2001 Chevrolet S10 complaints

CONSUMER STATED THAT VEHICLE IN THE LAST 3 MONTHS IN REPAIR SHOP FOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS 9 TIMES. AFTER BRINGING VEHICLE TO REPAIR SHOP SHOP EVERYTHING ELSE STARTED TO BREAK DOWN. ALSO, FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED 3 TIMES. FUEL GAUGE OPERATED POORLY, AND VEHICLE DIED/STOPPED WHILE DRIVING ON THE ROAD. *AK

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES WORK SPORADICALLY, ONE SIDE WILL LOCK AND PULL THE CAR TO THAT SIDE, SOMETIMES I PRESS ON THE BRAKE AND THE TRUCK KEEPS GOING AND THEN STOPS SLOWLY, HAS CAUSED ME TO ALMOST GET INTO CRASHES MANY TIMES. *LA

WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH BRAKES LOST POWER, RESULTING IN PEDAL FADING AND HARD BRAKING. ALSO, EXTENDED STOPPING. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

THE SPARE TIRE (DONUT) ON MY 2001 CHEVROLET S-10 PICKUP, HAS A 3/8 INCH GOUGE IN THE SIDEWALL, CAUSED BY THE WAY THE TIRE IS SECURED TO THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF THE TRUCK. WHEN THE CABLE THAT SECURES THE TIRE TO THE FRAME IS TIGHTENED SO THE TIRE IS SECURE, IT DRIVES THE TIRE INTO THE FRAME WHERE IT WEARS A GROOVE INTO THE SIDEWALL. I AM RELUCTANT TO USE THE TIRE, AS IT LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD NOT PERFORM AS REQUIRED. *JB

WHEN HIT AT 75MPH IN THE FRONT ON DRIVER'S SIDE OF VEHICLE, THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK *SCC

AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR FAILED STARTED MAKING LOUD NOISES LIKE A BEARING OR SPRING WENT OUT. HAD TO REPLACE COMPRESSOR, ACCUMULATOR, CAP TUBE, PULL A VACUUM, AND RECHARGE. *AK

BATTERY...LEAKING ACID OUT OF THE POSITIVE TERMINAL. ACROSS LEADS AND DOWN INTO THE WIRING. REPLACED BATTERY. TRUCK WOULD NOT START AND GIVEN FUNNY READINGS FROM GAUGES. *AK

TIRES ON FRONT WEIRD WEAR PATTERN. LOW IN THE CENTER, AND HIGH AND LOW SPOTS ON OTHER PORTIONS OF THE TIRE ALSO WEARING ON THE EDGES AND SQUEALING WHEN TURNING CORNERS. TIRES WERE KEPT AT THE PROPER INFLATION. (UNIROYAL TIGER PAW P205-75R15) . *AK

I HAVE A 2001 S10 EXTENDED CAB PICKUP. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL INCIDENTS OF MY BRAKE PEDAL GOING TO FLOOR AFTER HITTING A BUMP. THE LATEST EVENT HAPPENED ON 8/8/03 WITH MY HANDICAPPED DAUGHTER IN THE VEHICLE. WHAT COULD BE CAUSING THIS? MY PICKUP HAS ABOUT 12,300 MILES ON IT. ALSO HOW MANY PROBLEMS LIKE THIS HAS BEEN NOTED. *NLM

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A MAJOR COLLISION WHERE THE VEHICLE FLIPPED APPROXIMATELY 6 TIMES ULTIMATELY CRASHING INTO A WALL. NEITHER THE DRIVER OR PASSENGER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED.*AK *TS

THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A MAJOR COLLISION WHERE THE VEHICLE FLIPPED APPROXIMATELY 6 TIMES AND ULTIMATELY CRASHED INTO A WALL. THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT BELTS HAD COME UNLATCHED. *AK THE VEHICLE HYDROPLANED AFTER HITTING WATER IN THE ROAD, SPUN AROUND 5-6 TIMES, FLIPPED BACK TO FRONT, HIT A ROCK WALL, AND FLIPPED ON ITS OUTSIDE. *SCC *JB

I HAVE A LEASED CHEVROLET S-10 EXTREME, I HAVE HAD MANY INCIDENTS WHERE THE FRONT ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ENGAGE IF I HIT A SMALL BUMP, SOMETIMES ONLY ONE SIDE ENGAGES CAUSING ME TO SWERVE TO ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER, I ALSO HAD MY FRONT DISC BRAKE PAD WEAROUT AT 10,000 MILES, THEN AGAIN AT 20,000 MILES, I WAS TOLD IT WAS NORMAL WEAR AND NOT COVERED UNDER WARANTEE, NOT WANTING TO PAY THE DEALER FEE TO CHANGE THE BRAKES I HAD THEM CHANGED ELSEWHERE COVERING THE COST MYSELF.

