1998 CHEVROLET S10 Complaints

HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING INTERMITTENT WINDSHIELD WIPER FAILURES WITH INCREASING FREQUENCY FOR THE PAST THREE MONTHS. WIPERS WILL WORK IF AND WHEN THEY WANT TO, AND AT WHATEVER SPEED THEY CHOOSE. IN PAST FAILURES, THE WIPERS WOULD STILL WORK ON HIGH, OR MIST. IN THE MOST RECENT EPISODE THEY TOTALLY FAILED. WHEN THEY FINALLY STARTED TO WORK AGAIN, THEY WOULD NOT SHUT OFF!! *LA

CHEVROLET S10, 1998, PLASTIC LEATHER ON DRIVER DOOR THAT HOLD DOOR LOCK ROD SECURE BREAKS. DOORS LOCK AND CAN ONLY BE OPENED WITH THE KEY. INNER LAST IS NON-FUNCTIONING TRAPPING THE DRIVER IN UNTIL THE DOOR IS UNLOCKED FROM THE OUT SIDE. *LA

CONSUMER STATES WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY DURING USAGE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK GM ISSUED A RECALL FOR WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON EARLIER MODEL YEARS. THE CONSUMER FEELS THE RECALL SHOULD BE EXTENDED FOR LATER MODELS. *PH *NLM

INTERMITTENT COMPLETE FAILURE OF WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY DURING RAIN. *LA

DRIVER AND PASSENGER RECLINER LEVER EASILY BRAKES. AFTER REPLACING IT TWICE THE SECOND TIME IT BROKE I WAS DRIVING IN A VERY UNCOMFORTABLE PASSION AND UNSAFE. I HAD TO GET A PAIR OF VICE GRIPS TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE BACK OF THE SEAT. I FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS A COMMAND PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE FOR THE CHEVROLET PARTS ATTENDANT. YET THERE IS NO IMPROVEMENT ON THE PARTS THERE SELLING OR RECALL ON THE SEATS. *LA

INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INOPERABLE, OBSTRUCTING THE DRIVER'S VIEW. DEALER STATED THERE WAS NO RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE.*AK

WIPERS WORK ONLY EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE AND DOESN'T WORK WHEN ITS NEEDED. CONSUMER UNDERSTANDS THAT THERE IS RECALL FOR OTHER CHEVROLET VEHICLES BUT NOT ON THE 1998 S-10. I BELIEVE THAT IT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT AGAIN. *LA

WIPERS MOTOR NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. WIPERS QUIT WORKING SUDDENLY & SOMETIMES WILL NOT START AT ALL. WIPERS WILL SPEED UP ON THEIR OWN ACCORD AND DON'T SHUT OFF PROMPTLY.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK SPORADICALLY. THEY WILL WORK WITH NO PROBLEMS FOR WEEKS AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY WILL STOP AND NOT WORK.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS QUIT WORKING. SOMETIMES THEY WORK AND SOMETIMES THEY DON'T. WE ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT WHEN SPRAYING THE WINDOWS WHILE DRIVING AND THE WIPERS REFUSED TO COME ON. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES, AND WE FINALLY HAD TO HAVE THE MODULE REPLACED. THE CHEVROLET DEALER TOLD US THAT THEY HAVE HAD MORE THAN THE USUAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITH 1998 S10S WITH PROBLEMS BUT THEY CAN DO NOTHING ABOUT IT UNLESS THE COMPANY ORDERS A RECALL. WE BELIEVE THE RECALL THROUGH 1997 SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO THE 1998 MODEL. OUR TRUCK ONLY HAS 34000 MILES ON IT. IT COST US 139.11 TO HAVE THIS FIXED. WE COULD HAVE HAD AN ACCIDENT ON THE ROAD, BUT LUCKILY IT WAS AN ISOLATED AREA AND WE WERE ABLE TO STOP IN THE ROAD AND CLEAR THE WINDSHIELD. *PH