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 1994 Chevrolet S10 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 38 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.
The 25 most recent of 38, in the owner's own words
COMPLAINT REGARDING THE INJECTORS ON THE 1994 CHEVROLET S-10.*MR THE CONSUMER STATED HE HAD TO REPLACE THE INJECTORS TWICE. THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED BECAUSE IT CRACKED AND LEAKED. THE HEATER CORE WAS REPLACED DUE TO A MISROUTED WIRING HARNESS. *JB
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A GAS LEAK WHERE THE FUEL FILLER PIPE CONNECTS TO THE GAS TANK. THIS VEHICLE WAS RECALLED FOR THIS DEFECT IN 1994. HOWEVER, THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT IDENTIFYING WITH THE RECALL NUMBER WHICH WAS PROVIDED BY THE CONSUMER. *AK NO RECALL FOUND FOR THIS VEHICLE. IN LOOKING IN THE DRIVERS SIDE WHEEL WELL THE CONSUMER NOTICED WHERE A RUBBER SLEEVE/UNION WAS DAMP WITH FUEL. THE FUEL SMELL COULD BE NOTICED FROM A DISTANCE. *TC
GAS TANK LEAKING ON BOTTOM WHERE THE PLASTIC SHIELD LETS DIRT AND STONE BUILD-UP AND RUSTS OUT THE TANK. *AK
MY MAJOR CONCERN IS THAT A BURNED PLUG WAS FOUND INSIDE THE FUEL TANK WHERE THE ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP PLUGS IN. IF THIS WIRE WERE TO ARC INSIDE THE FUEL TANK COULD THIS NOT CAUSE A FIRE OR EXPLOSION, AND HAVE YOU HAD ANYMORE OF THESE INCIDENTS REPORTED. *JB *****DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS *****769333
FUEL LINE LEAK FROM PIN HOLE IN STEEL LINES RUBBING TOGETHER. *PH *JB **DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS**768042
FUEL LINE LEAK FROM PIN HOLE IN STEEL LINES RUBBING TOGETHER. MR
THE PROBLEM IS THE FUEL INJECTOR (REGULATOR) THE ONE THAT CAME WITH THE VEHICLE,LASTED. *AK
WHEN CENTRAL PORT FUEL INJECTOR IS SHUT OFF VEHICLE WOULD LEAK RAW FUEL INTO THE PLANTIUM. THIS CAUSES THE FUEL PUMP TO LOSE POWER. TAKES AWHILE BEFORE RESTARTING. ALSO, ALLOWS FUMES TO ENTER VEHICLE WHILE STILL RUNNING. OWNER FEELS FUEL IS STILL LEAKING. HAD REPLACED CENTRAL PORT FUEL INJECTOR ONCE UNDER WARRANTY. MANUFACTURER WILL NOT REPLACE 2ND TIME.*AK
CONSUMER HAS NOTICED A SMALL ODOR INSIDE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT IN VEHICLE, CONSUMER INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND NOTICED FUEL LEAKING FROM THE FUEL TANK. CONSUMER NOTED THAT CAUSE OF PROBLEM WAS RUST. *AK *SLC
VEHICLE IS BLOWING OUT SMOKE, DOESN'T WANT TO START, HESITATES AT STOPS AND STALLS. DEALER CHECKED VEHICLE, AND TOLD CONSUMER CFI ( CENTRAL FUEL INJECTORS WERE BAD). CONSUMER WAS GIVEN INFORMATION THAT ALL 1993-1995 BLAZERS WERE BAD.*AK
WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS PREPARING TO CHANGE THE FUEL FILTER HE DISCOVERED THE GAS TANK HAD A HOLE IN THE BOTTOM AS WELL AS THE TOP OF THE TANK AND WAS LEAKING FUEL WHICH CAUSED A FUEL ODOR WHILE PARKED IN GARAGE. NLM
THE PLASTIC COVER AROUND THE GAS TANK TRAPPED DIRT AROUND THE GAS TANK AND RUSTED A HOLE IN THE TANK RESULTING IN A FUEL LEAK. NLM
GAS TANK RUSTED SEVERLY BECAUSE OF THE PLASTIC GAS TANK SHIELD HOLDING DIRT AND MOISTURE BETWEEN SHIELD AND TANK. THE TANK ONLY RUSTED WHERE THE SHIELD IS LOCATED. THE VEHICLE HAD SLIGHT FUEL SMELL UPON START-UP. APX 2 WEEKS LATER, THE FUEL TANK RUSTED TO THE POINT OF A MAJOR SPILL, OF APX 3 GALLONS UPON MOVEMENT OF VEHICLE. THIS IS A OBVIOUS SAFETY DEFECT. VERY UNSAFE. A RECALL IS NEEDED NOW. *AK!
