2001 Chevrolet Blazer Lighting Problems

MY HAZARDS AND BRAKE LIGHTS DON'T TURN ON.

MY 2001 BLAZER'S BRAKE LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING DURING A RECENT DRIVE, AND ANOTHER DRIVER WAS KIND ENOUGH TO POINT THIS OUT AT A STOPLIGHT. THE NEXT DAY THE BRAKE LIGHTS WORKED AGAIN, BUT REMAINED ON AFTER I SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. MY MECHANIC WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM WAS THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH ON THE STEERING COLUMN. THIS WAS A KNOWN ISSUE (GM RECALL NUMBER 01073) AND GM RECALLED A NUMBER OF THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL OF VEHICLES, BUT MY BLAZER'S VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE OFFICIAL RECALL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET BLAZER. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING SERVICED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 01V364000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000.

BRAKE/ABS LIGHTS COME ON THE DASH, NO ABS BRAKES AT ALL, SO NOW WHAT ??? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET BLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HAVING THE VEHICLE INSPECTED THE BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 08V231000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING). THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET BLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH FOR THE BRAKE LIGHT WAS INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 01V364000, (EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000. UPDATED 10/05/2011 *LN *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET BLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STOPPED, ANOTHER VEHICLE ALMOST CRASHED INTO HIM BECAUSE THE CONTACTS BRAKE LIGHTS WERE NOT ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE HAZARD LIGHTS WERE ALSO INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO HAVE THE FAILURE DIAGNOSED BUT HE WAS INFORMED BY AN AUTHORIZED DEALER THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 08V231000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 52,000. UPDATED 1/19/2010 *CN UPDATED 03/25/11

WE OWN A 2001 BLAZER AND RECENTLY THE BRAKE LIGHTS ARE ON ALL THE TIME. ALSO, THE HAZARD LIGHTS AND TURN SIGNALS DON'T WORK. IF YOU HOLD THE HAZARD SWITCH PART WAY DOWN AND HOLD IT VERY STEADY YOU CAN GET THE BRAKE LIGHTS AND SIGNALS TO WORK. I'VE TRIED CONTACTING MY LOCAL DEALER, BUT THEY TELL ME THIS IS NOT COVERED BY ANY RECALLS. I WILL HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE MULTI FUNCTION TURN SWITCH. FROM WHAT I SEE ONLINE, IT LOOKS LIKE THE 2000 BLAZER HAS ALREADY HAD A RECALL FOR A HAZARD SWITCH PROBLEM. I WOULD BET THE 2001 MODEL IS IDENTICAL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET BLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS STAYED ILLUMINATED AT TIMES. THE DEALER STATED THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT WANTED TO KNOW WHY THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED UNDER RECALL 08V231000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING: BRAKE LIGHTS: SWITCH) WHICH WAS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 62,000.

2001 CHEVROLET BLAZER: BRAKE LIGHTS STAYED ON WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND OFF. HAZARD LIGHTS DID NOT WORK. TURN SIGNALS DID NOT WORK. ENGINE RAN WHILE IGNITION WAS OFF. NOTICEABLE AMOUNT OF SMOKE CAME FROM STEERING COLUMN. THERE WAS A RECALL (01V364) FOR A FAULTY MULTI FUNCTION SWITCH, DEALER SAID THEY PERFORMED IT ALREADY. DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED PROBLEM AND SAID THE SAME MULTI FUNCTION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. *TR

MY VEHICLE HAS THE EXACT SYMPTOMS OF A KNOW SAFETY DEFECT THAT BUT CHEVROLET TELLS ME THAT BECAUSE OF THE VIN NUMBER OF MY VEHICLE IT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE RECALL IS: NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 08V231000 RQ08001 NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: RQ08001 COMPONENT: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH POTENTIAL NUMBER OF UNITS AFFECTED: 5862 SUMMARY: GENERAL MOTORS IS RECALLING 5,862 MY 2000-2002 CHEVROLET BLAZER, MY 2000-2001 GMC JIMMY, AND MY 2000 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES. THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH COULD DEVELOP AN OPEN CIRCUIT CONDITION THAT RESULTS IN THE STOP LAMPS AND THE REAR HAZARD LAMPS BECOMING INOPERATIVE. THE CENTER HIGH MOUNTED STOP LAMP AND TURN SIGNAL FUNCTIONS ARE NOT AFFECTED. THERE ARE MORE VEHICLES OUT THERE THAT GM NEEDS TO IDENTIFY FOR THIS RECALL. *TR

