1993 CHEVROLET S10

276 complaints filed with NHTSA.

276
Complaints
40
Crashes
12
Fires
36
Injuries
0
Deaths

Complaints by Component

ComponentCount
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP122
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL9
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS8
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY8
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC6
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION5
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER5
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE)5
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE5
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR4
TIRES4
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM4
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP4
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK4
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH3

Recent Complaints

20040701CrashSEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER

AT A BACKED UP STOP LIGHT THE VEHICLE WAS IN NEUTRAL WITH THE BRAKE ON. IT WAS HIT AT APPROX 35-40 MPH WHICH CAUSED IT TO RUN INTO A FORD MUSTANG. IN THAT PROCESS THE SEATS HAD BROKEN LETTING THE PASSENGERS LAY ALL THE WAY BACK IN THE EXTENDED CAB. SEAT BELTS WERE BEING USED. THERE WERE NO WAYS OF CORRECTING THE PROBLEM BUT GET NEW SEATS. IF YOU WERE ABLE TO DO SO. *NM

20040108FireFUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED MOTOR TROUBLE THEN CAUGHT ON FIRE.*MR *PH WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE ENGINE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER PULLED OVER ONTO THE SHOULDER TO ATTEMPT REPAIRS WHEN THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE HOOD AND ENGINE COMPARTMENT. *NM

20001017FireSERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS

SOME KIND OF HYDRAULIC BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE CAUSED FIRE AND INJURY TO DRIVER. *SLC

20000905CrashTIRES

RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW CAUSING COLLISION WITH LIGHT POLE TOTALING VEHICLE AND POLE.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P20575R15 )

20000517CrashSERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP

CONSUMER WAS EXITING ONTO FREEWAY & APPLIED BRAKES, ABS KICKED IN & THE HYDRAULIC MOTOR STARTED MAKING NOISE. IT SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS APPLYING & RELEASING. CONSUMER PRESSED BRAKE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR & IT WOULDN'T STOP. THIS RESULTED IN A LOW SPEED REAREND COLLISION. CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 99V193000 DEALING WITH THE SAME ISSUE. BUT WAS TOLD THAT WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED . ALSO, MANUFACTURER ASSUMED NO RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE OF AGE OF VEHICLE. THEY DID NOT ENCOURAGE CONSUMER TO DRIVE VE

19991214SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP

ABS SYSTEM LOCKED UP CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SKID AND OVER TURN ON SNOW COVERED ROAD. YH

19990913CrashVEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL

THROTTLE STUCK, CAUSING THE VEHCIEL TO ACCELERATE, RESULTING IN A MINOR COLLISION. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

19990804CrashSERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK

I WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON 1-5 ENTERING THE VANCOUVER-PORTLAND DRAW BRIDGE. WHEN A CAR STOPPED IN FRONT OF ME IN THE LEFT HAND LANE. I DYNAMITED MY BRAKES AND MY BLAZER DID NOT STOP IN THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF TIME. IT FELT LIKE I HAD A 4,000 POUND TRAILER PUSHING ME. I FEEL THAT THE BRAKING SYSTEM SHOULD HAVE STOPPED ME SOONER THAN IT DID. IT TOOK 6 TO 10 SECONDS WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN PLEANTY OF TIME. ON JULY 22, 1999 THE EUGENE REG. GUARD PRINTED AN ARTICLE TITLED GM TO FIX MORE THAN 3.5 MI

19990730CrashSEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER

WAS REARENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE & THE DRIVER'S SEAT COLLAPSED BACKWARDS. THE DRIVER HIT HEAD ON THE EXTENDED CAB SECTION. WENT TO MEDICAL CLINIC FOR WHIPLASH & CERVICAL RESTRICTION. *AK

19981220CrashSERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC

I HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE SINCE NEW AND MY BIG COMPLAINT HAS BEEN THE ABS BREAKS JUST ARN'T SUFFICENT, THEY HAVE BEEN KEPT UP TO SPECK AND JUST SEEM TO FADE AND THE STOPPING DISTANCE IS JUST ENTIRELY TOO LONG, AND I HATE TO LET SOME ONE DRIVE IT AS THEY CAN NOT GET USED TO THE STOPPING DISTANCE

19981022CrashSERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS

WHILE DRIVING AND ATTEMPTING TO APPLY THE BRAKES THERE WAS PRESSURE, BUT VEHICLE DID NOT STOP RIGHT AWAY, IT STOPPED WHEN THE CONSUMER HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HIM. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED. *AK

19980917SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK

TRAVELING AT 45 MPH, DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO STOP VEHICLE BY APPLYING FULL BRAKE PRESSURE FOR APPROXIMATELY 250 FEET. VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP AND CRASHED AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH. VERY POOR ANTILOCK DESIGN.

19980306CrashSERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP

ABS BRAKES; WHEN APPLYING BRAKES IN NORMAL CONDITIONS, THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND BRAKES FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. *AK

19980127CrashSERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP

WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE . THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

19971107CrashSERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY THEN, THIS USUALLY HAPPENS IN WET CONDITIONS, OCCASIONALLY ON DRY.THIS DEFECT ALSO CAUSED ACCIDENT WHICH ALLOWED THE CONSUMER TO REAREND A VEHICLE IN FRONT, AND ALSO CAUSED PROPERTY DAMAGE. *AK

19971030CrashSERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP

ABS BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT.

19970716CrashSERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE

EA 94-038, WHILE DRIVING AT 10 MPH, THE DEFECTIVE ABS SYSTEM FAILED WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING THE PEDAL TO TOUCH THE FLOOR, AND MAKING A GRINDING NOISE IN WHICH THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP AND CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. *AK

19970316CrashSERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP

VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH ABS BRAKES, HAD NO BRAKE POWER AT ALL CAUSING VEHICLE TO RUN INTO GAURD RAIL, RESULTING IN INJURY. DEALER TOLD OWNER IT WAS THE ABS MODULE WHICH HE IS REPLACING. *AK

19970218CrashSERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK

WHEN APPLYING THE ABS BRAKES THE PEDAL WILL TRAVEL TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPPING DISTANCE RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE GIVE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

19970127CrashVEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

TRUCK WAS IN REVERSE WITH FOOT ON THE BRAKE, VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND HIT A LOADING DOCK, DRIVER AND PASSENGER WERE INJURED, TOOK TO DEALER, COULDN'T FIND PROBLEM. *AK *JB