2000 CHEVROLET S10 Complaints

PASSENGER SIDE SEAT FAILS TO LOCK AND SLAMS FOREWARD UPON DECELERATION, THIS IS A DESIGN FUNCTION ACCORDING TO BARTOW CHEVROLET , SEAT MUST BE FORCEFULLY SLAMMED BACK, TO IT'S FULL REAR POSITION IN ORDER TO LOCK ANYWHERE ON THE SLIDING CARRIAGE IF THE SEAT HAS BEEN TILTED FOREWARD TO ACCESS THE REAR STORAGE AREA I.E. INSTALL CHILD IN REAR SEAT , SLAM PASSENGER SEAT FULLY BACK, OR IT WILL NOT LOCK AND WILL SLIDE PASSENGER INTO DASHBOARD WHEN DECELERATING ,EVEN AN ADULT WOULD PROBABLY NOT SURVIVE AN AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT AT POINT BLANK RANGE. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY THROTTLE BECOMES STUCK WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AKWHILE SLOWING DOWN TO EXIT THE FREEWAY, VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED TO A SPEED WELL OVER 50 MPH. EVEN WITH CONSUMERS FOOT OFF THE GAS VEHICLE STILL ACCELERATED. CONSUMER HAD TO SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF TO STOP. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC AND WAS INFORMED THE THROTTLE PLATE BOLTS HAD COME OUT OF THE THROTTLE PLATE CAUSING THE THROTTLE TO LOCK IN AN OPEN POSITION. *JG

MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH FAILED THREE TIMES, SHORTING OUT BATTERY AND BRAKE LIGHTS. COULD NOT CHARGE BATTERY. *AK *TT

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT ABOUT 35-40 MPH AND NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED, THERE WAS ONE INJURY. *AK *YH

WHILE DRIVING HEADLIGHTS FLICKER, LESS THAN A SECOND. THEN, THEY HAVE GONE COMPLETELY OUT. DEALER STATED IT WAS NORMAL. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, HEAD LIGHTS FLICKERED ON AND OFF, AND HAVE GONE COMPLETELY OUT WITHOUT COMING BACK ON. DEALER STATED IT WAS NORMAL AND THERE WAS NO FIX. *AK CONSUMER STATES THE SEAT BELT WAS JAMMED, AND ALSO THE PASSENGER SEAT WOULD NOT LOCK INTO PLACE *YH

BOTH REAR HYDRAULIC BRAKE LINES RUPTURED AT THE FLARE FITTING ENTERING EACH CALIPER WITHIN 2 WEEKS OF EACH OTHER. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO REPLACE THE FIRST ONE, RIGHT REAR, BECAUSE CHEVROLET INFORMED THEM THAT "THE PART DID NOT EXIST!" THE DEALER WAS FORCED TO REFLARE THE OLD LINE. WITHIN 1 WEEK, IT BROKE AGAIN IN THE SAME SPOT. I REPLACED THE LINE WITH AN AFTERMARKET ONE MYSELF. LESS THAN A WEEK LATER, THE OTHER REAR BRAKE LINE (LEFT REAR) RUPTURED AT THE FLARE IN THE SAME SPOT AS THE RIGHT REAR, ENTERING THE CALIPER. I REPLACED IT MYSELF AND TOOK THE OEM BROKEN LINE TO VIVA MOTORS TO INFORM THEM TO INFORM CHEVROLET THAT THERE WAS A POTENTIAL SERIOUS DEFECT IN CHEVROLET S-10 REAR BRAKE LINES. THE SERVICE MANAGER ADVISED ME TO CALL CHEVROLET MYSELF SINCE THEY (CHEVROLET) WOULDN'T LISTEN TO HIM. SINCE CHEVROLET'S SOUTHWEST AREA ZONE REPRESENTATIVE HAD PREVIOUSLY TOLD ME TO "GO POUND SAND" I FIGURED WHY BOTHER WITH HIM. I FEEL THE ODDS OF TWO OEM BRAKE LINES FAILING WITHIN 2 WEEKS OF EACH OTHER ARE ASTRONOMICAL AND SINCE CHEVROLET CHOSE TO IGNORE THE INCIDENTS, I'D BETTER CONTACT YOU TO INVESTIGATE FURTHER. HOPEFULLY, MINE WAS AN ISOLATED CASE BUT I DOUBT IT BECAUSE AS I SAID, THE ODDS ARE ASTRONOMICAL AND THE SW AREA ZONE REP CHOSE TO SAY THE PART DIDN'T EXIST RATHER THAN ADMIT HE HAD A SERIOUS LIFE THREATENING PROBLEM. IN REALITY, HOW CAN HE SAY THE TRUCK NEVER HAD BRAKE LINES? I SMELL A RAT AND WOULD LIKE YOUR ORGANIZATION TO CHECK INTO IT. IF FURTHER INVESTIGATION SAVES 1 LIFE, THIS IS WELL WORTH OUR EFFORTS. FORTUNATELY, I WAS ABLE TO STOP SAFELY BOTH TIMES MY HYDRAULIC SYSTEM SUFFERED MASSIVE FAILURES BUT I WILL SAY, I THINK THE FAILURES TOOK A FEW YEARS OFF MY LIFE AND ABSOLUTELY CAUSED SOME SOILED PANTS. I'M NOT A CHRONIC COMPLAINER BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION BUT I'M NOT STUPID EITHER AND CHEVROLET HAS PROBLEM WITH AT LEAST ONE OF ITS TRUCKS AND IS CHOOSING TO HIDE ITS HEAD IN THE SAND IT WANTS ME TO GO POUND. THANKS FOR YOUR EFFORTS, JOHN MULLEN. *AK

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING HE HERD BIG THUMP BEFORE HE LOST STEERING, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LEAVE THE ROADWAY, COULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE WITH THE BRAKES, VEHICLE RAN INTO A TREE, CONSUMER STATED THE PULLY SHEARED OFF FROM ENGINE. *YD

MY SON WENT OVER A BRIDGE AND THE BRAKES MADE A LOUD NOISE, ENGAGED AND CAUSED HIM TO FISHTAIL AND RUN HIS FRONT END INTO THE BRIDGE. HE HAD A WITNESS BEHIND HIM THAT SAW THE WHOLE THING AND SAID IT WAS VERY SCARY AND A GOOD THING THERE WAS NO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. IT DID $2300 WORTH OF DAMAGE AND HIS AIRBAGS DID NOT EMPLOY. *AK

WAS DRIVING 45MPH HAD APPLIED BRAKES TO STOP AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. VEHICLE EVENTUALLY STOPPED. HAD CONTACTED DEALER , AND VEHICLE TOWED IN. MECHANIC CHECKED ABS BRAKES AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG.*AK