1996 CHEVROLET BLAZER Complaints

ENOUGH OIL IS NOT BEING SUPPLIED TO ENGINE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED, PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *MR

NHTSA# 01 I 018 000 & 01 V 200 000/BALL JOINT SEPARATION: CONSUMER STATES THAT THE LEFT FRONT UPPER BALL JOINT SEPARATED AND CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING. DEALER CONTACTED AND INFORMD THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT COVER UNDER THE VIN#. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *MR

BOUGHT USED VEHICLE THOUGHT IT NEEDED A TUNE UP. LEAKING INJECTORS CAUSES SHAKE WANT TO KNOW IF THIS IS A REOCCURING PROBLEM. MR

CONSUMER STATES BALL JOINTS ARE CONSTANTLY FAILING. CONSUMER HAS HAD TO REPLACE THEM TWICE. A RECALL WAS INITIATED, BUT CONSUMER'S VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. RELATED RECALLS 01V200000 AND 01I018000. *AK RIGHT FRONT WHEEL FELL OFF AS A RESULT OF THE FAULTY BALL JOINTS. THERE WAS SQUEAKING NOISE ON TURNS DUE TO IDLER ARM FAILURE. FRONT PADS WORN OUT AND ROTORS FAILED, BOTH WERE REPLACED. *YH

WHILE DRIVING AT NORMAL SPEED TWO FRONT WHEELS SUDDENLY WENT TO RIGHT, AND CONSUMER HIT A STONE WALL. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE APPLYING BRAKES AT LOW SPEED, INTERMITTENTLY BRAKE PRESSURE CAUSED PEDAL TO HARDEN. MORE PRESSURE NEEDED TO BE APPLIED ON BRAKE PEDAL TO GET VEHICLE TO STOP. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AKI

AT 30 MPH ACCELERATOR PEDAL GOT STUCK, CONSUMER APPLIED MORE PRESSURE AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THEN, GOT STUCK IN THAT POSITION. CONSUMER HAD TO APPLY BRAKES HARD, SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL, AND SHUT OFF ENGINE. DEALER STATED THE ENGINE WAS DAMAGED, AND HAD TO BE REPLACED.*AK

I TRIED TO GET MY EXTENDED WARRANTY TO FIX THE ISSUE, BUT REFUSED TO COVER IT. I TOLD THEM THAT IT WAS A SAFETY ISSUE, THEY DISAGREED. I DID NOT KNOW THAT THE NHTSA EXISTED, OTHER WISE YOU WOULD OF HEARD FROM ME A LONG TIME AGO. I READ AN ARTICLE IN THE PAPER WHICH STATED PROBLEMS WITH RECALLS AND THE VEHICLES INVOLVED AND THATS WHEN I SAW THAT MY CAR WASN'T THE ONLY CHEVROLET VEHICLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO SEE IF IT HAD ANYMORE RECALLS TO IT AND THEY TOLD ME NO. MY BLAZER HAS HAD PRIOR RECALL FOR A HARNEST OF SOME SORT!!!! THIS IS A BIG SAFETY ISSUE TO ME. EVERYTIME IT RAINS I HAVE TO PULL OVER TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY. WIPERS DON'T SEEM TO WORK AT ALL NOW, AND NEITHER DOES THE WATERPUMP THAT SQUIRTS THE WATER TO CLEAN THE WINDSHILD. THIS HAPPEND AFTER APPROX. 90 DAYS AFTER I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. *AK

IN JAN 99, THERMOSTAT APPEARED TO FAIL AND WHEN I OPENED THE RADIATOR CAP, NOTICED WHAT LOOKED LIKE MUD/GRIT IN CAP. TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE CHEVROLET DEALER, THEY SAID THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT IT WAS. ENDED UP REPLACING INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET, PULLING AND REPAIRING/CLEANING RADIATOR AND REPLACING THERMOSTAT. IN JULY 2002, TRUCK OVERHEATED AGAIN. TOOK IT TO FIRESTONE WHERE THEY RECOMMENDED $1200 IN REPAIRS TO FLUSH OUT "COAGULATED" COOLANT (DEXCOOL). ENDED UP REPLACING RADIATOR, RADIATOR CAP, AND THERMOSTAT (AGAIN) AND FLUSHING ENTIRE COOLANT SYSTEM. FIRESTONE PERSONNEL SAID THIS WAS A RECURRING PROBLEM ON THE BLAZERS WITH THE DEXCOOL BREAKING DOWN AND TURNING INTO A BROWN, MUDDY, GUMMY SUBSTANCE. ACCODING TO FIRESTONE, GM HAS SEVERAL TECH BULLETINS OUT ON THIS, BUT THEY REFUSE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THIS DEXCOOL BROKE DOWN AFTER ONLY 30,000 MILES. WHY HAS NOTHING BEEN DONE ABOUT THIS? GM IS KNOWINGLY SELLING A DEFICIENT PRODUCT AND THEY REFUSE TO STAND BEHIND IT. PLEASE, CAN SOMEONE OUT THERE HELP US!?!?!?!*AK

WHILE DRIVING IN RAIN WINDSHIELD WHPERS STOPPED WORKING, UNABLE TO SEE, ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT.DEALER CONTACTED.*AK