2000 Chevrolet S10 complaints

SHAFT PITMAN WAS REPLACED DUE TO EXCESSIVE WEAR. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE WOULD WOBBLE / VIBRATE WHEN DRIVING 30 OR MORE MPH. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 45MPH WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION AND AIR BAGD DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING INJURIES TO DRIVER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AND WITH NO WARNING PASSENGER'S SEAT WILL MOVE BACK AND FORWARD, AND WILL NOT STAY IN LOCKED POSITION. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

DRIVER SIDE DOOR HANGS WHEN OPENED, AS A RESULT OF THE 2 BOTTOM PINS THAT HOLD THE HINGE. *AK THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DOOR IS DESIGNED POORLY. CONSUMER HAS RETROFITTED WITH E-CLIPS THAT DOES A MUCH SAFER JOB. ALSO, THE DOOR LATCH MECHANISM FALLS APART. *SCC

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY IF ROLLED OVER A BUMP OR POTHOLE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND THERE WAS NO POWER. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE WILL INTERMITTENTLY SHUT OFF, AND EVERYTHING IN VEHICLE WILL LOCK UP. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

VEHICLE GOT STUCK IN THE SNOW, COULDN'T GET OUT AS A RESULT OF 4-WHEEL DRIVE BEING INOPERATIVE. CONTACT DEALER. COULD NOT LOCATE PROBLEM.*AK

THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING A THROTTLE RESPONSE PROBLEM, WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE RPM'S DO NOT DROP OFF FAST ENOUGH ON UP SHIFTS CAUSING THE ENGINE TO RACE. SCC

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES TO STOP AND HIT SHARP BUMP IN THE ROAD BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND BRAKING IS SHARPLY DECREASED TO THE POINT WHERE I END UP ROLLING INTO THE INTERSECTION. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST TEN TIMES NOW AND ONLY THROUGH LUCK AND MY DRIVING SKILL HAVE I NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. BROUGHT BACK TO DEALER THREE TIMES, ONLY LAST TIME WAS SERVICE MANAGER ABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM BUT EACH TIME DEALER HAS INFORMED ME THIS IS NORMAL ABS OPERATION. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM TO WHICH I HAVE SLOWED MY DRIVING DOWN CONSIDERABLY AND WILL NOT LET ANYONE ELSE DRIVE THE VEHICLE. STILL IT SCARES ME TO DEATH EVERYTIME IT HAPPENS.*AK

CONSUMER STATED THE LEFT MIRROR WOULD NOT STAY ADJUSTED.*JB

AUTOMOBILE STARTED PULLING TO THE RIGHT. AFTER LOOKING AT THE BRAKES, CONSUMER PULLED THEM, AND FOUND THAT THE PASSENGERS SIDE WERE WORN DOWN AND DRIVER SIDE WERE NOT. THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND THEY PULLED TO THE RIGHT, WHEN HE HEARD A DRAGGING NOISE.*AK *SCC

I'VE TAKEN IT TO THE SERVICE DEPT. TWICE, THEY SAY THEY CANNOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM, BUT IT STILL EXIST. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED. *JB *NLM *****DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS****763562

WHEN PRESSING ON THE BRAKES SEAT TRACKS SNAP, CAUSING DRIVER SEAT TO GO TO THE REAR. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

