1st Gen: Glove box door hinge breaks, center console hing breaks, phantom wiper swipe, back glass rattle, door handle spring breaks.

 

both of my electric mirrors no longer work and can barely move them manually, no other issues really. just the mirrors, especially my driver side mirror, it rattles while in idle.

 

Did you try replacing the switch? Happened to mine. Replaced that also with one on eBay from a wrecked Blazer. The switch is black and my other switches are grey, but it works and that is all that counts. Water probably shorted the original switch out.

 

my back hatch wouldnt open piece inside broke,rear wiper motor needs replaced nothing too major on it has broken has 160000 miles on it just replaced the intake gasket and have already done brake lines,tackling spark plugs next...oh and the steering wheel cover does suck lol

 

Ya my seat back lever driverside is broken, What about wipers i heard its real common for the saulders to be "cold" and the wipers come on when they decide and stop working when they decide.

 

I have many of the 'normal issues' as well as some others. I own a '96 2dr S-10 Blazer 4.3l 2wd with 173,500 and 2 body cancer spots I'll fix this summer.
Here's my list:
Drivers side door spring cracked in half and fell out, about a month later the hinge pin decided to fall out when I opened the door and it just kinda hung there and bounced a couple of times trying to bend the lower hinge. It reminded me of a local junk yard comercial. Driver side seat lever craked off 4 or 5 years ago (still have it in the door pocket along with the broken door spring). I've replaced the ignition switch(thats a fun one). Front ball joints(aftermarket joints were way better constructed). Passenger side auto lock has been broken for as long as I can remember but the lock still works manually. When I make a right turn the left side speakers loose half or all of their sound, when I turn left they come back on full(gotta be the wiring but haven't found it yet). Been through 2 waterpumps, 3 alternators and a fuel sending unit and pump. No other major engine/trans work other than when I had to pump it out after I hydro locked it. The infamous rear window squeak, of course. The headlights are almost visible to me at night. When the lights are on at night you can notice the heartbeat of the engine as the lights get brighter and dimmer and brighter and dimmer. I have had some real headaches with this thing, but I will drive it until I can't fix it anymore. I love my Blazer.

 

2001 4x4 with about 96000 miles and many issues that needed to be fixed
intake gasket failure
radiator crack.... 2x
axle and pinion seal leaking.... 2x
u-joint
oil pan gasket
power steering pump shaft seal
water pump gasket
trans pan gasket
shift solenoid connector broken
engine oil cooler lines leaking
idler arm
front hub assembly
ignition switch
ball joints
many brake pads(I dont double foot it either)
and most recently had to replace the heater core which wasnt as bad as I thought except for a few a dropped 10mm socket, which required a trip to get another one to dig out the dropped one.


things not fixed
dash squeak(slight)
broken seat handles(only i drive it, seat is were it needs to be)
likes gas
a rear window wiper that doesnt like to work on cold days
threw codes p0441 and 440 recently, trying to troubleshoot them in my spare time

at least i dont owe anything on it

 

I have the same problems with my dash squeaking, and my rear wiper doesn't work whatsoever. The car wash ripped it down and the wiper was hanging down below the support arm.... fun stuff huh?

 

Holy Crap. I just found this site as I'm looking for answers to ANOTHER problem with my 1999 Blazer. I read through this thread mostly LMAO with all the problems that these POS's have. I've had most of them, granted I've had mine for 10 years. Here goes...

Oil cooler lines 2 or 3 times
Intake gasket
Ball joints, at least twice
recliner handles, both sides
spark plugs are a joy to change
door hinge bushings
wiper/cruise/turn switch
heater core - havent changed that basterd yet, read the manual and $hit my drawers after reading I had to take out the dash, but it's par for the course. Nuthin is easy on these things
idler arm
fuel pump
starter - isn't that one fun!
cargo cover kept falling off from it's perch when I went over bumps, finally threw the thing away

That's all I can think of for now. I'm sure there's more.

 

OK so i just got mine, she's 20 years old and pretty much all original so not in perfect condition, and here are the little things i first noticed need attention:
-Seals around windows are splitting with age.
-The side windows are the dodgy sliding ones and they're not designed for English weather so a bit leaky. Therefore, there's moss growing in all the ploughs of the seals and on the seal between the two pains of glass in each one and the back seat armrests are spotted with stains from the rain.
-the heater level only goes up half way and jams there.
-the seals on the inside bottom of the electric windows vanish on one side into the door on both doors.
-the tailgate window pistons are slack. they dont hold it up anymore.
-i had to glue the rear view mirror back on.
-all the door fabric has got fluffy.
But the steering wheel rubber is fine!