Problems with 2000 Chevrolet Blazer VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

Fortunately, i had just gotten off the freeway and was looking for an address at a slow speed. all of a sudden the car lurched; i had no steering; i lost all electrical control; the car ground to a halt; smoke came out from under the hood. i and a friend got out of the car. fortuitously, fire trucks appeared. it turned out they were returning from another incident as i could not believe the immediacy of their response. they took over preventing further aggravation of this situation. the battery was boiling. all the electrical wire harnesses were melted. the upper suspension control arm was broken. the firemen's observation was, if i had been going any faster, the car could have flipped. after being towed to a nearby mechanic, i learned the upper control arm had broken. it impailed the starter which shorted. that melted the wiring harnesses to and from the battery, as well as being the cause of the battery boiling. the key issue is that general motors would build a vehicle where the upper control arm is so flimsy it would break. i have read other incidents of the same thing with the chevrolet blazer where, for example, a person was going 30mph, the car flipped, and the person was knocked unconscious. a repeated corporate failure of this nature should have consequences. *tr

Gas pedal sticking- not all the time but frequently, and of course not when i have it at the garage.

The handle that allows you to recline the seat broke off flushed with the seat, this happened to both the driver and passenger seats in june 2005. the hood will not pop up when the lever was pulled until one banged on the grill or the hood in certain spots, which just started in march of 2007. the gas mileage dropped from 20 mpg to 16 mpg within 6 months. the back glass stuck and was hard to open, started in 2006. when turning on the air conditioner (a/c ) the car had no power, i have to turn it off when accelerating on the interstate or on hills. if the cruise control was set it kicked off when the a/c was on. when i needed to stop quickly the brakes failed, and felt a grinding sensation through the pedal, but the mechanic changed the brakes and checked the rotors, but hasn't found any problem. suspected a defect somewhere in the brake system\ as of 2005. the fan kicked on all the time, even when the engine was cold, and in winter when first starting. one mechanic told me that in many blazers the catalytic converter broke off in the muffler, which had to be replaced. had been told this happened so much that most people left them off. too many other problems to mentioned. also, the horn worked only when it wanted to, problem in the steering wheel. *ak

Accelerator sticks when applying pressure from a stopped position requiring extra force on accelerator to get vehicle to move. this extra force sometimes makes vehicle lurch forward. in my opinion, this sudden movement creates a very unsafe driving condition. this condition started as an intermittent problem but is now occurring almost every time the vehicle is driven.*ak

Driver's side front wheel bearing failure; carbon build-up in throttle body caused accelerator to stick; oil lines to remote oil filter leaking; vehicle has 41,000 mi. *ak

Refer to odi id number 760100, 8008263, 8013241, 10016706, 10001738, 566417. i have detected this same problem on my 2000 chevrolet blazer purchased in january 2000 at a dealership in seattle washington. the throttle pedal sticks on takeoff/startup from a stopped position (i.e. stop light/sign). i have to exert extra pressure on the pedal to get the vehicle moving. when i exert the extra pressure on the pedal, after about 1 - 2 inches, it breaks free and lunges from the stop. it also sometimes happens when i try to accelerate on the freeway, not from a stopped position. my wife has also experienced this problem. we just got home from a trip through california from 8 days of driving and have had this problem the whole time. i first experienced this problem about a month ago and thought i might need to use wd-40 in the linkage from the pedal. this did not help. i contacted a local dealer in las vegas who said they have not had this problem on any other vehicle. i consider this a safety issue because it is not normal to have the pedal stick like this and it could create an accident potential if it were to stick and then lunge and the need to immediately apply the brakes presented itself. *nlm

Transmission falure, reverse second and third gear, transfer case failure, cruise control doesnt work, dashboard cluster failure. *ak

Throttle sticks at idle. *jb

When starting to accelerate the gas pedal sticks. have had it repaired once by the dealer, it only lasted less then a year.*ak

The gas pedal sticks 75% of the time upon initial acceleration, whether that is from a stopped position or accelerating after slowing. the sticking is such that force has to be exerted to get the pedal to depress thereby causing lurching of the vehicle. in parking lot situations or on icy roads this can be potentially very dangerous. also, both front seat adjusters that allow the seat to be repositioned have broken off while trying to repostion the seat. when we reported these items to our dealer they said these are common problems they are seeing frequently. if this is so i feel it is a defect of the manufacturer. the seat levers were plastic painted to look like metal and both broke off within a week of each other. dt

