All oxygen sensor failed transmission slipping. 13 sensors fail.
1996 Chevrolet Blazer transmission complaints
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Windshield wipers front & rear failed, water pump quit, drive shaft broke, ball joints right front broke, heater quit, air conditioner quit. Drivers side rear view mirror fell off, steering problems, brake problems, universal joints worn out, cracked front rotors,etc.
Just brought 96 blazerls with 82,000 in dec.02. Was told that the only problem was they had to have the transmission replaced at 20,000. Well,83,000 miles the heater was on hot blowing when I noticed that it turn cold and the gage went to the red zone. I immediately turn swiches off on the blower it went back to normal. Two days later it happen again but I turn off the heater and blower completely it went back to normal. We thought the termostact got stuck and replaced it . At that time we notice that it was gel up over the termostact, after replacing it , we tested drove it and it still did the same thing again. We looked at the radiator and found that it was gel up and look like rubber. We then decided to check the fluid in the transmission we noticed that the dipped stick was rusted on the outside and was rusted the length of the stick the fluid was rusted. We will now have to flushed the radiator and transmission. I had checked your site and found no recalls or service bulletins on the geling and transmissions before buying. Tell today when I decided to checked out complaints and found that there was 54 and couple with the same problems of geling and transmission problems. So I decided to check out 98 because my sisterinlaw had just brought one and no recalls or service bulletins but they are compalints of cool heating (probably from geling anitifreeze) and transmissions being replaced once ,twice and I guy 3 times. So I check 2001 and they was someone else replacing a transmission. Something is very wrong when there is geling of antifreeze from 96 to 98 and replacing transmissions left and right since 96. To me chevrolet has a bad transmission problems and geling problems in these blazers getting away with it. From now on I'll check out complaints before recalls or service bulletins there's the consumers eyes and ears.
All items looked at by dealer, dealer also informed me that these are common problems chevrolet is aware of. Odd that they don't do anything about them. Dt
Consumer states that transmission fluid started leaking onto the ground and down the exhaust pipe. Consumer states vehicle started to fill with smoke and caught fire. Consumer states that the gear shifter came off in comsumer hand from the heat. Please provide any further information. Mr
Consumer states ball joints are constantly failing. Consumer has had to replace them twice. A recall was initiated, but consumer's VIN was not included. Related recalls 01v200000 and 01i018000. *ak right front wheel fell off as a result of the faulty ball joints. There was squeaking noise on turns due to idler arm failure. Front pads worn out and rotors failed, both were replaced.
The car is stuck in 4-wheel drive. When I push the 2 wheel drive button, it will not go back to normal.
Consumer states vehicle has an engine cooling system problem.(dex-cool engine coolant). Nlm because of crystalization, the cooling system needs repair. Gm refuses to offer any type of assistance.
The consumer states that he suffered loss of braking after the ABS was fixed on recall due to the dealer using defective parts. Every light on the vehicle went out while the consumer was driving, consumer believes the service department improperly installed the wires while performing the recall.
Had faulty tfp switch and dip stick replaced per bulliten #86-71-17 on 2-8-99. On 3-20-02 tranmission failed took it to dealer but they do not rebuild them. Took it to qualified transmission mechanic. He rebuilt it at a cost of $1900.00. He said he found a lot of rust in it which is very unusual. I plan to call chevrolet about this but I doult this will get me anywhere.
Transmission slips when shifting to 2 nd and to 3 rd gears. Please provide additional information.
Engine check light illuminated, resulting in hard shifting from first to second gear. Dealership reviewed vehicle; however found no defect, and suggested to have transmission replaced.
After the 3 year warranty expired, consumer noticed cracks in the blower evaporator housing of the A/C, dealer declined repairs saying vehicle was out of warranty, therefore consumer repaired at own expense, consumer also complains of howling noise and harsh shifts.
Transmission gets water in it and keeps rusting. Contacted dealer, and dealer is not willing to do anything.
Transmission dipstick tube and dipstick have rusted. Am afraid that this is beginning of a serious transmission problem. Nothing else in the engine compartment is rusty and vehicle has been rustproofed. Problem may be internal.
Had to have transmission repaired twice within a year of owning 96 blazer. First repair was done by denooyer chevrolet, just about a year later the transmission went again, with no help from chevrolet I had transmission repaired at buff o matic in glenmont, ny (with no problems thereafter). Then had to have practically entire cooling system cleaned and repaired by depaula chevrolet due to dex-cool anti-freeze crystallizing within engine, again with no help from chevrolet I had to dish out money for repair. Gm and chevrolet should be resposible for both my repairs. I am currently working with the bbb, attorney general and a personal attorney to hopefully recoupe damages.
Transmission was slipping out of gear when accelerating from stop or RPM's will rev high, but vehicle will not move as fast as it should. Consumer took vehicle back to pontiac dealer where vehicle was purchased, and was told a power train control module needed to be replaced. Advised consumer to go to a chevrolet dealer to perform repair because it still fell under manufacturer's warranty. Consumer took vehicle to chevrolet dealer, and was told a tsb was issued for a harness jumper kit which was causing the defect. Chevrolet dealer did not inspect vehicle to determine if that was the actual cause.
I think that the proper way to address this situtation is to not buy another chevrolet. No safety defect mentioned in summary.
Transmission failed. 3 to 4 clutch patches disintegrated . Transmssion has been replaced.
Battery leaked acid onto 4 wheel drive cable. Front wheel drive failed. Cable had corroded actuator cable.caused cable to break.failure occured on trip to mountains. Had to get chains to get out of snow. It cost 203.13 to replace actuator cable and 226.61 to replace battery cable and battery. Battery was only one year old. Service manager said they have similar problems with delco batteries. Same problem has already been reported to the federal safety agency. Reference odi id 554064,724743,717883,885560
Oil leaking from transmission cooler line at a remote filter location. *ak
Right front suspension collapsed causing the wheel and tire to explode. Nlm
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I work at night driving and often have to break fast for deer crossing the highways. The first time I had to break quickly for 2 deer the vehicle gave a growling sound and just continued at the same speed until I had hit the deer. The last time this happened was today and luckily I was able to swerve around the deer without losing control. I complained of the transmission in march , 2000 and was told there is nothing wrong with it. At that time I had them change the transmission fluid,filter and gasket, but it still has times when it doesn't want to go.
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Differential failed. Nlm
We have experienced transmission problems starting in 12/98. At this time, our truck was still under warranty, and we mentioned that the transmission was slipping when our truck was serviced at wilton motors. The mechanics insisted it was fine. In fact, we are not even sure if they checked since our service invoice indicates that checking the transmission was a "deleted operation". On 2/25/00, the transmission failed while driving on the highway. It was constantly slipping and could not handle highway speeds (the truck was having trouble shifting gears and made a grinding noise). We brought the truck into an independent specialist on 3/2/00. The entire transmission needed to be rebuilt and several bands were replaced. The entire repair cost $1,800. We were not satisfied with the service at the gm dealership, and were concerned that they would now find a problem with the transmission and charge an even higher amount than an independent specialist. At this point, our truck was no longer under warranty. However, we felt the problem had developed while the truck was still covered under warranty, and the gm mechanics failed to find the problem. We have filed a complaint with general motors on 4/12, a complaint with the better business bureau on 6/12, and are now filing a complaint with the federal safety agency. We have spoken with other owners of 1995 and 1996 blazers, and many have complained of transmission problems. We are hoping that gm realizes there is a problem with this part and will investigate other complaints on the transmission. We have already had 5 recalls for our 1996 blazer, and we are hoping there will be a recall for the transmission.
This was reported previously as engine coolant problem.this one's correct
Engine stalls due to faulty vcm (computor module). Yh
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