THIS IS A COMMON FAILURE DUE TO A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. I HAVE DOCUMENTED PROOF OF IT ALONG WITH 20 TESTIMONIALS FROM BLAZER OWNERS AND AN ENGINEERS REPORT DETAILING THE PROBLEM. GM IS NOT ONLY REFUSING TO STAND BEHIND THE PROBLEM THEY'VE CREATED BUT ARE CHARGING UPWARDS OF $800.00 TO FIX IT. THIS PROBLEM CAUSES FUEL TO PASS THE CYLINDERS AND FILL THE OIL PAN WITH GAS TO THE POINT OF HAVING GAS LEAK OUT OF ALL OF THE OIL SEALS AND OUT OF THE ENGINE. THIS PROBLEM WILL CAUSE THE ENGINE NOT ONLY TO SIEZE BUT ALSO MAY RESULT IN ENGINE FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE. GM'S STANCE ON THIS IS TO IGNOR CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS AND CHARGE A PREMIUM FOR THE REPAIR.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW ABOUT ANY RECALLS ON MY PICKUP TRUCK THE ONLY RECALL I HAVE HAD WAS THE FUEL TANK FILLER TUBE AND THEN I SEE THERE IS ALL KINDS OF RECALLS THAT I HAVEN'T BEEN NOTIFED ON. MY SEAT BELTS HAVEN'T WORKED RIGHT ABOUT THE LAST TWO YEARS. AND NOW MY BRAKES ARE NOT STOPPING OR DOING THE ANTILOCK THING. I ALSO OWN A 1996 PONT. GRANDAM GT AND I SEE IT TOO HAS LOTS OF RECALLS BUT I HAVEN'T BEEN NOTIFED ON IT EITHER. CAN YOU GIVE ME SOME INFORMATION ON THE RECALLS FOR MY VEHICLES. MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS [email protected] OR MY PHONE NUMBER IS (419) 289-2709. NOW I STARTING TO WORRY ABOUT THE SAFTEY OF MY FAMILY IN MY VEHICLES!!!!!*AK
FUEL PUMPS REPLACED OVER 5 TIMES, INJECTORS REPLACED 4 TIMES, COMPLAINED ABOUT ABS BRAKES FROM FIRST DAT OF OWNERSHIP, THEY DONT STOP THE VEHICLE IN A PANIC STOP, 2 ACCIDENTS DUE TO BRAKES!!! INJECTOR LINES WORN THROUGH BY RUBBING ON FUEL LINE UNDER PLENUM MULTIPLE TIMES CAUSES MAJOR FUEL LEAKAGE!! POSSIBLE FIRE HAZARD DEALER CONTACTED, CHEVROLET CONTTACTED. *AK
FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM---I AM VERY UPSET THAT I NOW NEED TO REPLACE AGAIN THE FUEL INJECTORS AND THE REGULATOR. I REPLCED IT THE FIRST TIME UNDER WARRANTY AT 49721 MILES. IT WAS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT IT WENT SO FAST. I WAS TOLD BY SEVERAL MECHANICS THAT THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN DDURING THE FIRST 125K OR NEVER. THIS IS A COSTLY REPAIR OF 800..00 OR MORE AND IT SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM FOR MANY WITH THIS VORTEC 6 CYL 4.3 L I WOULD LIKE SOME HELP IN TRYING TO GET THE MANUFACTURER GEN. MOTORS TO CHANGE THIS TYPE DESIGN AND TO HELP THE VITIMS OF THIS COSTLY REPAIR. ONCE IS TOO MUCH AND 2 TIMES IS REDICULOUS IN LESS THAN 75K. THE SECOND TIME WAS ONLY 25K FROM REPLACEMENT. THE ENGINE TAKES 4 TO 5 RETRIES TO START AND IT GETS PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. I HAVE HEARD MANY MECHANICS TALK ABOUT A POSSIBLE CLASS- ACTION SUIT IF CONSUMERS HAVE TO PUT UP WITH ALL THE COSTLY REPAIRS AND THE EGR VALVE IS ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH MANY. THE ABS SYTEM , I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS AT 31420. I FELT IT WAS PREMATURE. TH
ON-OING PROBLEM WITH VARIOUS PARTS: 1. WHENEVER VEHICLE RUNS ERRATICALLY IT CAUSES VEHICLE TO HAVE NO BRAKES ( FUEL INJECTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED ON THREE OCCASIONS); 2. ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS ( REPLACED BATTERY ON SIX OCCASIONS), AND 3. FRONT SEAT WILL NOT STAY LOCKED IN PLACE, SEAT MOVED BACK AND FORTH. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, AND REPAIRS WOULD ONLY BE AT CONSUMER'S COST. *AK
WE HAVE PAID NEARLY $1,000 FOR THESE REPAIRS. THERE ARE TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS AND RECALL NOTICES FOR SOME OF THESE PROBLEMS. THE DEALER ADVISED US THAT THE EGR VALVE WAS "NORMAL WEAR & TEAR" EVEN THOUGH IT WENT OUT DURING THE WARRANTY PERIOD. THE FUEL INJECTOR WENT OUT 4 MONTHS AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. SEVERAL OTHER REPAIR SHOPS INDICATED THAT THIS WAS A PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE.
OFTEN TIMES THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START UP AND RUNS ROUGH. CONSUMER HAS RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE. BECAUSE THE VEHICLE IS PASSED THE MILEAGE INDICATED THE VEHICLE WILL BE REPAIRED AT THE OWNER'S EXPENSE. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
THE FUEL TANK LEAKED AT THE SEAMS OF THE TANK WHICH MAY CAUSE FIRE. ALSO THE MOTOR MOUNTS BROKE, CAUSING THE MOTOR MOVE UP AND DOWN AND BREAK THE RADIATOR FAN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
THERE IS A HOLE IN THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM THAT IS LEAKING FLUID ALL OVER THE ENGINE. DEALER HAS FIXED IT,
THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM. THE WINDSHEILD WIPERS FAIL TO OPERATE AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN TURNED ON. ALSO VEHICLE LEAKS IN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF FUEL WHILE DRIVING. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING SOME PROBLEMS WITH WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND AND FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM. WHEN THE CONSUMER TURNS THE WINDSHIELD WIPER SWITCH ON, IT FAILS TO WORK. ALSO, THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM HAS BEEN LEAKING FUEL AROUND THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK *ML
THE GAS TANK IS RUSTED AND GASOLINE IS SPILLING OVER A SIZABLE AREA.THE PROBLEM IS CAUSED BY A DESIGN FLAW INVOLVING THE STONE GAURD AT THE FRONT/BOTTOM OF THE TANK. THERE IS A GAP BETWEEN THE TOP EDGE OF THE STONE GUARD AND THE TANK. *AK
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