1998 CHEVROLET S10 Complaints

WHILE DRIVING DURING RAINY WEATHER WINDSHIELD WIPERS INTERMITTENTLY FAILED. DEALERSHIP HAD BEEN NOTIFIED, BUT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED IN RAINY OR SNOWY WEATHER, OBSTRUCTING DRIVER'S VIEW. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, WHO INFORMED CONSUMER THERE WAS NO RECALL ON A 1998 MODEL. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INOPERABLE OBSTRUCTING THE DRIVERS VIEW. DEALER SORRY THERE IS NOT RECALL ON THE 1998 BUT THERE IS ON THE 1997. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *PH

TRUCKS WITH A DEFECTIVE WINDSHIELD WIPER MODULE THAT CAUSES THE WIPERS TO STOP WORKING.GM HAS LIMITED THE RECALL OF THIS DEFECTIVE PART FOR VEHICLE UP TO 1997 EVEN THOUGH THE PART IS USED IN 1998 VEHICLES. 1998 CHEVY S-10 THE WIPERS STOPPED WORKING . I CALLED CHEVY DEALER WHERE I WAS TOLD THAT THE DEFECTIVE PART HAD BEEN RECALLED FOR VEHICLES ONLY UPTO 1997. .DUE TO THIS DEFECTIVE PART. GM NEEDS TO MODIFY THIS RECALL TO INCLUDE 1998.

WHILE DRIVING DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED FUNCTIONING, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. *AK THERE'S A ITEM LOCATED JUST UNDER THE HOOD ON THE FIREWALL, THAT IF IT GETS WET I WOULD CAUSE THE WIPERS TO MALFUNCTION. ON ONE OCCASION, THE CONSUMER'S WIFE WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN IT STARTED TO RAIN, THE WIPERS FAILED. THE 1997 MODELS WERE RECALLED BUT THE CONSUMER OWNS A 1998 WHICH EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT. *PH *NLM

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION COOLER BROKE WHILE DRIVING AND CONTAMINATED OTHER COMPONENTS WITHIN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THIS MADE DRIVING AND GEAR CHANGING DIFFICULT. DEALERSHIP WILL REPLACE ALL CONTAMINATED COMPONENTS. *AK THE "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT ILLUMINATED SO THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE CONSUMER HAD THE RADIATOR FLUSHED AT 550 MILES AND THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN ROUGH. ON ONE OCCASION, THE CONSUMER STARTED THE ENGINE AND IT LUNGED FORWARD ALMOST KNOCKING HIM TO THE DRIVEWAY. THE SERVICE MANAGER AGREED THAT THE RADIATOR MAY BE DEFECTIVE. *PH THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CLUSTER WAS REPLACED BECAUSE IT HAD SHORTED OUT. *JB

VEHICLE HAVING SERIES OF PROBLEMS AFTER AN ACCIDENT WITH A DEER. *MR THE HOOD LATCH HASN'T WORKED PROPERLY SINCE THE ACCIDENT, BOTH CHAIR LATCHES HAD BROKEN AFTER TWO TIMES OF USE, THE RIGHT FRONT OF THE VEHICLE MADE NOISE, THERE WAS NOISE IN THE STEERING, THE CENTRAL CONSOLE SNAPPED IN HALF, AND THE REAR WIPERS HAD GONE OUT. *SCC *JB

WINDSHIELD WIPERS EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT AS STATED IN RECALL 03 03V159000; BUT, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER. DEALER HAD NOT DETERMINED THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WENT OUT WITH WARNING. SOMETIMES WINDSHIELD WIPERS WON'T COME ON. MECHANIC SAYS "THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE SAME WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR", BUT IT IS ON 1997, S10 MODELS. CONSUMER BELIEVES HIS CAR IS HAVING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM.*AK