1997 CHEVROLET BLAZER Complaints

WHILE CHECKING RADIATOR, RADIATOR OPERATED POORLY, NO COOLING TURNED INTO JELL. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

GAS GAUGE UNRELIABLE BELOW HALF TANK, FLUCTUATES UP AND DOWN BETWEEN FULL AND EMPTY. NEED TO USE TRIP METER TO GAUGE FUEL IN TANK BY MPG. FRONT BRAKES AND ROTOR RECENTLY REPLACED DUE TO SHAKING IN STEERING WHEEL WHILE BRAKING. PER DEALER, ROTORS WERE BADLY WARPED. *AK

RADIATOR OVERFLOW DRY FILLED WITH WHAT LOOKS LIKE DIRT RADIATOR FILLED WITH WHAT LOOKS LIKE MUD CAUSED BY DEX-COOL COOLANT SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE SERVICED FOR 6 YEARS OR 100,000 MILES.

FUEL GAUAGE DOES NOT REGISTER THE CORRECT LEVELS OF FUEL, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK FUEL GAUAGE ALWAYS STAYS ON FULL LEVEL, EVENTHOUGH IT ONLY HAS 2 GALLONS IN TANK. *YH

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKING. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REPAIRS WERE MADE, BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD SPONTANEOUSLY BECOME INTERMITTANT AND SUBSEQUENTLY STOP WORKING AFTER CONSECUTIVE USE UNTIL THEY FINALLY STOPPED WORKING COMPLETELY. INDEPENDANTLY REPLACED CIRCUIT BOARD AND COVER AT OWN EXPENSE . HAVE SINCE DISCOVERED THAT NUMEROUS IDENTICAL COMPLAINTS EXIST AND RECALL (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID#: 98V150001) EXISTS FOR 1996 MODELS. BELIEVE ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATION SHOULD BE MADE TO INCLUDE NEWER VEHICLES AS WELL.

TRAVELING 63MPH APPROACHING SLOWING/STOPPING TRAFFIC FROM A DISTANCE. GRADUALLY BEGAN SLOWING VEHICLE AND APPLYING INCREASED BRAKE PRESSURE. TRAFFIC THEN STOPPED, APPLIED HEAVY PRESSURE-BOTH FEET ON PEDAL, HANDS BRACED ON WHEEL AND BODY THRUST BACK IN THE SEAT. BRAKE PEDAL WAS SOFT AND TO THE FLOOR AND VEHICLE DID NOT STOP. ABS DID NOT WORK - NO "CHK, CHK, CHK" SOUND AND NO PULSATING. RESULTED IN REAR END COLLISION. NOTICED THAT AN ABS RECALL EXISTS FOR MODEL OF VEHICLE MANUFACTURED IN SAME MONTH/YEAR (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID#: 99V193000) BUT WAS TOLD BY CHEVROLET THAT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED BECAUSE IT IS A 1997 MODEL.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK THEN DO NOT WORK. HEAR WIPER MOTOR MAKING NOISE BUT NOT WORKING. HAS HAPPEND 4 TIMES NOW. HAVE TO TAP WIPER MOTOR TO WORK, BUT LAST TIME TAPPING DID NOT WORK. NEXT DAY WIPERS WORKED.

THE BRAKE POWER ASSIST UNIT WAS REPLACED BUT THE BRAKES ARE STILL NOT FUNCTIONING WELL. I HAD THE DEALER CHECK THEM AND THEY SAID THEY CHECKED OUT OK.

THIS TRANSMISSION FAILURE IS THE SECOND FOR THIS VEHICLE . THE FIRST WAS 4/09/1999 @58765 MILES .VEHICLE IS IN SHOP AS I TYPE THIS REPORT .THE FAILURE WAS THE SAME IN BOTH INSTANCES . I AM TOLD BY THE TRANSMISSION SHOP THAT THIS IS VERY COMMON TO THIS TRANSMISSION .THIS PART SHOULD BE IMPROVED BY GENERAL MOTORS AND A RECALL INITATED ON THEIR PART THE REPAIR COST OF EACH FAILURE IS 750.00 TO 800.00 .