1997 Chevrolet Blazer Engine and Engine Cooling Problems
Owners have filed 93 complaints with NHTSA about engine and engine cooling problems on the 1997 Chevrolet Blazer, 12% of all complaints for this model year. Half of the reports with a mileage happened before 81,167 miles. The words owners use most often: “water pump” (9% of reports).
- 93engine and engine cooling complaints
- 81,167median miles at failure
- 3mention a crash
- 2mention an injury
- 0related recalls
- 36%of reports with a speed happened at 50+ mph
What owners describe
Phrases that appear unusually often in these complaints compared with complaints about other cars.
- Water pump: mentioned in 8 of 93 complaints (9%)
- Please provide: mentioned in 7 of 93 complaints (8%)
- Dex cool: mentioned in 6 of 93 complaints (6%)
- Ball joints: mentioned in 6 of 93 complaints (6%)
At what mileage do engine and engine cooling problems happen?
Based on 16 complaints that reported the odometer reading.
How serious are the reports?
Of 93 complaints, 3 mention a crash, 4 a fire, 2 an injury.
Chevrolet Blazer engine and engine cooling complaints by model year
| Model year | Engine and Engine Cooling complaints | Share of that year | Median miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Blazer | 2 | 4% | 23,500 |
| 2023 Blazer | 1 | 2% | 48,000 |
| 2022 Blazer | 1 | 2% | 49,500 |
| 2021 Blazer | 3 | 2% | 63,000 |
| 2020 Blazer | 3 | 1% | 97,000 |
| 2019 Blazer | 1 | 1% | 22,000 |
| 2008 Blazer | 1 | 20% | — |
| 2005 Blazer | 1 | 7% | — |
| 2004 Blazer | 4 | 8% | 38,000 |
| 2003 Blazer | 6 | 8% | 40,000 |
| 2002 Blazer | 20 | 8% | 42,919 |
| 2001 Blazer | 23 | 7% | 47,000 |
| 2000 Blazer | 63 | 11% | 69,500 |
| 1999 Blazer | 62 | 14% | 65,000 |
| 1998 Blazer | 64 | 9% | 73,197 |
| 1997 Blazer | 93 | 12% | 81,167 |
| 1996 Blazer | 149 | 13% | 83,750 |
| 1995 Blazer | 213 | 17% | 82,379 |
When owners reported it
Related recalls (0)
No safety recall lists engine and engine cooling for the 1997 Chevrolet Blazer. A pattern of complaints does not always lead to a recall.
What owners report
Short excerpts of recent complaints, with personal details removed. Full reports are on NHTSA.gov.
For three years in the summers i could not drive far without smoke trickling up by the passenger side windshield. Never happened in the winter. Took it to several mechanics and transmission shops, no one could find the problem. This year it caught on fire and i had to junk the vehicle. My neighbors…
I have occurying multiple issues with my 1997 chevy blazer which include the back seat seat belts not working correctly,suspension control arm and bushings, corrosion of intake gaskets due to dexcool required coolant. *tr
Tl*the contact owns a 1997 chevrolet blazer. The contact stated that the engine failed on three different occasions. After waiting 5-10 minutes, the vehicle restarted. The failure has occurred while making a turn, driving downhill at approximately 15 mph, and another time while driving…
Frequently asked questions
Do all 1997 Chevrolet Blazers have engine and engine cooling problems?
No. NHTSA has 93 owner complaints about engine and engine cooling for the 1997 Chevrolet Blazer (12% of the 768 complaints for this model year). Complaint data shows that the problem is reported, not how many of all cars sold are affected.
Was there a recall on the 1997 Chevrolet Blazer engine and engine cooling?
No recall currently lists engine and engine cooling for this vehicle.
At what mileage do engine and engine cooling problems start?
The median reported mileage is 81,167 miles: half of the reports with a mileage came before that.
What do owners say about engine and engine cooling problems on the 1997 Chevrolet Blazer?
The most frequent phrase is “water pump”, in 8 of 93 complaints, followed by “please provide” (7).
Other 1997 Chevrolet Blazer problems
See all 1997 Chevrolet Blazer problems or engine and engine cooling problems across all Blazer years.