1997 CHEVROLET BLAZER Engine And Engine Coolingcooling System Problems

I HAVE OCCURYING MULTIPLE ISSUES WITH MY 1997 CHEVY BLAZER WHICH INCLUDE THE BACK SEAT SEAT BELTS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY,SUSPENSION CONTROL ARM AND BUSHINGS, CORROSION OF INTAKE GASKETS DUE TO DEXCOOL REQUIRED COOLANT. *TR

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...

BALL JOINT UPPER CONTROL ARM BROKE AS I WAS DRIVING TODAY. SINCE I PURCHASED THIS 1997 BLAZER I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS-THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL,THE WATER PUMP HAS BEEN REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP HAS ALSO BEEN REPLACED. THIS VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 60,000 MILES. I JUST FOUND OUT THAT MOST OF THESE PROBLEM HAVE BEEN RECALLED I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED. I PURCHASE THE VEHICLE USED AT A LOCAL DEALERSHIP,WHOM BY THE WAY DID NOT TELL ME OF ANY OF THESE RECALLS. I HAVE HAD VERY SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE. *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND STALLED, VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO INDEPENDENT SHOP, TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT COOLANT TURNED INTO ACID AND DAMAGED THE INTAKE MANIFOLD/WATER PUMP/ THERMOSTAT, AND RADIATOR. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

97 BLAZER COOLING SYSTEM FAILURE. FROM THE TIME I BOUGHT THE CAR THE COOLING SYSTEM HAD TROUBLE. THE RADIATOR HAD A LEAK ( 34391 MILES), THE COOLING SYSTEM CLOGGED UP AND THE HEATER CORE LEAKED FROM DEX-COOL GELLING UP ( 65265 MILES ), AGAIN HEATER CORE LEAKING FROM BAD DEX-COOL ( 104044 MILES ), HEATER CORE LEAKING (114387 MILES). EACH TIME THE HEATER CORE HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE COOLING SYSTEM HAD TO BE ACID FLUSHED BY THE DEALER BECAUSE THE DEX-COOL GELLED UP. ALL THESE REPAIRS WHERE DONE BY GM DEALER. THE DEALER COULD NOT TELL ME WHY THE DEX-COOL WAS GELLING UP OR THE HEATER CORE KEPT LEAKING. I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH GMC (COMPLAINT # 1-152407734) GMC COULD NOT HELP ME. I FOUND OUT FROM A RADIATOR REPAIR SHOP THAT THEY HAVE HAD MANY GM COOLING SYSTEM FAILURES DU TO THE DEX-COOL CAUSING ELECTROLYSIS. THIS IS THE...

UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDS REPLACED. UPPER BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED WITH THE 2001 RECALL FROM GM. VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 31,000 MILES

I PURCHASE MY 97 BLAZER IN DEC 2000 WITH 35000 MILES FROM A LOCAL DEALER, I BELIEVE IT WAS A PREVIOUS LEASE VEHICLE. WITHIN ONE YEAR I HAD TO REPLACE BALL JOINTS BUT WAS TOLD THAT I DID NOT QUALIFY FOR A RECALL. IN FEB OF 2003 I LOST MY HEAT AND SPENT CLOSE TO 2000 DOLLARS REPLACING FIRST THE WATER PUMP, THEN THE RADIATOR. AFTER THAT DIDN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM, THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT THE SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE FLUSHED WITH A SPECIAL MACHINE THAT WOULD COST ANOTHER 400 DOLLARS. THE SYSTEM HAD TO BE FLUSHED TWICE TO GET MARGINAL HEAT. ACCORDING TO THE DEALERSHIP, THE NEXT MOVE IS TO REPLACE THE HEATER CORE. NOW THE WIPERS STOP WORKING AND ONLY RESTART BY FLIPPING THE SWITCH BACK AND FORTH. NOT REAL GOOD ON THE HIGHWAY IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. I RECENTLY HAD THE ALTERNATOR REPLACED AND THE DEALERSHIP...

