Selling a junk Chevrolet Blazer
Any Blazer sells for scrap or parts, running or not. Below: what owners report most often for each model year, the recalls on file, and which of those change the offer. Enter your ZIP for a buyer near you.
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What owners report about the Chevrolet Blazer
NHTSA has 8,852 owner complaints on file for the Chevrolet Blazer, model years 1995 to 2022, the 54th-most of the 423 models in our data. The most-reported components are brakes (1,580, 18%), visibility and wipers (896, 10%), engine and cooling (804, 9%). 763 complaints involved a crash, 175 a fire, and 36 say the vehicle had to be towed. The median mileage when the problem was reported is 70,000 miles. The 1995 model year has the most complaints (1,707). Data as of 2026-10-12.
When the top complaint is brakes, the question for a seller is whether a buyer will resell the car, pull the parts or scrap it. Read our guide to deciding whether to repair or junk: it explains which offers assume the part works and how to describe the car so the price holds at pickup.
Chevrolet Blazer by model year
| Year | Complaints | Most reported | Crash | Fire | Recalls | Median miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 1,707 | Brakes | 201 | 29 | 11 | 96,000 |
| 1996 | 1,579 | Brakes | 196 | 40 | 11 | 85,000 |
| 1997 | 1,098 | Brakes | 72 | 44 | 7 | 84,000 |
| 1998 | 1,025 | Visibility and wipers | 58 | 20 | 3 | 71,000 |
| 1999 | 612 | Suspension | 53 | 10 | 0 | 73,950 |
| 2000 | 885 | Suspension | 68 | 12 | 4 | 64,360 |
| 2001 | 464 | Lights | 43 | 5 | 3 | 60,000 |
| 2002 | 301 | Lights | 20 | 6 | 2 | 62,351 |
| 2003 | 103 | Air bags | 19 | 0 | 1 | 44,000 |
| 2004 | 67 | Electrical system | 6 | 0 | 1 | 48,000 |
| 2005 | 18 | Fuel system | 0 | 2 | 0 | — |
| 2006 | 20 | Fuel system | 2 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 11 | Fuel system | 2 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 5 | Engine and cooling | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2019 | 296 | Transmission and drivetrain | 5 | 0 | 2 | 26,700 |
| 2020 | 367 | Electrical system | 9 | 0 | 3 | 50,000 |
| 2021 | 209 | Engine | 7 | 3 | 1 | 37,231 |
| 2022 | 85 | Electrical system | 2 | 3 | 1 | — |
Complaints are owner reports to NHTSA, not confirmed defects. Median miles is the odometer reading owners gave when they reported a problem, shown only where 20 or more reports include it.
Chevrolet Blazer recalls
NHTSA lists 30 recall campaigns across these model years, most often for lights (5), brakes (5), suspension (4). Recall repairs are free at a franchised dealer. Before you sell, check your VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls; a buyer who plans to resell the car will.
- 2022 model year, seats (campaign 22V359000, May 2022): General Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2021 Chevrolet Malibu, 2022 Chevrolet Equinox, Blazer and Cadillac XT4 vehicles. The driver's seat cushion frame may have an improper weld in the power tilt-adjustment mechan…
- 2019 model year, tires (campaign 21V115000, Feb 2021): General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2020 Buick Enclave, Cadillac XT4, XT5, Escalade, Escalade ESV, Chevrolet Suburban, Tahoe, Traverse, GMC Yukon, Yukon XL, 2018-2021 Chevrolet Express, GMC Savana, 2019-2020 Che…
- 2021 model year, seat belts (campaign 20V811000, Dec 2020): General Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2020 Chevrolet Bolt EV and 2021 GMC Canyon and Sierra 1500, 2500 and 3500, Yukon, Yukon XL, Cadillac Escalade and Escalade ESV and Chevrolet Blazer, Camaro, Colorado, Equinox…
- 2019 model year, transmission and drivetrain (campaign 20V668000, Oct 2020): General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2018-2019 Chevrolet Cruze and Buick LaCrosse, 2018-2020 Chevrolet Equinox, Chevrolet Traverse and GMC Terrain, 2018 Chevrolet Malibu, 2019-2020 Buick Encore, Buick Enclave, Ca…
- 2020 model year, air bags (campaign 20V446000, Jul 2020): General Motors, LLC. (GM) is recalling certain 2020 Buick Enclave, Cadillac XT5 and XT6, Chevrolet Blazer, Silverado 1500, 2500 and 3500 and Traverse and GMC Acadia and Sierra 1500, 2500 and 3500 vehicles. The diffuser c…
What a Chevrolet Blazer is worth as a junk car
Buyers price a junk Blazer on four things: its weight at today's scrap steel price (the floor), the parts still on it that can be resold, whether it starts and drives, and how far they have to tow it. None of those come from a complaint database, so use this page to describe the car accurately and our junk car value guide to work out a ceiling for the metal. Then get more than one offer.
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Questions people ask
- What is a junk Chevrolet Blazer worth?
- What a yard can recover: the car's weight at the current scrap steel price, plus parts it can resell (the catalytic converter, engine, transmission and wheels if they're good), minus towing and processing. The same Blazer gets different offers from different buyers, so compare at least two. Our value guide shows the public benchmark.
- Will a junkyard buy a Chevrolet Blazer that doesn't run?
- Yes. Junkyards and junk car buyers take cars that don't start, and most arrange the tow. Tell them honestly whether it starts, whether the engine and transmission are still in it, and whether the catalytic converter is on; those are what change the price.
- Should I fix an open recall before selling a Chevrolet Blazer?
- Recall repairs are free at a franchised dealer for as long as the car exists. If the car is going for scrap, the repair won't change the scrap price. If a buyer might resell it or pull parts, a completed recall can help. Check your VIN at NHTSA's recall lookup first.
- Where do these Chevrolet Blazer numbers come from?
- From the complaint and recall data NHTSA publishes for every make and model, counted by model year on 2026-10-12. A complaint is an owner's report, not a confirmed defect, and the count rises with how many of the model were sold.