2002 Chevrolet S10 complaints

TAILGATE SUPPORT CABLES ON MY 2002 CHEVROLET S-10 PICKUP BROKE WHILE OPENING AND FELL ONTO MY FOOT. FOOT WAS ONLY BRUISED AND I DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION. BOTH OF THE TAILGATE CABLES HAD CORRODED AND SNAPPED AT THE SAME TIME. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON CHEVROLET PROBLEM, AS CHEVROLET AND GMC FULL-SIZE PICKUPS HAVE BEEN RECALLED TO REPLACE CABLES. I REPLACED THE CABLES FOR $98.37. THE CABLES SHOULD BE RECALLED AND REPLACED BEFORE A SERIOUS INJURY TAKES PLACE. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE LEANS TO THE LEFT. THE DEALERSHIP ORIGINALLY EXPLAINED THEY COULD REPAIR THE DEFECT. WHEN THE DEALER TOOK THE FRONT END APART, THE FRONT SPRINGS WERE ON BACKWARDS. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS NO MORE THAN ONE-HALF INCH OFF, THEY COULD NOT MAKE REPAIRS BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS WITHIN SPECIFICATIONS.

PLACED ABOUT A 200 POUND TORCH ON TAILGATE WHEN LIFING INTO 2002 CHEVY S10 TRUCK. TAILGATE CABLE BROKE. ALTHOUGH NO INJURIES OR DAMAGED PROPERTY THAT DAY, IN THE FUTURE A 275 POUND OWNER COULD HAVE BEEN ON THE TAILGATE AND A BROKEN CABLE COULD CAUSE BROKEN BONES OR LACERATIONS. TO CORRECT PROBLEM ONE CAN NOT SIMPLY REPLACE A $10 CABLE. GM HAS MADE THE VEHICLE SO YOU HAVE TO BUY THE CABLE AND HINGE FOR $45. THIS IS RIDICULOUS AND IF THESE CABLES HAVE BEEN FOUND TO BE FAULTY AND RECALLED IN THE SILVERADOS THEY SHOULD PROBABLY ALSO BE RECALLED ON THE S10S. AS OF YET THE CABLE HAS NOT BEEN REPLACED-WAILTING TO SEE IF A RECALL WILL BE ISSUED. *NM

2002 CHEVY S-10 BATTERY ACID LEAKED. *TS *JB

ONE OF THE CABLES THAT SUPPORT THE OPEN TAILGATE ON MY 2002 CHEVY S-10 FAILED AND BROKE WHEN OPENING THE TAILGATE. I HAVE NOT YET REPLACED THIS PART BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN THAT THE PART HAS BEEN RECALLED IN OTHER CHEVY TRUCKS. WHY IS THIS TRUCK MODEL NOT INCLUDED IN THE PAST RECALLS? *NM

DT: THE CONTACT STATED IMMEDIATELY AFTER STEPPING OFF THE TAILGATE THE CABLES BROKE SIMULTANEOUSLY. HE PURCHASED THE PARTS TO FIX THE VEHICLE HIMSELF. HE CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, BUT THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE.*AK

DOOR HANDLE FAILURE. *JB

I OWN A 2002 CHEVROLET S-10 PICKUP. I WAS HELPING A FRIEND MOVE SOME SMALL FURNITURE WHEN AT THE END OF OUR LAST RUN I NOTICED MY TAILGATE WAS RESTING ON MY BUMPER. APPARENTLY THE TAILGATE CABLES SNAPPED. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION THE SITE OF FAILURE WHERE THE CABLE SNAPPED WAS RUSTED THROUGH. NOW THIS IS A CABLE THAT IS ENTIRELY ENCASED IN PLASTIC FROM THE FACTORY AND IT STILL MANAGED TO RUST. I HAVE OPEN AND CLOSED MY TAILGATE PERHAPS TWO DOZEN TIMES IN THE COURSE OF THREE YEARS SO THIS IS CERTAINLY NOT A WEAR ISSUE.. I FEEL THAT GM SHOULD EXTEND THE TAILGATE RECALL IT HAS FOR ITS FULL SIZE TRUCKS(WHICH EXPERIENCE THE SAME PROBLEM) TO INCLUDE THEIR MID-SIZE S-10 TRUCKS AS WELL. *JB

