1998 CHEVROLET BLAZER Complaints

AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THE VEHICLE. FIRST FACTORY AUTOMATIC TRANS WENT OUT AT 1 YEAR 10 MONTHS/28,877 MILES. PER CERTIFIED CHEVEROLET DEALER'S REPAIR NOTES: "REMOVED TRANS...FOUND 3-4 CLUTCH BURNED SEVERELY AND NO POSSIBLE CAUSE FOR 3-4 CLUTCH FAILURE...". "...FOUND LEAKING AT TRANS COOLER LINE...REPLACED LOWER TRANS COOLER LINE...". REPLACED WITH CERTIFIED RE-BUILT (SRTA). NOW, 2ND RE-BUILT TRANS FAILED AT 77,867 MILES (BUT ONLY 48,990 ON 2ND TRANS). PER DEALERSHIP ANALYSIS, "R.T. FOUND TO SLIP IN ALL GEARS PCM STORING P1870 CONVERTOR IS OVERHEADED AND ATF BURNT BAD...". DEALERSHIP AND CHEVEROLET DISTRICT REP ACT AS IF TRANS PROBLEMS ARE UNHEARD OF. CHEVEROLET CUSTOMER SERVICE CASE OPENED, CHEVEROLET DISTRICT REP REFUSES TO PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. SOUNDS JUST LIKE SERVICE BULLETIN #020421005

CHEVY'S MOTTO FOR THEIR TRUCKS ON THEIR WEBSITE IS...... " THE MOST DEPENDABLE LONG LASTING TRUCKS ON THE ROAD " I BOUGHT A 1998 CHEVY BLAZER IN DECMBER 2001 ...........THIS TRUCK IS NOT DEPENDABLE NOR IS IT LONG LASTING. I HAVE BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT THE RECALLS ON THIS VEHICLE. A REPRESENTATIVE FROM CHEVY TOLD ME THAT MY VEHICLES VIN # WAS NOT PART OF THIS RECALL. IS THERE ANY WAY I CAN VERIFY THIS WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY FOR IT? MY VIN # IS [XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WHEN RECLINING THE DRIVE SEAT, THE LATCH SNAPPED. AS A RESULT, THE DRIVER SEAT IS UNSTABLE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PH

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING A LOUD CLUNKING NOISE BEGAN COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE WHILE ACCELERATING AT HIGH SPEED. PLEASE FURNISH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.*JB

WIPER STOPPED WORKING INTERMEDIATELY. REPLACED UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS, IDLER ARM, CAP, ROTOR AND COIL WIRE. PH

WHILE ACCELERATING ON THE HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE HESITATED AND SHUT DOWN WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS

THE DRIVER LIFTED THE HANDLE TO RECLINE THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT AND THE HANDLE BROKE, WITHOUT USING EXCESSIVE FORCE. A WEEK LATER THE DRIVER SIDE HANDLE BROKE ALSO. THERE IS A TIS BULLETIN (220801) FOR THIS PROBLEM. TS THE DRIVERSIDE HANDLE WAS REPLACED PRIOR TO PURCHASE AND BROKE AFTER ONLY 34,000 MILES. *JG

THE HANDLE USED TO RECLINE THE FRONT SEATS HAVE BOTH BROKEN OFF. THE PASSENGER ONE BROKE OFF FIRST AND "FORTUNATELY" IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. WHEN I WAS AT THE DEALERSHIP, I NOTICED THERE WERE FOUR OTHER CHEVY BLAZERS IN THE SAME DAY WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. SEVERAL MONTHS LATER THE DRIVER'S SIDE HANDLE BROKE OFF. IT IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND THE DEALER REFUSES TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. TS

CONSISTENT AND REPEATED HEATING/COOLING PROBLEMS; CORROSION OF THE COOLANT; EROSION OF THE RADIATOR; LACK OF HEAT FOR 4 WINTERS, ETC.

WHEN WE PURCHASED THE BLAZER IT HAD 36000 MILES ON IT. THE DAY AFTER WE PURCHASED IT THE SEAT ADJUSTER ARM FOR THE DRIVERS SEAT BROKE OFF. WE WEREN'T DOING ANYTHING HEINOUS, JUST ADJUSTING THE SEAT. WE CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY AGREED TO FIX IT. APPROXIMATELY 11 MONTHS THEREAFTER, THE SEAT ADJUSTER ARM BROKE OFF AGAIN. ONLY WE WERE AT 52,000 MILES SO WE WERE SOLD. THE PASSENGERS SEAT ADJUSTER BROKE OFF ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO AND THE PASSENGER CUT HER LEG. I CONTACTED BIDDLES CHEVROLET AND THEY QUOTED ME $105 FOR THE PART AND 8 HOURS OF LABOR TO FIX IT. I THEN CONTACTED CHEVROLET ABOUT 3 MONTHS THERE AFTER, AND HENCE THE PROCESS BEGAN. IN THE PROCESS OF MY RESEARCH, I FOUND THAT CHEVROLET HAD ISSUED A TSB WITH THE NHTSA FOR THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE. IT SEEMS THAT CHEVROLET KNEW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND FAILED TO CONTACT OWNER'S OF THE BLAZERS. MY GUESS IS IT WORKED OUT TO THEIR STATISTICAL ADVANTAGE. NEEDLESS TO SAY, ABOUT A WEEK AGO MY BROTHER IN LAW QUESTIONED ME BECAUSE HE WAS LOOKING TO BUY A BLAZER ABOUT THE SAME YEAR AS MINE. HE ASKED IF THERE WAS ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. WHEN I TOLD HIM JUST THE SEAT ADJUSTER'S HE TOLD ME THAT HE HAD CONTACTED 4 OTHER OWNERS AND THEY INDICATED THE SAME THING. THE ONLY THING I WANT IS THE SEAT FIXED NO MORE NO LESS. DT