1996 CHEVROLET BLAZER Complaints

WHEN VEHICLE IS DRIVEN AT NIGHT WITH HEADLIGHTS ON HIGH BEAMS DO NOT SUFFICENTLY BRIGHTEN THE ROAD. LOW BEAMS ARE BRIGHTER. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

DIP STICK IS EXTREMELY RUSTY. CONSUMER FEELS RUST THAT BUILD UP COULD BE A RESULT OF DIRT FALLING INTO THE OIL PAN. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

BRAKE LIGHTS ARE NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY DUE A MALFUNCTION WITHIN BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH. DEALER REPLACED BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH TWICE IN A TWO MONTH PERIOD WHICH DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBELM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

THIS IS MY SECOND REPORT FOR THE SAME PROBLEM IN THE SAME VEHICLE. THE FIRST OCCURRENCE WAS IN MAY, 2001. (SEE ODI ID 561620) THE MOST RECENT OCCURRENCE WAS 1/25/02. IN THIS CASE, I WAS DRIVING 30 MPH AND ACCELERATED SLIGHTLY TO CHANGE LANES. AS SOON AS I PRESSED THE ACCELERATED, IT DEPRESSED TO THE FLOOR OF THE VEHICLE, CAUSING A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN SPEED. I PRESSED THE BRAKE, BUT IT WAS ROCK-HARD AND DID NOT DEPRESS ONE BIT. REMEMBERING THE PREVIOUS OCCURRENCE, I SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND COASTED TO A STOP. ONLY AFTER I REACHED A COMPLETE STOP DID THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESS FOR ME. I RESTARTED THE ENGINE AND IT RAN SMOOTHLY, SO I DROVE TO THE NEAREST PARKING LOT AND INSPECTED THE CCRUISE AND ACCELERATOR CABLES. THEY WERE CLEAN AND IN NO WAY KINKED OR APPEARED TO HAVE STUCK FOR ANY OTHER REASON. THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED, I DROVE TO A LOCAL SERVICE SHOP, WHERE MY INTELLIGENCE WAS QUESTIONED AND THE WHOLE INCIDENT DISMISSED AS DRIVER ERROR. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP SHORTLY THEREAFTER, AND WAS TOLD THAT SINCE THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, THEY COULD NOT FIX IT. I FEAR THAT I AM STUCK WITH AN OTHERWISE NICE, LOW MILEAGE DEATHTRAP. IT IS THE PRIMARY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION FOR (PREGNANT) ME AND MY 4-YEAR-OLD. MUST ONE OR ALL OF US BE INJURED OR DIE FOR THIS TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY? IF I CHOOSE TO SELL IT, I CERTAINLY FEEL A MORAL OBLIGATION TO LET ANY POTENTIAL BUYERS KNOW WHAT HAS HAPPENED. PLEASE HELP ME! AND THIS TIME, PLEASE SEND THE SIGNATURE FORM (I DID NOT RECEIVE ONE LAST TIME) THAT ALLOWS YOU TO REPORT THIS TO THE DEALERSHIP AND MANUFACTURER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECAME INOPERABLE. THEY COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SEVERAL BRAKE PROBLEMS, CONSUMER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER ON 8 OCCASIONS TO HAVE BRAKES REPAIRED, HOWEVER CONSUMER WAS IN 2 SEPARATE ACCIDENTS DUE TO ABS FAILURE, ONE AT 35MPH AND THE OTHER AT 60MPH, THERE WERE NO INJURIES. *YH

AFTER RECENTLY BUYING THIS VEHICLE WE NOTICED THE AIR COMING FROM THE VENTS WAS NOT EXACTLY WARM. TOOK IT TO BE REPAIRED AND WAS TOLD IT WAS PROBABLY A THERMOSTAT PROBLEM SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS SO "NEW". UNFORTUNATELY, IT ENDED UP BEING THE HEATER CORE(WHICH FROM WHAT I AM HEARING IS EXTREMELY RARE FOR A VEHICLE OF THIS AGE).*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED DURING A HARD RAIN WHILE DRIVING. WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE RECALLED, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED.*AK

CONTAMINATED COOLANT FOUR TIMES IN LAST TWO YEARS, BELIEVE THAT COMBINATION OF BAD PRODUCT AND LOCATION OF RADIATOR LINES CAUSES THIS VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIRS. SEEM TO BE LIMITED TO 1996-1997 BLAZERS, JIMMYS, SONOMAS, S10S ETC. IT IS A JOKE ABOUT THEIR 100,000 MILE COOLANT, SHOULD BE A CLASS ACTION SUIT BECAUSE THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF OWNERS WITH THIS PROBLEM.

WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT VEHICLE WAS REARENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. SEAT BELT FAILED TO RESTRAIN DRIVER. DRIVER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES.*AK