SPARE TIRE RESTRAINT CABLE BROKE ALLOWING SPARE TIRE TO FALL FROM BENEATH TRUCK WHILE VEHICLE WAS UNDER OPERATION ON A PUBLIC ROAD. THE TYPE OF VEHICLE IS A 2001 CHEVROLET S10 PICKUP. *JB

THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS HARD TO PRESS DUE TO THE LOSS OF VACUUM ASSIST AFTER THE VEHICLE SAT OVER NIGHT. *JB PH *JB

WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED, THE STABILIZER BAR RUBBED THE TIRE, WHICH CAUSED THE TIRE TO WEAR OUT PREMATURELY. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK THE CONSUMER NOTICED A RUB ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STABILIZER BAR WHICH WAS MOST ON THE LEFT SIDE. FURTHER INVESTIGATION SHOWED THE STABILIZER BAR WAS SHOVED AN INCH OUT OF IT'S BRACKET. THERE WAS A HARD LEFT PULL WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN. THE TRUCK WAS LIFTED OFF THE GROUND AND THE CONSUMER POINTED OUT THE RUB MARKS ON THE STABILIZER BAR AND ALSO SHOWED HOW THE BAR HAD BEEN SHOVED OUT OF IT'S HOLDING BRACKET. THE SERVICE DEALER SUGGESTED THE PROBLEM WAS A DESIGN FLAW BY SHOWING THE CONSUMER ANOTHER VEHICLE (SAME MAKE/MODEL) WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *SCC *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT 55/70 MPH VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALERSHIP HAS REPLACED THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER, FUEL PUMP, AND SENDING UNIT.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE WILL STALL AND SHUT DOWN. *AK

WHEN THE CONSUMER PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, IT BECAME STUCK, WHICH CAUSED UNDUE STRESS ON THE ENGINE AND THE TRANSMISSION, ALSO THE AIR CONDITION UNIT FAILED. *MR *TS *JB

I'D LIKE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE SPARE TIRE ON MY 2001 CHEVROLET S-10 EXTREME BREAKING THE WIRE CABLE AND FALLING OFF. AFTER HITTING A RAILROAD TRACK, IT CAME OFF UNEXPECTEDLY. FORTUNATELY FOR US, IT DID NOT CAUSE ANY DAMAGE TO THE TRUCK OR HIT ANY CARS IN THE AREA, AFTER IT BROKE FREE AND TRAVELED OVER 50 YARDS ACROSS A BUSY HIGHWAY. SINCE THE SPARE IS APPROXIMATELY 50 LBS AND 30 INCHES IN DIAMETER, IT COULD HAVE CAUSED SOME VERY SERIOUS PROBLEMS. THIS IS DEFINITELY A DESIGN PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED. IT'S POSSIBLE THE CABLE HOLDING THE SPARE SHOULD BE REPLACED WITH SOMETHING HEAVIER. *NLM

THE VEHICLE STALLED, WHEN THE VEHICLE REACHED THE SPEED OF 50 MPH. *JB

THERE ARE 40,000 MILES ON MY 2001 S-10 AND THE FUEL PUMP WENT OUT. I FILLED THE TANK FULL OF GAS AND 8 MILES DOWN THE ROAD , THE FUEL PUMP WENT OUT. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A CHEVROLET DEALER AND IT COST OVER $900.00 TO REPLACE THE PUMP. $500.00 FOR THE PUMP, $60 FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC, 400.00 FOR THE LABOR. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE! . *JB

RE: 774560 CONSUMER STRUCK VEHICLE FULL FORCE AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. MR *TS

THE EXHAUST LEAKED AND CAUSED FUMES TO COME THROUGH THE VENTS. THESE FUMES CAUSED THE OCCUPANTS EYES TO BURN. *NLM

THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM DID NOT WORK EFFECTIVELY, WHEN THE CONSUMER MADE A PANIC STOP, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO MOVE, ALSO THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE VIBRATED SEVERELY, THE MANUFACTURER/ DEALER STATED IT WAS NORMAL. PH *JB

THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK, WHILE DRIVING. *JB THE CONSUMER ALMOST EXPERIENCED TWO ACCIDENTS. THE A/C HAD BECOME INOPERATIVE AND THE SERVICE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. SCC

THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER REPLACED A PART IN THE EVAPORATIVE SYSTEM. DEALER PARKED VEHICLE. AND THEN THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. *JB *TS

CONSUMER WAS IN HEAD ON COLLISION AND THE AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY DURING THE COLLISION. TS

BALL JOINTS ARE LOOSE WHEN INSTALLED. REPORTED BY DEALER TO BE WITHIN CHEVY SPECS. THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE TIE ROD ENDS. CANT KEEP THE ALIGNMENT RIGHT WITH THIS SPEC. DEALER WILL NOT WARRANTY.

BEGINNING DECEMBER 2002, VEHICLE WILL UNEXPECTEDLY LOSE POWER AND LACK ACCELERATOR RESPONSE. CODE P0123 ACTIVE AND PRESENT INDICATING PROBLEM IN THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR CIRCUIT. SENSOR REPLACED AND WIRING INSPECTED. PROBLEM PERSISTS.

CONSUMER STATES VEHILCE VIBRATES EXCESSIVELY FROM THE UNDERCARRIAGE. DEALER DIAGNOSED PROBLEM AS DEFECTIVE 4X4 GEAR BOX. DEALER ADVISED CONSUMER THERE IS NO FIX FOR THE PROBLEM, BUT ONLY MODIFICATION TO REDUCE VIBRATION. PH

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY THE BACK DRIVERSIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. THE CONSUMER STATES THE VEHICLE WAS GOING 65MPH.

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE STARTED MAKING A CRACKING NOISE. THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE NO LONGER HAD ANY BRAKES AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS STUCK. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE ABS SYSTEM, WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES FRONTS BRAKE WORK PROPERLY BUT THE REAR BRAKE ALWAYS LOCK, DUE TO A FAULTY DESIGN. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING HAVING PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING WHEEL CAN'T CONTROL WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. ON THIS CHEVROLET S10-TN. TS

I OWNA 2001 CHEVY S-10 AND HAVE ALWAYS NOTICED THAT THE BRAKES, WHEN APPLIED GOING OVER A SMALL BUMP OR DIP, WILL MAKE A GRINDING NOISE AND NOT ENGAGE AT ALL. THEY WILL ENGAGE AFTER A FEW SECONDS OF APPLIED PRESSURE BUT BY THEN I AM ALREADY THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AND HAVE NEARLY BEEN HIT/HAVE HIT ANOTHER CAR DUE TO THIS. ALSO, I WAS INVOLVED IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT WHERE I HAD TO BRAKE HARD, BUT WHEN I DID THE TRUCK PULLED LEFT AND REAR-ENDED THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. AT THE TIME I DIDN'T QUESTION THE BRAKES BUT NOW I HAVE HAD CONSTANT NOISES AND CLICKS FROM THE FRONT BRAKES AND CAN PUSH THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR, AND WHEN I DO THERE IS A LOUD CLICK. I HAVE READ 11 SIMILAR COMPLAINTS AND WONDER IF THERE IS A MAJOR PROBLEM THE PUBLIC SHOULD KNOW ABOUT. IF THE BRAKES WERE A CAUSE OF MY ACCIDENT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW.

THIRD DOOR LATCH LEVER FAILED. DOOR CAN NOT BE OPENED. THIS IS A SEVERE SAFETY HAZARD AS ANY PASSENGERS IN THE REAR OF THE EXTENDED CAB COULD NOT GET OUT IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. DT

WIPERS STOP IN CENTER OF WINDSHIELD WHEN USING MIST OR INTERMITTENT SETTINGS, WIPERS WILL PARK AT NORMAL POSITION AND THEN 'JUMP' BACK TO THE CENTER OF THE WINDSHIELD. WIPER CONTROL MODULE HAS BEEN REPLACED BUT PROBLEM PERSISTS. DT

WHILE MERGING ONTO THE HIGHWAY, DRIVER APPLIED GAS TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE GAS PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. RESULTING IN VEHICLE ACCELERATED AT A VERY HIGH SPEED. *TS THIS CAUSED A STRAIN ON THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN NEUTRAL OR THIRD WHILE HARD BRAKING. THE DEALER FAILED TO RESPOND AFTER ENSURING THEY WOULD PROVIDE SERVICE. THE VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AS OF 05/02-NO RESPONSE. *SCC

NO SUMMARY. DT

CLUTCH PEDAL MOVED HIGH ENOUGH TO CAUSE KNEE TO JAM AGAINST STEERING WHEEL AND DOOR MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO OPERATE CLUTCH OR STEERING WHEEL. MR

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THERE IS A LOUD CLICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN THE CONSUMER IS MAKING A TURN CAUSING A DISTRACTING TO THE CONSUMER. DEALER NOTIFIED. MR

CONSUMER NOTICED THE INSTRUMENTAL SYSTEM GASOLINE GAUGE IS NOT WORKING. AS WELL AS THE AIR CONDITIONER BLEW HOT AIR. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. MR

WHEN DRIVING AND DOWN SHIFTING TO PASSING GEAR, THROTTLE BECAME STUCK, AND CONSUMER ALMOST HAD A COLLISION.*AK THE VEHICLE ALSO HAD A CRUISE CONTROL PROBLEM. *YH

VEHICLE IS ONE INCH LOWER ON DRIVER SIDE. VEHICLE IS EQUIPED WITH FUEL TANK ON DRIVER SIDE, AND IS PRIMARILY OCCUPIED BY JUST THE DRIVER AND AS SUCH, WHEN FUEL TANK IS FULL, THERE IS APPROXIMATEY 450 LBS. EXTRA ON THIS SIDE OF THE TRUCK. SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE, I AND OTHERS BEGAN TO NOTICE THE PRONOUNCED LEAN IN THE BODY OF THE TRUCK. I AM NOT SURE, BUT THIS CONDITION MAY BE A SAFTEY PROBLEM IN THE FUTURE AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT ADDRESSED. VEHICLE SPRING RATES SHOULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE LOADING DIFFERENCES OF DRIVER AND FUEL. THANKS, JACK S.R.COPP. NLM

WHILE DRIVING AT A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, A LARGE CHEVROLET VAN SHOT ACROSS THE FRONT OF MY VEHICLE FROM A SIDE ROAD. I STRUCK THE OTHER VEHICLE FULL FORCE BUT MY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THIS RESULTED IN ADDITIONAL INJURY TO ME FROM THE SEAT BELT AND SHOULDER STRAP THAT I WAS WEARING. IN ADDITION, MY RIGHT ARM STRUKE SOMETHING DURING THE CRASH, CAUSING INJURY TO IT. THE RESCUE PEOPLE WERE ALSO VERY CONCERNED ABOUT GETTING ME OUT OF THE VEHICLE (THE DRIVER'S DOOR WAS JAMMED) BEFORE ADDITIONAL INJURIES MIGHT BE CAUSED BY THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYING UNEXPECTEDLY. SHORTLY AFTER TAKING OWNWERSHIP, I HAD REPORTED A VIBRATION PROBLEM WITH THE TRUCK TO CHEVY. CHEVY STATED THAT THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM TO THEM WHICH THEY REFERRED TO AS "FRAME SHAKE" AND REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING TO FIX MY TRUCK. I NOW WONDER IF THE "CONTINUOUS VIBRATION" OF THE TRUCK DID NOT CONTRIBUT TO THE AIR BAGS NOT WORKING. EITHER WAY, THE FAILURE OF THE AIR BAGS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN DEATH INSTEAD OF JUST ADDITIONAL INJURIES. CHEVY NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT BOTH PROBLEMS IMMEDIATELY.*AK

PARKING BRAKE WORKED WELL WHEN PURCHACED DOES NOT WORK IN REVERCE AND ONLY ON ONE SIDE AT PRESENT FOREWARD WILL NOT HOLD ON GRAVEL ON MILD SLOPE EITHER DIRECTION. PARKING BRAKE CANNOT BE USED FOR STEEP HILL START STANDARD SHIFT. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, CAN'T DUPLICATE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, THE VEHICLE WILL LOSE POWER AND SHUT DOWN. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT IF YOU HAVE DRIVEN THIS VEHICLE UNTIL IT IS WARMED UP AND OR HAVE IN HOT WEATHER, AND SHUT IT OFF, OR IDLE FOR SOME TIME, AND TRY TO START IT BACK UP, THE TEMPERATURE OF THE ENGINE HAS RISEN AND THE CLUTCH FAN KICKS IN, IF A PERSON ACCELERATES, THE ENGINE WILL LOSE A LOT OF POWER. *SCC

CONSUMER STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT IS NOT LOCKING IN POSITION. DEALER REPLACED THE TRACK. *YH

PASSENGER'S SEAT IS UNABLE TO STAY AT THE LOCKING POSITION. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED, AND HAS TRIED TO REPAIR PROBLEM; BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO REPAIRS.*AK