1997 CHEVROLET S10 Complaints

INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INOPERABLE, OBSTRUCTING VIEW OF DRIVER. A RECALL H AS BEEN ISSUED ON SIMILAR MAKES AND MODELS; HOWEVER THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. *AK

FLOOR BEHIND BENCH SEAT IS SPLITTING. IF THE FLOOR SPLITS ALL THE WAY , SEAT WILL COME DOWN ON THE BREAK LINE. DEALER IS TRYING TO LOOK INTO THE PROBLEM. CONSUMER IS IN THE PROCESS OF CONTACTING THE MANUFACTURER. *AK

MY WIFE AND I WERE COMING HOME FROM DINNER WHEN WE ENCOUNTERD A STORM WITH HAEVY RAINS. IT SEEMS AS IF THE WIND SHIELD WIPERS DON'T WANT TO WORK WHEN ITS DAMP OR RAINING HEAVY. I CALLED DETROIT AND THEY ADVISED ME TO GO TO THE DEALER I BOUGHT THE TRUCK FROM.AS THEY HAD ALREADY LIED TO ME , I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC. HE KNEW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS BEFORE I GOT IT OUT OF MY MOUTH REAL GOOD. HE SAID IT WAS A DEFECTIVE WIPER MOTOR AND THAT HE HAD TO REPLACE A COUPLE A WEEK. DETROIT SAID THAT THEY HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROBLEM. THE COMPANY THAT MY EXTERMINATER WORKS FOR HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND THE NURSE THAT TAKES CARE OF MY MOM-IN-LAW HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. ALL VEHICLES ARE GM PRODUCTS. WILL SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE BEFORE THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM. BELIEVE ME ITS NOT FUN DRIVING HOME IN THE RAIN AT NIGHT.E. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 35 MPH ANOTHER DRIVER RAN A RED LIGHT AND HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE ON RIGHT FRONT VENDOR, PUSHING WHOLE FRONT END OF TRUCK. TRUCK WAS TOTALLED. AIR BAG ON THE DRIVERS SIDE DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED PREMATURELY AT 60,0000 AND THEN REPLACED AGAIN 240 MILES LATER. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 35 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND BALL JOINTS BROKE OFF, CAUSING WHEELS TO COLLAPSE. CONSUMER VEERED OFF THE ROAD ONTO THE SHOULDER. ANOTHER INCIDENT HAPPENED IN MID MAY WHEN THE BALLJOINTS BROKE ON THE OPPOSITE WHEELS. *AK *ML

THE GAS GAUGE FAILED AT 40000, IT READS 1/4 TANK WHEN THERE IS MUCH LESS AND IT WILL NOT GO BELOW 1/4 TANK. NLM

STARTED TRUCK, PUT IT IN GEAR. NO REVERSE,LATE SHIFT INTO 2ND, NO OVERDRIVE. DEALER AND 2 TRANS. SHOPS SAY IT'S PROBABLY A BROKEN REVERSE BAND OR SOMETHING SIMILAR. WILL FIND OUT WHEN REPAIRS ARE MADE. THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN AT 48,000 MILES. GM CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE SAYS THERE'S NOTHING THEY CAN DO, ME BEING 2ND OWNER AND MILEAGE BEING PAST THE 3YR.36,000 MI. WARRANTY.I BELIEVE GM SHOULD HELP ME DEFRAY AT LEAST PART OF THE COST. THIS IS GOING TO BE EXPENSIVE. A TRANS. FAILURE SHOULDN'T HAPPEN THIS SOON UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. OWNERS MANUAL SAYS FLUID AND FILTER DON'T EVEN NEED CHANGING AT 50,000 MI. UNLESS UNDER SEVERE CONDITIONS. I AM THOROUGHLY DISGUSTED WITH THIS AND WITH GM. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ACCELERATED SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY. DRIVER HAD TO PUT VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL TO STOP. REPAIR SHOP OBSERVED PROBLEM. *AK *ML

INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INOPERABLE, OBSTRUCTING THE VIEW OF DRIVER. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON EARLIER MAKES AND MODELS; HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK