2002 Chevrolet Blazer

NOTICED NOISE; HAVE TAKEN TO DEALERS 8 TIMES AND THEY CAN NOT FINE THE CAUSE OF NOISE; NOW GM REPRESENTIVE ANTHONY TETA SAYS IT IS INHERIT DESIGN PROBLEM; ROX COVERT TOLD ME HE WOULD FIX IT, REPLACE IT OR GIVE ME MY MONEY BACK - PICKUP IT UP 5/20 AND BECAUSE IT DIDN'T MAKE THE SOUND RETURNED TO ME. I DO NOT WANT TO PUT UP WITH THIS NOISE, I'M TIRED OF THE RUN AROUND, AND VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH MY FIRST NEW VEHICLE PURCHASE THAT COVERT, CHEVROLET OR GMC WILL NOT TRY TO RIGHT THIS PROBLEMED VEHICLE. PLEASE HELP ME IF YOU CAN.*AK

EVER SINCE I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT TROUBLE WITH IT. SINCE I HAVE BOUGHT IT IN JULY IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR APPROX. 10 TIMES. THE FIRST DAY I BROUGHT IT HOME IT WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE. NEEDLESS TO SAY IT ALREADY HAS A NEW TRANSMISSION. I HAVE ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE REAR MIDDLE SEAT BELT LOCKING UP AND MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO WEAR. I HAVE BROUGT THIS PROBLEM UP TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY HAVE EVEN REPLACED ALL OF THE SEAT BELTS, BUT IT STILL PERSISTS. I HAVE NOW BEEN TOLD THAT IT IS BECAUSE OF INFANT SEATS, HOWEVER HOW CAN THIS VEHICLE BE SUITED FOR FIVE PASSENGERS WHEN IN REALITY IT CAN ONLY HOLD FOUR. ANOTHER PROBLEM I HAVE HAD WITH THIS VEHICLE IS THE HEATER BLOWER FAILED TO WORK. I BROUGHT MY VEHICLE BACK TO THE SHOP AND THEY REPLACED IT. I HAVE ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE 4WD SYSTEM SWITCHING BETWEEN 2HI. THE DEALER HAS INSTALLED A NEW SWITCH AS WELL, SO THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN SOLVED. ONE OF MY NEWEST CONCERNS IS RANDOMLY WHEN I START THE VEHICLE IN THE MORNING THE ENGINE REVS UP REALLY LOUD. THE LOUD NOISE GETS EVEN LOUDER WHEN YOU ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE. WHEN BRINGING IN THIS PROBLEM TO THE SHOP THEY SAID THAT IT IS THE FAN CLUTCH AND THAT IT IS NORMAL. I FIND THIS HARD TO BELIEVE. PEOPLE THAT HEAR THE NOISE ARE IN DISBELIEF THAT A NEW VEHICLE CAN MAKE SUCH A NOISE. I ALSO AM HAVING A CONCERN WITH SQUEAKY BREAKS IN THE FRONT END. THE SHOP STATES THAT SEMIMETALLIC BRAKES WILL MAKE SOME NOISE AT TIMES. IN ALL OF THE CARS I HAVE OWNED I WOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT THAT A 2002 WOULD HAVE SQUEAKY BRAKES AND THAT IT WOULD BE NORMAL AND UNABLE TO FIX. I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS VEHICLE AND I QUESTION HOW RELIABLE AND SAFE WE ARE DRIVING IT. GM WILL NOT HELP ME IN REPLACING THIS VEHICLE SO I GUESS MY NEXT STEP IS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. *AK

TIE ROD - WHILE DRIVING ON I95 IN VIRGINA YESTERDAY I PULLED INTO A REST STOP. WHILE SLOWING DOWN I HEARD A VERY LOUD GRINDING SOUND. AS I STOPPED THE CAR I HAD NO CONTROL OVER THE STERING. I EXITED THE CAR, LOOKED UNDERNEATH THE FRONT END TO FIND THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE TIE ROD HAD COME LOOSE.ONCE AGAIN AS WITH MY FAILED ENGINE IN THIS CAR I WAS LUCKY THAT THIS HAPPENED WHILE I WAS SLOWING DOWN. IF IT HAPPENED 30 SECONDS BEFORE WHEN I WAS TRAVELING AT 70 MILES AN HOUR OR 30 SECONDS AFTER I LEFT THE REST AREA I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN A SERIOUS, POSSIBLY DEADLY CAR ACCIDENT. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE NEARBY CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR. THE MECHANIC THAT INSPECTED AND FIXED THE CAR AND THE SERVICE WRITER BOTH TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN A TIE ROD COME LOOSE. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW IT HAPPENDED TO THIS CAR. RE: WINDOW ONE DAY AFTER RECEIVING THIS CAR BACK FROM THE DEALER WHEN THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED I WAS SITTING AT A RED LIGHT AND THE PASSANGER SIDE REAR WINDOW CLOSED BY ITSELF. I WAS NOT ABLE TO OPEN IT AGAIN THAT DAY HOWEVER I WAS ABLE TO OPEN AND CLOSE IT THE NEXT DAY AND THIS HAS NOT HAPPENED AGAIN. HOWEVER, WHAT CAUSED THIS? AND WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF A CHILD WAS LEANING OUT THE WINDOW AND THE WINDOW CLOSED ON IT'S OWN AND WOULD NOT RE-OPEN?*AK

