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1983 Chevrolet S10 Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest May 28, 2002
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
2
Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
0
Reports on file since Jan 9, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 7 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1983 Chevrolet S10. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–7 of 7

Tires & wheels
Filed May 28, 2002

THERE ARE KNOTS AND TREAD SEPARATION ON TIRE. SIZE, DOT# UNKNOWN.*AK

NHTSA ID
8010590
Incident
May 27, 2002
Transmission
Filed Jul 23, 1999
Crash reported

CLUTCH PEDAL HAS BEEN REPLACED FOUR TIMES IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, ONCE RESULTING IN A COLLISION. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

NHTSA ID
843105
Incident
Jul 20, 1999
Transmission
Filed Nov 2, 1998

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THE PLASTIC PAWL KIT; THE PLASTIC KEEP STRIPPING OUT, CAUSING VEHICLE NOT TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE GEAR OR STOP. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM IS A RECALL, BUT REFUSED TO REPAIR UNLESS COST GOES TO CONSUMER. *AK

NHTSA ID
829924
Incident
Oct 2, 1998
Other / unspecified
Filed Aug 20, 1997

WHEEL STUDS ON LEFT FRONT WHEEL SHEARED, CAUSING WHEEL TO STRIKE ONCOMING VEHICLE.

NHTSA ID
520743
Incident
Jul 12, 1997
Transmission
Filed Jan 22, 1996

WHEN STARTING AND DRIVING THE CLUTCH MOVED OUT OF GEAR . TT

NHTSA ID
977942
Seat belts
Filed Dec 15, 1995

REAR SEAT BELT FAILS TO SECURE CHILD SAFETY SEAT. *SD

NHTSA ID
490579
Incident
Dec 15, 1995
Body & structure
Filed Jan 9, 1995
Fire reported

FLAMES COMING FROM TACHOMETER MANUFACTURER OFFER NO ASSISTANCE. TT

NHTSA ID
958429
Incident
Jan 7, 1995

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Data sources

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