1998 CHEVROLET BLAZER Complaints

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS DID NOT WORK ACCORDING TO THE SETTING ON THE WINDSHIELD WIPER CONTROL. MANY TIMES THE WIPERS WOULD GO ON AND NOT SHUT OFF AND MANY TIME THE WIPERS WOULD NOT GO ON AT ALL. OVER THE SPAN OF 18,000 MILES THE EFFECT HAVE BEEN DANGEROUS TO MY PERSONAL SAFETY. ON SUNNY DAYS WHEN APPLYING THE WINDSHIELD WASHER, THE WIPERS WOULD NOT OPERATE. THIS CAUSES ME TO PULL OVER AND PULL ON THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS UNTIL THEY START AND THEN THEY DO NOT TURN OFF. ON RAINY DAYS, THEY TURN OFF WITHOUT WARNING CAUSING ME TO PULL OVER ON THE HIGHWAY AND RISK BEING HIT DUE TO A DRIVER SIDE VEHICLE EXIT ON BUSY HIGHWAYS TO MANUALLY CLEAN THE WINDOW OR WAIT UNTIL THE RAIN STOPS. I HAVE HAD THE CONTROL REPLACED AT A COST OF OVER $300 BUT THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THE MOTOR NEEDS TO BE REPLACED DUE TO FAULTY CONNECTIONS FROM THE PULSE CONTROLLER BOARD AND THE WIPER MOTOR. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY FLAW IN THE VEHICLE AND MUST BE CORRECTED BY GM. I HOPE YOU CAN HELP ALL THE OWNERS OF VEHICLES USING AC DELCO PART NUMBER 15036008 WIPER MOTORS. MANY COMPLAINT HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED AND IT IS TIME THAT THE NHTSA PROTECTED THE DRIVERS OF THE VEHICLES EFFECTED REGARDLESS OF THE PAIN CAUSED TO GM. IF IT SAVES ONLY ONE LIFE IT IS WORTH IT. HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE DIED AND HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DOCUMENT THE PROBLEM DUE TO THEIR DEATHS? HOW MANY COMPLAINTS DOES IT TAKE BEFORE YOU TAKE ACTION AGAINST AN OBVIOUS SAFETY FLAW IN A VEHICLE? THIS MUST BE ADDRESSED. *NM

DT: THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS DO NOT WORK PROPERLY. THERE HAS BEEN NO ACCIDENTS AS OF NOW. THE CONSUMER HAS NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO BE REPAIRED AS OF YET. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE 9-1-02. *AK *MR

THE AIR BAG LIGHT IS CONSTANTLY GOING ON AND OFF. THE DEALER HAD SUPPOSEDLY FIXED THE PROBLEM, BUT IT IS STILL NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN BACK TO DEALERSHIP, NOW THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. I WAS TOLD THAT WHEN THE WARNING LIGHT IS LIT, THE AIRBAG WILL NOT WORK. *JB

I OWNED A 1996 CHEVY BLAZER. THE SEAL ON THE ENGINE WENT AT 70K MILES. HAD TO REPLACE ENGINE. I NOW OWN A 1998 CHEVY BLAZER, REPLACED THE SEAL IN DEC '04 AND THE ENGINE BLEW AT 67K MILES. HAD TO REPLACE (REBUILD) THIS ENGINE. I HAVE SERVICE RECORDS FOR BOTH VEHICLES. NO REASON TO HAVE TWO ENGINES GO. I WROTE GM AND GOT NO ANSWER. *JB

1998 CHEVROLET BLAZER 4WD SUV - UNWANTED APPLICATION OF THE ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM AT LOW SPEEDS CAUSE INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCES. *NM

