2001 CHEVROLET S10 Complaints

I OWNA 2001 CHEVY S-10 AND HAVE ALWAYS NOTICED THAT THE BRAKES, WHEN APPLIED GOING OVER A SMALL BUMP OR DIP, WILL MAKE A GRINDING NOISE AND NOT ENGAGE AT ALL. THEY WILL ENGAGE AFTER A FEW SECONDS OF APPLIED PRESSURE BUT BY THEN I AM ALREADY THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AND HAVE NEARLY BEEN HIT/HAVE HIT ANOTHER CAR DUE TO THIS. ALSO, I WAS INVOLVED IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT WHERE I HAD TO BRAKE HARD, BUT WHEN I DID THE TRUCK PULLED LEFT AND REAR-ENDED THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. AT THE TIME I DIDN'T QUESTION THE BRAKES BUT NOW I HAVE HAD CONSTANT NOISES AND CLICKS FROM THE FRONT BRAKES AND CAN PUSH THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR, AND WHEN I DO THERE IS A LOUD CLICK. I HAVE READ 11 SIMILAR COMPLAINTS AND WONDER IF THERE IS A MAJOR PROBLEM THE PUBLIC SHOULD KNOW ABOUT. IF THE BRAKES WERE A CAUSE OF MY ACCIDENT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW.

THIRD DOOR LATCH LEVER FAILED. DOOR CAN NOT BE OPENED. THIS IS A SEVERE SAFETY HAZARD AS ANY PASSENGERS IN THE REAR OF THE EXTENDED CAB COULD NOT GET OUT IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. DT

WIPERS STOP IN CENTER OF WINDSHIELD WHEN USING MIST OR INTERMITTENT SETTINGS, WIPERS WILL PARK AT NORMAL POSITION AND THEN 'JUMP' BACK TO THE CENTER OF THE WINDSHIELD. WIPER CONTROL MODULE HAS BEEN REPLACED BUT PROBLEM PERSISTS. DT

WHILE MERGING ONTO THE HIGHWAY, DRIVER APPLIED GAS TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE GAS PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. RESULTING IN VEHICLE ACCELERATED AT A VERY HIGH SPEED. *TS THIS CAUSED A STRAIN ON THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN NEUTRAL OR THIRD WHILE HARD BRAKING. THE DEALER FAILED TO RESPOND AFTER ENSURING THEY WOULD PROVIDE SERVICE. THE VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY AS OF 05/02-NO RESPONSE. *SCC

CLUTCH PEDAL MOVED HIGH ENOUGH TO CAUSE KNEE TO JAM AGAINST STEERING WHEEL AND DOOR MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO OPERATE CLUTCH OR STEERING WHEEL. MR

CONSUMER NOTICED THE INSTRUMENTAL SYSTEM GASOLINE GAUGE IS NOT WORKING. AS WELL AS THE AIR CONDITIONER BLEW HOT AIR. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. MR

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THERE IS A LOUD CLICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN THE CONSUMER IS MAKING A TURN CAUSING A DISTRACTING TO THE CONSUMER. DEALER NOTIFIED. MR

WHEN DRIVING AND DOWN SHIFTING TO PASSING GEAR, THROTTLE BECAME STUCK, AND CONSUMER ALMOST HAD A COLLISION.*AK THE VEHICLE ALSO HAD A CRUISE CONTROL PROBLEM. *YH

VEHICLE IS ONE INCH LOWER ON DRIVER SIDE. VEHICLE IS EQUIPED WITH FUEL TANK ON DRIVER SIDE, AND IS PRIMARILY OCCUPIED BY JUST THE DRIVER AND AS SUCH, WHEN FUEL TANK IS FULL, THERE IS APPROXIMATEY 450 LBS. EXTRA ON THIS SIDE OF THE TRUCK. SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE, I AND OTHERS BEGAN TO NOTICE THE PRONOUNCED LEAN IN THE BODY OF THE TRUCK. I AM NOT SURE, BUT THIS CONDITION MAY BE A SAFTEY PROBLEM IN THE FUTURE AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT ADDRESSED. VEHICLE SPRING RATES SHOULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE LOADING DIFFERENCES OF DRIVER AND FUEL. THANKS, JACK S.R.COPP. NLM

WHILE DRIVING AT A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, A LARGE CHEVROLET VAN SHOT ACROSS THE FRONT OF MY VEHICLE FROM A SIDE ROAD. I STRUCK THE OTHER VEHICLE FULL FORCE BUT MY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THIS RESULTED IN ADDITIONAL INJURY TO ME FROM THE SEAT BELT AND SHOULDER STRAP THAT I WAS WEARING. IN ADDITION, MY RIGHT ARM STRUKE SOMETHING DURING THE CRASH, CAUSING INJURY TO IT. THE RESCUE PEOPLE WERE ALSO VERY CONCERNED ABOUT GETTING ME OUT OF THE VEHICLE (THE DRIVER'S DOOR WAS JAMMED) BEFORE ADDITIONAL INJURIES MIGHT BE CAUSED BY THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYING UNEXPECTEDLY. SHORTLY AFTER TAKING OWNWERSHIP, I HAD REPORTED A VIBRATION PROBLEM WITH THE TRUCK TO CHEVY. CHEVY STATED THAT THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM TO THEM WHICH THEY REFERRED TO AS "FRAME SHAKE" AND REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING TO FIX MY TRUCK. I NOW WONDER IF THE "CONTINUOUS VIBRATION" OF THE TRUCK DID NOT CONTRIBUT TO THE AIR BAGS NOT WORKING. EITHER WAY, THE FAILURE OF THE AIR BAGS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN DEATH INSTEAD OF JUST ADDITIONAL INJURIES. CHEVY NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT BOTH PROBLEMS IMMEDIATELY.*AK