2000 CHEVROLET BLAZER Complaints

TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE BLAZER WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE, 2ND AND 4TH GEAR. AN INDEPENDENT TRANSMISSION SHOP SAID THAT HE HAS FIXED AT LEAST SIX 1999 AND 2000 MODEL YEAR BLAZERS IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS THAT HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM. BASED ON THIS INFORMATION, I CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AT PHONE # 1-800-222-1020. CHEVROLET'S CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE SAID THAT THIS WOULD NOT BE COVERED. I CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT CHEVROLET WOULD COVER THE REPAIR IN FULL AND IF THEY DIDN'T THEN CHEVROLET WOULD PAY FOR HALF. OBVIOUSLY IF THE MANUFACTURER IS WILLING TO DO THIS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF THE WARRANTY PERIOD THEN THEY ARE ADMITTING THAT THERE IS A FAULTY PART. THE TRANSMISSION SHOULD NOT GO OUT IN A VEHICLE THAT HAS 47,000 MILES ON IT. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN FOUR-WHEELING. IT IS DRIVEN BY MY WIFE TO THE SCHOOL WHERE SHE TEACHES THAT IS ABOUT 40 - 50 MILES ROUND-TRIP ON THE INTERSTATE. THE DEALER SAID THE REPAIR COSTS WAS $1,040.86 AND THAT THEY WOULD SPLIT THE COST WITH ME. THE REVERSE REACTION SHELL PART IS LESS THAN $50 AND IF A SEAL KIT WAS NEEDED (WHICH IT WASN'T) IS ANOTHER $160. LABOR RANGES FROM THE "BOOK" FROM 6.6 HOURS AT THE INDEPENDENT SHOP TO 8.4 HOURS AT THE DEALER. BESIDES BEING GOUGED ON THE REPAIR COSTS BY THE DEALER, MY COMPLAINT IS THAT THIS CRITICAL TRANSMISSION PART SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CIRCUMSTANCES. I DO NOT EVEN WANT TO THINK OF THE CONSEQUENCES IF THE FAILURE WOULD HAVE HAPPENED ON THE INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH. THE MANUFACTURER NEEDS TO BE MADE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR PRODUCTS IF FAILURE COULD COST LIVES.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING HEADLIGHTS AND DASH LIGHTS WILL DIM, RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITY AT NIGHT.*AK DEALER REPLACED HEADLAMP SWITCH, HOWEVER PROBLEM STILL EXIST. POPPING NOISE WHEN TURNING RIGHT AND APPLYING BRAKES. DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. VEHICLE HAS A SQUEALING NOISE WHEN COLD. DEALER REPLACED BELT AND TENSIONER ASSEMBLY. *TT

REAR BRAKE LIGHTS ARE WERE NOT WORKING, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED BY A POLICE OFFICER THAT PULLED VEHICLE OVER. CONSUMER FELT THIS WAS UNSAFE BECAUSE VEHICLE COULD BE REAR ENDED.*AK. CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE THE HAZARD LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE, THE DEALER REPLACED THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT A RECALL WAS PENDING FOR THE SWITCH.*JB

RECALL 01 V 364 000/ MULTIFUCTION SWITCH FAILURE CAUSED STOP LIGHT AND HAZARD LIGHTS TO FAIL. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME.*AK CONSUMER STATES THAT BOTH STOPLIGHTS AND HAZARD LIGHTS ARE NOT FUNCTIONAL, DEALER AND MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR RECALL BASED ON VIN. *YD

UNIROYAL, 235 60R15, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, 31000 MILES MOUNTED ON A CHEVROLET, BLAZER, 2000. RIGHT REAR TIRE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 55MPH, THERE WAS SOME DAMAGE TO VEHICLE ON THE RIGHT SIDE. *AK *YH

OIL PRESSURE DROPPED FROM 40 TO 20 TO 0. THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE CAMSHAFT SHIFTED WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE TO BE REPLACED BEFORE THE CAR WAS A YEAR OLD AND I AM STILL HAVING HTE PROBLEM WITH THE CAR RUNNING POORLY AND GETTING LOUSY GAS MILEAGE.*AK

CONSUMER STATED THE BRAKE LIGHTS ON VEHICLE IS NOT WORKING. THIS HAPPENS INTERMITTENLY. NLM

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED A NOISE COULD BE HEARD COMING FROM FRONT END OF VEHICLE. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, INFORMED CONSUMER THAT FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS WERE THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM, PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, HEADLIGHTS WILL FLASH ON AND OFF. THIS HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER CONTACTED.*AK CONSUMER STATES THE SHIFT INDICATOR LIGHT AND INFORMATION CONSOLE LIGHT GO ON AND OFF OR DO NOT RESPOND, DAYLIGHT RUNNING LIGHTS SWITCH FROM NIGHT TO DAYTIME MODE AT ANYTIME, THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH WAS REPLACED ALONG WITH THE SENSOR FOR THE DAYLIGHT RUNNING LIGHTS AND CONSUMER HAS NOT HAD ANY PROBLEMS AS OF YET. *JB

I LEARNED OF A RECALL OF 2000 AND 2001 GM VEHICLES RELATING TO BRAKE LIGHT FAILURE. I CONTACTED GM AND THEY REFUSE TO HONOR OR ISSUE RECALL STATING MY VEHICLE IS NOT AFFECTED OR COVERED BY VIN. IT'S REAR BRAKE LIGHTS DO NOT WORK DESPITE REPLACEMENT OF ALL BULBS AND FUSES. *AK