2019 Chevrolet Blazer
Complaints about this year name shift park far more often than the model's other years — 37% of them, about 92× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 183 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 26 |
| Involving a crash | 4 |
| Recalls | 2 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 22 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- shift park — 36.6% of this year's complaints, against 0% across the model's other years (183.1×).
- car park — 27.3% of this year's complaints, against 7.3% across the model's other years (3.7×). Owners wrote it as: car park, park car, harness, off car.
- error — 19.1% of this year's complaints, against 2.4% across the model's other years (7.8×). Owners wrote it as: error, turn car, park error, other models.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
Also unusual this year
- message — 30% of complaints, 75× usual
- thermostat — 19% of complaints, 46× usual
- off — 47% of complaints, 4× usual
What owners wrote
Coolant Thermostat needs replaced at 59945 miles. The temperature gauge stopped working and the A/C unit shut off. The temperature outside created a safety issue for my family and I to ride in the car. The engine light came on and a message that stated the Ste…
Shift to Park message on display displayed when shifted into Park and the ignition has been turned off.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 21V115000 TIRES Fixed free of charge.
- 20V668000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Chevrolet Blazer was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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