2000 CHEVROLET BLAZER Complaints

NHTSA RECALL 01 V 364 000/MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 01073 CONCERNING MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH: DEALER: HERITAGE CHEVROLET INC. ; CHESTER, VA; PHONE# 804/248-6464 WANTS TO INSPECT VEHICLE , NOT TO REPLACE THE RECALL PART. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY VEHICLE HAS A KNOCKING NOISE. WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL AND IF HITTING A BUMP NOISE GETS LOUDER . DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

ACCELERATOR PEDAL WOULD STICK WHILE DRIVING, DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

ELECTRICAL SWITCH KEPT BURNING OUT CAUSING THE TAIL, SIGNAL, AND HAZARD LIGHTS TO GO OUT WITHOUT ANY WARNING. HARD PART REPLACED 3 TIMES.*AK

CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY ANOTHER DRIVER DRIVING BEHIND HER THAT BRAKE LIGHTS WERE OUT. SHE WENT TO MECHANIC AND HAD THEM CHECKED, AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS THE BRAKE SWITCH. *AK

BRAKE LIGHTS COMPLETELY STOPPED WORKING. THIS WAS SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. THEY WILL STOP WORKING AND THEN THEY WILL START TO WORK AGAIN. *AK THE HAZARD WARNING LIGHTS ARE ALSO NOT WORKING. YD

WHILE DRIVING, THE RPMS STARTED REVVING WHILE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ACTIVATED, CONSUMER TURNED CRUISE CONTROL OFF, HOWEVER WAS KNOCKED OUT BY THE INADVERTENT DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAG, CAUSING HIS FOOT TO HIT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, VEHICLE WENT ACROSS THE PASSING LANE, OVER A GUARDRAIL AND DOWN A 30 FOOT EMBANKMENT. *SLC

THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS UPON ACCELERATION FROM A STOP, WHEN THE PEDAL IS AT REST. THE STICKING CAUSES THE DRIVER TO PUSH A LITTLE HARDER TO DEPRESS THE ACCELERATOR. THE ACCELERATOR THEN BREAKS LOOSE AND THE DRIVER HAS AUTOMATICALLY ACCELERATED HEAVILY EVENTHOUGH THIS IS NOT DESIRED. THIS USUALLY OCCURS AT START UP ONLY. WHILE BACKING IN A PARKING LOT, OUT OF A SPACE, THIS HAPPENED TO MY WIFE. UPON APPLYING INCREASING PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE PEDAL FINALLY GAVE WAY AND WAS PROBABLY DEPRESSED 1-2 INCHES. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO ROCKET BACKWARD. MY WIFE QUICKLY HIT THE BRAKES BEFORE BACKING INTO THE NEXT ROW OF CARS, AND ANY PEDESTRIANS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN NEAR. NO ACCIDENT OR INJURY RESULTED. I HAVE SINCE DUPLICATED IT TWICE. IT ALWAYS STICKS SOMEWHAT UPON TAKEOFF, BUT MY WIFE HAS BEGUN TO COMPENSATE FOR IT. I RARELY DRIVE THE VEHICLE. SHE WILL DRRIVE ANOTHER VEHICLE UNTIL WE GET THIS FIXED. NEEDLESS TO SAY I FIND THIS TO BE A VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION/DEFECT/ENGINEERING DESIGN WITH THIS VEHICLE THAT HAS A 36K MILE WARRANTY, PLUS A PURCHASED 60K WARRANTY. I CONTACTED TWO AREA DEALERS, NOT THE DEALER I PURCHASED IT FROM. BERGER CHEVROLET IN GRAND RAPIDS, AND JOHN DECKER CHEVROLET IN ROCKFROD, MI BOTH HAVE TOLD ME TO MY AMAZEMENT THAT THIS IS A "GENERAL MAINTENANCE" ISSUE. THEY SAY IT IS COMMON ON MANY BLAZERS, BUT SOME DO NOT REQUIRE THE SERVICE. THIS TELLS ME THAT SOME ARE DEFECTIVE, SOME MAY NOT BE. DECKER CHARGES $50 AND BERGER CHARGES $110 FOR SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT LEVELS OF SERVICE I PRESUME. THEY ALREADY TOLD ME OVER THE PHONE THAT THE THROTTLE PLATE HAS CARBON BUILDUP ON IT AND IT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED OFF EVERY 15-20,000 MILES. I'VE NEVER OWNED A VEHICLE THAT REQUIRES YEARLY SERVICE TO KEEP THE THROTTLE/ACCELERATOR FROM STICKING. THE DEALERS AND THE GENERAL CHEVROLET CONSUMER HOTLINE PEOPLE ALL READILY ADMIT THIS CONDITION OCCURS FREQUENTLY(800) 222 1020-JACOB VANBEEK-CHEV REP, FILE # C06624128.*AK

TOLD BY DEALER'S SERVICE DEPT. WE HAVE TO PAY APPROX. $ 800.00 TO HAVE THE FREQUENCY PART OF SECURITY PANIC SYSTEM REPLACED. VEHICLE IS STILL UNDER FULL WARRANTY. THE HORN IS CONSTANTLY GOING OFF AT VARIOUS PLACES. I HAVE TO DISCONNECT THE HORN FUSE IN ORDER TO KEEP BATTERY FROM BEING RUN DOWN. WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THIS?*AK

A MECHANISM WITHIN THE STEERING COLUMN CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO LOSE REAR BRAKE LIGHTS, THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER ON 3 OCCASIONS FOR THIS PROBLEM, THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT THERE IS A NATIONAL BACKORDER ON THE MECHANISM. NLM HAZARD, TURN SIGNAL AND STOP LAMPS ARE ALSO INOPERATIVE. CONSUMER HAS FILED A COMPLAINT WITH CONSUMER PROTECTION DIVISION. *TT