Model-year matrix

Chevrolet Blazer
which year?

Compare every Chevrolet Blazer model year the EPA recorded, 1989 to 2027. See complaint patterns, fuel economy and configurations side by side, then open any year for recall campaigns and the full dossier. Confirm against the official NHTSA recall search.

Evidence-led answer

Looking for the best Chevrolet Blazer year—or years to avoid?

The official records cannot honestly name a best, worst or most reliable year. Complaint totals have no sales, mileage or age denominator. They can show where more reports were filed and which components were named, giving you years to investigate more closely before checking the exact car and its VIN.

What is the best year for the Chevrolet Blazer?

No official dataset can support one universal best year. Use the table to compare complaint patterns and EPA figures, then open the shortlisted years for recall campaigns and exact specifications.

Which Chevrolet Blazer years should you avoid?

The records cannot justify a blanket avoid label. Years with more reports are surfaced below as research priorities, not predictions about every car from that year.

01 · More reports to inspect1995

1,224 indexed complaint reports; service brakes, hydraulic is the most-reported component label.

Open the 1995 dossier →02 · More reports to inspect1996

1,153 indexed complaint reports; service brakes, hydraulic is the most-reported component label.

Open the 1996 dossier →03 · More reports to inspect1997

768 indexed complaint reports; service brakes, hydraulic is the most-reported component label.

Open the 1997 dossier →

Do not read this as an avoid list. Older and higher-selling model years usually accumulate more reports. A low count can also mean a newer, rarer or poorly matched vehicle—not a safer one.

Read this as evidence, not a ranking.

Complaint totals are counts of owner-submitted allegations, not confirmed defects, and they carry no denominator: they are not adjusted for how many cars were sold, how old they are, how far they are driven, or how much publicity a fault received. A high-volume or older year will usually show more reports than a rare or recent one. The site does not convert these into a reliability score, because the data needed to do that honestly is not in the public record.

Direct comparison

Compare two Chevrolet Blazer model years.

Choose any two years. The URL keeps the pair so you can return to the same comparison. Every figure below is an observed official record or EPA estimate—not a reliability score.

First model year

2026 Chevrolet Blazer

NHTSA complaint allegations: 1
Combined EPA economy: 21–104 mpg/MPGe
EPA configurations: 8
Annual EPA fuel-cost estimate: $750–2,950
Fuel labels: Electricity · Regular Gasoline

Most-reported component labelsforward collision avoidance 1

Open the 2026 evidence dossier →

Second model year

2027 Chevrolet Blazer

NHTSA complaint allegations: 0
Combined EPA economy: 85–104 mpg/MPGe
EPA configurations: 4
Annual EPA fuel-cost estimate: $750–900
Fuel labels: Electricity

Most-reported component labelsNo component label indexed

Open the 2027 evidence dossier →

Observed complaint-record difference

2027 has 1 fewer indexed complaint allegations than 2026.

This is not a rate or reliability finding. The counts have no sales, mileage, age or exposure denominator, and newer years have had less time to accumulate reports.

Side by side

Chevrolet Blazer by year.

Complaint bars are scaled against this model’s own highest year, so they compare years with each other and with nothing else.

Chevrolet Blazer model years with NHTSA complaint totals, most-reported components, EPA fuel economy and configuration counts
Year	Complaints	Most-reported components	Combined MPG	EPA configs	Annual fuel cost	Dossier
2027	0	—	85–104	4	$750–900	Dossier →
2026	1	forward collision avoidance 1	21–104	8	$750–2,950	Dossier →
2025	26	electrical system 7unknown or other 7forward collision avoidance 5	21–104	9	$750–2,950	Dossier →
2024	42	forward collision avoidance 13service brakes 8unknown or other 8	21–96	6	$800–2,950	Dossier →
2023	41	engine 12power train 10service brakes 8	21–25	4	$2,450–2,950	Dossier →
2022	46	electrical system 14engine 13power train 10	21–25	4	$2,450–2,950	Dossier →
2021	125	electrical system 38engine 36unknown or other 20	21–25	5	$2,450–2,950	Dossier →
2020	211	electrical system 71power train 71engine 68	21–24	5	$2,550–2,950	Dossier →
2019	184	power train 63electrical system 59unknown or other 54	21–24	3	$2,550–2,950	Dossier →
2005	15	electrical system 4fuel system, gasoline 4fuel/propulsion system 2	15–17	4	$3,600–4,100	Dossier →
2004	50	electrical system 11structure 8suspension 6	15–16	4	$3,850–4,100	Dossier →
2003	77	air bags 14power train 12structure 12	15–17	4	$3,600–4,100	Dossier →
2002	246	exterior lighting 65power train 33electrical system 22	14–17	4	$3,600–4,400	Dossier →
2001	326	exterior lighting 84electrical system 50suspension 44	14–17	4	$3,600–4,400	Dossier →
2000	589	suspension 116exterior lighting 94power train 88	15–18	4	$3,400–4,100	Dossier →
1999	436	suspension 85engine and engine cooling 70service brakes, hydraulic 67	14–17	4	$3,600–4,400	Dossier →
1998	716	visibility 265seats 84electrical system 82	16–18	5	$3,400–3,850	Dossier →
1997	768	service brakes, hydraulic 158visibility 136suspension 123	16–19	5	$3,250–3,850	Dossier →
1996	1,153	service brakes, hydraulic 480visibility 194engine and engine cooling 175	16–18	5	$3,400–3,850	Dossier →
1995	1,224	service brakes, hydraulic 588engine and engine cooling 254visibility 197	16–18	4	$4,200–4,750	Dossier →
1994	620	service brakes, hydraulic 464engine and engine cooling 53visibility 52	12–15	3	$4,750–5,300	Dossier →
1993	511	service brakes, hydraulic 406engine and engine cooling 57fuel system, gasoline 24	13	2	$4,750	Dossier →
1992	278	service brakes, hydraulic 221electrical system 19visibility 13	13	2	$4,750	Dossier →
1991	222	service brakes, hydraulic 131seat belts 28electrical system 17	12–17	3	$4,700–5,100	Dossier →
1990	32	service brakes, hydraulic 10engine and engine cooling 5seat belts 5	12–17	3	$4,700–5,100	Dossier →
1989	38	service brakes, hydraulic 9seat belts 7electrical system 6	13–17	4	$4,400–4,750	Dossier →

Evidence snapshot generated August 25, 2026. “Not indexed” means NHTSA holds no complaint record matching this exact year, make and model — not that no fault occurred. Recall campaigns are not summarised here: NHTSA publishes no bulk recall dataset, and fetching them per year would take longer than the page should. Each year’s dossier shows its recalls in full, live from NHTSA.