1998 CHEVROLET BLAZER Complaints

DRIVERS SIDE RECLINER HAS FAILED (4) TIMES. PASSENGER SIDE HAS FAILED (1) TIME. ASIDE FROM THE INCONVEIONCE OF TAKING THE CAR TO BE REPAIED AGAIN AND AGAIN.I FEEL THERE IS A SAFETY ISSUE.IF I DRIVE SOME PLACE AND RECLINE THE SEAT AND IT BREAKS IN THE RECLINED POSITION THE CAR IS NOT SAFELY DRIVABLE FROM A PRONE POSITION. THIS COULD BE A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM DEPENDING ON CONDITIONS AND/OR SITUATION. I HAVE TALKED TO SOME GM PARTS COUNTER PERSONS.I WAS INFORMED THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING AND COMMON PROBLEM. THIS WAS CONFIRMED BY AN INDEPENDENT UPOLSTRY SHOP WHICH DOES THESE REPAIRS ON A SUBLET BASIS. I HAVE EXAMEND THE PART , I AM NOT AN ENGINEER BUT I KNOW THAT SUCH A CRITICAL HIGH STRESS PART SHOULD NOT BE MADE FROM SUCH A SOFT MATERIAL. YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS PROBLEM WILL BE APRECEAITED. THANK YOU. SINCERLY MARK L. STEWART

VEHICLE'S TRANS STARTED SLIPPING AT 45MPH. WHEN STOPPED, I FOUND OUT I HAD NO REVERSE WITH ALL OTHER FORWARD GEARS SLIPPING TO WHERE IT IS UNDRIVEABLE. VEHICLE HAS HIGH HIGHWAY MILEAGE, RARELY WAS THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE USED, AND IS ON LEASE FOR $440 A MONTH FOR ANOTHER YEAR. I KNOW A FEW OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS ON NEWER BLAZERS WITH LOWER MILAGE (STILL UNDER WARRANTY) THAT WERE REPAIRED. IT SEEMS ODD THAT THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURED TO A FEW PEOPLE I TALKED TO, AND MAKES ME WONDER HOW MANY MORE PROBLEM TRANSES ARE OUT THERE. WHAT SHOULD I DO???

WE HAVE (2) 1998 GM PRODUCTS THAT HAVE HAD FAILED TRANSMISSIONS THIS MONTH, BOTH JUST RECENTLY HIT THE 50,000 MILE MARK

FUEL INJECTORS REPLACED ON THREE OCCASIONS WITHIN 25,000 MILES. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT PROBLEM OCCURRED DUE TO CALIFORNIA'S FUEL USE IN VEHICLE, AND MANUFACTURER SENT AN EXTENDE WARRANTY FOR 100,000 MILES, BUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN AFTER WARRANTY EXPIRE? SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. *AK

FUEL INJECTION HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE AND CHECKED VEHICLE 3 TIMES. MANUFACTURER CLAIMED IT WAS DUE TO CALIFORNIA GAS . GAS HAS AN INGREDIENT THAT WAS EATING AWAY OR MELTING SEAL OF FUEL INJECTION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING TURN SIGNALS MALFUNCTIONED IN WHICH THE SMOKE CAME FROM THE STEERING WHEEL, INDICATING A SHORT CIRCUIT IN THE WIRING HARNESS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

MAUAL ADJUST HANDLE METAL SHAFT (ROD) BROKE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ADJUST SEAT BACK ANGLE. MINIMUM FORCE WAS USED. DEALERSHIP ESTIMATED > 150.00 TO REPLACE SHAFT AS SEAT WILL HAVE TO BE REMOVED. THIS METAL SHAFT SHOULD'NT HAVE FAILED SO EASILY.

DRIVER'S SEAT BACK LATCH HAS BROKEN FOUR TIMES. DEALER HAS REPAIRED THE VEHICLE THREE TIMES UNDER WARRANTY. *AK

ON 2/9/00, RUCK WAS TAKEN TO JAMES MARTIN CHEVROLET-BUICK DEALERSHIP DUE TO EMISSION PROBLEMS. THE TRUCK WAS NOT REPAIRED UNTIL 3/7/00 BECAUSE IT WAS "DIFFICULT" TO DETERMINE WHERE THE EVAPORATION LEAK WAS COMING FROM. LESS THAN 6,000 MILES LATER, ANOTHER EMISSION PROBLEM HAPPENED ON JULY 29TH. I WAS DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY WHEN I STARTED TO SMELL GAS FUMES. IT BROUGHT ME TO THE POINT OF CHOCKING AND I HAD TO GET OFF THE EXPRESSWAY AND GET OUT OF THE TRUCK TO BREATHE. THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED ON 7/31/00, HOWEVER, I STILL FEEL THAT A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED ON THE CHEVY BLAZER 1998 EDITION. THE BOTTON OF MY INVOICE STATES THAT FURTHER DIAGNOSIS WILL BE DONE ONCE THE DRIVER NOTICES ANY OTHER PROBLEMS. THIS CONCERNS ME BECAUSE EACH TIME, THE EMISSION PROBLEMS IS BECOMING WORSE THAN THE LAST ONE. *AK

DEFECTIVE HUB WAS LEAKING GREASE ONTO THE SENSOR CAUSING IT TO FAIL AND RESULTING IN THE ABS LIGHT ILLMINATING. NLM