Consumer states while driving the engine stalls. this condition is intermittent and happens while drive or in reverse. dealer could not duplicate problem. *tt

Consumer states the vehicle does not respond when the acclerator pedal is pressed, the accelerator sticks and heavy pressure is applied to unjam the pedal, the dealer states the problem is due to the accelerator linkage gumming up. the dealer is aware. please provide more information.*jb *mj

Accelerator pedal would stick while driving, dealer was not notified at this time. feel free to provide any further information.*ak

The accelerator pedal sticks upon acceleration from a stop, when the pedal is at rest. the sticking causes the driver to push a little harder to depress the accelerator. the accelerator then breaks loose and the driver has automatically accelerated heavily eventhough this is not desired. this usually occurs at start up only. while backing in a parking lot, out of a space, this happened to my wife. upon applying increasing pressure to the accelerator pedal, the pedal finally gave way and was probably depressed 1-2 inches. this caused the vehicle to rocket backward. my wife quickly hit the brakes before backing into the next row of cars, and any pedestrians that might have been near. no accident or injury resulted. i have since duplicated it twice. it always sticks somewhat upon takeoff, but my wife has begun to compensate for it. i rarely drive the vehicle. she will drrive another vehicle until we get this fixed. needless to say i find this to be a very dangerous condition/defect/engineering design with this vehicle that has a 36k mile warranty, plus a purchased 60k warranty. i contacted two area dealers, not the dealer i purchased it from. berger chevrolet in grand rapids, and john decker chevrolet in rockfrod, mi both have told me to my amazement that this is a "general maintenance" issue. they say it is common on many blazers, but some do not require the service. this tells me that some are defective, some may not be. decker charges $50 and berger charges $110 for slightly different levels of service i presume. they already told me over the phone that the throttle plate has carbon buildup on it and it needs to be cleaned off every 15-20,000 miles. i've never owned a vehicle that requires yearly service to keep the throttle/accelerator from sticking. the dealers and the general chevrolet consumer hotline people all readily admit this condition occurs frequently(800) 222 1020-jacob vanbeek-chev rep, file # c06624128.*ak

Throttle stuck while driving. consumer applied brakes, and vehicle would slow down. as soon as consumer stopped applying brakes vehicle accelerated back to 35 mph. vehicle was taken to dealer, but no problem was found. *ak

Throttle almost always sticks when vehicle movement starts causing learching starts. dt

While driving, the rpms started revving while cruise control was activated, consumer turned cruise control off, however was knocked out by the inadvertent deployment of the air bag, causing his foot to hit the accelerator pedal, vehicle went across the passing lane, over a guardrail and down a 30 foot embankment. *slc

While driving with speed control on, vehicle started to accelerate. also, air bags deployed, knocking consumer out. vehicle crashed and consumer was injured. *ak consumer states that the deployment of the air bag is what caused the accident. *slc

Never took in for rear wiper. started leaking oil, so took to dealer here in roosevelt 21, dec. started to provo jan. 10, cruise control went off, speedometer would not work, this caused the car to not shift. pulled off road as car stops, turned car back on, turned around to return home. afraid to continue over mountains. took to murry motors, could not find anything wrong. took for a 30 minute mile ride and it happened again. will take back this following monday to be checked again. can not drive if it wont shift. took to murray motors for oil leak. they replaced two hoses. not connected properly, causing leak. thanks mrs. riding. *jb ****dimsii ivoq entry posted after 12/12/02 cut-over to artemis*****770837

Consumer was traveling about 35mph and was entering freeway when vehicle started to acellerate and engine just rise up, like it was in neutral, and vehicle decreased speed. transmission was replaced inside of vehicle . dealership was aware of this problem there were several incidents happening on this vehicle.*ak the vehicle was brought to the dealer five times for this problem. each time the dealer replaced different component air flow sensor, fuel pump and transmission. the provlem still reoccurs and the dealer can not find the cause. *yh