2000 CHEVROLET BLAZER Complaints

I HAVE A 2000 CHEVY BLAZER WITH 44,000 MILES. SINCE THE WARRANTY EXPIRED IN JULY I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS THAT SEEM TO BE COMMON AMONG OWNS OF THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE. GM REFUSES TO ADDRESS THESE ITEMS SINCE THE CAR IS JUST OUT OF WARRANTY. SOME I CONSIDER TO BE SAFETY ISSUES. THEY ARE AS FOLLOWS: ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS, SEAT RECLINER HANDLE IS BROKEN, FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY AND 4 WHEEL DRIVE WILL NOT ENGAGE. FOR A VEHICLE THAT IS JUST OVER 3.5 YEARS OLD THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. I WILL PROBABLY NOT PURCHASE ANOTHER GM VEHICLE DUE TO THESE PROBLEMS AND WILL PROBABLY PURCHASE A EUROPEAN AUTO, THEIR ENGINEERING AND CUSTOMER SERVICE ARE FAR SUPERIOR TO OUR US AUTOMAKERS. *AK

2000 CHEVROLET BLAZER LOWER BALL JOINTS THE VEHICLE HAS ONLY 36,211 MILES AND THE JOINTS ARE WORN OUT. HAS THERE BEEN ANY RECALLS ON THIS PROBLEM. I TALKED TO OTHER OWNERS AND THEY ALSO HAD OR HAVE THIS PROBLEM.*AK

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR VEHICLE TO GO INTO THE REVERSE GEAR. ALSO, CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO BUCKLE THE REAR SEAT BELT BECAUSE THE PLATE GOT STUCK IN THE HOLSTER, AND THE HOLSTER WAS STUCK IN THE SEAT. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED OF BOTH FAILURES, BUT WAS UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEMS. *AK

REAR BRAKES WERE MAKING A LIGHT GRINDING NOISE. UPON INSPECTION OF THE BRAKES BY THE MECHANIC, THEY NOTICED THAT THE REAR BRAKES/ FRONT BRAKE ROTORS, AND PADS WORE OUT PREMATURELY. *AK

I BOUGHT THIS BLAZER 5 MONTHS AGO AND IT ONLY HAS 77,000 MILES ON IT. I TOOK MY INLAWS TO THE AIRPORT ON SATURDAY MORNING, 11/29/03, AND THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT, NO REVERSE, ONLY 1ST AND 2ND GEAR WORKS. I AM TOLD BY 3 DIFFERENT TRANSMISSION SHOPS THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS TRANSMISSION. THIS IS NOT RIGHT, WHY WASN'T THIS BEEN RECALLED? *NLM

2000 BLAZER STARTED SURGING. AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS OF SURGING, ONE DAY CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE ON HIGHWAY AND A FEW MINUTES LATER IT STALLED. IT RESTARTED BUT AFTER SEVERAL BLOCKS, IT STALLED AGAIN. THIS KEPT HAPPENING. CAR WAS TOWED BY AAA 67 MILES TO MY DEALER. DEALER COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG BUT THINKS IT IS PROBABLY THE FUEL PUMP. CAR IS STILL SURGING. AFTER 1.5 MONTHS CAR STALLED AGAIN WHILE IDLING IN A LINE OF CARS. IT RESTARTED AFTER SOME DIFFICULTY. I THEN TOOK IT TO ANOTHER CHEVROLET DEALER. AGAIN THEY COULDN'T FIND A PROBLEM. SAID THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING UNTIL SOMETHING SHOWED UP ON THE COMPUTER OR CAR COMPLETELY DIES AND WON'T RESTART. SO I DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING THE CAR SINCE I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT MIGHT SHUT DOWN ON ME IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION. *LA

WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH THERE WAS A VIBRATION THROUGHOUT THE VEHICLE. DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VIBRATION WAS NORMAL. DEALER SHOWED CONSUMER DOCKET ID# 1381844, STATING THAT CHEVROLET WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, AND AN ATTEMPT TO REPAIR WAS UNNECESSARY.*AK

