1994 Chevrolet S10 complaints

ABS BRAKING SYSTEM AND THE FIRE THAT RESULTED IN THE TOTAL LOSS OF THE VEHICLE. CAUSED BY THE ABS SYSTEM, FORCING FLUID OUT OF THE RESERVOIR AND ONTO THE HOT MANIFOLD, IGNITING THE FLUID. THE EXCESSIVE PRESSURE WAS THE CAUSE OF THE BRAKE CALIPER HANGING UP. THE EXCESSIVE WEAR ON THE BRAKE PADS AND THE FINAL CAUSE OF THE FIRE.

WHEN DRIVING IN BAD/RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS AND WHEN WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE NEEDED, THEY STOPPED WORKING OR WORKED INTERMITTENTLY, CAUSING POOR DRIVER'S VISIBILITY, AND INCREASING THE RISK OF A VEHICLE CRASH. ALSO, CONSUMER NOTED OF RECALL98V150001/MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 98043 WHICH INVOLVED THE SAME TYPE OF PROBLEM. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INOPERABLE, OBSTRUCTING THE VIEW OF THE DRIVER. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON THE VEHICLE'S MAKE/ MODEL. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

FUEL PUMPS REPLACED OVER 5 TIMES, INJECTORS REPLACED 4 TIMES, COMPLAINED ABOUT ABS BRAKES FROM FIRST DAT OF OWNERSHIP, THEY DONT STOP THE VEHICLE IN A PANIC STOP, 2 ACCIDENTS DUE TO BRAKES!!! INJECTOR LINES WORN THROUGH BY RUBBING ON FUEL LINE UNDER PLENUM MULTIPLE TIMES CAUSES MAJOR FUEL LEAKAGE!! POSSIBLE FIRE HAZARD DEALER CONTACTED, CHEVROLET CONTTACTED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED UP TO 50 MPH ON IT'S OWN, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO BLOWOUT. VEHICLE WAS SLAMMED INTO NEUTRAL TO EVENTUALY STOP THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

ABS BRAKE... PEDAL HAS GONE TO THE FLOOR INTERMITTENTLY. THIS HAS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES IN THE PAST 5 YEARS. NOW HOWEVER IT IS DOING THIS ALMOST 100% OF THE TIME. DEALER WANTS OVER $1000 FOR THE PART AND I THINK IT SHOULD BE COVERED. *AK

WHENEVER WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE IN USE FOR THE RAIN/SNOW, THEY FAIL TO WORK PROPERLY. WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD WORK INTERMITTENTLY. THIS AFFECTS DRIVER'S VISIBILITY.*AK.

WHILE DRIVING THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE LIGHT AND BRAKE CAME ON CAUSING POOR BRAKING ABILITY, VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. NLM

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL OCCASIONALLY STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF FUNCTIONING AND THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. CHEVROLET SAYS THEY HAVE NO RECORD OF A RECALL FOR MY VEHICLE. MY FATHER HAS A 1995 GMC SONOMA THAT HAD A RECALL ON IT AND BOTH OF OUR TRUCKS WERE BUILT IN THE SAME PLANT. *AK

THE PASSENGER SIDE SEATBELT ALWAYS LOCKS AND IT CANNOT BE MOVED,SO ALOT OF TIMES ITS HARD TO STRAP YOURSELF IN, AND WHEN YOU DO GET IT BUCKLED IT WILL LOCK IN PLACE AND YOU CANT MOVE. SOME TIMES IT WILL ALSO HAPPEN TO THE DRIVERSIDE. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK SPORADICALLY. SOMETIMES THEY COME ON AND STOP DURING PERFORMANCE AND SOMETIMES THEY DONT COME ON AT ALL, THIS HAS BEEN SINCE OWNERSHIP. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS MALFUNCTION WHICH MAY AFFECT VISIBILITY, AND COULD RESULT IN A CRASH. THERE IS RECALL 98V150000, BUT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN ALTHOUGH IT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM---I AM VERY UPSET THAT I NOW NEED TO REPLACE AGAIN THE FUEL INJECTORS AND THE REGULATOR. I REPLCED IT THE FIRST TIME UNDER WARRANTY AT 49721 MILES. IT WAS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT IT WENT SO FAST. I WAS TOLD BY SEVERAL MECHANICS THAT THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN DDURING THE FIRST 125K OR NEVER. THIS IS A COSTLY REPAIR OF 800..00 OR MORE AND IT SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM FOR MANY WITH THIS VORTEC 6 CYL 4.3 L I WOULD LIKE SOME HELP IN TRYING TO GET THE MANUFACTURER GEN. MOTORS TO CHANGE THIS TYPE DESIGN AND TO HELP THE VITIMS OF THIS COSTLY REPAIR. ONCE IS TOO MUCH AND 2 TIMES IS REDICULOUS IN LESS THAN 75K. THE SECOND TIME WAS ONLY 25K FROM REPLACEMENT. THE ENGINE TAKES 4 TO 5 RETRIES TO START AND IT GETS PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. I HAVE HEARD MANY MECHANICS TALK ABOUT A POSSIBLE CLASS- ACTION SUIT IF CONSUMERS HAVE TO PUT UP WITH ALL THE COSTLY REPAIRS AND THE EGR VALVE IS ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH MANY. THE ABS SYTEM , I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS AT 31420. I FELT IT WAS PREMATURE. TH

