1998 CHEVROLET S10 Complaints

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN THE SEAT AJUST MECHANISM BROKE CAUSING THE SEAT TOO COLLASPE BACKWARDS. CONSUMER ALSO STATES THAT THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*JB

WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION WITH A TREE. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN MAJOR INJURIES. ALSO, VEHICLE HAS BEEN TOTALED.*AK CONSUMER WAS STOPPING DUE TO TRAFFIC WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT HER FROM BEHIND, VEHICLE WAS SHOVED OFF THE ROAD INTO A TREE. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING/STOPPING THE VEH AND UPON TURNING IGNITION TO START VEHICLE AGAIN, IT WILL NOT START. CONSUMER HAS TO JUMP START VEHICLE TO GET IT GOING. TOOK TO DEALER. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN REMEDIED. *AK CONSUMER NOW STATES THAT VEHICLE WILL NOT START AFTER JUMP STARTING AND ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE VEHICLE STALLED LEAVING DRIVER STRANDED. *TT

WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL TO OPERATE AT TIMES AND AT OTHER TIMES THEY WON'T SHUT OFF - MECHANIC HAS SAID THIS IS VERY COMMON IS CHEVYS AND SEEMS TO BE RELATED TO A FAULTY CONTROL MODULE WHICH TENDS TO CRACK AND ALLOW WATER INTO THE MODULE WHICH WILL KEEP THE WIPERS FROM FUNCTIONING PROPERLY ONLY WHEN THERE IS RAIN, FOG, HUMIDITY. SEEMS TO BE RELATED TO THE RECALL ISSUED IN 1996 BUT DID NOT EXTEND TO LATER MODELS.

WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH AN ACCIDENT OCCURRED, VEHICLE HIT A WALL, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE CAR HIT LOWER ROOM OF A SUN ROOM OF A HOTEL,ALSO BROKE OFF STREET LIGHT POLE ON ITS WAY TOWARD THE BUILDING AND BROKE GLASS IN THE CELING OF THE STRUCTURE. *MJ

CANNOT CONNECT DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT INTO CONNECTOR - HAVE TO USE THE IGNITION KEY TO INSERT INTO THE LATCH ASSEMBLY TO RESET THE CONNECTOR, DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS SAFE. *AK

AIR BAG FAILURE / 2 SEPARATE AIR BAG COMPONENTS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY, SEPARATE EVENTS.*AK

VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT WHILE DRIVING 30-35 MPH, VEHICLE TAKEN TO REPAIR SHOP, AND INFORMED OF A PRESSURE PLATE FAILURE. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

LOWER BALL JOINTS HAD TO BE REPLACED ON BOTH SIDES OR VHEICLE, WOULD NOT HAVE PASSD INSPECTION. THREE DIFFERENT STATE INSPECTION STATIONS CONFIRMED IT. CONSUMER STATED GMC WAS CONTACTED, BUT REPEATIVELY FOUND NO PROBLEM, AND PASSED VEHICLE FOR INSPECTION. *AK

ENGINE STOPPED IN HIGH VOLUME TRAFFIC AND WOULD NOT RESTART...HAD TO BE TOWED.*AK