CONSUMER STATES STARTER FAILED, CONSUMER IS CONCERNED BECAUSE FAILED AT SUCH A LOW MILEAGE. *TT

PLASTIC SEAT LATCH AND ACTUATOR BREAKS VERY EASILY CAUSING THE SEAT TO BE IN THE WRONG POSITION POSSIBLY AT THE TIME OF THE BREAK. THE PASSENGER SIDE BROKE AT 32K THEN THE DRIVER'S SIDE BROKE AT 49K.TO FIX THE PROBLEM THE WHOLE SEAT HAS TO COME APART SO THE LABOR IS AROUND 2 HRS THEN COST AROUND $245 TO FIX AND SOON TO BREAK AGAIN. THE ACTUATOR NEEDS TO BE OF A STRONGER MATERIAL. A DISCUSSION PAGE FOR S-10 OWNERS ZR2.COM HAS 2 PAGES OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS ONE ITEM. THIS INFERIOR PLASTIC PART NEEDS TO BE RECALLED! GM DOES NOT WANT TO RECALL THIS BECAUSE THE S-10'S ARE NO LONGER IN PRODUCTION. PLEASE HELP US SOLVE THIS PROBLEM BY RECALLING THIS PART. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

PREMATURE FAILURE OF LEFT FRONT WHEEL BEARING. REPLACEMENT OF EXPENSIVE BEARING/HUB ASSEMBLY REQUIRED.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN SHIFTING THE VEHICLE INTO ANY GEAR THE GEARS WILL START TO SLIP AND THEN THE VEHICLE WILL START TO REV UP AND FINALLY KICK INTO GEAR. CONTACTED DEALER AND THE DEALER CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM.

LUGS: BOLTS!!! TWO (2) LUG BOLTS BROKE OFF. LOST PART OF BOLTS AND NUTS. A THIRD BOLT AND NUT FELL OFF WHEN GMC DEALER ROBERT BROGDEN AUTO PLAZA IN OLATHE KANSAS WAS REPLACING ALL FIVE (5) LUG BOLTS ON THE RIGHT FRONT. I HAVE 15 MORE LUG BOLTS ON THIS CAR. WHEN WILL THEY BREAK? RON CARTER REFUSED TO REPLACE THE REMAING BOLTS FREE OF CHARGE.*AK

SEAT LATCH POPPED OFF WHILE ADJUSTING THE SEAT. VEHICLE WAS NOT IN MOTION. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED.*AK

PASSENGER SIDE SEAT FAILS TO LOCK AND SLAMS FOREWARD UPON DECELERATION, THIS IS A DESIGN FUNCTION ACCORDING TO BARTOW CHEVROLET , SEAT MUST BE FORCEFULLY SLAMMED BACK, TO IT'S FULL REAR POSITION IN ORDER TO LOCK ANYWHERE ON THE SLIDING CARRIAGE IF THE SEAT HAS BEEN TILTED FOREWARD TO ACCESS THE REAR STORAGE AREA I.E. INSTALL CHILD IN REAR SEAT , SLAM PASSENGER SEAT FULLY BACK, OR IT WILL NOT LOCK AND WILL SLIDE PASSENGER INTO DASHBOARD WHEN DECELERATING ,EVEN AN ADULT WOULD PROBABLY NOT SURVIVE AN AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT AT POINT BLANK RANGE. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY THROTTLE BECOMES STUCK WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AKWHILE SLOWING DOWN TO EXIT THE FREEWAY, VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED TO A SPEED WELL OVER 50 MPH. EVEN WITH CONSUMERS FOOT OFF THE GAS VEHICLE STILL ACCELERATED. CONSUMER HAD TO SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF TO STOP. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC AND WAS INFORMED THE THROTTLE PLATE BOLTS HAD COME OUT OF THE THROTTLE PLATE CAUSING THE THROTTLE TO LOCK IN AN OPEN POSITION. *JG

BRAKES ARE FAILING WHEN I STOP IT WON'T STOP SOMETIMES.*AK

MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH FAILED THREE TIMES, SHORTING OUT BATTERY AND BRAKE LIGHTS. COULD NOT CHARGE BATTERY. *AK *TT

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT ABOUT 35-40 MPH AND NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED, THERE WAS ONE INJURY. *AK *YH

WHILE DRIVING HEADLIGHTS FLICKER, LESS THAN A SECOND. THEN, THEY HAVE GONE COMPLETELY OUT. DEALER STATED IT WAS NORMAL. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, HEAD LIGHTS FLICKERED ON AND OFF, AND HAVE GONE COMPLETELY OUT WITHOUT COMING BACK ON. DEALER STATED IT WAS NORMAL AND THERE WAS NO FIX. *AK CONSUMER STATES THE SEAT BELT WAS JAMMED, AND ALSO THE PASSENGER SEAT WOULD NOT LOCK INTO PLACE *YH

BOTH REAR HYDRAULIC BRAKE LINES RUPTURED AT THE FLARE FITTING ENTERING EACH CALIPER WITHIN 2 WEEKS OF EACH OTHER. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO REPLACE THE FIRST ONE, RIGHT REAR, BECAUSE CHEVROLET INFORMED THEM THAT "THE PART DID NOT EXIST!" THE DEALER WAS FORCED TO REFLARE THE OLD LINE. WITHIN 1 WEEK, IT BROKE AGAIN IN THE SAME SPOT. I REPLACED THE LINE WITH AN AFTERMARKET ONE MYSELF. LESS THAN A WEEK LATER, THE OTHER REAR BRAKE LINE (LEFT REAR) RUPTURED AT THE FLARE IN THE SAME SPOT AS THE RIGHT REAR, ENTERING THE CALIPER. I REPLACED IT MYSELF AND TOOK THE OEM BROKEN LINE TO VIVA MOTORS TO INFORM THEM TO INFORM CHEVROLET THAT THERE WAS A POTENTIAL SERIOUS DEFECT IN CHEVROLET S-10 REAR BRAKE LINES. THE SERVICE MANAGER ADVISED ME TO CALL CHEVROLET MYSELF SINCE THEY (CHEVROLET) WOULDN'T LISTEN TO HIM. SINCE CHEVROLET'S SOUTHWEST AREA ZONE REPRESENTATIVE HAD PREVIOUSLY TOLD ME TO "GO POUND SAND" I FIGURED WHY BOTHER WITH HIM. I FEEL THE ODDS OF TWO OEM BRAKE LINES FAILING WITHIN 2 WEEKS OF EACH OTHER ARE ASTRONOMICAL AND SINCE CHEVROLET CHOSE TO IGNORE THE INCIDENTS, I'D BETTER CONTACT YOU TO INVESTIGATE FURTHER. HOPEFULLY, MINE WAS AN ISOLATED CASE BUT I DOUBT IT BECAUSE AS I SAID, THE ODDS ARE ASTRONOMICAL AND THE SW AREA ZONE REP CHOSE TO SAY THE PART DIDN'T EXIST RATHER THAN ADMIT HE HAD A SERIOUS LIFE THREATENING PROBLEM. IN REALITY, HOW CAN HE SAY THE TRUCK NEVER HAD BRAKE LINES? I SMELL A RAT AND WOULD LIKE YOUR ORGANIZATION TO CHECK INTO IT. IF FURTHER INVESTIGATION SAVES 1

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING HE HERD BIG THUMP BEFORE HE LOST STEERING, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LEAVE THE ROADWAY, COULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE WITH THE BRAKES, VEHICLE RAN INTO A TREE, CONSUMER STATED THE PULLY SHEARED OFF FROM ENGINE. *YD

MY SON WENT OVER A BRIDGE AND THE BRAKES MADE A LOUD NOISE, ENGAGED AND CAUSED HIM TO FISHTAIL AND RUN HIS FRONT END INTO THE BRIDGE. HE HAD A WITNESS BEHIND HIM THAT SAW THE WHOLE THING AND SAID IT WAS VERY SCARY AND A GOOD THING THERE WAS NO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. IT DID $2300 WORTH OF DAMAGE AND HIS AIRBAGS DID NOT EMPLOY. *AK

WAS DRIVING 45MPH HAD APPLIED BRAKES TO STOP AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. VEHICLE EVENTUALLY STOPPED. HAD CONTACTED DEALER , AND VEHICLE TOWED IN. MECHANIC CHECKED ABS BRAKES AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG.*AK

CONSUMER HAS HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES ON THIS VEHICLE, HAD SERVICED AND FOUND DEBRIS IN ONE OF THE SENSORS AND HAD CLEANED, HAD SENSOR REPLACED. *JG

WHILE TRAVELING AT 30-35 MPH CONSUMER RAN INTO A TREE HEAD-ON AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THERE WAS A 11,320 DOLLAR DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK *SLC

BRAAKES PULLS RIGHT WHEN IN USE POWER STEERING WILL BE HARD TO TURN AT LOW SPEED

WHILE DRIVING 40- 60 MPH AND APPLYING BRAKES, BRAKE PEDAL WAS PUSHING FOOT UP AND DID NOT SLOW VEHICLE DOWN, CAUSING CONSUMER TO HAVE A COLLISION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 40- 60MPH APPLIED BRAKES AND VEHICLE DID NOT SLOW DOWN, CAUSING A COLLISION. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK

TRACKS OF DRIVER'S SEAT HAVE BROKEN 3 TIMES, PASSENGER'S SIDE TWICE. VEHICLE AT DEALER AT THIS TIME. *AK

DRIVER/PASSENGER SEATS WOULD NEED TO BE SLAMMED BACK TO LOCK INTO PLACE AFTER MOVING THEM IN ORDER TO ALLOW SOMEONE TO GET IN REAR OF VEHICLE, EXTENDED CAB. HAVE BEEN TO DEALER 7 TIMES FOR PROBLEM. EACH TIME MECHANIC INDICATED NOTHING WRONG, AND THAT WAS HOW SEAT SHOULD WORK.*AK

RECLINING SEATBACK LATCH BROKEN/ THIRD DOOR HANDLE BROKEN. *AK

DURING BRAKING ON WET, BUMPY OR GRAVEL SURFACES THE BRAKE PEDAL BECOMES "SOFT" AND GOES TO THE FLOOR. THE VECHICLE BECOMES HARD TO STOP. THE ABS WARNING LIGHT COMES ON AND WILL NOT GO OUT UNTIL THE VEHICLE IS RESTARTED. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.*AK

BRAKES AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT WILL FAIL TO ENGAGE AND THEN THE BRAKE WILL GO TO THE FLOOR AND ANTI-LOCK WILL COME ON. VEHICLE WILL NOT STOP IN TIME.*AK

LETTERS HAVE BEEN SENT TO G.M. AND NO RESPONSE RECEIVED. I HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF A SIMILAR CASE IN THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLE. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE CAR WOULD SHAKE; CAR TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE BRAKES CHECKED; 2 REAR ROTORS WERE WARPED AND REPLACED; LEFT THE DEALERSHIP AND THE SAME PROBLEM STILL EXISTED. DID NOT HAVE TIME TO TAKE BACK AS I WAS LEAVING ON VACATION. IN TRAVELING ON THE FREEWAYS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS THE HOTTER THE BRAKES GOT , THE MORE THE CAR WOULD SHAKE WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, AND TODAY THE CAR CONTINUES TO HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM. WHEN I ARRIVED AT MY DESTINATION, I CONTACTED A CHEVEROLET DEALERSHIP NEARBY AND SPOKE TO THE SERVICE PERSON AND THEY REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO TOUCH THE BRAKES AND SUGGESTED THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER TO TAKE THE CAR TO SERVICE WHERE I BOUGHT IT. TODAY I'M TAKING THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE BRAKES TO BE CHECKED AGAIN AS THE WARRANTY IS ABOUT TO EXPIRE. I HOPE THEY TAKE IT FOR A GOOD TEST DRIVE!! I'M NOT SURE IS THIS PROBLEM IS THEY HYDRAULIC BRAKE SYSTEM. IT COULD BE THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM FOR ALL I KNOW. BUT I'VE BEEN DRIVING 4-WHEEL DRIVE BLAZER FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS AND THIS PROBLEM REALLY STUMPS ME.*AK

SEVERAL TIMES BRAKES WERE APPLIED IN NORMAL CONDITION AT STOP OR RED LIGHTS, BRAKE PRESSURE WOULD RELEASE AND PEDAL WOULD GO TO THE FLOOR. NOISE FROM ANTI-SKID COULD BE HEARD BUT THERE WAS NO STOPPING POWER AT ALL.

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO BACK THE TRUCK UP, THE BACKS OF THE SEATS ARE TOO HIGH AND IT OBSTRUCTS MY VIEW. ONE NIGHT WHILE TRYING TO BACK MY TRUCK UP IN MY YARD, MY VIEW WAS TOO OBSTRUCTED AND I HIT A TREE. THE TAILGATE OF MY TRUCK WAS DOWN, AND WAS DAMAGED. IT IS UN-REPAIRABLE. I WAS BACKING UP AT ABOUT 5 MPH, SO THE AIRBAGS DIDN'T OPEN. THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FROM THE BEGINNING. I HAVEN'T CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, BUT IF YOU ADVISE ME TO DO SO, I WILL. THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES JUST WENT MADE A GRINDING NOISE AND I HAD TO ALMOST PUSH THEM TO THE FLOOR TO STOP...I WAS GOING 35-40 MPH AND SOMEONE IN FRONT OF ME SLAMMED ON THEIR BRAKES. SINCE THEN, THE BRAKES SCRUB AND MAKE A GRINDING NOISE IF I DON'T STOP GRADUALLY. THE BRAKE PADS WERE LOOKED AT AND ARE OKAY. I'M NOT A MECHANIC, BUT IF IT'S NOT THE PADS, THEN WHAT IS IT??? NOONE WAS INJURED IN EITHER INCIDENT, BUT I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE HAVE BEEN ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SEATS. I'M ALMOST 6 FEET TALL AND CAN'T SEE OVER THEM, AND BARELY SEE AROUND THEM. THAT'S DANGEROUS!...AS IS THE BRAKING SYSTEM.*AK

I HAVE HAD TRUCK IN SHOP 3 TIMES FOR TRANSMISSION/DEALER CANT DUPLICATE/ALSO THE THIRD DOOR HAS BEEN REPAIRED TWICE/POPPING SOUND WHEN MAKING A SHARP TURN/MAIN CONCERN. *AK

BRAKES LOCKED UP INTERMITTENTLY ON TWENTY SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHEN GOING OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD, CAUSING VEHICLE TO GO INTO A SLIDE, AND RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS REPLACED ABS MODULE. HOWEVER, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. AFTER REINSPECTION OF VEHICLE DEALER DETERMINED THAT VEHICLE PERFORMED AS DESIGNED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

UPON APPLYING BRAKES ON RUFF OR WET ROADS, THE BRAKE PEDAL JUMPS AND THEN GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. BRAKES FAIL. DEALER SUGGESTS THAT I DRIVE ONLY ON SMOOTH ROADS THAT ARE DRY. THEY ADMITTED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND THAT THE MANUFACTURER HASN'T COME UP WITH A SOLUTION. TOLD THAT IT MEETS STANDARDS. I FEEL THIS TRUCK IS DANGEROUS AND I DO NOT WANT TO DRIVE IT AND RISK MY LIFE OR ANYONE I MIGHT HIT. MY BROTHER HAS ALREADY BEEN THROWN INTO THE DASH, WHILE WEARING HIS SEAT BELT. DEALER SAID BELT DOES NOT HOLD WHEN BRAKES FAIL.*AK

DEBRIS FROM FREEWAY HIT PLASTIC FUEL TANK CAUSING SEVERE DAMAGE AS THERE IS NO FRONT SIDE PROTECTION.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK