TRANSMISSION POPS OUT OF GEAR DUE TO BRAKING MALFUNCTION, DEALER'S REPLACED WITH ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION WITH " 1995" MODEL STANDARD SHIFT, WITH NO IMPROVEMENT.
1994 Chevrolet S10 complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1994 record →
ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED FOR NO CAUSE. TT
THE ABS LOCKED UP AND LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, SLID INTO UNCOMING TRAFFIC, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. TT
DEFROSTER DOESN'T WORK, IT TAKES THIRTY MINUTES FOR DEFROSTER TO WORK. TT
VEHICLES ABS BRAKING SYSTEM HAD COMPLETE FAILURE WITH PEDAL TO FLOOR.(EA94-038). TT
VEHICLES ABS BRAKING SYSTEM FAILED WHILE DRIVING.(EA94-038). TT
VEHICLE STALLED WHEN GAS PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED.
TURNED ON IGNITION; ELECTRICAL FIRE STARTED UNDERHOOD; IMMEDIATELY AFTER TURNING ON IGNITION, DETECTED SMOKE COMING FROM LEFT SIDE BACK BEHIND BATTERY. TT
ABS: WHENEVER ITS COLD OR WET ANTI-LOCK BRAKES LOCK UP; GO INTO SKID; NO WARNING. TT
ABS BRAKE SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, EXPERIENCED NO BRAKING ABILITY WHEN ROADS WET, PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR. TT
ABS, BRAKE FAILURE WHEN DOWN SHIFTING AND GOING OVER BUMP HAVE COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKES EA94-038 ACTIVE. TT
APPLIED BRAKES AT STOP SIGN PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND KEPT GOING. TT
ENGINE PISTONS FAILED. *AK
ABS BRAKING SYSTEM LOCKS UPS IN INCLEMENT WEATHER CONDITIONS.(EA94-038). TT
ABS BRAKING SYSTEM LOCKS UP AT ANY SPEED WITH NO WARNING.(EA94-038). TT
CAR GOES FIFTY MPH WITHOUT TOUCHING THE ACCELERATOR. PLEASE DESCRIBE FURTHER. TT
BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT. *AK
Reading these
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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