2001 Chevrolet S10 complaints

2001 CHEVY S-10 PICKUP TRUCK: THE RIGHT SIDE TAIL GATE CABLE JUST SNAPPED AFTER I LOWERED THE TAIL GATE. NO HEAVY LOADS WERE ON THE GATE AT THE TIME. I LOOKED AT THE CABLE AND IT HAD RUSTED INSIDE THE PLASTIC COVERING. IT LOOKS LIKE THE PLASTIC COVER HOLDS WATER INSIDE AND CAUSES THE CORROSION. I CALLED A CHEVY DEALER AND WAS TOLD THEY WOULD NOT REPLACE IT, BUT I FOUND A RECALL ON OTHER CHEVY TRUCKS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *NM

THE HANDLE ON THE THIRD DOOR OF MY 2001 EXTENDED CAB CHEVY S10 BROKE OFF. IT OCCURRED WITH NORMAL USE. THERE IS NO OTHER METHOD IN WHICH TO OPEN THE DOOR. I CANNOT FIGURE OUT WHY IT WAS MADE OF PLASTIC. THIS IS DEFINITELY A MANUFACTURING DEFAULT. *JB

AS OUR SON WAS DRIVING OUR 2001 S-10 EXT CAB PICKUP HOME, HE CAME INTO A CURVE AND THE TRUCK HAD NO BRAKING POWER. HE SAID HE HEARD A GRINDING NOISE IN THE VEHICLE AND HAD NO BRAKES. HE WENT OFF THE CURVE AND HIT A TREE. THE TRUCK WAS TOTALED. MY SON AS WELL AS HIS TWO FRIENDS WERE TAKEN TO AREA HOSPITALS LUCKILY, NO ONE WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED AS THEY HAD THEIR SEAT BELTS ON AND WERE GOING THE SPEED LIMIT. I WOULD HATE TO SAY WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN TRAVELING AT A FASTER RATE OF SPEED. AFTER SEEING SIMILAR COMPLAINTS FILED BY OTHER 2001 S-10 OWNERS, I'M WONDERING IF SOMEONE WILL HAVE TO BE KILLED BEFORE THEY RECTIFY THIS BRAKE PROBLEM. *JB

CABLES HOLDING UP TAILGATE WHEN ITS OPEN BOTH FAILED AT SAME TIME AND AT SAME PLACE. *JB

BROKEN TAILGATE CABLE. *JB

BROKEN TAILGATE CABLE. WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT CAUSED THIS CABLE TO BREAK. WE HAVE NOT REPAIRED OR REPLACED THE CABLE.

DT: THE TAILGATE CABLES SNAPPED AND THE CONSUMER FELL ON THE GROUND. *AK THE CONSUMER WAS SITTING ON THE TAILGATE WHEN BOTH RIGHT AND LEFT CABLES BROKE AT THE SAME TIME. *SC

THE SUPPORT CABLES ON MY 2001 CHEVY S10 BROKE UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE I WAS SITTING ON THE TAILGATE. BOTH CABLES WERE CORRODED AT THE SAME POINT WHERE THEY BEND. AS A RESULT OF THE BREAKAGE, THE TAILGATE HIT THE BUMPER AND WAS DENTED IN TWO PLACES. THESE WERE THE FIRST DENTS EVER FOR MY TRUCK.

DT: THE CALLER SAID THE STRAP ON THE LEFT SIDE OF TRUCK THAT HOLDS THE TAILGATE BROKE. THERE WAS A RECALL ON OTHER TRUCKS BUT NOT THIS ONE. .DEALER SAID THIS TRUCK IS NOT INVOLVED IN THE RECALL. MANUFACTURER SAID THE SAMETHING. *AK

TAILGATE CABLES SNAPPED. *NM

THE CABLES WHICH SUPPORT THE TAILGATE ON MY S-10 BROKE SUDDENLY ON BOTH SIDES DAMAGING THE TAILGATE. *JB

ENGINE SERVICE SOON LIGHT COMES BEEN CHECKED SAID NUMBER 6 INJECTOR BAD TRUCK ONLY HAS 67000 MILES ON IT. ALSO REAR U JOINT WENT OUT AND DEALER HAD NONE IN STOCK HAD TO BACK ORDER JOINT CAN CLEAN CODES AND ENGINE RUNS FINE OF A FEW DAYS THEN STRATS MISSING AGAIN

