Owner-reported complaints naming the fuel system system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming fuel storage or delivery — tanks, pumps, lines, injectors and fuel leaks. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2003 Chevrolet Blazer submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 10 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.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
1/10/2018, WHILE DRIVING ON I-96, SUV SUDDENLY LOST POWER IN THE MIDDLE LANE AT 72MPH. I COASTED VEHICLE TO A STOP IN THAT LANE, AS HEAVY TRAFFIC WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO PULL OVER. MY FAMILY OF FOUR WERE IN THAT SUV WHEN THE FUEL DELIVERY SYSTEM FAILED. THE FUEL PUMP STOPPED WORKING WITHOUT WARNING.
I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IN FEBRUARY 2015 WITH 71,000 - THE BODY WAS VERY WELL KEPT INSIDE AND OUT. WHAT I DIDN'T KNOW WAS THE EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF RUST AND CORROSION UNDER THE VEHICLE, WHICH DID NOT SHOW INITIALLY. I HAVE ONLY HAD SAME A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AND HAVE HAD TO ALREADY REPLACE FRONT ARM JOINTS BECAUSE THEY SNAPPED IN HALF AND MY TIRE WAS SITTING CROOKED AND IN DANGER OF FALLING OFF!! FUEL LINES HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THEY COMPLETED RUSTED THROUGH AND GASOLINE WAS LEAKING OUT ALL OVER. THE DRIVER DOOR WAS CHECKED 2X AS IT DOES NOT SHUT CORRECTLY AND I CAN HEAR WIND GETTING INTO THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING (NOT TO MENTION WATER POURING IN OVER THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR AND DOOR CONTROLS), THE BRAKES GO COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR (DESPITE BEING FIXED), THE ABS LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAY ON DESPITE BEING CHECKED - THIS TRUCK DESIGN IS TERRIBLE AND IT NOW RIDES AND SOUNDS LIKE A BUCKET OF BOLTS. I HAVE HAD MANY TRUCKS FROM GMC JIMMY, CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER, ETC. - I HAVE NEVER HAD ONE THAT HAS GONE COMPLETELY SOUR IN SO SHORT A TIME. I HAVE ALSO READ THE NUMEROUS ACCOUNTS OF PEOPLE IN ACCIDENTS WITH THIS YEAR VEHICLE AND THE BRAKES FAILING AND AIRBAGS NOT DEPLOYING - I AM SERIOUSLY SCARED TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE ANYMORE. I AM A SINGLE MOTHER OF 2 AND THOUGHT I WAS PURCHASING A RELIABLE VEHICLE FOR MY FAMILY FROM A REPUTABLE COMPANY. I SEE THAT MOST OF THE COMPLAINTS - IF THEY WERE INVESTIGATED BY CHEVY - WERE DEEMED "NO PROBLEM FOUND" AND SWEPT UNDER THE RUG. WHAT DO I DO?! I HAVE ALREADY SPENT OVER $1,000 TO FIX THIS VEHICLE AND IT STILL HAS ISSUES - I SIMPLY CANNOT AFFORD TO KEEP SINKING $$ INTO A VEHICLE THAT IS GOING TO BLEED ME DRY.
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET BLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED AN ONGOING FAILURE IN WHICH THE FUEL GAUGE CONSTANTLY DISPLAYED AN IMPROPER READING. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED DUE TO THE FAILURE THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS IN WHICH THE FAILURE WAS NEVER DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 60,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
MY 2003 CHEVY BLAZER HAS HAD A FAULTY FUEL GAUGE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. IT WAS TAKEN INTO MORAN CHEVROLET IN CLINTON TOWNSHIP MI ONCE FOR WARRANTY REPAIRS BUT THE PROBLEM WAS NEVER FIXED. SERVICE REP INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS CAUSED BY A BAD VEHICLE GROUND. PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS TO THIS DAY. THE ONLY WAY I CAN AVOID RUNNING OUT OF GAS IS TO RESET THE TRIP ODOMETER EVERY TIME I FILL-UP. *TR
SINCE PURCHASE OF VEHICLE IN 10/2006, WE HAD HESITATION AND STALLING PROBLEMS. WITH A 2003 CHEVY BLAZER. WE HAD SEVERAL FULL TUNE-UPS, CATALYTIC CONVERTER REPLACEMENT (UPON THE ADVICE OF A DEALERSHIP), FUEL RELAY REPLACEMENT, FUEL FILTER REPLACEMENT ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND THE REMOVAL OF TWO (2) FACTORY RAGS THAT HAD BEEN LEFT IN THE FUEL TANK DURING THE MANUFACTURING OF THE VEHICLE. FINALLY THE REPLACEMENT OF THE FUEL PUMP IN JULY 2008 -- TOTAL COST OVER $3,000. CONSTANT HESITATION WITH THE VEHICLE, AND AT LEAST A FEW DOZEN STALLING EPISODES WITH A COUPLE OF THEM HAPPENING ON THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY IN NEW JERSEY DURING BUSINESS TRIPS. UPON PURCHASE OF REPLACEMENT FUEL PUMP, WE FOUND A PRODUCT BULLETIN IN THE BOX STATING "NEW IMPROVED CONNECTOR AND PIGTAIL FOR GM FUEL PUMP MODELS". IT WENT ON TO EXPLAIN THAT MANY GM VEHICLES FROM 1988 TO 2005 HAVE ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS ON THE FUEL PUMP MODULE THAT MAY BECOME LOOSE OVER TIME DUE TO VIBRATION, LEADING TO FAULTY, HIGH-RESISTANCE CONNECTIONS. THE SYMPTOMS -- BURNED OR MELTED CONNECTORS AND PINS -- LEAD TO A VOLTAGE DROP SITUATION WHERE LOW OR NO VOLTAGE CAN CAUSE THE MODULE TO STOP PUMPING. THE SOLUTION WAS THAT THE OEM DESIGN CONNECTOR WAS REPLACED. WE WROTE GO GM ASKING FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR AT LEAST THE FUEL PUMP AND INSTALLATION AND STATED THAT WE BELIEVE THAT OTHER OWNERS OF THESE VEHICLES SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY MADE AWARE OF THE SITUATION (WITH MORE THAN A PRODUCT BULLETIN ON THE INSIDE OF THE NEW FUEL PUMP BOX) AS THE STALLING PROBLEM COULD HAVE AND COULD VERY WELL RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT WITH OR WITHOUT INJURIES/DEATH WHEN THE VEHICLES JUST STALL WITHOUT WARNING WHENEVER AND WHERE EVER IT FEELS LIKE IT. GM RESPONDED TO MY LETTER THAT THEY WOULD BE TAKING NO ACTION -- NO REIMBURSEMENT TO ME AND NO NOTIFICATION TO ANY OTHER OWNERS OF THE PROBLEM. I TOLD THEM THIS WAS NOT ACCEPTABLE AND THAT I WOULD PURSUE THE MATTER AS FAR AS I COULD TO SAVE INJURIES AND POSSIBLY LIVES. *TR
2003 CHEVY BLAZER FUEL PUMP MODULE. CONSUMER FEELS THAT OWNERS OF AFFECTED VEHICLES SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS BULLETIN. *NJ THE CONSUMER STATED THERE HAD BEEN A HESITATION AND STALLING PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED. THE CONSUMER STATED SHE WAS NOT TOLD THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR PROBLEM ON THE FUEL PUMP. THE FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED AND THE HESITATION AND STALLING HAS BEEN RESOLVED. *JB
I HAVE A 02 BLAZER AND I BELIEVE THE FUEL GAUGE IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. AFTER I HAVE GONE ONLY ABOUT 40 MILES ON A FULL TANK OF GAS THE GAUGE SHOWS ? FULL. CAN THAT BE CORRECT? IN THE OWNER?S MANUAL IT STATES THAT I AM TO HAVE AN 18-GALLON FUEL TANK. WITH AN AVERAGE OF 20 MPG ON THE HIGHWAY IT SHOULD GO TO ? TANK AT ABOUT 90 MILES.
AFTER FUELING UP GASOLINE SPLASHED OUTSIDE OF THE TANK WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER REPLACED TANK BUT THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURRED. *AK *NLM
CONSUMER HAD EXPERIENCED LOUD THUMPING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THERE WERE TIMES WHEN TRANSMISSION GOT STUCK IN ONE GEAR FOR AN EXTENDED AMOUNT OF TIME. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOUR TIMES FOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. ALSO, FUEL GAUGE WAS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. WHEN GAS WAS IN THE TANK IT COULD REGISTER FULL ONE MINUTE AND HALF FULL THE NEXT MINUTE WITHOUT MOVING THE VEHICLE. MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER HAD BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK
AS THE OWNER OF A 2000 CHEVROLET BLAZER, COUP (VIN: [XXX]) I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUE PURCHASING CHEVROLET VEHICLES IN THE FUTURE. HOWEVER, A RECENT EXPERIENCE HAS MADE ME HESITANT IN THIS REGARD. *AK WHEN I RECENTLY NOTICED THAT MY GAS GAUGE WAS GIVING QUESTIONABLE READINGS AND I HAD NO IDEA AS TO THE AMOUNT OF FUEL STILL REMAINING IN THE TANK I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE MECHANICS AT SELMAN CHEVROLET IN ORANGE. IT WAS, INDEED, DETERMINED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE SENSOR WAS NOT FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY, BUT MUCH TO MY CHAGRIN I LEARNED THAT IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THIS INCLUDES THE EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT I PURCHASED FROM GLENDALE NISSAN (MEMBER # [XXX]) OBVIOUSLY I WAS SURPRISED THAT AN ITEM SO VITAL TO SAFETY IS NOT COVERED. I CAN UNDERSTAND IF IT WERE AN ITEM REQUIRING REPLACEMENT AFTER SO MANY MILES, BUT THAT IS OBVIOUSLY NOT THE CASE. I DRIVE IN HEAVY FREEWAY TRAFFIC EVERY DAY, MANY TIMES WITH MY 4 YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, AND SHOULD I RUN OUT OF GAS THE RESULTS WOULD BE DISASTROUS IF NOT DEADLY. IN SUCH A CASE WHO WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE IF THE VEHICLE RAN OUT OF GAS DUE TO A FAULTY READING OF THE GAUGE? ARE YOU AWARE THAT THIS ITEM MALFUNCTIONS AND IF SO SHOULD IT NOT BE CONSIDERED AS A CAUSE FOR RECALL OR AT THE VERY LEAST REPLACED AT NO COST TO THE CUSTOMER? I HAVE A NUMBER OF CONCERNS, ONE OF WHICH IS WHETHER OR NOT YOU AUTHORIZE THE SALE OF A WARRANTY (I PURCHASED THIS AS A PRE-OWNED VEHICLE WITH APPROXIMATELY 25,000 MILES ON IT FROM A REPUTABLE DEALER) ON YOUR VEHICLE THAT HAS SUCH LIMITED COVERAGE AS THE ONE THAT I PURCHASED? ALSO IF I WERE TO HAVE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW, WOULD THIS ITEM STILL BE COVERED UNDER THE ORIGINAL WARRANTY? INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
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