Chevrolet Blazer - Problems, Statistics, and Analysis

Chevrolet Blazer owners have reported a total of 5,481 problems for their cars built in the 21 model years listed in the chart below. The chart shows the number of problems reported across all service years for each given model year of the Chevrolet Blazer. The 1996 Chevrolet Blazer cars have the most problems reported (1,156 problems).

Table 1. Total number of problems by model year for Chevrolet Blazer

🔍 Common problems of Chevrolet Blazer

The following chart shows the 29 most common problems for Chevrolet Blazer cars. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's service brakes, hydraulic (779 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's engine and engine cooling (591 problems).

Table 2. Common problems of Chevrolet Blazer

Problem Category Number of Problems
  Service Brakes
779
  Engine And Engine Cooling
591
  Electrical System
584
  Power Train
549
  Visibility
521
  Suspension
406
  Exterior Lighting
271
  Air Bag
261
  Equipment
216
  Gasoline Fuel System
189
   
  Steering
169
  Seats
157
  Structure
133
  Other Fuel System
122
  Vehicle Speed Control
113
  Seat Belt
82
  Tire
64
  Wheel
50
  Unknown Or Other
48
  Latches/locks/linkage
44
  Forward Collision Avoidance
38
  Air Brake
32
  Parking Brake
23
  Lane Departure
12
  Child Seat
9
  Interior Lighting
9
  Back Over Prevention
7
  Traction Control System
1
  Electronic Stability Control
1

📉 Compare Reliability Across Model Years Using PPMY Index

It would not be fair to compare the Chevrolet Blazer of an older model year to newer model years since older vehicles have been in service longer and thus are expected to have more problems. In order to compare the reliability across Blazer model years, we use the PPMY index which is defined as the problems reported per thousand vehicles per Year. A smaller PPMY index indicates greater reliability of the given model year cars.

    PPMY = P / S / Y * 1000,

where P = total problems reported during the life of a Chevrolet Blazer model year; S = total units sold of the model year; Y = years since the debut of the model year (the age of the vehicle).

The results are shown in Table 3.

Table 3. Use PPMY Index to Compare Reliability Across Blazer Model Years

Blazer
Model Year
Problems Sales [1] Vehicle
Age
PPMY Index
  2022 5860,7834    
0.24
  2021 16881,4235    
0.41
  2020 29579,8596    
0.62
  2019 27354,6267    
0.71

📊 Number of Problems Reported During the First Year

Another way to measure the reliability across the model years of the Chevrolet Blazer is to use the total number of problems reported during the vehicle's first year in service, as shown in the Table 4.

Table 4. Number of problems in vehicle's; first service year

Model YearProblems Reported
  2026 Blazer
1
  2025 Blazer
31
  2024 Blazer
14
  2023 Blazer
16
  2022 Blazer
14
  2021 Blazer
15
  2020 Blazer
10
  2019 Blazer
7
  2004 Blazer
17
  2003 Blazer
21
  2002 Blazer
36
  2001 Blazer
48
  2000 Blazer
57
  1999 Blazer
54
  1998 Blazer
59
  1997 Blazer
43
  1996 Blazer
135


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