2001 CHEVROLET S10 Complaints

VEHICLE WAS HIT FROM REAR AT 30 MPH AND DRIVER'S SEAT COLLAPSED BACKWARDS. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILLS. *AK

CLIPS IN THE SEAT BELT DESIGNED TO KEEP THE METAL LATCH IN PLACE FELL OUT, RESULTING IN UNRAVELING. DEALER NOTIFIED AND REPLACED SEAT BELT. BOTH FRONT SEAT BELTS ALSO DO NOT RETRACT PROPERLY; ON OCCASION, THE SEAT BELTS WILL NOT PULL FROM THEIR HOUSINGS AT ALL. *AK

WHEEL IS CRACKING FROM VALVE STEM TO WHERE IT BOLTS TO AXLE. CRACK IS INCREASING IN SIZE. HAVE NOT CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK

FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT ACCURATELY REFLECT FUEL IN THE SYSTEM(READS EMPTY AT ANY GIVEN TIME WITH OR WITHOUT FUEL). DEALER ADVISES THAT I AM AT FAULT BECAUSE I FAILED TO KEEP THE FUEL TANK MORE THAN HALF FULL. DEALER WILL NOT FIX FAULT. MY WIFE NOW REFUSES TO DRIVE THE TRUCK BECAUSE SHE NEVER KNOWS IF IT OUT OF GAS OR NOT. *AK

WHEN LOOKING THROUGH REAR VIEW MIRROR LOWER RIGHT HALF WAS OBSTRUCTED BY PASSENGER'S HEAD RESTRAINT THAT SAT TOO HIGH, CAUSING LACK OF VISIBILITY. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

FUEL MONITORING SYSTEM DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY, GAUGE DOES NOT GIVE PROPER READING ON HOW MUCH FUEL IS IN THE TANK, CONTACTED DEALER AND DEALER MADE 3 ATTEMPTS TO FIX VEHICLE, DEALER REPLACED GAS SENDING UNIT AND MODULE CLUSTER, BUT STILL HAS NOT CORRECTED PROBLEM, ALSO DEALER FOUND OUT ALL 2001 CREW CAB, S10 HAVE SAME PROBLEM, DEALER WAS TOLD BY MANUFACTURER THAT VEHICLES HAD A PROGRAM PROBLEM IN THE ELECTRONIC MODULE. *AK *SLC

THE PASENGER SEAT WOULD NOT SECURELY LATCH IN PLACE. WHEN I WOULD BRAKE THE VEHICLE, IF THE SEAT WAS NOT IN THE FARTHEST BACK POSITION, IT WOULD IMMEDIATELY SLIDE ALL THE WAY TO THE FORWARD POSITION. AFTER 3 ATTEMPTS TO FIX IT, INCLUDING REPLACING BOTH SEAT RAILS, GM ADVISED MY DEALERS SERVICE DEPT. THAT UNLESS THE CARPET BELOW THE RAILS WAS CUT AWAY THE RAILS WOULD NOT BOLT DOWN SQUARE TO THE FLOOR. THIS KEPT THE LATCHING MECHANISM FROM SECURING THE SEAT IN PLACE. APPARENTLY GM WAS AWARE OF THIS, BUT I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED THAT THE PROBLEM EXISTED. ANY PASSENGER IN MY PICKUP COULD HAVE BEEN SEVERLY INJURED IF I HAD BEEN REQUIRED TO MAKE A HARD STOP. I FEEL THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD NOTIFY OWENERS OF SUCH A DEFECT THAT COULD CAUSE INJURY. HAVE OTHER OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE POTENTIAL DANGER?*AK

TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED BUT PROBLEM WAS NOT FIXED. BRAKES WERE REPLACED BUT PROBLEM WAS NOT FIXED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. DEALER SAID THERE WAS A SHORT IN THE WIRING HARNESS, HAD BLOWN 2 FUSES.*AK DEALER REROUTED THE WIRING HARNESS SO THAT IT WOULD NOT GET AS HOT, STATING THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT LIKELY STALL AGAIN. *SLC

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK IN MY 2001 CHEVROLET S-10 PICKUP TRUCK AT 4:30 P.M. ON TUESDAY, JULY 24, 2001. I WAS IN THE RIGHT-HAND LANE OF I-495 HEADING FROM WASHINGTON, DC, INTO MARYLAND. ALL OF A SUDDEN, I HEARD A LOUD NOISE, MY TRUCK STARTED SWERVING, AND I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OFF TO THE SHOULDER. AS I GOT OUT OF MY TRUCK, I SMELT BURNING RUBBER AND NOTICED THREADS OF TIRE ALONGSIDE THE ROAD. I LOOKED AT MY TIRE ON THE REAR END OF THE DRIVERS SIDE AND THE TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE, LEAVING A HOLE A BIT LARGER THAN THE SIZE OF A SOFTBALL. I CHANGED THE TIRE AND DROVE HOME, WHERE I CALLED OURISMAN CHEVROLET TO NOTIFY THEM OF THE INCIDENT.*AK (DOT NUMBER: P1096BF3 TIRESIZE: P205/75R15)