VEHICLE: 1998 CHEVY BLAZER 4DR 4X4 4.3L VORTEC V6 EVENTS LEADING UP TO FAILURE: NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS FAILURE(S): THERE ARE TWO PRIMARY CONCERNS WITH THIS VEHICLE: 1) FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT WORK, IT WILL REPORT COMPLETE FULL AND WHEN VARYING AMOUNTS OF FUEL THE FUEL GAUGE BOUNCES AROUND(USUALLY BETWEEN HALF AND FULL, BUT SOMETIMES BETWEEN E AND FULL) I AM FORCED TO USE TRIP ODOMETER AND APPROXIMATE FUEL ECONOMY TO DETERMINE TANK LEVEL. I HAVE HEARD SEVERAL TO MANY ANECDOTAL STORIES OF OTHER CHEVY VEHICLES EXPERIENCING THE SAME SYMPTOMS. 2) THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK SPORADICALLY. CURRENTLY WHEN OPERATING IN 'INTERMITTENT' MODE, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL BEGIN TO OPERATE IN CONTINUOUS, REGULAR SPEED AND WILL NOT TURN OFF WHEN SWITCH TURNED TO 'OFF' POSITION. SITUATION WILL OCCASIONALLY CORRECT ITSELF AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES. OTHER TIMES I AM REQUIRED TO STOP, PARK, AND TURN OFF THE VEHICLE BEFORE RESTARTING IT TO TURN THE WIPERS OFF. OCCASIONALLY THE WIPERS WILL NOT WORK AT ALL IN ANY POSITION. USUALLY THIS ONLY HAPPENS FOR A SHORT PERIODS OF TIME, WHILE I AM TRYING TO TURN THEM ON BY SCRUBBING THROUGH ALL THE POSITIONS OF THE SWITCH. I OWNED A 95 GMC JIMMY PRIOR TO THIS VEHICLE AND EXPERIENCED THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. THIS MODEL YEAR WAS COVERED UNDER A RECALL THAT ENDED WITH, I BELIEVE, THE 97 MODEL YEAR. CORRECTIONS/REPAIRS: I HAVE HAD NEITHER PROBLEM REPAIRED. THEREFORE, I STILL HAVE THE OLD PARTS. INSTEAD OF REPAIRING, CURRENTLY FINANCIALLY UNFEASIBLE, I AM USING RAIN-X FOR THE WINDSHIELD AND THE ODOMETER FOR A FUEL GAUGE. *INCIDENT DATE IS APPROXIMATELY THE LAST TIME THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE USED. I HAVEN'T DRIVEN IN THE RAIN MUCH THIS SUMMER. *JB

I HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING AND OVERHEATING IN MY 1998 CHEVY BLAZER. I INSTALLED A TRANSMISSION COOLER HOPING THAT WOULD STOP THE PROBLEM, BUT IT HASN'T EVEN TOUCHED THE PROBLEM. I WOULD LIKE SOMETHING NONE ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS IN BLAZERS.

SAME COMPLAINT AS DOCUMENTED IN CHEVROLET S10 BLAZER RECALL 03023 BUT THAT IS LIMITED UP TO AND INCLUDING 1997 AND MY VEHICLE IS A 1998.....*JB

CONSUMER WAS INJURED BY THE SEAT ADJUSTMENT HANDLE ON THE 1998 CHEVROLET BLAZER.*MR THE CONSUMER AND HER HUSBAND WERE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHEN THE INCIDENT WITH THE SEAT ADJUSTMENT HANDLE OCCURRED. *JB

WE OWN (MY WIFE) A 1998 CHEVY BLAZER. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS BEGAN TO QUIT FOR NO REASON INTERMITTENTLY ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO. WE WERE RECENTLY TRAVELING WEST ON I-70 JUST PAST THE EISENHOWER TUNNEL IN COLORADO IN A RAGING DOWNPOUR, AND THEY QUIT AGAIN NEARLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. I'VE READ ON THE WEB THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE WIPER MOTOR PULSE MODULE FOR MANY YEARS' BLAZER MODELS, BUT NOT THE '98 OR '99, WHICH ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM ACCORDING TO THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS I'VE READ ON THE WEB. I BELIEVE THE 1998 MODEL BLAZER PULSE MODULE SHOULD BE RECALLED ALSO. CAN'T YOU COMPEL GM TO RECALL THIS ALSO? I'VE READ NUMEROUS STORIES ON THE WEB OF PEOPLE GETTING INTO ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. GM SHOULD FIX IT FOR FREE. *NM