2001 CHEVROLET BLAZER Complaints

40,300 MILES ON 2001 BLAZER, TRANSMISSION SEALS FAILED. HAD TO REBUILD TRANSMISSION. GM OFFERED TO PAY PARTS ONLY, LEFT US WITH $1250 LABOR REPAIR BILL. PURCHASED VEHICLE AS DEALER DEMO, 7500 MILES WHEN WE BOUGHT, BUT WE HOLD FIRST TITLE

UNIROYAL TIRES HAVE SEPARATION BETWEEN THE TREADS. THE AREA BETWEEN THE TREADS LOOKS LIKE IT IS DRY-ROTTED. *JB

HUB AND BEARING ASSEMBLY, ONLY TO FIND THAT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM, THIS CAR HAS LITTLE LESS THAN 40,000 MILES ON IT, PAYING UP THE YANG YANG JUST BUYING IT, AND ALREADY HAVING A PROBLEM WITH IT, PLEASE NOTE, THAT MUCH OF THIS IS LONG DISTANCE DRIVING, IS IT CHEAP ASSEMBLY PARTS, OR JUST BAD WORKMANSHIP? SAID WEAR AND TEAR, IF IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM, MUST NOT BE WEAR AND TEAR, MUST HAVE A CHEAP PART. *NLM

I HAVE REVIEWED OTHER OWNERS COMPLAINTS REGARDING THEIR FRONT SUSPENSION, FUEL PUMP WITH RANDOM SHUT OFFS. MY VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME AND SIMILAR PROBLEMS. AS OF TODAY MY VEHICLE IS IN THE SHOP;I WAS DOING 35-40 MPH WHEN VEHICLE JUST UN EXPECTEDLY SHUT OFF. I WAS STRANDED ON A MAJOR ROAD WHICH CAUSE A SIGNIFICANT TRAFFIC DELAY. I HAVE AN OIL LEAK FROM THE HOSE LEADING TO MY OIL FILTER AND THE VEHICLE PULL TO THE RIGHT SHARPLY IF I RELEASE THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE MAKES A POPPING SOUND WHEN TURNING. THESE PROBLEMS ARE HARD TO FIND JUST AN ISOLATED INCIDENT WHEN SO MANY CONSUMERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. *NLM

LOAD NOISE COMING FROM REAR TAILGATE. SEAT BELT IN DRIVERS DOOR MAKING NOISE. *JB

THE STEERING WHEEL WAS SENSITIVE TO THE TOUCH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES TO NO AVAIL. MR *PH *JB

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION GOING UP TO A SPEED OF 80 MPH. THIS WAS AN ONGOING PROBLEM BECAUSE EACH TIME THE VEHICLE WAS FIXED THE PROBLEM WOULD OCCUR AGAIN. (RE: ODI#10013779) *MR *SCC *NLM

THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE DID NOT ENGAGE PROPERLY. THE SWITCH WAS DISCONNECTED BY THE DEALER AND THE PART WOULD BE REPLACED, ONCE IT ARRIVED. *JB

BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR WHILE STOPPING, MY WIFE WAS ALMOST HIT BY A BUS. THE DEALER HAS BEEN TRYING TO IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM, AN HAS THUS FAR REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER. THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS INTERMITTENTLY, AND CAUSING THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE PUMP TO CYCLE (LOCKING THE BRAKES) ALLEVIATES THE LOW OR FADING PEDAL FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THIS PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE RELATED TO THE ABS PUMP AND/OR THE COMPUTER CONTROLLING IT. I AM VERY EXPERIENCED IN DIAGNOSTICS AND REBUILDING AUTOMOBILES, AND HAVE SEEN THIS OCCUR ON OTHER MAKES AND MODELS (USUALLY A FAILURE OF THE ABS PUMP). MY CAR WILL BE BACK AT THE DEALER AGAIN ON TUESDAY APRIL 14TH FOR THIS ON GOING FAILURE OF THIS POORLY DESIGNED ABS. MAYBE MY GOVERNMENT WILL DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS WHEN THE BRAKES ON THIS VEHICLE KILL SOME INNOCENT CITIZEN OR GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE DRIVING ONE OF THESE CARS. *JB

WHEN UTILIZING THE BRAKES, NORMALLY OR IN AN EMERGENCY, THE MECHANISM LOCK CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO CONTINUE TO MOVE. THE BRAKES REGULARLY CLICK WHEN STEPPED ON. A 'MANAGER' AT THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AT CHEVROLET NA STATED THERE IS NO PROBLEM WITH THE WAY THE VEHICLE STOPS. WHEN I INSISTED, HE STATED NEXT TIME PERHAPS I 'SHOULD BUY A TOYOTA". I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE EXCEPT FOR VERY SHORT TRIPS AND NOT ON ANY MAIN STREET OR HIGHWAY. THIS HAPPENS REPEATEDLY. THE LATEST DATE IS REFLECTED BELOW. *JB