1992 Chevrolet S10 complaints

A/C COMPRESSOR AND VALVE STEM SEALS FAILED.

CONSUMER DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND IT WENT TO THE FLOOR, NO BRAKING ACTION, VEHICLE PROCEEDED THROUGH A GAURD RAIL AND INTO A LAKE. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. *AK

THE ONLY PROBLEMS I HAVE HAD WAS THE EXAUST OTHER THAN THAT IT'S THE BEST VEHICLE I HAVE EVER OWNED.

FUEL INJECTION IS LEAKING GAS INTO INJECTOR WHICH COULD CAUSE A FIRE. *AK

THE GAS TANK ROTTED OUT FROM THE OUTSIDE IN. THE GAS TANK EXTENDS BEYOND THE BED OF THE TRUCK. WHEN BULK ITEMS SUCH AS MULCH ARE LOADED THEY FALL ON THE TANK AND BECOME LODGED BETWEEN THE TANK AND THE PLASTIC SAFETY SHIELD.

NO SUMMARY

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SPARE TIRE FELL OFF DUE TO THE CABLE THAT HELD TIRE BECAME FRAYED.

FUEL PUMP SENDING UNIT HAS RUSTED OUT. DEALERS ARE AWARE OF PROBLEM. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE . THE ABS LIGHT IS CONSTANTLY ON. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES ON WET PAVEMENT THE PEDAL TRAVELS TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

CONSUMER IS EXPERIENCING ABS BRAKE DEFECT. THE BRAKE SYSTEM IS NOT CONSISTENT. SOME OF THE PROBLEM MAY CAUSES THE BRAKE PEDAL TO GO TO THE FLOOR BEFORE THE VEHICLE COMES TO A STOP OR BRAKES APPEAR TO GRAB MORE TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT. CODITIONS ALWAYS APPEAR TO BE DIFFERENT. DEALER NOTIFIED AND CONDITION STILL OCCURS. ALL REPAIRS ARE AT A COST TO THE CONSUMER. *AK

I HAVE E-MAILED A COMPLETE REPORT ON THIS INCIDENT TO YOUR NHTSA WEBMASTER, ON 6/20/98. CONTACT ME FOR A REPEAT OF MY 3-PAGE REPORT, OR FOR OTHER QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. I BELIEVE MY EXPERIENCE IS RELATED TO NHTSA'S ONGOING INVESTIGATION INTO ABS FAILURES ON 1990-95 S-10 TRUCKS AND SUVS. CALL ME AT 610-992-9838 FAX 610-992-9804

CONSUMER BEGAN SMELLING GAS WHENEVER TANK IS FULL. HE TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE GAS TANK HAD RUSTED AND PIN HOLES ARE IN THIS TANK. CONSUMER HAS HAD TANK REPAIRED. *AK

ABS BRAKES FAILED 10 TIMES, ONCE RESULTING IN CRASH.

ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAILED RESULTING IN A VEHICLE COLLISION.

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES ON WET ROAD CONDITIONS THE BRAKES LOCKED UP. WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES ON DRY ROAD CONDITIONS THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, AND MORE BRAKING DISTANCE IS REQUIRED. THE BRAKE CALIPERS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

ON WET SURFACES WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE FRONT BRAKES LOCK UP AND HOLD, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE APPLYING ABS BRAKES, CAN FEEL BRAKES RELEASING. WOULD HAVE TO APPLY MORE PRESSURE TO STOP VEHICLE. STOPPING DISTANCE IS EXTENDED MORE THAN USUAL. HAS NOT TAKEN TO DEALER YET. *AK

ABS WENT OUT WHILE ON VACATION. DEALER HAS RESET THE SYSTEM ON TWO OCCASIONS AFTER THE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. RECENTLY, JUST AFTER THE 50K MILE WARRANTY EXPIRED, THE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN, AND A DEALER TOLD THE OWNER IT WOULD BE OKAY TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE WHILE THE LIGHT WAS ON IF HE COULD NOT AFFORD THE REPAIR.

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED, THE HYDRAULIC UNIT CORRODED.

ABS BRAKES LOCKED CAUSING VEHICLE TO FISHTAIL AND ROLL ONTO ITS SIDE.

WHILE PUTTING VEHICLE IN REVERSE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATES AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED.THERE IS ALSO BLACK SMOKE NOTICEABLE FROM REAR OF VEHICLE. OWNER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERS AND WAS TOLD BATTERY VOLTAGE IS LOW, CAUSING PROBLEMS WITH MICRO PROCESSER IN CPU. *AK

DRIVER SLAMMED ON BRAKES, BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, SEEMED LOOSE, CAUSED INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE, CAUSING A CRASH, REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE, DRY WEATHER. *AK

BRAKES WENT OUT BECAUSE THE BRAKE FLUID HAD BOILED.

DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70MPH AND HEARD A BUZZING SOUND, SAW BATTERY LIGHT ON. AS PULLING OVER HEARD A THUMPING NOISE AND THE VEHICLE STOPPED. NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD, RAISED THE HOOD AND IT ENGULFED IN FLAMES. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED, AND CAUSE OF FIRE IS UNKNOWN. *AK

EA94-038; IN WET CONDITIONS THE DEFECTIVE ABS SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE WHEEL TO LOCK UP AND THE ABS LIGHT STAYED ON WHICH CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE AND ALMOST AN ACCIDENT. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. *AK

ABS EHCU FAILURE.

ABS FREQUENTLY FAILS CAUSING BRAKES TO LOCK AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO MOVE. AT TIMES, WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED IT WILL STOP (LOCK) BEFORE IT IS HALF WAY DEPRESSED.

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAIL, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL

DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH IN INCLEMENT WEATHER, TRYING TO STOP, ABS WENT COMPLETLY OUT/LOCKED UP, ABS LIGHT CAME ON. DEALER HAD TO REPLACE ABS SYSTEM, INCLUDING COMPUTER. CONSUMER HAD TO UNPLUG WIRE FROM UNIT TO PREVENT FROM DEFECT REOCCURRING. *AK

ANTI LOCK BRAKES EXPERIENCE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE.

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAIL IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, ONCE RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT.

ANTI LOCK BRAKES LOCK UP, REPAIRS MADE HOWEVER NOT SUFFICIENT.

ANTI LOCK BRAKES DO NOT WORK PROPERLY.

WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES, THE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE TO OCCUR. ALSO ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS ON SLIPPERY OR WET PAVEMENT THE LEFT FRONT BRAKE WILL LOCK UP. DEALER REPLACED THE COMPUTER SYSTEM WHICH DID NOT REMDEY THE PROBLEM. *AK *SLC

WHEN THERE IS A PANIC STOP THE TRUCK DOES NOT STOP WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES IN A PANIC STOP. DRIVER STATES THAT THE TIRE DOES NOT SLIDE, BUT THE TRUCK DOES NOT STOP. THIS IS PROBLEM ONLY HAPPENS WHEN THERE IS A PANIC STOP. *AK

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE PEDAL IS HARD, NOT ALLOWING THE VEHICLE TO STOP THE WAY IT SHOULD. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. ALSO, RUNS VERY ROUGH WHEN IT STARTS.SUBSEQUENTLY STARTS TO RACE AND CONTINUES TO RACE UNTIL IT WARMS UP. *AK

WHILE DRIVIG AND HAD STAY ON SINCE THEN, CONSUMER HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER AND SAID THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE COMPUTER THAT WHY THE LIGHT STILL ON.

WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THERE IS EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR.

ABS: HAD TO APPLY EXCESSIVE PRESSURE TO STOP VEHICLE; VERY HARD BRAKING; REPLACED FOUR TIMES. ALSO, CUT ROTORS/REPLACED BRAKE PADS. *AK

ANTI LOCK BRAKES GRAB WHEN APPLYING.

WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES ON WET OR DRY PAVEMENT THE PEDAL WILL INTERMITTENTLY TRAVEL TO THE FLOOR ,CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER CANNOT IDENITFY ANY PROBLEMS. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

EA94038, THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, MAKING A GRINDING NOISE AND "SPONGY FEELING" ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK BRAKE PADS HAVE BEEN CHANGED 8 TIMES WITHIN A 2 AND A HALF YEAR PERIOD, THE ROTOR, CALIPER, AND SENSOR WERE REPLACED DUE TO THE ABS. *SLC

WHEN APPYLING THE ABS BRAKES ON DRY PAVEMENT THE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK *SLC

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED, INTERMITTENTLY THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, THE VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP. THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

ABS BRAKE SYSTEM MODULE FAILED.

VEHICLE HAS HAD EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH RESULTED IN ACCIDENT. VEHICLE HAS ABS BRAKES. ALSO, PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR OF VEHICLE WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED.OWNER ALSO HAD NUMEROUS BRAKE PARTS REPLACED WHICH DID NOT CORRECT PROBLEM. DEALER CAN'T FIND ANY PROBLEM WITH BRAKES. *AK WIPERS COME ON BY THEMSELF AND HEATER BURNED OUT. *YD

ABS BRAKE PROBLEMS; ON REGULAR DRY ROAD CONDTIONS, DURING NORMAL BRAKING, STEP ON THE BRAKES, THEREIS NOISE FROM THE BRAKE SYSTEM, AND THE TRUCK FEELS LIKE IT WASN'T GOING TO STOP. THE TRUCK SLIDES AND THE WHEELS LOCKED UP. THE LEFT FRONT BRAKE SHOES AND DRUMS WERE REPLACED BY DEALER. *AK

ABS BRAKES LOCKED UP/FAILED.