1996 CHEVROLET BLAZER Complaints

TUBE AND DIP STICK HOUSES TO TUBE TO THE TRANSMISSION RUSTED WHICH COULD EVENTALLY CAUSE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

SEWELL CADILLAC ,CHEVROLET DEALER,@ 701 BARONNE AT GIROD, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. QUOTED ME $2900.00 TO FIX, SAID A VALVE FAILED AND HAVE TO REPLACE WHOLE SYSTEM. THE REPLACEMENT LOOKS NOTHING LIKE WHAT I HAD. AM I THE ONLY ONE THIS HAS HAPPENED TO? ALSO I WAS IN NEW ORLEANS AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE, I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF MARDI GRAS PARADE TRAFFIC, FOR 2 1/2HRS. OF STOP AND GO CARS,& PEOPLE WALKING IN FRONT OF MY BLAZER. I WAS EXTREMELY LUCKY THAT NO ONE WAS HURT BECAUSE OF THIS FAILURE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MY NERVES.I DON'T FEEL THAT THE SYSTEM SHOULD HAVE FAILED, ON SUCH A YOUNG VEHICLE. GOD FORBID IT WOULD HAVE GONE WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY. THANKYOU FOR HEARING ME OUT. ALSO, I PRESENTLY HAVE A FILE # WITH CHEVY ABOUT THIS SITUATION, THE NUMBER IS 000107487.QUINTA DANIELS WAS THE REPRESENTATIVE I SPOKE WITH, ON MONDAY, MARCH 6,2000. *AK

THE DIP STICK FOR THE TRANMISSION IS RUSTED AND IS CAUSEING A TRANSMISSION FAILURE. DEALER REFUSED TO REPLACE STICK BECAUSE NOT UNDER WARRENTY. *AK

THE DIAPHRAM TO THE POWER BRAKE BOOSTER RUPTURED CAUSING A HISSING NOISE CAUSING CONSUMER TO APPLY MORE THAN NORMAL AMOUNTS OF PRESSURE TO ENGAGE THE BRAKES. NLM

VEHICLE ABS SYSTEM HAD BEEN REPROGRAMED BY DEALER PER GM RECALL CAMPAIGN DEC. 27, 1999. *AK

RADIATOR PLUGGED WITH RUST AND GRIT, CAUSING CAR TO OVERHEAT. CONSUMER TOLD BY DEALER THAT THE RUST AND GRIT COULD BE DUE TO A MANUFACTURING ERROR IN WHICH FOUNDRY CORE SAND WAS LEFT IN THE BLOCK AFTER CASTINGS. CORRECTION OF PROBLEM NOT UNDER WARRANTY, BUT CONSUMER WANTS CHEVROLET TO COVER THE COST OF REPAIRS. *AK *ML

AIR CONDITIONER WILL NOT COOL VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP. CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT AIR CONDTIONER COMPRESSOR WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE PART IS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

THE METAL THAT THE DOOR STRIKE LATCHES ARE MOUNTED TO IS FALLING AWAY. THERE IS NO SIGN OF RUST, AND THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR HAS A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF HOLES AT THIS MOUNTING POINT. THE REAMINING 3 DOORS ARE BEGINNING TO SHOW SIGNS OF METAL FAILURE AS WELL, ALTHOUGH NOT AS BAD AS THE DRIVER'S DOOR. YOU CAN LITERALLY TAKE 2 FINGERS AND MOVE THE "U" SHAPED DOOR STRIKE LATCH QUITE EASILY. WHEN DRIVING, AIR WILL ENTER IF YOU LEAN AGAINST THE DOOR. IT IS A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THIS LATCH BREAKS OFF COMPLETELY AND THE ALLOW THE DOOR TO OPEN. 1 DEALER (KERY-MORRIS CHEVROLET IN COLUMBUS, IN) AND 2 INDEPENDENT BODY SHOPS CLAIM THEY'VE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE. AFTER CALLING CHEVROLET, IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT WE TAKE THIS VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DEALER FOR ANOTHER OPINION. WE WENT TO OUR LOCAL DEALER (ROYAL CHEVROLET IN BLOOMINGTON, IN) AND THE BODY SHOP MANAGER INDICATED THAT HE HAD SEEN THIS BEFORE BUT NOT THIS BAD; HE CHECKED OTHER 96 BLAZERS (INCLUDING HIS IN-LAWS) AND FOUND THE SAME THING TO BE HAPPENING. THERE ARE NO BULLETINS REGARDING THIS, SO EVEN THOUGH IT IS SERIOUS, IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO REPAIR IT (ESTIMATED AT $475.00 FROM KERI-MORRIS). ROYAL INDICATED THAT IF IT WAS RUSTED, THEN THE FACTORY WOULD STAND BEHIND IT, BUT NOT BECAUSE OF METAL FATIGUE. I CAN PROVIDE PICTURES IF DESIRED; THE PROBLEM IS VERY EASY TO SEE.

CONSUMER DID NOT RECEIVE RECALL 98V150001 AND IS EXPERIENCING WINDSHIELD WIPER PROBLEMS. *SLC

DRIVER'SS SIDE SEAT HAS A LITTE HOLE FROM WHICH A SHARP PIECE OF METAL STICKS OUT. *AK