1998 Chevrolet Blazer

WHILE DRIVING ON WET PAVEMENT AT 35-40 MPH, VEHICLE ACCELERATED BY ITSELF, BRAKES APPLIED, WOULD NOT DISENGAGE, CRUISE CONTROL WENT ON BY ITSELF. DRIVER TURNED IT OFF AND APPLIED BRAKES AGAIN, FOOT APPLIED TO GAS, NOTHING HAPPENED, DROVE FOR ONE MILE TRYING TO SLOW DOWN, APPROACHED TURN LANE WITH FOOT ON BRAKE, TURNED WHEEL, VEHICLE STILL WOULD NOT DISENGAGE. WHEN APPROACHING LEFT TURN LANE, TRIED TO APPLY BRAKES MORE FIRMLY. THE RIGHT PASSENGER TIRE LIFTED UP OVER THE CURB AND TOOK VEHICLE INTO SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC. UPON APPROACHING A 4-LANE HIGHWAY, TURNED WHEEL TO THE RIGHT, AND VEHICLE WENT OVE RGRASSIE MEDIUM. DRIVER APPLIED BRAKES AGAIN, BUT VEHICLE STILL WOULDN'T STOP. DRIVE RPUSHE DDOOR OPEN, RELEASED SEAT BELT AND PUSHED HERSELF OUT OF THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. DRIVER SUSTAINE DINJURIES. *AK

MOVING AT APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH IN A CONDIMINIUM PLAN, I ROUNDED A CURVE WHEN THE RIGHT FRONT SIDE OF MY VEHICLE DROPPED DOWN AND MY VEHICLE SWERVED RIGHT ONTO THE GRASS HILLSIDE BESIDE THE ROAD. WHEN AAA ARRIVED, IT LOOKED LIKE THE WHEEL HAD FALLEN OFF. AFTER HAVING IT TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALER, THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE TIE ROD HAD PULLED OUT OF THE BALL JOINT WHICH HOLDS THE WHEEL TO THE AXLE. THE SERVICE MANAGER THEN INFORMED ME THAT THEY WOULD NOT FIX IT UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE IT WAS HIS IMPRESSION THAT SOMETHING HAD BEEN HIT BECAUSE THEIR WAS GRASS AND DIRT UP UNDER THE FRONT RIGHT BUMPER AND WHEEL WELL. I EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT THE GRASS AND DIRT WAS FROM WHEN THE VEHICLE SLAMMED INTO THE GRASS HILLSIDE AFTER THE WHEEL FELL OFF BUT IT DID NOT CHANGE HIS OPINION. I DECIDED TO PAY $300 TO TOW MY VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER I LEASED IT FROM. THEY WOULD NOT FIX IT UNDER WARRANTY EITHER CITING THE ORIGINAL SERVICE MAN'S REPORT. AFTER SEVERAL LETTERS AND CALLS TO CHEVROLET'S CUSTOMER SERVICE, THEY FINALLY RESPONDED TO ME AND SAID THERE WERE NO GROUNDS FOR FIXING THE PROBLEM UNDER WARRANTY. THE DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE ENDED UP BEING $1200.00 TO FIX THE BALL JOINT AND TIE ROD. NOT TO MENTION ANOTHER $400 FOR BODY WORK. ON TOP OF THIS, MY DEALER CLAIMED THAT WHEN THE WHEEL FELL OFF, THE ENTIRE FRAME WAS BENT. HOW COULD A SPORT UTILITY VEHICLE TRAVELING 15 MPH GET ITS FRAME BENT FROM THE TIE ROD BRAKING? ON TOP OF THAT, IT TOOK MY DEALER, 5 WEEKS TO FIX THE PROBLEM. IT COST ME $750 OUT OF MY OWN POCKET TO PAY FOR A RENTAL CAR. I DIDNT' TURN IT INTO MY INSURANCE BECAUSE THEY INFORMED ME THEY WOULD HAVE TO LIST IT AS AN 'AT FAULT ACCIDENT' SINCE THE DEALER WOULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM UNDER WARRANTY. SO BASICALLY, A MANUFACTURER'S PROBLEM COST ME $2250. WHAT BOTHERS ME, IS THAT THE WHOLE PROCESS WAS DETERMINED BY THE FIRST MORON SERVICE GUY AT THE INITIAL DEALER WHO REPORTED THAT IT WAS HIS OPINION SOMETHING WAS STRUCK. CHEVROLET WOULD NOT SEND A SERVICE MGR.

