2002 Chevrolet S10

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH. VEHICLE WAS HIT ON THE FRONT AND THE PASSENGER SIDES. UPON IMPACT, NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, AND DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT FAILED TO RETRACT. AS A RESULT, CONSUMER HIT THE STEERING WHEEL AND SUSTAINED A CONCUSSION. VEHICLE SUSTAINED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. MANUFACTURER'S INVESTIGATOR AFTER INSPECTING THE AIR BAGS INDICATED THE REASON THAT THEY DIDN'T DEPLOY WAS BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T HIT RIGHT. *AK

1)FUEL GUAGE STUCK AT AROUND 1/4 OF A TANK WHEN 1/4 OR BELOW. HAD TO PUT VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL TO GET ACCURATE READING. HAS RAN OUT OF GAS WHEN SHOWING 1/4 OF TANK. TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP - REPLACED FUEL LEVEL SENSOR. PROBLEM WAS NOT FIXED. TOOK BACK AGAIN AND OTHER ITEMS WERE REPLACED. SEEMS TO BE FIXED, BUT IT HAS ONLY BEEN 1 WEEK. 2)"POPPING" NOISE HEARD ON THE DRIVERS SIDE IN THE FRONT END. TOOK IN SAME TIME AS THE FIRST GASOLINE INCIDENT. REPLACED BALL JOINT AND GREASED FRONT END. SEEMED FINE UNTIL ABOUT 1 MONTH LATER AND THEN NOISE CAME BACK, ALONG WITH A VERY BAD "BOUNCING" IN THE FRONT END THAT MADE IT FEEL LIKE THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE WAS COMMING OFF. TOOK BACK TO DEALERSHIP (SAME TIME AS SECOND GASOLINE VISIT) SAID THAT IT WAS THE "DESIGN OF THE VEHICLE" - BUT YET IT NEVER DID THIS UNTIL THEN. DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN VERY COOPERATIVE.

2002 CHEVROLET S10 HAS HAD TO HAVE NEW FUEL PUMP MODULE PUT ON 03/19/03 AND HAS NOW GONE OUT AGAIN ON 12/31/03. HAD LEAK IN OIL PAN, LEAK IN WINDSHIELD ON PASSENGER SIDE. THE TRUCK HAD 29,000 MILES THE FIRST TIME THE FUEL PUMP WENT OUT AND 55,000 THIS TIME WHEN IT WENT OUT. I FEEL THAT IS ENTIRELY TOO FREQUENT FOR FUEL PUMPS TO FAIL.

THROTTLE STICKS IN FULL-OPEN POSITION. MOTOR RPM BOUNCE OFF THE REV-LIMITER WHEN THIS HAPPENS. PROBLEM IS NOT IN THROTTLE CABLING OR ACCELERATOR PEDAL MECHANISM. PROBLEM IS INTERNAL TO THROTTLE BODY. FEELS LIKE A PIECE OF RUBBER IS JAMMED BETWEEN THE THROTTLE PLATE AND THROTTLE BODY HOUSING. VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT DEALERSHIP BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. *LA

VEHICLE WILL JUST STOP RUNNING. THE FUEL PUMP HAS BEEN REPLACED. AFTER BEING REPLACED IT QUIT 15 MILES FROM THE DEALERSHIP THAT REPAIRED IT. THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE. VEHICLE WILL START AGAIN AFTER SITTING SEVERAL HOURS. THEY TOLD US TO DRIVE UNTIL IT QUIT AGAIN. FRUSTRATED, WE TOOK IT TO A MORE SOPHISTICATED DEALERSHIP WHO ALSO COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM AND TOLD US TO DRIVE IT UNTIL IT ACTED UP AGAIN. THE VEHICLE HAS QUIT 2 MORE TIMES, BUT ON THE WEEKEND BUT STARTS IN A FEW HOURS. *LA

2002 CHEVROLET S-10 LS X-CAB PICKUP MANUAL TRANSMISSION: LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMMING FROM TRANSMISSION AND SHIFTING THROUGH GEARS IS ROUGH. WHEN CLUTCH PEDAL IS PRESSED NOISE DISAPPEARS BUT, WHEN PEDAL IS RELEASED A LOUD BANG IS HEARD FROM TRANSMISSION AND KNOCKING NOISE RETURNS. THE ROUGH SHIFTING OCCURS MOSTLY GOING INTO 3RD GEAR BUT ALSO OCCASIONALLY IN ALL OTHER GEARS. BROUGHT TO DEALER TO REPAIR FOR THE FIRST TIME ON JUN 2, 2003. TECHNICIAN SAID NOISE IS " NORMAL " FOR THIS TYPE OF VECH. DUE TO A HEAVIER DUTY TRANSMISSION. CLUTCH SLAVE UNIT WAS FOUND LEAKING, CAUSING THE ROUGH SHIFTING...DEALER REPLACED SLAVE UNIT. ON AUG. 4, 2003 TRUCK WAS ONCE AGAIN BROUGHT IN TO DEALER TO INQUIRE ABOUT KNOCKING NOISE FROM TRANS AND SHIFTING PROBLEMS (THIS TIME TRANSMISSION WOULDN'T ALLOW SHIFTER TO GO INTO 1ST GEAR AND SHIFTING WAS ROUGH AGAIN) AFTER GETTING SECOND AND THIRD OPINIONS FROM VARIOUS SHOPS, AND ALL STATING THAT KNOCKING NOISE DOES NOT SOUND "NORMAL" AND A PROBLEM WITH SHIFTING. ONCE AGAIN SERVICE TECH AT THE DEALER STATED THAT KNOCKING NOISE IS NORMAL AND FOUND NO PROBLEMS WITH SHIFTING BUT MAY HAVE FIXED A PROBLEM, BECAUSE AFTER LEAVING SERVICE DEPT, SHIFTING WENT BACK TO NORMAL BUT KNOCKING IS STILL THERE.*AK