1996 CHEVROLET S10 Complaints

VEHICLE WILL LOSE ALL POWER WILL IN OPERATION. ENGINE WILL TURN OFF, LIGHTS OFF, EVERY THING WILL TURN OFF. HAD VEHICLE CHECKED, HAD COMPUTER DIAGNOSTIC COMPLETED. NO PROBLEMS FOUND. VEHICLE WILL STILL LOSE ALL POWER. FOR EXAMPLE, DRIVING DOWN PAVED CITY STREET. LOSE ALL POWER. START TO COAST TO SIDE OF ROAD. VEHICLE STARTS UP AGAIN ON OWN. BACK OUT OF PARKING STALL, VEHICLE LOSE ALL POWER. PUSH VEHICLE BACK IN PARKING STALL. VEHICLE STARTS UP. DRIVING DOWN ROAD, NIGHT TIME, VEHICLE LOSE ALL POWER, EVERYTHING GOES OUT. PULL TO SIDE OF ROAD. VEHICLE WILL NOT START, CALL TOW TRUCK. TOW TRUCK DRIVER ARRIVES, VEHICLE STARTS. TAKE TO MECHANIC, NO PROBLEM FOUND ON SYSTEM. TAKE VEHICLE HOME PARK IT. TRY TO GO SOME PLACE ELSE THE NEXT DAY. VEHICLE WILL NOT START, TRY IN 20 MIM. VEHICLE STARTS. CHECKED BATTERY, GOOD. CHECKED GROUND WIRE, GOOD. COMPUTER CHECK GOOD. DON'T KNOW, CAN YOU HELP? THIS IS THE SECOND COMPUTER IN VEHICLE. THE ORIGNAL COMPUTER WOULD NOT LET THE ABS WORK. CHEVROLET CHANGED COMPUTER AT 60-65000 MILES. AT A LOSE, IN GILROY.*AK

RECALL 98 V 150 001/WINDSHIELD WIPER WIRING: WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY OR STOP DURING OPERATION. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THE WIPER MOTOR WAS ON RECALL, BUT THE DEALER DENIES IT. *YH

TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AT 61,000 WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY @65 MILES PER HOUR, JUST QUIT ON THE HIGHWAY, GMC WOULDN'T STAND BEHIND IT, TRANSMISSION SHOP REBUILT IT AND FOUND A CRACK IN THE CASE DUE TO IT NOT COOLING PROPERLY, HAD TO PUT A LARGER COOLER UNIT IN THE TRUCK TO HANDLE THE TRANSMISSION FOR THIS TRUCK. TIMING BELT WENT WHILE GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY @65 MILES PER HOUR, EVERYTHING LOCKED UP ON THE TRUCK POWER STEERING, BRAKES AND JUST DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. BOTH SITUATIONS VERY DANGEROUS.*AK

WHILE ACCELERATING TRANSMISSION WILL LOCK UP, AND WILL GRAB REAR WHEEL. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM HAPPENING. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS EXHIBIT SAME PROBLEM AS MENTIONED IN RECALL 98V150000. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK *TT

INTERMITTENTLT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL BECOME INOPERABLE. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON THE VEHICLE MAKE AND MODEL; HOWEVER THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO THE VIN.*JB

AT 61,000 MILES THE HEAD GASKET BLEW. AT THE TIME THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR THIS ITEM. I CALLED THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THIS REPAIR WOULD BE OVER $900. WITH NO CHOICE AT HAND, I DID THE REPAIR MYSELF. I COMPLETED THE JOB IN ABOUT 14 HOURS, PLUS THE EXPENSES OF THE PARTS. I DIDN'T SAVE MY RECEIPTS BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE ANY REASON TO BELIEVE I WOULD NEED THEM. HOWEVER, I DID SAVE THE HEAD GASKET.SOME MONTHS LATER, I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM CHEVROLET STATING THIS WAS A FACTORY DEFECT AND WOULD BE REIMBURSED FOR THE WORK. I PROCEED TO CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THE CHEVROLET CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER WHO ISSUED ME A CASE # OF 06762207. THEY INFORMED ME THAT I WOULD RECEIVE NOTHING WITHOUT A RECEIPT. ANY ASSISTANCE IN THIS MATTER THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE CABLE THAT HOLDS THE SPARE TIRE BROKE CAUSING THE TIRE TO FALL FROM THE VEHICLE. NLM THERE WAS A SLIGHT RISE IN THE ROAD(1/2 INCH), THE CABLE BROKE AT THAT SPOT. *JG

ON A DRY WELL TRAVELED ROAD WITH AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION FROM THE RIGHT, I APPLIED MY BRAKE (NON PANIC) AND AT FIRST BRAKING WAS AS EXPECTED. THEN PEDAL WENT DOWN AND BRAKING ACTION WAS LOST. THE SAME PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED AT LEAST 5 TIMES BEFORE OVER THE YEARS. MY DEALERSHIP IN CALIFORNIA HAS ON TWO OCCASIONS ATTEMPTED TO RECREATE THE PROBLEM BUT AT A PROBLEM RATE OF ONCE A YEAR THE LIKELIHOOD OF THIS OCCURRENCE IN A 20 MINUTE PERIOD IS POOR. THE DEALERSHIP CAN NOT FIND ANY ABS MALFUNCTION. THE ABS WAS REPROGRAMMED 2 YEARS AGO PER A SERVICE BULLETIN WITHOUT CORRECTING THE PROBLEM. GM HAS REFUSED TO TAKE EFFECTIVE ACTION TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. GM POINTS OUT THAT MANY CONDITIONS CAN CAUSE THE ABS MODE TO BE ACTIVATED. MY ARGUEMENT IS THAT MY S10 SHOULD NOT REQUIRE 3 TO 4 TIMES THE NORMAL STOPPING DISTANCE TO STOP.*AK