2001 CHEVROLET S10 Complaints

WHEN MY SON WENT TO OPEN THE REAR TAILGATE OF MY 2001 S-10 CREWCAB, BOTH TAILGATE CABLES BROKE AT THE SAME TIME. WE WERE FORTUNATE THAT HE WASN'T ON THE TAILGATE AS HE COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN INJURED AND DAMAGE COULD HAVE OCCURRED TO THE TAILGATE. I DIDN'T REALIZE THIS MIGHT BE A PROBLEM UNTIL AFTER MINE BROKE AND I STARTED TO DO A LITTLE RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET. IT APPEARS THIS IS HAPPENING TO A LOT OF S-10 PICKUP OWNERS. I AM CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING PARTS TO REPLACE THE CABLES. *NM

BOTH TAIL GATE CABLES BROKE AT APPROXIMATELY SAME DATE. NO EXCESSIVE WEIGHT WAS PLACED ON TAILGATE. THE CABLES BROKE WHEN TAILGATE WAS LOWERED. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE RIGHT SIDE SAFETY STRAPS ON THE TAILGATE HAS BEEN REPLACED IN THE PAST. DUE TO CORROSION AND BREAKAGE, THE VEHICLE IS NOW HAVING THE SAME TYPE OF PROBLEMS WITH THE TAIL GATE. THE STRAPS NEED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, # 04V129000 CONCERNING THE TAILGATE: HINGE: ATTACHMENTS. HOWEVER THE VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE MAKE AND MODEL. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN ALERTED. UPDATED 03/28/06. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE CABLES BROKE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE TAILGATE. THERE IS A NHTSA RECALL, # 06V066000, REGARDING THE TAILGATE: HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS. THE VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL; HOWEVER IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE.

FOR 2 WEEKS THE TRUCK FELT LIKE IT WAS HESITATING SOMEWHAT WHEN ACCELERATING. THEN WHEN DRIVING HOME ON DRY PAVEMENT ONE NIGHT, A POP SOUND WAS HEARD & SECOND GEAR WAS GONE. FROM A DEAD STOP, RPM'S GO UP TO 4000 OR 4500 BEFORE IT DOWN SHIFTS INTO 3RD GEAR. THERE IS ALSO NO REVERSE GEAR. CHEVY SAYS IT IS THE "SUN GEAR" THAT BLEW. TRUCK HAS 78000 MILES ON IT. YOU EITHER REBUILD IT FOR $1600 WITH A NEW SUN GEAR, OR REPLACE THE TRANNY FOR $2600.

FILLED MY S-10 TRUCK UP WITH GAS IN THE EVENING AND THE NEXT MORNING THE FUEL PUMP FAILED. THIS IS THE SECOND VEHICLE THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED. THE FIRST ONE WAS MY 1997 CHEVORLET LUMINA. *JB

I AM SMELLING A STRONG ODOR AND SMOKE OF OIL BURNING ON THE EXHAUST OF MY 2001 CHEVY S-10. IT IS COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT I WENT TO THE AUTO HOBBY SHOP AT THE US NAVAL BASE AND PUT THE VEHICLE ON A LIFT TO SEE WHERE THE LEAK WAS COMING FROM. THE TECHNICIAN AT THE HOBBY SHOP HAS AN S-10 ALSO. HIS WAS DOING THE SAME THING. HIS WAS COMING FROM A LEAKY VALVE COVER GASKET THAT WOULD DRIP OIL DOWN THE BACK OF THE ENGINE ON TO THE EXHAUST. I COULD NOT GET A CLEAR LOOK. I DID SEE OIL COLLECTING ON A BRACE ON THE FRAME NEAR THE EXHAUST. I AN AFRAID THAT THE OIL WILL CATCH FIRE. I HAVEN'T DRIVEN THE VEHICLE SINCE I NOTICED THE PROBLEM. I AM SCHEDULING AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE LOCAL CHEVY DEALER TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT. *JB

DT*: THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE CAME ACROSS THE MEDIAN AND CRASHED INTO THE VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT FAILED TO LOCK AND BOTH FRONTAL AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONSUMER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE NECK AND BACK. THERE WAS A FIRE COMING FROM THE ENGINE AREA AFTER IMPACT. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CUT ALL THE ELECTRICAL WIRES TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. ALTHOUGH THE POLICE RESPONDED NO REPORT WERE FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WERE IT HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED. *JB

I WAS STANDING ON THE TAILGATE OF MY 2001 CHEVY S10 ZR2 WHEN BOTH THE SUPPORT CABLES SNAPPED AT THE SAME TIME, SENDING ME FALLING TO THE GROUND. THERE WAS NO LOAD ON THE TAILGATE OTHER THAN MY 195 LBS. THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR THIS TO HAVE HAPPENED ON A TRUCK OF THIS YEAR. THIS COULD RESULT IN SERIOUS PERSONA INJURY FOR SOMEONE WITH A LOAD ON THE TAILGATE. *NM

TAILGATE CABLES HAVE BROKEN. TAILGATE CABLES SECURE THE TAILGATE IN POSITION WHEN TAILGATE IS LOWERED, HOWEVER, THESE HAVE DETERIORATED AND BROKE, ALLOWING THE TAILGATE TO FALL ONTO THE BUMPER. *JB