2000 CHEVROLET S10 Complaints

APPROACHING AN ON-RAMP, ATTEMPTED TO STOP, LOSS OF BRAKE FUNCTIONALITY. RESULTED IN A CRASH. ONE PERSON WAS AMBULANCED TO HOSPITAL. THE MECHANIC LATER FOUND THAT THE BRAKE LINE WAS RUPTURED. I RECEIVED A TICKET. I KEPT THE BRAKE LINE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET S10. THE DRIVERS SEAT SLIPPED OFF TRACK AND EXTENDED TO THE REAR SEAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD OR A POT HOLE. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED BY THE DEALER PER THE WARRANTY AND AGAIN UNDER AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FIRST FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 135,000. THE SECOND FAILURE OCCURRED AT 70,000 MILES. UPDATED 2/22/10 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE SEAT WOULD MOVE WHEN BRAKING HARD OR HE HAD TO MAKE A SUDDEN STOP. UPDATED 06/10/10.*JB

IN A SLOW MOVING SURFACE STREET ACCIDENT, THE FRAME OF THE 2000 S10 COLLAPSED TOWARD THE DRIVER, AND THE DASHBOARD BROKE THE DRIVER'S FEMUR. *TR

SPARE TIRE RACK CABLE FAILED ALLOWING SPARE TIRE TO DEPART FROM UNDER SIDE OF TRUCK. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET S10. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET, THE CONTACT FELL ASLEEP AND CRASHED INTO A PARKED VEHICLE. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE IGNITED INTO FLAMES AND RENDERED HIM UNCONSCIOUS. HE WAS REMOVED FROM THE VEHICLE BY ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL. THE AMBULANCE, FIRE, AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE AND A REPORT WAS FILED. THE DRIVER WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL AND REMAINED THERE FOR THREE DAYS. HE SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES TO THE FACE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND TOWED TO A TOW YARD. THE CAUSE OF THE AIR BAG FAILURE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. THE CONTACT IS IN THE PROCESS OF TAKING PHOTOS OF THE DESTROYED VEHICLE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 86,000.

I HAVE A 2000 CHEVY S-10, 4.3 LITER WITH 69300 MILES ON IT. THE ENGINE ON THIS VEHICLE DOES NOT WANT TO TURN OVER AND RUN. I 'VE HAD THIS HAPPEN ON 5 OCCASIONS WITHIN THE PAST MONTH. I KNOW IT IS A GAS PROBLEM GETTING TO THE CARBURETOR SINCE I HAVE SPLASHED A LITTLE GAS OR STARTING FLUID IN THE CARBURETOR TO SEE IF THE ENGINE WILL FIRE UP. THE ENGINE DOES START BUT SHUTS DOWN BECAUSE OF A LACK OF FUEL TO KEEP IT RUNNING. I HAVE REPLACE FUEL FILTER 2 TIMES, MAP SENSOR AND HAVE RECENTLY READ THAT GM USED A SOCK STRAINER ON THE FUEL PUMP THAT TENDS TO GET CLOGGED UP. I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT GM HAS RESOLVED THIS PROBLEM WITH A DIFFERENT STYLE OF STRAINER. I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS SINCE THE LAST TIME MY ENGINE FAILED I WAS DRIVING ON A BUSY CLEVELAND, OHIO INTERSTATE (I-77 BY PERSHING AVE EXIT RAMP). I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO TURN THE ENGINE OVER. I HAVE SEEN CARS ON THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE GET HIT AND CONCERNED FOR MY OWN SAFETY AND HEALTH IF THIS SHOULD OCCUR AGAIN. I BELIEVE SINCE GM HAS AND HAS KNOWLEDGE OF THIS DEFECT ON THEIR PART THAT THEY SHOULD RECALL ALL VEHICLES THAT USE OR USED THIS TYPE OF STRAINER ON THE FUEL PUMP UNIT. IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED BECAUSE OF THIS IRRESPONSIBLE ACTION ON GM TO HAVETHE VEHICLES THAT ARE ON THE ROAD WITH THE PROBLEM FUEL PUMP STAINER. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET S-10. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO START THE VEHICLE, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE BATTERY WAS DEAD. WHEN THE BATTERY WAS CHARGED, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START THE FOLLOWING DAY. THE STARTER WAS REPLACED AND THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED. IN COLD WEATHER, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE GAS LINE FILLER WAS REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT YET BEEN REPAIRED PROPERLY. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE LESS THAN 15,000. UPDATED 1/8/09 *CN UPDATED 01/14/09. *JB

LEFT REAR BRAKE LIGHT FAILURE, IF THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH ON THE STEERING COLUMN IS HELD JUST RIGHT THE BRAKE WILL FUNCTION PERIODICALLY. INDICATING AN OPEN CIRCUIT IN THE WIPER, CRUISE TURN SIGNAL CONTROL. DEALER SAY IT IS A 400.00 REPAIR. GM SAYS IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER ANY RECALLS. LIKE THE BLAZERS, MALIBU'S AND OLDS. *TR

MY 2000 CHEVROLET STARTED TO ACTIVATE THE ABS WHEN STOPPING, BUT ONLY WITHIN THE LAST 5 MPH BEFORE STOPPING, I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT THIS WAS A KNOWN ISSUE AND THERE IS CURRENTLY A TSB, 020525006, OPEN FOR THE ISSUE. IS FOLLOWED THE TSB AS I AM MECHANICALLY INCLINED, TEST DROVE THE TRUCK AND NEARLY RAN INTO THE WALL ON THE BACK SIDE OF MY GARAGE. I PULLED THE FUSE TO THE ABS MODULE AND THE TRUCK STOPS WITHOUT ANY ISSUE. I ALSO FOUND A RECALL FOR ALL OF THE CHEVROLET FULL SIZE TRUCKS, MODEL YEAR 1999-2002. THE DESCRIPTION OF THE ISSUE IS THE EXACT SAME AS THE ISSUE I AM DEALING WITH. I ALSO FOUND OUT THAT THE BRAKE CONFIGURATION IS THE SAME AS THE FULL SIZE TRUCKS. THERE ARE S10'S WITH A DIFFERENT CONFIGURATION, BUT MINE IS THE SAME AS THE FULL SIZE TRUCKS. I AM CURRENTLY DRIVING WITH THE ABS DISCONNECTED. TO GET THE VEHICLE INSPECTED, I AM GOING TO PUT IT BACK IN SO THAT I CAN GET THE TRUCK INSPECTED AS I DO NOT HAVE THE TIME TO GET IT FIXED. THE FIX FOR THIS I BELIEVE IS TO HAVE THE HUB REPLACED AS THAT IS WHERE THE CORROSION EXISTS. *TR

THE HANDLES THAT RECLINE THE BACK PORTION OF THE SEAT SNAPPED OFF ON BOTH SIDES WITHIN A MONTH OF EACH OTHER WITH LITTLE USE. THE GEARED PORTION REMAINED INSIDE THE PLASTIC HANDLE. *TR