1997 CHEVROLET BLAZER Complaints

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

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

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

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

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

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

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO MECHANIC. MECHANIC STATES THAT THE ELECTRICAL IGNITION SWITCH MELTED THE WIRING. WHICH RESULTED IN VEHICLE NOT STARTING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO START CAR SMELLED GAS VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. TOOK TO A MECHANIC AND THEY REPLACED FUEL PUMP AND THEN FOUND GAS IN COMPUTER. MECHANIC STATED FUEL INJECTORS FAILED AND FLOODED THE COMPUTER, WHICH STOPPED VEHICLE FROM STARTING. TS

CONSUMER STATES WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. MR THE DEALER REPAIRED THE DEFECT, INDICATING THE FAILURE OF THE ELECTRICAL BOARD WOULD CONTINUE TO CAUSE UNPREDICTABLE INOPERABLE WIPERS. *JG

CONSUMER STATE WHILE USING WINDSHIELD WIPER WITHOUT ANY INDICATION WIPER WOULD STOP WORK. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. MR