2000 Chevrolet S10 Transmission Problems

NO ACCIDENT TOOK PLACE BUT THE TRANSMISSION IN TWO SEPARATE 2000 MODEL S-10 AND AN S-10 BLAZER HAVE GONE OUT IN THE SAME EXACT MANNER WITHIN 3,000 MILES OF EACH OTHER AND BOTH VEHICLES WERE PRIMARILY DRIVEN IN TWO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. THE SLIPPING OF THESE TRANNYS IS SO SUDDEN THAT IT ACTUALLY ALMOST BECAME A SAFETY CONCERN WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY. I APOLOGIZE IF THIS IS BEING SENT TO THE WRONG DEPT. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT IF CHEVY HAS HAD ANY RECALLS ON THESE MODELS AS WELL. THANKS! *TR

NHTSA ID

10214939

Incident

Jan 15, 2008

Mileage

83,000 mi

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD FROM 1ST TO 2ND AND DISPLAYS CODE 1780, EVER SINCE 50 K MILES. HAD LOCAL TRANSMISSION SHOP MAKE THE TFB CHANGE GM RECOMMENDED AND PROBLEM REAPPEARED AFTER 15K. I AM SURE I BE TOLD THAT NOW WITH 130K MILES OUT OF WARRANTY, STILL IF HAPPENED WAY BACK. ADDITIONALLY THE TRANSMISSION FLUID HAS BEEN CHANGED EVER 15K AND IS DRIVEN IN LIGHT HIGHWAY CONDITIONS. CHECK THIS SITE TO SEE HOW MANY NUMEROUS REPORTS HAVE BEEN MADE. HTTP://WWW.CARTRACKERS.COM/FORUMS/LIVE/YOURLEMON/160.HTML JUST WONDER WHY AFTER SO LONG NO ACTION BEEN TAKEN TO CORRECT KNOWN PROBLEM. *NM

NHTSA ID

10176891

Incident

Dec 24, 2006

Mileage

50,000 mi

WE PURCHASED A 2000 CHEVY S-10 IN JULY 2002. IMMEDIATELY, THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT WOULD COME ON DURING DRIVES OF MORE THAN 20 MINUTES. WE HAD TRANSMISSION WORK DONE IN THE FALL. BY DECEMBER 2002, ON A 4-HOUR TRIP HOME FOR CHRISTMAS, THE TRANSMISSION BLEW OUT. WE PUT IN A BRAND NEW TRANSMISSION ON, BUT THE SAME PROBLEMS OCCUR. IF WE DRIVE MORE THAN 20 MINUTES, THE LIGHT WILL COME ON AND WE WILL HAVE HARD SHIFTS. PARKING THE TRUCK AND LETTING IT COOL FIXES THE HARD SHIFT. BUT FOR 4 YEARS WE HAVE OWNED A TRUCK THAT WE CANNOT DRIVE FOR MORE THAN 20 MILES. WE HAVE BEEN BACK TO THE TRANSMISSION SHOP, TO NO AVAIL. THE PROBLEM DOESN'T SEEM TO BE THE TRANSMISSION, ITSELF. *JB

NHTSA ID

10164392

Incident

Dec 23, 2002

Mileage

30,000 mi

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH, TRANSMISSION ABRUPTLY DROPPED OUT OF OVERDRIVE INTO 3RD GEAR, CAUSING VEHICLE TO LURCH VIOLENTLY. VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO TRANSMISSION SHOP IN 3RD GEAR FOR DIAGNOSIS, WHICH LED TO $1,806 REPAIR BILL, APPARENTLY DUE TO A KNOWN VALVE BODY ISSUE. *JB

NHTSA ID

10149709

Incident

Dec 20, 2005

Mileage

109,000 mi

SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT, TRANSMISSION FAILURE, TANSMISSION SLIPPING, TORQUE CONVERTER BURNED UP, ONLY 67,000 MILES ON TRUCK DRIVEN EASY, NO LOADS/TOWING CODE P1870, TRUCK TRANSMISSION BEING REBUILT, VERY COSTLY THIS IS BS

NHTSA ID

10126489

Incident

Jun 20, 2005

Mileage

66,990 mi

WE OWN A 2000 S-10 ZR2. THE ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION HAD 42,000 MILES (6000 MILES OUT OF WARRANTY) WHEN IT FAILED. THE 2ND TRANSMISSION FAILED 1 YEAR LATER AS IT ONLY HAD 22,000 MILES ON IT. WE ARE NOW SPENDING $2600.00 ON A 3RD TRANSMISSION AND DRIVETRAIN PROBLEM. GM/CHEVROLET REFUSED TO HELP US WHEN WE CALLED IN MAY OF 2004. THEY CLAIM SINCE IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY THEY COULDN'T HELP. WE DIDN'T BOTHER CALLING THEM AGAIN....PLEASE HELP US RE-COUP.

