2001 Chevrolet Blazer

I HAD WARRANTY REPAIRS COMPLETED ON MY 2001 BLAZER IN NOVEMBER, 2005 THAT TOTALED AROUND $2200. I PAID A LARGE DEDUCTIBLE. THE WORK WAS DONE AT GOOD CHEVROLET IN RENTON, WA THE SEAT BELT SIMPLY STOPPED LATCHING SHORTLY AFTER MY VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY GM........ OBVIOUSLY CHEVROLET DID NOT COMPLETELY FIX ALL REPAIRS COVERED BY THE WARRANTY. I NEED GM TO ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR EXPENSES FOR THE SEAT BELT, BECAUSE I'M DISABLED AND ON SOCIAL SECURITY AND COULD NEVER AFFORD TO HAVE A SEAT BELT REPAIRED. I HAD TO COORDINATE WITH MY DEALERSHIP FOR SEVERAL WEEKS BEFORE REPAIRS COULD BEGIN...THIS ATE UP TIME THAT COULD HAVE BEEN USEFUL FOR FIXING THE SEAT BELT THE WARRANTY REPAIRS WERE DONE AT GOOD CHEVROLET IN RENTON. THE SEAT BELT COULD HAVE BEEN REPAIRED AT THE SAME TIME I HAVEN'T HAD ANY OTHER REPAIRS DONE OUTSIDE THE WARRANTY. ALL REPAIRS TO DATE WERE COVERED BY THE WARRANTY............. IF THE SEAT BELT HAD JUST WENT DEFECTIVE TWO OR THREE MONTHS AGO IT WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED..............OR IF I HADN'T BEEN MADE TO WAIT FOR APPROVAL FOR REPAIRS FROM THE DEALERSHIP IF IT WEREN'T SOMETHING IMPORTANT AND SAFETY RELATED I WOULDN'T ASK FOR HELP!!!! PLEASE........ IF IT WERE SOMETHING MUNDANE LIKE THE POWER WINDOWS STOPPED WORKING OR THE STEREO WENT HAYWIRE, BUT THE SEAT BELT IS SOMETHING I CAN'T JUST DO WITHOUT!!!! *JB SENT : FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 2006 9:33 PM TO : BELLEVUE_RON@HOTMAIL.COM CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP SPECIALIST: SUZANNE BRAWN THIS OFFICE GATHERS INFORMATION AND BASED ON THAT INFORMATION DETERMINES THE BEST METHOD OF HANDLING. AGAIN, I HAVE REVIEWED YOUR FILE 1-399386265 AND I SUPPORT THE DECISION THAT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY STATED TO YOU. I APOLOGIZE THAT THIS DECISION WAS NOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR WISHES. THIS IS THE FINAL DECISION OF CHEVROLET AND ADDITIONAL MESSAGES ON THIS SUBJECT WILL NOT BE ADDRESSED. *JB

MY WIFE AND I BOUGHT OUR '01 CHEVY BLAZER USED IN 04/05. FROM THE START WE HAD A HARD TIME GETTING IT TO ENGAGE/DISENGAGE 4WD. THIS LAST WINTER MY WIFE, THE PRIMARY DRIVER, COMPLAINED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD NO POWER WHILE COMING HOME ONE NIGHT AND THE WEEKNIGHTS FOLLOWING FOR A WEEK. I CHECKED IN THE MORNINGS IT WAS FINE. PRETTY SOON WE BOTH STARTED NOTICING THE GAS GAUGE BOUNCING AROUND LIKE IT WAS DANCING. MY WIFE THINKING SHE WAS RUNNING OUT OF GAS WOULD PULL INTO THE FIRST GAS STATION. SHE WOULD FILL UP AND LEAVE THE STATION ONLY TO HAVE IT HAPPEN AGAIN AFTER PULLING AWAY FROM THE PUMP. ONE MONTH LATER, HER AND OUR 3 SMALL CHILDREN GOT STRANDED WHEN THEY WENT IN TO CONVENIENCE STORE. A MINUTE LATER THE BLAZER HAD DIED AND THE KEY IN THE ON POSITION. REPLACED THE FUEL FILTER AND THEN THE FUEL PUMP ($350 JUST FOR THE PUMP!!!) THE HEATING ELEMENT IN THE PUMP HAD FRIED IT. 04/06 THE ABS FAILED AND SHE ALMOST HIT A PEDESTRIAN. 2 WEEKS LATER WE START HEARING THIS POPPING NOISE WHEN SLOWING/STOPPING AND ACCELERATING. 05/06 THE BATTERY DIED ON HER WITH NO WARNING. TRIED JUMPING IT AND IT WOULDN'T HOLD A CHARGE. GOT THAT REPLACED. THEN IN 08/06 WE DIDN'T DRIVE IT BECAUSE THE PLATES HAD EXPIRED AND WE COULDN'T AFFORD TO REPLACE THEM YET. FINALLY I DROVE IT ON 08/13/06 FOR 1 MLE TO THE STORE AND ON MY WAY BACK WHILE STOPPING AT THE STOP SIGN 2 BLKS FROM MY HOUSE, I HEARD THIS LOUD CLUNK NOISE AND THEN THE VEHICLE STARTED WHINNING. NOW THE THING WON'T MOVE. IT STARTS AND WHINES, BUT WON'T MOVE. TRANSMISSION IS SHOT AND IS GOING TO COST $1600 TO REPLACE WITH ME DOING THE WORK. AND SO NOW, LIKE 90% OF THE COUNTRY, I AM MAKING A VERY HIGH CAR PAYMENT EXCEPT MINE IS ON A CAR THAT I CAN NOT DRIVE. THIS AND OTHER WEB SITES ABOUT VEHICLE RECALLS PROVE THAT THERE ARE SOME SERIOUS ISSUES WITH THESE VEHICLES AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT. WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS FOR SOME ONE TO DIE B/C OF THESE DEFECTS AND THEN U WILL BE SCRAMBLING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEMS. THIS IS RIDICULOUS.*NM

