1998 CHEVROLET BLAZER Power Trainautomatic Transmission Problems

TRANSMISSION WILL NOT ENGAGE, SLIPS. CANNOT MOVE VEHICLE WITHOUT TOW. DIAGNOSTIC TEST SHOWS CODE 1870. *JB

DT: CONTACT STATES THAT WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT THEN TRIED TO ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. HE WAS ABLE TO GET VEHICLE HOME ,AND THERE HE COULD NOT SHIFT GEARS. THIS HAPPENED WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET. *AK

MY 1998 CHEVY BLAZER HAS NEEDED EXTENSIVE REPAIRS TO THE TRANSMISSION AND ULTIMATELY I HAD TO HAVE A NEW TRANSMISSION PLACED IN THE VEHICLE. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH A FEW OTHER CHEVY BLAZER OWNERS AND THEY HAVE INFORMED ME OF THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR VEHICLES. ALSO PROBLEMATIC IS THE REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER -- NEVER HAS WORKED AND I'VE HAD TO GET IT REPAIRED TWICE. *JB

I HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING AND OVERHEATING IN MY 1998 CHEVY BLAZER. I INSTALLED A TRANSMISSION COOLER HOPING THAT WOULD STOP THE PROBLEM, BUT IT HASN'T EVEN TOUCHED THE PROBLEM. I WOULD LIKE SOMETHING NONE ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS IN BLAZERS.

THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH WOULD NOT SHUT OFF AND THE CONSUMER COULD STILL HEAR THE CLICKING NOISE. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK THE HEATER WAS LEAKING, THE WINDSHIELD WIPER WERE INOPERATIVE, THE REAR END HAD GONE OUT AND THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. A NEW SWITCH WAS PLACED ONTO THE TRANSFER CASE AND THE DIFFERENTIAL ASSEMBLY WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. *SC *JB

PURCHASED SUV IN 1999, DROVE CAR FOR 4 YEARS TIL 2004 WHEN TRANSMISSION FAILED. THERE WAS LESS THAN 90,000 MILES ON THE TRANSMISSION. HAD TRANSMISSION BUILT, FAILED 3 MONTHS LATER. HAD TRANSMISSION REBUILT FAILED AGAIN TODAY 9 MONTHS AFTER LAST REBUILD.*AK

TRANSMISSION SLIPS WHEN TRUCK IS IN MOTION, IF ACCELERATOR IS PRESSED IT STOPS BUT THEN RESUMES AFTER IT COMES BACK TO A STEADY PULL WHY .*AK

MY WIFE AND I HAVE HAD TO MAKE MAJOR REPAIRS TO OUR 1998 BLAZER. WE HAD TO REPLACE THE WATER PUMP ($294.55) IN OCTOBER 2002. THEN, THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING AND GOT WORSE. WE TOOK IT TO AAMCO, WHERE WE WERE INFORMED THAT IT HAD TO BE REBUILT. THIS WAS IN JULY OF 2002. THE TOTAL COST WAS ($2077.37). I INQUIRED THAT SAME MONTH AT CHEVROLET ABOUT RECALLS, AND THEY SAID THAT THERE WERE NONE. SINCE THEN, WE HAVE HAD NUMEROUS MINOR PROBLEMS WITH THE LAME SUV, INCLUDING BROKEN RECLINER HANDLES, STEERING THAT PULLS AND GRINDS, AND A MALFUNCTIONING ELECTRICAL SYSTEM (CLICKING SOUNDS FROM UNDER THE GLOVE BOX, THREE BATTERIES REPLACED). I SAW A REPORT LAST WEEK ABOUT THE USE OF DEXCOOL AND ITS POSSIBLE LINK TO PROBLEMS IN GM VEHICLES. ARE THERE ANY REMEDIES AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME? *AK

FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR DOES NOT LATCH DUE TO THE BODY OF THE STRIKE PLATE ON DRIVER'S SIDE CAVING IN. *AK THERE WAS A CRACK AROUND THE STICKER PLATE. THE DEALER ADJUSTED THE DRIVER SIDE STICKER PLATE. THE PROBLEM REMAINED THE SAME AFTER ADJUSTMENTS WERE MADE. TWO MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE THE CONSUMER WOULD HEAR RATTLING ON THE PASSENGER AND THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR. THE SEAT BELT WOULD NOT RELEASE, THE ENCODER MOTOR HAD BECOME INOPERATIVE AFTER THE MODULE SHORTED, THE STABILIZER LINK NUTS WERE MISSING, THE LEFT DOOR WOULD RATTLE WHEN DRIVEN OVER BUMPS, WHEN BRAKING, A SQUEALING NOISE WAS HEARD, THERE WAS A HESITATION IN THE TRANSMISSION WHEN CHANGING THE REVERSE, THE "TRIP METER" WAS INOPERATIVE, THE WAS A RATTLE IN THE DASH WHEN DRIVEN OVER BUMPS, THERE WAS AN OIL LEAK, THERE WAS A RATTLE IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION WHEN DRIVEN OVER BUMPS, THE LEFT REAR DOOR WOULD...

1998 CHEVROLET BLAZER - TRANSMISSION FAILS TO LOCK UP BETWEEN 3RD AND 4TH GEAR ON THE HIGHWAY - WEB RESEARCH SHOWS THIS IS SO COMMON AFTER MARKET PRODCUTS HAVE BEEN CREATED TO ADDRESS IT... GMC SHOULD FIX FOR FREE. *AK

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS EXTREMELY ROUGH, PROBLEM IS EVEN WORSE WHEN VEHICLE IS WARM. PROBLEM STARTED AT 70,000 MILES. FOUND OUT THROUGH RESEARCH THAT THIS PROBLEM IS EXTREMELY COMMON IN CHEVROLET TRUCKS, VANS, AND SUVS FROM 1995-1999. WHY NO RECALL YET?

VEHICLE TRANSMISSION LET LOOSE WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT DIDN`T COME ON. THIS HAPPENED WHILE PULLING OUT OF A RESTURAUNT INTO TRAFFIC. *AK

BOUGHT CAR BRAND NEW. DRIVERS SIDE MIRROR CONSISTENTLY VIBRATES - HAD REPLACED TWICE - DEALER WOULD NOT REPLACE A THIRD TIME DUE TO BUG SHIELD BEING INSTALLED. IT STILL VIBRATES. JUNE 2001 - DOOR LOCKS WENT NUTS. THEY WOULD LOCK AND UNLOCK THEMSELVES WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD OR WHILE PARKED - WITH KEYS IN IT. MARCH 2003 - BLINKER SWITCH WENT CRAZY. IT WOULD NOT STOP CLICKING - WHOLE DASH HAD TO BE TAKEN OUT TO REPLACE SWITCH - NOT A CHEAP THING! MAY 2003 - ALTERNATOR WENT OUT AND RUINED BATTERY. ALMOST CAUSED A CAR FIRE. TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAK. NOT YET FIXED BECAUSE OF UNKNOWN CAUSE OF PROBLEM. *NLM

AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THE VEHICLE. FIRST FACTORY AUTOMATIC TRANS WENT OUT AT 1 YEAR 10 MONTHS/28,877 MILES. PER CERTIFIED CHEVEROLET DEALER'S REPAIR NOTES: "REMOVED TRANS...FOUND 3-4 CLUTCH BURNED SEVERELY AND NO POSSIBLE CAUSE FOR 3-4 CLUTCH FAILURE...". "...FOUND LEAKING AT TRANS COOLER LINE...REPLACED LOWER TRANS COOLER LINE...". REPLACED WITH CERTIFIED RE-BUILT (SRTA). NOW, 2ND RE-BUILT TRANS FAILED AT 77,867 MILES (BUT ONLY 48,990 ON 2ND TRANS). PER DEALERSHIP ANALYSIS, "R.T. FOUND TO SLIP IN ALL GEARS PCM STORING P1870 CONVERTOR IS OVERHEADED AND ATF BURNT BAD...". DEALERSHIP AND CHEVEROLET DISTRICT REP ACT AS IF TRANS PROBLEMS ARE UNHEARD OF. CHEVEROLET CUSTOMER SERVICE CASE OPENED, CHEVEROLET DISTRICT REP REFUSES TO PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. SOUNDS JUST LIKE SERVICE BULLETIN #020421005