I HAVE A 2000 BLAZER LT 4WD WITH 44,000 MILES ON IT. I RECENTLY STARTED EXPERIENCING VIBRATIONS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. MY DEALER VERIFIED THE PROBLEM. ACCORDING TO A GM DOCUMENT, THERE IS NO FIX TO THIS PROBLEM. ACCORDING TO GM DOCUMENT ID# 1381844. THE DOCUMENT IS ENTITLED "VIBRATION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS-SUSPENSION WHEEL #PI01273B - (09/15/2003). THE DOCUMENT EXPLAINS THE PROBLEM & SYMPTOMS EXACTLY AS DESCRIBED IN MANY OF THESE DISCUSSIONS. THERE IS A LINE IN THIS DOCUMENT THAT READS: THIS VIBRATION IS CONSIDERED A NORMAL CHARACTERISTIC FOR THESE VEHICLES AND NO REPAIR ATTEMPTS SHOULD BE MADE." THIS DOCUMENT COVERS 2 & 4WD DRIVE GM VEHICLES WITH THE SAME BODY TYPES (I.E. BLAZERS, JIMMY, BRAVADA, S-10, ENVOY) AND COVERS YEARS 00 - 03. THIS VEHICLE IS UNSAFE FOR USE ON THE HIGHWAY!! IF THIS WAS "NORMAL" WHY DIDN'T THE VEHICLE DO THIS WHEN IT WAS NEW? I CALLED CHEVY'S CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE AND THEY VERIFIED THE DOCUMENT. THEY TOLD ME TO TAKE IT TO ANOTHER DEALER FOR A SECOND OPINION AFTER THAT I GUESS I'M OUT OF LUCK. MY DEALER FOUND THE DOCUMENT AT THE FOLLOWING URL: HTTP://SERVICE.GM.COM/SERVLETS/BLOBSHTML?SHTMLFILE=1381844. *LA

REPLACEMENT OF BOTH FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS AT 60,000 MILES. LOTS OF ROAD NOISE AND "HUM" VIBRATION COMING FROM FRONT END FOR SEVERAL THOUSAND MILES, THEN IT GOT REAL BAD WHEN TURN STEERING WHEEL TO LEFT. SMALL TIME MECHANIC HAS REPLACED BEARINGS ON 12 BLAZERS OVER THE COURSE OF 6 MONTHS. ONE DEALER ACKNOWLEDGED THAT MANY BLAZERS HAVE BEEN IN TO REPLACE FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS ANYWHERE FROM 30-80000 MILE. MECHANIC THINKS IT'S CAUSED BY LACK OF ADEQUATE GROUNDING FOR THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM. *LA

6/12/03, 2000 BLAZER 4X4 TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY LOST ABILITY TO OBTAIN ALL GEARS. AFTER PARKING, THE VEHICLE LOST ABILITY TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE AS WELL. NOISE TRANSMITTED FROM TRANSMISSION CONTAINED METALLIC MATERIAL GRINDING AND MOVING WITHIN. AT THE TIME, THE VEHICLE WAS STILL LESS THAN 3 YEARS OLD WITH THE MAJORITY OF ITS USE COMING FROM WORK TRANSPORTATION. THE CHEVY DEALER WOULD NOT QUOTE WITHOUT DISASSEMBLING THE TRANSMISSION, WHICH WOULD BE THE MAJORITY OF THE LABOR INVOLVED IN A FULL REPAIR. THEY STATED THAT THEY GENERALLY PREFER TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION, $3200. A LOCAL TRANSMISSION SHOP DIAGNOSED THE ISSUE WITHIN 10 MINUTES. THE OWNER HAS SEEN THIS ISSUE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND LITERALLY DESCRIBED THE SYMPTOMS AS SOON AS I TOLD HIM I HAD A BLAZER WITH TRANSMISSION ISSUES. THE COMPLETE REBUILD, DUE TO A SUN-SHELL GEAR FAILURE, COST $2097.78. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE NON-ROBUST JOINING OF TWO CYLINDERS (NO FILLET) AS WELL AS THE THICKNESS AND MATERIAL USED ALLOWS THE PART TO FAIL QUITE FREQUENTLY. HE HAD COMPLETED MULTIPLE JOBS FOR THIS AT HIS SHOP ALONE. IN FACT, AN ACQUAINTANCE OF MINE, HAD THE IDENTICAL SITUATION HAPPEN WITH HIS BLAZER THE WEEK OF 10/26/03. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT I HAD CALLED THE CHEVY CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE WITH NO HELP COMING FROM THEM. THIS HAS BEEN THE PINNACLE OF SEVERAL FAILURES ON THIS VEHICLE INCLUDING BOTH FRONT WHEEL BEARING ASSEMBLIES (38,000MI AND 55,000MI), A POWER SEAT THAT QUIT WORKING, A POWER WINDOW THAT QUIT WORKING, AND SEVERAL PAINT ISSUES. REFERENCE CHEVY TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN 010730038.*AK