I OWN A 2001 CHEVY BLAZER, MY BRAKE LIGHTS AND HAZARD LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THE BULBS ARE IN WORKING CONDITION, THE FUSES ARE NOT BLOWN. I THEN DID AN INTERNET SEARCH AND FOUND OUT THAT THE 2001 BLAZERS WERE RECALLED FOR THIS VERY SAME PROBLEM NHTSA CAMPAIGN 01V364000, SO I PHONED A CHEVY DEALER AND WAS TOLD MY VIN # WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL AND IT WAS OVER I DON'T FEEL THAT I SHOULD BE BURDENED WITH THIS PROBLEM WHEN IT IS CLEARLY DEFECTIVE MANUFACTURING. *JB

MY FRIENDS BORROWED MY VEHICLE, A 2001 CHEVY BLAZER, AND WENT CAMPING IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AT A LOCATION THAT COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS DUE TO THIS FAILURE, IT WAS NEAR A CREEK BANK WITH A DROP OF APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED AND PUT INTO REVERSE ALL IT WOULD DO IS COAST FORWARD WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS IF THEY DID NOT REACT IN TIME AS IT COULD HAVE WENT OVER A CLIFF. FORTUNATELY THEY WERE IN AN AREA WHERE THERE WAS A PAY PHONE. THEY WERE STAYING AT A STATE PARK AND THERE ARE MANY AREAS THAT ARE VERY REMOTE AND ARE SEVERAL MILES AWAY FROM PHONES OR PEOPLE. I WAS ADVISED BY AAMCO TRANSMISSION THAT THEY SEE THIS TRANSMISSION PROBLEM ON A REGULAR BASIS AND IT IS CAUSED BECAUSE THE REACTION SUN SHELL WAS MADE OF AN INFERIOR METAL AND EVEN IN REPAIR TECHNICAL BULLETINS IT SPECIFIES TO REPAIR PROBLEM BY REPLACING WITH A "MORE ROBUST HEAT TREATED REACTION SUN SHELL". WHEN THIS OCCURS, IT ALSO AFFECTS SECOND AND FOURTH GEARS. IN ORDER TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED COMPLETELY REBUILT AT A PRICE OF $2,326.38 PLUS A TOWING BILL. *NM

2001 CHEVY BLAZER 4 DOOR 4WD, 80,000 MILES WE COULD NOT KEEP THE DRIVERS DOOR CLOSED WHEN WE INVESTIGATED WE FOUND THE DOOR LATCH SEGMENT ON THE CENTER POST OF THE VEHICLE HAD BROKEN OFF THE CENTER POST. THE SHEET METAL HOLDING THE HEAVY LATCH METAL HAD FATIGUED THROUGH ALL THE WAY AROUND, AND THE LATCH WAS THEN NOT HOOKED TO ANY THING. WE WELDED A HEAVY PLATE TO THE FRAME AND RE-ATTACHED THE LATCH TO IT. WE CHECKED THE PASSENGER SIDE AND FOUND IT IN SIMILAR CONDITION. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE BRAKE LIGHTS REMAIN ILLUMINATED. IN ORDER TO SHUT OFF THE BRAKE LIGHTS, THE BATTERY HAS TO BE DISCONNECTED TO KEEP FROM RUNNING DOWN THE BATTERY. AN NHTSA RECALL, 06V139000; WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE CONCERNING, THE; EXTERIOR LIGHTING: BRAKE LIGHTS: SWITCH HOWEVER; THE RECALL DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT OFFER A SECOND REPAIR WITHOUT CHARGE UNDER THE RECALL.

2001 CHEVROLET BLAZER 2WD, 2DR. PROBLEM WITH BRAKES, WENT TO AUTO SHOP AND BRAKE CONDITION WAS EXPLAINED AS "HAZARDOUS". HAD TO GET ENTIRE NEW ROTOR SYSTEMS FOR FRONT AND BACK INCLUDING NEW PADS, ETC. I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE NEW & IT WAS GARAGE STORED. ROTORS WERE RUSTED THROUGH AND "BARELY THERE". WAS TOLD BY AUTO SHOP THAT THEY HAVE BEEN SEEING A LOT OF BLAZER'S WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. TOTAL REPAIR COST FOR BRAKES WAS $2,200!! VEHICLE WAS PROPERLY MAINTAINED AND ONLY 4 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME OF REPAIR. *NM