2000 CHEVROLET BLAZER Complaints

GO TO VEHICLE, TRY TO START, "SECURITY" LAMP BEGINS TO FLASH. NO START ISSUE. HAVE TO WAIT FOR 10 MINUTES AND TRY AGAIN, ABOUT 50% OF THE TIME IS STARTS, OTHER 50% YOU HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER 10 MINUTES AND TRY AGAIN.... GM PASSLOCK SYSTEM ISSUE. IS IT THE IGNITION, THE BCM, THE ECM....? *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET BLAZER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY THE LOCAL AUTHORITY THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR BRAKE LIGHT WAS INOPERATIVE. THERE WERE NO WARNINGS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE BRAKE LIGHT BULB WAS CHANGED, BUT THE FAILURE WAS STILL PRESENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHT SOCKET EXHIBITED CORROSION, WHICH POSSIBLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 01V364000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH), ALTHOUGH THE FAILURES WERE IDENTICAL. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 137,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 140,000. UPDATED 01/12/10. *LJ UPDATED 01/13/10.*JB

2000 CHEVY BLAZER HAS ABS LIGHT COME ON. WHEN THIS OCCURS THE BRAKES DO NOT WORK. IT DOES NOT MATTER IF THE SPEED IS EXTREMELY LOW-OR GOING 55MPH-65MPH DEPENDING ON POSTED SPEED LIMIT. IF YOU BARELY TOUCH THEM IT SLIPS/DOES NOT GRAB. IF YOU TRY TO PUMP THE BRAKE PEDAL IT GOES TO THE FLOOR TWO OR THREE TIMES BEFORE CATCHING. YOU CAN HEAR A NOISE BEFORE THE ABS LIGHT COMES ON-YOU CAN FEEL THE BRAKE PEDAL GET TIGHT AND THEN REAL LOOSE BEFORE LIGHT COMES ON. THE LIGHT DOES NOT STAY ON, NOR DO YOU HAVE A WARNING ABOUT IT COMING ON. I JUST HAD NEW BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS PUT ON- THE BRAKES SHOULD BE BETTER THAN NEW- HOWEVER, DOES'NT MATTER IF THEY ARE BEING TOLD BY A SENSOR OR OTHER COMPUTER CHIP/LIGHT THAT THEY DON'T WORK! I'VE BEEN TOLD IT IS THE ABS BRAKE MOTOR VALVE BODY ASSEMBLY PART, THAT IS MALFUNCTIONING. PLEASE INVESTIGATE BEFORE SOMEBODY GETS HURT OR DIES. THERE IS ALSO ANOTHER WOMAN AT MY WORK WHO HAS THE SAME VEHICLE AND HAS THE SAME PROBLEM ON OCCASSION, THEY HAVE SPENT DAYS TRYING TO IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. *TR

OCCASIONALLY THE FRONT WIPERS ON MY 2000 CHEVY BLAZER WOULD STOP WORKING FOR NO REASON AT ALL AND EVENTUALLY AFTER A FEW MINUTES WOULD KICK BACK ON, BUT AS OF YESTERDAY DEC 21 2008 THEY WILL NOT COME BACK ON. I WAS INFORMED THAT THIS IS PROBABLY DUE TO A BAD WIPER CIRCUIT BOARD. THIS SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED AND HAD A RECALL FOR A 1997 CHEVY S10 PICKUP. AND GUESS WHAT??? THEY USE THE SAME PART NUMBER. HOWEVER CHEVY WILL NOT REPLACE THE WIPER CIRCUIT BOARD ON MY VEHICLE BECAUSE THERE WAS NEVER A RECALL ON MY SPECIFIC VEHICLE MODEL/YEAR. IF IT IS THE SAME PART AND I AM HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM THIS SHOULD BE REPLACED BY THE MANUFACTURER. NOW OUT OF POCKET I AM LOOKING AT $150 OR A LITTLE MORE DEPENDING ON WHAT PARTS STORE I CAN FIND THIS CIRCUIT BOARD AT. I CALLED SEVERAL DEALERSHIPS AND THE CHEVY 1-800#. TO ME THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE, IF IT IS THE SAME PART NUMBER THAT HAD A PROBLEM IN A PREVIOUS VEHICLE THEN IT SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER THE RECALL NOTICE. *TR

