FAILURE OF INTAKE MAINIFOLD AND HEAD GASKET, RESULTING IN REPLACEMENT OF INTAKE MANIFOLD, HEADS, HEAD GASKET, THERMOSTAT (3 TIMES), WATER PUMP (2 TIMES), RADIATOR, CONDENSER, RADIATOR CAP (2 TIMES), ALL DUE TO DEX COOL AND FAULTY DESIGN. ALL PARTS REPLACED. OLD PARTS NOT RETAINED. *TR
1999
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER SYSTEM
HEATER - THE HEATER DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY TO HEAT VEHICLE -- THERE IS NOT ENOUGH AIR COMING FROM ANY VENT, WHETHER IT BE IN FLOOR, A/C VENTS, OR DEFROSTER POSITION. -- SEEMS TO INDICATE THAT THERE IS A RESTRICTION IN THE AIR FLOW, POSSIBLE AN INTERIOR HEATER DOOR NOT WORKING PROPERLY. -- HEATER CAN BE ON MAX HEAT IN HIGHEST BLOWER MOTOR POSITION AND VEHICLE NEVER GETS WARN ENOUGH TO TURN HEATER CONTROLS DOWN -- THIS IS A LITTLE BETTER WHEN VEHICLE IS SITTING STILL FOR A LONG PERIOD, BUT IT IS NOT UNCOMMON TO HAVE COLD FEET WHILE DRIVING. -- DEALER STATES THAT ALL LIKE MODELS OPERATE THE SAME AND THAT THERE IS NO PROBLEM. -- AIR FLOW THROUGH DUCTS IS POSSIBLE 1/3 THAT OF OUR 1996 BLAZER AND 1997 PICK-UP TRUCK, BOTH OF WHICH HAVE GREAT HEATERS.