Owner-reported complaints naming the suspension system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming suspension components — springs, struts, shocks, control arms and related hardware. 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. 21 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
WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VIBRATION WAS COMING FROM TRUCK. WHEELS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE. ALL FOUR WHEELS WERE REPLACED THE FIRST TIME, AND TWO WHEELS WERE REPLACED THE SECOND TIME, ALONG WITH A TIRE AND DRIVE SHAFT. VIBRATION STILL OCCURS. *AK *ML
FRONT BRAKES GRAB AFTER TRUCK SITS IN RAIN OR OTHER WET WEATHER CAUSING DIFFICULTY IN CONTROL. *MJS
NO SUMMARY
BRAKES PULL DUE TO FAILURE OF THE CALIPERS AND PADS.
POOR SUSPENSION.
THE REAR LEAF SPRING IS SAGGING FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. *AK
AT FIRST 5, 000 MILES THE REAR LEAF SPRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
EXPERIENCED REAR LEAF SPRING SUPPORT FAILURE WHEN NOTICED VEHICLE'S REAR AXEL HAD TILTED TO THE EXTREME LEFT. *AK
EXPERIENCED REAR LEAF SPRING SUPPORT FAILURE WHEN NOTICED VEHICLE'S REAR AXLE HAD TILTED TO THE EXTREME LEFT. **AK
REAR LEAF SPRING LEAF ASSEMBY FAILURE, LEAF SPRING BROKE, CAUSED VEHICLE FRAME TO FALL DOWN. *AK
REAR BRAKE SHOES/DRUMS REPLACED.
LOWER BALL JOINTS WEARING EXCESSIVELY, TO THE POINT OF BREAKING.
RIGHT/LEFT LEAF SPRING CRACKED, PART HAD SHIFTED AND RUBBED AGAINST SHOCK ABSORBER. *AK
LEFT REAR SUSPENSION/SHOCKS HAVE CRACKED FOR NO APPARENT REASON. *AK
LEFT REAR SUSPENSION LEAF SPRING AND SHOCKS HAVE CRACKED, FOR NO APPARENT REASON. *AK
BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT/INJURY.
DOOR PANEL CLIPS BROKE.
VEHICLE WILL NOT SAFELY HAUL PAYLOAD 0F 1,200 LBS, ALSO 650 LBS OR MORE IN BED CAUSES FRONT END TO RAISE/VEHICLE TO WANDER. *AK
REAR ABS SYSTEM FAILURE, PARTIAL LOSS OF BRAKING ABILITY. TT
NOISY FRONT END.
ENGINE PISTONS FAILED. *AK
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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