1997 CHEVROLET BLAZER Electrical System Problems

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT THE HIGH BEAMS GO OUT AND THE INTERIOR LIGHT WILL NOT TURN OFF WHEN THE DOORS ARE CLOSED OR THE SWITCH TURNED OFF.

VEHICLE STARTS BUT THEN STALLS OUT RESTART BUT AMP GAUGE SHOWING LOW

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 CHEVROLET BLAZER. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE ABS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE FRONT BRAKES LOCKED UP INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ABS PUMP AND ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,300.

97 BLAZER WITH ORIGINAL LOW MILES HAD ENGINE STOP BOTH ON AND OFF THE HIGHWAY SEVERAL TIMES BUT IT WOULD START BACK UP. IN JAN WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND RPMS WENT UP. WE PULLED OFF AND FOUND THE TRANSMISSION WAS STUCK IN 3'RD GEAR. ALSO KEY WOULD NOT RELEASE TO REMOVE. ERRORS CAME UP P1860 P0785 AND P740 THAT REFER TO TRANSMISSION. THE PROBLEM WAS NOT TRANSMISSION BUT IGNITION SWITCH CONTACT BLOCK COMMONLY CALLED THE IGNITION SWITCH, IT IS THE CONTACT SECTION AND NOT THE KEY OR LOCK CYLINDER. THIS IGNITION SWITCH HAD ALREADY BEEN REPLACED ONCE. GM HAS A SERVICE BULLETIN #17006264 ON THE IGNITION SWITCH AND THIS APPEARS TO BE A BIG PROBLEM ACROSS MANY YEARS AND MODELS BUT NO RECALL WAS ISSUED. AN IGNITION SWITCH PROBLEM CAN CAUSE ENGINE TO DIE, LIGHTS TO GO OUT AND OTHER PROBLEMS BUT...

1997 CHEVROLET BLAZER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED SHE HAD TO CONTINUOUSLY CHARGE THE BATTERY AND THE CLOCK LIGHT STAYED ON. *JB

I WAS GOING THROUGH A ROUNDABOUT AND PUT MY RIGHT TURNING SIGNAL ON AND THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF. I WAS ABLE TURN MY HAZARD LIGHTS ON AND PULL OVER. AFTER PUTTING IT IN PARK IT DID START. AFTER THAT I PARKED IT AT A GAS STATION TURNED IT OFF WENT TO LEAVE AND THE SUV WOULD NOT START. I TOOK THE STEERING COLUMN COVER OFF AND STARTING KNOCKING ON THINGS AND I WAS ABLE TO GET IT STARTED. I LATER FOUND THAT IT WAS A WIRING HARNESS THAT FAILED. IT WAS REPLACED AFTER THAT EVERYTHING RAN GREAT. *TR

I HAD AN ISSUE WHERE MY TRUCK DID NOT WANT TO START BUT THE ENGINE WOULD TURN SO I KNEW IT WAS NOT THE BATTERY BECAUSE MY HEADLIGHTS DID WORK. I THEN NOTICED MY INTERIOR DASHBOARD LIGHTS WERE NOT ON SO I FOUND THAT VERY STRANGE. AFTER SO MANY TIMES TRYING TO START MY TRUCK I NOTICED MY TRUCK WOULD ONLY TURN ON IF THE INTERIOR DASHBOARD LIGHTS WERE ON. ONE NIGHT AFTER WORK I WAS DRIVING ON ROUTE 83 IN ILLINOIS AND I WAS GOING TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN ON TO ROUTE 53 AND SUDDENLY MY VEHICLE JUST TURNED OFF COMPLETELY. LUCKILY I W,A ABLE TO PULL OVER AND RESTART VEHICLE. IT WAS AT MIDNIGHT, THERE WERE NO VEHICLES AT THE TIME AND I WAS NOT GOING AT HIGH SPEEDS. I DID SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND I FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS A FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH....

ABS WIRE CAUGHT FIRE ON MY 1997 CHEVY BLAZER AFTER TURNING IT OFF. AND CAUGHT ANTIFREEZE RESERVOIR ON FIRE. LUCKILY I COULD CATCH IT BEFORE IT BURNED THE TRUCK UP. CALLED DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THE PROBLEM. *TR

AFTER ONLY 70,000 MILES I HAD TO GET A NEW ENGINE. IT ALSO NEVER WANTED TO START WHEN IT WAS COLD AND WET OUT. THEN JUST YESTERDAY I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN SMOKE STARTED TO COME IN THROUGH THE HEAT VENTS. THE ELECTRIC WIRES CAUGHT FIRE UNDER THE HOOD ON PASSENGER SIDE OF CAR NEAR FIREWALL. WENT UP IN A MATTER OF SECONDS. DESTROYED THE CAR.

