NHTSA Complaint #707425 — 1995 CHEVROLET BLAZER

VEHICLE WILL STALL WHEN BRAKING HARD IF FUEL TANK HAS LESS THAN 1/4 TANK OF GAS. ORIGINALLY REPORTED TO DEALER WHILE VEHICLE STILL UNDER WARRANTY, DEALER SAID THIS WAS 'NORMAL' FOR THIS VEHICLE. THE DEALER EXPLAINED THAT WHEN THE FUEL TANK IS LOW IT IS POSSIBLE FOR THE FUEL PUMP TO GO 'DRY' UNDER CERTAIN BRAKING CONDITIONS CAUSING THE ENGINE TO BE STARVED OF FUEL THEREBY STALLING THE ENGINE. TO DATE VEHICLE HAS STALLED A TOTAL OF FIVE TIMES UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, I DO NOT FEEL THAT IT IS 'NORMAL' FOR A VEHICLE TO STALL WHEN THERE IS FUEL LEFT IN THE TANK. THE INCIDENT REPORTED HERE ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT, I WAS BRAKING AND MAKING A RIGHT TURN AT THE TIME, WHEN THE ENGINE STALLED I LOST POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES, THIS MADE THE VEHICLE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL IN THE TURN. FORTUNATELY THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME WAS ABLE TO MANEUVER AROUND MY STALLED VEHICLE. *AK