1997 Chevrolet S10 complaints

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CONTINUOUSLY COMES ON.

ABS BRAKE PROBLEMS; AFTER DEALER REPLACED THE BRAKES PADS BECAUSE OF WEAR, OWNER STARTED EXPERIENCING BRAKE PROBLEMS, SUCH AS THE TRUCK PULLING TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT SIDE UNDER NORMAL BRAKING CONDITIONS. THE DEALER IS NOT ABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES. *AK

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

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN TWO FRONTAL COLLISIONS IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 35 OR 40 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

CONTINUOUS HIGH ENGINE IDLE. ALSO, WHEN SHIFTING TRANSMISSION THE SHIFTER IS VERY NOTCHY AND TENDS TO GRIND WHEN SHIFTING FROM 2ND INTO 3RD GEAR.

TRANSMISSION FAILURE.

ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE TO SLIDE.

FUSE TO FUEL PUMP FAILED.

IN PANIC STOPS, THE BRAKING SYSTEM WILL "COAST ABOUT 20 FEET" THEN THE BRAKING SYSTEM WILL NOT FUNCTION. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. FAULTY BRAKING SYSTEM CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK

ENGINE PISTON RINGS MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING ENGNE TO RATTLE.

ENGINE EXPERIENCES A CHATTERING/TAPPING NOISE. DEALER REPLACED ENGINE VALVE GUIDE SEALS. HOWEVER, ENGINE CONTINUED TO BE NOISY.

ENGINE FAILED, PREVIOUS REPAIRS MADE, HOWEVER PROBLEM CONTINUES.

DESIGN FLAW CAUSED FRONT BRAKES TO PERFORM MOST OF THE BRAKING RESULTING IN PREMATURE WEAR OF OF FRONT BRAKES.

WHEN REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE GOING 40 MPH THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, AND DRIVER HIT HIS FACE ON THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE IS BEING REPAIRED AT THIS POINT. *AK

ENGINE VALVE GUIDE SEALS FAILED, CAUSING TAPPING/CHATTERING NOISE.

BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING COLLISION. DRIVER'S AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. 821881 DUP OF 533599, POSTED ON 03-NOV-98. *AK

FRONT BRAKES FAILED.

WHILE STOPPING QUICKLY, ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE COLLISION.

DURING COLLISION SEAT BACK COLLAPSED, CAUSING INJURY.

1ST INSTANCE BRAKES DID NOT STOP VEHICLE ON ICY PAVEMENT. 2ND INSTANCE, IN PANIC SITUATION, PEDAL WENT NEARLY TO THE FLOOR AND VEHICLE CONTINUED TO MOVE APPROX. 200 FEET BEFORE CRASHING.

MADE A U-TURN AND FELL INTO A DITCH. AFTER THE DRIVER GOT OUT OF THAT DITCH SMOKE WAS NOTICED COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE BURNED COMPLETELY, AND THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. *AK

ENGINE MALFUNCTION.

FRONTAL COLLISIONS ON TWO OCCASIONS AND NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS.

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE THROTTLE STUCK, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO INCREASE SPEED. OWNER THEN PLACED VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL AND ENGINE STARTED RACING OVER 6000 RPM. *AK

FRONT SUSPENSION FAILURE TO ABSORB SHOCK OF ROAD IRREGULARITIES MAKES THE VEHICLE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL.

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER TRIED TO MAKE A SUDDEN STOP BY DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO TRAVEL, LOST CONTROL, RESULTING IN A CRASH. *AK

ENGINE IDLES AT HIGH RPMS.

WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE CALIPERS AND THE PADS ON THE LEFT FRONT BRAKES. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

ABS FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE IN THREE INSTANCES. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO STOP ON THE SNOW AND WENT THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AVOIDING COLLISIONS.

ABS FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE IN THREE INSTANCES. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO STOP ON THE SNOW AND WENT THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AVOIDING COLLISIONS.

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT.

SUDDEN ACCELERATION AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT TOUCHING GAS PEDAL. DEALER CANNOT LOCATE PROBLEM. *AK

DRIVER TAPPED BRAKE TO DISENGAGE CRUISE CONTROL, WHEN CRUISE CONTROL WAS RE-ENGAGED, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO OVER 75 MPH. HAD TO SHIFT TO NEUTRAL AND TURN ENGINE. ACCELERATION PEDAL WAS STUCK TO THE FLOOR.

DRIVER TAPPED THE BRAKES TO DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL, THEN TAPPED TAP TO RE-ENGAGE CRUISE CONTROL, VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO OVER 75 MPH. DRIVER HAD TO SHIFT TO NEUTRAL AND TURN ENGINE OFF TO SLOW VEHICLE. PEDAL WAS FOUND STUCK TO THE FLOOR.

OWNER CLAIMED THAT WHEN SHE APPLIED THE BRAKES THEY LOCKED UP FOR A MINUTE OR TWO THEN RELEASED. *AK

REARENDED AND THE DRIVER'S SEAT RECLINED BACKWARDS, AND CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO HIT HIS HEAD. *AK

WEAK SPRINGS USED IN THE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY CAUSING NOISE AND EVENTUAL FAILURE. TRANSMISSION ALSO JUMPS OUT OF 3RD GEAR WHEN VEHICLE HITS A BUMP OR CROSSES A RAILROAD TRACK.

TRUCK REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO SUFFER SOME HEAD INJURY. THE TRUCK ONLY HAD A DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG. THE TRUCK IS AT THE SHOP, AND THE DEALER HAS NOT DETERMINE ANYTHING YET CONCERNING THE AIR BAG NOT DEPLOYING. *AK

THE HEAD RESTRAINT DESIGN CAUSED EXTENSIVE INJURY TO CONSUMER WHILE IN ANACCIDENT. THE DESIGN IS CURVED INWARD AT A VERY AWKWARD ANGLE.

APPLIED THE BRAKES TO STOP FROM CRASHING INTO A CURB AT 15 MPH THE BRAKES DID NOT PICK UP. THE END RESULT WAS CRASHING INTO A TREE. *AK

ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAILED SEVERAL TIMES, PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR.

WHEN DRIVING THE TRUCK DOWN THE ROAD OR EVEN TURNNG A CORNER THE TRUCK JUST STALLS AND THEN DIES OUT FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THE TRUCK HAS DIED OUT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. *AK

ABS BRAKE PROBLEMS; WHILE DRIVING ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, DURING NORMAL BRAKING, DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE TRUCK WOULD NOT STOP NORMALLY, DRIVER HAD TO KEEP PUMPING THE BRAKE PEDAL IN ORDER TO GET TRUCK TO STOP. DEALER NOT ABLE TO LOCATE PROBLEM WITH TRUCK. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES ON WET OR DRY PAVEMENT THE PEDAL WILL TRAVEL TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER REPLACED THE ROTORS AND PADS ON THREE OCCASIONS WHICH DID NOT REMDEY THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR INTERMITTENTLY. *AK

WHEN TRUCK IS IN IDLE POSITION THE VEHICLE VIBRATES.

THROTTLE STICKING AFTER LETTING UP ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, NO PROBLEM FOUND.

LEFT FRONT BRAKES LOCK UP ON SLICK SURFACES. IF SIMULATED RIGHT AND LEFT WILL EXHIBIT SAME DEFICIENCY AT 50MPH ON DRY PAVEMENT. *AK

DRIVERS WINDOW SHATTERED DUE TO LOUD NOISE OF PASSING SEMI-TRUCK.