2000 CHEVROLET BLAZER Complaints

ALSO POOR GAS MILEAGE15-16 MPG ,ENGINE KNOCKS AND CLATTERS AT ALL SPEEDS. SERVICE DEP'T SAYS THIS IS NORMAL, NOTHING WRONG. *AK

THIS OUTSIDE TIRE CARRIER OBSCURES NEARLY COMPLETELY THE DRIVERS REAR VISION. I ASKED THE DEALER IF THERE IS A WAY TO MOUNT THE TIRE SOMEWHERE ELSE, THEY SAID NO.

THE DEALER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS PROBLEM IS A LONG-STANDING PROBLEM AND IS THE "NORM FOR THE BLAZERS." THEY FEEL THEIR VEHICLE IS NONETHELESS SAFE EVEN THOUGH IT SEVERELY AFFECTS STEERING IN CORNERING AND TURNS. ON EXTREME RIGHT CURVING UP/DOWN ROAD THIS INSTABILITY MAKES THE VEHICLE FEEL AS IF IT IS LEAVING THE ROADWAY. ON A RAINY ROAD IF YOU BREAK IN THE AFOREMENTIONED CONDITION, THE REAR END FANS OUT LEFT. *AK

PROBLEM: THE TRANSMISSION POPS OUT OF FIRST GEAR, SOMETIMES IMMEDIATELY AND SOMETIMES AFTER STARTING AWAY WHICH OFTEN CAUSES THE CARS BEHIND ME TO NEARLY REAR END ME. DEALER HAS BEEN ADVISED AND PARTS HAVE BEEN ORDERED. MY CONCERN IS THE LONG TERM SAFETY AND INTEGRITY OF THE UNIT. THE PROBLEM OCCURS ESPECIALLY AFTER THE CAR HAS BEEN DRIVEN IN HEAVY TRAFFIC; THAT IS A TIME WHEN THE CHANCES OF BEING INJURED BY OUR CRACK LEGION OF AGGRESSIVE URBAN DRIVERS IS GREATEST. YOU'D THINK AFTER 100 YEARS OF MANUFACTURING MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS THAT PERFECTION WOULD HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED BY NOW. LASTLY, I'M NOT CRAZY ABOUT BEING A POTENTIAL CRASH TEST DUMMY FOR A PROBLEM WHICH SHOULD BE AUTOMATICALLY REPLACED, NOT PATCHED.

VEHICLE HAS A DANGEROUS BLIND SPOT BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION OF THE SPARE TIRE. *SLC

SPARE TIRE CARRIER LOCATED ON THE BACK OF VEHICLE CAUSES POOR VISIBILITY WHEN USING REARVIEW MIRROR. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE, VEHICLE MEETS SPECIFICATIONS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH ON HIGHWAY ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUTDOWN WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHEN HATCHBACK WAS CLOSED FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW SHATTERED. THIS MAY CAUSE INJURIES TO OCCUPANT. DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED BY THE PROBLEM. WINDOW WAS REPLACED UNDER INSURANCE. *AK

WHEN DRIVING ON DRY PAVEMENT AT 10-15 MPH AND UPON DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL TO MAKE A GRAUDAL STOP WHILE APPROACHING THE INTERSECTION TO MAKE RIGHT HAND TURN, PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, WHICH RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. VEHICLE WAS JUST PURCHASED THREE DAYS AGO. *AK

SINCE DAY 1 WHEN VEHICLE PURCHASED, NOTICE SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF POWER AND TACHOMETER JUMPS UP AND DOWN WITH AIR CONDITIONING ON. THIS DIDN'T OCCUR WHEN OTHER BLAZERS WERE DRIVEN. ABSOLUTELY NO PICKUP EVEN AT HIGHER SPEEDS. THIS CREATES A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM WHEN IN HIGHWAY TRAFFIC. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON AT 1400 MILES, STAYED ON. BROUGHT IN TO DEALER, CLAIMED AN EVAPORATION PROBLEM AND HOSE WAS "KINKED" AT A 90 DEGREE ANGLE. SUPPOSEDLY FIXED PROBLEM, YET STILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT POWER LOSS. EXTREMELY POOR GAS MILEAGE.*AK