POWER ACCESSORY CIRCUIT BREAKER BECOMES HOT, AND THEN POWER SEATS, DOOR LOCKS, MIRRORS AND KEYLESS ENTRY DO NOT WORK. THIS EXISTED WHEN I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN APRIL 2008. I TRIED REPLACING THE CIRCUIT BREAKER. ALSO, THE POWER MIRROR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WAS DAMAGED AND WAS REMOVED, SO THIS MAY NOT BE THE SAME ISSUE AS THE RECALL ON THE MIRRORS = TO INSTALL FUSED JUMPER HARNESS.) *TR

THIS 1997 BLAZER HAS SOME KIND OF ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WHEN IT WARMS UP IT LOOSES POWER AND SPUDDERS. WILL NOT EXCEED 35 MILES PER HOUR AND THEN WONT RUN AT ALL. WE HAVE CHANGED O2 SENSORS MASS AIRFLOW SENSOR CATALYTIC CONVERTER. ITS WORST WHEN IN GEAR. *TR

ENGINE SHUTS DOWN INTERMITTENTLY FOR A FEW SECONDS WITHOUT WARNING. THIS HAPPENED FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AT ALL SPEEDS, ANY ROAD CONDITIONS. THE ENGINE SERVICE LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON WHEN IT HAPPENS, MAKING THE CAUSE DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY. THIS IS VERY SCARY AND/OR DANGEROUS WHEN ACCELERATING ONTO A FREEWAY, CROSSING AN INTERSECTION OR A SET OF R TRACKS. ALMOST HAD ACCIDENTS SEVERAL TIMES. THE CAUSE WAS NOT IDENTIFIABLE UNTIL OTHER SYMPTOMS ALSO HAPPENED. THE CAUSE WAS EVENTUALLY IDENTIFIED AS BURNED CONTACTS IN THE KEY SWITCH. REPLACING THE KEY SWITCH SOLVED THE PROBLEM. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 CHEVROLET BLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE FAILED ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. AFTER WAITING 5-10 MINUTES, THE VEHICLE RESTARTED. THE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED WHILE MAKING A TURN, DRIVING DOWNHILL AT APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, AND ANOTHER TIME WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH. AFTER THE MOST RECENT FAILURE, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP THE NEXT DAY. THE MECAHNIC WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO WAIT UNTIL IT OCCURS AGAIN. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN DRIVEN FOR ALMOST A MONTH AND THE FAILURE HAS NOT RECURRED. THE FAILURES WERE INTERMITTENT AND NO WARNING INDICATORS WERE PRESENT. ONCE THE FAILURE OCCURRED, THE KEY COULD NOT BE TURNED OR REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION AND EVERYTHING FAILED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 60,000. UPDATED 01/11/08. *LJ UPDATED *JB

OWNING THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE AND A FINANCIAL DRAIN. WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKED WHEN THEY CHOSE, REPLACED WIPER MOTOR DUE TO DEFECTIVE PART. UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS ALL HAD TO BE REPLACED. WHEEL BEARINGS HAD TO BE REPLACED. A/C STOPPED WORKING, HAD IT LOOKED AT AND RECHARGED AND IT STILL DOESN'T WORK. FUEL GAGE DIDN'T WORK, REPLACED FUEL SENSOR AND SENDING UNIT. REAR WIPER QUIT WORKING, REPLACED REAR WIPER MOTOR, A FEW DAYS LATER IT DOES NOT WORK AGAIN. REPLACED WATER PUMP, HAVE REPLACED ABS ONLY TO GET A RECALL AFTER THE FACT WITH NO REIMBURSEMENT. WEARS THROUGH BRAKE PADS ENTIRELY TOO FAST. REPLACED ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY TWICE. REAR HATCH DOES NOT UNLOCK WITH KEY. HEADLIGHTS ARE SO DIM THEY MIGHT AS WELL NOT EXIST. WATER LEAKS INTO INTERIOR ON DRIVERS SIDE DUE TO A BAD SEAL. IDLER ARM NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. GAS PEDAL STICKS. NOW HEATER...

I HAVE A 97 BLAZER 4X4 WITH A LITTLE OVER 113K MILES. I'VE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE VOLTAGE (I THINK) FOR A WHILE NOW. THE VOLTAGE METER SWINGS FROM JUST ABOVE 9V TO OVER 14V WHEN I STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. I'M CONVINCED THE GAUGE IS NOT TO BLAME BECAUSE WHEN I PUT A LOAD ON IT, IT INDICATES 9V TO 10.5V, THE DASH LIGHTS DIM, THE HEADLIGHTS WIL ALSO DIM. I'VE ALREADY REPLACED (3) ALTENATORS AND THE BATTERY TWICE WHICH IN 4 MONTHS AND EVERYTHING IS STILL THE SAME. THE GAUGE WILL READ JUST ABOVE 14V WHEN I'M AM DRIVING THE TRUCK WITH NO PROBLEM BUT THE MINUTE I STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT THE VOLTAGE GAUGE DROPS DOWN TO 9V OR 10.5V DEPENDING ON WHAT ACCESSORIES AM RUNNNING ON MY TRUCK. TEMPERATURE AND FREQUENCY BETWEEN TRIPS SEEMS TO NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE EITHER. THE ONLY THING...

