Production of the Chevy Blazer crossover at the GM Ramos Arizpe Assembly plant in Mexico will be down for two weeks. Production is idle as of today, August 23rd, and will remain down until Monday, September 6th. The production stoppage is attributed to the ongoing global microchip shortage.
In addition to production downtime for the Chevy Blazer Crossover, production of the Chevy Equinox at the GM Ramos Arizpe Assembly plant will be extended two weeks, with production set to resume on September 20th.
According to a recent post from Automotive News, Chevy Blazer and Equinox production delays are only part of a wide range of new production hiccups stemming from the microchip shortage. As GM Authority covered previously, production of the Chevy Traverse and Buick Enclave at the GM Lansing Delta Township Assembly plant is also affected, and is now scheduled to restart September 6th, similar to production of the Chevy Blazer. The Lansing Delta Township facility has been offline since July 19th, and was originally scheduled to restart today, August 23rd.
General Motors also announced delays at the GM Spring Hill Assembly plant in Tennessee, which produces the Cadillac XT5, Cadillac XT6 and GMC Acadia. CAMI Assembly in Canada, which produces the Chevy Equinox, San Luis Potosi Assembly in Mexico, which produces the Chevy Equinox and GMC Terrain, and Lansing Grand River in Michigan, which produces the Cadillac CT4 and Cadillac CT5, will all be down until September 20th.
Meanwhile, production of the Chevy Camaro at the Lansing Grand River plant will not be affected by this latest round of delays. Limited production of the Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing and CT5-V Blackwing at the Lansing Grand River facility will also be unaffected.
The ongoing global microchip shortage has affected the entirety of the auto industry, with a wide range of production stoppages and dwindling vehicle supplies. To combat the shortage, GM has adopted several strategies, including prioritization of its most in-demand vehicles (namely its full-size trucks and SUVs), as well as deletion of certain features, such as AFM and DFM.
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I will never buy a blazer anyway.
Proudly Made in Mexico by GM
At least it’s still made in North America, not Asia, not Europe…
These stoppages and parts shortages are probably never going to end for the foreseeable future!! And to overpay for a used vehicle that a year or 2 year old is crazy I guess it’s a waiting game till GM and the rest of the manufacturer’s work it all out !!!
I special ordered a 2022 Chevrolet Blazer as it will take prority over stock units.
Don’t expect that to be true. I placed an order for a customer for a Blazer RS in MAY. The build date given was
July 12th; expected to arrive at dealership on or before August 5th
On July 13th, just 24 hours, received notice that the vehicle has been moved to a holding site waiting for the semiconductors required for completion. It is now August 25th and still waiting. Now we can not expect
delivery until sometime in September…May to Sept (hopefully ) five months for a vehicle that was intended to be
a birthday present. The only bright side tfor the consumer is that GM rebates increase with each passing month.
When is the united states going to wake up before we don’t have a country left??
First we need to be making all critical items in this country so we have complete control over parts such as computer chips steel rubbers whatever else so nothing can hinder production!!!!
It’s time for national security to trump corporate greed but at this time I doubt this will happen.