Owner-reported complaints naming the suspension system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming suspension components — springs, struts, shocks, control arms and related hardware. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1995 Chevrolet Blazer submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 35 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
The 25 most recent of 35, in the owner's own words
ROLLOVER WHEN TRAVELING FROM SHOULDER ONTO THE ROADWAY, RESULTING IN PARTIAL ROOF COLLAPSE, POSSIBLE SEATBELT FAILURE, SHATTERING OF ALL WINDOWS EXCEPT THE REAR HATCH. *TR
WHILE TRAVELING ON ASPHALT SERVICE ROAD AT APPROX. 40 MPH, THE FRONT LEFT BALL JOINT FAILED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CROSS THE ROAD AND INTO A DITCH. PART HAS SINCE BEEN REPAIRED WITH THE ADDITIONAL REPAIR
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND THE VEHICLE STARTED TO VIBRATE UNCONTROLLABLY. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND DROVE IT TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB
THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO GET THE TIRES BALANCED. THE DEALER STATED THE UPPER BALL JOINTS AND LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *JB
WHILE CHANGING RIGHT TIRE NOTICED THAT BRACKETS STARTED TO MALFUNCTION. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED; HOWEVER, WAS UNABLE TO REMEDY PROBLEM BECAUSE IT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY.*AKI
THE TRUCK WAS MAKING A CLUCK DURING LEFT TURNS FROM THE DRIVERS FRONT TIRE, I TOOK IT TO SEARS FOR INSPECTION AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS BUT DID SAY THAT THE BALL JOINTS (ALL FOUR) WERE GOING BAD AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT SOON. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHERE PURCHASED FOR ANOTHER INSPECTION AND THEY SAID THE SOUND WAS DUE TO THE BALL JOINTS (COST TO REPLACE=$700). I HAD THE BALL JOINTS REPLACED...THE TRUCK STILL MAKES THE SOUND AND IN ADDITION, NOW MAKES THE CLUCK WHEN TURNING RIGHT IN ADDITION TO LEFT. AT THE SAME TIME, I HAD THE MECHANICS INSPECT THE DRIVE TRAIN DUE TO A GRINDING SOUND THAT IS GETTING WORSE AND CHANGES WITH SPEED. THEY DETERMINED THAT THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL IS BAD AND WILL NEED TO BE REBUILT/REPLACED IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE (AT A COST OF ABOUT $1000).*AK
UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING UNUSUAL NOISE TO OCCUR WHILE DRIVING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
WHILE TRAVELING NOTICED VEHICLE SHAKING. SERVICE TECHNICIAN INDICATED THAT BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON THE CHEVROLET, BLAZER, MODEL YEAR 1996 - 1998 FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE MANAGER AT RAMSEY CHEVROLET, MY CAR IS NOT COVERED UNDER THIS RECALL. I WAS TOLD THE PARTS WERE WORN OUT. IT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND NOT DRIVEABLE SO I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. CAN YOU PLEASE ADVISE? THANK YOU! THE WEARING OUT OF THE FRONT UNIVERSAL BALL JOINT AND IVER ARM IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND THIS SHOULD BE REPLACED BY THE MANUFACTURER.*AK RECALL NUMBER 01V2. *SLC
VEHICLE MAKES A CLUNKING NOISE WHEN TURNING OR RIDING OVER BUMPY STREETS. DEALER CONFIRMED THAT UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS ON EACH SIDE NEEDED REPLACING, AND 1995 MODELS WERE HAVING A COMMON PROBLEM. SERVICE TECHNICIAN STATED PROBLEM HAS CAUSED ACCIDENTS AND REFERRED CONSUMER TO PERSONNEL.*AK CONSUMER ALSO COMPLAINS THAT GASOLINE WAS LEAKING OUT OF THE INJECTION BULK HEAD, CAUSING THE FUEL INJECTION TO FAIL, CONSUMER REPAIRED AT OWN EXPENSE, WHEN CONSUMER NOTIFIED MANUFACTUER HOT LINE OF CONDITION, MANUFACTURER WAS ONLY AWARE OF THIS CONDITION IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WHERE THERE ARE RECALLS FOR THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM. *TT
LEFT LOWER BALL JOINT RIPPED THROUGH CONTROL ARM. ALSO ON MAY 16TH, 2001, RIGHT BALL JOINT RIPPED THROUGH LOWER CONTROL ARM. DEALERSHIP HAS NOT DETERMINED CAUSE OF THIS DEFECT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK
PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT, RIGHT BALL JOINT BROKE. ALSO, WHEN LEAVING A PARKING LOT, FUEL INJECTOR FAILED, CAUSING HYDRAULIC BRAKES ARE TERRIBLE.*AK
