NHTSA Safety Recalls
Chevrolet Blazer Recalls by Year
NHTSA's files hold 14 recall campaigns for the Chevrolet Blazer, across 12 model years from 2000 to 2025. The 2000 has the most (4); the fewest among years with a recall is 2025 (1).
Chevrolet Blazer years to avoid by our method: 2000 (4.8× the median year), 2001 (3.7× the median year) and 2002 (2.8× the median year).
- Model years
- 12
- Recall campaigns
- 14
- Most recalls
- 2000
- Owner complaints
- 2,074
2000–2025, with a recall
4 recalls
all model years, NHTSA
Owners have filed 2,074 complaints with NHTSA about the Chevrolet Blazer across 17 model years; the most, 589, concern the 2000.
Owners marked a crash on 147 of the Chevrolet Blazer complaints (7%) and a fire on 24.
Across all Chevrolet Blazer model years, owners name the electrical system most often (at least 361 complaints), then the power train (352).
NHTSA received the most complaints about the Chevrolet Blazer in 2025: 254, across all model years.
The component recalled most often on the Chevrolet Blazer is exterior lighting: brake lights: switch, in 6 model-year listings.
The newest Chevrolet Blazer recall, 24V737000, was reported on October 2, 2024 and concerns the latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch.
NHTSA's recall file lists no recall for the 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 Chevrolet Blazer, model years owners have filed complaints about.
Chevrolet Blazer years to avoid
The 2000 Chevrolet Blazer stands out most: 288 complaints between 1999 and 2003, 17% of them naming the suspension.
The 2000 also carries 4 recalls, against a median of 2 for the ranked Chevrolet Blazer years.
The best-measured Chevrolet Blazer years are 2004 (0.6×), 2022 (0.6×) and 2019 (0.8×).
The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method
Recalls and complaints by model year
| Year | Recalls | Complaints | First years | vs median year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | — | not ranked |
| 2025 | 1 | 34 | — | not ranked |
| 2024 | 1 | 52 | — | not ranked |
| 2023 | 2 | 44 | — | not ranked |
| 2022 | 1 | 54 | 32 | 0.6× |
| 2021 | 1 | 140 | 41 | 1.0× |
| 2020 | 3 | 224 | 31 | 0.9× |
| 2019 | 2 | 189 | 34 | 0.8× |
| 2008 | 0 | 5 | 0 | not ranked |
| 2007 | 0 | 9 | 1 | not ranked |
| 2006 | 0 | 19 | 2 | not ranked |
| 2005 | 0 | 15 | 0 | not ranked |
| 2004 | 1 | 50 | 25 | 0.6× |
| 2003 | 1 | 77 | 49 | 1.1× |
| 2002avoid | 2 | 246 | 150 | 2.8× |
| 2001avoid | 3 | 326 | 192 | 3.7× |
| 2000avoid | 4 | 589 | 288 | 4.8× |
First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Chevrolet Blazer years without a link have no recall page on this site.
What gets recalled most on the Chevrolet Blazer
- EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH6
- SEAT BELTS3
- POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION3
- EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS2
- TIRES2
- STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR1
- POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT1
- LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH1
- AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW:CURTAIN:INFLATOR1
- SEATS1
Chevrolet Blazer model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.
Every Chevrolet Blazer recall campaign (14)
| Campaign | Component | Years | Risk named | Vehicles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24V737000October 2, 2024 | latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch | 2025 | injury | 731 |
| 23V869000December 21, 2023 | structure: body: door | 2024 | crash and injury | 265 |
| 23V172000March 16, 2023 | power train: automatic transmission | 2023 | crash | 8,744 |
| 23V042000February 2, 2023 | power train: driveline: driveshaft | 2023 | crash | 10 |
| 22V359000May 19, 2022 | seats | 2022 | crash and injury | 221 |
| 21V115000February 25, 2021 | tires | 2019–2020 | crash | 33,838 |
| 20V811000December 23, 2020 | seat belts | 2021 | crash and injury | 470 |
| 20V668000October 29, 2020 | power train: automatic transmission | 2019–2020 | crash and fire | 194,105 |
| 20V446000July 30, 2020 | air bags: side/window: curtain: inflator | 2020 | crash and injury | 769 |
| 08V231000May 21, 2008 | exterior lighting: brake lights: switch | 2000–2002 | crash | 5,862 |
| 04V132000March 18, 2004 | equipment: other: labels | 2003–2004 | — | 183,922 |
| 01V364000December 3, 2001 | exterior lighting: brake lights: switch | 2000–2002 | crash | 506,377 |
| 00V228003August 7, 2000 | seat belts | 2000–2001 | crash | 156,305 |
| 99V220000August 11, 1999 | service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip | 2000 | — | 3,947 |
Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Chevrolet Blazer. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.
Newest record on this page: October 22, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted