1997 CHEVROLET BLAZER Complaints

IDLER ARM FAILED PENNSYLVANIA STATE INSPECTION AT 22,000 MILES!! COST ME $106 TO REPLACE. MECHANIC SAID HE HAS REPLACED A FEW OF THESE ON OTHER BLAZERS, BUT NEVER WITH SUCH LOW MILES ON IT

TRANSMISSION STARTED FAILING AT 25,000 IN AUGUST 2001 ON A 1997 BLAZER. !ST REPAIR FOUND TRANSMISSION COOLER CLOGGED WITH BLUE PLASTIC, MECHANIC THINKS IT WAS PART OF A PLASTIC CAP TO CVER ENDS OF COOLER ASSY BEFORE IT WAS INSTALLED AT THE FACTORY COST TO REPLACE COOLER AND SERVICE TRANSMISSION $290 2 WEEKS LATER TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS CAME BACK - HITS GEARS HARD AND WHEN MAKING RIGHT OR LEFT TURN WITH OUT STOPPING AND APPLYING GAS AFTER TURN TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING. TRANSMISSION SHOP TORN DOWN TRANSMISSION FOUN RUSTY DIP STICK, ALOT OF BURN MARKS ON VARIOUS PARTS, SCREENS CLOGGED WITH DIST SUBSTANCE, METAL GRINDINGS IN PAN, VALVE ASSY RUSTY, REPLACED CONVERTER TOTAL COST $1717 DROVE VEHICLE 1 DAY PROBLEMS STARTED AGAIN (SLIPPING) MECHANIC AT HIS COST CHANGED CONVERTER AND CHECKED HIS WORK FOUND EVERYTHING OK -RESULTS STILL SLIPPING. MECHANIC TOLD ME AT MY COST I NEED TO REPLACE THE PUMP IN THE TRANSMISSION SAID THIS IS UNUSUAL TO HAVE TO REPLACE. TOLD ME NEW PUNP FOR THIS VEHICLE WAS QUOTED TO HIM AT $800. I WAS SO SICK OVER THIS, STRESSED OUYT AND COULD NOT SLEEP FOR NIGHTS DECIDED TO CHANCE IT AT GET A USED XMISSION FROM JUNKJARD AND TAKE THE PUMP OUT $400. MECHANIC DID NOT CHARGE ME LABOR TO PUT THE PUMP IN TOTAL BILL = $2407 THE TRANSMISSION MECHANIC SAID IN ALL THE 25+ YRS REBUILDING TRANSMISSIONS HE NEVER EXPERENCED ANY THING LIKE THIS. THIS IS A CRIME FOR GM TO NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT THESE FAILURES KNOWING SO MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING SIMULR PROBLEMS IN THE BLAZERS.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED, VEHICLE WOULD CONTINUE ON BEFORE STOPPING, AND A GRINDING NOISE WOULD COME FROM FRONT WHEELS. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

THIS IS THE SEVENTH FAILURE OF THE BRAKES NOT FUNCTIONING. TWICE THE BOOSTERS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, THE CALIPERS, ADJUSTED, REBUILT, AND REPLACED. IT FAILED AGAIN THIS WEEK AND THEY CANT FIND ANYTHING WRONG.*AK

DRIVER CANNOT TELL WHETHER VEHICLE IS IN OR OUT OF 4 WHEEL DRIVE. TOLD BY CHEVROLET SERVICE PERSONNEL THAT DIFFERENTIAL AND FRONT AXLES WERE IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE BUT FRONT WHEELS WERE NOT. 4 WHEEL DRIVE SYSTEM USED VERY LITTLE, AND VEHICLE HAS ONLY 60K MILES. MECHANIC MADE COMENTS THAT INDICATE FREQUENT FAILURE OF COMPONENTS IN THIS SYSTEM. CAN CAUSE BRAKE NON FUNCTION ON SLIPPERY SURFACES WITH NO OTHER INDICATION OF A PROBLEM.

SEATBACK COLLAPSED AS CONSUMER WAS DRIVING 20-25MPH. THERE WAS A RATCHET NOISE, AND SEAT RECLINED, MAKING IT VERY HARD TO DRIVE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED.PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION PLEASE.*AK

NHTSA RECALL 01-I-018-000/ MANUFCTURER'S RECALL 01049; VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER TO HAVE RECALL REPAIRS PERFORMED ON UPPER BALL JOINTS. VEHICLE WAS DENIED SERVICE DUE TO BEING OVER 100,000 MILEAGE AS STATED IN RECALL LETTER. ALSO, VEHICLE COULD LOSE STEERING. CURRENTL, VHEICLE IS EXPERIENCING TOO MUCH PLAY, MORETHAN NORMAL IN STEERING WHEEL. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED.*AK

BRAKE LIGHTS AND FOURWAY FLASHERS WENT OUT IN MY 1997 BLAZER.TODAY IN THE NEWSPAPER IN THE AUTO RECALL SECTION I FOUND OUT THAT CHEVROLET IS RECALLING 2000 AND 2001 BLAZERS FOR THE SAME PROBLOM.I HAVE TWO 1998 CHEVY TRUCKS AT WORK,I REPLACED THE 4WAY,TURNSYGNAL SWITCHES THREE TIMES IN EACH TRUCK.I BELIEVE WHEN SOMTHING EFFECTS YOUR BRAKE LIGHTS WITHOUT THE DRIVER AWARE OF THE PROBLOM IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING COULD HEAR A LOT OF NOISE COMING FROM TWO FRONT DOORS. WHEN TO BE CLOSED DOOR NEEDS TO BE PULLED UP, AND SOMETIMES WILL NOT LOCK, UNSECURING DRIVER AND PASSENGER. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING COULD HEAR A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM TRANSMISSION. DEALER HAD REPLACED TRANSMISSION BEFORE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK