2001 CHEVROLET S10 Complaints

NO SPECIAL EVENTS LEADING TO FAILURE. AT APPROXIMATELY 30000 MILES, THE 4X4 SHIFT ACTUATOR FAILED DURING EXTREME SNOW CONDITIONS, CAUSING VEHICLE TO BECOME STRANDED ON HIGHWAY. SHIFT ACTUATOR REPLACED WITH GENUINE GM PART AT DEALERSHIP. NOTE: PER DEALER, SHIFT ACTUATOR IS NOT COVERED BY EITHER GM WARRANTY OR THE EXTENDED WARRANTY ON DRIVETRAIN AND AXLE. IT WAS CALLED A "NORMAL WEAR" ITEM. GENERAL MOTORS HAS NOT RESPONDED TO EMAILS OR PHONE CALLS REGARDING THIS VEHICLE. *NM

NO SPECIAL EVENTS LEADING TO FAILURE. LOWER BALL JOINTS DETERIORATED BEYOND USE AT 40000 MILES RESULTING IN SOME TIRE DAMAGE DUE TO MISALIGNMENT. DEALER RESPONSE WAS "NORMAL WEAR ITEM* , NOT UNDER WARRANTY. THESE FACTORY BALL JOINTS ARE NOT EQUIPPED WITH GREASE FITTINGS, THUS CANNOT BE LUBRICATED. BALL JOINTS REPLACED WITH AFTERMARKET PRODUCT. PIECES OF ORIGINAL BALL JOINTS NO LONGER AVAILABLE. GENERAL MOTORS HAS NOT RESPONDED TO ANY EMAILS OR PHONE CALLS REGARDING THIS VEHICLE. *NM

THE STRAPS THAT HOLD THE TAIL GATE IN POSITION BROKE THAT HOLD THE TAILGATE IN A LEVEL POSITION. ONE BROKE FIRST AND I CALLED GM TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL ON MY TRUCK AND WAS INFORMED NO THEY WERE THINKING ABOUT EXTENDING IT. MY SON WAS ALMOST HURT WHEN THIS HAPPENED. *JB

1. NO SPECIAL EVENTS LEADING TO FAILURE 2. BOTH TAILGATE CABLES RUSTED, BROKE IN HALF WHILE LOWERING GATE, MINOR BRUISING TO DRIVER AND SCRATCHES ON TAILGATE FINISH. 3. CABLES APPARENTLY CANNOT BE REPLACED, ATTACHMENT TO TAILGATE LATCH ASSEMBLY SEEMS TO BE PERMANENT. *NM

IN MAY OF 2004 MY IDLER ARM WAS LOOSE, AND I HAD IT REPLACED. I STARTED TO NOTICE EXCESSIVE AND UNEVEN WEAR ON MY FRONT TIRES BY OCTOBER 2004. AROUND THANKSGIVING I WAS DRIVING UP MY STREET, AND LOST CONTROL OF MY TRUCK AS I DROVE AROUND A CURVE AND ALMOST HIT ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I DID NOT CRASH, BUT I HAD THE LOWER BALL JOINTS AND THE IDLER ARM REPLACED AGAIN, AND THEN NEW TIRES PUT ON THE TRUCK. OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS I HAVE NOTICED A POPPING SOUND IN THE FRONT END, AND UNEVEN WEAR ON THE FRONT TIRES AGAIN. THE STEERING IS LOOSE, AND AROUND CURVES IT SEEMS TO SLIP, AND I FEEL AS THOUGH I AM ABOUT TO LOOSE CONTROL. *JB

WE WERE LOADING A COUCH ONTO THE BED OF THE TRUCK WHEN BOTH TAILGATE CABLES BROKE CAUSING MY TAILGATE TO REST ON THE REAR BUMPER. CAUSED A SLIGHT CREASE / MARK ON THE TAILGATE. BOTH CABLES APPEAR TO BE RUSTED AND BROKE IN THE SAME LOCATION. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY, THE HOIST THAT HOLDS UP THE SPARE TIRE FAILED CAUSING THE SPARE TIRE TO FALL OFF THE HOIST. THE SPARE TIRE WAS RELEASE ONTO THE HIGHWAY. THE CONTACT STOPPED TO RETRIEVE THE TIRE. UPON OBSERVATION, THE HOIST WAS OBSERVED TO BE RUSTED OUT WHICH CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. UPDATED 9/5/2006 - NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE YET. THE CONSUMER WOULD LIKE FOR THE MANUFACTURER TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS. *NM

TRANSMISSION IN MY 2001 S10 CHEVROLET 4WD P/U FAILED AS I WAS DRIVING BEHIND A SCHOOL BUS...CHILDREN WERE LET OFF AND AS I TRIED TO ACCELERATE, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING AND THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME ALMOST HIT ME FROM BEHIND.. I PULLED OVER TO LET VEHICLES PASS AND PUT MYSELF IN A POSITION WHERE I HAD TO BACK UP FIRST TO GET BACK ON THE ROAD.. I PUT MY TRUCK IN REVERSE AND COULDN'T MOVE AT ALL.. I FOUND THAT I HAD 1ST AND THIRD GEAR BUT NO 2ND FOURTH OR REVERSE..THE TRANSMISSION HAD NO PRIOR SYMPTOMS OF ANYTHING BEING WRONG.. WHEN I TOOK THIS VEHICLE TO A DEALER...I EXPLAINED THE SITUATION AND THE MECHANIC KNEW EXACTLY WHAT HAD HAPPENED.. HE STATED THAT SUN SHELL HAD BROKE INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION..HE THEN SHOWED MY SEVERAL OTHER BROKEN SUN SHELLS HE HAD TO REPLACE IN OTHER VEHICLES AND HOW POORLY THEY WERE MANUFACTURED AND THAT GM HAD REPLACEMENT PARTS MADE OF A HIGHER STANDARD THAT WAS SUITABLE FOR THE APPLICATION...HE ESTIMATED THE REPAIR BILL TO BE APPROXIMATELY 1600 DOLLARS!!!HOPING THAT THERE WASN'T ANY OTHER DAMAGE TO DRIVING FURTHER WITH THIS BROKEN PART...MY QUESTION IS THIS...IF GM KNOWS THESE PARTS A FAULTY AND NOTIFIED THEIR MECHANICS TO REPLACE THEM WITH A PART THAT THEY KNOW WILL HOLD UP TO THE TASK, WHY SHOULD THE CONSUMER BE SUBJECT TO A 1600 DOLLAR OR BETTER REPAIR BILL, AND WHY ISN'T THERE A RECALL ON THIS??..THE MECHANIC STATED THAT HE WAS SURPRISED MINE LASTED AS LONG AS IT DID SAYING HE SAW THIS TRANSMISSION PART FAIL WITH AS LITTLE AS 35000 MILES ON THEM...I APPRECIATE ANY HELP ON THIS MATTER AS I YET HAVE TO DECIDE WHETHER TO HAVE THIS REPAIR DONE OR NOT..I AM REALLY SURPRISED AT A COMPANY SUCH AS GM WOULD KNOWINGLY SELL VEHICLES WITH INADEQUATE PARTS, AND HOPE THEY OUTLAST THEIR WARRANTIES SO THE CONSUMER WOULD BE STUCK PAYING THE BILL TO HAVE THEIR MECHANICS REBUILD THEIR FAULTY TRANSMISSIONS TO SATISFACTORY STANDARDS.....THANKS FOR YOUR TIME CONCERNING THIS MATTER............TOM. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE BATTERY IN THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. THE FIRST ONE EXPLODED AND LEAKED ACID INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE BATTERY WITH AN AC DELCO BATTERY; THE SAME BRAND OF BATTERY THAT WAS SOLD WITH THE VEHICLE. THIS BATTERY FAILED IN LESS THAN ONE YEAR. THE THIRD BATTERY ALSO FAILED WITHIN ONE YEAR OF PURCHASE. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TESTED THE BATTERY AND FOUND THAT ALL OF THE CELLS WERE DEAD.

PICKUP TRUCK TAILGATE SUPPORT CABLE FAILURE. 1/4 INCH CABLE SUPPORTS TAILGATE WHEN LOWERED. CABLE COLLECTS WATER UNDER THE VINYL COATING AND RUSTS THROUGH, RESULTING IN TAILGATE TO FALL. RUST IS NOT DETECTABLE UNDER PLASTIC COATING. CABLE RUST THROUGH IS AT THE CENTER PORTION, THE LOWEST PART WHEN THE GATE IS UP. *NM