1997 Chevrolet Blazer

THIS TRANSMISSION FAILURE IS THE SECOND FOR THIS VEHICLE . THE FIRST WAS 4/09/1999 @58765 MILES .VEHICLE IS IN SHOP AS I TYPE THIS REPORT .THE FAILURE WAS THE SAME IN BOTH INSTANCES . I AM TOLD BY THE TRANSMISSION SHOP THAT THIS IS VERY COMMON TO THIS TRANSMISSION .THIS PART SHOULD BE IMPROVED BY GENERAL MOTORS AND A RECALL INITATED ON THEIR PART THE REPAIR COST OF EACH FAILURE IS 750.00 TO 800.00 .

AFTER VEHICLE RUNS FOR 30 MINUTES, TRANSMISSION JERKS WHEN SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND. I WAS TOLD THAT THE VALVE BODY NEEDED REPLACEMENT, AND THE VALVE WAS STICKING. IT WILL COST $1000. GMC CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO TO HELP ME. IT IS APPARENT THAT THE 97 BLAZER'S HAD SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH BOTH THE BRAKES AND THE TRANSMISSION BUT DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. ALL THEY WANT TO DO IS REPLACE MY VALVE BODY WITH A NEWER UPDATED VERSION NOW THAT THE BUGS HAVE BEEN WORKED OUT BUT AT MY COST. THERE IS NO REASON THAT A TRANSMISSION ON ANY CAR SHOULD HAVE PROBLEMS AT THIS MILEAGE. TO TOP IT OFF, MOST OF MY MILEAGE IS HIGHWAY. I ALSO PUT MY 4TH SET OF BRAKES ON AT 41,000 MILES. DEALER SAID 1ST SET WERE DEFECTIVE AT 18K, 2ND SET WAS ONLY A 10K BRAKE AT 29K. PROBLEM WAS NEVER FIXED AND I GAVE UP. *AK

TRANSMISSION FLUID WOULD OVERFLOW AND SPRAY ON BACK WINDOW. ON 8/7-11 GM PAID 80% I HAD TO PAY 20%-SINCE I WAS OVER BY 2,000 MILES. EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED ON 8/14, THEY HAD MY BLAZER FOR ALMOST 3 WKS AT NO COST TO ME. THEY SAID THEY REBUILT THE TRANSMISSION. SAME THING HAPPENED ON 9/2/00 BUT NOW IT HAS NO REVERSE, MADE LOUD NOISE, THEY TOWED IT-I WOULD NOT DRIVE IT BACK THIS TIME. I WAS GETTING OFF THE PIKE, APPLIED BRAKES AND THE TRANSMISSION DOWN SHIFTED AND I WENT FLYING FORWARD..THANK GO NO OTHER CARS AROUND AND I WAS WEARING MY SEAT BELT. THE FIRST REPAIR I WAS WITHOUT MY BLAZER FOR ABOUT A WEEK, 2ND REPAIR IT WAS ALMOST 3 WEEKS..HAVE NO IDEA HOW LONG THIS ONE WILL TAKE. PRIOR TO THIS I LOVED MY BLAZER. I DON'T FEEL AT 38,000 YOU SHOULD HAVE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. I DID INFORM THE SERVICE DEPT. WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT THE BLAZER IT HAD A RUSTED DIP STICK AND THEY REPLACED IT. I THINK THAT IS ALL THEY DID, FEEL THEY SHOULD HAVE DRAINED THE FLUID, JUST IN CASE RUST CHIPS OR COROSION FELL INTO THE FLUID. THEY ALSO PUT NEW BRAKES ON 2 MONTHS AGO AND I KEEP TELLING THEM THEY AREN'T WORKING PROPERLY. THE ABS BRAKES YOU PRESS PEDAL AND IT GOES ALMOST TO THE FLOW, THERE IS NO WAY THEY WOULD STOP IN AN EMERGENCY ON TIME. BASED ON THIS I AM NOT PLEASED WITH THE GM PARTS AND THE SERVICE DEPTARTMENT!!!!!