2023 Chevrolet Blazer
This year drew an ordinary 41 complaints for a Chevrolet Blazer — the model's median is 26. What they were about is the unusual part: 24.4% of them mention illuminated, against 8.9% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 41 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 26 |
| Involving a crash | 3 |
| Recalls | 2 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 23 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- illuminated — 24.4% of this year's complaints, against 8.9% across the model's other years (2.7×).
- transmission — 24.4% of this year's complaints, against 9.3% across the model's other years (2.6×).
- stated driving — 19.5% of this year's complaints, against 5.2% across the model's other years (3.7×).
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
while driving at various speeds, the vehicle hesitated while depressing the accelerator pedal. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer on several occasions to be repaired; however, the dealer was unable to duplicate the fail…
while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle shuddered, and the transmission was difficult to shift into gear. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic and was diagnosed with transmission failure. The conta…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 23V042000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
- 23V172000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Chevrolet Blazer was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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