Teeth broken on ring gear in differential. Dealer installed new ring & pinion gear, side bearings and added new oil. Parts = $1128.15; labor = $501.50; tax = $93.08; total cost = $1722.73.

- Harlingen, TX, USA

I have a 2000 Blazer with 58,000 miles and the fuel gauge does not work properly. I have heard dealers and mechanics say that it is common problem with Chevrolet. I would like to know if they plan to address the issue. Also, my locking rear differential does not work. My brother had it replaced twice under warranty on his 2004 Z71.

- Little Chute, WI, USA

Problems that are not saftey issues: Air conditioning doesn't work; door hinge pin needs to be replaced; driver's window slips off track to the outside of the frame, resulting in the back side of the window cracked at least a 1/4 of an inch (was told by friendly Chevrolet in springfield il that this is a design problem and can not be fixed; called Chevrolet and was told to take it back to dealer and pay them to reevaluate the problem; ) safty issues: Ball joints need to be replaced;gas gauge sending unit doesn't work;;differential is leaking and plug connected to this needs to be drilled out and rethreaded to find out how bad the leak is; windshield wiper on driver's side loose and flips off to the left of the windshield in heavy rain and snow; electrical harnass needs to be replaced; engine insolation pealing off under hood; engine light on continually; car stalls intermitantly(first time it happened, was told the engine had overheated); at every start up, engine stays in nuetral (has no excellerator power)then catches after about three minutes); work done: Thermostat hoses replaced;distributor replaced'spark plug wires and spark plugs replaced; sepentine belt replaced; part between the axle and the U joints needed to be replaced; oil leak fixed;fuel injector replaced; I have no idea what will go wrong when; it's like playing russian rullett while driving; have rented vehicle twice; will also need to rent vehicle for cross country road trip next week; will not risk driving this car; (incident date: First incident-day estimated)

- South Jacksonvile, IL, USA

Front wheel bearings making grinding noise at 37000 mi dealer would not cover under warranty cost $1004 to repair, also rear differential replaced at 35000 mi was covered under warranty

- Pepperell, MA, USA

Since purchase of vehicle Oct 2000 I have been in the shop 35 X for manufacturing problems. Ongoing problems include dimming of headlights at any given time and flickering of clock/radio display at any given time. Service attempted to fix the dimming and flickering by replacing the alternator, but it did not fix the problem. They are now unable to duplicate the problem. It took service 5 attempts to fix taillight water retention problem (they sealed the entire assembly). The rear differential fluid was reportedly low from factory causing a grinding sound in my gears (it took 2 attempts to fix that problem). Since that differential problem, I have had a clunk between 2nd & 3rd gears (service is unable to duplicate the problem).

- Angier, NC, USA