Owner-reported complaints naming the fuel system system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming fuel storage or delivery — tanks, pumps, lines, injectors and fuel leaks. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1993 Chevrolet S10 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 20 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 CHEVROLET S10. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REFUELED, THE FUEL EMITTED FROM THE FILLER NECK WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 190,000.
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
THE FUEL WIRING HARNESS ON THE FUEL PUMP MELTED. *JB DEFECT WAS NOTICED WHILE REPLACING THE FUEL TANK. REPLACED FUEL TANK, SENDING UNIT AND PUMP. *PH
FUEL PUMP POWER WIRE AND CONNECTOR BURNED/CHARRED AT UPPER CONNECTOR INSIDE GAS TANK. *AK
CENTRAL MULTIPORT FUEL INJECTOR ASSEMBLY FAILED, CAUSING FUEL TO ENTER THE OIL PAN AND DAMAGE THE MOTOR. FUEL WAS SPRAYING UNDER THE PHLENEM AND COULD HAVE CAUSED A FIRE. SAME UNIT HAS FAILED JUST OVER 15 MONTHS LATER, AGAIN SPRAYING GAS UNDER THE PHLENEM, THANKFULLY AGAIN NO FIRE,JUST SPRAYING OF GAS. *NLM
CONSUMER RECEIVED INFORMATION IN WRITING FROM TECHNICIAN AND GARAGE ABOUT FUEL PUMP WHICH COULD FAIL DUE TO WIRING SHORTING OUT. CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED ABOUT A FIRE.*AK
PLASTIC COVER ON FUEL TANK GATHERED AND RETAINED WATER ON TOP OF FUEL TANK ALLOWING TANK TO RUST REQUIRING TANK, FULE PICK, PUMP AND STRANER REPLACEMENT.*AK
ORIGINAL INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET FAILURE LEADING TO COOLANT ENTERING LUBRICATION SYSTEM. AFTER GASKET WAS REPLACED DAMAGE OCCURRED TO ENGINE BEARING, RODS AND POSSIBLY CAMSHAFT. REQUIRED ENGINE REPLACEMENT.*AK
CONSUMER HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO REPAIR SHOP AND TECHNICIAN FOUND A PROBLEM WITH CENTRAL FUEL INJECTION, WHERE THE FUEL WAS GETTING MIXED WITH OIL, AND CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER WHEN ACCELERATING OR SLOWING DOWN. *AK
DEFECTIVE FUEL INJECTOR ASSEMBLY CAUSED ENGINE PROBLEMS. YH
THE PLASTIC STONE SHIELD ALLOWED WATER TO REMAIN IN CONTACT WITH THE FRONT LOWER EDGE OF THE FUEL TANK. THIS CAUSED THE TANK TO RUST THROUGH AND LEAK. THE PLASTIC SHIELD CONTAINED THE LEAK, CONCENTRATING THE LEAKED FUEL BEFORE SPILLING IT OUT ONTO THE GROUND. THIS WAS AN ORIGINAL TANK, THE TRUCK HAS NEVER BEEN OFF-ROAD, NOR IN AN ACCIDNET. THE POOR DESIGN OF THE SHILED/TANK ASSEMBLY ALLOWED TRAPPED WATER TO CAUSE A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CONDITION TO EXIST. *AK
AFTER SMELLING A STRONG FUEL ODOR AND COLLECTING A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FUEL LEAKING FROM THE TRUCK, THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. OWNER HAD TRUCK TOWED TO DEALERSHIP WHERE THE FUEL TANK WAS FOUND TO BE CORRODED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
FUEL PUMP FAILED TO OPERATE. LEARNED OF A TECHNICAL BULLETIN CONTAINING INFORMATION ON DEFECTIVE FUEL PUMP. INFORMED DEALER WHO REFUSED TO REPAIR BECAUSE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. *AK
THE COVER UNDERNEATH THE GAS TANK HAS MORE THAN AN INCH OF SPACE WHICH CAUSES ROCKS AND PEBBLES TO GET INTO THE GAS, RESULTING IN A GAS LEAK, MAY CAUSE A FIRE. PLEASE PROVDIE DETAILS. *AK
SAND TRAPPED AROUND THE AREA BY THE TANK SHIELD DURING ASSEMBLY CAUSING THE SEAM TO RUST OUT RESULTING IN LEAK.
DUE TO CORROSION DISTRIBUTOR FAILED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE NOT TO ACCELERATE OVER 50.
FUEL TANK LEAK.
FUEL TANK/PUMP REPLACED DUE TO RUSTED TANK.
CONSUMER SON WAS DRIVING THE TRUCK START TO SMOKE TRUCK WAS TOTALED , RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER ON THIS PROBLEM CAN'T FIND THIS RECALL . TT
VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WITH FLASH AND CAB FILLING WITH SMOKE AFTER BEING PARKED FOR ABOUT 5 MINTUES. TT
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.
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