1999 Chevrolet Blazer

THE DRIVER SIDE UPPER BALL JOINT FAILEDCOMING OUT OF A MCDONALDS MAKING A LEFT TURN AT SLOW SPEED. I PULLED IT OVER IMMEDIATELY AND HAD IT TOWED. I HAVE THE PART (UPPER BALL JOINT) AND IT IS VERY MANGLED. I AHVE NOT BEEN IN ANY ACCIDENTS, HIT ANY CURVES, AND GET THEM LUBED EVERY 3,000 MILES WHEN I HAVE THE OIL CHANGED. I REALLY WOULD HATE TO HAVE SEEN THIS HAPPEN ON THE HIGHWAY AT 65 OR 70 MPH. THE ONLY THING I ASKED THE DEALER IS IF THE PART WAS UNDER RECALL. THEY SAID NO. THE $975.00 IS FOR REPLACEMENT OF ALL THE BALL JOINTS. I DID NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE CHANGING JUST THE ONE JUST IN CASE. I DO HAVE ALL THE PARTS. IF YOU WANT THEM I CAN SEND THEM TO YOU. I AM NOT DOING THIS TO GET OUT OF PAYING THE BILL. I HAVE ALREADY PAYED IT IN FULL. IT BOTHERS ME THAT IT HAPPENED BECAUSE I GO OUT OF MY WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT MY VEHICLE IS MAINTAINED PROPERLY. ANOTHER POINT IS THAT I HAD NEW TIRES PUT ON THREE WEEKS AGO, WITH AN ALIGNMENT, AND SUPPOSEDLY EVERYTHING WAS OK THEN.*AK

THE FRONT HUB ASSEMBLIES ARE BOTH IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT, BUT THEY CANNOT BE PURCHASED ANYWHERE IN OUR AREA, EXCEPT AT DEALERSHIPS FOR 3 TIMES THE AUTO CASH AND CARRY STORES. WE FEEL THAT THE YEAR AND MILES ON THE BLAZER ARE NOT CONSISTANT WITH HAVING THE BEARINGS GO BAD...ON BOTH SIDES. CHEVROLET IS OF NO HELP TO US. THIS IS THE THIRD MAJOR REPAIR TO THE VEHICLE SINCE WE PURCHASED IT. TWO DAYS AFTER PURCHASE THE SERVICE LIGHT CAME ON, AND STAYED ON. THAT WAS SECONDARY AIR PUMP FAILURE, AND COST $241.51 TO REPAIR. TWO DAYS LATER IT WAS BACK ON. WE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE SEVERLY PITTED ROTORS WITHIN THE FIRST 4 MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP. ANY HELP WITH THESE HUB ASSEMBLIES WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. WE FEEL WE HAVE PURCHASED A "LEMON" AND HEINRICH MOTORS IS OF ABSOLUTELY NO HELP IN RESOLVING THE MATTER.*AK

BRAKE ROTORS RUSTED ,CAUSING BAD VIBRATION WHEN STOPPING. TWO OF THE ROTORS COULD BE TURNED AND TWO HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF THE RUST PROBLEM. I KEPT THE TWO THAT WERE REPLACED. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT IF THIS VEHICLE WASN'T DRIVEN MUCH IN WINTER IN MICHIGAN, THAT ROTORS WOULD RUST BECAUSE OF THE HUMIDITY. I TOLD THEM I KEPT THE VEHICLE IN THE GARAGE, BUT THEY SAID THAT WOULD NOT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE. I FELT THE MATERIAL WAS DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY, BUT THAT WOULD NOT COVER IT. I CONTACTED GM TO GET A FIELD REPRESENTATIVE'S NAME AND NUMBER TO TALK TO BUT THEY WOULD NOT GIVE IT TO ME. THE DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT GIVE ME THE FIELD REPRESENTATIVE'S NAME AND NUMBER EITHER. I FEEL THAT IF A VEHICLE'S BRAKE SYSTEM IS GOING TO RUST SITTING IN A GARAGE IN THE WINTER, THAT INFORMATION SHOULD BE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE PUBLISHED IN LARGE PRINT IN THE VEHICLE BROCHURES. *AK

CONSUMER STATES WHEN TO GET ALIGNMENT, WAS TOLD ALIGNMENT COULD NOT BE PERFORMED UNLESS THE BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED, THE DEALER NOTED THAT THE LOWER BALL JOINTS WORE OUT DUE TO LACK OF LUBRICATION WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO PULLING TH THE LEFT, THE DEALER REPLACED UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS ON BOTH SIDES, REPLACED IDLER AND PITMAN ARM AND PERFORM ALIGNMENT, DEALER STATED NEVER HEARD OF ANY RECALL. HOWEVER THERE IS A RECALL CAMPAIGN 01V200000 INVOLVING REPLACING UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS. CONSUMER WANTS TO BE REIMBURSED FOR REPAIRS. *TT

I HEARD A CLICKING LIKE MY TURN INDICATOR WAS ON BUT IT WASN'T. SMOKE CAME OUT OF THE STEERING COLUMN. A CO-WORKER OF MY FATHER'S HAS HAD THIS COMPONENT REPLACED TWICE (SAME SYMPTOMS) IN HIS 1998 BLAZER AND THE GENTLEMAN'S SISTER-IN-LAW HAS HAD THIS COMPONENT REPLACED ONCE. ALSO, ANOTHER CO-WORKER OF MY FATHER'S HAD IT REPLACED ONCE (UNDER WARRANTY) ON HIS 2001 BLAZER. I WOULD THINK THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE SINCE SMOKE CAME OTU OF THE STEERING COLUMN.*AK