2000 CHEVROLET S10 Complaints

CONSUMER STATES: WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE, AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DOESN'T SHIFT PROPERLY (TRANSMISSION PUMP IS THE PROBLEM) DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.. TS

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AND NO WARNING THE STABILIZER BAR SNAP CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO LOSE STEERING CONTROL AND WAS FORCE TO PULL OVER. DEALER NOTIFIED TS

REVERSE LOCKOUT MECHANISM IS NON-FUNCTIONAL. DEALER INDICATED IT IS A DESIGN DEFECT AND IS NOT REPAIRABLE. SAFETY PROBLEM BECAUSE TRANSMISSION CAN ACCIDENTLY BE PUT INTO REVERSE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (70 MPH ) CAUSING COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. REVERSE IS ON SAME LEG AS 5TH GEAR OVERDRIVE. EMERGENCY PASSING REQUIRES RAPID DOWN SHIFTING TO 4TH GEAR OR 3RD GEAR. I HAVE USED A 5TH TO 3RD GEAR EMERGENCY PASSING METHOD SINCE DISCOVERING THE DEFECT. THE PROBLEM WITH 5TH TO 3RD IS THAT 1ST GEAR CAN ACCIDENTLY BE SELECTED. THAT WILL CAUSE ENGINE FAILURE OR LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. I WOULD HAVE PRESSED THIS ISSUE WITH CHEVROLET FURTHER BUT HAVE NOT BECAUSE IT IS A LEASED VEHICLE AND IS SCHEDULED TO BE RETURNED JAN 2003. I STILL DO CONSIDER IT A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE AND OWNERS SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THE RESULTING DANGERS OF THIS DESIGN DEFECT. DT

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. CONTACTED DEALER. MRAFTER THREE FAILURES THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AT ALL. *JG

CONSUMER STATES THE TRACK ON THE RECLINING FRONT SEAT HAS BROKEN CAUSING THE SEAT TO GIVE NO SUPPORT.*JB

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WILL NOT ACCELERATE WHILE GOING UP A OFF RAM. NLM

STEEL CHECK VALVE IN ALUMINUM SEAT CAUSES TRANSMISSION TO NOT SHIFT PROPERLY CAUSING LOSS OF FORWARD SPEED CREATING HAZZARD ON ROADWAY. *AK

I WAS PARKING MY TRUCK IN MY APT PARKING STRUCTURE AFTER WORK ON 9/14/02, UPON FINDING A PARKING SPACE I MADE A 3 POINT TURN TO GET INTO THE PARKING SPACE. I REVERSED THEN STOPPED AND PLACED THE TRUCK IN DRIVE AS I WAS ABOUT TO PULL FORWARD INTO THE PARKING SPACE. AT THAT POINT I BARELY TOUCH THE GAS EXPECTING TO COAST INTO THE SPACE AND THEN SUDDELY THE MOTOR JUST STARTED REVVING UP. I DIDN'T THINK TWICE AND JUST JUMPED ON THE BRAKE WITH BOTH FEET BUT THE TRUCK WOULDN'T STOP. WE ENDED UP JUMPING THE CEMENT PARKING STOPPER ON THE GROUND, WHICH LIFTED THE FRONT END INTO THE AIR ABOUT 2-3 FEET, AND SENT US SMASHING INTO THE BLOCK WALL DIRECTLY INFRONT OF US. I NOW HAVE $2,200 WORTH OF FRONT END DAMAGE, AND AM REALLY WORRIED ABOUT DRIVING THAT TRUCK AGAIN.*AK

VEHICLE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY STALL WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE AT DEALER. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 45MPH WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION AND AIR BAGD DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING INJURIES TO DRIVER. *AK