1997 Chevrolet Blazer

OWNING THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE AND A FINANCIAL DRAIN. WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKED WHEN THEY CHOSE, REPLACED WIPER MOTOR DUE TO DEFECTIVE PART. UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS ALL HAD TO BE REPLACED. WHEEL BEARINGS HAD TO BE REPLACED. A/C STOPPED WORKING, HAD IT LOOKED AT AND RECHARGED AND IT STILL DOESN'T WORK. FUEL GAGE DIDN'T WORK, REPLACED FUEL SENSOR AND SENDING UNIT. REAR WIPER QUIT WORKING, REPLACED REAR WIPER MOTOR, A FEW DAYS LATER IT DOES NOT WORK AGAIN. REPLACED WATER PUMP, HAVE REPLACED ABS ONLY TO GET A RECALL AFTER THE FACT WITH NO REIMBURSEMENT. WEARS THROUGH BRAKE PADS ENTIRELY TOO FAST. REPLACED ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY TWICE. REAR HATCH DOES NOT UNLOCK WITH KEY. HEADLIGHTS ARE SO DIM THEY MIGHT AS WELL NOT EXIST. WATER LEAKS INTO INTERIOR ON DRIVERS SIDE DUE TO A BAD SEAL. IDLER ARM NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. GAS PEDAL STICKS. NOW HEATER FAN WORKS SOMETIMES. READING THROUGH THE COMPLAINTS WE ARE ALL EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT. RECALLS ISSUED ON SOME VEHICLES BUT NOT ALL? NOW I HEAR GM PUT A BAD INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET ON THESE AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHER CARS (1997) AND DID NOT ISSUE A RECALL BECAUSE IT IS NOT A SAFETY MATTER! THIS CAUSES ANTIFREEZE TO LEAK INTO THE ENGINE AND ULTIMATELY ENDS IN A REPAIR OF AT LEAST 1500.00. AFTER MY EXPERIENCE WITH THIS VEHICLE I WILL BE PURCHASING SOON AND IT MOST LIKELY WILL NOT BE GM. SAD SINCE MY DAD WORKED FOR THEM FOR 30 YEARS. THEY SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR PUTTING A BAD PRODUCT ON THE MARKET AND LEAVING US TO DRY. *NM

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 1997 CHEVY S-10 BLAZER. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO I NOTICED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD WORK SPORADICALLY, AND SOMETIMES NOT AT ALL. I RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE AND FOUND ON DIFFERENT INTERNET FORUMS THAT OTHERS HAD AN ISSUE WITH THIS TOO. I THEN DID A RECALL SEARCH AND FOUND NOTHING UNDER 1997 CHEVY BLAZER, HOWEVER, UNDER 1997 CHEVY S-10 (MY BLAZER IS THE S-10 MODEL) A RECALL PERTAINING TO EXACTLY WHAT I AM EXPERIENCING (NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 03V159000). I THEN PROCEEDED TO CONTACT MY LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER, AND WITH NO AVAIL, WAS TOLD THAT MY PARTICULAR MODEL WAS NOT INCLUDED. SO I THEN CONTACTED CHEVROLET DIRECTLY, AND AGAIN WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT SUBJECT TO THIS PARTICULAR RECALL. IN THE RECALL SUMMARY, IT STATES "ON CERTAIN MINIVANS, PICKUP TRUCKS AND SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES." I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS MATTER TAKEN CARE OF WITHOUT ANY FINANCIAL IMPACT ON MY PART. OBVIOUSLY I AM EXPERIENCING EXACTLY WHAT THE RECALL STATES. *JB

DT: OWNER NOTICED AFTER WASHING THE CAR THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS DON'T WORK. OWNER HAS TO STOP AND GET OUT AND HIT THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR IN ORDER TO GET THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS TO WORK. SOMETIMES THE OWNER HAS TO GET OUT AND WIPE OFF THE WINDSHIELD. THE AUTO PARTS STORE TOLD THE OWNER THAT THERE WAS NO SEAL IN THE MOTOR OF THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND THIS ALLOWS WATER TO ENTER THE MOTOR. THE OWNER HAS CHECKED WITH CHEVROLET AND THEY STATED OWNER WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE REPAIR. *NM THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THE VEHICLE ALSO HAS INFERIOR BALL JOINTS. *NM

I HAVE PROBLEMS WITH MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS INTERMITTENLY FAILING. THEY WILL WORK ONE MOMENT THEN STOP ANOTHER MOMENT. SOMETIMES JUST RESTARTING THE TRUCK WILL GET THEM GOING AGAIN, OTHER TIMES I HAVE TO GET OUT OF THE TRUCK AND PULL ON THEM TO GET THEM MOVING AGAIN. MOST RECENTLY THE WIPER FAILURE OCCURRED 3X DURING A TRIP TO WORK IN THE RAIN, AND I HAD TO PULL OVER EACH TIME TO GET THE WIPERS RESTARTED AGAIN BY PULLING ON THEM. IN A GOOGLE SEARCH ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, I FOUND THERE HAVE BEEN MANY OTHERS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS SAME PROBLEM. SOME HAVE SAID THE FAILURES ARE A RESULT OF BAD(COLD) SOLDER JOINTS ON THE PC BOARD IN THE WIPER MOTOR THAT IS CAUSING THE INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. REFLOWING OF THE SOLDER JOINTS ON THE BOARD HAS CORRECTED THE PROBLEM FOR MANY.

WHILE DRIVING HOME IN THE RAIN WINDSHIELD WIPERS MALFUNCTIONED. WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULDN'T COME ON SOMETIMES WHEN ENGAGED, FINALLY THEY STOPPED IN MID STREAM. THIS OCCURRED DUE TO THE DEFECT DESCRIBED IN RECALL 03V159000 BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK TECH FOUND THAT THE WIPER COVER MODULE WAS BAD AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *TT *NM

ERRATIC WINDSHEILD WIPER BLADES ON MY 1997 BLAZER S-10. THE WIPERS WILL NOT COME ON SOMETIMES UNLESS THE WIPER ARMS ARE MOVED BY HAND. WHEN THAT HAPPENES, IT IS DIFFICULT AT TIMES TO GET THEM WORKING. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE WIPERS FOR THE 1996 BALZER AND THE 1997 S-10. MY VEHICLE HAS THE EXACT SAME WIPER SYSTEM AS BOTH OF THE RECALLED VEHICLES. MY VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AND REPAIRED.