NHTSA ID

10122139

Incident

May 9, 2005

MY 2000 CHEVY S10 4X4 (PURCHASED FROM COURTESY CHEVROLET, PHOENIX, AZ) BROKE DOWN ON 8/12/03 DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR AND MAKING A GRINDING NOISE BETWEEN REVERSE & PARK WHEN I STOPPED. THE TRUCK WOULD NOT GO INTO DRIVE, AND I HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALER (GATEWAY CHEVROLET IN AVONDALE, AZ) APPROX. 65 MILES AWAY. AFTER THE TRUCK WAS CHECKED OUT THE NEXT DAY, THE SERVICE ADVISOR CALLED TO SAY THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TRUCK AND THAT IT SHIFTED INTO ALL GEARS AND RAN NORMAL. (NOTE: THERE WERE 82,278 MILES ON THE TRUCK AT THAT TIME AND I HAD THE 100,000 MILE EXTENDED WARRANTY). ON SEVERAL OTHER OCCASIONS BEFORE AND AFTER THIS EVENT, I EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN REVVING UP OF THE ENGINE, WHICH STOPPED AFTER SEVERAL RAPID DEPRESSIONS OF THE ACCELERATOR. ON 4/11/05, WHILE ON VACATION IN CALIFORNIA, THE EXACT PROBLEM OCCURED AGAIN, EXCEPT THIS TIME, AFTER BEING TOWED AGAIN TO THE NEAREST DEALER (COALINGA MOTORS, INC., COALINGA, CA), IT WAS FOUND THE TRANSMISSION WAS IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT, AS WELL AS THE SHIFT FORKS IN THE TRANSFER CASE.

NHTSA ID

10121216

Incident

Apr 11, 2005

Mileage

113,145 mi

TRUCK WAS SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR, AND EVENTUALLY WAS MAKING A GRINDING NOISE WHEN TRYING TO SHIFT. IT WAS TAKEN TO MECHANIC AND READOUT INDICATED THE TRANSMISSION WAS OVERHEATING. TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO MECHANIC A TOTAL OF 3 TIMES FOR EVALUATION WHEN FINAL DETERMINATION WAS A NEW TRANSMISSION WAS NEEDED. NEW TRANSMISSION WAS PUT IN; AND A WEEK LATER, THE NEW TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR. TRUCK IS STILL AT MECHANICS BEING EVALUATED.*AK

NHTSA ID

10090858

Incident

Jul 12, 2004

Mileage

50,000 mi

CONSUMER GOT OUT OF VEHICLE AND TOOK 2 STEPS, THEN HEARD A SERIES OF CLICKING NOISES, LOOKED AROUND AND VEHICLE WAS ROLLING DOWN THE HILL. VEHICLE HIT HIS FRIEND'S VEHICLE. CONSUMER CALLED CHEVROLET, AND THEY SENT A REPRESENTATIVE TO HIS HOME, HOOKED VEHICLE UP TO A COMPUTER, AND TRIED TO GET THE VEHICLE TO REPRODUCE THE CLICKING AND ROLLING. THE CHEVROLET REPRESENTATIVE PARKED CONSUMER'S VEHICLE ON THE HILL AND STILL IT DID NOT DO IT AGAIN. *AK

NHTSA ID

10089838

Incident

Aug 26, 2004

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IN MY 2000 CHEVROLET S10 ZR2 MADE A LOUD SCREECHING NOISE. RPMS WERE WAY OF IN COMPARISON TO SPEED. THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT GEARS. VEHICLE HAS NO REVERSE, ACTS LIKE NEUTRAL, DRIVE WIL GO FORWARD, 1ST WILL GO FORWARD, 2ND WILL GO FORWARD AND 3RD WILL GO FROWARD.*AK

NHTSA ID

10082883

Incident

Jul 28, 2004

Mileage

63,800 mi

I BOUGHT THE CHEVY WITH ONLY 30,000 MILES ON IT. BUT EVER SINCE THE BEGINNING THE THIRD BRAKE LIGHT HAS NEVER WORKED AND I ALWAYS REPLACE THE FUSES AND THE LITTLE LIGHT BULBS. ALSO HAVE HAD TROUBLE WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND HAVE HAD IT REBUILT AND THE RADIATOR TWICE. I JUST HAVE HAD MORE THAN ENOUGH PROBLEMS WITH THE TRUCK I REGRET BUYING THIS TRUCK. *JB

NHTSA ID

10062662

Incident

Nov 26, 2003

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A USED 2000 CHEVY S-10 WITH 48,000 MILES. THE VEHICLE IS EXTRA CLEAN AND THERE WERE NO APPARENT PROBLEMS. I HAD TO MAKE A TRIP FROM ATLANTA, GA TO CHICAGO, IL. COMING BACK ON THE INTERSTATE (TRAVELING 75-80 MILES AN HOUR), THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE TRUCK DOWNSHIFTED FROM OVERDRIVE INTO THIRD. I WAS NEARLY REAR ENDED BY TWO 18-WHEELERS WHILE I TRIED TO SLOW THE VEHICLE SO THAT THE RPM'S WERE NOT IN THE CRITICAL ZONE. I STOPPED AT THE FIRST AUTO REPAIR SHOP I COULD FIND, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED AND WOULD NEED TO BE REBUILT. APPARENTLY, THE BANDS WERE SLIPPING AND CAUSED THE FLUID TO OVERHEAT AND TURN EXTREMELY DARK. THE TRUCK NOW HAS 58,000 MILES, AND NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION. THIS IS THE THIRD GM CAR THAT I HAVE HAD THAT I HAVE HAD TO HAVE MAJOR TRANSMISSION WORK DONE. THE LAST ONE WAS A BUICK AND HAD LESS THAN 60,000 MILES ON IT. *LA