DT: WHILE DRIVING THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE HAD BEEN NO INDICATOR LIGHTS ON THAT WARNED THE CONTACT THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG WAS NOT WORKING.*AK

DT: THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A BRAKE PROBLEM IN WHICH THE ABS WOULD LOCK UP WHEN USED OR DRIVEN ON GRAVEL AND ON WET PAVEMENT. THE CONSUMER HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS. THE CONSUMER SAID THAT THE DEALER DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER HAD NOT CONTACTED GM. WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THE ABS SYSTEM WOULD ACTIVATES. *SC

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES AT A HIGH SPEED THE BRAKES WILL CHATTER. WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES WHILE APPROACHING A STOP SIGN THE BRAKE PEDAL WILL GO TO THE FLOOR AND IT WILL PULSATE. THE BRAKES WILL NOT ALLOW THE VEHICLE TO COME TO AN ABRUPT STOP, BUT HAS EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. A RECALL FOR OTHER GENERAL MOTOR VEHICLES REGARDING THE ABS SYSTEM, WAS ISSUED, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ROTORS NEEDED TO BE TURNED. THE SERVICE DEALER TURNED THE ROTORS, REPLACED THE BRAKE PADS AND THE BRAKE SHOES. THIS REMEDIED THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER WILL HAVE TO CHECK THE ABS TO DETERMINE IF THE SPEED SENSOR WAS THE PROBLEM.*AK UPDATED 02/07/06. *JB

I OWN A 2002 CHEVROLET S-10 CREW CAB PICK-UP 4 X 4. I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT FAILURE OF THE TAIL GATE CABLES. THE CABLES HAD CORRODED IN THE CENTER AND THEN BROKE. CHEVROLET HAS A RECALL ON CABLES FOR THE LARGER PICK UPS, BUT DOES NOT HAVE A RECALL FOR THE S-10'S. *NM

DT: THE CONSUMER STATES THAT ON HIS 2002 CHEVROLET S-10 SPARE TIRE BROKE LOOSE FROM THE CABLE THAT IT WAS ATTACHED UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THIS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING AT 20-25 MPH. THE CONSUMER HEARD THE NOISE WHEN THE TIRE FELL OFF. THEN, THE TIRE FELL OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET AND ALMOST CAUSED ANOTHER VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO IT. THE CABLE SNAPPED IN HALF. THE THIN STEEL CABLE WAS NOT ABLE TO HANDLE THE WEIGHT. AFTER THE CABLE BROKE THERE WAS A LITTLE OF THE CABLE LEFT. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED CHEVROLET AND FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE DEALERSHIP. *AK *JB

DT: 2002 CHEVROLET S10. THE CONSUMER STATES THE CABLES THAT HOLD THE TAILGATE BOTH SNAPPED SIMULTANEOUSLY. THERE WAS NOTHING ON THE TAILGATE WHEN THIS HAPPENED. THE CABLES WERE NOT SHOWING ANY SIGN OF WEAR. THE DEALERSHIP AND MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER TOLD THE CONSUMER AFTER SENDING IN THE PARTS THEY WOULD DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE PARTS SHOULD BE REIMBURSED. *AK

2002 CHEVY S10 3 DOOR PICKUP TRUCK, 22,000 MILES, ONE OWNER. REAR TAILGATE CABLES RUSTED AND BROKEN.

DT: THE CONTACT STATES THE TAILGATE CABLE BROKE DURING MOTION AND THE TAILGATE SLAMMED DOWN. THIS HAPPENED ON 8-20-05. HE WAS GOING APPROX. 40 MPH.CONTACTED THE DEALER AS WELL AS GM, AND THEY TOLD HER THAT THIS VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED IN PREVIOUS RECALLS ON OLDER YEAR MODELS.SHE IWASVERY CONCERNED BECAUSE IF HER HUSBAND WAS TO BE CARRYING A HEAVY LOAD IN THE TRUCK ,AND SOMETHING FELL OU. , THERE COULD BE A VERY BAD ACCIDENT. THE DEALER WAS WILLING TO FIX THE TAILGATE AT THE CONSUMER'S COST. *AK

LEFT CABLE ON THE TAILGATE BROKE AND THE GATE FELL TO THE GROUND CAUSING THE CORNER OF THE GATE TO BEND AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE TAILGATE

FOLLOWING ARE PROBLEMS I HAVE HAD WITH THIS VEHICLE SINCE OWNING IT. ALL OF WHICH I FEEL HAS CAUSED ME GREAT INCONVENIENCE, AND RECENTLY TOO MUCH MONEY. I HAVE SENT LETTERS TO GMC JUST TODAY TO SEE IF THEY ARE GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE INCONVENIENCE AND COST. OCTOBER 21, 2002 AT 4035 MILES THE IDLER ARM WAS REPLACED, (UNDER WARRANTY) AT DOAN CHEVY. SOMEWHERE AROUND JANUARY 2003, A SENSOR FOR THE HEATER SHIELD WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY AT DOAN CHEVY. MARCH 4, 2004 AT 26,345 MILES THE IDLER ARM WAS AGAIN REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY AT DOAN CHEVY. MARCH 29, 2004 THE DRIVERS?? DOOR NEEDED TO BE ALIGNED IT NEVER CLOSED PROPERLY, AS DID THE PASSENGER VISOR NEEDED TO BE ALIGNED BECAUSE IT NEVER WOULD SNAP SHUT, REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY AT DOAN CHEVY. AFTER BEING STRANDED 3 DIFFERENT TIMES ON MAJOR HIGHWAYS DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, BECAUSE THE CAR WOULD JUST QUIT WHILE DRIVING IT, ON JULY 8, 2005 THE FUEL PUMP MODULATOR WAS REPLACED AT A REPAIR SHOP OWNED BY A PREVIOUS HALLMAN CHEVROLET MECHANIC IN ROCHESTER, NY - SAM LOVETRO AUTOMOTIVE 44 RICHOMD STREET, ROCHESTER, NY 14607. PHONE NUMBER 585-262-4585. NOT UNDER WARRANTY, AS THE WARRANTY IS ONLY FOR 36,000 MILES. THIS COST ME $671.98. FRIDAY, JULY 1ST TO FIND THE PROBLEM, TOOK IT BACK INTO THE SHOP TUESDAY JULY 5TH PICKED IT BACK UP ON FRIDAY JULY 8TH, 2005. TUESDAY, AUGUST 2ND 2005 THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ON AGAIN! I REFUSE TO PAY ANOTHER PENNY FOR THIS VEHICLE TO BE REPAIRED; THERE HAVE BEEN FAR TOO MANY PROBLEMS WITH

DT: CONSUMER STATED 2002 CHEVROLET, S-10 TAILGATE CABLES BROKE AT THE SAME TIME. CONSUMER WAS LOADING STRAW , AND SET A BALE OF STRAW ON THE TAILGATE. WHEN THE WEIGHT WAS APPLIED TO THE TAILGATE BOTH CABLES SNAPPED. THERE WAS CORROSION ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE CABLE. THE CABLES SNAPPED UNDERNEATH THE RUBBER COATING ON THE BOTTOM OF THE CABLE. THE TAILGATE WAS DENTED AFTER THE TAILGATE FELL, NO DAMAGE TO THE BUMPER. CONSUMER GOING TO CONTACT THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER TODAY. CONSUMER WAS GOING TO CALL AND SEE IF GM WAS WILLING TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE BEFORE HE FIXED IT. *AK

2002 CHEVROLET S10 PICKUP. FAILURE OF TAILGATE CABLES. WITHIN THE PAST 2 MONTHS BOTH TAILGATE SUPPORT CABLES BROKE IN THE GENERAL LOCATION OF THE CLOSE POSITION BEND. BOTH CABLES APPEAR TO BE OF IRON MATERIAL. I KNOW OTHER CHEVROLET TRUCKS HAVE A RECALL TO REPLACE THIS CABLE WITH A STEEL MATERIAL CABLE. WHY WAS THE S10 NOT ON THIS RECALL LISTING? IT'S THE SAME CABLE AS ON UNITS RECALLED? REPLACEMENT COST = $90.00 PER CABLE PLUS TAX OR $180.00 PLUS TAX TO REPLACE A DEFECTIVE PART - SHOULD NOT BE A CUSTOMER EXPENSE.