THE GAS GAUGE FLUCTUATES. DO NOT KNOW THE PROPER AMOUNT OF GAS IS IN THE TANK. *TR

ON 6/4/2008 I PURCHASED FOUR TIRES FROM WALMART IN YUMA, AZ THEY WERE DOUGLAS TIRES 205/75R15BWX-TRAC II. WALMART INSTALLED/MOUNTED AND BALANCED THE TIRES. 5 MONTH'S AND LESS THEN 5000 MILES LATER ON 11/7/08 MY WIFE CALLED ME TO SAY THAT A TIRE WAS FLAT WHEN I GOT THERE TO LOOK AT THE TIRE I FOUND THAT THE TIRE HAD RIPPED IN SIX DIFFERENT PLACES FROM THE RIM TO THE TREAD ALL THE WAY THROUGH. I THEN LOOKED AT THE OTHER TIRES TO FIND THAT THEY HAD INDENTED/IMPRESSIONS IN THE SAME PATTERN AROUND THE TIRE AS IF STARTING TO CRACK THROUGH LIKE THE OTHER ONE DID. ALSO I WAS HAVING DIFFICULTLY KEEPING THE PROPER PSI LEVEL IN THEM MY VEHICLE MANUFACTURE RECOMMENDS 35PSI, BUT FOR SOME REASON THESE TIRES WILL LEAK OUT TO 20 PSI I HAD TO PUT AIR IN THEM EVERY MONTH TO KEEP THEM AT THE PROPER LEVEL. I WENT BACK TO WALMART THE NEXT DAY ON 11/8/2008 AFTER ARGUING WITH THEM THEY FINALLY REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES BUT THEY USED THE SAME BRAND, AND NOW A MONTH LATER I'M STARTING TO SEE THE SAME PATTERN OF INDENT'S/ IMPRESSIONS IN THE SIDE WALL AND THESE TIRES TO LEAK AIR AS BAD AS THE LAST SET OF DOUGLAS TIRES THE REPLACEMENT TIRES WALMART INSTALLED ARE 205/75R15BWX-T. I BELIEVE THAT THIS BRAND NAME HAS DEFECTIVE TIRES AND THIS NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO. I ALSO HAVE PICTURES OF THE TIRES THAT RIPPED IF I CAN I WILL ADD THEM TO THE REPORT BUT IF NOT JUST REQUEST THEM FROM ME AND I WILL SEND THEM VIA EMAIL. THANK YOU. *TR

INTAKE MANIFOLD IS LEAKING WHICH CAUSES OVERHEATING. I'VE OWNED TWO 2000 CHEVY BLAZERS AND HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM IN EACH. *TR

SMOKE FROM STEERING COLUMN,AFTER THE SMOKE FROM THE COLUMN THE HAZARD LIGHTS AND SWITCH WOULD NOT WORK, BREAK LIGHTS WOULD NOT WORK EITHER. GM DEALER REPLACED THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH @ A COST OF $438.50 AND SAID THEY NEVER HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM BEFORE. VEHICLE WAS RECALLED AND WAS APPARENTLY FIXED FOR THE SAME REASON 6 YRS AGO. *TR

BALL JOINTS THIS VEHICLE HAS FAILED MASSACHUSETTS YEARLY INSPECTION 2 YEARS IN A ROW DUE TO SLOPPY BALL JOINTS. IF THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED THE RESULT COULD BE RATHER HAZARDOUS TO ME AND PEOPLE ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET BLAZER. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND THE ABS ENGAGED. THE CONTACT HAD TO APPLY MORE BRAKE PRESSURE IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRONT HUB WHEEL SPEED SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 73,640. UPDATED 12-04-08 *BF THE DEALER REPLACED THE WHEEL SPEED SENSORS. UPDATED 12/10/08. *JB