Owner-reported complaints naming the interior system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming seats, latches, locks, linkages and interior fittings. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1998 Chevrolet S10 submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 73 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 73, in the owner's own words
MY DRIVER SEAT ADJUSTMENT DOES NOT LOCK PROPERLY IT MOVES FORWARD AND BACKWARDS AT ANYTIME. THIS CAUSED ME TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT WHEN THE SEAT RELEASED WITHOUT ANY WARNING AND CAUSED ME TO HIT A VEHICLE I N FRONT OF ME BECAUSE OF IT. I FEEL GM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS DEFECT THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE HAD A RECALL ON. IT THERE ANY LAWYERS HANDLING THIS DEFECT. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 CHEVROLET S10 EXTENDED CAB. THE THIRD DOOR HANDLE ON THE DRIVER SIDE BROKE AS THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO OPEN THE DOOR. THE HANDLE BROKE AT LEAST FIVE TIMES AND HAD TO BE REPLACED THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,000. UPDATED 03/16/11 *BF
THROUGH NORMAL USE OF THE SEAT RECLINE MECHANISM, BOTH PASSENGER AND DRIVER SEAT RECLINE HANDLES HAVE BROKEN OFF AT AN INTERNAL FRICTION BAR. NEITHER SEAT RECLINES NOW AND IS STUCK IN THE LAST POSITION USED. CHEVY, OR GM, HAVE DONE NOTHING ABOUT THE PROBLEM, I HAVE LOOKED INTO FIXING THE PROBLEM MY SELF, HOWEVER THE ENTIRE SEAT WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED AND IS TO COST IN-EFFICIENT FOR MY NEEDS. I HAVE RETAINED THE FAULTY HANDLES, DREAMING THAT POSSIBLY GM WILL OWN UP TO DEFECTIVE, POOR DESIGN AND REMEDY THIS ISSUE. *TR
3RD DOOR ON 1998 CHEVROLET S10 LATCH BECAME INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO OPEN. LATCH FINALLY SNAPPED OFF. 3RD DOOR NO LONGER OPENED, POTENTIALLY MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR 3RD SEAT PASSENGER TO EXIT THE VEHICLE IN AN ACCIDENT.*AK
THE LEVERS THAT RECLINE THE SEATS BROKE OFF AT THE WELDS. IT IS AN OBVIOUS MANUFACTURING DEFECT AS A RESULT OF A POOR WELDING PROCESS. THE BREAK WAS AT THE HEAT AFFECTED ZONE AND THE METAL WAS NOT PROPERLY HEAT TREATED. *JB
I SAT ON THE OPEN TAILGATE AND BOTH TAILGATE SUPPORT STRAPS BROKE. THEY WERE BOTH VERY CORRODED ABOUT 10 INCHES FROM THE END CONNECTED TO THE BED. THE STRAPS APPEAR TO BE VERY CORRODED AT THE POINT OF BREAKAGE.
2 COMPLAINTS ON THIS VECHILE 1> NEEDS WIPER MODULE RECALLED, LIKE PREVIOUS MODEL YEARS (HAD TO PAY FOR THIS SERVICE) 2> BOTH OF MY TAILGATE STRAPS ARE BROKEN..HAVE SEEN SEVERAL OF THESE VECHILES WITH SAME PROBLEMS. HAD TO REPLACE WIPER MODULE AND TAILGATE STRAPS
1998 CHEVY S-10 PICKUP TRUCK. BOTH TAILGATE CABLES BROKE WHILE STANDING ON TAILGATE RESULTING IN A FALL TO THE GROUND. BOTH CABLES ARE CORRODED AT THE MID POINT WHERE THEY FOLD WHEN CLOSING THE TAILGATE.
WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR QUITS INTERMITTANTLY , NEEDING TO GO OUTSIDE AND WIGGLE WIPER ARM TO GET GOING. VERY MUCH A HAZARD DURING HEAVY RAINS. SHOULD BE RECALLED. *AK
WHEN OPENING THE THIRD REAR DOOR THE INSIDE DOOR HANDLE BROKE OFF. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
I OWN A 1998 CHEVROLET S-10 SLR PICKUP TRUCK AND THE SEATS DO NOT ALWAYS CATCH. I WENT TO A GM DEALER AND PAID $300.00 TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM FIXED BUT SOME TIMES THE SEATS DO NOT CATCH AFTER YOU PULL THEM FORWARD TO GET INTO THE AREA BEHIND THE SEATS, EITHER PASSANGER OR DRIVER. THIS IS A SPERATIC ERROR BUT WHEN THE SEATS DO NOT CATCH MY PASSENGER IS SLIDE FORWARD OR AT TIMES I THE DRIVER WILL FIND MYSELF GOING FORWARD BECAUSE THE SEAT TRACK DID NOT LOCK.*AK
TAILGATE STRAPS BROKE, CAUSED BY NOT BEING GALVINIZED.*AK
TAILGATE SUPPORT CABLE FAILURE. *AK
DRIVER SIDE SEAT SEAT RECLINER FAILED. FIRST TIME THE CASTING INSIDE THE HANDLE FAILED. THE SECOND TIME THE FAILURE WAS IN THE TRANSFER ROD THAT THE HANDLE IS CONNECTED TO. FIRST FAILURE WAS WHILE IN USE, SECOND FAILURE IT "JUST FELL OFF." WHEN IT WORKED, AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF FORCE WAS REQUIRED TO ACTIVATE. SINGLE OWNER OPERATOR - FAILURE OCCURED WITH LITTLE USE.*AK
THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BROKE AND LODGED INTO THE DASH DURING A WRECK. NONE WAS IN THE SEAT AT THE TIME BUT IF THERE HAD BEEN THAT PERSON WOULD HAVE VERY SERIOUS INJURIES. *LA
DRIVER AND PASSENGER RECLINE LEVER BROKE OFF, EACH QUITE EASILY AND WITH LITTLE EFFORT. *LA
VEHICLE HAVING SERIES OF PROBLEMS AFTER AN ACCIDENT WITH A DEER. *MR THE HOOD LATCH HASN'T WORKED PROPERLY SINCE THE ACCIDENT, BOTH CHAIR LATCHES HAD BROKEN AFTER TWO TIMES OF USE, THE RIGHT FRONT OF THE VEHICLE MADE NOISE, THERE WAS NOISE IN THE STEERING, THE CENTRAL CONSOLE SNAPPED IN HALF, AND THE REAR WIPERS HAD GONE OUT. *SCC *JB
CHEVROLET S10, 1998, PLASTIC LEATHER ON DRIVER DOOR THAT HOLD DOOR LOCK ROD SECURE BREAKS. DOORS LOCK AND CAN ONLY BE OPENED WITH THE KEY. INNER LAST IS NON-FUNCTIONING TRAPPING THE DRIVER IN UNTIL THE DOOR IS UNLOCKED FROM THE OUT SIDE. *LA
DRIVER AND PASSENGER RECLINER LEVER EASILY BRAKES. AFTER REPLACING IT TWICE THE SECOND TIME IT BROKE I WAS DRIVING IN A VERY UNCOMFORTABLE PASSION AND UNSAFE. I HAD TO GET A PAIR OF VICE GRIPS TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE BACK OF THE SEAT. I FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS A COMMAND PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE FOR THE CHEVROLET PARTS ATTENDANT. YET THERE IS NO IMPROVEMENT ON THE PARTS THERE SELLING OR RECALL ON THE SEATS. *LA
THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT DOES NOT LOCK INTO PLACE, WHEN YOU STOP SUDDENLY, THE SEAT SLAMS FORWARD.(COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT) ALSO BOTH SEAT ADJUSTER HANDLES HAVE BROKEN OFF.(CHEAP PLASTIC) CAN NO LONGER ADJUST SEATS THEY ARE STUCK IN POSITION.ALSO, THIRD DOOR LATCH (ALSO PLASTIC ) BROKE OFF CAN NO LONGER OPEN THIRD DOOR.*AK
HANDLE THAT ADJUSTED THE SEATBACK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE BROKE. CONSEQUENTLY, WHOLE SEAT SLIDES BACK AND FORTH WHEN GOING UP AND DOWN HILLS. *AK
WINDSHIELD WIPERS INTERMITTENT NOT WORKING CAUSING A DANGEROUS SITUATION. ALSO FRONT RECLINER LEVER ON SEAT HAS BROKEN TWICE, ONCE ON DRIVERS SIDE (REPLACED-OUT OF WARRANTY) NOW ON PASSENGER SIDE. *NLM
THE FRONT RECLINING SEAT HANDLE BROKE OFF. THE SEATS DID NOT SIT UPRIGHT OR RECLINE. *JB
ON MY S-10, AS MANY OTHERS ACCORDING TO THE PARTS DEALERS AND SEERVICE BULLETIN #220801, THE SEAT RECLINER GEAR ARM THAT THE HANDLE ATTACHES TO BRAKES FREQUENTLY. THIS IS THE THIRD ONE FOR MY 1998 PICKUP. THE MATERIAL IS VERY WEAK AND COSTLY. GM KNOWS OF THIS, AS CAN BE VERIFIED BY PARTS DEALERS SHOWING I HIGH SALES VOLUME OF THIS PART. THE PART # IS 12479967. COST IS $69.02
CONSUMER STATED THAT THE EXTENDED CAB DOOR HANDLE HAS BROKEN 3 TIMES SINCE OWNERSHIP WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OPEN DOOR. THE HANDLE IS MADE OF A VERY THIN PLASTIC. TS
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