1989 Chevrolet Blazer Problems & Complaints

BRAKE AND FUEL LINES ROTTED AWAY FUEL LEAKING LOST OF BRAKES AND BRAKE FLUIDS GAS TANK RUSTED AND LEAKING FUEL FLOOR RUSTED AWAY SEATS BROKE LOOSE OF MOUNTS

I HAVE A 89' S10 BLAZER THAT HAS HAD THE FRONT FAN DETACH, I REPLACED THE WATER PUMP AND RADIATOR (DUE TO THE FAN COMING OF IT CUT INTO THE RADIATOR) AND THE SERPENTINE BELT. AFTER FIXING THE PROBLEM IT OCCURRED AGAIN. I SEARCHED THE INTERNET FOR ANY INFORMATION AND FOUND ON YOUR WEBSITE THAT THERE WAS A SAFETY RECALL FOR THE YEAR TRUCK AND PROBLEM I HAVE BEEN HAVING, CURIOUS AS TO HOW TO GO ABOUT THE RECALL OR IF IT APPLYS TO ME. *NM

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THE TREAD ON DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE CAME OFF, BUT THE TIRE STAYED IN ACT. THE TRIM FOR THE WHEEL WELL TORE, AND THE EXHAUST WAS PINCHED , NEARLY CLOSED. THE TIRE WAS TAKEN TO FIRESTONE AND THEY CHECKED IT. THE MECHANIC STATED IT SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. THEY WERE GIVEN THE CUSTOMER SERVICE NUMBER FOR FIRESTONE. FIRESTONE STATE THE TIRE HAD TO BE MAILED TO THEM TO DETERMINE WHETHER THEY WILL REPLACE IT. THERE WAS NEARLY A CRASH. THIS OCCURRED ON JULY 25, 2005. *AK THE CONSUMER NO LONGER OWNS THIS VEHICLE. *NM

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND COULD NOT MAINTAIN SPEED. WHEN THE CONSUMER PULLED OVER, HE NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED SEVERE BURN DAMAGE TO THE ENTIRE VEHICLE. *SCC (OHIO TRAFFIC POLICE REPORT)

WHILE DRIVING AND APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE VEERS TO THE RIGHT. STEERING IS LOOSE. CAN'T HOLD VEHICLE IN ROAD. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK

THIS IS THE THIRD FULL SIZE BLAZER THAT I HAVE OWNED ALL 3 HAVE DONE THE SAME THING IN THE EXACT SAME SPOT WITH NO RUST OR ROT PRESENT OR PRIOR DAMAGEOR ALTICATIONS DONE TO VEHICLE THIS IS A VERY BAD SAFTEY DEFECT I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY AT 55MPH SWITCHING LANES WHEN THIS SNAPPED AND I LOST MY STEERING WHEN I GOT IT TO A SHOP THEY SAID THIS IS COMMON ON CHEVROLET BLAZERS BECAUSE THE FRAME IS TO THIN TO HANDLE THE STRESS AT THAT SPOT. *AK

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED WHERE THE SEAT BROKE CAUSING CONSUMER TO JAM KNEES AGAINST THE DASHBOARD. *SLC

SEAT BELT HOUSING HAS RUSTED OUT WERE ANCHOR ATTACHES TO PILLAR OF VEHICLE . IF SEAT BELT IS PULLED TOO HARD IT MIGHT BREAK. DEALR HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

