I purchased a 2020 blazer from a Toyota dealership a month and a half ago. Seemed great test driving then noticed a vibration and grumble coming from it. Took it in and turns out there’s a bent cv axle and worn bearing. I haven’t hit anything. No pot holes, no curbs, nothing. So I’m assuming this was done prior to sale. Warranty doesn’t cover because it was due to a hit and now I’m dumping out $1400 on a vehicle I just got after replacing the radiator fan which was around $900 and still hasn’t fixed my weird whooping sound when it cuts on and off. I thought dealerships inspected vehicles before selling. I’m just completely defeated at the fact I just got this and it’s cost me this much so far. I know you risk it when buying used but like I said before, test drove great, car fax looked great, and for the first week or so then started having issues. 
My dream car has now turned into my financial nightmare.
Never buy a brand that is not that of the dealership. People dump their problems. And switch brands if it was a turd. Just my experience.
yeah I would take it somewhere else $1400 you can get a whole new suspension put in.
Whit said:
yeah I would take it somewhere else $1400 you can get a whole new suspension put in.
I forget what all is going into it but I’ve got the breakdown somewhere. $120 was diagnosing the problem. Most of it is labor.
@Lyle
Most places will fold the diag into any repairs.
You really should just raise Cain at the dealership. I ve never seen one abide a noisy, irritated customer and I worked at PLENTY of them.
$1400 for a cv axle and bearing? Damn man. I don’t know how people manage not being able to fix their own junk.
Noe said:
$1400 for a cv axle and bearing? Damn man. I don’t know how people manage not being able to fix their own junk.
Stand down, _ranger. Christ, not everyone knows how to fix suspensions nor do they all have the time, place, or tools to do it, either.
This person got hosed by a stealership that did a shitty UCI and passed the pain onto them. Why would they try and fix it, anyway? They should park it in front of that dealership with a big I Got Sold JUNK Here sign and a bullhorn. The sales manager will be out before lunchtime with an offer to fix it.
Damn, man, I don’t know how people manage to not be able to fix their own CPAP machines, either. How’s THAT feel…?
Noe said:
$1400 for a cv axle and bearing? Damn man. I don’t know how people manage not being able to fix their own junk.
Not everyone is blessed to be mechanically inclined. Also most have to work with dealers to keep their warranties valid unfortunately.
Go back to the manufacturer and complain. That stealership is allowed to sell certified used cars by the manufacturer. Many stealership never check the cars before calling them certified.
Willow said:
Go back to the manufacturer and complain. That stealership is allowed to sell certified used cars by the manufacturer. Many stealership never check the cars before calling them certified.
By manufacturer, you mean the actual Chevy dealership not the Toyota I purchased from? Right?
@Lyle
If it was a Toyota dealership and your car was a certified pre owned, you need to contact Toyota corporate. They are the ones that license that dealership to sell certified pre owned cars.
OP how many miles were on your 2002 blazer when you bought?
Wilder said:
OP how many miles were on your 2002 blazer when you bought?
96k 
Wilder said:
OP how many miles were on your 2002 blazer when you bought?
96k
That’s relatively low mileage for a 2002. Totally up to you, but if I were in your situation I’d go in person to the toyota dealership and ask to talk 1. first with the salesman you worked with and if you get a deadend with them, 2. with management.
Explain what happened and give them the opportunity to address this problem to your satisfaction. For me, it would be they foot the entire bill for repairs needed
If they refuse (hopefully they’ll be willing to work with you), then you’d be looking at contacting toyota corp/lawyering up. But hopefully they will work with you at the dealership level towards an agreeable, reasonable solution. Sorry you have to go through this, OP. Hope you are met with success with this.
@Wilder
It’s a 2020. Which makes it high mileage 
not sure what the chick before me did for work.
Sorry to hear you’re going through it! Crazy frustrating. Hopefully that’s at least the last of the trouble.
Val said:
Sorry to hear you’re going through it! Crazy frustrating. Hopefully that’s at least the last of the trouble.
I hope so. I honestly thought it was transmission problems but according to several blog posts and techs, a bent cv axel can apparently mimic trans issues to a degree. Apparently it can effect acceleration or cause sluggish acceleration because the power isn’t transferring correctly and what I thought was trans shuddering is the wheel wobble from the bent axle. 
I wish it’d let me share videos of it because the shop took videos of all issues found within the description of issues I was having.