2000 Chevrolet Blazer: jerking or lurching

Filed Aug 26, 2013 · Acceleration, Electrical · 93,732 miles · CA · fire

Fortunately, I had just gotten off the freeway and was looking for an address at a slow speed. All of a sudden the car lurched; I had no steering; I lost all electrical control; the car ground to a halt; smoke came out from under the hood. I and a friend got out of the car. Fortuitously, fire trucks appeared. It turned out they were returning from another incident as I could not believe the immediacy of their response. They took over preventing further aggravation of this situation. The battery was boiling. All the electrical wire harnesses were melted. The upper suspension control arm was broken. The firemen's observation was, if I had been going any faster, the car could have flipped. After being towed to a nearby mechanic, I learned the upper control arm had broken. It impailed the starter which shorted. That melted the wiring harnesses to and from the battery, as well as being the cause of the battery boiling. The key issue is that general motors would build a vehicle where the upper control arm is so flimsy it would break. I have read other incidents of the same thing with the chevrolet blazer where, for example, a person was going 30mph, the car flipped, and the person was knocked unconscious. A repeated corporate failure of this nature should have consequences.

Filed Dec 22, 2004 · Body, Electrical · VA

I have multiple complaints, the gas gauge on my vehicle stop working and I ran out of gas in the middle of the street when I realized problem 2 the rear brake lights and hazard lights do not work. The other problem is the vehicle stalls, and when it finally take off, the car jerks and the driver seat moves/slides back from the hinges which caused me to not be able to reach my breaks and run into a curb. Also the driver side door sticks and is difficult to open. Lastly the wheel baring and ball joints have gone bad twice and the car has less then 75000 miles on it. I called gm customer service department and explained all of my concerns and was told they we not aware of any nationwide problem and there was nothing they could do except fix the hazard light malfunction. I researched on the net and found many many people complaining of the same concerns I have.

Filed Oct 28, 2004 · Acceleration · 21,000 miles · IN

Accelerator sticks when applying pressure from a stopped position requiring extra force on accelerator to get vehicle to move. This extra force sometimes makes vehicle lurch forward. In my opinion, this sudden movement creates a very unsafe driving condition. This condition started as an intermittent problem but is now occurring almost every time the vehicle is driven.

Filed Jun 14, 2004 · Transmission · 77,862 miles · MD

While driving consumer noticed that engine indicator light illuminated, followed by the vehicle jerking and engine slipping. Transmission has been repaired three times, but problem recurred. *ak

Filed Sep 15, 2003 · Transmission · 40,560 miles · IL

While driving, the transmission failed without warning. The dealer was notified. *ak the consumer was stopped at a stop sign on a side road, waited for traffic to clear and as he made the left turn onto the highway, a pop sound was heard and the lost power. The vehicle moved forward in a jerking motion. Then the consumer continued to drive in low gear slowly and could not get out of the driveway in reverse. *scc

Filed Oct 22, 2002 · Acceleration, Seats · MI

The gas pedal sticks 75% of the time upon initial acceleration, whether that is from a stopped position or accelerating after slowing. The sticking is such that force has to be exerted to get the pedal to depress thereby causing lurching of the vehicle. In parking lot situations or on icy roads this can be potentially very dangerous. Also, both front seat adjusters that allow the seat to be repositioned have broken off while trying to repostion the seat. When we reported these items to our dealer they said these are common problems they are seeing frequently. If this is so I feel it is a defect of the manufacturer. The seat levers were plastic painted to look like metal and both broke off within a week of each other. Dt