1997 CHEVROLET BLAZER Complaints

INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INOPERABLE, OBSTRUCTING VIEW OF DRIVER. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON SIMILAR MAKES AND MODEL. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

RADIATOR FLUID GUMMED UP DUE TO LEAK CAUSED BY FAULTY SILICON; TRANS DIP STICK RUSTED DUE TO PLACEMENT OF WIPER FLUID LINE (ELBOW)

THROTTLE STICKS OPEN AT LOW SPEEDS THIS COULD RESULT IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT . THIS CAUSED BY CARBON BUILDUP IN AIR INTAKE THROAT AROUND THOTTLE CONTROL PLATE.*AK

THE FRONT STEERING MECHANISM ON MY BLAZER HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE, AND EACH TIME IF I HAD NOT BEEN KEEPING AN EYE ON IT IT COULS HAVE CAUSED A CRASH. IN ANY EVENT IT WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE EITHER TIME. THIS SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO BECAUSE THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF THESE VEHICLES ON THE ROAD AND AMNY PEOPLE WHO ARE TOTALLY UNWARE THAT TIS COULD BE A PROBLEM . I HAVE CHECKED SEVERAL OTHERS SETTING IN CAR LOTS FOR SALE AND THERE IS EXCESSIVE PLAY IN THE FRONT ENDS OF ALL OF THEM SO THIS PROBLEM IS NOT JUST MY PROBLEM. *AK

A SPARK PLUG ELECTRODE PUNCHED A HOLE THROUGH PISTON, WHICH CAUSED AN ENGINE FAILURE WHILE DRIVING. DEALER / MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND UNWILLING TO ASSIST IN THIS MATTER. *AK CONSUMER STATES HE HAS PHOTOS OF THE DISASSEMBLED MOTOR SHOWING THE DAMAGE. *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND WAS ABLE TO BRING VEHICLE TO A STOP. DEALERSHIP EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND DETERMINED THAT RIGHT UPPER BALL JOINT HAD COLLAPSED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND CONSUMER'S HUSBAND LIFTED HOOD UP TO LOOK INSIDE, AND NOTICED THAT RADIATOR WAS FILLED WITH RUST. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

WHEN WIFE WAS MOVING BACK HATCH SHOCK ABSORBER RIPPED OUT OF PLACE UNEXPECTEDLY.*AK

TRANSMISSION HAS RUSTED OUT DUE TO FAULTY DESIGN IN WINDOW WIPER FLUID CONTAINER WHICH LEAKS FULID ONTO TRANSMISSION. *AK THE DEALER STATED THAT WASHER NOZZLE LEAKED ON TO DIPSTICK TUBE OF THE TRANSMISSION. *YH

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 30MPH. AS VEHICLE WAS GOING AROUND A SMALL CURVE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT BALL JOINT BROKE. VEHICLE SLID OUT OF CONTROL BUT TO A STOP. CONSUMER WAS MINUTES FROM HOME TO WALK. DEALERSHIP DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL CONSUMER SINCE IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. MANUFACTURER SUGGESTED TO TAKE IT TO A CHEVROLET DEALER TO BE CHECKED. *AK