WINSHIELD WIPERS SOMETIMES WORK AND SOMETIMES DO NOT WORK. WHEN THEY ARE WORKING THEY SOMETIMES DO NOT SHUT OFF. WHEN THEY DO SHUT OFF THEY DO NOT STOP IN THE "PARKED" POSITION. SOMETIMES THEY ARE STRAIGHT UP AND DOWN, BLOCKING DRIVERS VISION. RIGHT NOW MY WIPERS ARE NOT WORKING AT ALL. *AK

BRAKES WERE GRINDING, AND STOPPING DISTANCE WAS NOT NORMAL, WHEN INSPECTED BY AN MECHANIC, CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE ROTORS NEEDED CHANGING. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

I HAVE SPENT A YEAR ARGUING WITH GM ABOUT THE BRAKE FAILURE. IN APRIL OF 96 THEY DENIED IN WRITING THAT THERE WERE ANY PROBLEMS WITH MY BRAKE SYSTEM. (I HAD TAKE MY BLAZER IN NUMEROUS TIMES FOR THAT SPECIFIC PROBLEM) I READ AN ARTICLE IN USA TODAY STATING THAT THEY WERE RECALLING VEHICLES FROM 94 AND UP. MY VEHICLE BEING A 1994 S10 BLAZER, FELL UNDER THIS. I CONTACTED GM AND THEY TOLD ME TO TAKE IT IN AND HAVE THE BRAKES REPAIRED I TOOK MY VEHICLE IN 08FEB 00, AND THE DEALER STATED THAT MY VEHICLE'S COMPUTER COULD NOT BE REPROGRAMMED AND THEREFORE THEY COULD NOT FIX IT. I CALLED GM AND NOW THEY SAY MY VEHICLE IS NO UNDER THAT RECALL POLICY. THIS IS NOT WHAT THEY TOLD ME EARLIER AND EVERYTHING I HAVE READ SHOWS THAT MY VEHICLE SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED. CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON? MY BRAKES HAVE GONE OUT 5 TIMES SINCE I OWNED THE TRUCK. THE LAST TIME MY WIFE AND SON WERE INAN ACCIDENT BEACAUSE OF THIS. GM IS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF ROLLING THE DICE BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE LITTLE GUY CAN'T GO OUT AND HIRE A LAWYER. I WANT MY TRUCK FIXED, HOW DO I GET THIS DONE. PLEASE E-MAIL ME A RESPONSE. THANK YOU. *AK

FRONT BRAKES GRAB AFTER TRUCK SITS IN RAIN OR OTHER WET WEATHER CAUSING DIFFICULTY IN CONTROL. *MJS

WHILE VEHICLE WAS APPROACHING A RED TRAFFIC LIGHT APPLIED THE BRAKES AND VEHICLE CONTINUED INTO AN INTERSECTION, AND STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE. NO INJURIES REPORTED. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. *AK

MY ENGINE HAS BEEN KNOCKING FOR AWHILE NOW. RECENTLEY IT STARTED TO WHINE OR SQUEAL AND I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY STATED I SHOULD EXPECT THE PISTONS AND ENGINE BEARINGS TO DO THAT WITH A TRUCK THAT AGE. I ONLY HAVE 50,000 MILES ON TRUCK. THEY ALSO TOLD ME CHEVROLET PUT OUT A TSB ON THAT PROBLEM. I CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WITH NO RESULTS. THEY CALLED THE DEALER AND THE DEALER SAID THEY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING. I SENT GM A LETTER AND OPENED A PROBLEM REPORT WITH THEM TO LET THEM KNOW HOW DISSATISFIED I WAS WITH THE EXPLANATION I RECEIVED ON THE PROBLEM WITH THEIR PRODUCT. I COPIED THE DEALER ON THE LETTER. I HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM THEM. I WOULD LIKE THEM TO KNOW FROM A SOURCE LIKE THIS THAT I'M NOT HAPPY WITH THEIR PRODUCT OR THEIR EXPLANATION. *AK

