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2002 Chevrolet Blazer electrical system problems

22 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 2002 Chevrolet Blazer, which is 7% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
22 7% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
39,000 miles 17 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 3
Injuries and deaths
5 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2002 Chevrolet Blazer Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 39,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 5 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 4 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 1 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 2 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 39,000 miles
Based on 17 complaints that include mileage. 59% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles5
20k to 40k miles4
40k to 60k miles1
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles2

What the data shows

Of the 17 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 39,000 miles, and 59% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 fires, 5 injuries.

What owners wrote

August 24, 2008, myself and my three daughters headed to church traveling along 91n in ct to exit 35 when another passenger car waived at us to get off the exit - not knowing why we got off the exit any way since that's the one we needed and as we slowed down an abundance of smoke came from the front of the car - I pulled over and the gentlemen continued to waive at us - not known to me why until we got out of the car and saw flames brewing under the car...immediately I sought after my children to get to a safe…

Reported at 105,521 miles, August 2008 FireInjury

I have a 2002 chevrolet blazer. The hazard lights and the brake lights on the body quit working. The brake light over the hatch still worked. The turn signals also were not affected. I checked fuses and light bulbs but both were fine. When I turned on the hazard lights there was a clicking sound coming out of my speaker, like there was a short in the wiring. I'm glad it didn't start a fire.

Reported at 85,876 miles, January 2010

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