2002 Chevrolet Blazer problems
NHTSA has received 301 complaints about the 2002 Chevrolet Blazer, and 22% of them involve lighting. After that come transmission (9%) and brakes (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 301 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Lighting 22% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 20 and 6
- Injuries and deaths
- 22 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 61,000 miles 183 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 33 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 31 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 25 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 25 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 16 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 17 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 15 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 11 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 3 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 4 |
| 200k+ miles | 3 |
What the data shows
Among the 183 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 61,000 miles. For lighting specifically, the median reported mileage is about 71,000 miles (60 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 20 complaints mention a crash; 6 complaints mention a fire; 22 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2002 ranks 12th most-complained-about out of 22 model years of the Chevrolet Blazer with enough data (184 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
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…
Consumer's mother in law's vehicle had an electrical fire and burned up. Flames were shooting out of the driver's side door. The vehicle also experienced a lot of fuse blowouts. The power mirror switch failed and caused the fire. *nlm
My wife at that time got in to an accident in a chevy blazer on nov 11, 2002, on el paso, tx. Where the vehicle was lost due to a steering wheel lock up. After the accident I took the vehicle to the dealer where I buy it. The company did not do anything about it, the insurance company did not pay the right amount I lost a lot of money in lawyers and nothing was solved, just me losing more money. I would like to demand compensation.
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.
The intake manifold gasket is leaking the intake manifold gasket was leaking on my chevrolet silverado last year I have been told by 4 ase certified mechanics that chevrolets have extremely too many intake manifold gasket leaking problems because of the dexron antifreeze and the gaskets they used.