IN GOING FROM A GAS STATION TO A LANE OF TRAVEL WHERE THE STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED SO THE FOUR WHEELS LEAVE THE INCLINE AT DIFFERENT INTERVALS, THE TRUCK SEVERELY ROCKS TO A POINT WHERE YOU FEEL THAT IT IS GOING TO TIP OVER. THIS CONDITION SEEMS TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY UNTIL THE FOUR WHEELS COME BACK INTO ALIGNMENT, THEN THE CONDITION STOPS. THE WIFE IS SCARED THAT THE BLAZER IS GOING TO TIP OVER. THE DEALER SAYS I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DRIVE IT. I HAVE OWNED FOR WHEEL- DRIVE VEHICLES SINCE 1966. JEEP WAGONEERS, EAGLES, CHEROKEE, GRAND CHEROKEE, AND SUBURARU. I HAVE NEVER BEFORE EXPERINCED THE FEELING OF TIPPING OVER. THE DEALER SAID HE CAN'T DO ANYTHING, CHEVROLET WANTS ME TO TAKE IT TO ANOTHER DEALER. I CAN SHOW ANYBODY WHAT HAPPENS AS IT HAPPENS EVERYTIME I GAS UP, AND TURN THE WHEELS TO LEAVE THE GAS STATION. I BELIEVE IT IS A SUSPENSION PROBLEM. I DO A LOT OF OFF ROAD DRIVING AND HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM OF FEELING I AM GOING TO TIP OVER, ONLY GOING OUT OF A GAS STATION. DANGEROUS SITUATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE THE CRUISE CONTROL WENT INTO RESUME AND FAILED TO LET ME SLOW DOWN OR STOP VEHICLE. I APPLIED THE BRAKES SEVERAL TIMES, AND I ALSO APPLIED THE GAS, WHILE HOLDING BOTH FEET OVER THE BRAKES, VEHICLE STILL WOULDN'T DISENGAGE. I DROVE THE VEHICLE IN THAT POSITION FOR ABOUT ONE MILE, TRYING TO GET IT TO STOP. WHEN I APPROACHED MY TURNING INTERSECTION AND APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE RIGHT TIRE LIFTED OVER THE CURB, AND TOOK MY VEHICLE INTO THE PATH OF THE SOUTHBOUND ONGOING TRAFFIC. I THEN TURNED MY WHEEL TO THE RIGHT TO AVOID RUNNING INTO THE TRAFFIC, AND THE VECHICLE WENT OVER THE GRASSIE MEDIUM. I THEN APPLIED MY BRAKES AGAIN, BUT THE VEHICLE STILL WOULDN'T DISENGAGE. AT THAT TIME I REALIZED THAT THE VEHICLE WASN'T GOING TO STOP. I THEN RELEASED MY SEAT BELT, PUSHED THE DOOR OPEN, AND THEN PUSHED MYSELF OUTWARD OF THE VEHICLE. I FELL ONTO THE GROUND, AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO TRAVEL NORTHBOUND AND ACROSS A FOUR-LINE HIGHWAY, AND HIT A COMERICA BANK POLE. TWO POLICEOFFICERS WERE SENT TO THE SCENE, AND I WAS GIVEN A TICKET. THE TICKET WAS FOR FAILING TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE. I TRIED NUMBEROUS TIMES TO STOP MY VEHICLE, BUT IT WOULDN'T DISENGAGE. PLEASE CONTACT ME!