2002 CHEVROLET S10 Complaints

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE OPENING THE TAILGATE THE CABLES ON THE RIGHT AND LEFT SIDE WERE BROKEN. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, # 04V129000, REGARDING THE STRUCTURE BODY TAILGATE HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS. THE VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL; HOWEVER IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE MODEL AND VIN.

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

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

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