2002 CHEVROLET BLAZER Complaints

CONSUMER STATES THE FUEL GUAGE IS ERRATIC AND HAS UNRELIABLE READINGS. THE VEHICLE IS RUNNING OUT OF GAS AND THE TANK NO LONGER FILLS UP TO ITS CORRECT GALLON. THE CHEVROLET MANUFACTURE IS AWARE AND LOOKING INTO THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*JB

DURING THE TEST DRIVE AND SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, I EXPERIENCED WHAT I CALL THE FAT FOOT SYNDROME. THAT IS TO SAY, MY FOOT ENGAGED BOTH THE ACCELERATOR AND BRAKE PEDAL AT THE SAME TIME. I WAS STOPPED AND WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO PROCEDE, MY FOOT ENGAGED BOTH PEDALS AT THE SAME TIME. THIS COULD BE CONFUSING TO DRIVERS BEHIND ME AND RESULT IN A COLLISION. IN ADDITION, THIS CONDITION COULD RESULT IN PREMATURE BRAKE LINING WEAR.*AK

VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY 684 IN NEW YORK AT 65 MPH IN THE LEFT LANE. I HAD NO POWER STEERING, NO ACCELLERATION AND NO POWER BRAKES WITH 3 CHILDREN IN THE CAR.*AK

WHEN VEHICLE IS STARTED E ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WILL FLASH ,AND VEHICLE WILL VIBRATE SEVERELY. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES; HOWEVER PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

NOTICED NOISE; HAVE TAKEN TO DEALERS 8 TIMES AND THEY CAN NOT FINE THE CAUSE OF NOISE; NOW GM REPRESENTIVE ANTHONY TETA SAYS IT IS INHERIT DESIGN PROBLEM; ROX COVERT TOLD ME HE WOULD FIX IT, REPLACE IT OR GIVE ME MY MONEY BACK - PICKUP IT UP 5/20 AND BECAUSE IT DIDN'T MAKE THE SOUND RETURNED TO ME. I DO NOT WANT TO PUT UP WITH THIS NOISE, I'M TIRED OF THE RUN AROUND, AND VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH MY FIRST NEW VEHICLE PURCHASE THAT COVERT, CHEVROLET OR GMC WILL NOT TRY TO RIGHT THIS PROBLEMED VEHICLE. PLEASE HELP ME IF YOU CAN.*AK

ORIGINAL CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR REPLACED-- WAS SEEPING OIL AND SATURATING WIRING, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL. REPLACEMENT SENSOR IS NOW MALFUNCTIONING IN THE SAME MANNER. DEALER IS REPLACING AGAIN. *AK

POWER MIRRORS HAVE EXPERIENCED REPEAT FAILURES WHERE THEY WOULD MOVE THEMSELVES. DEALER DETERMINED MIRROR ACTUATORS WERE FLAWED IN DESIGNED. NEW DESIGN ACTUATORS INSTALLED. PROBLEM STILL RECURRS, THOUGH LESS OFTEN.

EVER SINCE I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT TROUBLE WITH IT. SINCE I HAVE BOUGHT IT IN JULY IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR APPROX. 10 TIMES. THE FIRST DAY I BROUGHT IT HOME IT WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE. NEEDLESS TO SAY IT ALREADY HAS A NEW TRANSMISSION. I HAVE ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE REAR MIDDLE SEAT BELT LOCKING UP AND MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO WEAR. I HAVE BROUGT THIS PROBLEM UP TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY HAVE EVEN REPLACED ALL OF THE SEAT BELTS, BUT IT STILL PERSISTS. I HAVE NOW BEEN TOLD THAT IT IS BECAUSE OF INFANT SEATS, HOWEVER HOW CAN THIS VEHICLE BE SUITED FOR FIVE PASSENGERS WHEN IN REALITY IT CAN ONLY HOLD FOUR. ANOTHER PROBLEM I HAVE HAD WITH THIS VEHICLE IS THE HEATER BLOWER FAILED TO WORK. I BROUGHT MY VEHICLE BACK TO THE SHOP AND THEY REPLACED IT. I HAVE ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE 4WD SYSTEM SWITCHING BETWEEN 2HI. THE DEALER HAS INSTALLED A NEW SWITCH AS WELL, SO THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN SOLVED. ONE OF MY NEWEST CONCERNS IS RANDOMLY WHEN I START THE VEHICLE IN THE MORNING THE ENGINE REVS UP REALLY LOUD. THE LOUD NOISE GETS EVEN LOUDER WHEN YOU ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE. WHEN BRINGING IN THIS PROBLEM TO THE SHOP THEY SAID THAT IT IS THE FAN CLUTCH AND THAT IT IS NORMAL. I FIND THIS HARD TO BELIEVE. PEOPLE THAT HEAR THE NOISE ARE IN DISBELIEF THAT A NEW VEHICLE CAN MAKE SUCH A NOISE. I ALSO AM HAVING A CONCERN WITH SQUEAKY BREAKS IN THE FRONT END. THE SHOP STATES THAT SEMIMETALLIC BRAKES WILL MAKE SOME NOISE AT TIMES. IN ALL OF THE CARS I HAVE OWNED I WOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT THAT A 2002 WOULD HAVE SQUEAKY BRAKES AND THAT IT WOULD BE NORMAL AND UNABLE TO FIX. I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS VEHICLE AND I QUESTION HOW RELIABLE AND SAFE WE ARE DRIVING IT. GM WILL NOT HELP ME IN REPLACING THIS VEHICLE SO I GUESS MY NEXT STEP IS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. *AK

