Recall Register

1988 Chevrolet Blazer: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for the 1988 Chevrolet Blazer. The campaign is 93V119000. NHTSA received the report on 2 Aug 1993. The NHTSA record gives the component Service Brakes, Hydraulic / Foundation Components / Disc / Rotor. NHTSA has 40 complaints on file for this model year. 1 NHTSA investigation names this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on this campaign.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of campaign 93V119000, in the NHTSA record

Replace the front brake rotors with new rotors with a corrosion protection coating. However, if replacement of brake linings are necessary, it will be done at owner's expense since brake linings are normal maintenance items.

Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

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Recall campaigns

1 campaign. 341,364 units in total.

  1. 93V119000Received . 341,364 units.

    Service Brakes, Hydraulic / Foundation Components / Disc / Rotor

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Severe corrosion due to road salt at the joint of the stamped steel center section and the cast outer section can cause the sections to separate.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    Separation of the rotor sections can cause loss ofbraking ability in the affected wheel. This could result in increased stoppingdistance and/or loss of vehicle control and an accident.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Replace the front brake rotors with new rotors with a corrosion protection coating. However, if replacement of brake linings are necessary, it will be done at owner's expense since brake linings are normal maintenance items.

    Report filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Complaints by component

40 complaints, 45 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

1988 Chevrolet Blazer: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Seat Belts12
Engine and Engine Cooling7
Electrical System5
Steering4
Service Brakes, Hydraulic3
Seats3
Power Train2
Tires2
Latches/Locks/Linkages1
Exterior Lighting1

The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 15.

Complaints that report a crash
0
Complaints that report a fire
7
Injuries in the complaints
3
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
17 Mar 2009

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 1988 Chevrolet Blazer, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 1995, with 16 complaints.

Investigations

NHTSA investigations that name the 1988 Chevrolet Blazer
NumberTypeSubjectComponentOpenedClosedCampaign
PE89024Preliminary evaluationSTEERING DAMPER SEPARATIONSteering14 Dec 198827 Feb 1989

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19691
  2. 19721
  3. 19731
  4. 19741
  5. 19760
  6. 19770
  7. 19780
  8. 19790
  9. 19800
  10. 19811
  11. 19821
  12. 19832
  13. 19841
  14. 19850
  15. 19860
  16. 19870
  17. 19881
  18. 19891
  19. 19901
  20. 19914
  21. 19922
  22. 19932
  23. 19942
  24. 19956
  25. 19966
  26. 19974
  27. 19983
  28. 19990
  29. 20004
  30. 20013
  31. 20022
  32. 20031
  33. 20041
  34. 20050
  35. 20060
  36. 20070
  37. 20192
  38. 20203
  39. 20211
  40. 20221
  41. 20232
  42. 20241
  43. 20251

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1988 Chevrolet Blazer: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/chevrolet/blazer/1988/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
29 Mar 2018
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1988 Chevrolet Blazer?
341,364 units in 1 campaign. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Chevrolet Blazer have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 40 recall campaigns for the Chevrolet Blazer, model years 1969 to 2025. 1 of them names the 1988 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1988 Chevrolet Blazer name most often?
Seat Belts: 12 of 45 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1988 Chevrolet Blazer open?
No. The 1 investigation that names this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.