STARTER WENT, GAS GAUGE STOPPED WORKING, REAR WIPER DON'T WORK, BALL JOINTS BAD, ALTERNATER WENT, SHOCKS WENT MANY TIMES, ANTI LOCK BREAKS DON'T WORK PROPERLY. TIRED OF THE PROBLEMS!

NAR 02/10/2003. THE CONSUMER HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED FOR NO APPARENT REASON, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED, THE MANIFOLD GASKET FAILED, THE TURN SIGNALS WENT OUT, 2 BATTERIES FAILED WITHIN A YEAR, THE ALTERNATOR AND BELT FAILED, THE OXYGEN SENSOR AND A/C COMPRESSOR FAILED. *JB

COMPLAINT RECEIVED VIA E-MAIL. MY CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BURNED WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. THERE WERE NO BRAKES , BUT IT BURNED ENOUGH TO STOP IN A PERSON'S YARD JUST OFF THE HIGHWAY. *AK

WHEN USING WINDSHIELD WIPERS, WIPERS WORK AT RANDOM STOPPING IN MIDDLE OF WINDOW INTERRUPTING VIEW. WHEN TURNING KEY ON, DASH LIGHTS REFUSE TO LIGHT UP AND VEHICLE WILL NOT START; ALTHOUGH RADIO STILL WORKS. IT WILL EVENTUALLY START;WHEN READY! SOMETIMES SHORTLY AFTER FIRST TRYING, SOMETIMES 30-45 MINUTES LATER. BRAKES MUST BE PRESSED COMPLETELY TO FLOOR BEFORE DECELLERATION BEGINS. WHEN GOING OVER JSPEED BUMPS, SOUNDS LIKE LOUD DRAGGING NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH OF VEHICLE. BACK SEAT PASSENGER SIDE POWER WINDOW DOES NOT WORK, WILL FUNCTION USING DRIVER SIDE CONTROLS. GAS GUAGE DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY, CAUSING TO RUN OUT OF GAS OCCASIONALLY. WHILE DRIVING AT MINIMAL(55MPH) SPEED, VEHICLE WILL DIE BUT WILL SOMETIMES START ITSELF BACK UP, SOMETIMES IT MUST BE PUT IN NEUTRAL & RESTARTED.*AK

THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. THE WIPER MOTOR FAILED AND WAS RECALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE PARTS AVAILABLE. THE RADIO WOULD GO OFF AND ON, THE OVERHEAD DISPLAY AND MAP LIGHTS WOULD GO OFF AND ON, THE CD PLAYER NO LONGER WORKED, THE REAR WINDOW LATCH FAILED, THE MIRRORS WOULD ONLY MOVE TO THE LEFT AND THERE WAS RUST IN THE TRANSMISSION. *LA *NM

MY 1997 BLAZER DIES WHEN I AM DRIVING IT. I CAN DRIVE IT FOR 2 WEEKS WITH NO PROBLEMS AND THEN IT WILL DIE SEVERAL TIMES IN ONE DAY. IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW FAST I AM GOING...I CAN BE GOING 50 MPH OR COMING TO A STOP WHEN IT DIES. THE STEERING AND BRAKES GO OUT AND I'M AFRAID I AM GOING TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT AND OF COURSE IT DIDN'T CUT OFF WHEN THE MECHANIC DROVE IT. I HAVE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE ALTERNATOR, BATTERY, THERMOSTAT, AND WATER PUMP WITHIN THE LAST 6 MONTHS. *LA

I OWN A 1997 CHEVROLET BLAZER LS THAT HAS HAD REPEATED ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS INCLUDING STALLING WHILE DRIVING. THE CAR STALLS, THOUGH THE HEADLIGHTS, RADIO, HEATER/AIR CONDITIONER CONTINUE TO WORK. THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS, AND I HAVE TO STOP THE CAR COMPLETELY, PUT IT IN PARK, AND TRY TO RESTART THE ENGINE. SOMETIMES IT STARTS RIGHT AWAY, SOMETIMES NOT. I'M AFRAID THIS WILL HAPPEN IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. ALTHOUGH IT'S BEEN CHECKED AT LEAST SEVEN TIMES, THE DEALER CAN'T LOCATE THE PROBLEM. IT HAPPENED TO ME THREE TIMES TODAY, SO TOMORROW MORNING IT WILL BE BACK AT THE DEALER. I'M LISTING THE MOST RECENT DATE (12/22/03) AS THE INCIDENT DATE BELOW, THOUGH IT'S HAPPENED MANY TIMES (I'M GUESSING AT LEAST 12).*AK

