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 Sep 27, 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

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 reported: engine	28	43	2
2021 Blazer Most reported: engine	27	133	1
2020 Blazer Most reported: electrical system	18	219	3
2019 Blazer Most reported: powertrain	16	186	2
2022 Blazer Most reported: electrical system	15	50	1

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	32
2024 MPG · Recalls and problems	25 mpg Gas	1	47
2023 MPG · Recalls and problems	25 mpg Gas	2	43
2022 MPG · Recalls and problems	25 mpg Gas	1	50
2021 MPG · Recalls and problems	25 mpg Gas	1	133
2020 MPG · Recalls and problems	24 mpg Gas	3	219
2019 MPG · Recalls and problems	24 mpg Gas	2	186

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: 43 complaints

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Owner complaints by model year, Chevrolet Blazer
Model year	Complaints
2019	186
2020	219
2021	133
2022	50
2023	43
2024	47
2025	32
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

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. 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?

Of the 711 owner complaints NHTSA lists for 2019 to 2026 models, the areas named most are electrical system (30%), powertrain (26%), and engine (26%). One complaint can name more than one area. The recalls and problems page for each year breaks this down further.

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 Sep 18, 2026.
NHTSA recall file dated Sep 27, 2026 and owner complaint file dated Sep 26, 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.