THE UPPER BALL JOINT FAILED WHILE I WAS TURNING IN TO MY DRIVEWAY. THE FRONT WHEEL THEN FOLDED UNDER MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE. IF I HAD BEEN TRAVELING ON AN INTERSTATE, SURELY I WOULD HAVE LOST CONTROL AND POSSIBLY WOULD HAVE "ROLLED" THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES. THIS PROBLEM WAS IDENTIFIED UNDER A NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID #95V080000. WHEN I CALLED THE CHEVROLET HOTLINE (1 800 222 1020) I WAS TOLD THAT MY VIN WAS NOT COVERED BY THIS RECALL. I WAS GIVEN A REQUEST #C02430111. I BELIEVE THIS RECALL SHOULD BE EXPANDED TO COVER ALL BLAZERS, ESPECIALLY SINCE MY REPAIR BILL FOR THIS IS ALMOST THE SAME WORDING AS WAS USED IN THE CAMPAIGN NUMBER PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED. *AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
BRAKE LININGS HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 30,000 MILES AND JUST ABOUT EVERY 30,000 MILES AFTER THAT. THE REAR END WENT OUT AT ABOUT 72,000 MILES AND HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF ABOUT $1800. WE WERE ON A TRIP FROM KENTUCKY TO ALABAMA ON JUNE 23,2000, AND THE POWER BRAKE BOOSTER WENT OUT. WE WERE FORCED TO TRAVEL WITH BRAKES THAT SOUNDED LIKE THERE WAS A HORRIBLE AIR LEAK EVERY TIME YOU APPLIED THEM, AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE ABS LIGHT HAD COME ON IN JUNE, 1999, BUT WE HAD RECENTLY PAID $1800 FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE REAR END, AND WERE TOLD THAT OUR REGULAR BRAKES WOULD DO FINE, SO WE WAITED. WHEN WE HEARD THAT A RECALL HAD BEEN CALLED ON THAT ABS SYSTEM WE CALLED THE DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES, BUT THEY ALWAYS SAID THAT THEY HADN'T RECEIVED ANY INFORMATION FROM GM ABOUT IT YET. WE FINALLY GOT A RECALL NOTICE IN THE MAIL ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO, ALMOST A YEAR AFTER IT WAS ANNOUNCED. WHEN THE REAR END WENT OUT, WE HAD BEEN HEARING A STRANGE RUMBLING NOISE THAT GOT PROGRESSIVELY LOUDER. WE TOOK THE CAR TO SEVERRAL LOCAL MECHANICS, BUT THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. AFTER A FEW WEEKS WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE WHOLE REAR END. NOW IT IS BEGINNING TO MAKE THE SAME SOUND, AND THEY WILL CHECK THAT TOMORROW. THEY TOOK MY CAR TODAY TO CHECK THE BRAKES AND SAID THAT THE POWER BRAKE BOOSTER WAS BAD AND THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS BAD. THAT ALONE WILL COST OVER $700. THEY SAID THAT THE WHOLE ABS MODULE WAS BAD, AND IF WE WANT THAT FIXED IT WILL BE ABOUT $1000 DOLLARS MORE. IF THEY DECIDE THAT THE REAR END IS BAD AGAIN, THAT WILL ADD ANOTHER $1800 DOLLARS AGAIN, I GUESS. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN DRIVEN MAINLY BY ME AND MY HUSBAND (51 & 52 YRS OLD)-- AROUND TOWN AND ON THE HIGHWAY TO VISIT OUR KIDS AND PICK UP GRANDKIDS. IT HAS NOT BEEN MISUSED, AND HAS HAD ALL MAINTENANCE WORK DONE. *AK
FRONT END BECAME DETACHED FROM THE REAR END. THERE WAS NO WARNING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. *AK
POSSIBLE DESIGN DEFECT IN THE FUEL PUMP/CENTRAL PORT INJECTOR, FAILED ON TWO OCCASIONS DUE TO SAME DEFECT. *MJS ALSO, FUEL LEVEEL VARIES FROM EMPTY TO FULLWHEN DRIVING VEHICLE. *AK
POSSIBLE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM LEAK IS CAUSING VEHICLE TO BE BAD ON GAS AND A FUEL SMELL TO BE EMITTED FROM THE VEHICLE. NLM
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND HE FELT VIBRATION INSIDE OF THE CAR. THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR WHEEL WAS PASSING ALONG THE ROAD DUE TO LUGS: NUTS BEING DEFECTIVE. DEALER REFUSED TO REIMBURSE FOR REPAIRS BECAUSE VEHICLE OUT OF WARRANTY. *AK. *ML
RIGHT FRONT LOWER BALL JOINTS FAILED. YH
WAS GOING 45MPH WHEN THE ABS BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THE ABS BRAKES FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. QUICKLY. WENT ACROSS AN INTERSECTION & WAS NEARLY HIT. VEHICLE FINALLY STOPPED. TOOK TO DEALER & NOTHING WRONG WAS FOUND WITH BRAKES. VEHICLE OVERHEATS & PASSENGER'S DOOR DOES NOT UNLOCK.*AK BATTERY FAILED. KNOCKING NOISE COMES FROM FRONT END ON RIGHT AND LEFT TURN. YH
WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING.
FRONT BALL JOINTS FAILED.
THE FRONT END WILL NOT STAY IN ALIGNMENT, TRUCK PULLS TO THE LEFT . PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
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