THE BRAKE LIGHTS IN THE BACK OF MY 01 CHEVY BLAZER GO OUT FROM TIME TO TIME. WE GOT THE RECALL INFO FROM CHEVY AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALER. CHEVY SAID THEY FIX THE PROBLEM BEFORE WE HAD THE CAR THUS THEY ARE OFF THE HOOK FOR ANY LIABILITY. WE BOUGHT THE CAR USED WITH ONLY 20,000 MILES AND THE PROBLEM STILL IS OCCURRING WITH THE CAR. THE COST TO FIX THIS PROBLEM IS CLOSE TO 1000 DOLLARS AND I FEEL THAT THE PROBLEM IS STILL OCCURRING EVEN THOUGH THE MANUFACTURER SAID THEY FIXED IT. I FEEL THAT CHEVY SHOULD STILL FIX THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE IT'S OBVIOUS IT WASN'T DONE RIGHT ON THE FIRST ATTEMPT AND MORE IMPORTANTLY IT'S A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET BLAZER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR BRAKE LIGHTS AND HAZARD LAMPS BECAME COMPLETELY INOPERATIVE. THE CENTER HIGH-MOUNTED STOP LAMP AND TURN SIGNAL FUNCTIONS WERE NOT AFFECTED. THE DEALER STATED THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED HIM TO CALL THE DEALER. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 118,000.

REAR LIGHTS DO NOT BRIGHTEN WHEN BRAKING, TOOK IT TO DEALER. DEALER SAYS THERE WAS A RECALL AND IT WAS DONE ALREADY TO MY 2001 BLAZER, BUT I NEVER HAD TAKEN IT IN FOR THAT PROBLEM WAS GOING TO CHARGED 500 DOLLARS JUST TO REDO IT. I HAD BOUGHT THE BLAZER NEW FROM A DEALER. *TR

MY BRAKE LIGHTS ARE NOT WORKING, NOR MY TURNING SIGNALS AND HAZARD LIGHTS. TOOK IT IN, THEY SAID ITS A MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH / TURNING SIGNAL SWITCH.. THE COST IS 400 DOLLARS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET BLAZER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN AND THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE INOPERABLE. WHEN THE IGNITION WAS TURNED OFF, THE ENGINE WOULD STILL OPERATE. THE CONTACT HAD TO MAKE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO TURN OFF THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE FAILURES WERE RELATED TO A DEFECTIVE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED FAILURES IDENTICAL TO THE ONES MENTIONED IN A PRIOR TWO PART RECALL. THE CONSUMER ASSUMED THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED, HOWEVER SHE LEARNED THAT THE RECALL WAS NOT PERFORMED COMPLETELY. THE CONSUMER BEGAN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH. THE PART THAT THE CONSUMER THOUGHT WAS REPLACED BACK IN 2002 WAS NEVER REPLACED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 31,138. THE CONSUMER IS SEEKING REIBURSEMENT. UPDATED 09/19/08. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET BLAZER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 01V364000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MULTIFUNCTIONAL SWITCH FAILED, AND THE DEALER WILL NOT REPAIR IT UNDER RECALL. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 122,300.

AFTER FINDING OUT MY 2001 CHEVY BLAZER HAD NO BRAKE LIGHTS THE SECOND TIME SINCE NEW, THIS FIRST WENT OUT & WAS REPLACED BY AVENUE CHEVY, BATAVIA ON 11/7/2001 W/ ONLY14,790 MILES . AND NOT IMAGINING THE PROBLEM COULD BE THE EXPENSIVE ENTIRE TURN SIGNAL UNIT AGAIN, I ASKED AROUND, EVEN GUYS AT AVENUE CHEVY, BATAVIA, ILL. I PURCHASED A BRAKE SWITCH PART # 15128745 ON 3/4/08 FOR $14.09 & REPLACED NY UNIT BUT THIS DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. I WENT BACK TO AVENUE CHEVY AND ON 3/11/08 THEY REPLACED PART # 26100937 MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH FOR A TOTAL OF $442.79 ! ! ! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET BLAZER. ALL OF THE BRAKE LIGHTS MALFUNCTIONED EXCEPT FOR THE WINDOW BRAKE LIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED BY A DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 01V364000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:SWITCH). THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 31,000.

I HAVE A 2001 CHEVROLET BLAZER THAT RECENTLY HAD TO BE REPAIRED. I FEEL THAT A RECALL ITEM SHOULD COVER COST OF THE REPAIR. THE CHEVROLET CUSTOMER REPRESENTATIVE THAT I SPOKE TO SAID THAT IT IS NOT COVERED BY THE RECALL. IN A NUTSHELL, THE SYMPTOMS THAT THE CAR HAD ARE EXACTLY THE SAME AS THOSE MENTIONED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER : 01V364000. BOTH REAR, OUTSIDE STOPLIGHTS STOPPED WORKING. THE CENTER STOP AND THE TURN SIGNALS WORKED FINE. I HAD THE CAR REPAIRED AT A COST OF $470.29. ON THE INVOICE THE ITEM REPLACED IS A MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH? *TR