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2025 Chevrolet Blazer Ev problems, complaints & recalls

Most-reported problem areas: Service Brakes (5) · Forward Collision Avoidance (3) · Visibility/Wiper (2)

🧭 Reliability snapshot

91 /100
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21
Complaints
3
Recalls
361
Service bulletins
1
Crashes reported
0
Fires reported
0
Deaths

Safety recalls (3)

Parking Brake 2026-01-22 · campaign 26V031000 · 20 vehicles

Defect: General Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2024-2025 Chevrolet Blazer EV vehicles that may have been repaired incorrectly under recall 25V433. The rear parking brake wiring harness may become damaged or corroded, resulting in unintended activation of the parking brake or loss of the parking brake function.

Risk: Unintended activation of the parking brake while driving increases the risk of a crash. Loss of the parking brake function while parked can result in a rollaway, increasing the risk of a crash.

Fix: Dealers will replace the chassis harness, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on February 25, 2026. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020. GM's number for this recall is N252532830.

Parking Brake 2025-06-25 · campaign 25V433000 · 40,233 vehicles

Defect: General Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2024-2025 Chevrolet Blazer EV vehicles. The rear parking brake wiring harness may become damaged or corroded, resulting in unintended activation of the parking brake or loss of the parking brake function.

Risk: Unintended activation of the parking brake while driving increases the risk of a crash. Loss of the parking brake function while parked can result in a rollaway, increasing the risk of a crash.

Fix: Dealers will inspect the harness and, if necessary, reroute the harness and install anti-abrasive tape. Any harness that has existing damage will be replaced. Repairs will be performed free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed on October 1, 2025. Owners may contact Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020. GM's number for this recall is N252503010.

Latches/Locks/Linkages:doors:latch 2024-10-02 · campaign 24V737000 · 731 vehicles

Defect: General Motors, LLC (GM) is recalling certain 2025 Chevrolet Blazer, Blazer EV, and Equinox vehicles. The door strikers were not properly heat-treated, which can cause them to break.

Risk: A broken door striker can cause the door to open unexpectedly, increasing the risk of injury.

Fix: Dealers will replace all four side door strikers and attachment bolts, free of charge. All affected vehicles are still in dealership inventory and therefore no owner notification letters are expected to be mailed. Owners may call Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020. GM's number for this recall is N242477131.

Service bulletins (361)

Technical service bulletins are repair instructions manufacturers send dealers for known issues. Unlike recalls, the fix is not automatically free — but naming the bulletin at the service desk can save diagnosis time and support goodwill repairs.

Electrical System 2026-10-26 · N262565450 · Service Campaign

customer satisfaction program. certain vehicles listed above may have a condition in which remanufactured high voltage battery packs were built using modules that were ineligible for reuse and require a second replacement. dealers will replace the high voltage battery.

Unknown Or Other 2026-10-24 · PIT6368F · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

this preliminary information communicates an issue with the virtual garage door opener not programming to a garage opener and to replace the opener with a new updated part.

Unknown Or Other 2026-10-16 · Infotainment 2026.3 · Over The Air

• more responsive map controls when switching views • trailer theft alert settings are saved between drives • more reliable access to on-screen controls for temperature, fan speed, and heated seats • improvements that help prevent the center display from freezing or unexpectedly losing audio

Unknown Or Other 2026-09-28 · PIT6457C · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

this preliminary information is for technicians that may see dtcs that are history and should not perform any part replacements. they should follow the notes mentioned prior to anything being replaced.

Unknown Or Other 2026-09-28 · PIC6540K · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

this preliminary information communicates to dealers a procedure to reset the radio.

Unknown Or Other 2026-09-28 · PIT6368E · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

this preliminary information communicates an issue with the virtual garage door opener not programming to a garage opener. engineering is working on a new module.

Showing the 6 most recent of 361 bulletins. Search all of them free at nhtsa.gov.

What owners report

2026-09-21 · Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking · 10,000 mi

“the contact owns a 2025 chevrolet blazer. the contact stated that the vehicle experienced repeated phantom braking while driving at various speeds. the contact stated that the automatic emergency braking system activated erroneously. the automatic emergency braking system was deactivated to prevent the failure; however, after a software update at …”

2026-09-14 · Unknown Or Other

“i am concerned about a significant safety issue with my 2025 chevrolet blazer ev. on at least four separate occasions, the vehicle has unexpectedly applied extremely hard rear automatic braking while i was backing up, despite there being no object, vehicle, person, or obstacle behind the vehicle. the braking is so abrupt and forceful that it feels…”

2026-09-13 · Forward Collision Avoidance: Warnings

“while backing into parking at a humble cow ice cream place. my 2025 chevy blazer ev awd slammed to a stop. i was going 4 mph my spouses head hit the head rest and caused severe pain and stress. we had to go to the emergency room for treatment. this has happened 6 other times 3 since having the required updates and replacement of modules that t…”

2026-07-14 · Forward Collision Avoidance: Automatic Emergency Braking

“attempting to merge into another lane today. collision warning emergency breaking triggered and break checked the vehicle behind me. almost caused me to be rear ended by the vehicle behind me.…”

2026-06-21 · Service Brakes · 💥 crash

“i was driving down a road. vehicle slammed on the brakes and then accelerated in it own causing me to hit a guardrail. …”

2026-05-28 · Electrical System

“see attached document for complaint.…”

2026-05-13 · Service Brakes

“this is now the second report from this vehicle with similar issues. this incident happened when in reverse with nothing behind me, the vehicle slammed on its brakes. no audible warning in the vehicle and nothing showing on the dashboard. the vehicle just applied emergency braking. this was a witnessed event. …”

2026-04-22 · Forward Collision Avoidance · 4,100 mi

“the contact owns a 2025 chevrolet blazer. the contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the forward collision avoidance system activated while there were no objects or persons in front of the vehicle. the failure reoccurred on several occasions. the forward collision avoidance warning light illuminated, and the message "approaching…”

2026-04-17 · Vehicle Speed Control

“the cross pedestrian warning activates without any object there and slams on the brakes causing severe neck problems. the cruise control doesnt disengage when pressing on brake pedal causing drive to swerve to avoid crash.…”

2026-02-28 · Lane Departure: Warning

“the onstar module failed. also controlling the pedestrian px proximity sensor and crosstraffic sensor. when driving slowly waiting a parking lot the vehicle locked up on the brakes with the warning message pedestrian alert. the area was clear. no pedestrians were in the vicinity this would be the 3rd incident 1st was cross traffic already braki…”

Excerpts of consumer complaints filed with NHTSA, lightly truncated. They are owner statements, not verified findings.

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