1996 CHEVROLET BLAZER Complaints

TRANSMISSION FAILED. 3 TO 4 CLUTCH PATCHES DISINTEGRATED . TRANSMSSION HAS BEEN REPLACED.*AK

BATTERY LEAKED ACID ONTO 4 WHEEL DRIVE CABLE. FRONT WHEEL DRIVE FAILED. CABLE HAD CORRODED ACTUATOR CABLE.CAUSED CABLE TO BREAK.FAILURE OCCURED ON TRIP TO MOUNTAINS. HAD TO GET CHAINS TO GET OUT OF SNOW. IT COST 203.13 TO REPLACE ACTUATOR CABLE AND 226.61 TO REPLACE BATTERY CABLE AND BATTERY. BATTERY WAS ONLY ONE YEAR OLD. SERVICE MANAGER SAID THEY HAVE SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH DELCO BATTERIES. SAME PROBLEM HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED TO NHTSA. REFERENCE ODI ID 554064,724743,717883,885560

WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO STOP BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, RESULTING IN A COLLISION. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

GEERAL MOTORS RECCOMMENDED COOLANT FOR CHEVROLET BLAZER'S CLOGGED THE RADIATOR AND THERMOSTAT RESULTING IN THE REPLACEMENT OF ALMOST THE ENTIRE COOLING SYSTEM. THIS OCCURED WELL BEFORE THE MANUFACTURER'S SUGGESTED SIMPLE COOLANT REPLACEMENT.100,000 MILE C

OIL LEAKING FROM TRANSMISSION COOLER LINE AT A REMOTE FILTER LOCATION. *AK *SLC

ABS BRAKES LOCK UP SPORADICALLY, WITH NO WARNING. CAN HAPPEN AT ANY TIME BRAKE PRESSURE IS APPLIED. BRAKES ALSO HAVE A HIGH PITCHED SQUEAL/SQUEEK WHEN BRAKING TO STOP. THE LOCKING UP PROBLEM IS ONLY OCCASIONALLY, WHILE THE SQUEALING/SQUEEKING NOISE IS THERE ALL THE TIME.

WHILE APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION AND APPLYING THE BRAKES THE ABS VALVE BEGAN TO CHATTER BUT THE BRAKE DID NOT APPLY THE BRAKE VALVE ONLY CHATTERED QUICKLY ALLOWING THE BRAKES TO SHUTTER, AS A RESULT OF THE VEHICLE NOT BEING ABLE TO STOP THE CONSUMER HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. NLM

WHILE TURNING INTO A PARKING LOT THE UPPER BALL JOINT ON THE DRIVER SIDE BROKE CAUSING TIRE TO COME OFF THE VEHICLE, THE CONSUMER HAD ALL FOUR BALL JOINTS REPLACED. NLM

NO MAJOR SAFETY PROBLEMS. HOWEVER, SIGNFICANT MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH VERY MODERATE MILEAGE. MECHANICAL PROBLEMS INCLUDE STEERING LINKAGE, WATER PUMP, STARTER, HEAD GASKET.

FRONT WHEEL CAME LOOSE FROM TIRE. IT HOLDS WHOLE FRAME OF VEHICLE. CONSUMER WAS IN REVERSE AND TURNED OUT ON A MAIN ROAD. ABOUT 10 FEET THERE WAS A POP, STEERING FELT FUNNY. DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL POPPED LOOSE FROM FRAME. CONSUMER WILL CONTACT MANUFACTURER TO REFER THEM TO A CHEVROLET DEALER.*AK