2001 CHEVROLET S10 Complaints

FUEL GAUGE IS NOT CALIBRATED PROPERLY AND APPARENTLY CANT BE. THE EXTENDED CAB S-10 LS MODELS HAVE 19-GALLON GAS TANKS STANDARD. THE GAUGE READS FULL WHEN FULL BUT SEEMS TO GAUGE MY FUEL CONSUMPTION FASTER THAN I AM REALLY USING IT. IT WAS MOST CONCERNING THE FIRST TIME THE LIGHT CAME ON. I THOUGHT AT FIRST I WAS GETTING ABOUT 13 MILES PER GALLON WHEN HALF OF MY DRIVING IS HIGHWAY. WHEN THE GAUGE GETS DOWN TO THE 1/8 TANK LINE THE FUEL LIGHT COMES ON. WHEN I GO TO THE STATION THE TANK WILL GENERALLY TAKE ONLY ABOUT 13 GALLONS MEANING THERE IS 6 REMAINING IN THE TANK. IT HAS BEEN CONSISTENT SINCE I BOUGHT IT AND OVER THE ALMOST 40,000 MILES IVE DRIVEN IT. I STILL DONT TRUST IT COMPLETELY AND USE MY TRIP METER TO GAUGE ITS ACCURACY. GENERALLY I JUST MAKE IT A PRACTICE TO REFUEL WHEN THE LIGHT COMES ON. I KNOW I HAVE ABOUT 3/8 OF A TANK REMAINING WHEN THAT OCCURS. *CB

THE DOOR LATCH ON THE THIRD DOOR BREAKS AWAY FROM THE INTERNAL MECHANISM. MATERIALS ARE TOO WEAK. *CB

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE SHUT DOWN/ LOST POWER. DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE WOULD NOT START UNDER NORMAL PROCEDURES. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO CLAIMED THAT THE NEUTRAL SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

MY 2001 S-10 PICK UP STALLS WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. ACTS SIMILAR TO INVESTIGATION PE02-066. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND EXPLAINED PROBLEM. THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. I STILL HAVE THE PROBLEM. TRUCK WAS OUT OF WARRANTY WHEN TAKEN IN HAD 44,106 MILES. SHOULDN'T THE DEALER BEEN AWARE OF YOUR INVESTIGATION AND POSSIBLY LOOKED AT THIS FILTER?. I THINK YOU SHOULD REOPEN THIS CASE, I THINK THAT THERE IS A SEVERE DEFECT IN THEIR DESIGN. TOMORROW I AM GOING TO DEALER ARMED WITH INFORMATION FROM YOUR WEBSITE AND I AM GOING TO PUT UP A STINK ABOUT THIS. PLEASE TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THIS CASE. THANK YOU. SINCERELY, ROBERT A. WRIGHT. *LA

WINDSHIELD WIPER BOARD WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW ONE. AFTER THE REPAIR WINDSHIELD WIPERS DIDN'T START TO OPERATE UNTIL 20 SECONDS AFTER TURNING THE SWITCH ON. DEALER INDICATED THAT THIS WAS HOW THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE SUPPOSE TO FUNCTION. *AK

THE BRAKES FAILED AT 18000 MILES. AN INDEPENDENT SHOP REPLACED THE PADS AND DRUMS. *AK *SCC *JB

CONSUMER STATED THAT VEHICLE IN THE LAST 3 MONTHS IN REPAIR SHOP FOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS 9 TIMES. AFTER BRINGING VEHICLE TO REPAIR SHOP SHOP EVERYTHING ELSE STARTED TO BREAK DOWN. ALSO, FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED 3 TIMES. FUEL GAUGE OPERATED POORLY, AND VEHICLE DIED/STOPPED WHILE DRIVING ON THE ROAD. *AK

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES WORK SPORADICALLY, ONE SIDE WILL LOCK AND PULL THE CAR TO THAT SIDE, SOMETIMES I PRESS ON THE BRAKE AND THE TRUCK KEEPS GOING AND THEN STOPS SLOWLY, HAS CAUSED ME TO ALMOST GET INTO CRASHES MANY TIMES. *LA

WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH BRAKES LOST POWER, RESULTING IN PEDAL FADING AND HARD BRAKING. ALSO, EXTENDED STOPPING. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK