FaultScore report
Owners have filed 43 complaints about the 1988 Chevrolet S10 with NHTSA between 1995 and 2003. The largest single group is the engine & cooling.
43
Complaints
3
Crashes reported
6
Fires reported
1
Injuries reported
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Every complaint is filed against a part. Follow any row for the complaints about that part alone.
3 crashes, 0 fires
0 crashes, 3 fires
0 crashes, 2 fires
0 crashes, 1 fires
A spike years after the car went on sale usually means a part wearing out on schedule across the whole fleet — the kind of pattern no single owner can see from inside their own car.
An investigation is the step before a recall: the agency has seen enough complaints to look into a pattern itself. An open one means it thinks something may be wrong and nothing has been fixed yet.
SPARE TIRE CARRIER FAILURE
A complaint is one owner's allegation. A recall is the point at which the manufacturer or a regulator agreed the defect is real and dangerous enough to fix for free — however old the car is.
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
K2 MOTOR IS RECALLING 1,921 AFTERMARKET HEADLAMPS OF VARIOUS MODELS SOLD FOR USE ON THE ABOVE LISTED VEHICLES. THESE HEADLAMPS ARE MISSING THE AMBER SIDE REFLEX REFLECTOR WHICH FAILS TO CONFORM WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, "LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT."
Risk: WITHOUT THE AMBER SIDE REFLEX REFLECTORS, THE LIGHTING VISIBILITY MAY BE AFFECTED, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A VEHICLE CRASH.
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
CERTAIN CK MOTORSPORTS COMBINATION HEADLIGHTS, CLEAR CORNER, BUMPER, AND SIDE MARKER LIGHTS SOLD AS REPLACEMENT LAMPS FOR USE ON THE PASSENGER VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE. SOME COMBINATION LAMPS THAT ARE NOT EQUIPPED WITH AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS FAIL TO CONFORM TO FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT.
Risk: WITHOUT THE AMBER REFLECTORS, THE VEHICLE WILL BE POORLY ILLUMINATED, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
CERTAIN PRO-A MOTORS CORNER LAMPS, TURN SIGNALS, AND HEADLIGHTS SOLD AS REPLACEMENT LAMPS FOR USE ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE. SOME COMBINATION LAMPS THAT ARE NOT EQUIPPED WITH AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS FAIL TO CONFORM TO FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT.
Risk: WITHOUT THE AMBER REFLECTORS, THE VEHICLE WILL BE POORLY ILLUMINATED, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.
STEERING:GEAR BOX:SHAFT SECTOR
THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT LOOSENS AT THE STEERING SHAFT TO STEERING GEAR COUPLING. WITH THIS LOOSENESS, THE YOKE PINCH BOLT CAN WEAR ON THE SPLINES OF THE SHAFT UNTIL THERE IS NO LONGER AN INTERFERENCE BETWEEN THE SPLINES AND THE BOLT.
Risk: THIS CONDITION CAN CAUSE BODY TO CHASSIS MOVEMENT ALLOWING THE STEERING SHAFT TO SEPARATE FROM THE STEERING GEAR WHICH CAN RESULT IN A LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL.
Recalls cover specific build ranges, so check your own vehicle by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls or, in Canada, Transport Canada.
Reports where the owner recorded a crash, a fire, an injury or a death.
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
VEHICLE WAS SERVICED FOR AN ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE AND FUEL PUMP 2 DAYS LATER CONSUMER NOTICED A RATTLING AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE VEHICE, PULLED OVER, EXITED VEHICLE AND SAW FIRE UNDER THE HOOD AND NOTICED RADIATOR FLUID POURING ONTO THE GROUND, POSSIBBLE ENGINE FAILURE. NLM
NHTSA complaint #554225 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
VEHICLE WAS SERVICED FOR AN ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE AND FUEL PUMP 2 DAYS LATER CONSUMER NOTICED A RATTLING AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE VEHICE, PULLED OVER, EXITED VEHICLE AND SAW FIRE UNDER THE HOOD AND NOTICED RADIATOR FLUID POURING ONTO THE GROUND, POSSIBBLE ENGINE FAILURE. NLM
NHTSA complaint #554225 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE WAS SERVICED FOR AN ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE AND FUEL PUMP 2 DAYS LATER CONSUMER NOTICED A RATTLING AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE VEHICE, PULLED OVER, EXITED VEHICLE AND SAW FIRE UNDER THE HOOD AND NOTICED RADIATOR FLUID POURING ONTO THE GROUND, POSSIBBLE ENGINE FAILURE. NLM
NHTSA complaint #554225 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
POSSIBLE ENGINE FAILURE RESULTED IN FIRE. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). *MJS
NHTSA complaint #554256 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
GOT STUCK IN SNOW IN DRIVEWAY. GOING FROM FORWARD TO REVERSE CAUSED EXCESSIVE MOVEMENT OF FRONT A FRAMES. UPON PULLING INTO GARAGE SAW BRAKE FLUID LEAKING ONTO FLOOR DUE TO A BROKEN BRAKE HOSE.
NHTSA complaint #819082 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
APPLIED BRAKES TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT, BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR WITH NO BRAKING EFFECTIVENESS; VEHICLE ROLLED OVER AND WENT 90 DEGREES UNDER MOVING TRAILER, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT/INJURY.
NHTSA complaint #803624 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
In the owners' own words, exactly as filed with NHTSA.
TIRES:SIDEWALL
THE SIDEWALL OF THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT TIRE IS SPLITTING IN A CIRCULAR PATTERN. THE CONSUMER NOTICED THIS ON 6/24/2003. THE TIRES HAVE ABOUT 5,000 MILES ON THEM. FIRESTONE, RADIAL ATX.
