1998 CHEVROLET BLAZER Complaints

WINDSHIELD WIPERS DO NOT OPERATE RELIABLY ENOUGH THAT THEY SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A HAZARD. THEY STOP WORKING ON ALMOST EVERY OCCASION THAT THEY ARE REQUIRED FOR VISIBILITY AND OFTEN WILL NOT STOP WHEN TURNED OFF AND ADDITIONALLY THE SPEED AT WHICH THEY WILL OPERATE IS ALSO UNRELIABLE. I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET THE WIPERS TO RESUME OPERATION WHEN I HAVE TAPPED ON THE CIRCUIT BOARD COVER BUT THEY USUALLY STOP AGAIN BEFORE I REACH MY DESTINATION AND OFTEN BEFORE I GET BACK OUT ON THE ROAD. FROM THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS THAT I HAVE READ OF AND PERSONALLY HEARD ABOUT CONCERNING THIS MODEL YEAR (AND ALSO OTHER MODEL YEARS) WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM I FEEL THAT IT IS OUTRAGEOUS THAT A RECALL HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM THAT APPEARS TO BE KNOWN BY THE MANUFACTURER AND EVEN ACKNOWLEDGED SO BY THE MANUFACTURER IN THE PREVIOUS MODEL YEAR. SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES WILL ARISE WHEN THESE FAULTY WIPER SYSTEMS FAIL A THE MOST CRITICAL OF TIMES, IF IT HASN'T ALREADY. *NLM

BOUGHT CAR BRAND NEW. DRIVERS SIDE MIRROR CONSISTENTLY VIBRATES - HAD REPLACED TWICE - DEALER WOULD NOT REPLACE A THIRD TIME DUE TO BUG SHIELD BEING INSTALLED. IT STILL VIBRATES. JUNE 2001 - DOOR LOCKS WENT NUTS. THEY WOULD LOCK AND UNLOCK THEMSELVES WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD OR WHILE PARKED - WITH KEYS IN IT. MARCH 2003 - BLINKER SWITCH WENT CRAZY. IT WOULD NOT STOP CLICKING - WHOLE DASH HAD TO BE TAKEN OUT TO REPLACE SWITCH - NOT A CHEAP THING! MAY 2003 - ALTERNATOR WENT OUT AND RUINED BATTERY. ALMOST CAUSED A CAR FIRE. TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAK. NOT YET FIXED BECAUSE OF UNKNOWN CAUSE OF PROBLEM. *NLM

WHILE DRIVING IN BAD WEATHER, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. *JB

WHEN THE CONSUMER STEPPED ON THE LADDER TO GET INSIDE THE VEHICLE, THE PLASTIC PART WHICH HELD THE STEP TOGETHER BROKE OFF. *JB

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME DISFUNCTIONAL IN HEAVY RAINS, THEY COMPLETELY STOP WORKING CONSUMER HAD TO PULL OVER UNTIL THE RAIN SUBSIDED. THE CONSUMER SPOKE TO THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE PARTICULAR ISSUE WHICH IS NOT IN OUR SYSTEM. PLEASE PROVIDE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ALONG WITH ANY OTHER INFORMATION REGARDING THIS ISSUE. *NLM

THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE HAD THE SAME AS THE NHTSA RECALL RELATED TO THE WINDSHIELD WIPER. THE DEALER REFUSED REPAIR BECAUSE THE VEHICLE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *NLM

THE VEHICLE PULLED REALLY HARD TO THE RIGHT. I HAVE SINCE REPLACED THE TIRES AND HAD A FRONT END ALIGNMENT BUT IT ALREADY SEEMS TO BE SLIPPING BACK. *JB

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY, THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *JB

THE VEHICLES WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD JUST STOP WHILE IN OPERATION. AS A RESULT THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO SEE WHILE IT WAS RAINING. *NLM

WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED INTERMITTENTLY WHICH CAUSED POOR VISIBILITY. *NLM