NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 Chevrolet Blazer Recalls
The 2003 Chevrolet Blazer has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on March 18, 2004.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2003 Chevrolet Blazer. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 77
- Crashes reported
- 14
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★☆☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2003 Chevrolet Blazer, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2003 Chevrolet Blazer
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 04V132000
- Reported
- March 18, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 183,922
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- also 2004 Blazer, 3 other models
2003 Chevrolet Blazer complaints by year
NHTSA has received 77 owner complaints about the 2003 Chevrolet Blazer, the newest on February 28, 2018. Of these, 14 describe a crash (18%); owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2003 Chevrolet Blazer, the component group named most often is the air bags (18%), followed by the power train (16%) and the structure (16%).
The 2003 Chevrolet Blazer's only recall does not concern the air bags.
Where 2003 Chevrolet Blazer owners gave the mileage (49 complaints), the median was 45,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags14
- Power Train12
- Structure12
- Electrical System9
- Engine And Engine Cooling6
- Fuel System, Gasoline6
Complaints received, by year
| 2002 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 19 | |
| 2004 | 15 | |
| 2005 | 4 | |
| 2006 | 10 | |
| 2007 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 8 | |
| 2009 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 6 | |
| 2015 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2003 Chevrolet Blazer peaked in 2003, when NHTSA received 19. 64% arrived between 2002 and 2006, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2003 vehicles, the 2003 Chevrolet Blazer drew 1.1× the complaints of the median Chevrolet Blazer year in the same window: 4th highest of the 9 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 3/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 2/5
The 77 complaints about the 2003 Chevrolet Blazer are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Chevrolet Blazer by model year
Other 2003 Chevrolet models
Newest record on this page: February 28, 2018. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted