Six problems related to battery have been reported for the 1999 Chevrolet Blazer. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
I purchased my 1999 Blazer "used" in 5/03, two months later the water pump started leaking horribly, had it replaced. Another month later it completely died on my in the middle of morning rush hour, found out that the fuel pump was completely shot, and the battery was not good. . . At the same time. Early last month I was told that the high pressure oil lines were leaking badly, and also that the idler arm on the front right is bad. Now as I am researching the chevy Blazer more and more, I'm finding out that many consumers are having the same problems in all models. Chevrolet should be held responsible for many of these recurring problems, and something needs to be done!.
Vehicle fails to start at any given time. When you turn the key it makes absolutley not noise, but the battery works, does not accept a jump. I have been stranded twice, luckily in safe areas. This problem has happened several times. This has caused stress, inconvenience, money, and time, besides aggrevation.
Ac delco battery on a 1999 Chevrolet Blazer failed in 21 months - leaking battery acid from one of the side terminals. The exact same failure occurred on this vbehicle on 12/3/01. The same battery on this vehicle also failed about 10 months after purchase but actual cause of failure is unknown. Service mananger at chevy dealership told me that ac delco had sent representaives around to find out why they were having so many failures of this type with these batteries. Said it is related to heat and only happens in southern states where it gets hottest. Ac delco customer service admits nothing of this sort and always blames these failures on overtightening the connections to the terminals. The safety issue is caused by this leaking battery acid and what it will eat into and what kind of problems it will cause. Luckily I was able to id the problem and clean up the acid before more serious problems developed.
Lower ball joints wear out prematurely. The consumer stated the vehicle was on its fifth set of lower ball joints and it sixth idler arm. The cruise control was inoperative, the grill guard was loose, the rear differential leaked, the door latch was inoperative, the sending unit was replaced, the battery was replaced, the door was readjusted due to a vibration, the left front hub assembly was replaced, the exhaust made a noise, the tensioner and serpentine belt was replaced, the front axle seal leaked and the intake gasket leaked.
Battery was leaking acid. I heard this is being investigated for 95-97 models but it happened to my 99. Just wanted to make you aware. ****dimsii ivoq entry posted after 12/12/02 cut-over to artemis*****724318.
The vehicle has experienced continued electrical problems which causes malfunctions in several components (door locks, windows and battery), the consumers have been electrically shocked on several occasions when entering and exiting vehicle.