1997 CHEVROLET BLAZER Complaints

DRIVERS SIDE DOOR IS PULLING APART FROM THE FRAME OF THE BODY. THE WELDS ARE BROKEN. DEALER WILL NOT FIX, SAYS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. DEALER TOLD ME TO TAKE TO BODY SHOP. WORRIED DOOR IS GOING TO POP OFF.

WHILE USING WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD STOP WORKING. CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO GET OUT VEHICLE AND TOUCH MODULE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE MAKING A TURN AT AN INTERSECTION WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 0 TO 5 MPH, LEFT/ FRONT WHEEL UNEXPECTEDLY COLLAPSED. LOCAL DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THAT LEFT UPPER CONTROL ARM/ BALL JOINT DISCONNECTED AND CAUSED THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION.*AK

THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS. FROM BAD DEXCOOL, WITCH CAUSED A MAJOR OVERHAUL OF THE COOLING SYSTEM AT APPROX. 37000 OR 3 1/2 YR. YET CHEVROLET STATES THE COOLANT IS GOOD FOR 5YR OR 150,000. THE FRONT BALL JOINTS HAD TO BE REPLACED AT APPROX. 35,000. JUST OVER THE 3YR WARRANTY WITH NO HELP FROM CHEVY DESPITE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF THIS FAILURE. ALSO HAVE HAD TWO BATTERIES IN THE SYSTEM ONE AFTER ONLY 3000 MILES AND THE SECOND ONE IS NOW OUT AT 38000 MILES. THERE IS A SHORT IN THE SYSTEM THAT STILL HAS NOT BEEN FOUND. THE SHIFT LEVER HANDLE HAS BEEN A CHANGED 3 TIMES AND STILL RATTLE AFTER APPROX. A MONTH OF USE. THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE MIRROR SHAKES TO THE POINT IT IS HARD TO SEE OUT OF WHEN DRIVING. THE HOOD RATTLES WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS, WHICH CAN BE FIXED BY ADDING A SOLID RUBBER GASKET AT THE TOP OF HOOD TO KEEP THE HINGE STOPS FROM BOUNCING ON THE FRAME. THE FRONT BRAKES HAD TO BE REDONE AT 28,000. *AK

VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT INTO REVERSE. UNABLE TO SHIFT INTO HIGHER GEARS. HAD CONTACTED A DEALERSHIP.*AK

VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR RECALL ON THE UPPER BALL JOINTS, CONSUMER WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THE LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, HOWEVER THEY WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL.*JG

WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP EXAMINED VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THAT FOLLOWING COMPONENTS NEEDED REPLACED: PCM, SIX FUEL INJECTORS, ELECTRICAL HARNESS, FUEL GAUGE, AND AN UNKNOWN GASKET. *AK *YH

WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH THERE WAS A LOUD KNOCKING ON FRONT RIGHT TIRE, TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC, CONSUMER WAS THEN INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON 1997, CHEVROLET, BLAZER CONCERNING UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS, IT WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE VEHICLE. MANUFACTURER STATED THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK *SLC

BOTH FRONT LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE DEFECTIVE. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER.*AK

UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS ARE WORN OUT, CAUSING SQUEAKING IN VEHICLE. ALSO, THERE WAS A RECALL ON BALL JOINTS; BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED VEHICLE WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE.*AK