Consumer Complaint Detail

CHEVROLET / BLAZER / 1997

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004256174 Incident Date: Jan, 15 2004
Consumer's City: LEICESTER Consumer's State: NY
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: BLAZER Model Year: 1997
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1GNDT13WXV2 Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jan, 24 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Transmission has shifted hard from 1st to 2nd since i bought the vehicle used 10/7/03 also get intermittent check engine light used car dealer coded out to trans component slippage but didn't know what to do on 01/16/04 was on extended trip and transmission failed completely - rpms started to climb so pulled over to shoulder of road - kept slipping gears - finally lost all forward motion. on stopping and checking found dip stick showed no fluid but had rust and grit on the end fluid appeared to have been leaking out of the top of the tube and there was trans fluid all over the bottom of the vehicle had the vehicle towed back to used car dealer he put in 8 qts of fluid to get it to move his mechanic said it appeared that the fluid "boiled" out of the dip stick tube but didn't know why in checking the internet it appears that these symptoms are common but unsupported by chevy on this model year of blazer. *la