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1983 Chevrolet Blazer Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Oct 5, 2000
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Jul 19, 1997

What this page shows

Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1983 Chevrolet Blazer. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–4 of 4

Tires & wheels
Filed Oct 5, 2000

WHILE DRIVING 65MPH HEARD A RUMBLE NOISE, AND KEPT DRIVING. FINALLY PARKED, CHECKED VEHICLE, AND NOTICED NOTHING WRONG. DROVE HOME AND PARKED VEHICLE. NEXT DAY, NOTICED TIRE IN REAR HAD LOST ABOUT 6 INCHES IN DIAMETER OF THE TREAD. STEEL BELTS COULD BE SEEN. DROVE TO FIRESTONE RETAILER & HAD TIRE REPLACED. TIRES P205/75R15, ON 1983, CHEVROLET BLAZER.*AK

NHTSA ID
872361
Tires & wheels
Filed Aug 28, 2000

THE FIRESTONE FIREHAWK ATX TIRE ON THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION WHICH CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. *MJS

NHTSA ID
554045
Incident
Apr 27, 2000
Transmission
Filed May 22, 2000

CLUTCH PAWL BROKE WITHOUT A WARNING, AND WHILE DRIVING. *AK

NHTSA ID
862321
Incident
May 22, 2000
BrakesPowertrain (other)
Filed Jul 19, 1997

THE BRAKE LINE BURST, CAUSING COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE/ACCIDENT.

NHTSA ID
518990
Incident
Apr 11, 1997

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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