TRANSMISSION LINE COUPLER FAILED ON HIGHWAY CAUSING TRANSMISSION FLUID TO FLOW OUT ON UNDERCARRIAGE AND UP AND OVER TAILGATE. FORTUNATELY NO FIRE OCCURRED. MECHANIC SAID SNAP-ON COUPLER TO TRANSMISSION LINE FAILED.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WAS ON AND TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, THEY CHECKED VEHICLE, BUT ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WAS STILL ON. *AK CONSUMER HAS A WARRANTY ON THE TRANSMISSION AND COMPLAINED TO DEALER 9 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF PURCHASE ABOUT THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATING. NO REASONABLE EXPLANATION WAS GIVEN EXCEPT PROBABLE GAS CAP. WHILE HAVING THE OIL CHANGED CONSUMER FOUND OUT THE LIGHT WAS FOR THE POWER TRAIN. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO A TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST WHO CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS A DEFECTIVE PART IN THE TRANSMISSION. CONSUMER WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION CODE PROVED THAT AN AFTER MARKET PART WAS USED TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE PART PREVIOUSLY. *JG

SIDE GEARS AND CASE AND SIDE BEARINGS FAILED AT 48,300 MILES. REPLACED FRONT DIFFERENTIAL ASSEMBLY, INSTALLED NEW SIDE GEAR SET AND CASE AND SIDE BEARINGS. REPAIR COST WAS $1,154.00 DOLLARS. BOUGHT THE CAR USED IN FEB. 2001, BEARINGS FAILED IN NOV. 2001. ONLY 5,000 MILES WERE PUT ON THE VEHICLE IN THAT TIME FRAME. *AK

TRANSMISSION REPLACED AFTER 2 YEARS OF HASSLE, NEW TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD BUT DEALER STATES ALL TRANSMISSIONS RUN THAT WAY. TURN SIGNAL/WINDSHIELD WIPER MODULE REPLACED TWICE, TURN SIGNAL CONTINUED TO CLICK AFTER TURNED OFF, WINDSHIELD WIPERS TURNED ON BY ITSELF. DRIVER'S MIRROR REPLACED TWICE DUE TO VIBRATION AND CONTINUES TO VIBRATE, DEALER REFUSED TO REPLACE A THIRD TIME DUE TO A BUGSHIELD BEING INSTALLED EVEN THOUGH MIRROR VIBRATED BEFORE BUGSHIELD WAS INSTALLED. VEHICLE WAS BOUGHT AT GRUBBS CHEVROLET BUT HAS BEEN SERVICED FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS AT LOWE CHEVROLET IN WAYNESVILLE MO.

AFTER TURNING A CORNER, THE VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY SHUT OFF, CAUSING ME TO COAST THROUGH A RED LIGHT. IN DOING SO, I WAS STRUCK BY AN ONCOMING VEHICLE. BOTH VEHICLES WERE TOTALED IN THE ACCIDENT. THREE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THIS ACCIDENT WERE INJURED, INCLUDING MYSELF. IN A SEPERATE INCIDENT, THE RADIATOR BLEW APART, LEAKING COOLANT AND TRANSMISSION FLUID. DEALERSHIP FOUND VEHICLE LEAKING FROM TOP OF TRANSMISSION LINE FROM RADIATOR. THEY REPLACED COUPLER FITTING AND O-RING AND ADDED 6 QUARTS OF TRANSMISSION FLUID (AT THEIR EXPENSE).

