1998 CHEVROLET S10 Complaints

CONSUMER STATES HEARD A RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE FRONT END WHILE DRIVING. ONE DAY THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL. CONSUMER HAD REPAIRED, BUT NOISE RETURNED, AND CHAIN BROKE AGAIN IN 60 DAYS. HAS REPLACED TIMING CHAIN AND GEAR COMPONENTS 4 TIMES SINCE VEHICLE PURCHASE.*AK

1998 CHEVROLET S10 HAS FAILING WIPER MOTOR, THEY WORK INTERMITTENTLY OR SOMETIMES NOT AT ALL. *JB

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS DID NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. *JB. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED AND RESUMED AT ANY TIME. PH *JB

WINDSHIELD WIPERS EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT AS STATED IN RECALL 03 V 159 000, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITH NO WARNING THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL WORK INTERMITTENTLY, AND IT WILL BE HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO SEE DURING RAINY WEATHER. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

ON THIS SPECIFIED DAY, I WAS TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH WITH A SEMI-TRUCK TRAVELING BESIDE ME WHEN A SUDDEN RAIN STORM CAME UP. MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. IN A MATTER OF SECONDS I WAS BLINDED. IT WAS VERY SCARY! I WAS VERY LUCKY WHEN CROSSING THE LANES OF TRAFFIC TO GET TO THE SHOULDER OF THE INTERSTATE THAT I DID NOT KILL SOMEONE ELSE OR MYSELF. NOT TO MENTION DODGING THE CAR PARKED ON THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE. ON ANOTHER INCIDENT BACK IN JANUARY WHEN I WAS ON MY WAY TO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE, MY WIPERS QUIT WHILE IT WAS SLEETING. INSTANTLY THE WINDSHIELD WAS FROZEN OVER. AT OTHER TIMES THE WIPERS WILL NOT COME ON AND SOMETIMES THEY WILL NOT TURN OFF. *JB

WINDSHIELD WIPERS INTERMITTENT NOT WORKING CAUSING A DANGEROUS SITUATION. ALSO FRONT RECLINER LEVER ON SEAT HAS BROKEN TWICE, ONCE ON DRIVERS SIDE (REPLACED-OUT OF WARRANTY) NOW ON PASSENGER SIDE. *NLM

WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP WORKING IN HEAVY RAIN, ALMOST LOST CONTROL OVER THIS MALFUNCTION, 94-97 CHEVROLET S-10'S HAVE THE WIPER MOTOR RECALL, WHY NOT THE 98'S??? I KNOW MORE PEOPLE WITH 98'S THAT ARE HAVING TROUBLE THEN THE PEOPLE WITH THE 94-97'S...IF A RECALL ISN'T ISSUED SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET HURT BECAUSE OF THESE WIPER MOTORS! JZ. *NLM

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IN THE RAIN. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD WORK INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

GM WILL BE HAVING A RECALL THAT APPLIES TO CHEVROLET S-10'S THROUGH 1997. THE RECALL RELATES TO FAULTY WIPER MOTOR CIRCUIT BOARDS THAT LEAD TO INTERMITTENT OPERATION OF WIPER BLADES. I OWN A 1998 CHEVROLET S-10 VIN NUMBER [XXX] AND HAVE EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS FAILURES OF THE WIPER BLADES DURING RAIN STORMS. THE MOST SEVERE INCIDENT HAPPENED DURING HEAVY RAINS TODAY, WHEN I LOST THE USE OF MY WIPERS FOR 10 MINUTES. I HAVE DESCRIBED THE PROBLEM TO MECHANICS WHO INFORMED ME OF THE RECALL AND INDICATED THAT IT IS MOST LIKELY THE SAME PROBLEM AS THAT OF THE RECALL. THE RECALL SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO MODEL YEAR 1998 AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. *NLM INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR