Chevrolet · NHTSA safety record

2025 Chevrolet Blazer EV

Every safety complaint, recall and defect investigation the US government holds on this vehicle.

Complaints

Crashes

Fires

Injuries

Deaths

Owners of the 2025 Chevrolet Blazer EV have filed 18 safety complaints with NHTSA between January 2025 and July 2026. The most complained-about system is forward collision avoidance, named in 10 of them (56%). The typical failure was reported at 3,550 miles, the median across the 4 complaints that gave an odometer reading.

NHTSA has issued 3 recalls covering this vehicle.

Recalls (3)

PARKING BRAKE

26V031000 · January 22, 2026

The 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.
The 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.
The remedy: 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.

General Motors, LLC · up to 20 vehicles across all model years covered

PARKING BRAKE

25V433000 · June 25, 2025

The 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.
The 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.
The remedy: 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.

General Motors, LLC · up to 40,233 vehicles across all model years covered

LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH

24V737000 · October 2, 2024

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

General Motors, LLC · up to 731 vehicles across all model years covered

What owners report

Complaints naming each system. One complaint can name several, so these add up to more than 18.

FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 10 56%

SERVICE BRAKES 6 33%

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 5 28%

BACK OVER PREVENTION 2 11%

STRUCTURE 2 11%

VISIBILITY/WIPER 2 11%

COMMUNICATION 1 6%

FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 6%

LANE DEPARTURE 1 6%

PARKING BRAKE 1 6%

UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 6%

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 1 6%

When the complaints arrived

By the year NHTSA received them, which is not the year the failures happened. They peaked in 2025 at 10.

2025 to 2026, the last of them a part year

In owners' own words

Quoted from NHTSA's complaint file. These are unverified accounts by the people who filed them, not findings of fault.

SERVICE BRAKES Filed June 21, 2026

1 injured · crash · towed

I was driving down a road. Vehicle slammed on the brakes and then accelerated in it own causing me to hit a guardrail.

NHTSA complaint 11745468. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

SERVICE BRAKES Filed December 9, 2025

1 injured

At a low speed, between 10 and 15 mph, the forward collision system automatically triggered and brought the car to an immediate stop. While we were lucky that no car was following behind us, the passenger and I experienced significant whiplash and lasting back pain as a result of this. The vehicle has not been inspected by anyone, and not been reproduced. The forward collision system flashed (red warning light, alert).

NHTSA complaint 11704018. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL Filed April 17, 2026

1 injured

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.

NHTSA complaint 11731919. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE Filed April 22, 2026

towed · 4,100 miles

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 Person" was displayed. The vehicle was towed to a dealer to be diagnosed; however, the failure was not duplicated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer to be diagnosed; however, the dealer was unable to duplicate the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of

NHTSA complaint 11733028, quoted in part. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING Filed July 14, 2026

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.

NHTSA complaint 11750420. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Filed May 28, 2026

See attached document for complaint.

NHTSA complaint 11740537. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

SERVICE BRAKES Filed May 13, 2026

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.

NHTSA complaint 11737566. Filed by an owner and not verified by NHTSA or by us.

Compare

Other years of the Chevrolet Blazer EV

Model year	Complaints	Recalls	Deaths
2024	76	5	—

Other 2025 Chevrolet models

Equinox 212 Traverse 171 Equinox EV 161 Silverado 1500 84 Trax 79 Tahoe 41 Colorado 27 Suburban 1500 27

Every Chevrolet on this site — 298 vehicles, 747 recall campaigns and 5 open investigation s.

If this is your car and a dealer keeps failing to fix it, your state's lemon law may require the manufacturer to replace it or buy it back. What each state asks for , read from the statutes.

Where these numbers come from

Complaints: NHTSA's ODI complaint file , published August 20, 2026. One complaint is one ODI number, which is how NHTSA counts them.
Recalls: NHTSA's recall campaign API , most recent campaign filed August 12, 2026.
Investigations: NHTSA's ODI investigation file , published 2026-08-19.

A complaint is one owner's account and has not been verified by NHTSA or by us. A vehicle with more complaints is not necessarily worse: models that sold in larger numbers collect more of them. How this is counted.

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