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING IN 2-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE WILL JUMPS INTO 4-WHEEL INTERMITTENTLY. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND REPLACED WIRING HARNESS FOR THE FIRST INCIDENT, AND THEN REPLACED TRANSFER CASE SHIFT MODULAR. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN EXAMINED FOR THIRD INCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK

MECHANIC EXPRESSED THAT THE AUTO'S MILEAGE WAS VERY LOW TO HAVE THIS KIND OF PROBLEM, AND FEELS STRONGLY THAT THIS HOSE MUST BE DEFECTIVE. *AK

TRANSMISSION WHINES GEARS, LOAD GRINDING NOISE. I MUST STOP, SHIFT INTO PARK AND GO BUT SOMETIMES THAT DOESN'T WORK. TRANSMISSION SHIFTS BY ITSELF INTO NEUTRAL. PROBLEM #2 SEAT RECLINING ARMS ON BOTH FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEATS BROKE OFF WITH LITTLE PRESSURE. PROBLEM #3 HEAT ONLY WORKS WHEN IT WANTS TO. SOMETIMES COOL AIR COMES OUT WHEN HEAT IS ON. PROBLEM #4 SOMETIMES WHEN APPLYING BRAKES GRINDING NOISE IS HEARD AND AND STEERING LOCKS UP. PROBLEM #5 STRAPS ON SUN VISORS SAG CONSIDERABLY, BLOCKS VIEW. *AK

HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST DUE TO TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY. MECHANIC INDICATED THAT IT WAS A DESIGN FLAW THAT CAUSING POOR SHIFTING PROBLEM.*AK

I BOUGHT A NEW VEHICLE SO I WOULD NOT HAVE MAJOR PROBLEMS LIKE THIS. THE MECHANICS SAID THAT THERE IS A WORK ORDER OUT ON THE TORQUE CONVERTERS. IT WILL COST ME $1600 FOR TRANMISSION PLUS RENTAL CAR AND $618 FOR THE TWO WHEEL BEARINGS. THE TORQUE CONVERTER KNOCKS WHEN I SHIFT GEARS AND CAUSES PRESSURE BUILD UP IN THE ENGINE. THE WHEEL BEARINGS CAUSE LOUD NOISE WHEN THE VEHICLE IS MOVING AND I WAS TOLD THAT THE WHEEL MAY COME OFF. I SHOULD NOT HAVE THESE MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH A VEHICLE, THAT IS WHY I BOUGHT A NEW ONE...I NEVER HAD PROBLEMS LIKE THIS WITH OTHER 4X4 VEHICLES. GMC SHOULD BE MADE TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES FOR THESE PROBLEMS. THERE IS TO BE WORK ORDERS OUT ON BOTH PROBLEMS..SO THE COMPANY IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS. THIS IS MY FIRST CHEVY AND I THINK IT WILL BE MY LAST....

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL COME OUT OF GEAR AND DROP INTO NEUTRAL FOR NO REASON. DEALER/MECHANIC STATES THAT THIS IS A COMPUTER MALFUNCTION. THIS OCCURS AT ANY SPEED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK

THE ORIGINAL AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON A CROWDED HIGHWAY (MARCH 1999/10878 MILES). THE REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE ACCELERATING TO MERGE WITH FREEWAY TRAFFIC (AUGUST 2000/33500 MILES). THE SECOND REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION IS NOW BEGINNING TO SHIFT INTO 4WD LO BY ITSELF (DECEMBER 2000/40000 MILES).

WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, FELT THE ENGINE GIVE. DROVE HOME WHILE NOTICING THE ENGINE WAS HAVING A HARD TIME SHIFTING FROM FIRST TO SECOND. PARKED THE TRUCK AT HOME. WENT TO LEAVE AND HAD NO REVERSE GEAR. DROVE TRUCK TO DEALERSHIP. THEY INSPECTED THE NEXT DAY AND FOUND THE SUN SHELL BROKEN. TECHNICIAN TOLD ME THIS IS A PROBLEM THEY HAVE NOTICED ON GM TRUCKS FROM THIS YEAR. HE SAID IT USUALLY IS ASSOCIATED WITH SNOWPLOWING. MY TRUCK DOESN'T DO ANY SNOWPLOWING OR TOWING. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED NO 2ND OR 3RD REVERSE FAILED HAD TO PUSH CAR BROUGHT TO SHOP SHELL BROKE

WE HAVE (2) 1998 GM PRODUCTS THAT HAVE HAD FAILED TRANSMISSIONS THIS MONTH, BOTH JUST RECENTLY HIT THE 50,000 MILE MARK

VEHICLE'S TRANS STARTED SLIPPING AT 45MPH. WHEN STOPPED, I FOUND OUT I HAD NO REVERSE WITH ALL OTHER FORWARD GEARS SLIPPING TO WHERE IT IS UNDRIVEABLE. VEHICLE HAS HIGH HIGHWAY MILEAGE, RARELY WAS THE 4 WHEEL DRIVE USED, AND IS ON LEASE FOR $440 A MONTH FOR ANOTHER YEAR. I KNOW A FEW OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS ON NEWER BLAZERS WITH LOWER MILAGE (STILL UNDER WARRANTY) THAT WERE REPAIRED. IT SEEMS ODD THAT THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURED TO A FEW PEOPLE I TALKED TO, AND MAKES ME WONDER HOW MANY MORE PROBLEM TRANSES ARE OUT THERE. WHAT SHOULD I DO???

TRANSMISSION FAILED. MJS

ENTERING HIGHWAY AND GETTING PREPARED TO MOVE INTO ANOTHER LANE, ANOTHER TRUCK PULLING A TRAILER PULLED IN FRONT OF THE CAR AHEAD OF THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. HE HIT THE BRAKES AND SO DID THE CONSUMER, BUT BRAKES FAILED. CONSUMER WAS ON HER WAY TO THE COBBS CHEVROLET BECAUSE OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. CONTACTED THE DEALER. *AK

VEHICLE BURNED OVER 9 QTS OF OIL IN 3-4 MONTHS. FIRST NOTICED 12/98, DEALER BEGAN CHECKING AND TESTING. FINALLY, IN APRIL - MAY 1999, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT VEHICLE WAS BURNING ABOUT 1 QT EVERY 300-400 MILES. THEY FINALLY AGREED TO REPLACE ENTIRE ENGINE BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT LOCATE SOURCE OF PROBLEM. THE NIGHT BEFORE CARRYING IT FOR SERVICE, VEHICLE LOST TRANSMISSION POWER. THE DEALER HAD TO TOW THE VEHICLE IN THE NEXT DAY. AT THIS TIME, THEY NOT ONLY REPLACED THE ENGINE, BUT ALSO THE ENTIRE DRIVE TRAIN/TRANSMISSION SYSTEM. THEY STILL HAVE NO IDEA WHAT CAUSED THE FAILURES ON SUCH A NEW VEHICLE. I TRIED TO GET A REPLACEMENT VEHICLE SINCE THE FIRST FAILURE WAS AROUND 5,000 MILES, BUT THE GM REPRESENTATIVE REFUSED AND ONLY OFFERED TO REPLACE THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION. I DON'T THINK I'LL EVER FULLY TRUST MY VEHICLE NOW, BUT CAN'T AFFORD TO TRADE AT THE...

DRIVING SHELL DEFECTIVE, CAR WON'T GO INTO REVERSE ANS SKIPS 2ND GEAR.

TRANSMISSION FAILED. YH

TRNSMISSION CLUNKS. *AK

DUE TO A FAULTY WIRING AND TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING, WILL SHIFT LOWER GEARS UNEXPECTEDLY, LURCHING THE VEHICLE AND MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. BEEN TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM.