORE INFORMATION AFTER. AND WILL ALSO REPORT IF DEALER HONORS WARRANTY IN THIS SITUATION. COULD CAUSE ACCIDENT AND SLIDING IF NOT SKILLED IN HANDLING VEHICLE AND EVEN IF YOU ARE. *TR

• 12/07/2004· LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

  ONE AFTERNOON WE RETURNED TO THE VEHICLE AFTER DOING SOME SHOPPING TO FIND BOTH DOORS COMPLETELY AJAR. WE KNEW THAT WE HAD CLOSED THEM BEFORE LEAVING SO WE THOUGHT IT WAS VERY STRANGE. WE GOT IN THE CAR AND ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE THE DOORS AND THEY KEPT SWINGING OPEN. NEITHER DOOR WOULD CLOSE. WE HAD TO DRIVE HOME HOLDING THE DOORS CLOSED. ONCE HOME WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE DOORS TO SEE WHAT MIGHT BE CAUSING IT. THE DRIVER DOOR TURNED OUT TO BE FIXABLE, FOR THE TIME BEING, THE THING THAT LATCHES THE DOOR WAS STUCK IN THE CLOSED POSITION SO WE JUST OPENED IT AND IT WAS FINE. THE PASSENGER DOOR, WE COULDN'T FIGURE OUT AT ALL. ABOUT A WEEK LATER THE DRIVER DOOR STOPPED CLOSING ALL TOGETHER AS WELL. WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET THE DOORS FIXED BECAUSE WE ARE NOT SURE WHAT HAS HAPPENED AND WE CAN'T AFFORD TO JUST TAKE IT IN AND HAVE IT DONE BY THE DEALERSHIP.*AK

• 12/07/2000· SEAT BELTSCrash

  RECALL 97V096001; WHILE DRIVING DEFECTIVE SEATBELT DID NOT LOCK UP IN A ROLLOVER CRASH IN WHICH DRIVER DIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

• 12/06/2005· TIRES

  DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING THE SPARE TIRE CABLE BROKE AND THE SPARE TIRE CAME LOOSE. THE TIRE WAS ATTACHED UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE CABLE HE NOTICED THAT IT CORRODED, AND COULD NOT HOLD THE WEIGHT OF THE TIRE. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. *AK

• 12/05/2005· VISIBILITY

  DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD WORK INTERMITTENTLY, THEY WOULD OPERATE ON HIGH WHEN THE INDICATOR SAID LOW, AND THEY WOULD NOT TURN OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY REPLACED THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR. THERE HAVE BEEN NO MORE INCIDENCES SINCE THE REPAIR. *AK

• 12/05/2000· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,VISIBILITY

  ENGINE COOLANT HAD TO BE REPLACED. MANUFACTURER PUT IN RED COOLANT THAT TURNED TO A THICK MUD. ALSO, WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK

• 12/03/1998· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, DRIVER EASED OFF THE ACCELERATOR, ABOUT 2 SECONDS LATER, THE VEHICLE WENT FULL THROTTLE AND CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE PASS 100 MPH. THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS NOT BEING USED. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO SHUT OF THE IGNITION AND COAST VEHICLE TO A STOP SAFELY. THERE WAS NO CRASH OR INJURIES. THE BLAZER WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

• 12/02/2003· POWER TRAIN

  WHILE DRIVING THERE WAS A BUZZING NOISE. CONSUMER TURNED AROUND AND PARKED VEHICLE. VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO FIRST GEAR OR THIRD GEAR. *AK

• 12/02/2002· FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER

  CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE FUEL TANK CRACK CAUSING FLUID TO LEAK OUT. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

• 12/02/2001· POWER TRAIN

  WOULD LIKE CURRENT RECALL LIST FOR THIS YEAR BLAZER TO TAKE TO LOCAL DEALER TO FIX. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

• 12/01/2000· UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK