1996 CHEVROLET S10 Complaints

WIRE ON MULTI FUNCTION SWITCH CAME LOOSE, CAUSING HEADLIGHTS TO MALFUNCTION. DEALER REPLACED MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH. *AK *SLC

DEALER CANNOT FIND OUT WHAT IS WRONG WITH VEHICLE. WHILE DRIVING JUST SHUT DOWN, THERE WAS A SHORT IN IGNITION .*AK

HEATER/AC DOES NOT GET HOT/COLD. BLOWER RUNS BUT LITTLE OR NO AIR COMES OUT OF THE VENTS

WHEN DRIVING WOULD GET AN ODOR OF FUEL INSIDE CAB. PROBLEM WAS GETTING WORSE. COULD SMELL FUMES WHEN EITHER STOPPING OR STARTING. TOOK VEHICLE TO INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, AND WAS INFORMED THAT FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM WAS CAUSING ODOR. *AK

ON MAY 23 2000 THE VEHICAL WAS BROUGHT IN FOR AN OVER HEATING PROBLEM. THE RADIATOR WAS DIAGNOSNED AS THE PROBLEM AND REPLACED. THEN ON OCT 17 THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT IN FOR A HEATING PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. THE GASKET WAS REPLACED AND THE ENGINE WAS FLUSHED. THE WORK WAS DONE PER BULLETIN 99-06-012-012. I JUST DISCOVERED TODAY THAT THE ENGINE HAS A RATTLING SOUND. IT SOUNDS LIKE A BUCKET OF BOLTS.*AK

RECALL 99 V 193 000/ABS: ABS SYSTEM ENGAGES INTERMITTENTLY AND CAUSES EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. ALSO, RECALL 98 V 150 001/WINDSHIELD WIPERS: WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. THIS CAN RESULT IN INOPERATIVE WIPERS, THUS, REDUCING DRIVER'S VISIBILTY, AND INCREASING RISK OF A VEHICLE CRASH. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPER AND WASHER IS DEFECTIVE, WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE THAT THIS VEHICLE WASN'T INCLUDED IN RECALL CAMPAIGN DUE TO VIN. *AK

I'VE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS AS THE VEHICLES THAT WERE RECALLED. HOWEVER, MY VIN# WAS SUCH THAT I HAD TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY SO MANY S-10 OWNERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM, YET AN ADDITIONAL RECALL HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED. I GUESS IT WILL TAKE A CLASS ACTION SUIT BEFORE GM WILL FIX THE PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A LIGHT AT APPROX 30 MPH THE FUEL INJECTION ASSIST RETURN CABLE BROKE AND THE ENGINE WENT TO FULL THROTTLE. I WAS ABLE TO MANUVER BETWEEN THE VEHICLES IN TRAFFIC AND PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I WAS LUCKEY, SOME OTHER CIRCUMSTANCE COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS PROBLEM. I HAVE CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURE AND HAVE GOTTEN A RESPONSE THAT THEY HAVE RECEIVED MY COMPLAINT, BUT I NEEDED TO REPORT THIS CONDITION TO THE DOT BECAUSE OF THE SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE ON THE UNCONTROLLED FULL THROTTLE MOVEMENT.*AK

IN 1996 MODEL S-10'S AND S-15'S CHEVEROLET TRIED A NEW SLAVE CYLINDER AND HAD ALOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THEM SO THEY RETURNED TO THE OLD STYLE CYLINDER BUT LEFT CUSTOMERS RESPONSIBLE TO PAY FOR THEM WHEN THEY GO OUT. GMC MECHANIC TOLD ME THIS. *AK