1998 Chevrolet S10 complaints

WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 40MPH & HAD TO SLAM ON BRAKES. REARENDED VEHICLE IN FRONT, WHICH HAD STOPPED SHORT. AT THE TIME BRAKES WERE APPLIED, DID NOT FEEL ABS SYSTEM WORKING. TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER TO CHECK IT. *AK

BRAKES SKIP. DRIVING AND ENGINE OVERHEATS, WILL NOT GO OVER 40 MPH, KEEPS DYING,STEERING/BRAKING PROBLEMS, SECOND TIME IN A TWO WEEK PERIOD, DEALER WILL NOT MAKE GOOD ON IT, STILL UNDER WARRANTY, NOW IT IS "LIKE A ROCK" OR AT LEAST RUNS LIKE ONE.

WHILE DRIVING ON A DIRT ROAD AND ATTEMPTING TO STOP BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING CONSUMER TO GO INTO A DITCH. *AK

NO SUMMARY

RECLINER SEAT HANDLES BROKEN 5 TIMES, THE HANDLE WAS NEVER FORCED IT JUST FELL OFF, THE SEAT WAS STUCK LEANING TOWARDS THE WHEEL.*ET

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES DURING AN EMERGENCY STOPPING SITUATION TRUCK DID NOT STOP AND FLOATED OUT INTO THE INTERSECTION, ALMOST CAUSING A CRASH. THIS HAPPENED WHILE PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY ON A DRY ROAD SURFACE. THE PROBLEM WAS NOT REPORTED TO DEALERSHIP. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHE DETAILS. *AK

THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT RECLINER ARM CONTINUES TO SNAP OFF. IT BREAKS OFF AT THE STEEL ITSELF AND NOT ON THE PLASTIC. I HAVE BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES TO BE REPAIRED. I ALSO CONTACTED CHEVROLET THEY FEEL THIS DOES NOT WARRANT A NEW SEAT. THIS CAN BE A SAFETY HAZARD IF SOMEONE ADJUSTS THE SEAT AND THIS PIECE BREAKS IT MAKES IT DANGEROUS TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE.

WHEN TURNING THE LOCKING MECHANISM WOULD NOT TRANSFER TO THE OUTSIDE WHEEL 4-WHEEL DRIVE LOCKS UP/DIFFERENTIAL LOCKS UP, AND GEAR LOCKS UP. VEHICLE WAS MAKING POPPING SOUNDS. REAR END HAS BEEN REPLACED, BUT PROBLEM PERSISTS. GM CLAIMS THIS PROBLEM IS NORMAL *AK

MY VEHICLE LEANS TO THE LEFT APPROX. 1 1/4 INCH. THE TRUCK IS UNSTABLE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ESPECIALLY ON WET ROADS. IT DARTS TO RIGHT WHEN BRAKING

LEFT SIDE OF VEHICLE LOWER THAN RIGHT BY 1 1/4 INCH. CAUSING UNPREDICTABLE STEERING ESPECIALLY ON WET ROADS. SIX OTHER VEHICLES IN MY AREA HAVE SAME PROBLEM. SERVICE MANAGER CONFIRMED IT WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM. NO REPAIR AT PRESENT OTHER THAN TRIAL & ERROR.

VEHICLE COLLISION DUE TO LOSS OF ANTI LOCK BRAKES. MJS

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

RECALL 97V21800; WHEN TRAVELING 30 MPH AND UPON MAKING A SUDDEN STOP BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOORBOARD, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, AND RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER HAS REPLACED PARTS. BUT, PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

PASSENGER SEAT DOES NOT LOCK INTO PLACE, SLID FOWARD WHEN BRAKING DUE TO FAILURE, THREE ATTEMPTS AT FIXING. MJS

SEATBACK ADJUSTER BROKE, CAUSING THE DRIVER SEAT TO MOVE BACK UNEXPECTEDLY AND COULD CAUSE A CRASH. IT HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES. DLR CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

THE PICKUP WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY ABOUT SIX O CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON. THEN ABOUT THREE O CLOCK IN THE MORNING THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE CHEIF SAID IT WAS CAUSED BY AN ELECTRICAL SPARK IN THE DASH AREA.

VEHICLE JERKS AND SHIFTS INTO FOUR WHEEL DRIVE. THE DEALER IS REPARING VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT 60 MPH. AND AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THEY WORK INTERMITTENTLY, AND SOMETIMES THEY WON'T WORK AT ALL. ALSO, THERE IS AN OIL LEAK/SIDE MIRROR FELL OFF/ SEAT LATCH FELL OFF, AND DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT ISN'T WORKING. VEHICLE HAS BEEN DEALER HAS BEEN AWARE OF PROBLEM, AND VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT DEALER'S FOR REPAIRS. *AK THE BRAKE FAILED WHILE TRYING TO AVOID NOT HITTING A DEAR AND VEHICLE INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT, TWO PEOPLE INJURED. *YD

WHILE DRIVING AT 15 MPH AND APPLYING BRAKES ALL FOUR WHEELS LOCKED UP, CAUSING CONSUMER TO REAR END ANOTHER VEHICLE. MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED DUMPING CONTENTS ONTO HIGHWAY. BELL HOUSING WAS COMPLETELY DAMAGED. DEALER DECLINED TO COVER IT UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED IT WAS A ROAD HAZARD. *AK

VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SEAT BACK COLLASPED THROWING THE DRIVER UNDER THE DASHBOARD. MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

TRUCK DOES'T WANT TO START, IT BACKFIRES,ENGINE PULLS DOWN BEFORE STARTING , POWER TO RADIO IS DISRUPTED, CAUSING RADIO TO RESET. PAINT STARTING TO CRACK ON HOOD AND ROOF. BRAKING SYSTEM FOR ABS MAKES A LOUD NOISE WHEN PUSHED HAD TO FLOOR. RADIO ONLY PLAYS TAPES THOUGH ONE SIDE OF SPEAKERS. *AK

FRONT OF THE OWNER'S VEHICLE HIT THE SIDE OF ANOTHER VEHICLE AT 30 TO 40MPH , NEITHER DRIVER'S SIDE OR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. MANUFACTURER SAID THAT IT WAS NORMAL OCCURRENCE. *AK

REAR END VIBRATES VERY HARD AT 50 MPH, AND ALSO OVERHEATS. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE VIBRATES FROM THE REAR SUSPENSION, AND VIBRATION IS INTERMITTENT. DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. THERE WAS A LOUD SOUND COMING FROM THE REAR AND EVERYTHING GOT LOOSE. ALSO, REAR SEAT TIGHTENED UP ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE TIMES, AND MIRROR WASN'T TIGHTING ANYMORE DUE TO LOOSE REAR SUSPENSION. SOMETHING WAS GOING TO LET GO, AND THE CONSUMER MIGHT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *AK

STREERING WHEEL RATTLES/VIBRATES/SHAKES- IS LOOSE IN THE STEERING COLUMN. WAS INTO DEALER 3 TIMES, LAST TIME PICKED UP (TODAY) DEALER HAS SEEN THIS PROBLEM IN THIS MODEL TRUCK, AND EXPECTS A PRODUCT RECALL SOON, OR PARTS TO FIX THIS. CURRENTLY THERE IS NO FIX AND IS A MAJOR SAFTEY CONCERN TO ME.

MORE TO FOLLOW

VECHICLE HAS BEEN IN SHOP SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE SAME THING. LEANING DOWN 1-3/4INCH ON LEFT SIDE OF TRUCK.

THERE IS MORE TO FOLLOW ON THIS TRUCK

I HAVE HAD TRUCK FRAME LOOKED AT. DEALER HAD TO REPLACE LEFT FRONT CONTROLLER .

RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT UNLOCKS. YH

THE VEHICLE CRANKS BUT WOULD NOT START SOME TIMES.YH

I HIT HEAD ON AT 30MPH AND THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. ALSO, THE ENGINE SOMETIMES WILL NOT TURN OVER PROPERLY WHEN I TURN THE KEY.

THIS VEHICLE WAS BOUGHT FOR MY 17 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. IN AUGUST 1998. SHE PARKED THE TRUCK AT A LOCAL GROCERY STORE AND RETURNED ABOUT 1 HOUR LATER. THE TRUCK WOULD NOT START. SHE CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE WHICH TOOK ABOUT AN HOUR TO GET THERE. THEY COULD NOT JUMP THE TRUCK OFF. IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP (PIERSON CHEVROLET). THEY KEPT THE TRUCK ABOUT 3 DAYS AND COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. THEY TOLD ME IF IT HAPPENED AGAIN TO BRING IT BACK. THIS WAS SATISFACTORY TO ME. THEN IN APPROXIMATELY NOVEMBER, 1998, MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING HOME AT NIGHT. SHE WAS COMING DOWN A VERY STEEP MOUNTAIN (231S.) SHE PUT HER HEADLIGHTS ON BRIGHT AND WHEN SHE DID THE LIGHTS WENT OUT..AT THE SAME TIME ALL OF THE DASH LIGHTS CAME ON (CHECK ENGINE, OIL, SEAT BELTS) JUST LIKE THE TRUCK HAD GONE DEAD. HER IMMEDIATE REFLEX WAS TO DIM THE LIGHTS. WHEN SHE DID, THEY CAME BACK ON. WE TOOK THE TRUCK TO PIERSON THE NEXT MORNING. THEY KEPT THE TRUCK 4 DAYS, AND COULD FIND NO REASON FOR THE LIGHTS TO GO OUT. THEY CALLED ME AND TOLD ME TO COME AND GET THE TRUCK AND RETURN THE RENTAL CAR. I ASKED IF THEY KNEW WHY THE LIGHTS WENT OUT, AND THEY (BRENT ELLISON) SAID NO. ALSO, HE SAID COULD NOT GUARANTEE ME THE LIGHTS WOULD EVER GO OUT AGAIN, NOR COULD HE GUARANTEE ME THEY WOULD NOT GO OUT AGAIN. I ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD PUT HIS CHILD IN THIS VEHICLE AND HE SAID YES. I CALLED HIM A LIAR AND TOLD HIM THAT WAS NOT A RISK I WAS WILLING TO TAKE. I TOLD HIM HE COULD HAVE THE TRUCK ,AND I WOULD CONTACT MY A

ABOUT FOUR HOURS AFTER I PARKED MY CHEVY S-10 IN MY CARPORT AT 11 P.M., THE TRUCK ERUPTED INTO FLAMES. THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT IS GUTTED; THE FRONT PORTION OF THE TRUCK IS DESTROYED. A CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY INVESTIGATOR HAS DETERMINED THE CAUSE WAS LIKELY THE VEHICLEOS ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. HE BELIEVES THE FIRE PROBABLY STARTED IN THE FUSE BOX IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, THEN SPREAD TO ENGULF THE WHOLE ENGINE. I WILL BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A COPY OF HIS REPORT WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE. THE FIRE THREATENED THE ENTIRE BUILDING WHERE I LIVE, WHICH INCLUDES SEVERAL BUSINESSES AND RESIDENCES. BECAUSE OF A SPRINKLER SYSTEM AND FAST ACTION BY FIRE CREWS, THE BUILDING DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO SMOKE STAINS ON THE WALL AND CEILING. HOWEVER, THE TRUCK IS TOTALED.

RIGHT FRONT SEAT BELT FAILED.

FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM FAILED. *YC

POWER STEERING ASSEMBLY FAILED, CAUSING LEAKAGE. *YC

MUFFLER FAILURE. *YC

HEATER CORE FAILED ON TWO OCCASIONS. *YC

THIRD DOOR WOULN'T OPEN. BOLT / LOCKING MECHANISM SLIPPED. *YC

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES NOT WORKING PROPERLY. MGM

MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH FAILED. YH

THERMOSTAT HOUSING FAILED. YH

ACCELERATOR CABLE DETACHED FROOM PEDAL, VEHICLE STOPPED MOVEMENT. YH

BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEATS DO NOT LOCK INTO PLACE UNLESS PUSHED ALL THE WAY BACK. YH

BATTERY FAILED. *YC

BATTERY FAILED. YH

EMERGENCY BRAKE CABLE CAME LOOSE.YH