HEATER IN TRUCK FAILED, NO HEAT TO DEFROST WINDOWS. COOLANT GAUGE SPIKING WITH SLUDGE IN RADIATOR AND OVERFLOW BOTTLE. AFTER TRUCK HAS BEEN RUN, STRONG SMELL OF COOLANT IS APPARENT. *JB

ENGINE FAILURES RELATED TO COOLANT GEL UP WITH DEX-COOL. COOLING SYSTEM FLUSHED TWICE. INTAKE GASKET LEAKED COOLANT INTO ENGINE AND DAMAGED INTERNAL BEARINGS. NEW ENGINE NEEDED. WATER PUMP FAILED AFTER THAT. *JB

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING RADIATOR CONTAMINATION WHICH LEAKED IN THE FRONT SEAT. *NLM

THE TRANSMISSION IN MY VEHICLE HAS A DEFECTIVE VALVE BODY AND IT CAUSED MY TRANSMISSION TO BREAK, I WENT TO THE DEALER WHEN I FIRST HAD THE PROBLEM OF A HARD SHIFT FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN LONG DISTANCES. THE DEALER SAID THE VEHICLE IS SHIFTING FINE AND TO BRING IT BACK WHEN IT DOES IT AGAIN. THIS WAS BACK ON 08/19/02 AND NOW I HAVE A CODE 1870 ON THE COMPUTER AND THE TRANSMISSION IS SHOT. I FOUND OUT THE TRANSMISSION IS A 4L60E AND IT IS VERY UNRELIABLE. ALSO I ALREADY HAD TO CHANGE MY WATER PUMP AND ALTERNATOR AND MY GAS GAUGE DOES NOT WORK AND THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS ALSO. *JB

GM WON'T REIMBURSE BALL JOINTS DUE TO REPLACEMENT NOT BY GM DEALER. DT

CONSUMER COMPLAINS OF ENGINE OVERHEATING. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN FOR REPAIRS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. *JG

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS. FROM BAD DEXCOOL, WITCH CAUSED A MAJOR OVERHAUL OF THE COOLING SYSTEM AT APPROX. 37000 OR 3 1/2 YR. YET CHEVROLET STATES THE COOLANT IS GOOD FOR 5YR OR 150,000. THE FRONT BALL JOINTS HAD TO BE REPLACED AT APPROX. 35,000. JUST OVER THE 3YR WARRANTY WITH NO HELP FROM CHEVY DESPITE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF THIS FAILURE. ALSO HAVE HAD TWO BATTERIES IN THE SYSTEM ONE AFTER ONLY 3000 MILES AND THE SECOND ONE IS NOW OUT AT 38000 MILES. THERE IS A SHORT IN THE SYSTEM THAT STILL HAS NOT BEEN FOUND. THE SHIFT LEVER HANDLE HAS BEEN A CHANGED 3 TIMES AND STILL RATTLE AFTER APPROX. A MONTH OF USE. THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE MIRROR SHAKES TO THE POINT IT IS HARD TO SEE OUT OF WHEN DRIVING. THE HOOD RATTLES WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS, WHICH CAN BE FIXED BY ADDING A...

THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS. FROM BAD DEXCOOL, WITCH CAUSED A MAJOR OVERHAUL OF THE COOLING SYSTEM AT APPROX. 37000 OR 3 1/2 YR. YET CHEVROLET STATES THE COOLANT IS GOOD FOR 5YR OR 150,000. THE FRONT BALL JOINTS HAD TO BE REPLACED AT APPROX. 35,000. JUST OVER THE 3YR WARRANTY WITH NO HELP FROM CHEVY DESPITE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF THIS FAILURE. ALSO HAVE HAD TWO BATTERIES IN THE SYSTEM ONE AFTER ONLY 3000 MILES AND THE SECOND ONE IS NOW OUT AT 38000 MILES. THERE IS A SHORT IN THE SYSTEM THAT STILL HAS NOT BEEN FOUND. THE SHIFT LEVER HANDLE HAS BEEN A CHANGED 3 TIMES AND STILL RATTLE AFTER APPROX. A MONTH OF USE. THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE MIRROR SHAKES TO THE POINT IT IS HARD TO SEE OUT OF WHEN DRIVING. THE HOOD RATTLES WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS, WHICH CAN BE FIXED BY ADDING A...

