2001 CHEVROLET S10 Complaints

INACCURATE FUEL GAUGE READING AT 1/4 TANK OR LESS. SINCE JUNE 2001 (3,000 MI.)HAVE COMPLAINED TO CHEVROLET ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. ITEMS REPLACED INCLUDE SENDER/PUMP ASSEMBLY. GAUGES, FUEL LEVEL SENSOR, J3630 MODULE. IN MAY 2002 SERVICE MANAGER INFORMED ME THIS WAS A "SELF INFLICTED" PROBLEM, THAT I KEPT THROWING IT IN NEUTRAL, AND THEY WERE DONE WITH IT. EMBARRASSED, I DID NOT FOLLOW UP ON ANY MORE COMPLAINTS. AS OF THIS DATE, STILL HAVE PROBLEM, VEHICLE HAS OVER 50,000 MI. NOTICED THAT OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM, TOO. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 04V129000 REGARDING THE TAILGATE CABLE. THIS VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL, BUT IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE MODEL OF THE VEHICLE. *AK UPDATED 1/25/2006. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER WHO CLAIMED THAT THE TAILGATE CABLE IN HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT THE SAME AS THE ONES THAT WERE RECALLED. *NM

DT: CONTACT STATED ALL OF THE GAUGES ON THE DASHBOARD SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING AND WERE INACCURATE. THE SPEEDOMETER WAS STUCK AT 100 MPH. THE TACHOMETER SHOWED A READOUT OF ZERO. THE FUEL GAUGE INDICATED THE FUEL TANK WAS EMPTY, ALTHOUGH THERE WAS FUEL IN THE TANK. *AK

THE PASSENGER SEAT DOES NOT LATCH PROPERLY. IT HAS BEEN TO THE SHOP ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS BOTH UNDER WARRANTY AND RECENTLY HAVING TO PAY OUT OF POCKET AND IT STILL DOES NOT LATCH PROPERLY IF YOU BRAKE THE SEAT SLIDES FORWARD, CAUSING A POSSIBLE INJURY TO THE OCCUPANT, POSSIBLY THROWING THEM THROUGH THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. ADJUSTMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE, AND BOTH OF THE SEAT RAILS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. ALSO, THERE IS THE LOSE OF THE VEHICLE WHILE IT IS IN THE SHOP. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS POSSIBLY A DEFECT WITH ALL 2001 CHEVY S-10 PICK UP TRUCKS. *NM

DURING 41,000 SERVICE OBSERVED REAR PINION SEAL LEAKING, AFTER 3 ATTEMPTS TO GET THE CORRECT SEAL, FINALLY FOUND THE CORRECT ONE. PARTS STORES ONLY SHOW 3 DIFFERENT SEALS FOR A 2001 S-10 PICKUP W/ 4.3L ENGINE AND AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. HAD TO GO TO 2003 S-10 PICKUP TO FIND THE CORRECT SEAL. *NM

BOTH TAIL GATE CABLES ON 2001 CHEVY S-10 SNAPPED, DROPPING TAILGATE ONTO BUMBER. *JB

ON JULY 22, 2005, I PAID THE DEALER $615.74 TO REPLACE A SHORTED AIR PUMP. I BROUGHT IT IN SINCE THE LIGHT GAUGES WERE TURNING ON. THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHTED ON AND OFF. ONE WEEK LATER, THE A/C STOPPED WORKING. THE DEALER CHARGED ME $105.19 FOR THE DIAGNOSIS. ON AUG. 10, I PAID ANOTHER SHOP $852.08 TO REPLACE THE A/C COMPRESSOR. ON AUG. 30, MY S-10 STALLED AND HASN'T WORKED SINCE THEN. A MECHANIC SAID THE ENGINE HAS TO BE REPLACED (ANOTHER $3000 +) DUE TO OVERHEATING OF THE RADIATOR. THERE WAS NO PRIOR INDICATION THAT THE RADIATOR WAS LEAKING OR HEATING EXCEPT WHEN THE LIGHT GAUGES WERE TURNING ON IN JULY. I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK BRAND NEW IN 2000 AND HAVE SPENT OVER $7000 IN REPAIRS AND REGULAR MAINTENANCE SINCE THEN. THE BATTERY ACID HAS LEAKED. BRAKE PADS KEEP WEARING OUT. SEVERAL AIR INJECTION MALFUNCTIONS AND PUMPS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. I'VE PURCHASED AT LEAST 2 SETS OF TIRES. IT HAS LESS THAN 72,000 MILES. *JB

SECOND COMPLAINT FOR SAME ISSUE. DEALER SAYS THAT NOTHING CAN BE DONE WITHOUT VEHICLE BACKING UP MY CLAIMS, SAID TO BRING IT IN WHEN VEHICLE IS ACTING UP. ALTERNATOR TYPE SOUND COMING THROUGH RADIO, ALL LIGHTS FLICKERING (DIMMING AND BRIGHTENING), TRUCK STALLED TWO TIMES LAST NIGHT. TRUCK GETS NOTHING WHEN YOU TRY TO RESTART, NO LIGHTS, NO ALARMS, NO ENGINE CLICK, NO TURN OVER...NOTHING AT ALL. HOWEVER, 20 MINUTES LATER TRUCK WILL RESTART, WITH EVERYTHING RESET AND CLOCK READING 1:00. DID THIS LAST NIGHT TWICE, ONCE LAST WEEK. CALLED DEALER TODAY AND THEY SAID THAT THEY COULDN'T TEST IT BECAUSE THE COMPUTER RESET ITSELF WHEN THE TRUCK SHUT DOWN. BRING IT IN WHEN IT ACTS UP AGAIN.....EVEN THOUGH THERE IS NO GAURANTEE THAT I WILL MAKE IT TO THE DEALER WITHOUT THE TRUCK STALLING!!!!! THAT'S COMFORTING TO KNOW!!!!!! *NM

ALTERNATOR NOISE FEEDING THROUGH RADIO ON OCCASION AFTER TURNING VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTING NOISE APPEARS TO GO AWAY. FLICKING LIGHTS ON INSTRUMENT PANEL AND RADIO, STARTED OUT OF A PARKING PLACE WITH THIS HAPPENING AND THE TRUCK MOVED 5 FEET BEFORE LOSING ALL POWER. TRUCK WOULD NOT START, NO LIGHTS OR ALARMS. LEFT KEY IN THE IGNITION AFTER 20 MINUTES ALL ALARMS AND LIGHTS RETURNED TO NORMAL AND TRUCK STARTED WITH 1 TURN OF THE KEY. CAN NOT TAKE THE TRUCK TO THE SHOP UNTIL IT IS MAKING THE NOISE AGAIN, BECAUSE THEY WILL TELL ME THAT THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF THE TRUCK WOULD HAVE LOST POWER WHEN I WAS DOING 65 MILES AN HOUR ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK?*JB

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE VEHICLE JERKED. WHEN IT WAS EXPLAINED TO THE DEALER WHAT THE VEHICLE WAS DOING THEY STATED THE ROTORS WERE WARPED. A DIAGNOSTIC TEST HAS NOT BEEN PERFORMED TO SPECIFICALLY DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK UPDATED 11/16/2005 - *NM