1997 CHEVROLET BLAZER Complaints

AFTER ONLY 70,000 MILES I HAD TO GET A NEW ENGINE. IT ALSO NEVER WANTED TO START WHEN IT WAS COLD AND WET OUT. THEN JUST YESTERDAY I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN SMOKE STARTED TO COME IN THROUGH THE HEAT VENTS. THE ELECTRIC WIRES CAUGHT FIRE UNDER THE HOOD ON PASSENGER SIDE OF CAR NEAR FIREWALL. WENT UP IN A MATTER OF SECONDS. DESTROYED THE CAR.

PURCHASED THIS PREVIOUSLY ENJOYED VEHICLE FROM DEALER JUNE 2009, FIRST SNOW FALL FOUND THAT THE ABS SYSTEM LOCKS UP WHEN GOING OVER ANY SLIPPERY SERVICE. PEDAL IS HARD TO COMPRESS DURING INCIDENT AND RESISTS PRESSURE, AND MAKES GROWLING SOUND. OUTSIDE OBSERVER NOTES THAT FRONT WHEEL ACTUALLY LOCKS UP AND SOON NOT TURN DURING OCCURRENCE. WILL BE SERVICED BY DEALER ON FOLLOWING FRIDAY, SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT WAS PURCHASED WHEN CAR WAS PURCHASED. WILL RETURN WITH MORE INFORMATION AFTER. AND WILL ALSO REPORT IF DEALER HONORS WARRANTY IN THIS SITUATION. COULD CAUSE ACCIDENT AND SLIDING IF NOT SKILLED IN HANDLING VEHICLE AND EVEN IF YOU ARE. *TR

POWER ACCESSORY CIRCUIT BREAKER BECOMES HOT, AND THEN POWER SEATS, DOOR LOCKS, MIRRORS AND KEYLESS ENTRY DO NOT WORK. THIS EXISTED WHEN I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN APRIL 2008. I TRIED REPLACING THE CIRCUIT BREAKER. ALSO, THE POWER MIRROR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WAS DAMAGED AND WAS REMOVED, SO THIS MAY NOT BE THE SAME ISSUE AS THE RECALL ON THE MIRRORS = TO INSTALL FUSED JUMPER HARNESS.) *TR

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS DON'T WORK ALL THE TIME. THE LAST 10 TIMES THAT I TRIED TO TURN THEM ON, THEY DIDN'T 5 OF THOSE TIMES. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING ON AND OFF FOR THE PAST MONTH. LAST NIGHT I HAD TO PULL INTO THE BREAKDOWN LANE ON THE HIGHWAY ACROSS 3 LANES IN A DOWNPOUR, BECAUSE THE WIPERS JUST STOPPED OPERATING. I WAS ALMOST HIT BECAUSE I COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 CHEVROLET BLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY STEERING ACCOMPANIED BY AN ABNORMAL DRIFT IN THE VEHICLE. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 01I018000 (SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT). THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO PAY $644.49 FOR THE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 120,291.

I HAVE OCCURYING MULTIPLE ISSUES WITH MY 1997 CHEVY BLAZER WHICH INCLUDE THE BACK SEAT SEAT BELTS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY,SUSPENSION CONTROL ARM AND BUSHINGS, CORROSION OF INTAKE GASKETS DUE TO DEXCOOL REQUIRED COOLANT. *TR

I OWN A 1997 CHEVROLET BLAZER. A FEW YEARS BACK THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING WHILE I WAS DRIVING IN A HEAVY RAINSTORM ON A HIGH TRAFFIC EXPRESSWAY. IT WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AS THERE WAS NO VISIBILITY DUE TO THE WIPERS STOPPING. I CONTACTED CHEVROLET AND REPAIRS WERE MADE AT A DEALERSHIP. ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2008, I WAS DRIVING IN A RAINSTORM AND ONCE AGAIN THE WIPERS FAILED. I CONTACTED CHEVROLET AND THEY GAVE ME A SERVICE REQUEST CLAIM NO. AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT AT THE SAME DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED. THEY TOLD ME THAT I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC FEE AND NO GUARANTEE THAT THEY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR CHARGES. I BELIEVE THIS IS A HAZARDOUS PROBLEM TO MYSELF, PASSENGERS, OTHER MOTORISTS, AND PEDESTRIANS. THIS IS THE 2ND INCIDENT. I CHECKED FOR RE-CALLS ON THIS AND THERE ARE NONE. *TR

THIS 1997 BLAZER HAS SOME KIND OF ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WHEN IT WARMS UP IT LOOSES POWER AND SPUDDERS. WILL NOT EXCEED 35 MILES PER HOUR AND THEN WONT RUN AT ALL. WE HAVE CHANGED O2 SENSORS MASS AIRFLOW SENSOR CATALYTIC CONVERTER. ITS WORST WHEN IN GEAR. *TR

ENGINE SHUTS DOWN INTERMITTENTLY FOR A FEW SECONDS WITHOUT WARNING. THIS HAPPENED FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AT ALL SPEEDS, ANY ROAD CONDITIONS. THE ENGINE SERVICE LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON WHEN IT HAPPENS, MAKING THE CAUSE DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY. THIS IS VERY SCARY AND/OR DANGEROUS WHEN ACCELERATING ONTO A FREEWAY, CROSSING AN INTERSECTION OR A SET OF R TRACKS. ALMOST HAD ACCIDENTS SEVERAL TIMES. THE CAUSE WAS NOT IDENTIFIABLE UNTIL OTHER SYMPTOMS ALSO HAPPENED. THE CAUSE WAS EVENTUALLY IDENTIFIED AS BURNED CONTACTS IN THE KEY SWITCH. REPLACING THE KEY SWITCH SOLVED THE PROBLEM. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 CHEVROLET BLAZER. ON OCTOBER 14, 2003, THE CHECK ENGINE SOON LIGHT BEGAN ILLUMINATING AND THE GEAR WOULD BECOME STUCK IN THIRD GEAR. THE DEALER STATED THAT A NEW IGNITION SWITCH WAS NEEDED AND THE CONTACT PAID FOR THE REPAIR. ON JANUARY 4, 2008, THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN AND THE GEARS BECAME STUCK. THE DIAGNOSIS WAS THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN AND THE REPAIR WAS MADE ON JANUARY 9, 2008 AT THE COST OF $260.90. THERE WAS A SERVICE BULLETIN FOR THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP: TRANSMISSION STUCK IN THIRD GEAR, INSTRUMENT CLUSTER INOPERATIVE, REPLACE IGNITION SWITCH. THE PURCHASE DATE AND SERVICE BULLETIN NUMBER WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 85,465 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000. UPDATED 02-12-BF08 *