1998 CHEVROLET BLAZER Complaints

WHEN DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL TO COME TO A STOP, PEDAL IS HARD AND WILL NOT GO DOWN. IF I KEEP MY FOOT ON PEDAL EVENTUALLY IT STOPS BUT IT REQUIRES LONGER STOPPING DISTANCE. WHILE DRIVING MAKES HUMMING, MOANING NOISE UNTIL ABS LIGHT COMES ON AND PROBLEM STOPS. BRAKING BECOMES EASIER. WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC THAT RIGHT FRONT HUB BEARING IS BAD AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. WAS TOLD THIS MAY CLEAR UP ABS/BRAKING SITUATION. FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. SHOWS HALF TANK WHEN NEAR EMPTY. AS FUEL LEVEL GOES DOWN, GAUGE GOES UP.FUEL PUMP WENT OUT AND HAD TO BE REPLACED.

WHEN MAKING A RIGHT TURN STEERING WHEEL WOULD LOCK UP INTERMITTENTLY. VEHICLE BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON THREE OCCASIONS, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER. *AK

WHILE AT STOP LIGHT HE HEARD BRAKES OF VEHICLE BEHIND HIM. A PERSON APPROACHED CONSUMER, AND TOLD HIM THAT BRAKE LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING. CONSUMER CONTACTED A DEALER, WHO DETERMINED A FAULTY MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH WAS THE CAUSE OF REAR BRAKE LIGHTS NOT BEING OPERATIONAL. *AK

BRAKE LINE IS RUBBING UP AGAINST WHEEL COLUMN, RESULTING IN FORMATION OF A HOLE IN BRAKE LINE. THIS HAS CAUSED VEHICLE TO LOSE BRAKE PRESSURE DURING NORMALOPERATION. DEALERSHIP HAS NOT EXAMINED VEHICLE FOR THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK

BATTERY FAILED FIVE TIMES, CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DEALER AND GM ARE UNWILLING TO HELP RESOLVE WHATEVER IS CAUSING THE EXCESSIVE BATTERY FAILURES YET THEY ACKNOWLEGDE THAT THE NUMBER OF BATTERY FAILURES IS ABNORMAL. *YH

STEERING COLUMN STARTED SMOKING THROUGH HAZARD BUTTON OPENING. PULLED INTO DRIVEWAY AND SHUT OFF IGNITION- SMOKING STOPPED. I DETERMINED THAT IT WAS THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH THAT WAS SMOKING. REPORTED TO GM VIA PHONE (1-800-222-1020) AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY COULDNT/WOULDNT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. STEERING COLUMN COULD HAVE EASILY CAUGHT FIRE IF I HADNT STOPPED RIGHT AWAY.*AK

WAS TRAVELING APPROX. 50-55MPH AND WENT AROUND A CORNER; ROAD HAD UNEVEN SHOULDERS. TOOK FOOT OFF ACCELERATOR PEDAL, AND VEHICLE ACCELERATED INTO A DITCH. NOTICED AND TRIED TO CORRECT, AND VEHICLE HIT DITCH AND CRASHED. AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. DRIVER WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH AN INJURED BACK, CRUSHED 2ND VETERBRAE. *AK

TRUCK BOUGHT NEW. AT 47,576 MILES, LEFT AND RIGHT LOWER BALL JOINTS REPLACED. AGAIN, AT 84,200 MILES SAME BALL JOINTS TO BE REPLACED. ANOTHER CHEVY DEALER TOLD ME 96TO97 BLAZERS HAVE BALL JOINT DEFECT RECALL, RECALL NOT EXTENDED TO 98 BLAZERS. SEEMS FISHY. MY TRUCK IS SERVICED EVERY 3,000 MILES.

AT 12300 MILES CONSUMER NOTICED FLUID LEAKING FROM VEHICLE, DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION COOLING LINES THAT HAD BEEN LEAKING. ON 3 SEP 2001, CONSUMER NOTICED ANOTHER LEAK. DEALER AGAIN REPLACED LEAKING TRANSMISSION COOLING LINES.*AK

THE VEHICLE WOULD OCCASIONALLY SHIFT INTO FOUR WHEEL DRIVE WITHOUT THE DRIVER PUSHING THE TRANSFER BUTTONS, SOMETIMES IT WENT INTO FOUR WHEEL HIGH AND SOMETIMES FOUR WHEEL LOW, THE CONSUMER FIRST THOUGHT HE WAS ACCIDENTALLY HITTING THE BUTTON WITH HIS FIST WHILE SHIFTING FROM DRIVE TO REVERSE, THE DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DUPLICATE AND REPAIR THE PROBLEM. NLM