B.F.GOODRICH TIRES, 33 X 1250R15LT, DOT BEP68L1297 EXPERIENCING CRACKING WHERE TREAD MEETS SIDEWALL. *SLC

ON THE 6TH OF DECEMBER 2000, MY S10 BLAZERS THROTLE PLATE STUCK, WIDE OPEN WHILE I WAS REARANGING THE TRUCK IN MY DRIVEWAY. IT THEN SENT ME FLYING INTO MY NEIGHBORS BACK YARD, WHERE I TOOK OUT A HEDGE ROW, A BIRD FEEDER, AND A COUPLE SMALL PINE TREES. THEN I PROCEDED INTO THE YARD BEHIND MY NEIGHBORS HOUSE, WHERE I SMASHED INTO A MEDIUM TO LARGE SIZED TREE, WHICH DID NOT STOP MY VEHICLE, OR UNSTICK THE THROTTLE. THEN MY TRUCK CONTINUED INTO THERE NEIGHBORS YARD WHERE I WAS HEADED STRAIGHT FOR THE BACK OF THERE HOUSE, SO INSTEAD OF HITTING THERE HOUSE I AIMED THE TRUCK INTO A LARGE MAPLE TREE. WHICH FINALLY STOPED THE TRUCK, AND ALSO SENT MY CHEST AND MY FACE INTO THE STEERING WHEEL, AND MY HEAD INTO THE WINDSHEILD. I SUFFERED A MINOR CONCUTION, A CRACKED STURNUM, AND 3 RIBS. ALONG WITH A FEW CUTS AND BUMPS, AND A TOTALED TRUCK!*AK

WIFE AND SON REPORTED BRAKES NOT WORKING. HAD CHECKED AT MAXI MUFFLER SAID NEEDED PADS AND SHOES, REPLACED THEM MYSELF AND CHECKED WHEEL CYLINDERS AND MASTER CYLINDER ALL OK. SON STILL REPORTED BRAKE LOSS. RECHECKED EVERYTHING, CHECKED OK. SON HAD ACCIDENT. REPAIR SHOP THAT IS REPAIRING BLAZER SAID PART WAS HARD TO DETECT IF NOT FAMILIAR. THEY HAD REPAIRED SEVERAL S10'S WITH SAME PROBLEM. *AK

JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE CURRENT PROBLEMS WITH FIRESTONE RADIAL ATX TIRES HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE 1989. I HAD ONE COMPLETELY SELF DESTRUCT FOR NO APPARANT REASON AND THE FIRESTONE DEALER I TRIED TO WORK WITH LAUGHED AT ME AND THOUGHT THE WHOLE INCIDENT WAS FUNNY. I WENT STRAIGHT TO A B.F.GOODRICH DEALER AND HAD THE FIRESTONES REMOVED AND TRASHED. I'LL NEVER OWN ANOTHER FIRESTONE TIRE AND I TELL EVERYONE WHO WILL LISTEN ABOUT THE DANGER OF OWNING FIRESTONE TIRES. THANK YOU. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235X75X15 )

VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN THE PARK POSITION TURNED OFF FOR AROUND FIVE MINUTES, AND VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE AROUND THE DASH AREA/HEATER AND RADIO. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS, PE94-050. *AK

THE DIGITAL DASHBOARD WENT BLANK UPON START UP. A PUFF OF SMOKE PRECEEDED THE PROBLEM. THERE MIGHT BE A RECALL ON THIS TYPE OF INSTRUMENT CLUSTERS DUE TO FIRE. IF SO, PLEASE INFORM ME SO I CAN LET THE DEALER KNOW. *AK

WHEN BRAKING THE PEDAL GOES COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR AND THE BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATES. NM

CLUSTER MODULE DIED OUT, HAD NO DASHBOARD GAUGES. GAS INDICATOR/SPEEDODOMETER/ ODOMETER/TEMPERATURE GAUGE ETC. ALL READINGS ARE NOT NOTICEABLE., DEALER CONTACTED AND WILL REPAIR AT OWNERS EXPENSE OF $500. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR BROKE. PART NEEDED FOR REPAIR IS DISCONTINUED AS REPLACEMENT PART. DEALER STATES THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE AFTER FIVE YEARS, AND CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK CONSUMER FINALLY RECEIVED PARTS FROM GM ON AUG 14. *SLC

PE94-050; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING FOR ABOUT TWO MINUTES WHEN THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE DASH AREA. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

CONSUMER WAS HIT ON DRIVER' SIDE. CONSUMER'S DAUGHTER WAS RESTRAINT IN SEATBELT ON DRIVER'S SIDE. SEAT BOLTED INTO U-SHAPE. DEFECT IN SEAT BELT CAUSED THE CHILD TO BE THROWN OUT OF SIDE WINDOW ABOUT 30 FEET.SEAT BELT HAD UNLATCHED FROM BUCKLE . *AK

DURING REAR IMPACT AT 10 MPH THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY DETAILS. *AK

PAINT IS PEELING FROM VEHICLE.

