1998 CHEVROLET S10 Complaints

THE LEVERS THAT RECLINE THE SEATS BROKE OFF AT THE WELDS. IT IS AN OBVIOUS MANUFACTURING DEFECT AS A RESULT OF A POOR WELDING PROCESS. THE BREAK WAS AT THE HEAT AFFECTED ZONE AND THE METAL WAS NOT PROPERLY HEAT TREATED. *JB

I HAVE A 1998 CHEVY S-10 AND THE LEFT TAILGATE CABLE BROKE. IT BROKE WHEN I OPENED THE TAILGATE AND SAT DOWN ON IT. I DID NOT GET HURT BUT I THINK A CABLE NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO HOLD SOME WEIGHT. I HAVE HEARD THAT THE CABLES RETAIN MOISTURE WHICH CAUSES THEM TO RUST OUT AND MINE WAS RUSTED. I LEFT THE CABLE ON AND IT DAMAGED THE TAILGATE BY PUTTING A DENT IN IT AND CRACKING THE PAINT. I CUT THE CABLE SO IT WOULD NOT DAMAGE THE TAILGATE ANY MORE. MY BROTHER TOLD ME I COULD USE HIS CABLE FROM HIS TAILGATE AND I AM. I THINK THAT IT SHOULD BE RECALLED AS THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM. I HEARD THEY MIGHT RECALL THIS SO I DECIDED TO PUT MY INPUT BECAUSE SOMEONE COULD GET HURT. I ALSO BOUGHT REPLACEMENT CABLES, BUT THERE IS NO WAY TO PUT THEM ON BECAUSE GM USES A BIG RIVET. I HAVE HEARD OF OTHER PEOPLE'S CABLES ON THEIR 95-2003 S-10'S. THANKS.*JB

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. NOTHING I DO HELPS BRING THEM BACK ON. SOMETIMES THROUGH THE DRIVE IT TAKES SEVERAL MINUTES BEFORE TURNING BACK ON, SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T AT ALL. *NM

WINDSHIELD WIPERS USED TO WORK AT VARYING SPEEDS, REGARDLESS IF THEY WERE ON OR NOT. NOW, THEY RARELY EVER WORK. THE PROBLEM BEGAN WHILE IT WAS POURING, DURING RUSH HOUR, ON THE FREEWAY, WHILE DRIVING THROUGH CONSTRUCTION. I LOST ALL VISIBILITY AND THERE WASN'T A SHOULDER TO PULL OFF ON. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM. WIPERS ONLY WORK INTERMITTENTLY. *NM

REAR BRAKE LIGHT BURNED OUT. REPLACED AND NEW ONE BURNED OUT WITHIN 1 WEEK. REPLACED AND AGAIN IT BURNED OUT. WENT TO DEALER, AND WAS CHARGED >$30 TO REPLACE THE BULB. THEN IT BURNED OUT AND I TOOK IT BACK AND THEY REPLACED A PART, AND DIDN'T CHARGE ME FOR THE LABOR BECAUSE OF THE $30. BULB STILL BURNED OUT. DIDN'T REPLACE FOR OVER A YEAR AND THEN I REPLACED IT AND IT BURNED OUT. JUST RECENTLY REPLACED IT AGAIN AND IT HAS BEEN WORKING FOR ABOUT 4 MONTHS. *NM

ON MY 1998 CHEVROLET S-10, THE TAILGATE SUPPORT CABLE BROKE DUE TO INTERNAL CORROSION. THIS HAPPENED TWO YEARS AGO. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. I REPLACED THAT CABLE AT SIGNIFICANT COST. NOW THE SECOND TAILGATE SUPPORT CABLE IS BULGING DUE TO INTERNAL CORROSION AND I EXPECT IT WILL SOON BREAK. *NM

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ARE ACTIVATING UNNECESSARILY . GM HAS A RECALL FOR 1999-2002 VEHICLES FOR SAME PROBLEM CAUSED BY CORROSION IN WHEEL SENSOR. SAW THE RECALL IN NEWSPAPER. I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE AT AUCTION. ORIGINALLY WAS USED BY VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, APPARENTLY IT HAS THE SAME DEFECT AS THE 1999-2002 VEHICLES.*AK

I OWN A 1998 CHEVROLET S-10. THE CABLES THAT HOLD UP THE TAILGATE BROKE ON ME WHILE I WAS LOADING CARGO INTO THE BED. THE BROKEN STRAPS HAS SINCE CAUSED MY TAILGATE TO FALL OFF WHILE GOING DOWN A ROUGH ROAD. THE TAILGATE IS NOW SCRATCHED AND DENTED FROM THE INITIAL BREAKING AND FROM FALLING OFF. I HAVE NOT MADE ANY ATTEMPT TO FIX THIS PROBLEM AS OF YET. *NM

WINDSHIELD WIPERS ONLY WORK SOMETIMES OR NOT AT ALL. OR THEY STAY ON UNTIL I TURN TRUCK OFF. IF I OPEN HOOD AND SHAKE CONNECTION THEY COME ON. EVENTUALLY THEY STOP WORKING AGAIN. *JB

WINDSHIELD WIPER WORKS INTERMITTENTLY OR NOT AT ALL. VERY DANGEROUS DURING FOG, RAIN AND SNOW. THE 1996 AND 1997 MODELS HAVE BEEN RECALLED ALREADY. I BELIEVE THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE 1998 MODELS OR I HAVE RECEIVED A OLDER MODEL MOTOR IN MY VEHICLE. *JB