Tl* the contact owns a 1993 chevrolet blazer. The contact exit the vehicle and within a few minutes the vehicle ignited into flames. There were no personal injuries. The contact and neighbor extinguished the fire. A police report was not filed. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic who detected the faulty fuel injectors which resulted in an engine fire. The vehicle was declared destroyed. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 161,000.
1993 Chevrolet Blazer: fire, smoke or burning smell
8 of the 510 complaints about the 1993 Chevrolet Blazer describe fire, smoke or burning smell.
- owner complaints
- 8
- of this car's complaints
- 2%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? 1 service bulletin covers this area of the car. See below
Fire, smoke or burning smell by model year
What owners say
Truck parked in back yard just caught fire. Fire department said fire started under dash on drivers side. I am now without a vehicle to drive and if there were a defect in this years truck why wasn't there a recall on it.
While driving, the engine compartment caught on fire. *mr *sc
Smoke coming from engine compartment, vehicle cut off. Nar 06/18/2003 *mr
While driving, the engine started knocking so the consumer added some oil, a little while down the road the engine quit, the consumer pulled off the road when the engine caught fire, possible engine failure for cause of fire.
The wife was driving on interstate highway at 60-65 MPH. All gages, sounds, noises were normal. At approxitmately 30 miles from home there was a "bang"under the hood followed by repeated thumping. She immediately checked the gages. Batery light was on and the alternater gauge was almost to zero. She pulled to the side of the freeway and stopped. She tried to contact me at my office for approximately 3 minutes. She then noticed increasing black color at the driver side hood and fender junction and heat waves eminating from the hood area. She got out and through the wheel well saw flames in the engine compartment . About one minute later an ohio state patrolman among others pulled up to the scene. My wife was able to salvage most of the personal effects in the vehicle except for those in the front passenger compartment. The vehicle burned quickly from bumper to bumper. The trooper said that the fire was so hot and moved so fast that if she had tried to make the exit 1/2 mile up the road the the fire would have come through the fire wall and under the dash and that she probably would have been severly burned or killed. If there would have been young children or infants in car seats there may not have been enough time to get them out. The vehicle was well maintained, regular oil changes but no recent service performed on the vehicle. There was no warning or noise prior to the failure. My evaluation is that something went wrong with the alternator. In the burned out shell the alternator was detached from the engin, lying on the frame work under the driverside headlights and sideways facing the passanger side. The fire was so hot that the aluminum alternater case was melted away and the aluminum AC evaporator coil and radiator coil were both partially melted away in the vacinity of what was left of the alternator. In the past several months I have run across at least 6 other in the central ohio area where this style of chevy blazer has caught fire. *a
Exhaust system/muffler overheated and caught fire.
Vehicle caught on fire while driving fire started in engine from alternator area.(ea94-029). Tt
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Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1993 Chevrolet Blazer fire or smoke
Is fire, smoke or burning smell a common problem on the 1993 Chevrolet Blazer?
8 of 510 owner complaints about the 1993 Chevrolet Blazer (2%) mention fire, smoke or burning smell. The model year with the most reports is 1997.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1993 Chevrolet Blazer?
There are 0 recalls and 1 service bulletin for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
Other symptoms on the 1993 Chevrolet Blazer
ABS 180Brake failure 122Stalling 14Wipers 11Grinding brakes 8Fuel pump 7Adaptive cruise 6Loss of power 6Engine failure 5
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