NHTSA Safety Recalls
2001 Chevrolet Blazer Recalls
The 2001 Chevrolet Blazer has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on May 21, 2008.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2001 Chevrolet Blazer. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 326
- Crashes reported
- 35
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★☆☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2001 Chevrolet Blazer, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2001 Chevrolet Blazer
Exterior lighting: brake lights: switch
- Campaign
- 08V231000
- Reported
- May 21, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5,862
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002 Blazer, 1 other model
Exterior lighting: brake lights: switch
- Campaign
- 01V364000
- Reported
- December 3, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 506,377
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002 Blazer, 1 other model
Seat belts
- Campaign
- 00V228003
- Reported
- August 7, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 156,305
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 209, seat belt assemblies
- Same campaign
- also 2000 Blazer, 12 other models
2001 Chevrolet Blazer complaints by year
NHTSA has received 326 owner complaints about the 2001 Chevrolet Blazer, the newest on May 27, 2023. Of these, 35 describe a crash (11%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 22 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2001 Chevrolet Blazer, the component group named most often is the exterior lighting (21%), followed by the electrical system (12%) and the suspension (12%).
2 of the 2001 Chevrolet Blazer's 3 recalls also concern the exterior lighting.
Where 2001 Chevrolet Blazer owners gave the mileage (142 complaints), the median was 62,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Exterior Lighting68
- Electrical System40
- Suspension40
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic36
- Power Train31
- Fuel System, Gasoline26
Complaints received, by year
| 2000 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 48 | |
| 2002 | 63 | |
| 2003 | 41 | |
| 2004 | 39 | |
| 2005 | 38 | |
| 2006 | 23 | |
| 2007 | 15 | |
| 2008 | 10 | |
| 2009 | 8 | |
| 2010 | 14 | |
| 2011 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 8 | |
| 2016 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2001 Chevrolet Blazer peaked in 2002, when NHTSA received 63. 59% arrived between 2000 and 2004, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2001 vehicles, the 2001 Chevrolet Blazer drew 3.7× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Blazer year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 9 ranked years.
That makes 2001 one of the Chevrolet Blazer years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 3/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 2/5
The 326 complaints about the 2001 Chevrolet Blazer are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Blazer by model year
Other 2001 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: May 27, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted