1997 CHEVROLET S10 Complaints

I HAVE A 1997 S-10 CHEV. TRUCK. AT A PARTY A FRIEND AND I WERE SITTING ON THE TAIL-GATE OF THE TRUCK. SURPRISINGLY THE CABLES SUPPORTING THE GATE HAD BROKEN. I CALLED ON LOCAL CHEV. DEALER AND ASK IF THEY FELT ANY RESPONSIBILITY. THEY ASK ME IF I HAD RECEIVED A LETTER REGARDING TAILGATE PROBLEMS. I REPORTED THAT I HAD NOT. THEY SAID THEN THEY HAD NO RESPONSILITY FOR THIS INCIDENT WHICH DAMAGED THE TAILGATE TO TUNE OF OVER $500. THE FACT THAT THEY ASK IF I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM CHEV. THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE GATE SUPPORTS. IT IS MY CONTENTION THAT THE FAILURE OF THE GATE SUPPORTS CAUSED DAMAGE TO MY VEHICLE THAT I COULD NOT HAVE PREVENTED. I FEEL CHEV. HAS RESPONSIBILITY FOR A FAILURE OF THEIR PARTS CAUSING DAMAGE TO MY VEHICLE. *AK

DRIVER-SIDE SEATBELT BECOMES UNLATCHED FROM THE RECEIVER AT RANDOM TIMES DURING DRIVING. THIS HAS HAPPENED A FEW DOZEN TIMES.

AT 45,000 MILES THE FUEL GAUGE BECAME UNSTABLE ON MY 1997 S-10 PICKUP. THE GAUGE INDICATES MORE FUEL IN THE VEHICLE THAN IS IN THE TANK. THE VEHICLE RAN OUT OF FUEL DURING A RAINSTORM AND ONCE AGAIN WHILE IN INTERSTATE TRAFFIC. INQUIRIES INDICATE THAT THIS IS A LONG-STANDING PROBLEM FOR MANY GM VEHICLES. REPAIR ESTIMATE TO FIX THE GAUGE IS $500.00. THIS IS CERTAINLY A SAFETY-RELATED ISSUE WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED ON THE INTERSTATE. *AK

THE VEHICLE WAS LETTING OFF EXHAUST FUMES INTO THE VEHICLE, WHICH PUT THE DRIVER AND THE PASSENGER TO SLEEP. THE DRIVER WAS AWAKENED BY A POLICE SIREN. THE CONSUMER SUFFERED CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. THE BRAKES FAILED TO PERFORM AS DESIGNED WHEN THEY WERE APPLIED. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED SHE SUFFERED MUSCLE AND NERVE DAMAGE DUE TO CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. *JB

CONSUMER STATED THAT ABOUT 4 YEARS AGO, SHE HAD A THROW BEARING PROBLEM. CURRENTLY, WAS HAVING THAT SAME PROBLEM. WHEN PUSHING THE CLUTCH IN VEHICLE MADE A LOUD GRINDING NOISE, AS IF THERE WAS METAL TO METAL GRINDING. *AK

WHILE DRIVING OIL LINE CAME APART AND DUMPED OIL ALL OVER THE ENGINE. THE OIL LINE WAS REPLACED. THEN, TRANSMISSION LINE CAME APART AND DUMPED TRANSMISSION FLUID ALL OVER THE ENGINE. TRANSMISSION LINE WAS REPLACED, BUT PROBLEM RECURRED. THE CAUSE OF THE BOTH LINES COMING APART WAS UNDETERMINED. *AK *NM

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH THE CONSUMER COULD HEARD A SQUEAKING SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT END. THE DEALER EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED NEW BRAKE PADS, ROTORS AND CALIPERS. *JB

ONE OF THE FUEL LINES UNDER THE CAB RUSTED THROUGH AND IS ALLOWING FUEL TO LEAK ABOVE ELECTRIDAL CONTACTS TO AIR BAG SENSOR. SEEMS LIKE THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD. THE SENSOR IS ALSO CORRODED. THE FUEL LINES ARE NOT PROTECTED FROM ROAD SALT AND DEBRIS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT FAILED TO RETRACT AND THE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONSUMER WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS WHEN HIS HEAD HIT THE STEERING WHEEL. *AK *NM

INTERMITTENT FAILURE OF THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR. CONSUMER FOUND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL.*MR THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY SUGGESTED HE PAY FOR THE REPAIR UP FRONT. THE CONSUMER PAID FOR THE REPAIRS AND IS NOW WAITING TO BE REIMBURSED. *NM