WHILE DRIVING MY TRAILBLAZER THE ENGINE FAILED AS I WAS STOPING FOR A RED LIGHT. LUCKILY THERE WERE NO CARS NEAR ME AND I WAS ABLE TO SAFELY BRING THE CAR TO A STOP AND FORCE IT TO THE CURB. AFTER ABOUT 15 MINUTES I WAS ABLE TO RE-START THE ENGINE AND I DROVE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY INSPECTED THE CAR, CALLED CHEVROLET WITH THEIR DIAGNOSIS AND WERE IMMEADIATELY INFORMED BY CHEVROLET TO THE AMAZMENT OF THE SERIVCE MANAGER AT THE DEALERSHIP THAT A NEW ENGINE WAS NEEDED. IT SEEMS THEY KNEW THAT A NEW ENGINE WAS NEEDED SO QUICKLY AS THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM. A SEARCH ON YOUR WEB SITE AND THE TRAILBLAZER FORUM AT EDMUNDS.COM SHOWS THAT THIS IS A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM. IT IS APPARENT THAT GM HAS KNOWINGLY PLACED "DEFECTIVE" ENGINES IN THE 2002 TRAILBLAZER. WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENDED IF MY ENGINE FAILED ON THE HIGHWAY GOING 70 MILES AN HOUR? THE NHTSA MUST ADDRESS THIS SITUATION BEFORE PEOPLE DIE FROM THIS. THIS HAS ALL THE MAKINGS OF ANOTHER FORD PINTO FIASCO.*AK

ON THIS OCCASION WE HAD A HEAVY SNOW THAT DAY AND AS I WAS DRIVING ON THE ROAD I SWITCHED TO 4 WHEEL DRIVE. AS I TURNED THE CORNER, THINKING I WAS IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE MY CAR WENT OUT OF CONTROL WHEN IT HIT ICE AND I HIT BOULDERS AND LANDED ON A TREE. EARLIER WHEN WE PURCHASED THE CAR WE NOTICED A LIGHT KEPT COMING ON THAT SAID 4WD. WE CALLED TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT BUT WERE TOLD IT WAS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. MY HUSBAND CALLED GM AND COMPLAINED ABOUT THE MALFUNCTION. AFTER MY CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP GM REPS CAME OUT TO SEE IT AND AGREED THERE HAD BEEN A MALFUNCTION IN THE 4WD SYSTEM. THEY CLAIM TO HAVE FIXED IT BUT MY CAR HAS NEVER BEEN THE SAME. I HURT MY NECK BUT SINCE I DON'T HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE NEVER DID GO TO THE DOCTOR. THEY REIMBURSED US $600 FOR THE REPAIR. MY PROBLEM IS WORRYING THAT THERE ARE OTHER VEHICLES OUT THERE THAT COULD HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. IF MINE DID WHY CAN'T THERE BE OTHERS? NEXT TIME SOMEONE COULD GET KILLED. I WAS LUCKY. GM WAS HARD TO DEAL WITH AND I WILL NEVER BUY ONE OF THEIR PRODUCTS AGAIN. I HATE MY CAR BUT CAN'T AFFORD TO GET OUT OF IT. I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SUE THEM FOR MY INJURIES BUT THEY REALLY WILL ONLY LISTEN TO YOU IF YOUR ARE DEAD! PLEASE CHECK INTO THIS BECAUSE GM WON'T CALL YOU AND TELL YOU OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE 4WD. YOU NEED TO GET THE EXACT DETAILS OF THE ACCIDENT AND WHY THIS FAILED. THANK YOU. *AK

PASSENGER SEAT BELT LOCKS INTO PLACE WITH LITTLE OR NO PASSENGER MOVEMENT, CANNOT BE RELEASED WITHOUT REMOVING SEATBELT COMPLETELY AND RETRACTING COMPLETELY. ALSO OWN A 2002 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA SAME PROBLEM ON PASSENGER SIDE RESTRAINT. PASSENGER MUST REMOVE SEAT BELT EVERY FEW MINUTES JUST TO BREATHE OR TUCK SHOULDER STRAP BEHIND THEM. THIS IS A SERIOUS FLAW ON THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT ON ALL 2002 BRAVADA'S, TRAILBLAZERS AND ENVOYS. DEALER HAS NO FIX AT THIS TIME EXCEPT TO TRY A SEAT BELT EXTENDER TO CHANGE PASSENGER SIDE ANGLE ON RESTRAINT BELT TO SEE IF IT HELPS. THIS SHOULD BE A SERIOUS RECALL ISSUE. WILL FILE SEPERATE COMPLAINT FOR 2002 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA ALSO JUST PURCHASED. SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH COULD OCCUR IF CRASH HAPPENS WHILE PASSENGER IS UNRESTRAINED TO RELEASE THE LOCKED BELT.*AK