THE SPARE TIRE WHICH IS MOUNTED UNDERNEATH THE BED FELL OFF. TWO OF THEM WERE LOST. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS FOR SOMEBODY ELSE. *AK *SC *JB

2001 CHEVROLET S10 PICKUP TAIL GATE CABLES PULLED APART.*MR THE TAILGATE CAN NO LONGER BE OPENED WITH DAMAGING THE VEHICLE PAINT. *NM

CHEVY S-10 PICK-UP TRUCK. TAIL GATE CABLE FAILURE. NO INJURIES

DT: CONSUMER HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TAILGATE CORD FRAYING. CONSUMER HAD THIS PROBLEM REPAIRED AT OWN EXPENSE. SIMILAR LARGER TRUCKS HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM RECALLED. CONSUMER HAS SMALLER TRUCK. *TT

DT: CONSUMER HAS PROBLEM WITH THE TAILGATE CORD FRAYING, CONSUMER HAD IT REPAIRED AT CHEVOLET AT HIS OWN EXPENSIE, THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON THE LARGE TRUCKS, CONSUMER OWNS SMALLER TRUCK AND HAS SAME PROBLEM

TAILGATE WAS DOWN FELL OFF AND I DROVE DOWN THE HIGHWAY WITH IT HANGING ON BY ONE TAILGATE STRAP

MY WIFE HAD HAULED A LOAD OF DIRT IN THE CARGO AREA OF OUR 2001 CHEVROLET S10 PICKUP. AFTER UNLOADING THE DIRT, SHE WAS PUTTING THE TAILGATE BACK UP, AND THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE TAILGATE FELL OFF. SHE WAS ABLE TO SLIDE THE TAILGATE BACK INTO PLACE.

WHILE DRIVING BOTH CABLES THAT HOLDS THE SPARE TIRE UNDER THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY BROKE AND THE TIRE COMPLETELY DISENGAGED FROM THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER. HOWEVER, THE DEALER DID NOTHING TO ASSIST THE CONSUMER. *AK *BF *NM

I HAVE A 2001 CHEVY S10 PICKUP, WAS SITTING ON MY TAILGATE WHENONE OF THE TAILGATE STRAPS BROKE, THROWING ME OFF OF THE TAILGATE. I WAS SUPRISED, BUT NOT INJURED. . UPON EXAMINATION, I NOTICE THAT THE TAILGATE STRAP CABLE WAS RUSTING OUT ON THE INSIDE OF THE COATING THAT HAD BEEN PLACED OVER THE CABLEM. MANY OF THE CALBLE STRANDS HAD RUSTED THOUGH. THERE IS A RECALL ON TAILGAT STRAPS FOR FULL SIZE PICKUPS, BUT NOT THE S10. I BELIEVE THAT THE SAME PROBLEM OF THE TAILGATE STRAPS RUSTING THROUGH AND CAUSING AN INJURY IF BOTH FAIL AT THE SAME TIME EXISTS IN THE S10 LINE OF PICKUPS ALSO.

BOTH TAILGATE CABLE BROKE ON MY 2001 CHEVROLETE S10 CREW CAB PICK UP. I HAVE SINCE BROUGHT IT TO MY DEALER AND HAD IT REPAIRED. THESE ARE THE SAME TYPE CABLES THAT GN HAS RECALLED ON THE LARGE PICK UPS. I AM WONDERING WHY THEY HAVE NOT RECALLED THE SMALL TRUCKS AS WELL.

OWNER WAS STANDING ON THE TAILGATE UNLOADING HIS TRUCK WHEN THE SUPPORT CABLES SNAPPED, CAUSING THE OWNER TO FALL TO THE GROUND. OWNER LATER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT BEING RECALLED FOR THIS DEFECT, AND THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE THEY COULD DO. *AK THE TAILGATE SUPPORT BRACKETS BROKE. *BF *NM

