MODELYEARINDEX

Chevrolet Blazer

540 complaints across 3 scored model years and 9 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Chevrolet Blazer Full report
C
Grade 2019–2021
2021 vs model median 1.4×
Model median3× median
Electrical 24
Engine 20
Brakes 16
Weakest

2020 · 2021

Best

2019 · 2020

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2019
0.88× 84 B
2020
1.00× 96 C
2021
1.37× 123 C
2022 P
0.73× 68 B
2023 P
0.75× 61 B
2024 P
0.79× 68 B
2025 P
0.50× 40 B

P — provisional. These years have not completed 60 months on the road, so their totals are incomplete and they are excluded from the verdict.

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG23
City / Highway20.5 / 26.5
Engine2.8L, 5 cyl
DriveFront-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$2,675

Recalls

9 campaigns on record.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
20V668000 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION 2019, 2020 194,105
21V115000 TIRES 2019, 2020 33,838
23V172000 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION 2023 8,744
20V446000 AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW:CURTAIN:INFLATOR 2020 769
24V737000 LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH 2025 731
20V811000 SEAT BELTS 2021 470
23V869000 STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR 2024 265
22V359000 SEATS 2022 221

+ 1 further campaigns

Others in Compact SUVs

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Acura RDX
20192020
C
Audi Q5
20182021
C
Audi SQ5
none flagged
C
BMW X3
20132019
C
Buick Envision
2017
C
Cadillac SRX
2013
C
Cadillac XT5
2017
C
Chevrolet Equinox
2011
C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2021 Blazer
Complaints in window
123
Severity-weighted
183
Model median (weighted)
134
vs model median
1.37×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
1
Open investigations
0
Score 63.4 C