(1) NONE (2) CABLE ON TAILGATE LATCH BROKE. (LATCH2507F PART NUMBER 15726085) I JUST NOTICED ONE DAY THAT THE CABLE WAS BROKEN. NO ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES SINCE I NOTICED THE FAILURE. (3) I REPLACED THE TAILGATE LATCH ASSEMBLY. I HAVE THE OLD PARTS.

I BOUGHT MY 2002 CHEVY S10 TRUCK IN JUNE OF 2002. OCTOBER 21, 2002 AT 4035 MILES THE IDLER ARM WAS REPLACED. JANUARY 2003 THE HEAT SENSOR FOR THE HEATER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AS THE BLOWER WORKED BUT THE HEAT WOULDN'T. MARCH 4, 2004 AT 26, 345 MILES THE IDLER ARM WAS REPLACED. ALSO, THE DRIVERS DOOR HAD TO BE ADJUSTED NOT CLOSING PROPERLY, THE DRIVERS SIDE VISOR WASN'T ALIGNED AND WOULDN'T LOCK IN PLACE NEEDED TO BE ADJUSTED. JULY 8TH THE FUEL PUMP MODULATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I FEEL THIS IS WAY TO MANY PROBLEMS FOR A NEW VEHICLE.

DT: CONSUMER STATES THE TAILGATE ON THE CHEVROLET S10 THE CABLES BROKE. CHEVROLET FIXED THE CABLES BUT WOULD NOT FIX THE TAILGATE WHERE IT WAS DENTED FROM HITTING THE BUMPER. CONSUMER'S 14 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS UNLOADING THE BED WHEN THIS HAPPENED. THE CABLES WERE RUSTING, BUT THE CONSUMER DID NOT NOTICE THE PROBLEM UNTIL AFTER IT OCCURRED. *NM

DT: CONSUMER STATES THAT HIS VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE ON JULY 3, 2005. THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE, HE HAD SMELLED AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE DASH. ACCORDING TO THE INSURANCE COMPANY AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE FUSE BOX HAD SHORTED OUT IN THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS A FIRE REPORT FILED. THE INSURANCE COMPANY HAS NOT YET DETERMINED WHETHER THE VEHICLE IS TOTALED. *NM

DT: THE CABLES THAT HOLD THE TAILGATE LEVEL RUSTED AND BROKE. TAILGATE GOES UP BUT CONSUMER CANNOT LET IT DOWN BECAUSE IT RIDES ON THE BUMPER. CONTACTED CHEVROLET, THEY SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL ON A S-10. *AK

I NOTICED ONE OF THE TAILGATE CABLES ON MY 2002 CHEVEROLET S-10 PICKUP (45,000 MILES) APPEARED TO BE STREACHED. UPON CLOSER INSPECTION I FOUND THE CABLE WAS SEPARATING UNDER THE COATING. THE OPPOSITE SIDE WAS FOUND TO BE IN THE SAME CONDITION. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MY DEALER AND WAS TOLD GM HAD NOT ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN ON THE S-10, ONLY THE SILVERADO. SINCE MY VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY THE DEALER REP. TOLD ME IF I WANTED TO REPLACE THE CABLES I WOULD HAVE TO PURCHASE THEM. WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS BOTH CABLES BROKE WHEN MY 3 YEAR OLD GRANDDAUGHTER ATTEMPTED TO CLIMB UP ON THE TAILGATE. THE TAILGATE FELL OPEN TO THE BUMPER BUT THERE WERE NO INJURIES. I HAVE SINCE PURCHASED AND REPLACED THE BROKEN CABLES. THE OLD PARTS ARE AVAILABLE.

THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE ROTATORS WERE BAD, PICTURES WERE TAKEN AND THERE WAS UNUSUAL FLAKING. THE ROTORS WERE WORN SMOOTH AND NOT PITTED. THERE WAS EXCESSIVE NOISE COMING FROM THE BRAKES. ALL OF THE ROTORS WERE REPLACED DUE TO THE PITTING BEING SO SEVERE THAT IT COULD NOT BE USED. THE DEALER SAID HE HAD SEEN THIS BEFORE. *AK THERE WAS EXCESSIVE NOISE IN THE DRIVE TRAIN AND MORNING BRAKE NOISE AS IF THE PARKING BRAKES WERE STICKING. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO THE DEALER FOR NOISE IN THE DRIVE TRAIN AND 4 WHEEL DRIVE UNIT WHICH WAS EVENTUALLY BLAMED ON AGGRESSIVE TIRE TREAD. *SC

THE TAILGATE STRAPS BROKE WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS CLOSING THE TAILGATE. THE TAILGATE SLIPPED OUT OF THE CONSUMER'S HAND AND THE STRAPS BROKE. THE MANUFACTURER OFFERED NO HELP. *AK THE MANUFACTURER DID OFFER TO PAY FOR THE LABOR BUT NOT THE PARTS. *SC *JB

DT: HIT AND KILLED TWO HORSES, THE CONSUMER HIT THEM WITH THE FRONT END OF HER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONSUMER WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT BUT STILL HIT THE WINDSHIELD, THE STEERING WHEEL AND CONSOLE. SHE SUFFERED SEVERAL MAJOR INJURIES. THE CONSUMER HAS NOT SPOKEN WITH THE MANUFACTURER OR DEALER TO FIND OUT WHY THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONSUMER PLANNED TO CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER. *JB

AS I OPENED TEH TAILGATE TO MY S-10 CREW CAB THE CABLE BROKE ON BOTH SIDES. THERE WAS NO WEIGHT ON THE TAILGATE EXCEPT THE WEIGHT OF THE UNIT ITSELF. I KNOW THE BIGGER TRUCKS ARE RECALLED WHY ARE THESE NOT RECALLED. LOOKING INTO THE BROKEN PROTECTIVE COATING AROUND THE CABLE, YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT IS RUSTED THRU. PLEASE GET THIS PROBLEM FIXED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT.

WARNING LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON WHEN DOORS ARE AJAR; TRUCK IS A CREW CAB. HAS CHILD SAFETY LOCKS. *AK

I HAVE EXPERIENCED THE EXACT SAME SITUATION WITH THE ABS BRAKES ON MY 2002 CHEVROLET S-10 CREW CAB PICK-UP TRUCK AS DESCRIBED BELOW: FEDS PROBE GM BRAKES TUESDAY, MAY 03, 2005 THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION SAID MONDAY THAT STOPPING DISTANCES MAY INCREASE WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED AT SPEEDS OF UNDER 10 MPH BECAUSE OF THE BUILDUP OF CORROSION. IN SOME OF THE VEHICLES, THE CORROSION OF SALT AND OTHER COLD-WEATHER ROAD SUBSTANCES LED TO UNWANTED ACTIVATION OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM AT LOW SPEEDS AND INCREASED THE STOPPING DISTANCE. REGARDS, JIM ZELASNY

