Faults:

Head gasket at 74,000.

Have had continued electrical issues with my 1994 s10 Tahoe blazer including power seat, hatch, and locks not working. Most recently power seats, locks, and 4 wheel drive switch. When I depress the 4 wheel drive switch I hear a loud clicking noise behind the glove box. I have messed with fuses, etc. without success. Still working on this problem and looking for help. Any input appreciated.

General Comments:

The vehicle has been good and fairly reliable. although I have not put many miles on it myself.

Faults:

Battery, Alternator (in quick succession). About a $400 repair total.

Four-wheel drive switch failed (just when I needed it most). Stuck between two and four-wheel drive. $500 repair.

Transmission failed at 250000km. This is estimated at $2200 to repair, so I am now looking for a new (well, new to me) Blazer.

Door-bottom rust and some minor body rust around hood and handles are the only signs of age.

Have replaced the hatch-lifts twice.. a small, but very annoying problem.

General Comments:

Average yearly maintenance (at the wonderful local garage) has been in the area of $1300 including all maintenance and repairs over the past 3-4 years.

You have to get used to the brakes in this vehicle and allow more stopping distance. Have had brake-work done, but suspect it's just the way it handles.

Driver space seems a bit restricted, even for this medium-framed lady-driver.

Cup holders do not hold the extra-large Tim Hortons tea-cups. Have spilled many a 20-oz cup on the passenger floor while turning corners!

The leather seats are nice, but very cold in winter.. for my next Blazer I'll make sure there are seat warmers for the leather interior.

Faults:

The only thing that has gone wrong with my Blazer is the windshield wiper motor. The reason being is that the computer board cover over the motor was loose and dirt had infiltrated into the computer chip area. I cleaned it and it works like new!

General Comments:

This truck runs smooth even at 138,000 miles and will last me even longer than that!

However, the truck is black, but any car is a pain in black paint!

Faults:

The Blazer is knock on wood and running strong.

The only problem is that the encoder motor quit working, and I have to replace it.

The window motor on the passenger quit working, but I fixed it with a couple of bangs on the panel and a few miles, and it started working and has never stopped.

The defrost wire has broken at least twice since I have owned it.

I put in a cold air intake and a performance chip, and I almost doubled my gas mileage from 17 to 30 miles per gallon.

Other than that, everything is working.

General Comments:

The problem with the encoder and why it costs so much, is that the encoder motor is a code sender to the front transfer case. When the motor starts to get a few miles on it, it starts to have problems and sends bad codes to the transfer case, causing it not to work, and the reason why it costs so much, is that you have to remove the transmission to even touch the thing with a wrench, then you have to remove the oil pan guard to remove it, but the motor is only about 100.00$, but the labor to remove it is what kills me.

I have found the solution is to keep the encoder motor running longer, saving the Blazer owners a few hundred bucks. If your 4 wheel drive will not kick out, stays in, or just will not go into 4 wheel drive, then you need to keep reading.

The steps are as follows: take out the fuse for the 4 wheel drive, then start the car for about a minute. Then put the fuse back in, and start the engine back up, and keep on going. This will cause the encoder to reset itself, allowing it to send good codes to the front transfer case.