CONTACT STATES: LAST MONTH HUSBAND COULDN'T GO ANY FASTER THEN 35 MPH IN A 55 MPH ZONE . IT WAS LIKE SOMETHING WAS STOPPING THE WHEEL BACK FROM MOVING, AND IT STARTED SMOKING FROM THE WHEEL. TOOK VEHICLE TO AUTO ZONE, AND THEY SAID THE BRAKE WAS PRESSING UP AGAINST THE WHEEL. THEY HAD THE BRAKE PADS AND CALIPERS CHANGED. BUT THAT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THEY TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER. THEY PUT ON LOADED BRAKE PADS, AND REDID THE HOSES AND THE CALIPERS . HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM WAS NOT SOLVED, AND THEY CLAIMED THAT CONTAMINATED BRAKE FLUID WAS IN THE HOSES. THERE WAS NO CONTAMINATED FLUID PUT IN THE CAR. INSURANCE ADJUSTERS STATED THEY DID NOT SEE ANY SIGNS OF CONTAMINATED BRAKE FLUID AND THAT IT WAS SOMETHING MECHANICAL.*AK

CAR WILL NOT PASS EMISSIONS

BOTH TAILGATE SUPPORT CABLES ON MY 2001 S10 PICKUP THAT HAS A BLAZER VIN # HAVE BROKEN IN HALF DUE TO RUST AND CORROSION. I WENT TO MY DEALER AND THAT SAID THAT THE RECALL ONLY APPLIES TO FULLSIZE PU/U'S AND OTHER TAILGATE VEHICLES. MY VEHICLE IS NOT LISTED. I AM SEEING THAT THE BLAZER S10 HAS A RECALL ON THESE ITEMS. WHY WOULDN'T MINE? CAN YOU HELP ME GET THESE REPOLACED?*AK

TAILGATE STRAP, 1 BROKE ABOUT 2 MONTHS BEFORE THE OTHER ONE BROKE, NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THIS, I FIGURE THEY RECALLED ALL THE FULL SIZE TRUCK TO REPLACE THEM ,THEY SHOULD REPLACE THESE AT NO CHARGE. ALSO, IT IS A GOOD THIN I WAS NOT STANDING ON IT WHEN THEY BROKE . I COULD HAVE GOTTEN HURT BY FALLING OFF WHEN THE TAIL GATE FELL TO THE BUMPER.*AK

RIGHT HAND SUPPORT CABLE SNAPPED WHILE MYSELF AND ANOTHER WERE SITTING ON THE TAILGATE LAST YEAR. NOT SURE OF EXACT DATE. NO INJURIES. JUST NOTICED ARTICLE IN MEDIA AND THOUGHT THAT I WOULD ADD ANOTHER TO THE LIST. AT THIS TIME, LOCATING ANOTHER CABLE AND LEAVING THE TAILGATE CLOSED.*AK

TAILGATE CABLE FAILURE BOTH SIDES ON GM , S10 TRUCK. *AK

WHILE LOADING MATERIALS IN THE BED OF THE PICKUP TRUCK THE CABLE SUPPORT FAILED, CAUSING THE TAILGATE TO FALL. THE TAILGATE STAYED LOOSELY ATTACHED TO THE VEHICLE. *AK

I HAVE A 2001 CHEVROLET S-10 PICK-UP WITH 4-DOORS AND 4WD. VEHICLE HAS BEEN WELL TAKEN CARE OF WITH NO DAMAGE. THE METAL DOOR POST FRAME WHERE THE DOOR LATCH IS ATTACHED IS DISINTEGRATING DUE TO WHAT APPEARS TO BE A VERY THIN METAL SECTION. IT APPEARS THAT THE DOOR MAY SOON COME OPEN DURING A RIGHT TURN DUE TO A FAILURE OF THE DORR LATCH MECHANISM. THIS MAY CAUSE SUBSTANTIAL INJURY AND VEHICLE DAMAGE.*AK

CONSUMER HEARD A SQUEAL. THEN, PARKED THE VEHICLE, AND THE WHEEL COULD BE MOVED APPROXIMATELY ONE INCH WHICH WAS NOT NORMAL PERFORMANCE. CONSUMER REPLACED THE WHEEL BEARING BY HIMSELF BECAUSE IT WAS MADE OF PLASTIC. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THIS IS A SAFTEY HAZARD. TAPER BEARING RETAINER WAS MADE OF PLASTIC. DEALER REFUSED TO DO 15,000 AND 30,000 BEARING REPACK. BOTH WHEELS WERE IN SAME CONDITION. *BF *NM

FUEL GUAGE STICKS IN THE FULL POSITION ALL THE TIME, THIS RESULTNG IN A STALL VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY REQUIRING OWNER TO MOVE A DISABLED VEHICLE INTO THE BREAKDOWN LANE IN THE MIDDLE OF A FREEWAY. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED AWAY. *AK

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS GET HOT SPOTS AND WEAR OUT PADS. I HAVE HAD THIS TRUCK THREE YEARS AND HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE FRONT BRAKES DONE SEVEN TIMES DUE TO THESE HOT SPOTS. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THREE DEALERS HERE IN TOWN AND THEY SAY "THERE IS NOTHING WRONG, BUT WE CAN DO YOUR FRONT BRAKES FOR $300", I HAVE DONE THIS THREE TIMES. WITH IN A COUPLE MONTHS IT'S BACK TO THE SAME WAY IT WAS, NOW IF I HAVE THE BRAKES DONE AGAIN, I NEED TO REPLACE THE ROTOR BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN TURNED SO MANY TIMES.

1)MOTOR MOUNT BROKE. 2) DAY AFTER PURCHASING USED VEHICLE FOR DEALERSHIP, TRUCK WAS IN GEAR AND TOP SPEED WAS ABOUT 15MPH FOR ABOUT 50 FOOT. ENGINE WOULD DIE THEN HAVE A HARD TIME STARTING. HAPPENED FOR 30 MILES. AFTER THAT, AFTER RUNNING ENGINE FOR MORE THAN 1 1/2 HOUR, THE TRUCK WOULD DIE. I HAVE TO PULL OVER AND LET IT SIT FOR A FEW SECONDS BEFORE IT WILL START AGAIN. HAPPENS NUMEROUS TIMES.*AK

THE TAILGATE STRAPS ON MY CHEVROLET S-10 GAVE WAY WHILE I WAS KNEELING ON THE BACK OF THE TRUCK, MY KNEES WERE HURT FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. GM KNOWS THAT THEIR TAILGATE STRAPS ARE DEFECTIVE YET THEY DO NOT WARN THAT THEY MAY JUST GIVE OUT LIKE THEY DO. *AK

WITHIN 12 MONTHS GM GENUINE BALLJOINTS (LOWER) ON OUR 2001 CHEVROLET S10 PICKUP TRUCK FAILED WITHIN 12 MONTHS, POSSIBLY SOONER IF IT WERE'NT FOR THE STATE REQUIRED MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTIONS POINTING IT OUT AGAIN. IMAGINE THAT THEY PROBABLY FAILED WAY BEFORE THE INSPECTION. IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS EXPIERENCED THIS PART FAILURE WITH THE CHEVROLET, S10.*AK

PASSENGER SIDE TAILGATE STRAP ON THE BED OF A 2001 CHEVROLET S-10 BROKE AT THE BEND.*AK

THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT CAME ON.THE DIAGNOSTIC INDICATED AN EMISSION FAILURE. ATER WAS GETTING INTO THE PUMPS,HOSES,AND VALVES DUE TO THE DESIGN OF THE SYSTEM.WATER WAS SEIZING THE CYLANOIDS IN THE PUMPS. THE SERVICE STATION HAS SEEN OTHER CHEVROLET S10'S WITH THE SAME FAILURES.*AK

VEHICLE WAS MAKING A CLANKING NOISE WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE REPAIR SHOP, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT BOTH LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE TOO LOOSE, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A RECALL.*AK

AFTER LOWERING THE TAILGATE CONSUMER NOTICED PASSENER SIDE TAILGTATE STRAP WAS BROKEN. *AK *TC

HORRIBLE PROBLEM WITH THE SHIFTING OF TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT 6 MONTHS AGO DUE TO THE BURN OUT OF THE 2ND AND 3RD GEAR. SHIFTING HAS NOT CHANGED SINCE THE REBUILD. VEHICLE EASILY SLIPS OUT OF GEAR AND INCREASINGLY LOSES SPEED...NO MATTER IF THE GAS PEDAL IS TO THE FLOOR OR NOT. TRUCK WILL GO 65 MPH IN 2ND GEAR WITH PEDAL TO THE FLOOR AND LOSE SPEED RAPIDLY STILL. SECOND, BRAKES LOCK UP GOING OVER SMALL BUMPS, AND THEN SEEM TO NOT WANT TO WORK PROPERLY ON OCCASION. LASTLY, TAILGATE CABLES HAVE SNAPPED AFTER I SAT ON THE TAILGATE (I'M 5'0" AND 100LBS!!). *AK

