1998 CHEVROLET S10 Complaints

THE EXTENDED CUB 3RD DOOR HANDLES CONTINUES TO BREAK EVERY 6 MONTHS. IT IS MADE OF PLASTIC. I PURCHASED THE 1998 S10 IN MARCH, 04, IN JULY THE HANDLE BROKE. THIS SAME NEW HANDLE BROKE WAS REPLACED IN DECEMBER, 04. FINALLY, THE 2 NEW HANDLE BROKE IN AUGUST, 05. THE BREAK IS ALWAYS IN THE SAME AREA. THE DEALER HAS COMMENTED THAT HE HAS NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS TO HIM FOR THIS PART, BUT TO CHEV HAS MADE NO EFFORT TO RECALL OR ASSIST IN ANY WAY. CAN I HAVE YOUR REVIEW AND ASSISTANCE? *NM

DT: CONSUMER STATED THAT THE TAILGATE CABLE SNAPPED WITH VERY LIGHT WEIGHT ON IT. AT THE TIME THE CABLE SNAPPED THERE WAS A CHILD ON THE TAILGATE. THIS WAS ON THE RIGHT SIDE, BUT THE LEFT SIDE CARRIED THE WEIGHT. THE OWNER WAS CONCERNED THAT HE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TRUST THE TAILGATE AT THIS POINT. THE OWNER WAS GOING TO REPLACE THE TAILGATE CABLES AND MAYBE THE WHOLE TAILGATE ITSELF. THE CABLES WERE FINE. THERE WERE NOT ANY WEAR AND TEAR ON THE CABLES. THE OWNER CALLED THE DEALER, AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE OWNER ALSO CALLED GM, AND THEY CONTACTED THE MANAGER, WHO RELAYED ANY ASSISTANCE IN THIS MATTER. THEY WERE NO INJURIES.*AK

1998 CHEVROLET S10 PICKUP CATALYTIC CONVERTER FAILED.*MR THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER BECAME SO HOT THAT IT MELTED A HOLE IN THE BEDLINER OF THE TRUCK. AFTER THAT INCIDENT THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE. THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO HONOR THE RECALL. *NM CONSUMER WOULD LIKE A FOLLOW UP REGARDING FAILURE. *TT

WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL INTERMITTENTLY. FAILURE IS UNPREDICTIABLE. LAST FAILURE OCCURED WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE 495 DURING A HEAVY RAINSTORM

I SAT ON THE OPEN TAILGATE AND BOTH TAILGATE SUPPORT STRAPS BROKE. THEY WERE BOTH VERY CORRODED ABOUT 10 INCHES FROM THE END CONNECTED TO THE BED. THE STRAPS APPEAR TO BE VERY CORRODED AT THE POINT OF BREAKAGE.

DT: CONSUMER SAYS WHILE DRIVING VE IN THE RAIN WINDSHIELD WIPERS PERIODICALLY MALFUNCTIONED. SOMETIMES STOPPED COMPLETEL, SLOWED DOWN OR TURNED OFF. THIS HAPPENED SINCE PURCHASING VEHICLE. CONSUMER RECEIVED NO HELP FROM DEALER OR MANUFACTURER. *AK

2 COMPLAINTS ON THIS VECHILE 1> NEEDS WIPER MODULE RECALLED, LIKE PREVIOUS MODEL YEARS (HAD TO PAY FOR THIS SERVICE) 2> BOTH OF MY TAILGATE STRAPS ARE BROKEN..HAVE SEEN SEVERAL OF THESE VECHILES WITH SAME PROBLEMS. HAD TO REPLACE WIPER MODULE AND TAILGATE STRAPS

LAST YEAR THE WIPERS STARTED TO NOT WORK PROPERLY, IT WOULD SPEED UP, SLOW DOWN, NOT WORK, NOT SHUT OFF, NOW IT IS WORSE. QUITE HAZARDOUS DURING RAIN, NOT REPAIRED YET, CALLED LOCAL DEALER ADVISED NO RECALL FOR THAT YEAR. THERE IS A RECALL FOR 1997 MODEL YEAR WITH SAME PROBLEM

I RECENTLY PURCHASED AN 1998 CHEVY S-10 PICKUP IN WHICH HAD HIGHWAY MILES OF @176000 MILES. THESE TRIPS WERE MADE FROM THE TEXARKANA TO DALLAS AREA ON I-30. AFTER MY PURCHASE OF SAID VEHICHLE BEING THE SECOND OWNER I HAD BEEN SMELLING GASOLINE AND SEARCHED HIGH AND LOW FOR ITS SOURCE OF ORIGIN FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 WEEKS AND ON MY WAY HOME FROM SHEVEPORT LA., THE SMELL WAS OVERWHELMING AND WAS VERY LUCKY MY TRUCK DID NOT EXPLODE INTO FLAMES THAT NIGHT, I CHECKED AGAIN UNDER THE HOOD AND EVENTUALLY UNDERNEATH THE CARRIGE AND FOUND NO LEAKS FROM THE TANK ETC. I STARTED THE ENGINE AND LOOKED AGAIN AND NOTICED SMOKE FROM THE UNDERNEATH EXHAUST, UPON FURTHER INSPECTION THE MAIN GAS LINE WHICH ROUTES OVER THE TRANSMISSION THROUGH A METAL STRAP WHICH HOLDS IT INPLACE HAD RUBBED AN AREA IN WHICH CREATED THIS AND WHAT IS A VERY DANGEROUS INCIDENT AND NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO, HAD THE EXHAST IGNITED, GAS WAS ALL OVER THE TOP OF THE TRANSMISSION AS WELL ALL THE WAY DOWN THE DRIVE SHAFT. I REPLACED WITH REGUALAR FLEX GAS LINE FROM AN AUTOMOTIVE STORE. I STILL HAVE THE OLD LINE FOR FUTHER INSPECTION IF NEEDED, BUT OTHERS MAY NOT BE AS FORTUNATE AS I AND WOULD ONLY THINK THE SMELL IS COMING FROM THE CARBURATOR AREA AND WOULD END UP THE VEHICHLE CATCHING FIRE OR BLOWING UP. TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUS AND CORRECT THE DEFECTIVE AREA BY INSTALLING A RUBBER SPACED METAL STRAP WHICH WILL SEPERATE THE THREE LINES AS WELL EXPOSURE OF BEING RUBBED BY THE STRAP IN WHICH HOLDS THEM. MY LEAK WAS SPRAYING UP INTO THE BODY UNDERNEATH AND NOT JUST SPRAYING DIRECTLY DOWN.

THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE CABLE THAT SUPPORTS THE SPARE TIRE FROM THE BASE OF THE VEHICLE. WITHOUT WARNING THIS CABLE SNAPPED, CAUSING THE SPARE TIRE TO FALL FROM UNDER THE BASE OF THE VEHICLE. *AK *SB *NM