2002 CHEVROLET S10 Complaints

DT: CONSUMER STATES THE TAILGATE ON THE CHEVROLET S10 THE CABLES BROKE. CHEVROLET FIXED THE CABLES BUT WOULD NOT FIX THE TAILGATE WHERE IT WAS DENTED FROM HITTING THE BUMPER. CONSUMER'S 14 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS UNLOADING THE BED WHEN THIS HAPPENED. THE CABLES WERE RUSTING, BUT THE CONSUMER DID NOT NOTICE THE PROBLEM UNTIL AFTER IT OCCURRED. *NM

I BOUGHT MY 2002 CHEVY S10 TRUCK IN JUNE OF 2002. OCTOBER 21, 2002 AT 4035 MILES THE IDLER ARM WAS REPLACED. JANUARY 2003 THE HEAT SENSOR FOR THE HEATER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AS THE BLOWER WORKED BUT THE HEAT WOULDN'T. MARCH 4, 2004 AT 26, 345 MILES THE IDLER ARM WAS REPLACED. ALSO, THE DRIVERS DOOR HAD TO BE ADJUSTED NOT CLOSING PROPERLY, THE DRIVERS SIDE VISOR WASN'T ALIGNED AND WOULDN'T LOCK IN PLACE NEEDED TO BE ADJUSTED. JULY 8TH THE FUEL PUMP MODULATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I FEEL THIS IS WAY TO MANY PROBLEMS FOR A NEW VEHICLE.

(1) NONE (2) CABLE ON TAILGATE LATCH BROKE. (LATCH2507F PART NUMBER 15726085) I JUST NOTICED ONE DAY THAT THE CABLE WAS BROKEN. NO ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES SINCE I NOTICED THE FAILURE. (3) I REPLACED THE TAILGATE LATCH ASSEMBLY. I HAVE THE OLD PARTS.

DT: THE CABLES THAT HOLD THE TAILGATE LEVEL RUSTED AND BROKE. TAILGATE GOES UP BUT CONSUMER CANNOT LET IT DOWN BECAUSE IT RIDES ON THE BUMPER. CONTACTED CHEVROLET, THEY SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL ON A S-10. *AK

I NOTICED ONE OF THE TAILGATE CABLES ON MY 2002 CHEVEROLET S-10 PICKUP (45,000 MILES) APPEARED TO BE STREACHED. UPON CLOSER INSPECTION I FOUND THE CABLE WAS SEPARATING UNDER THE COATING. THE OPPOSITE SIDE WAS FOUND TO BE IN THE SAME CONDITION. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MY DEALER AND WAS TOLD GM HAD NOT ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN ON THE S-10, ONLY THE SILVERADO. SINCE MY VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY THE DEALER REP. TOLD ME IF I WANTED TO REPLACE THE CABLES I WOULD HAVE TO PURCHASE THEM. WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS BOTH CABLES BROKE WHEN MY 3 YEAR OLD GRANDDAUGHTER ATTEMPTED TO CLIMB UP ON THE TAILGATE. THE TAILGATE FELL OPEN TO THE BUMPER BUT THERE WERE NO INJURIES. I HAVE SINCE PURCHASED AND REPLACED THE BROKEN CABLES. THE OLD PARTS ARE AVAILABLE.

THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE ROTATORS WERE BAD, PICTURES WERE TAKEN AND THERE WAS UNUSUAL FLAKING. THE ROTORS WERE WORN SMOOTH AND NOT PITTED. THERE WAS EXCESSIVE NOISE COMING FROM THE BRAKES. ALL OF THE ROTORS WERE REPLACED DUE TO THE PITTING BEING SO SEVERE THAT IT COULD NOT BE USED. THE DEALER SAID HE HAD SEEN THIS BEFORE. *AK THERE WAS EXCESSIVE NOISE IN THE DRIVE TRAIN AND MORNING BRAKE NOISE AS IF THE PARKING BRAKES WERE STICKING. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO THE DEALER FOR NOISE IN THE DRIVE TRAIN AND 4 WHEEL DRIVE UNIT WHICH WAS EVENTUALLY BLAMED ON AGGRESSIVE TIRE TREAD. *SC

DT: HIT AND KILLED TWO HORSES, THE CONSUMER HIT THEM WITH THE FRONT END OF HER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONSUMER WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT BUT STILL HIT THE WINDSHIELD, THE STEERING WHEEL AND CONSOLE. SHE SUFFERED SEVERAL MAJOR INJURIES. THE CONSUMER HAS NOT SPOKEN WITH THE MANUFACTURER OR DEALER TO FIND OUT WHY THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONSUMER PLANNED TO CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER. *JB

THE TAILGATE STRAPS BROKE WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS CLOSING THE TAILGATE. THE TAILGATE SLIPPED OUT OF THE CONSUMER'S HAND AND THE STRAPS BROKE. THE MANUFACTURER OFFERED NO HELP. *AK THE MANUFACTURER DID OFFER TO PAY FOR THE LABOR BUT NOT THE PARTS. *SC *JB

AS I OPENED TEH TAILGATE TO MY S-10 CREW CAB THE CABLE BROKE ON BOTH SIDES. THERE WAS NO WEIGHT ON THE TAILGATE EXCEPT THE WEIGHT OF THE UNIT ITSELF. I KNOW THE BIGGER TRUCKS ARE RECALLED WHY ARE THESE NOT RECALLED. LOOKING INTO THE BROKEN PROTECTIVE COATING AROUND THE CABLE, YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT IS RUSTED THRU. PLEASE GET THIS PROBLEM FIXED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT.

I HAVE EXPERIENCED THE EXACT SAME SITUATION WITH THE ABS BRAKES ON MY 2002 CHEVROLET S-10 CREW CAB PICK-UP TRUCK AS DESCRIBED BELOW: FEDS PROBE GM BRAKES TUESDAY, MAY 03, 2005 THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION SAID MONDAY THAT STOPPING DISTANCES MAY INCREASE WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED AT SPEEDS OF UNDER 10 MPH BECAUSE OF THE BUILDUP OF CORROSION. IN SOME OF THE VEHICLES, THE CORROSION OF SALT AND OTHER COLD-WEATHER ROAD SUBSTANCES LED TO UNWANTED ACTIVATION OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM AT LOW SPEEDS AND INCREASED THE STOPPING DISTANCE. REGARDS, JIM ZELASNY