ON FEBRUARY 2, 2005 I WAS UNLOADING A TWENTY-FIVE POUND PAIL FROM THE BACK OF MY CHEVY S-10 PICK UP TRUCK. I OPENED THE TAIL GATE, AND AS I SLID THE PAIL ON TO THE TAILGATE, BOTH OF THE TAILGATE SUPPORT CABLES SNAPPED. I FELL BACKWARDS ONTO THE GARAGE FLOOR, AND I INJURED MY BACK. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASDE MY TRUCK, AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO BECAUSE THERE WAS NO RECALL. ON MARCH 17,2005 AS I WAS DRIVING, I HEARD A LOUD BANG. THE TAILGATE HAD FALLEN INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. A WOMAN WITH A VAN FULL OF CHILDREN HAD TO SWERVE INTO THE OPPOSITE LANE TO AVOID HITTING THE TAILGATE. THE TAILGATE WAS DENTED AND BADLY SCRATCHED. I AGAIN CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND EXPLAINED WHAT HAD HAPPENED, AND AGAIN THEY TOLD ME THEY WOULD DO NOTHING, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR THE S-10 PICK UP REGARDING THE TAILGATE SUPPORTS OR THE TAILGATE. I HAVE THE BROKEN TAILGATE SUPPORT CABLES, AND THE TAILGATE.*AK

TRUCK STARTED STALLING, WHILE AT IDOL AND WHEN I PUT INTO DRIVE. IT AS IF IT HAS NO GAS. *AK

I WAS LOADING MY RIDING LAWN MOWER INTO THE BACK OF MY PICKUP WHEN BOTH SAFETY CABLES ON THE TAILGATE BROKE. *AK

THE STATE WAS INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, AND THE INSPECTOR INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT BOTH UPPER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THIS PROBLEM WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A RECALL. *AK *SC *JB

AFTER LOWERING MY S10 PICK UP TRUCK TAILGATE I CLIMBED ONTO IT TO GET INTO THE BED OF THE TRUCK. BOTH TAILGATE SUPPORT STRAPS BROKE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STRAP. THIS CAUSED THE TAILGATE TO DROP LOWER TO WHERE IT HIT THE TOP OF THE BUMPER. I WAS ON MY KNEES AND FELL OFF THE TAILGATE. THESE ARE UNDER A RECALL FOR THE FULL SIZED CHEVROLET TRUCKS BUT NOT THE S10. WHY? *AK

WHILE LOADING THE REAR THE TAILGATE STRAPS BROKE WITHOUT WARNING. NO INJURIES REPORTED. *AK *NM

WHILE DRIVING, THE OWNER SMELLED BURNING WIRES. THE ALARM WENT OFF, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STARTED MOVING, AND THE HORN STARTED BLOWING INADVERTENTLY. ALSO, THE AIR BAG ON THE PASSENGER SIDE DEPLOYED. OWNER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC ,WHO INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THE OWNER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER WHO INSTRUCTED THE CONSUMER TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A G.M. DEALERSHIP. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK A MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND HAD BEEN RUN UNDER THE CARPET ON THE DRIVERS SIDE AND THEY WERE WORN AND CORRODED, THE WIRES WERE THE CAUSE OF ALL THE ELECTRICAL COMPONETS MALFUNCTIONING. *JB

WHEN THE ABS SYSTEM ENGAGED ABS FAILED, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN I TEST DROVE THIS VEHICLE, I "PUNCHED" THE THROTTLE TO CHECK RESPONSE, ENGINE-MISFIRE, SMOKE, ETC. THE THROTTLE STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. REPEATED PUNCHING OF THE ACCELERATOR RELEASED THE THROTTLE AND I WAS ABLE TO REDUCE ENGINE SPEED. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THIS PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY CARPETING SNAGGING THE THROTTLE CABLE. (WRONG). THE DEALER EXAMINED THE VEHICLE, DECLARED THE PROBLEM CURED, AND I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. SINCE THAT TIME, THE THROTTLE HAS STUCK MORE THAN A DOZEN TIMES. THIS IS PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE, OR ACCELERATING FROM A TRAFFIC LIGHT. THE THROTTLE STUCK ONCE WHEN I WAS PULLING INTO A DOWNTOWN PARKING LOT. IN ALL THESE CASES, HAD I NOT KNOWN WHAT TO EXPECT, THERE COULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT. NO PARTS HAVE EVER BEEN REPLACED ON THIS VEHICLE TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE. THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED ON AUGUST 21, 2004 AND ANOTHER INCIDENT OCCURRED TODAY (FEBRUARY 25, 2005). *NM