PRIMARY: ELECTRICAL FAILURES! IGNITION SWITCH; MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL FAILURES WITH INTERIOR LIGHTS FOR WHICH NO ONE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT IS HAPPENING; CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ON SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE EVEN AFTER DEALER WORKED ON IT; VEHICLE STALLING OUT WHILE DRIVING ALMOST CAUSED ACCIDENT; ALTERNATOR REPLACEMENT; MULTIPLE BATTERIES -DRAIN FOR UNIDENTIFIED REASON; FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM AND PUMP; UNEXPLAINED NOISES IN THE FRONT END; FRONT BALL JOINTS LOOSE FOR WHICH THE DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT REPLACE WHEN I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THEY SAID IT WAS WITHIN FACTORY LIMITS EVEN THOUGH MY MECHANIC SAID THAT THEY WERE NOT; AT THIS POINT I HAVE BECOME AFRAID TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS AND STALLING BUT FEEL THAT I HAVE NO CHOICE BECAUSE THE COSTS TO MAINTAIN THE VEHICLE IS THAT OF THE PAYMENTS AND SOMETIMES MORE AND I CANNOT AFFORD THE REQUIRED MONEY DOWN TO REPLACE IT. BOTTOM...

THERE IS A BAD DESIGN IN THE BUNDLE OF WIRING ABOVE TRANSMISSION WITH PLASTIC RING HOLDING BUNDLE, THIS BUNDLE IS NOT ATTACHED TO ANYTHING ALLOWING MOVE RUB TILL THEY SHORT OUT IN THE CHEVROLET BLAZERS, MINE IS A 1997. MY BLAZER WIRING CAUSED MY TRANSMISSION SWITCH TO SHORT OUT AND I WAS FIRST TOLD I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION SO I TOOK IT FOR SECOND OPINION, THE SECOND SHOP CUT THE WIRE FROM THE BUNDLE, REROUTED IT FROM TRANSMISSION SWITCH AND THE TRANSMISSION SWITCH WORKED. OTHER WIRES IN THE SAME BUNDLE CAUSED SHORTS THROUGH OUT ALL WIRING CAUSING A CONSTANT DRAW OF ELECTRIC AND RUNNING BATTERY DOWN. WHEN A FUSE IS REMOVED IT BREAKS THE CIRCUIT AND BATTERY DOES NOT RUN DOWN. THE SHORTED WIRING CAUSED DAY LIGHTS TO NOT WORK, INTERIOR LIGHTS TO STAY ON UNLESS I PULLED THE FUSE AND NUMEROUS OTHER ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. THIS IS THE SECOND...

THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH WAS DEFECTIVE, WHICH CAUSED THE REAR BRAKE LIGHTS AND HAZARD LIGHTS TO BE INOPERABLE. *JB

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SHORTED OUT. *AK

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE CAUSED POWER WINDOWS , INTERIOR LIGHTS AND POWER DOOR LOCKS TO FAIL. YH

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS CAME LOOSE TWICE GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. THE FRONT ROTORS HAD TO BE REPAIRED AND BRAKE PADS REPLACED. THIS PROBLEM CAUSED SEVERE STEERING DIFFICULTY. ( THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN ALL BLAZERS AND HE'LL SEE ME AGAIN IN ABOUT 15-25K MILES)TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED EARLY BECAUSE THEY WEAR FAST ON THE FRONT. REPLACED BALL JOINT RECENTLY. VEHICLE MAKES EXCESSIVE NOISES IN FRONT END( INCLUDING ENGINE COMPARTMENT) FOR AGE. VEHICLE HAS HAD ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS SINCE PURCHACE TO INCLUDE IGNITION REPLACEMENT, FUEL PUMP AND SENSORS REPLACED, FUEL GUAGE GOING WACKY,LIGHTS ALWAYS SEEM DIM( I HAVE A HARD TIME SEEING AT NIGHT WHEN DRIVING THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE), VEHICLE WOULD NOT START ON TOO MANY OCCASIONS TO LIST AND TOWED ONCE WHILE ON A TRIP FOR THIS PROBLEM. VEHICLE HAD TO BE JUMP STARTED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, BATTERY SEEMS TO DRAIN FO NO APPARENT REASON....

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM SHUTS DOWN CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKE AND STEERING CONTROL, ALMOST RESULTING IN ACCIDENT. MJS

ELECTRICAL SYSYEM FAILURE WAS CAUSING FUSES TO BLOW OUT.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED. ALSO, ABS BRAKES WERE REPLACED.

TH ELECRICAL SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE HEADLIGHTS TO GO OUT/POWER STEERING AND BRAKING SYSTEM TO FAIL. ANYTHING ELECRICAL CAN ALMOST CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING, DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. *AK