Drivers side upper ball joint separated while making a right turn off of a main street onto a side street. The wheel folded into the wheel well causing the 2000 worth of damage. Chevy Blazer came to a sudden halt. My family was very lucky we were not going at highway speeds when this occurred. The vehicle has approximately 72,000 miles. I had just lubed the front end and changed the oil change the day before.

- Pawtucket, RI, USA

Owns a 2000 Chevrolet Blazer ZR2 with 68000 miles. The heater blows cold air only. The alternator has been replaced at least twice. I replaced it once, and previous owner replaced it once. Battery has been replaced at least twice. All ball joints replaced at least once to my knowledge. Fuel gauge broke before 50000 miles. Seat handle on passenger's side broken before 50000 miles. Tailgate won't open. Passenger side windshield wiper only moves half the time. That is all that I can recall right now.

- Kalamazoo, MI, USA

2000 Chevrolet Blazer ball joint broke on the driver's side.** answer required***. the ABS light illuminated on the dashboard.

- Hudson, OH, USA

The ball joints on drivers side broke sent head on August 13, 2005. Contacted the dealer, they were of no help. Contacted GMC, they took a complaint. Did not hear any type of noise or any type of warning. This seemed to be a problem on the 4X4 vehicles.

- Hudson, OH, 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

2000 Chevrolet Blazer S10, 80000 miles. Without warning upper ball joint on drivers side front gave out. Caused extensive damage to suspension, ABS, axel and more. Would have been fatal if on hiway when failure occurred. Ended up replacing all parts mentioned above for about $5K. Still have offending ball joint in a box at home.

- Apple Valley, MN, USA

I was told by the service manager at my Chevrolet dealership that the ball joints on my 2000 Blazer were in extremely poor condition and could fail at any time. In fact he said that the wheels could fall off the car. This seems like quite a safety issue for a 4 year old car with only 30,000 miles on it. He also said it was not surprising given the lack of quality parts used by Chevrolet in the manufacturing. While looking at customer reviews / complaints on edmunds.com I notice at least 2 more people with the exact same problem. This is unacceptable.

- Swampscott, MA, USA

While driving at 30 mph, suddenly there was a grinding noise. The consumer pulled off the road to inspect the cause of the noise. The noticed that the front passenger tire was tilted. This occurred because the front upper ball joint broke and damaged the entire front end.

- North Tonawanda, NY, USA

Ball joints are already bad.

- Lapeer, MI, USA

Upper ball failed right side.

- Canton, MI, USA

Suspension front and rear-upper and lower ball joints(front)left and right sides idler arm and both rear leaf springs needed to be replaced. Warped rotors left and right. Left door lock cylinder fell off. Dealer replaced right rear speaker under warranty. Front seat recliner levers replaced resulting in split cost with dealer. Manufacturer rep offered labor/parts split for suspension work and brake work for $1400. Refused work on door lock in excess of $300.

- Detroit, MI, USA

While driving, the wheel on the front passenger side fell off the vehicle, dealer inspected and found upper ball joint retaining nut and cotter pin were missing, dealer replaced upper ball joint, nut and cotter pin, consumer also states that there were some problems with the drivers side of the vehicle.

- Woonsocket, RI, USA