1996 CHEVROLET BLAZER Complaints

THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS ARE PREMATURELY BREAKING,CAUSING A LOUD NOISE IN FRONT END. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF OPERATION. AFTER A FEW MINUTES, OPERATION CONTINUED.DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. BLAZER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL # 98V15000 DUE TO VIN. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRRECTED. *AK

EA99022, FRONT PASSENGER'S BALL JOINT BROKE, WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED A LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. DEALER SAID THE OTHER 3 BALL JOINTS, SEEM LIKE THEY MAY BREAK ALSO. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

VEHICLE UPPER BALL JOINT DRIVER SIDE WAS DRY CAUSING VEHICLE TO COLLAPSE WHILE DRIVING, PREGNANT WOMAN SUSTAINED PHYSICAL INJURIES OTHER PASSENGER SUSTAINED NECK AND BACK INJURIES. *ET

RECALL 98V150.001/ WINDSHIELD WIPER WIRING: WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER NOTIFIED ,AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

DRIVING ON NORMAL PAVED ROAD AT ABOUT 25 MPH, RIGHT UPPER BALL JOINT FAILED, CAUSING WHEEL TO LOCK AND CANT AT 45 DEGREE ANGLE (TOP IN/BOTTOM OUT). THIS CAUSED PARTIAL LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. HAD VEHICLE BEEN MOVING FASTER, THE LIKELY RESULT WOULD HAVE BEEN A ROLL AND SERIOUS INJURY. DEALER INSPECTED AND SAID THAT ALL BALL JOINTS NEEDED REPLACEMENT DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED ONE YEAR EARLIER (ON 15 SEP 98 AT 43302 MILES). THIS MEANS THAT THE TWO LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE NOT ACCEPTABLE AFTER ONLY 22,946 MILES). VEHICLE HAS ONLY BEEN USED FOR NORMAL, ON-ROAD DRIVING, AND HAS HAD ROUTINE MAINTENANCE (INCLUDING LUBRICATION). THIS CONTINUED AND FREQUENT FAILURE OF THIS SAFETY RELATED PART IMPLIES A SERIOUS DESIGN DEFECT. I REQUIRED DEELER TO SUPPLY ME WITH THE REPLACED BALL JOINTS SHOULD THEY BE NEEDED FOR INSPECTION.*AK

VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED IN AUGUST 1996. WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED INTERMITTENTLY, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 98V150000 DUE TO VIN ALTHOUGH IT HAD THE SAME SAME DEFECT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT SLOW SPEED BRAKE BOOSTER AND MASTER CYLINDER FAILED, CAUSING TOTAL FAILURE OF BRAKES, CONSUMER HAD TO COAST VEHICLE UNTIL VEHICLE STOPPED. *AK

THREE OF THE FUEL INJECTORS STARTED LEAKING AT THE SAME TIME CAUSING THE OXYGEN SENSORS TO BURN OUT, WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN DETECTED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN FOR DRIVABILITY PROBLEMS ON PREVIOUS OCCASIONS WITH NO CORRECTION. ALL THE FRONT BALL JOINTS HAD TO BE REPLACED BEFORE 35000 MILES DUE TO FAILURE, WHICH RESULTED IN SEVERE NOISES AND VIBRATION IN CAB OF VEHICLE.

DRIVING WEST ON SAHARA SLOWED DOWN TO STOP AT LIGHT AND THE BRAKES WOULD`NT WORK THEY THE EXACT SAMETHING AS IN 9/98. *AK