WHEN THE BLAZER WAS INVOLVED IN A ROLLOVER CRASH THE SEAT BELT IN THE REAR SEAT BEHIND THE DRIVER SNAPPED OFF THE ANCHOR. THE BLAZER WAS TOTALLED. *AK

PLATE WHICH THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT ANCHOR IS ATTACHED TO RUSTED AWAY CAUSING THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT TO BE USELESS.

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE POST THAT THE SEAT RESTRAINT BOLT HAS RUSTED OUT. WHEN SEAT IS PUSHED FORWARD CAN SEE TO THE GROUND BECAUSE OF THE RUST. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

ENGINE FIRE.

BRAKES: THE BRAKES WERE INOPERATIVE. TOOK VEHICLE TOOK DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE RETURN SPRINGS FOR THE SHOE BRAKES ON ONE SIDE WERE BROKEN. ONE SPRING ON THE OTHER SIDE WAS BROKEN. WHEEL CYLINDERS CAME OUT ON SIDE WHERE ALL THE SPRINGS WERE BROKEN AND DUMPED ALLTHE FLUID OUT. *AK

ENGINE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

SAFETY PIN UNDERNEATH GAS TANK (ALUMINUM STEAL PROTECTION) LEAKS ONTO CATCH BASIN. COULD RESULT IN VEHICLE FIRE*AK. CONSUMER STATES FRONT DEFROSTER BURNED OUT(SMOKY) EVERYTHING MELTED TOGETHER, REAR DEFROSTER CAME APART, WIPERS TURN ON WHEN MAKING A LEFTOR RIGHT TURN, SOMETIMES THEY START GOING WHEN DRIVING.*JB

DRIVER SIDE WINDOW EXPLORED, VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH ROLLED 1" DOWN. *AK

REAR PASSENGER SEAT BELTS DOES NOT STAY LATCHED. *AK

ABS; WHEN YOU GO TO PUT ON THE BRAKES THE PEDAL GOES SO FAR DOWN THAT YOU TOUCH LEFT HAND CORNER OF THE ACCELERATOR. DESIGN OF BRAKES CAUSED ACCIDENT. *AK

ABS; WHEN YOU GO TO PUT ON THE BRAKES THE PEDAL GOES SO FAR DOWN THAT YOU TOUCH LEFT HAND CORNER OF THE ACCELERATOR. DESIGN OF BRAKES CAUSED ACCIDENT. *AK

APPLIED BRAKES NO RESPONSE RESULTED IN REAR END COLLSION. ALSO FLEX TO TRANSMISSION MOUNT BROKE. EXPLAIN IN MORE DETAIL. TT

APPLIED BRAKES NO RESPONSE RESULTED IN REAR END COLLSION. ALSO FLEX TO TRANSMISSION MOUNT BROKE. EXPLAIN IN MORE DETAIL. TT

THE VEHICLE BACKFIRED AND THEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. STARTED IN THE ENGINE. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

REMOVED SAFETY SHIELD TO CHECK GAS TANK AND THE WHOLE BOTTOM OF THE TANK WAS RUSTED OUT. TT

UNKNOWN SHORT WHICH CAUSED ELECTRONIC DASHBOARD TO FAIL W/WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM DASH. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

DRIVERS SIDE SEAT, TRACK ANCHORS AND SEAT BROKE FROM THE FLOOR. TT

THE STEERING WHEEL; TILT TO FAR OFF IT BECOMES LOOSE. TT

LEAKING GAS TANK UNDER REAR PLATFORM FLOOR. TT

SHORT IN WIRING UNDER DASH. *SKD

ANTI-LOCK BRAKE CONTROL MODULE FAILS, CAUSING BRAKES TO LOCK UP WHEN DRIVING ON SNOW OR ICE. *SKD