2000 CHEVROLET S10 Complaints

LOWER BALL JOINT, LOWER CONTROL ARM, ONE SIDE (B) HAD TO BE REPLACED, ALONG WITH TIRE (OTHER FRONT TIRE PREVIOUSLY REPLACED FOR IRREGULAR WEAR); PROBLEM FOUND UPON YEARLY STATE INSPECTION. *JB

WHEN EVER VEHICLE IS BRAKING OVER BUMPS, RAILROAD CROSSINGS THE BREAK PEDDLE GIVES AWAY AND VEHICLE ANTI LOCK BREAK SYSTEM PREVENTS STOPPING. *NLM

THE FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS IN MY 2000 S-10 4X4 KEEP GOING OUT. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE RIGHT AND LEFT BEARINGS BEFORE THE WARRANTY RAN OUT AND I'VE REPLACED THE RIGHT TWICE AND THE LEFT ONCE MYSELF. *NLM

DRIVING DOWN HILL AT APPROXIMATELY. 10 MPH IN FIRST GEAR, USING ENGINE COMPRESSION TO HELP HOLD SPEED DOWN, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON FOLLOWED IN SEVERAL SECONDS BY LOUD EXPLOSION AND BLACK SMOKE FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT. ENGINE DIED, AND POWER ASSIST FOR BRAKES AND STEERING FAILED. MANAGED TO GET TRUCK OFF STREET AND STOPPED. INTAKE MANIFOLD HAD EXPLODED, DAMAGING MOST OF ENGINE COMPARTMENT CONTENTS ON RIGHT SIDE OF MOTOR, AS WELL AS MOST OF WIRING AND TUBING ON RIGHT SIDE OF MOTOR. *JB

THE INSIDE MOTOR WITHIN THE RADIATOR SPLIT APART AND BURST ALLOWING TRANSMISSION FLUID AND COOLANT TO MIX. WHICH CAUSED A CHOCOLATE CORROSIVE MIXTURE THAT DISINTEGRATED THE GEARS IN THE TRANSMISSION AND IMMEDIATELY OVERHEATED THE RADIATOR WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STOP ON THE HIGHWAY. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED THE DEALER/MANUFACTURER TO PROPERLY REPAIR THE VEHICLE. MR SCC *JB

THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START WHEN THE FUEL LEVEL WAS BELOW 3/8 OF A TANK (RELATED TO INVESTIGATION PE 02-066). *NLM

THE VEHICLE DOES NOT START EASILY, IT TAKES A COUPLE OF TRIES AFTER IT HAS BEEN SITTING. *NLM

WHILE TRAVELING 55 MPH THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AND I HAD TO GO FROM 5TH GEAR TO 2ND ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY. *NLM

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT AS STATED IN RECALL 00 V 005 000, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *JB

DOOR PANEL MOLDED PLASTIC MOUNTING CLIPS HAVE BROKEN. 2 SCREWS BEHIND THE DOOR HANDLE ARE THE STRESS POINTS FOR CLOSING DOORS. THE PLASTIC CLIPS USED BY THESE SCREWS HAVE BROKEN OFF FRON THE DOOR PANEL. EVERYTIME I CLOSE THE DOOR, PANEL PULLS AWAY FROM DOOR. OTHER THAN PANELS CLIPS THIS IS THE ONLY WAY IT SECURES TO THE DOOR. PANEL CLIPS ARE NOT DESIGNED TO UNDERGO THE STRESS OF CLOSING THE DOOR. HAVING THE CLIPS OUT OF PLASTIC WITH NO METAL REINFORCEMENT THEY BREAK CAUSING THE PANEL TO COME LOOSE. MATERIALS NEED A METAL REINFORCEMENT TO WITH STAND THE EVERY DAY STRESS OF CLOSING DOORS. BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER HAVE IDENTICAL FLAWS. MIDDLE CONSOLE HAS SAME MOUNTING CLIPS AND HAS ALSO BROKEN IN INDENTICAL FASHION. PLASTIC IS NOT ACCEPTABLE FOR SUCH AREAS OF HIGH STRESS.