Chevrolet Blazer by Model Year: Problems, Recalls and MPG

Every Chevrolet Blazer model year since 2019: EPA fuel economy, NHTSA recalls, owner complaints and crash tests.

Data: US EPA and NHTSAUpdated Nov 12, 2026

Every model year since 2019 in one place: EPA fuel economy, NHTSA recalls, owner complaints and crash test ratings. The best fuel economy rating, 25 mpg combined, arrived in 2021 and has held since. Excludes the Blazer EV.

Complaints in each year's first three years

How the years are ranked

Model years ranked by owner complaints filed with NHTSA in their first three years (model year Y: filed by the end of Y+2), so every year is measured over the same time on the road. Years without three full years of data, and launch or final years with very few sold, are left out. Counts are not adjusted for how many were sold.

Model year	First 3 years	All complaints	Recalls
2023 Blazer Most described: transmission failure or replacement	28	44	2
2021 Blazer Most described: the check engine light coming on, then stalling or shutting off	27	142	1
2020 Blazer Most described: shifter errors or getting stuck in gear	18	224	3
2019 Blazer Most described: shifter errors or getting stuck in gear	16	191	2
2022 Blazer Most described: the check engine light coming on, then stalling or shutting off	15	55	1

Compare other models' worst years in the worst model years guide.

Check your Blazer for open recalls

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Year by year

Model year	Best rating	Recalls	Complaints
2026 MPG · Recalls and problems	25 mpg Gas	0	1
2025 MPG · Recalls and problems	25 mpg Gas	1	35
2024 MPG · Recalls and problems	25 mpg Gas	1	57
2023 MPG · Recalls and problems	25 mpg Gas	2	44
2022 MPG · Recalls and problems	25 mpg Gas	1	55
2021 MPG · Recalls and problems	25 mpg Gas	1	142
2020 MPG · Recalls and problems	24 mpg Gas	3	224
2019 MPG · Recalls and problems	24 mpg Gas	2	191

Owner complaints by model year

All complaints filed so far. Counts rise with sales volume and with time on the road, so recent years look better than they may turn out. The highlighted bar is the model year with the most complaints in its first three years.

2023: 44 complaints

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Owner complaints by model year, Chevrolet Blazer
Model year	Complaints
2019	191
2020	224
2021	142
2022	55
2023	44
2024	57
2025	35
2026	1

Best combined rating by model year

The best-rated version in each model year. Gas: 24 to 25 mpg (every year from 2019 to 2026); 25 since 2021.

2026: gas 25 mpg

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Chevrolet Blazer best combined mpg by model year
Model year	Best gas version
2019	24
2020	24
2021	25
2022	25
2023	25
2024	25
2025	25
2026	25

Every Blazer year's ratings in one table

Questions

Which Chevrolet Blazer years have the most problems?

A typical Chevrolet Blazer year drew only 18 owner complaints in its first three years (the range is 15 to 28), too few to rank the years fairly, and no year drew the 50 or more it takes to call a year one to avoid. The 2024, 2025, and 2026 are not ranked yet: they have had fewer than three full years on the road.

Which Chevrolet Blazer years have the most recalls?

The 2020 has the most safety recalls in NHTSA's file (3), then the 2023 (2). A recall can cover a problem that affects only a few cars, so open a year's page to see what each one covers. No recall for 2019 to 2026 models tells owners not to drive the car or to park it outside.

What are the most common Chevrolet Blazer problems?

In the 749 owner complaints NHTSA lists for 2019 to 2026 models, owners most often describe shifter errors or getting stuck in gear (124 complaints, most of them for the 2019 and 2020); air conditioning or heater failures (51 complaints, most of them for the 2019 and 2020); and stalling or shutting off (40 complaints, most of them for the 2020, 2021, and 2022). One complaint can describe several problems. Each year's recalls and problems page lists what owners describe for that year.

Which Chevrolet Blazer year has the best MPG?

The best EPA fuel economy is 25 mpg combined, first reached by the 2021 gas version and matched by every year since.

Sources and method

US EPA fuel economy data (fueleconomy.gov), file dated Nov 4, 2026.
NHTSA recall file dated Nov 12, 2026 and owner complaint file dated Nov 11, 2026; NHTSA 5-Star Safety Ratings.

Complaint counts are unverified owner reports and are not adjusted for sales volume. How we build these pages. Spotted an error? Tell us.