1997 CHEVROLET BLAZER Complaints

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 30MPH ON HIGHWAY AND FRONT WHEEL SEPARATED. HE HEARD A SLIGHT NOISE AND WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER. LEFT DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL HAD CAME OFF. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF THE INCIDENT, AND INSISTED THAT VEHICLE WAS DRIVEABLE. HE HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED.*AK LEFT FRONT UPPER BALL JOINT SEPARATED DAMAGING THE RIM. THE CUSTOMER STATES THE PART IS DEFECTIVE. *YH

FRONT LEFT BALL JOINTS ON MY NEW 1997 CHEVY BLAZER FAILED @26K MILES. THEY WERE REPLACED AT A CHEVY DEALERSHIP, USING GENERAL MOTORS PARTS. AT 44K MILES, THE SAME FRONT LEFT BALL JOINTS FAILED. BECAUSE IT IS AN INTRICATE COMPONENT OF THE VEHICLE'S STEERING MECHANISM, I WAS URGED TO HAVE THEM REPLACED. I CHOSEN NOT TO HAVE THEM REPLACED FOR FEAR THAT THE REPLACEMENT PARTS USED MAY BE DEFECTIVE AND FAIL ONCE AGAIN. I HAVE ALSO CHOSEN TO LIMIT MY DRIVING OF THE VEHICLE TO ONLY LOCAL USE FOR FEAR THAT FAILURE MAY OCCURE AGAIN, BUT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHICH MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT WITH INJURIES OR FATALITIES. WHAT ALSO HAS LEAD ME TO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED PROBLEM WAS THAT WHEN PICKING UP MY VEHICLE ANOTHER CUSTOMER OWNING THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL AS I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THEIR BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. COINCIDENCE? MAYBE SO, BUT I'M NOT WILLING TO TAKE THE RISK. *AK

WHILE IN AN FRONTAL ACCIDENT AT HIGHT SPEED, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AT ANY TIME. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

DEX-COOL TURNED TO GEL CAUSING NO HEAT FROM HEATER. REQUIRED SPECIAL SYSTEM FLUSH, NEW THERMOSTAT AND RADIATOR CAP

THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS REBUILT AND THE DEALERSHIP WANTS $2,000. I HAVE READ ON THE INTERNET OF NUMEROUS PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM OF THE VEHICLE SHIFTING HARD FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL. THERE ARE TO MANY VEHICLES OF GENERAL MOTORS HAVING THIS PROBLEM. *AK

AFTER VEHICLE RUNS FOR 30 MINUTES, TRANSMISSION JERKS WHEN SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND. I WAS TOLD THAT THE VALVE BODY NEEDED REPLACEMENT, AND THE VALVE WAS STICKING. IT WILL COST $1000. GMC CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO TO HELP ME. IT IS APPARENT THAT THE 97 BLAZER'S HAD SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH BOTH THE BRAKES AND THE TRANSMISSION BUT DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. ALL THEY WANT TO DO IS REPLACE MY VALVE BODY WITH A NEWER UPDATED VERSION NOW THAT THE BUGS HAVE BEEN WORKED OUT BUT AT MY COST. THERE IS NO REASON THAT A TRANSMISSION ON ANY CAR SHOULD HAVE PROBLEMS AT THIS MILEAGE. TO TOP IT OFF, MOST OF MY MILEAGE IS HIGHWAY. I ALSO PUT MY 4TH SET OF BRAKES ON AT 41,000 MILES. DEALER SAID 1ST SET WERE DEFECTIVE AT 18K, 2ND SET WAS ONLY A 10K BRAKE AT 29K. PROBLEM WAS NEVER FIXED AND I GAVE UP. *AK

TRANSMISSION FLUID WOULD OVERFLOW AND SPRAY ON BACK WINDOW. ON 8/7-11 GM PAID 80% I HAD TO PAY 20%-SINCE I WAS OVER BY 2,000 MILES. EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED ON 8/14, THEY HAD MY BLAZER FOR ALMOST 3 WKS AT NO COST TO ME. THEY SAID THEY REBUILT THE TRANSMISSION. SAME THING HAPPENED ON 9/2/00 BUT NOW IT HAS NO REVERSE, MADE LOUD NOISE, THEY TOWED IT-I WOULD NOT DRIVE IT BACK THIS TIME. I WAS GETTING OFF THE PIKE, APPLIED BRAKES AND THE TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFTED AND I WENT FLYING FORWARD..THANK GO NO OTHER CARS AROUND AND I WAS WEARING MY SEAT BELT. THE FIRST REPAIR I WAS WITHOUT MY BLAZER FOR ABOUT A WEEK, 2ND REPAIR IT WAS ALMOST 3 WEEKS..HAVE NO IDEA HOW LONG THIS ONE WILL TAKE. PRIOR TO THIS I LOVED MY BLAZER. I DON'T FEEL AT 38,000 YOU SHOULD HAVE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. I DID INFORM THE SERVICE DEPT. WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT THE BLAZER IT HAD A RUSTED DIP STICK AND THEY REPLACED IT. I THINK THAT IS ALL THEY DID, FEEL THEY SHOULD HAVE DRAINED THE FLUID, JUST IN CASE RUST CHIPS OR COROSION FELL INTO THE FLUID. THEY ALSO PUT NEW BRAKES ON 2 MONTHS AGO AND I KEEP TELLING THEM THEY AREN'T WORKING PROPERLY. THE ABS BRAKES YOU PRESS PEDAL AND IT GOES ALMOST TO THE FLOW, THERE IS NO WAY THEY WOULD STOP IN AN EMERGENCY ON TIME. BASED ON THIS I AM NOT PLEASED WITH THE GM PARTS AND THE SERVICE DEPTARTMENT!!!!!

FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM REPAIRED AT THE DEALER AND THE DAY THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE SHOP IT FLOODED WITH GASOLINE AND CAUGHT FIRE. *MJS

WHEN FOUR YEAR OLD CHILD TURNED REARVIEW MIRROR TO SEE HERSELF, MIRROR AND A PIECE OF GLASS FROM THE WINDSHIELD JUST POPPED OFF, HITTING THE CHILD IN THE NOSE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHEN PUTTING ON BRAKES WHILE ON ICE/ WATER/GRAVAL OR ANYTIME STEPPING ON BRAKES PEDAL WILL GO TO FLOOR, MAKING A RUMBLING NOISE AND VEHICLE WILL KEEP GOING.*AK