1998 Chevrolet Blazer

OIL COILER LINES LEAKED FROM THE DAY I BOUGHT IT FROM THE DEALER. DEALER DEFINITELY KNEW AND CLEANED IT UP BEFORE I GOT IT. 1ST SET OF LINES FROM RADIATOR TO OIL FILTER REPLACED A FEW MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE IN 2001. SECOND SET FROM FILTER TO MOTOR NOW NEED REPLACING. EVIDENTLY, THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. WIPERS HAVE THEIR OWN AGENDA. WITH THE MIST SETTING TO CLEAN WINDOWS, WIPERS STAY ON FOR AS LONG AS THEY WANT. WITH THE SECOND MIST, THEY DON'T STAY ON AS LONG. BY THE THIRD MIST, WIPERS ACT NORMAL. ALWAYS HAPPENS. TURN SIGNAL FLASHER SOUND STARTED WITHOUT THE USE OF THE TURN SIGNAL. IT STAYS ON FOR RANDOM LENGTHS OF TIME, AND MAKES THE SOUND IN REGULAR, AND IRREGULAR PATTERNS. REPLACING MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH - AS SEVERAL HAVE BEFORE ME. DEALER KNEW EXACTLY WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. TRANFER CASE LEAKS LUBE. 4-WHEEL DRIVE MESSED UP BECAUSE OF EMPTY CASE. ADDED LUBE AND HOPE NO TRANMISSION PROBLEMS ARRISE. CV JOINT REPLACED 4 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE. HOOD LATCH ABOUT TO BREAK. WHEN PULLING ON LEAVER, BARELY IS ABLE TO POP HOOD. FEELS LIKE WIRE IS GOING TO SNAP. WAITING FOR THE NEXT PROBLEM TO OCCUR - IT HAS BEEN NONSTOP. GM DESIGNED A TERRIBLE VEHICLE. I AM VERY DISSATISFIED AND I REGRET EVER BUYING IT.

COOLANT DID NOT LAST 150,000 MILES. HEATER CORE PLUGGED AND COOLING SYSTEM FULL OF RUST AND SLUDGE CAUSED BY DEXCOOL. DEXCOOL FOUND TO BE LOW IN COOLING SYSTEM ALTHOUGH RESERVE BOTTLE SHOWED FULL. A SERVICE BULLETIN HAS BEEN ISSUED #99-06-02-012D BUT OWNERS HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF PROBLEM AND THERE CURRENTLY HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL OF THE COOLANT. DT

CONSUMERS MECHANIC AT THE TIME OF SERVICE NOTICED THAT THE ANTIFREEZE ON THE TOP OF THE RADIATOR HAD JELLED SIMILAR TO THE FORM OF PEANUT BUTTER. THE MECHANIC SUGGESTED THAT FLUSHING THE RADIATOR WOULD BE LOGICAL TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, BUT OTHER PROBLEMS MAY OCCUR IN THE COOLING SYSTEM. AFTER THE FLUSHING, THE WATER PUMP STARTED LEAKING AND THE THERMOSTAT MALFUNCTIONED, ON JUNE 29TH THE HEATER CORE RUPTURED AND CAUSED EXTENSIVE WATER DAMAGE IN THE FLOORBOARD, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED RUNNING HOT AND WAS LOSING ANTIFREEZE, AND ON JULY 18TH THE RADIATOR WAS REPLACED. CONSUMERS MILEAGE IS OVER THE WARRANTY AMOUNT.*SCC

CHEVROLET DEXCOOL COOLANT NOT GOOD FOR 100,000 MILES AS ADVERTISED. TWO PREVIOUS RADIATOR FLUSHES, ONE WAS ONE MONTH PRIOR TO ENGINE FAILURE. TOLD DUE TO OVERHEAT DESPITE NO SIGNS OF OVERHEAT. CHEVY DEALER SAYS NO SIGNS OF COOLING SYSTEM HAVING EVER BEEN FLUSHED DESPITE ANOTHER CHEVY DEALER FLUSHING SYSTEM APPROXIMATELY 1000 MILES PREVIOUSLY. CHEVY AND TEXACO STATE VEHICLE MUST BE DRIVEN FOR EXTENDED PERIODS (20,000 MILES) WITH LOW COOLANT LEVELS TO START CORROSION CLOGGING UP COOLING SYSTEM. NOT SO IN THIS CASE. SYSTEM HAD BEEN FLUSHED AND FILLED BY CHEVY DEALER ON 6-11-2. APROXIMATELY 1000 MILES LATER, ON 7-8-2, CHEVY DEALER NOTES BUILDUP IN COOLING SYSTEM AGAIN. COOLANT SYSTEM HAD NOT BEEN LOW, AND HAD NOT BEEN EXTENDED PERIOD. REMANUFACTURED ENGINE AND NEW RADIATOR BEING INSTALLED, CHEVY DENIES ANY KNOWLEDGE OF PROBLEMS OF THIS SORT WITH DEXCOOL.*AK