2001 CHEVROLET S10 Complaints

THE TAILGATE CABLES ON MY S-10 PICKUP TRUCK SNAPPED IN TWO ATT HE SAME CAUSING THE TAILGATE TO PINCH MY HAND. UPON INSPECTION IT APPEARS THAT THE SHEATHING WAS BREACHED AND THE CABLES HAVE CORRODED THAT ARE INSIDE THE SHEATHING. *NM

BOTH TAILGATE CABLES BROKE. THE DRIVER'S SIDE WAS FOUND BROKEN, WHICH BROKE AT SOME UNKNOWN TIME. THE PASSENGER SIDE FAILED WHILE I WAS SITTING ON THE TAIL GATE. I USE THIS TRUCK FOR OCCASIONAL HAULING OF MATERIALS AND THESE COULD HAVE FAILED WHILE UNDER LOAD. *NM

DT: 2001 CHEVROLET S10. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START IMMEDIATELY WHEN IT WAS DAMP. IT TOOK A LONG TIME FOR VEHICLE TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC, AND THEY COULD NOT FIND WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. A RECALL WAS ISSUED, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED, NO INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR THREE WEEKS. THE BATTERY AND BATTERY CABLE HAVE BEEN CHECKED. *AK

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 CHEVROLET S-10. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL PERIODICALLY COME ON, AND THE ENGINE WILL CHOKE OUT. WHEN THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND STOPPED AT A STOP-LIGHT OR A STOP SIGN THE VEHICLE WOULD SEEM TO CHOKE OUT WHEN THE CONSUMER WOULD ACCELERATE. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT IF THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND BACK ON THE VEHICLE WILL DRIVE NORMAL. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THIS DID NOT HAPPEN EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE STOPPED OR EVERY TIME THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY A SERVICE DEALER TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. THE CONTACT CONTACTED THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT, AND THEY TOLD THE CONTACT TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY WAY THEY COULD DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. THE CONTACT HAS NOT CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER YET.*AK

DT: 2001 CHEVROLET S10. THE CONSUMER STATED THE THROTTLE POSTED OPEN WHILE DRIVING AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED. THIS HAPPENED TWICE WITHIN A FIVE MINUTE PERIOD. THE FIRST TIME HE THOUGHT THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS STUCK AND PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR. THEN TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF. THE SECOND TIME HE DID THE SAME THING. THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A LOOSE RESTRICTIVE PLATE IN THE CARBURETOR, HE TOOK THE PLATE OFF. SINCE THE PLATE WAS REMOVED, AND THE PROBLEM HAS NOT OCCURRED AGAIN. HE HAD NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, BECAUSE HE DID NOT AGREE WITH DEALER'S PRICING. HE CALLED GM TO SEE IF THEY WOULD PAY FOR THE REPAIRS.*AK

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