1998 CHEVROLET BLAZER Electrical System12v24v48v Battery Problems

12 NHTSA complaints on file

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Electrical System12v24v48v Battery Issues in the 1998 CHEVROLET BLAZER

12 electrical system12v24v48v battery complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 1998 CHEVROLET BLAZER. Of these, 0 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 0 resulted in injury.

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All Electrical System12v24v48v Battery Complaints

#10091956 | September 13, 2004

CONSUMER STATED THAT AT ONE POINT HEADLIGHTS AND FLASHERS WERE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND FOUND THAT THE WAIT WAS TOO LONG. THEN, CONSUMER DECIDED TO TAKE VEHICLE TO A PRIVATE CERTIFIED MECHANIC, AND WAS TOLD BY HIM THAT MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH WAS DEFECTIVE. HAD THIS REPLACED, BUT HAZARD LIGHTS DID NOT WORK HALF THE TIME. ALSO, SOMETHING WAS DRAINING BATTERY BECAUSE VEHICLE WILL NOT START. WENT TO THE WEB, AND FOUND THAT THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL ON VEHICLE. CONSUMER CALLED THE MANUFACTURER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT IN THE RECALL. *AK THE VEHICLE BALL JOINTS WERE ALSO REPLACED. *NM

#10045698 | November 7, 2003

HARD STARTING, BATTERY SHOT. *LA

#764845 | July 31, 2002

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

#785785 | May 14, 2002

BATTERY FAILED FIVE TIMES, CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DEALER AND GM ARE UNWILLING TO HELP RESOLVE WHATEVER IS CAUSING THE EXCESSIVE BATTERY FAILURES YET THEY ACKNOWLEGDE THAT THE NUMBER OF BATTERY FAILURES IS ABNORMAL. *YH

#785785 | December 6, 2001

BATTERY FAILED FIVE TIMES, CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DEALER AND GM ARE UNWILLING TO HELP RESOLVE WHATEVER IS CAUSING THE EXCESSIVE BATTERY FAILURES YET THEY ACKNOWLEGDE THAT THE NUMBER OF BATTERY FAILURES IS ABNORMAL. *YH

#560799 | May 2, 2001

DELCO BATTERY FAILED, THE ENTIRE BATTERY POSITIVE(+) TERMINAL FELL OUT OF THE SIDE OF THE BATTERY, THERE WAS A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF CORROSION ON THE BATTERY AND WITHIN THE BATTERY TRAY, ALSO CRACKED AND LEAKING, CONSUMER HAD 5 YEARS ON BATTERY,BUT WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT VEHICLE WAS OVER 36,000 MILES AND WOULD NOT HONOR WARRANTY, CONSUMER HAS REPLACED BATTTERY. *JB

#785113 | January 31, 2001

BATTERY FAILED CAUSING AN ACID LEAK THAT DAMAGED BOTH BATTERY CABLES. *SLC

#557217 | November 20, 2000

BATTERY WAS REPLACED, IT WAS LEAKING ACID. *SLC

#725115 | July 25, 2000

SECOND SET TIRES WORN OUT AT 39000 MILES DUE TO UNIDENTIFIED FRT SUS.PROBLEM.DUE TO UNUSUAL AMOUNT OF DEALER VERIFIED CONCERNS AND PAST TITLE HISTORY,EVEN THOUGH MOST OCCURED BEFORE FACTORY W/ADDED GMPP ALL ATTEMTS TO HAVE LOCAL GM DEALERS REPAIR ANY OF THE PROBLEMS ACKNOWLAGED, HAVE BEEN REFUSED AT PRESANT TIME CAR SITS IN MY DRIVEWAY AND WE ARE USING A RENTAL PAID FOR BY ME. THE DEALERS,AND FACTORY HAVE PASSIFIED ME THROUGH 3/36 COVERAGE AND MADE ME THINK SOME CONSERNS WERE NOT VALID,BECAUSE I WAS FORCED TO DRIVE VEHC.ALL COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN DUPLICATED AND VARIFIED,DOCUMENTED BY MANY GM TECHS. AS WELL AS PASSENGERS,PRIVATE SHOPS AND THE SAME DEALER WHO QUESTENED CONCERNS.MY JOB,MARRAGE,AND DAILY LIFE HAVE BEEN AFFECTED AND SAFTEY WAS AND IS DISREGAURDED BY WHAT I ONCE CONSIDERED THE GREATEST AUTO MANUFACTURER IN THE WORLD,THERE ARE MANY PROBLEMS THAT EXIST TO DATE AND WERE RECORDED BEFORE 3/36 *AK( DOT NUMBER:...

#609969 | March 22, 2000

BATTERY FAILED. MJS

#850170 | October 7, 1999

HAD TRIED TO START VEHICLE THE 1ST TIME & IT FAILED TO CATCH. RETRIED THE 2ND TIME & FINALLY CAUGHT. WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR IN STARTING VEHICLE. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER & MECHANIC REPLACED THE BATTERY. ALSO HAD FUEL PUMP CHECKED & REPLACED IT. THE NEW FUEL PUMP TERMINAL WAS BROKEN & NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE COMPUTER CHIP WAS ALSO REPLACED. IN ADDITION, PCV HOSE WAS NOT INSULATED & THE WINDSHIELD WIPER WASHER WAS NOT WORKING. *AK

#607563 | March 12, 1999

BATTERY FAILED.

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