NHTSA Complaint #749570 — 1997 CHEVROLET BLAZER

WHEN FIRST EXPERIENCED WE WERE COMING HOME FROM HERSHEY ON A HOT DAY WHEN WE CAME TO A TRAFFIC LIGHT. WHEN WE PROCEEDED THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED REAL HARD INTO SECOND GEAR CAUSING US TO JERK BACK AS THE TRUCK JERKED FORWARD. THIS PROBLEM CONTINUED EVERYTIME WE WOULD COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT TO OUR MECHANIC AND DROP THE BLAZER OF. THE NEXT DAY WHEN THE MECHANIC LOOKED AT THE VEHICLE HE COULD NOT DETECT ANY MALFUCTIONS. APPROX. ONE WEEK LATER WE DROVE TO NEW JERSEY, THE TRUCK WAS FINE UNTIL WE CAME TO OUR FIRST TRAFFIC LIGHT IN OCEAN CITY NJ WHEN THE PROBLEM STARTED AGAIN BUT THIS TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN LEAVING NJ THE PROBLEM STARTED WHEN WE HAD TO STOP AT OUR FIRST TOLL, THIS TIME I PULLED OVER LET THE BLAZER REST FOR A WHILE, THEN STARTED BACK HOME AND IT WAS OK FOR AWHILE BUT THEN STARTED ACTING UP AGAIN SO I PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE TRUCK OF FOR ABOUT A MINUTE AND IT WAS OK FOR A WHILE AGAIN. I NOTICED THAT EVERYTIME IT ACTED UP AND I PULLED OVER THAT I JUST HAD TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF AND TURN IT RIGHT BACK ON AND IT WOULD BE OK FOR A WHILE. WHEN RETURNING HOME OUR MECHANIC COULD NOW SCAN THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT AND REPORTED GEAR SLIPPAGE. HE TALKED TO A TRANSMISSION SPECIALISTS WHO SAID THIS SEEMS TO HAPPEN ON LONG HOT TRIPS, WHO SUGGESTED THAT THIS PROBLEM CAN LAST FOR YEARS BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. CONTACTING AW GOLDEN THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT HELP US BECAUSE THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED AT 36000 MILES AND WE HAD 41196MILES. CONTACTING GM THEY SAID THE SAME BUT IF WE WOULD TRADE IT IN THEY WOULD GIVE US A 2000 DOLLAR LOYALTY. WE DECLINED BECAUSE WE LIKE THE BLAZER AND WOULD HAVE LIKED THEM TO GIVE THAT MONEY TO FIX THE PROBLEM. CONTACTING BBBAUTOLINE THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T HELP US. WE JUST CAME FROM PHILA. AND THE PROBLEM OCCURED AGAIN TO AND FROM. CHECKING THE INTERNET WE NOTICED SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH GM TRANSMISSIONS AND DECIDED TO CONTACT NHTSA.*AK