2000 CHEVROLET S10 Complaints

CONSUMER GOT OUT OF VEHICLE AND TOOK 2 STEPS, THEN HEARD A SERIES OF CLICKING NOISES, LOOKED AROUND AND VEHICLE WAS ROLLING DOWN THE HILL. VEHICLE HIT HIS FRIEND'S VEHICLE. CONSUMER CALLED CHEVROLET, AND THEY SENT A REPRESENTATIVE TO HIS HOME, HOOKED VEHICLE UP TO A COMPUTER, AND TRIED TO GET THE VEHICLE TO REPRODUCE THE CLICKING AND ROLLING. THE CHEVROLET REPRESENTATIVE PARKED CONSUMER'S VEHICLE ON THE HILL AND STILL IT DID NOT DO IT AGAIN. *AK

WHILE DRIVING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FLASHED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. THEN, VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE, AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO SLUDGE INSIDE OF THE ENGINE. *AK

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. LOCAL FIRE DEPTARTMENT ARRIVED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. IT WAS CAUSED BY AN ELECTRICAL SHORT. *AK

THE TAILGATE CABLE BROKE ON BOTH SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WHILE A 200 POUND PERSON WAS SITTING ON IT. THERE IS A TAILGATE SUPPORT RECALL 04V-129000, BUT THE VIN ISN'T INCLUDED. *LA *SC *JB

2000 S-10 VORTEC V-6 ENGINE HAVING MANY PROBLEMS WITH COOLING SYSTEM SLUDGE .*AK

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IN MY 2000 CHEVROLET S10 ZR2 MADE A LOUD SCREECHING NOISE. RPMS WERE WAY OF IN COMPARISON TO SPEED. THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT GEARS. VEHICLE HAS NO REVERSE, ACTS LIKE NEUTRAL, DRIVE WIL GO FORWARD, 1ST WILL GO FORWARD, 2ND WILL GO FORWARD AND 3RD WILL GO FROWARD.*AK

CRUISE CONTROL WAS SET TO 55 MPH WHEN VEHICLE STARTED ACCELERATING AT A RAPID SPEED.*MR THE CONSUMER TURN THE CRUISE CONTROL OFF AND APPLIED THE BRAKE BUT THAT DID NOT STOP THE VEHICLE FROM ACCELERATING. THE CONSUMER HAD TO TURN THE IGNITION OFF AND COAST TO THE SHOULDER. *NM

THIS VEHICLE HAS LIGHT METAL LATCHES ON THE SEAT BACKS AND EXTENDED CAB DOOR. THESE LATCHES BROKE, CAUSING THE THIRD DOOR TO SWING OPEN AND THE SEATS TO WOBBLE. THE BACK OF THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEATS COULD NOT BE ADJUSTED WITHOUT THESE LATCHES. THE DEALER HAS EXAMINED THE VEHICLE THREE TIMES, ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE ONLY HAD AN EXTENDED CAB DOOR BEHIND THE DRIVER'S SEAT. *AK THE DEALER REPAIRED THE DRIVERS SEAT. THE PASSENGER SEAT ADJUSTMENT HAD BROKEN WITHIN THE FIRST WEEK OF THE DRIVERS SIDE REPAIR. *SC *JB

ON JULY 14, 2004 NEAR WESTMINSTER MALL LOWER BALL JOINT OF MY 2000 CHEVY S10 BROCK. I TOOK MY VEHICLE SEARS AUTO CENTER WHICH WAS ACROSS THE STREET AND HAD IT FIXED. ACCORDING TO WEBSITE THERE WERE 7 INCIDENTS SIMILAR TO MINE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND DROVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. WHILE PARKING THE PASSENGER FRONT TIE ROD FELL OFF DUE TO POORLY MADE FOREIGN PARTS AND THE MECHANIC REPLACED IT. *AK *JB