2001 CHEVROLET S10 Complaints

MY WIFE HAD HAULED A LOAD OF DIRT IN THE CARGO AREA OF OUR 2001 CHEVROLET S10 PICKUP. AFTER UNLOADING THE DIRT, SHE WAS PUTTING THE TAILGATE BACK UP, AND THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE TAILGATE FELL OFF. SHE WAS ABLE TO SLIDE THE TAILGATE BACK INTO PLACE.

WHILE DRIVING BOTH CABLES THAT HOLDS THE SPARE TIRE UNDER THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY BROKE AND THE TIRE COMPLETELY DISENGAGED FROM THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER. HOWEVER, THE DEALER DID NOTHING TO ASSIST THE CONSUMER. *AK *BF *NM

BOTH TAILGATE CABLE BROKE ON MY 2001 CHEVROLETE S10 CREW CAB PICK UP. I HAVE SINCE BROUGHT IT TO MY DEALER AND HAD IT REPAIRED. THESE ARE THE SAME TYPE CABLES THAT GN HAS RECALLED ON THE LARGE PICK UPS. I AM WONDERING WHY THEY HAVE NOT RECALLED THE SMALL TRUCKS AS WELL.

I HAVE A 2001 CHEVY S10 PICKUP, WAS SITTING ON MY TAILGATE WHENONE OF THE TAILGATE STRAPS BROKE, THROWING ME OFF OF THE TAILGATE. I WAS SUPRISED, BUT NOT INJURED. . UPON EXAMINATION, I NOTICE THAT THE TAILGATE STRAP CABLE WAS RUSTING OUT ON THE INSIDE OF THE COATING THAT HAD BEEN PLACED OVER THE CABLEM. MANY OF THE CALBLE STRANDS HAD RUSTED THOUGH. THERE IS A RECALL ON TAILGAT STRAPS FOR FULL SIZE PICKUPS, BUT NOT THE S10. I BELIEVE THAT THE SAME PROBLEM OF THE TAILGATE STRAPS RUSTING THROUGH AND CAUSING AN INJURY IF BOTH FAIL AT THE SAME TIME EXISTS IN THE S10 LINE OF PICKUPS ALSO.

OWNER WAS STANDING ON THE TAILGATE UNLOADING HIS TRUCK WHEN THE SUPPORT CABLES SNAPPED, CAUSING THE OWNER TO FALL TO THE GROUND. OWNER LATER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT BEING RECALLED FOR THIS DEFECT, AND THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE THEY COULD DO. *AK THE TAILGATE SUPPORT BRACKETS BROKE. *BF *NM

CONTACT STATES: LAST MONTH HUSBAND COULDN'T GO ANY FASTER THEN 35 MPH IN A 55 MPH ZONE . IT WAS LIKE SOMETHING WAS STOPPING THE WHEEL BACK FROM MOVING, AND IT STARTED SMOKING FROM THE WHEEL. TOOK VEHICLE TO AUTO ZONE, AND THEY SAID THE BRAKE WAS PRESSING UP AGAINST THE WHEEL. THEY HAD THE BRAKE PADS AND CALIPERS CHANGED. BUT THAT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THEY TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER. THEY PUT ON LOADED BRAKE PADS, AND REDID THE HOSES AND THE CALIPERS . HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM WAS NOT SOLVED, AND THEY CLAIMED THAT CONTAMINATED BRAKE FLUID WAS IN THE HOSES. THERE WAS NO CONTAMINATED FLUID PUT IN THE CAR. INSURANCE ADJUSTERS STATED THEY DID NOT SEE ANY SIGNS OF CONTAMINATED BRAKE FLUID AND THAT IT WAS SOMETHING MECHANICAL.*AK

BOTH TAILGATE SUPPORT CABLES ON MY 2001 S10 PICKUP THAT HAS A BLAZER VIN # HAVE BROKEN IN HALF DUE TO RUST AND CORROSION. I WENT TO MY DEALER AND THAT SAID THAT THE RECALL ONLY APPLIES TO FULLSIZE PU/U'S AND OTHER TAILGATE VEHICLES. MY VEHICLE IS NOT LISTED. I AM SEEING THAT THE BLAZER S10 HAS A RECALL ON THESE ITEMS. WHY WOULDN'T MINE? CAN YOU HELP ME GET THESE REPOLACED?*AK

WHILE LOADING MATERIALS IN THE BED OF THE PICKUP TRUCK THE CABLE SUPPORT FAILED, CAUSING THE TAILGATE TO FALL. THE TAILGATE STAYED LOOSELY ATTACHED TO THE VEHICLE. *AK

RIGHT HAND SUPPORT CABLE SNAPPED WHILE MYSELF AND ANOTHER WERE SITTING ON THE TAILGATE LAST YEAR. NOT SURE OF EXACT DATE. NO INJURIES. JUST NOTICED ARTICLE IN MEDIA AND THOUGHT THAT I WOULD ADD ANOTHER TO THE LIST. AT THIS TIME, LOCATING ANOTHER CABLE AND LEAVING THE TAILGATE CLOSED.*AK

TAILGATE STRAP, 1 BROKE ABOUT 2 MONTHS BEFORE THE OTHER ONE BROKE, NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THIS, I FIGURE THEY RECALLED ALL THE FULL SIZE TRUCK TO REPLACE THEM ,THEY SHOULD REPLACE THESE AT NO CHARGE. ALSO, IT IS A GOOD THIN I WAS NOT STANDING ON IT WHEN THEY BROKE . I COULD HAVE GOTTEN HURT BY FALLING OFF WHEN THE TAIL GATE FELL TO THE BUMPER.*AK