NHTSA ID

10043374

Incident

Aug 26, 2003

Mileage

58,000 mi

OIL LINE TO FILTER LEAKING-LEAKING TRANSMISSION LINES.

NHTSA ID

10025316

Incident

Jun 30, 2003

Mileage

28,800 mi

WHILE TRAVELING 55 MPH THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AND I HAD TO GO FROM 5TH GEAR TO 2ND ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY. *NLM

NHTSA ID

10014150

Incident

Feb 19, 2003

Mileage

43,000 mi

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION PUMP HAD FAILED. TS

NHTSA ID

8023095

Incident

Nov 14, 2002

CONSUMER STATES: WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE, AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DOESN'T SHIFT PROPERLY (TRANSMISSION PUMP IS THE PROBLEM) DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.. TS

NHTSA ID

8022980

Incident

Nov 11, 2002

REVERSE LOCKOUT MECHANISM IS NON-FUNCTIONAL. DEALER INDICATED IT IS A DESIGN DEFECT AND IS NOT REPAIRABLE. SAFETY PROBLEM BECAUSE TRANSMISSION CAN ACCIDENTLY BE PUT INTO REVERSE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (70 MPH ) CAUSING COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. REVERSE IS ON SAME LEG AS 5TH GEAR OVERDRIVE. EMERGENCY PASSING REQUIRES RAPID DOWN SHIFTING TO 4TH GEAR OR 3RD GEAR. I HAVE USED A 5TH TO 3RD GEAR EMERGENCY PASSING METHOD SINCE DISCOVERING THE DEFECT. THE PROBLEM WITH 5TH TO 3RD IS THAT 1ST GEAR CAN ACCIDENTLY BE SELECTED. THAT WILL CAUSE ENGINE FAILURE OR LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. I WOULD HAVE PRESSED THIS ISSUE WITH CHEVROLET FURTHER BUT HAVE NOT BECAUSE IT IS A LEASED VEHICLE AND IS SCHEDULED TO BE RETURNED JAN 2003. I STILL DO CONSIDER IT A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE AND OWNERS SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THE RESULTING DANGERS OF THIS DESIGN DEFECT. DT

NHTSA ID

768650

Incident

Jun 15, 2001

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WILL NOT ACCELERATE WHILE GOING UP A OFF RAM. NLM

NHTSA ID

8018600

Incident

Jul 30, 2002

STEEL CHECK VALVE IN ALUMINUM SEAT CAUSES TRANSMISSION TO NOT SHIFT PROPERLY CAUSING LOSS OF FORWARD SPEED CREATING HAZZARD ON ROADWAY. *AK

NHTSA ID

766588

VEHICLE GOT STUCK IN THE SNOW, COULDN'T GET OUT AS A RESULT OF 4-WHEEL DRIVE BEING INOPERATIVE. CONTACT DEALER. COULD NOT LOCATE PROBLEM.*AK

NHTSA ID

8015007

Incident

Mar 29, 2001

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN SHIFTING THE VEHICLE INTO ANY GEAR THE GEARS WILL START TO SLIP AND THEN THE VEHICLE WILL START TO REV UP AND FINALLY KICK INTO GEAR. CONTACTED DEALER AND THE DEALER CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM.

NHTSA ID

8010870

Incident

May 5, 2002

I HAVE HAD TRUCK IN SHOP 3 TIMES FOR TRANSMISSION/DEALER CANT DUPLICATE/ALSO THE THIRD DOOR HAS BEEN REPAIRED TWICE/POPPING SOUND WHEN MAKING A SHARP TURN/MAIN CONCERN. *AK

NHTSA ID

752731

Incident

Sep 1, 2001

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID

750752

VEHICLE WAS PARKED AT AN INCLINE, IN FIRST GEAR AND PARK BRAKE SET. VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF GEAR, ROLLED DOWN, AND HIT AN IRON FENCE. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED, NO INJURIES. *AK *SLC

NHTSA ID

890591

Incident

Jun 18, 2001

ENGINE RPM'S WENT TO 5500 RPM'S, VEHICLE DID NOT GO FASTER, JUST THE MOTOR. WHEN CRUISE CONTROL WAS TURNED OFF, THE VEHICLE COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AS IF THE TRANSMISSION HAD WENT TO NEUTRAL, PUSHING ON THE GAS PEDAL DID NOT HELP.*AK

NHTSA ID

742834

Incident

Mar 19, 2001