WHILE CHECKING FLUID LEVELS, CONSUMERS SON, WHO IS A MECHANIC, NOTICED RUST IN THE RADIATOR FLUID, HE ALSO FOUND TSB 666841 REGARDING RUST IN THE COOLANT SYSTEM, CONSUMER HAS BEEN TRYING TO GET GM TO ALLEVIATE THIS PROBLEM DUE TO THE SAFETY FACTORS IT COULD CAUSE, HOWEVER IT IS VERY COSTLY, GM HAS NOT BEEN OF ANY ASSISTANCE BECAUSE THE CONSUMER IS NOT THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THE VEHICLE. *SLC

COOLING SYSTEM WILL REPEATEDLY TURN BLACK, EVEN AFTER CONSUMER HAD RADIATOR FLUSHED. PROBLEM STILL OCCURS.*AK CONSUMER STATES PROBLEM COMES BACK EVERY 20000 MILES OR EVERY 6 MONTHS. *SLC

DEALERSHIP ORIGINALLY SERVICED AT LOUSY AND UNFINISHED WORK 5 RETURNS FOR SAME THING S&J CHEVROLET. *AK

BRAKES SQUEAK, IDLER ARM NOT ATTACHED PROPERLY CAUSING RATTLING AND PULLING WHILE DRIVING, WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP WORKING INTERMITTENTLY DURING USE CAUSING PROBLEMS SEEING OUTSIDE, REAR DEFROST DOES NOT WORK, FUEL GAUGE GIVES INCORRECT READINGS AND BOBS BACK AND FORTH, DEX COOLANT TURNED TO SLUDGE CAUSING BLOCKAGES IN HEATING CORE, ENGINE BLOCK, AND RADIATOR

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

TRANSMISSION LOST 3RD AN 4TH GEAR CAUSING CAR TO OVERHEAT AND CAUSE PUMP LEAK. *AK

ENGINE COOLANT HAD TO BE REPLACED. MANUFACTURER PUT IN RED COOLANT THAT TURNED TO A THICK MUD. ALSO, WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WATER PUMP FAILED. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT ANY SPEED UP A HILL ENGINE WILL OVERHEAT,AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WILL RISE UP TO ITS LIMIT. THERMOSTAT HAD BEEN REPLACED, AND FLUSHED TWICE. *AK THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN CLOGGING RADIATORS AND HEATER. *YH

COOLIANT SYSTEM FILLED WITH SLUGS CAUSED BY DEX COOLANT PRODUCT. BREAKDOWN. DEX IS SUPPOSE TO BE GOOD FOR 100,000 MILES, AT 53,000 TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR TRANMISSION HOSE LEAK, DEALER OPENED RADIATOR CAP AND SAID THIS IS A ON GOING PROBLEM WITH BLAZERS. RECOMMENDED A FLUSH BE DONE, WHICH THE DEALERSHIP DID. NOW VEHICLE HAS AN INDICATION (SPIKE) OF OVER HEATING. NOW DEALERSHIP STATES BLOCK NEEDS TO BE PULLED, FREEZE PLUGS PULLED AND A COMPLETE BLOCK FLUSH , ALONG WITH RADIATOR RECORED AND HEATER CORE REPLACED. IS THERE ANY INFORMATION ON THE BREAKDOWN OF DEX COOLANT FUILDS THAT IS CAUSING THIS PROBLEM OR THAT HAS BEEN SENT OUT FROM THE MANUFACTER OF THIS PRODUCT. I AM NOW LOOKING AT $1,300.00 OF REPAIRS TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. *AK

CONTAMINATION OF COOLING SYSTEM DUE TO DEX-COOL. ENTIRE SYSTEM MUST BE FLUSHED AND HEATER CORE REPLACED. CHEVROLET MOTOR DIV. HAS OFFERED TO PAY FOR HALF THE COST, ALTHOUGH IT IS NO LONGER UNDER THEIR 36,000 MILE WARRANTY. MY CONCERN IS THAT THERE IS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH DEX-COOL AND THEY ARE NOT RESPONDING TO IT, AS THEY CLAIM THAT IT SHOULD NOT NEED TO BE CHANGED FOR 5 YEARS OR 150,000 MILES. I FOUND OUT ABOUT THE CONTAMINATION AFTER BRINGING MY CAR IN FOR A SLOSHING, GURGLING SOUND UNDER THE DASH. *AK

ANTI-FREEZE GOES BAD AND LOOKS LIKE MUD. LOTS OF PEOPLE HAVING THIS PROBLEM ACCORDING TO REPAIR SHOPS. *AK