1997 CHEVROLET BLAZER Complaints

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS HAVE STOPPED WORKING SEVERAL DIFFERENT TIMES WHILE IT HAS BEEN RAINING. THIS HAS ALMOST CAUSED ME TO WRECK!! I FEEL THIS IS A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT AS MY BROTHER OWNS A CHEVROLET SANOMA & HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. HE REPLACED THE MOTOR & HAS CONTINUED TO HAVE PROBLEMS. THIS IS GETTING TO BE VERY COSTLY. THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD COVER IT. HOW CAN I CONTACT CHEVROLET AS WELL?*AK

TRANSMISSION TUBE AND DIP STICK WERE RUSTED AND FINE SEDIMENT WAS IN THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. THIS PART SHOULD BE IMPROVED BY GENERAL MOTORS AND A RECALL INITATED ON THEIR PART THE REPAIR COST OF EACH FAILURE IS 750.00 TO 800.00. I HAVE NOTICED MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ABOUT BLAZER AND OTHER CHEVROLET/GMC TRANSMISSIONS

PERIODICALLY VEHICLE WOULD STALL WHETHER AT 65 MPH OR 25 MPH. DEALER HAS NOT FOUND SPECIFIC CAUSE OF DEFECT OR REMEDY, BUT HAD ADMITTED TO STALLING. PLEASE ADD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT ANY MPH ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON, AND THERE IS NO WAY TO TURN OFF, EVEN TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER . CAUSE OF DEFECT COULD NOT BE FOUND. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

RIGHT FRONT UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINT FAILURE, THE DEALER WOULD NOT COVER THE CLAIM, I HAD TO USE MY EXTENDED WARRANTY AND THEY WOULD NOT COVER MY RIM THAT WAS DAMAGED WHEN THE TIRE CAVED IN FROM THE FAILURE.*AK

CRUISE CONTROL CABLE/ PLASTIC RETAINER SNAPPED, CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED BY ITSELF. ON APPROACH TO AN INTERSECTION ACCELERATOR PEDAL JAMMED DESPITE RELEASE OF FOOT FROM PEDAL. ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE WITH BOTH FEET ON BRAKE PEDAL WITH NO APPARENT SLOWING OF VEHICLE. GIVEN THE FACT THAT BOTH OF MY YOUNG CHILDREN WERE IN THE VEHICLE, AND WE WERE QUICKLY APPROACHING THE INTERSECTION, I PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL. WITH BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE AND STILL NO SLOWING OF THE VEHICLE, MY CONCERN FOR THE SAFETY OF MY CHILDREN BECAME OVERWHELMING. WITH MY ENGINE REVING AT AN AUDIBLY 'PENDING- DOOM' LEVEL, AND CARS CRUISING DIRECTLY ACROSS MY PATH, ( CROSSING TRAFFIC DID NOT HAVE A STOP SIGN), I SLAMMED MY VEHICLE INTO PARK AND PRAYED FOR IT TO STOP. I THEN PROCEEDED TO TURN OFF THE IGNITION AND IT WASN'T UNTIL AN ETERNITY OF A SECOND LATER THAT THE VEHICLE CEASED. THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE, ULTIMATELY RESULTED IN THE TOWING OF THE VEHICLE, AND THE REPLACEMENT OF THE ENGINE. MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS FOR THE FUTURE SAFETY OF THE MANY FAMILIES WHO OWN THESE SUV'S. PLEASE CONTACT ME.

WHILE DRIVING 60 TO 70 MPH CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE STALLED IN MIDDLE OF HIGHWAY WITHOUT WARNING. WHEN ENGINE STALLED ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED IT WAS A MODULE IN FUEL TANK.*AK

WHEN FIRST EXPERIENCED WE WERE COMING HOME FROM HERSHEY ON A HOT DAY WHEN WE CAME TO A TRAFFIC LIGHT. WHEN WE PROCEEDED THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED REAL HARD INTO SECOND GEAR CAUSING US TO JERK BACK AS THE TRUCK JERKED FORWARD. THIS PROBLEM CONTINUED EVERYTIME WE WOULD COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT TO OUR MECHANIC AND DROP THE BLAZER OF. THE NEXT DAY WHEN THE MECHANIC LOOKED AT THE VEHICLE HE COULD NOT DETECT ANY MALFUCTIONS. APPROX. ONE WEEK LATER WE DROVE TO NEW JERSEY, THE TRUCK WAS FINE UNTIL WE CAME TO OUR FIRST TRAFFIC LIGHT IN OCEAN CITY NJ WHEN THE PROBLEM STARTED AGAIN BUT THIS TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN LEAVING NJ THE PROBLEM STARTED WHEN WE HAD TO STOP AT OUR FIRST TOLL, THIS TIME I PULLED OVER LET THE BLAZER REST FOR A WHILE, THEN STARTED BACK HOME AND IT WAS OK FOR AWHILE BUT THEN STARTED ACTING UP AGAIN SO I PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE TRUCK OF FOR ABOUT A MINUTE AND IT WAS OK FOR A WHILE AGAIN. I NOTICED THAT EVERYTIME IT ACTED UP AND I PULLED OVER THAT I JUST HAD TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF AND TURN IT RIGHT BACK ON AND IT WOULD BE OK FOR A WHILE. WHEN RETURNING HOME OUR MECHANIC COULD NOW SCAN THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT AND REPORTED GEAR SLIPPAGE. HE TALKED TO A TRANSMISSION SPECIALISTS WHO SAID THIS SEEMS TO HAPPEN ON LONG HOT TRIPS, WHO SUGGESTED THAT THIS PROBLEM CAN LAST FOR YEARS BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. CONTACTING AW GOLDEN THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT HELP US BECAUSE THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED AT 36000 MILES AND WE HAD 41196MILES. CONTACTING GM THEY SAID THE SAME BUT IF WE WOULD TRADE IT IN THEY WOULD GIVE US A 2000 DOLLAR LOYALTY. WE DECLINED BECAUSE WE LIKE THE BLAZER AND WOULD HAVE LIKED THEM TO GIVE THAT MONEY TO FIX THE PROBLEM. CONTACTING BBBAUTOLINE THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T HELP US. WE JUST CAME FROM PHILA. AND THE PROBLEM OCCURED AGAIN TO AND FROM. CHECKING THE INTERNET WE NOTICED SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH GM TRANSMISSIONS AND DECIDED TO CONTACT NHTSA.*AK

WHILE DRIVING IN A RAIN STORM WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED OPERATING. WHEN THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM, INDICATED SEVERAL SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THIS MODEL AND YEAR. *AK

THE GAS PEDAL HAS BEEN STICKING SINCE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE. WHEN I WENT TO GET AN OIL CHANGE IN APRIL OF 2001 I HAD AN ALL POINT VEHICLE INSPECTION DONE. WHEN I WENT TO GET MY VEHICLE THEY TOLD ME THAT I NEEDED TO REPLACE UPPER & LOWER BALL JOINTS ON THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE OF MY CHEVROLET BLAZER 4WD. I PHONE THE GM HOTLINE & I WAS TOLD THE MY VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED ON A RECENT RECALL THAT I JUST RECEIVED BY E-MAIL FROM AUTOBYTEL. COULD YOU PLEASE HELP ME TO FIND OUT IF MY VEHICLE IS PART OF A RECALL? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONCERN. LISA COOK. *AK