1997 Chevrolet Blazer

MY '1997 CHEVROLET BLAZER LOST ITS CONTROL AFTER FAILING ITS RIGHT FRONT UPPER BALL JOINT OF KNUCKLE ASSEMBLY. RIGHT FRONT TIRE WAS OFF THE GROUND AND THE RH FRT KNUCKLE SCRUBBED THE INSIDE OF TIRE RIM. THE CHEVROLET DEALER INFORM ME TO REPLACE THE UPPER BALL JOINT AS A RECALL ITEM. AND THEY CHARGE ME FOR ALL THE OTHER DAMAGED PARTS. SECOND PROBLEM: THE GEAR SHIFTING LEVER DID NOT GO TO THE RIGHT POSITION ON THE PRINDLE DURING MY DRIVING. I ASKED THE CHEVY DEALER TO FIX IT. THEY OPEN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THEY TOLD ME THEY FIXED IT. THE SAME DAY, MY TRANSMISSION WAS ENGAGED INTO DIFFERENT GEARS AGAINST MY INTENTION DURING DRVING CONDITION. THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO MAKE A KICKING SOUND ON THE ROAD BESIDES SHIFTING INTO ANY GEARAS AND MAKING SERIOUS METALLIC NOISE ON THE FREE WAY. THE CHEVY DEALER RECOMMENDED ME MY VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION AND I HAD TO PAY FOR IT AFTER PAYING FOR INSTRUMENT PANEL FIX, REPLACEMENT OF TORQUE CONVERTER AND TOWING FROM TENNESSEE TO DETROIT.*AK

TRANSMISSION STARTED FAILING AT 25,000 IN AUGUST 2001 ON A 1997 BLAZER. !ST REPAIR FOUND TRANSMISSION COOLER CLOGGED WITH BLUE PLASTIC, MECHANIC THINKS IT WAS PART OF A PLASTIC CAP TO CVER ENDS OF COOLER ASSY BEFORE IT WAS INSTALLED AT THE FACTORY COST TO REPLACE COOLER AND SERVICE TRANSMISSION $290 2 WEEKS LATER TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS CAME BACK - HITS GEARS HARD AND WHEN MAKING RIGHT OR LEFT TURN WITH OUT STOPPING AND APPLYING GAS AFTER TURN TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING. TRANSMISSION SHOP TORN DOWN TRANSMISSION FOUN RUSTY DIP STICK, ALOT OF BURN MARKS ON VARIOUS PARTS, SCREENS CLOGGED WITH DIST SUBSTANCE, METAL GRINDINGS IN PAN, VALVE ASSY RUSTY, REPLACED CONVERTER TOTAL COST $1717 DROVE VEHICLE 1 DAY PROBLEMS STARTED AGAIN (SLIPPING) MECHANIC AT HIS COST CHANGED CONVERTER AND CHECKED HIS WORK FOUND EVERYTHING OK -RESULTS STILL SLIPPING. MECHANIC TOLD ME AT MY COST I NEED TO REPLACE THE PUMP IN THE TRANSMISSION SAID THIS IS UNUSUAL TO HAVE TO REPLACE. TOLD ME NEW PUNP FOR THIS VEHICLE WAS QUOTED TO HIM AT $800. I WAS SO SICK OVER THIS, STRESSED OUYT AND COULD NOT SLEEP FOR NIGHTS DECIDED TO CHANCE IT AT GET A USED XMISSION FROM JUNKJARD AND TAKE THE PUMP OUT $400. MECHANIC DID NOT CHARGE ME LABOR TO PUT THE PUMP IN TOTAL BILL = $2407 THE TRANSMISSION MECHANIC SAID IN ALL THE 25+ YRS REBUILDING TRANSMISSIONS HE NEVER EXPERENCED ANY THING LIKE THIS. THIS IS A CRIME FOR GM TO NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT THESE FAILURES KNOWING SO MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING SIMULR PROBLEMS IN THE BLAZERS.*AK

DRIVER CANNOT TELL WHETHER VEHICLE IS IN OR OUT OF 4 WHEEL DRIVE. TOLD BY CHEVROLET SERVICE PERSONNEL THAT DIFFERENTIAL AND FRONT AXLES WERE IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE BUT FRONT WHEELS WERE NOT. 4 WHEEL DRIVE SYSTEM USED VERY LITTLE, AND VEHICLE HAS ONLY 60K MILES. MECHANIC MADE COMENTS THAT INDICATE FREQUENT FAILURE OF COMPONENTS IN THIS SYSTEM. CAN CAUSE BRAKE NON FUNCTION ON SLIPPERY SURFACES WITH NO OTHER INDICATION OF A PROBLEM.

WHEN I BOUGHT THE TRUCK, IT HAD A 3,000MILE 30 DAY WARRANTY ON IT, 60000MILES. 1ST OCCURRENCE WITH ENGINE LIGHT AND DIPSTICK CORROSION WAS WITHIN THAT TIME. DOWN TIME FOR THE TRUCK ONE WEEK. THE NEXT MONTH, I WAS ENROUTE AND THE LIGHT TRIGGERED AGAIN. TOOK TRUCK TO LOCAL CHEVY DEALER WHO HAD LOOKED AT DIPSTICK BEFORE REPLACEMENT, STATED SAME DIPSTICK. AT THIS POINT I CALLED CHEVROLET COMPANY WHO TOLD ME THE $1800 DAMAGE BILL CAUSED BY THE DEFECTIVE DIPSTICK AND SUBSEQUENT TRANSMISSION DAMAGE WOULD BE MINE TO COVER.ALL BECAUSE IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIXED THE FIRST TIME.*AK