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2002 Chevrolet Blazer engine and engine cooling problems

20 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the engine and engine cooling on the 2002 Chevrolet Blazer8% of all complaints for this model year.

20
Engine and Engine Cooling complaints
8%
share of all complaints
42,919 mi
median reported mileage
1 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • While driving, the temperature gauge spiked and the check gauges light came on. One of the bolts that holds the thermostat housing to the manifold had sheared off due to bolt brittleness. This caused a serve loss of coolant and the remainder of the thermostat housing bolts to become broken off in…

    filed Mar 23, 2012

  • Dt*: the contact stated after parking the vehicle for a few minutes, the vehicle would not restart. When the key was turned in the ignition the engine would not turn over but only made a whining noise. The vehicle was towed to an independent repair shop, upon inspection the engine had seized. The…

    filed May 4, 2006

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.