THE PUSH BUTTON 4-WHEEL DRIVE SWITCH WORKS PART TIME. THE COMPUTER CAN BE RESET AND IT WILL WORK FOR A WHILE. AT TIMES YOU CAN BECOME STUCK IN 2-HI, 4-HI, AND EVEN 4-LO. THE CONNECTION AT THE SHIFT MOTOR/ENCODER WAS REMOVED, CLEANED, COATED WILL DIELECTRIC GEL, AND THE BOLT THAT HOLDS IT IN PLACE WAS COATED WITH LOCTITE. THIS CURED PROBLEM FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 WEEKS. THIS PROCEDURE HAS BEEN PERFORMED THREE TIMES INWHICH IT ONLY CURED THE PROBLEM FOR A MINIMAL TIME. I HAVE SPOKE WITH DEALERS IN THE AREA AND THEY KNOW NOTHING. I FEEL THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT SHOULD BE RECALLED. I VIEWED THE CUSTOMER COMPLAINTES AND NOTICED MANY HAD COMPLAINED ABOUT THE SAME SYMPTOMS(ODI ID-531922, 538102, 985135,472910). THIS MIGHT BE EXPECTED IF OFFROADED HARD, MY TRUCK IS USED AS A TRUCK BUT NOT ABUSED. PLEASE HELP.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF OPERATION. ABOUT 5 MINUTES LATER THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME BACK ON. TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP. CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT TRUCK WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL # 98V15000 GM/WINDSHIELD WIPER WIRING DUE TO VIN. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABS LIGHTS CAME ON. BRAKES WERE VERY HARD TO PUSH. TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL MECHANIC WHO REPLACED BRAKE BOOSTER. SINCE REPAIRS WERE DONE, WHEN DRIVING UNDER 20MPH ABS WILL WORK. BUT, AFTER THAT SPEED ABS BRAKES FAILED, AND ABS LIGHT CAME ON. *AK

'M GUESSING THE BULBS FOR THE THIRD BRAKE LIGHT ARE TOO STRONG FOR BRAKE LIGHT. THE BULBS MELTED THE WHOLE ASSEMBLY INSIDE AND THE LENS OF THE LIGHT AND STARTED MELTING THE INTERIOR LIGHT CAUSE THE ARE HOOKED TOGETHER THIS COULD HAVE CAUGHT FIRE BUT DID NOT. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT INTERMITTENTLY, ALSO OCCURS ON GMC 1994 JIMMY. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

THIS REPORTED DEFECT IS REPORTED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN RECALL 98V150000 FOR 1995-96 S10 AND GMC SONOMA AND JIMMY. HAS RECALL BEEN EXTENDED TO COVER 1994 MODEL? HAVE ANY OTHER REPORTS OF WINDSHIELD WIPER FAILURES IN 1994 S10'S BEEN SUBMITTED? *AK

WHEN DRIVING IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS & WHEN WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE NEEDED, WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY, REDUCING DRIVER'S VISIBILITY. ALSO, NHTSA RECALL 98V150000/MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 98043/ WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR DOES NOT INCLUDE THIS VEHICLE DUE TO VIN. PARTS HAVE YET TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURHTER DETAILS. *AK

THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM #98V150000. HOWEVER THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE VEHICLES MANUFACTURED PRIOR TO AUG. 94. WHEN I CONTACTED CHEVROLET I WAS TOLD MY VEHICLE DID NOT FALL INTO THE RECALL CATEGORY EVEN THOUGH IT IS THE SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET ANY COOPERATION FROM CHEVROLET. PLEASE ADVISE ME WHAT I SHOULD DO FURTHER. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED WITHIN SUMMARY. *ALSO NO VEHICLE MAKE/MODEL LISTED. *AK

ABS BRAKES EXPERIENCE INTERMITTENT FAILURE. MJS

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WINSHIELD WHIPERS DON'T WORK. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING VISUAL DIFFICULTY AND MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. THERE IS A RECALL FOR 1995 S20 FOR WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR. THE 1994 MODEL HAS THE SAME MOTOR AND SAME PROBLEM, BUT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

ENGINE REVS TO REDLINE, MUST SHUT OFF ENGINE WHILE DRIVING, HAS OCCURRED 3 TIMES. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INOPERABLE, OBSTRUCTUNG THE VIEW OF THE DRIVER. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE WIPER MODULE. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

SPORADICALLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS DO NOT COME ON AT ALL. DEALER REPLACED THE MODULE. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING ERRATIC PROBLEM WITH BRAKE SYSYEM; WHENEVER BRAKES ARE APPLIED ON WET / SNOWY ROAD IT CAUSES FRONT WHEELS TO LOCK-UP, ONCE RESULTING IN A COLLISION. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL BECOME INOPERABLE , OBSTRUCTING THE VIEW OF THE DRIVER. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON VEHICLE'S MAKE AND MODEL. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS HARD. THER E WASN'T ANY BRAKES. CONSUMER KEPT PUSHING ON THE BRAKES IN WHICH THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT DOWN DUE TO THE PRESSURE, AND THE BRAKES LOCKED UP WHICH THREW THE VEHICLE TO THE LEFT OF THE CENTER OF THE ROAD. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES ON THE HIGHWAY OR TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEEDS, SUCH AS 50 TO 65MPH, VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP. OWNER HAD TO DRIVE INTO MEDIAN IN ORDER TO STOP. OWNER SAID THE ABS HAS NEVER WORKED. DEALERR HAS SEEN VEHICLE AND SAYD IT WAS THE DRIVER'S FAULT. *AK

PICK UP, 4-WHEEL DRIVE, ABS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO GET HARD AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. AT THIS POINT, THE ABS LIGHT IS NOT LIT. BUT WHEN THE ABS IS WORKING PROPERLY, THE ABS LIGHT COMES ON. DEALER SAID THE ABS MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. MANUFACTURER SAID THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALLS 99V193000 AND 99I00600 DUE TO VIN ALTHOUGH IT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

RECALL # 97V096001 GM/SAFETY BELT WEBBING; DEALER DID NOT REPLACE THE SEAT BELTS AS STATED UNDER CORRECTIVE ACTIVE IN RECALL NOTICE. DEALER ONLY INSTALLED A PROTECTIVE COVER. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED CONTINUED PROBLEMS WITH THE SUSPENSION SYSTEM (VIBRATION, BANGING IN THE FRONT END, EXCESSIVE WEAR OF THE TIRES AND BRAKE PADS), OWNER REPLACED SEVERAL COMPONENTS WITHIN THE SUSPENSION SYSTEM AND DRIVE TRAIN HOWEVER NOT RECTIFIED, FINAL DIAGNOSIS REVEALED FRAME WAS CRACKED IN SEVERAL PLACES WHICH CAUSED EXCESSIVE WEAR AND DAMAGE TO COMPONENTS. MJS

DUE TO THE DEFECTIVE WINDSHIELD WIPER BOARD WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY, CAUSE VISUAL DIFFICULTY WHICH MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE CIRCUIT BOARD ON 1995 S10, BUT NOT THE 1994, ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

STEERING COLUMN COUPLING BECAME DEFECTIVE , CAUSING STEERING WHEEL TO LOCK UP, WHICH COULD RESULT IN A SAFETY HAZARD. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES FORNT WHEELS LOCK UP AND VEHICLE SKIDS. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURHTER INFORMATON. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY THE DEFECTIVE CIRCUIT BOARD IN WHICH THE WIRES CONNECT TO THE FIREWALL HAVE A LOOSE CONNECTION TO THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR, CAUSING WINDSHIELD WIPERS TO BE INOPERATIVE AND MAY RESULT IN VISUAL DIFFICULTY AND A CRASH. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE 1995 CHEVROLETS, BUT NOT FOR THE 1994'S WHICH HAVE THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

ABS SYSTEM ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS HAS LOCKED UP INSTEAD OF STOPPING VEHICLE PROPERLY. MJS

THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES DON'T WORK ON DRY PAVEMENT WHEN CONSUMER APPLIES BRAKES. THE PEDALS GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, AND THEY VIBRATE AND TREMBLE. *AK

ON-OING PROBLEM WITH VARIOUS PARTS: 1. WHENEVER VEHICLE RUNS ERRATICALLY IT CAUSES VEHICLE TO HAVE NO BRAKES ( FUEL INJECTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED ON THREE OCCASIONS); 2. ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS ( REPLACED BATTERY ON SIX OCCASIONS), AND 3. FRONT SEAT WILL NOT STAY LOCKED IN PLACE, SEAT MOVED BACK AND FORTH. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, AND REPAIRS WOULD ONLY BE AT CONSUMER'S COST. *AK