1995 Chevrolet Blazer problems
Owners have filed 1,707 complaints about the 1995 Chevrolet Blazer with NHTSA. Service brakes, hydraulic account for 34.4% of them — the clear leader, ahead of engine and engine cooling at 14.9%.
Complaints1,707
Crashes201
Fires29
Injuries121
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Service brakes, hydraulic 34.4% · 588
Engine and engine cooling 14.9% · 254
Visibility 11.5% · 197
Fuel system, gasoline 6.6% · 112
Electrical system 4.8% · 82
Power train 4.5% · 77
Air bags 3.6% · 62
Vehicle speed control 2.6% · 45
Severity
Of those complaints, 201 describe a crash, 29 describe a fire and 121 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Across the 16 model years of the Chevrolet Blazer in this data, 1995 draws the most complaints of any of them.
Filings are rising — 6 in the last three years against 5 in the three before. For a vehicle this age that usually points to a wear-related failure owners are hitting now.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 96,000 miles.
In owners' own words
Abs braking problems. Tt consumer experienced braking problems when go to apply brakes they will grab and there is some delay and lack of control this has happened on four different occasion in which two of the resulted in accidents, also rear windshield wiper was replaced, and rivets on the fan belt were replaced as part of a recall, also head rest has a split, and when engine is warm engine runs at 3000 rpm. Service brakes, hydraulic
The vehicle has a hard time stopping. Several times it did not stop at all!! I've taken the vehicle back to autonation to repair the brakes and each time they told me nothing was wrong. So I had the vehicle inspected by two other repair centers . The two centers told me that my back left brake is leaking fluid which is causing the problems. They also found incomplete service to the front brakes. Service brakes, hydraulic
Tried to apply brakes. Brake pedal would not move, by applying extream force the pedal finally moved, car did not slow down - no braking action at all!!!! Finally the pedal released and the car was stopped. Strong smell of electrical type overheating evident under hood. This problem occured 2 times before the car could be taken off the road. I have never had any car's brakes fail in this manner. Service brakes, hydraulic
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
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Other Chevrolet Blazer years
1992 337 complaints · 65.6% service brakes, hydraulic 1993 616 complaints · 65.9% service brakes, hydraulic 1994 774 complaints · 59.9% service brakes, hydraulic 1996 1,579 complaints · 30.4% service brakes, hydraulic 1997 1,098 complaints · 14.4% service brakes, hydraulic 1998 1,025 complaints · 25.9% visibility