2002 CHEVROLET S10 Complaints

WARNING LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON WHEN DOORS ARE AJAR; TRUCK IS A CREW CAB. HAS CHILD SAFETY LOCKS. *AK

TRUCK STARTED STALLING, WHILE AT IDOL AND WHEN I PUT INTO DRIVE. IT AS IF IT HAS NO GAS. *AK

ON FEBRUARY 2, 2005 I WAS UNLOADING A TWENTY-FIVE POUND PAIL FROM THE BACK OF MY CHEVY S-10 PICK UP TRUCK. I OPENED THE TAIL GATE, AND AS I SLID THE PAIL ON TO THE TAILGATE, BOTH OF THE TAILGATE SUPPORT CABLES SNAPPED. I FELL BACKWARDS ONTO THE GARAGE FLOOR, AND I INJURED MY BACK. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASDE MY TRUCK, AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO BECAUSE THERE WAS NO RECALL. ON MARCH 17,2005 AS I WAS DRIVING, I HEARD A LOUD BANG. THE TAILGATE HAD FALLEN INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. A WOMAN WITH A VAN FULL OF CHILDREN HAD TO SWERVE INTO THE OPPOSITE LANE TO AVOID HITTING THE TAILGATE. THE TAILGATE WAS DENTED AND BADLY SCRATCHED. I AGAIN CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND EXPLAINED WHAT HAD HAPPENED, AND AGAIN THEY TOLD ME THEY WOULD DO NOTHING, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR THE S-10 PICK UP REGARDING THE TAILGATE SUPPORTS OR THE TAILGATE. I HAVE THE BROKEN TAILGATE SUPPORT CABLES, AND THE TAILGATE.*AK

I WAS LOADING MY RIDING LAWN MOWER INTO THE BACK OF MY PICKUP WHEN BOTH SAFETY CABLES ON THE TAILGATE BROKE. *AK

THE STATE WAS INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, AND THE INSPECTOR INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT BOTH UPPER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THIS PROBLEM WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A RECALL. *AK *SC *JB

AFTER LOWERING MY S10 PICK UP TRUCK TAILGATE I CLIMBED ONTO IT TO GET INTO THE BED OF THE TRUCK. BOTH TAILGATE SUPPORT STRAPS BROKE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STRAP. THIS CAUSED THE TAILGATE TO DROP LOWER TO WHERE IT HIT THE TOP OF THE BUMPER. I WAS ON MY KNEES AND FELL OFF THE TAILGATE. THESE ARE UNDER A RECALL FOR THE FULL SIZED CHEVROLET TRUCKS BUT NOT THE S10. WHY? *AK

WHILE LOADING THE REAR THE TAILGATE STRAPS BROKE WITHOUT WARNING. NO INJURIES REPORTED. *AK *NM

WHILE DRIVING, THE OWNER SMELLED BURNING WIRES. THE ALARM WENT OFF, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STARTED MOVING, AND THE HORN STARTED BLOWING INADVERTENTLY. ALSO, THE AIR BAG ON THE PASSENGER SIDE DEPLOYED. OWNER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC ,WHO INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THE OWNER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER WHO INSTRUCTED THE CONSUMER TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A G.M. DEALERSHIP. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK A MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND HAD BEEN RUN UNDER THE CARPET ON THE DRIVERS SIDE AND THEY WERE WORN AND CORRODED, THE WIRES WERE THE CAUSE OF ALL THE ELECTRICAL COMPONETS MALFUNCTIONING. *JB

WHEN THE ABS SYSTEM ENGAGED ABS FAILED, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN I TEST DROVE THIS VEHICLE, I "PUNCHED" THE THROTTLE TO CHECK RESPONSE, ENGINE-MISFIRE, SMOKE, ETC. THE THROTTLE STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. REPEATED PUNCHING OF THE ACCELERATOR RELEASED THE THROTTLE AND I WAS ABLE TO REDUCE ENGINE SPEED. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THIS PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY CARPETING SNAGGING THE THROTTLE CABLE. (WRONG). THE DEALER EXAMINED THE VEHICLE, DECLARED THE PROBLEM CURED, AND I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. SINCE THAT TIME, THE THROTTLE HAS STUCK MORE THAN A DOZEN TIMES. THIS IS PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS WHEN ATTEMPTING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE, OR ACCELERATING FROM A TRAFFIC LIGHT. THE THROTTLE STUCK ONCE WHEN I WAS PULLING INTO A DOWNTOWN PARKING LOT. IN ALL THESE CASES, HAD I NOT KNOWN WHAT TO EXPECT, THERE COULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT. NO PARTS HAVE EVER BEEN REPLACED ON THIS VEHICLE TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE. THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED ON AUGUST 21, 2004 AND ANOTHER INCIDENT OCCURRED TODAY (FEBRUARY 25, 2005). *NM