2001 CHEVROLET S10 Complaints

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND DROVE IT HOME. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND SERVICE MANAGER TOLD CONSUMER TO BRING VEHICLE IN FOR INSPECTION IN TWO BUSINESS DAYS. *AK

I HAVE JUST READ THAT GM HAS A RECALL ON PU TRUCKS BECAUSE OF DEFECTS TO THE TAILGATE SUPPORT CABLES. THE RECALL ONLY INDICATES "LARGE" PU TRUCKS ARE INCLUDED. I HAVE A 2001 S-10 CHEVROLET "SMALL" PICK UP AND THE SAME THING HAS HAPPEN TO MY VEHICLE. BOTH CABLES HAVE RUSTED THROUGH. I WENT TO THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP RECENTLY AND THEY INDICATED THAT THE PARTS ALONE WOULD COST NEARLY $ 200. IF MY VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, I FEEL THAT IT SHOULD BE. THANK YOU. *JB

MY 2001 S10 DIED, AND WOULD NOT START, WHEN I CHECKED THE BATTERY, THE POSITIVE BATTERY CABLE FELL OFF, ALONG WITH PART OF THE BATTERY. CORROSION ON THE POSITIVE BATTERY CABLE, ALSO CAUSED THE END OF THE CABLE TO FALL OFF EASILY. TRUCK HAD TO BE TOWED HOME. NEW BATTERY, AND AFTERMARKET BATTERY CABLE TREMINAL SEEMS TO HAVE FIXED THE PROBLEM. TRUCK ONLY HAD 41000 MILES ON IT, AND ALREADY OUT OF WARRANTY.*AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY TAILGATE SUPPORT CABLES BROKE, THE TAILGATE ASSEMBLY HAD NOT BEEN REPLACED. *AK PREVIOUSLY STATEMENT AMENDED BY BOWMAN AFTER PHONE CALL TO OWNER 4-5-04

WHILE BRAKING VEHICLE VIBRATED. DEALERSHIP MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE PROBLEM PERTAINED TO FRONT ROTORS THAT WORE OUT PREMATURELY. DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE PROBLEM BEFORE, BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

GAS GAUGE DOES NOT WORK (READS EMPTY AT ALL TIMES NOW). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED TO HAVE THE PROBLEM FIXED WHILE UNDER WARRANTY (UNDER 35K MI). THERE'S A REOCCURENCE OF THE PROBLEM. IN ONE OCASSION A CLOSE CALL COLLISSION IN A HIGHWAY WAS BARELY AVOIDED DUE TO THE INNACURATE GAS GAUGE READING. *AK

WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF, THE BRAKE VACUUM LEAKED CAUSING BRAKE FAILURE WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE CHECK VALVE BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK THE ENGINE DIED WHILE DRIVING,THEE WAS NOT ENOUGH VACUUM ON THE BRAKE SYSTEM TO STOP THE VEHICLE. GM STATED THAT THEY HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THE CHECK VALVE AND BOOSTER. *SC *JB

WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN VEHICLE STALLED, AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR ANALYSIS, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT COIL WIRE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO A BURN OUT.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPER BOLT LOOSENED, AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED OPERATING. CONSUMER PUT A LOCKING NUT ON THE BOLT WHICH FIXED THE PROBLEM. *AK

THE TAILGATE CABLES SNAPPED WHEN I WAS STANDING ON IT, AFTER I UNLOADED SOME TRASH BAGS. I ALSO WORK AT A AUTO PARTS STORE AND HAVE HAD NUMEROUS OWNERS OF 2001 CHEVY TRUCKS SAY THEIR CABLES ALSO BROKE. WITH JUST THE LOWERING OF THEIR TAILGATE. *CB