1998 CHEVROLET S10 Complaints

OIL HAS BEEN LEAKING ONTO SKID PLATES. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT RUBBER OIL LINES FROM ENGINE TO FILTER ARE LEAKING WHILE DRIVING, THIS OIL BLOWS ALL OVER THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. CONSUMER QUESTIONED SEVERAL DEALERS AND THEY SAY ALL S10 TRUCKS HAVE SAME PROBLEM. *YD

RIVETS ON A THOTTLE BODY COMPONENT CAME LOOSE, ALLOWING THE COMPONENT TO JAM THE THROTTLE WIDE OPEN.*AK

SEAT BACK RECLINER LEVER HAS BROKEN ON THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT SEAT. WHEN I FOLD MY SEAT FORWARD TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE BACK SEATS AND THEN RETURN THE DRIVER SEAT TO THE ORIGINAL POSITION, THE SEAT BACK IS TOO FAR FORWARD. I CAN NOT RECLINE THE SEAT BACK TO A SAFE DRIVING POSITION. I FEEL LIKE I AM LEANING FORWARD TOWARDS THE WINDSHIELD.

WHILE PARKED, BOTH SEAT ADJUSTMENT LATCHES FAILED AT THE SAME TIME. DRIVER SIDE SEAT COLLAPSED BACK, CAUSING DRIVER TO STRIKE HEAD ON REAR WINDOW. PROPERTY DAMAGE IS COST TO REPAIR SEATS.*AK

WHILE DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL BRAKES DID NOT GRAB, CAUSING VEHICLE TO GO INTO EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. TECHNICIAN STATED THAT BRAKE BOOSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

CHEAP HANDLES,BREAK WHILE TRYING TO ADJUST, PUTS PERSON IN UNSAFE POSITIONS WERE IT LOCKS WHEN IT BREAKS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE NUT HOLDING THE TRAILER HITCH BALL CAME OFF, ALLOWING THE U-HAUL TRAILER TO MOVE FORWARD AND CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE TO THE REAR BUMPER AND TAILGATE OF THE TRUCK, CONSUMER HAD PURCHASED THE BALL FROM U-HAUL AND THEY INSTALLED IT. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT) *SLC

ABS BRAKES THIS IS MY SECOND TIME IN FOR THE BRAKES,MY TRUCK HAS 17,200 MILES ON IT,AN I TOOK IT IN THE FIRST TIME WHILE UNDER WARRENTY AN THEY SAID TOLD ME NOTHING WAS WRONG,NOW THAT THE WARRENTY HAS RAN OUT,THERES SOMETHING WRONG AN I THINK BRAKES SHOULD LAST LONGER THAN 17,200 MILES ,THIS WILL BE MY CHEVY ,THIS TRUCK IS JUNK.*AK

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO HAVE A FRONT END ALIGNMENT DONE, AND MECHANIC STATED THAT FRAME WAS CRACKED. CONSUMER CALLED GMC, AND WAS TOLD TO TAKE VEHICLE TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER. DEALER STATED VEHICLE WAS ABUSED AND AGGRESSIVELY TREATED. *AK

WINSHIELD WIPERS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY, CAUSING DECREASED VISIBILITY IN INCLEMENT WEATHER, INCREASING THE RISK OF INJURY DUE TO CRASH. THIS CONDITION IS REMARKABLY SIMILAR TO THE CONDITION DESCRIBED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID 98V150001, BUT IT ONLY APPLIES TO 1996 AND 1997 MODELS OF THE SAME VEHICLE. I HAVE REPORTED IT TO GMC, BUT THEIR BASIC RESPONSE WAS THERE IS NO RECALL, SO APPARENTLY THERE IS NO PROBLEM. IN FACT, THE SAME PART DESCRIBED IN THE PREVIOUSLY-REFERENCED RECALL WAS DEFECTIVE.*AK