THE GALVANIZED STEEL TAILGATE SUPPORT CABLES THAT RETAIN THE TAILGATE IN THE FULL OPEN HORIZONTAL POSITION CORRODED /WEAKENED, AND FRACTURED. THE TAILGATE SUDDENLY DROPPED, AND STRUCK THE TOP SURFACE OF THE REAR BUMPER.*AK

2004 TAIL GATE ASS FAILED REPLACED AFTER MARKET PARTS 2004 BACK UP LIGHTS IN/OP;004 INTERRIOR LIGHT WILL NOT TURN OFF/ OVER RIDE BOTTON USED TO SAVE BATTERY2005 LEFT FRONT HUB ASS REPLACED. 004 RIGHT FRONT HUB ASS REPLACED;005 FRONT END REPLACED/PITTMAN/TIE RODS;2004 OIL FILTER LEAK / TIGHTENED 2004 REAR EMERGENCY BRAKES IN/OP 5 LEFT EMERGENCY BRAKE DRUM REPLACED;005 RIGHT EMERGENCY BRAKE DRUM REPLACED 2005 GAS SENDING UNIT REPLACED ERADIC BEHAVIOR 2004 LEFT BRAKE SHOE REPLACED ;004 RIGHT BRAKE SHOE REPLACED;005 LEFT BRAKE SHOE REPLACED FRONT;005 RIGHT BRAKE SHOE REPLACED FRONT 2005 LEFT BRAKE SHOE REPLACED REAR;005 RIGHT BRAKE SHOE REPLACED REAR;005 U JOINTS REPLACED;04 BATTERY REPLACED 2005 TRANSMISSION SHOWING SIGNS OF WEAR;005 REAR END {3.42} LOCKER CLANGS BETWEEN 1ST AND REVVED. 004 4 TIRES 005 4 TIRES 2004 DOOR HINGES FREEZE UP LUBE;005 TAIL GATE HINGES SHOW WEAR 2005 PARTS 4 EA TIE RODS/O/RING TYPE BRAKE SHOESAND DRUMS/U JOINTS. I HAVE FOR INSPECTION.*AK

BOTH TAILGATE STRAPS BROKE WHILE OPENING TAILGATE ON MY 2001 CHEVROLET S10 XTREME. BOTH STRAPS ARE COMPLETLY RUSTED THROUGH. TRUCK HAS A TONOU COVER TO PROTECT BED AND TAILGATE FROM WEATHERING AND ELEMENTS. DENTED TAILGATE DUE TO FAILURE.

THE FUEL TANK LEAKED GAS, AND HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE, BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED. THIS IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE THE VEHICLE CAN CATCH ON FIRE. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED BY CONSUMER.*AK

ON JAN 29,2005 WE WERE PREPARING TO LOAD GROCERIES INTO THE BED OF THE TRUCK. WE OPENED THE TAILGATE AND BOTH OF THE SUPPORT CABLES SNAPPED CAUSING THE TAILGATE TO FALL ONTO THE BUMPER. WE HAVEN'T MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR REPAIR YET AS I WAS CHECKING TO SEE IF THERE HAS BEEN ANY TYPE OF RECALL. I HAD KNOWN OF THE RECALL FOR THE SILVERADO AND THOUGHT THE S-10 MAY BE INCLUDED.*AK

TAILGATE WAS PLACED IN DOWN POSITION AND WEIGHT WAS PLACED ON TAILGATE. TAILGATE STRAP ON LEFT SIDE FAILED. OAD ON TAILGATE SHIFTED AND WAS CAUGHT BY ME BEFORE IT HIT THE GROUND. AILURE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. WILL HAVE TO FIX SOON.*AK

TAILGATE CABLES BROKE WHEN LOWERING TAILGATE. *AK

THE TAILGATE CABLES SNAPPED WHILE I WAS STANDING ON THE TAILGATE. THE TAILGATE DROPPED A FEW INCHES, UNTIL STOPPED BY THE BUMPER. I FELL OFF AND THE TAILGATE WAS SLIGHTLY DENTED. I WAS NOT SERIOUSLY HURT. *NM