2000 CHEVROLET S10 Complaints

ON 9-18-2004 FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED AFTER I WAS LEFT STUCK IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC THE NIGHT BEFORE. ON 9-23-2005 FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED AFTER COMPLAINED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE BOUNCES UP AND DOWN. THEY THEN REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP BUT I HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR REPAIR BECAUSE I WAS 6 DAYS BEYOND WARRANTY. ON 3-1-06 WHILE AT THE DEALERSHIP IN VA THE CAR WOULD NOT START YET AGAIN DUE TO THE FUEL PUMP AND I HAD TO FIND YET ANOTHER WAY HOME. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHEN TURNING THE KEY IN THE IGNITION, IT WOULD NOT RELEASE TO THE NEUTRAL POSITION. THIS CAUSED THE STARTER TO GRIND AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT TURN OFF. THE CONTACT DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY AND FUEL PUMP AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE IGNITION CYLINDER. THE PROBLEM RETURNED AND THE IGNITION CYLINDER WAS REPLACED A SECOND TIME. UPDATED 03/09/06. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED AFTER PURCHASING A USED VEHICLE THAT ALREADY HAD THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE ABS ENGAGED AT SPEEDS OF 10MPH OR LESS. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY THE DEALER. THE ENTIRE ABS CONTROL MODULE WAS REPLACED. AFTERWARDS THE PROBLEM CONTINUED, BUT NO FURTHER REPAIRS WERE MADE.

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH, TRANSMISSION ABRUPTLY DROPPED OUT OF OVERDRIVE INTO 3RD GEAR, CAUSING VEHICLE TO LURCH VIOLENTLY. VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO TRANSMISSION SHOP IN 3RD GEAR FOR DIAGNOSIS, WHICH LED TO $1,806 REPAIR BILL, APPARENTLY DUE TO A KNOWN VALVE BODY ISSUE. *JB

SEAT RECLINING LEVERS HAVE BROKEN ON BOTH SIDES. INTERNET SEARCHES HAVE REVEALED TO ME HUNDREDS OF SIMILAR PROBLEMS. CHEVROLET STATED NO RECALLS.*AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED FOUR YEARS AGO, THE TAILGATE CABLES BROKE WHEN OPENING THE TAILGATE. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, # 04V129000, REGARDING THE TAILGATE CABLES ON LARGER MODEL TRUCKS. THE VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL; HOWEVER, IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. *NM

MY FAMILY AND I WERE PACKING TO GO CAMPING AND WHILE LOADING THE BED OF MY S-10 PICKUP I PLACED A 40 POUND TENT ON THE TAILGATE AND WHEN I TURNED AROUND I HEARD A LOAD CLUNK AND BOTH TAILGATE CABLES BROKE. AFTER I PICKED UP THE TENT FROM THE GROUND AND LIFTED THE TAILGATE I NOTICED THAT WHEN THE TAILGATE FELL IT FELL ON THE REAR BUMPER AND DENTED IT ALL THE WAY ACROSS. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO MY DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A RECALL EVEN THOUGH THE FULL-SIZE PICKUPS DO HAVE A RECALL ON THIS ITEM. I REPLACED THE CABLES AT MY OWN COST AND IT WAS NOT CHEAP OR EASY. I ALSO PAID TO HAVE MY TAILGATE REPAIRED FOR $500. *NM

2000 CHEVY S-10 LEFT FRONT WHEEL SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE. *TS THE TIRE STRUCK THE FENDER AS IT CAME OFF. THE VEHICLE SLID TO A STOP ON IT'S UNDERCARRIAGE/SUSPENSION. THE WHEELS HAD BEEN PUT ON THE VEHICLE TWO DAYS PRIOR TO THIS ACCIDENT AND HAD ONLY BEEN DRIVEN ABOUT 60 MILES. ONLY ONE LUG NUT WAS FOUND. *NM

I STEPPED UP ONTO THE TAILGATE OF MY 2000 CHEVROLET S-10 ZR2 AND BOTH CABLES SNAPPED IN THE MIDDLE. I ONLY WEIGH 150 LBS AND THEY SHOULD HAVE NOT SNAPPED LIKE THEY DID. WHEN I LOOKED AT THE BROKEN CABLES, I FOUND THAT THEY WERE RUSTED ON THE INSIDE AND THAT IS WHAT CAUSED THEM TO FAIL. LUCKILY THE TAILGATE WAS NOT DAMAGED WHEN IT BROKE WHEN IT HIT THE BUMPER. *JB

THE TAILGATE SUPPORTS (CABLES GOING FROM THE TRUCK BED TO THE TAILGATE) GOT PINCHED BETWEEN THE BED AND TAILGATE CAUSING THEM TO CORRODE AND EVENTUALLY BREAK WHEN WEIGHT IS PUT ON THEM. ONE OF THESE CABLES BROKE WHILE AN 80 POUND BOY WAS SITTING ON THE TAIL GATE. THE CABLES HAVE NOT BEEN REPLACED AND ARE AVAILABLE.*JB