BOTH SUPPORT CABLES ON THE TAILGATE BROKE WHILE LOADING. THIS CAUSED THE TAILGATE TO DROP WITHOUT WARNING. BOTH CABLES SHOWED SIGN OF CORROSION. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED.*AK

THIS 2002 CHEVY S-10 CREW CAB 4X4 IS EQUIPPED WITH AN ELECTRONIC IN DASH BUTTONS FOR 2 WHEEL HIGH, 4 WHEEL HIGH AND 4 WHEEL LOW. A VACUUM (RUBBER) HOSE CONNECTS THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL TO THE VACUUM SOLENOID AND ENGAGES THE FRONT TRANS AXLE TO ENGAGED INTO 4 WHEEL DRIVE AND BACK TO REAR WHEEL DRIVE. THIS VACUUM TUBE IS MOUNTED TOO CLOSE TO THE EXHAUST PIPE AND HAS DRYROTTED IN TWO YEARS CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO NOT GO INTO 4 WHEEL DRIVE. THIS HOSE EITHER NEEDS TO BE SHIELDED FROM THE EXHAUST PIPE HEAT OR SHOULD BE MADE OF A MATERIAL THAT WHEN EXPOSED TO THE HEAT WILL NOT DETERIORATE. THE MAIN PROBLEM IS THAT THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH INDICATE YOU ARE IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE WHEN YOU ARE NOT AND SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE KILLED IF THEY BELIEVE THEY ARE IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE AND HIT SOME ICE OR SNOW, LOSE CONTROL AND COLLIDE WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE OR CAREEN OFF A MOUNTAIN. THIS ELECTRONIC DEVICE IS A MANUFACTURING AND ENGINEERING DEFECT AND SHOULD BE OF A MAJOR CONCERN TO THE SAFETY OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THERE SHOULD BE AN IMMEDIATE RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE TO CORRECT THE VACUUM HOSE AND ABOVE ALL REPLACE THE INDICATOR LIGHT!*

OPENED TAILGATE AND SAW THAT RIGHT TAILGATE SUPPORT CABLE BROKE. TRUCK NOT USED FOR HEAVY HAULING. NO WEAR INDICATION. REPLACEMENT OF CABLES REQUIRES REPLACEMENT OF ENTIRE LATCH ASSEMBLY. 34000 MILES, 38 MONTHS. ORDERED NEW LATCH/CABLE THROUGH DEALER. HAVE NOT YET INSTALLED.*AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINS OF A PROBLEM WITH THE SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE. THE CENTER BUTTON STICKS, AND THE LATCH DOESN'T GO INTO THE BUCKLE. *AK *TC

2002 CHEVROLET S-10 CREW CAB, TAILGATE CABLES BROKE. BF THE CONSUMER WAS STANDING ON THE TAILGATE WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. *JB

1. USE OF THE TAILGATE IN ORDER TO PUT CARGO IN PICKUP BOX. 2. THE TAILGATE CABLES BROKE, MADE FROM POOR MATERIAL, ALSO SAME AS THE RECALLED SILVERADO TAILGATE CABLES 3. DEALER GAVE ME THE OPTION OF PAYING 5 TIMES MORE THAN AFTERMAKET FOR THE CABLE OR WAIT UNTIL ENOUGH COMPLAINT ARE RECEIVED IN ORDER FOR RECALL. *JB

ONE OF THE TWO TAILGATE SUPPORT CABLES ON MY 2002 CHEVROLET S-10 HAS PREMATURELY BROKEN. LESS THAN 3 YEARS OLD AND UNDER 40000 MILES. *AK

THE TAILGATE STRAPS BROKE OFF, KEEPING THE TAILGATE FROM MAINTAINING UPWARD POSITION. DEALER WILL REPAIR AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE.*AK

I HAVE A 2002 CHEVY S-10 PICK UP (ZR2) AND THE DRIVERS DOOR HINGE IS SEPARATING FROM THE WELD CAUSING THE DOOR TO BE APPROXIMATELY 1 INCH OUT OF ALIGNMENT AND GETTING WORSE. I CURRENTLY HAVE 41,000 MILES ON THIS VEHICLE AND IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY. *JB