NHTSA Complaint #10112489 — 2001 CHEVROLET BLAZER

(1) WE OWN A 2001 BLAZER. IN THE PAST OUR VEHICLE HAS BEEN REAR ENDED TWICE, MY WIFE SUFFERED A NECK INJURY IN THE 1ST ACCIDENT. THE 2ND ACCIDENT JUST HAPPENED ABOUT A MONTH OR SO AGO. (2) 2-19-2005 I WAS FOLLOWING MY WIFE HOME ,AFTER HAVING MY OTHER VEHICLE SERVICED,AND NOTICED THE STOP LAMPS WERE NOT WORKING. I GOT ON THE INTERNET ,& FOUND THERE WAS A RECALL FOR 2000--2002 BLAZERS WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM NHTSA RECALL 01V364/GM. (3) I CALLED GM AT 1-800-222-1020 GAVE THEM MY VIN NUMBER,THEY SAID MY VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL .BUT I SHOULD TAKE TO VEHICLE TO A GM DEALER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE ,HAVE THE MULTI-SWITCH REPAIRED,& THEY WOULD REIMBURSE ME FOR THE EXPENSES THEN ,THE FIRST PERSON I SPOKE WITH NEVER CALLED ME BACK AS THEY STATED THEY WOULD,I CALLED HIM BACK TWICE. AFTER NO RESPONSE I CALLED ,& SPOKE WITH ANOTHER PERSON , SHE WAS GOING TO CALL THE LOCATION I HAD THE MULTI-SWITCH REPLACED,& CALL ME BACK , HER CO-WORKER CALLED ME ,& TOLD ME SHE WAS IN A MEETING ,& I SHOULD CALL HER BACK. SINCE THEN I HAVE CALLED HER BACK 3 TIMES,JUST GOT HER VOICE MAIL ! STILL WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM HER. I CAN NOT BELIEVE GM IS NOT TAKING THIS SAFETY PROBLEM SERIOUS!! MY WIFE,& CHILDREN COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED BECAUSE OF THIS DEFECT. IF OUR BLAZER IS NOT PART OF A RECALL THEN GM MUST BE TRYING TO HIDE THIS PROBLEM!. *AK