TIE ROD - WHILE DRIVING ON I95 IN VIRGINA YESTERDAY I PULLED INTO A REST STOP. WHILE SLOWING DOWN I HEARD A VERY LOUD GRINDING SOUND. AS I STOPPED THE CAR I HAD NO CONTROL OVER THE STERING. I EXITED THE CAR, LOOKED UNDERNEATH THE FRONT END TO FIND THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE TIE ROD HAD COME LOOSE.ONCE AGAIN AS WITH MY FAILED ENGINE IN THIS CAR I WAS LUCKY THAT THIS HAPPENED WHILE I WAS SLOWING DOWN. IF IT HAPPENED 30 SECONDS BEFORE WHEN I WAS TRAVELING AT 70 MILES AN HOUR OR 30 SECONDS AFTER I LEFT THE REST AREA I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN A SERIOUS, POSSIBLY DEADLY CAR ACCIDENT. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE NEARBY CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR. THE MECHANIC THAT INSPECTED AND FIXED THE CAR AND THE SERVICE WRITER BOTH TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN A TIE ROD COME LOOSE. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW IT HAPPENDED TO THIS CAR. RE: WINDOW ONE DAY AFTER RECEIVING THIS CAR BACK FROM THE DEALER WHEN THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED I WAS SITTING AT A RED LIGHT AND THE PASSANGER SIDE REAR WINDOW CLOSED BY ITSELF. I WAS NOT ABLE TO OPEN IT AGAIN THAT DAY HOWEVER I WAS ABLE TO OPEN AND CLOSE IT THE NEXT DAY AND THIS HAS NOT HAPPENED AGAIN. HOWEVER, WHAT CAUSED THIS? AND WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF A CHILD WAS LEANING OUT THE WINDOW AND THE WINDOW CLOSED ON IT'S OWN AND WOULD NOT RE-OPEN?*AK

WHILE DRIVING MY TRAILBLAZER THE ENGINE FAILED AS I WAS STOPING FOR A RED LIGHT. LUCKILY THERE WERE NO CARS NEAR ME AND I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY BRING THE CAR TO A STOP AND FORCE IT TO THE CURB. AFTER ABOUT 15 MINUTES I WAS ABLE TO RE-START THE ENGINE AND I DROVE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY INSPECTED THE CAR, CALLED CHEVROLET WITH THEIR DIAGNOSIS AND WERE IMMEADIATELY INFORMED BY CHEVROLET TO THE AMAZMENT OF THE SERIVCE MANAGER AT THE DEALERSHIP THAT A NEW ENGINE WAS NEEDED. IT SEEMS THEY KNEW THAT A NEW ENGINE WAS NEEDED SO QUICKLY AS THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM. A SEARCH ON YOUR WEB SITE AND THE TRAILBLAZER FORUM AT EDMUNDS.COM SHOWS THAT THIS IS A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM. IT IS APPARENT THAT GM HAS KNOWINGLY PLACED "DEFECTIVE" ENGINES IN THE 2002 TRAILBLAZER. WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENDED IF MY ENGINE FAILED ON THE HIGHWAY GOING 70 MILES AN HOUR? THE NHTSA MUST ADDRESS THIS SITUATION BEFORE PEOPLE DIE FROM THIS. THIS HAS ALL THE MAKINGS OF ANOTHER FORD PINTO FIASCO.*AK