FaultScore

Worst years for a Chevrolet Blazer

Owners have filed 11,236 complaints about the Chevrolet Blazer with NHTSA across model years 1973 to 2026. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Avoid

1996 Chevrolet Blazer

1,579 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly brakes.

Cleanest on record

2005 Chevrolet Blazer

18 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Chevrolet Blazer year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2026 1 0 0 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2025 B 40 2 0 Electrical System
2024 C 68 10 0 22,000 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2023 C 63 7 0 14,000 Engine & Cooling
2022 A 76 2 3 Engine & Cooling
2021 C 198 7 3 34,980 Engine & Cooling
2020 C 354 9 0 44,500 Transmission & Drivetrain
2019 B 290 5 0 26,700 Transmission & Drivetrain
2008 5 0 0 Engine & Cooling
2007 B 11 2 0 62,000 Fuel & Propulsion
2006 B 20 2 1 75,200 Fuel & Propulsion
2005 A 18 0 2 75,000 Fuel & Propulsion
2004 C 67 6 0 34,831 Electrical System
2003 C 103 19 0 43,900 Airbags
2002 C 301 20 6 61,000 Lights
2001 C 464 43 5 58,000 Lights
2000 D 885 68 12 62,229 Suspension
1999 D 612 53 10 72,691 Suspension
1998 D 1,025 58 20 70,193 Windows, Mirrors & Wipers
1997 D 1,098 72 44 83,573 Brakes
1996 F 1,579 196 40 85,000 Brakes
1995 F 1,707 201 29 96,000 Brakes
1994 D 774 114 11 119,000 Brakes
1993 D 616 81 13 115,000 Brakes
1992 337 57 10 87,860 Brakes
1991 267 36 17 110,000 Brakes
1990 42 4 7 Brakes
1989 47 10 6 Brakes
1988 45 0 8 Seat Belts
1987 38 4 1 Steering
1986 21 0 6 Engine & Cooling
1985 35 7 4 Engine & Cooling
1984 10 6 0 Seat Belts
1983 8 0 0 Brakes
1982 2 2 0 Tires
1981 1 0 0 Seat Belts
1980 1 0 0 Seat Belts
1979 1 0 0 Doors, Latches & Locks
1978 2 0 0 Engine & Cooling
1977 2 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
1976 1 0 0 Windows, Mirrors & Wipers
1973 1 1 0 Brakes

What breaks on a Chevrolet Blazer

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Brakes 2,978 26.5%

Worst in 1995

Engine & Cooling 1,165 10.4%

Worst in 1995

Worst in 1998

Worst in 1997

Worst in 1997

Suspension 717 6.4%

Worst in 1996

Worst in 1995

Lights 425 3.8%

Worst in 2000

Airbags 342 3.0%

Worst in 1995

Steering 322 2.9%

Worst in 2020

Worst in 1997

Worst in 2020

Seats 296 2.6%

Worst in 1998

Body & Structure 278 2.5%

Worst in 2000

Exactly what failed on a Chevrolet Blazer

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 2,004 49.2%
Automatic Transmission 366 9.0%
Windshield Wiper/Washer 362 8.9%
Motor 326 8.0%
Gasoline 221 5.4%
Frontal 186 4.6%
Foundation Components 160 3.9%
Cooling System 153 3.8%
Engine 149 3.7%
GAS Recirculation Valve (Egr Valve) 143 3.5%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Chevrolet Blazer, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jan 1995 peak 197 Aug 2026

Chevrolet Blazer problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Chevrolet Blazer

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.