NHTSA complaint #10024896 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE VEERS TO THE RIGHT.
NHTSA complaint #751120 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
TIRES
THE FIRESTONE SUPREME WAS THE TIRE THE 1988 S10 BLAZER ORIGINALLY CAME WITH. THIS ONE WE USED AS THE SPARE, REPLACING ONLY THE FOUR REGULAR TIRES WHEN NEEDED. WE PUT THE SPARE ON THE CAR BECAUSE THE CURRENT SET ARE CLOSE TO REPLACEMENT AND THE TREAD ON ONE WAS LOW. THIS FIRESTONE SUPREME HAD ONLY A FEW THOUSAND MILES ON IT THOUGH 12 YEARS OLD. IT FAILED BY TREAD SEPARATION, VERY MUCH LIKE HAS BEEN IN THE NEWS FOR THE RECALLED FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES. FORTUNATELY, WE WERE NOT TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY (20MPH) AND LITTLE DAMAGE RESULTED. I SUSPECT OTHERS MAY HAVE KEPT THEIR FULL SIZE SPARE TIRE AND SHOULD BE WARNED OF THE FAILURE, POSSIBLE DUE TO AGING. (DOT NUMBER: W2UL BER TIRESIZE: P205/75R15)
NHTSA complaint #733196 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
VEHICLE WAS SERVICED FOR AN ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE AND FUEL PUMP 2 DAYS LATER CONSUMER NOTICED A RATTLING AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE VEHICE, PULLED OVER, EXITED VEHICLE AND SAW FIRE UNDER THE HOOD AND NOTICED RADIATOR FLUID POURING ONTO THE GROUND, POSSIBBLE ENGINE FAILURE. NLM
NHTSA complaint #554225 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
VEHICLE WAS SERVICED FOR AN ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE AND FUEL PUMP 2 DAYS LATER CONSUMER NOTICED A RATTLING AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE VEHICE, PULLED OVER, EXITED VEHICLE AND SAW FIRE UNDER THE HOOD AND NOTICED RADIATOR FLUID POURING ONTO THE GROUND, POSSIBBLE ENGINE FAILURE. NLM
NHTSA complaint #554225 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE WAS SERVICED FOR AN ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE AND FUEL PUMP 2 DAYS LATER CONSUMER NOTICED A RATTLING AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE VEHICE, PULLED OVER, EXITED VEHICLE AND SAW FIRE UNDER THE HOOD AND NOTICED RADIATOR FLUID POURING ONTO THE GROUND, POSSIBBLE ENGINE FAILURE. NLM
NHTSA complaint #554225 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
POSSIBLE ENGINE FAILURE RESULTED IN FIRE. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). *MJS
NHTSA complaint #554256 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
NY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING HER TRUCK ON THE FREEWAY AND THE HOOD FLEW UP ON HER, CAUSING THE WINDSHIELD TO BREAK. LUCKILY, SHE WAS NOT INJURED BUT SHE IS IN NEED OF VEHICLE REPAIRS. SHE ONLY CARRIES LIABILITY INSURANCE ON HER VEHICLE. SHE IS ONLY 19 YEAR OLD . IT SEEMS THERE MAY HAVE OR THERE WAS A FAULTY LATCH/SAFETLY LATCH WHICH CAUSED THIS EVENT TO HAPPEN TO HER.
NHTSA complaint #716057 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
HINGES ARE VERY LIGHT WEIGHT AND METAL THAT THEY ARE WELDED ON IS VERY LIGHT WEIGHT ALSO. DOOR REFUSES TO CLOSE, IT HAS NOW FALLEN OFF. DEALER SAID IT'S A COMMON PROBLEM, AND TO BRING CAR IN A BUY A KIT FOR 115.00 PER DOOR.
NHTSA complaint #853219 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM
NO SUMMARY
NHTSA complaint #711047 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
WINDSHIELD WIPERS GO ON WHEN TURN SIGNAL IS ACTIVATED. THIS HAS BEEN A KNOWN AND REPORTED PROBLEM ON CHEVY TRUCKS AND S10 MODELS FOR OTHER YEARS BACK TO 1993 BUT I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AND WANT THE RECALL EXTENDED BACK TO COVER MY VEHICLE
NHTSA complaint #709077 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. WHILE DRIVING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. THE MANUFACUTURER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED.
NHTSA complaint #831426 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
GOT STUCK IN SNOW IN DRIVEWAY. GOING FROM FORWARD TO REVERSE CAUSED EXCESSIVE MOVEMENT OF FRONT A FRAMES. UPON PULLING INTO GARAGE SAW BRAKE FLUID LEAKING ONTO FLOOR DUE TO A BROKEN BRAKE HOSE.
NHTSA complaint #819082 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
CRUISE CONTROL WHEN INITIALLY SET WILL ACCELERATE RAPIDLY UNTIL DISENGAGED BY BRAKE OR OFF SWITCH ON CRUISE CONTROL, INTERMITTENT PROBLEM.
NHTSA complaint #526271 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
POWER STEERING BRACKET BROKE IN TWO DIFFERENT PIECES; ALSO SERPENTINE BELT AND A/C COMPRESSOR FAILED.
NHTSA complaint #518076 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
SEAT BELTS GET CAUGHT IN THE BACK SEA TLATCH, ANSD IT IS TEARING THEM TO SHREDS ON SPOT.
NHTSA complaint #518108 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS
POWER STEERING BRACKET BROKE IN TWO DIFFERENT PIECES; ALSO SERPENTINE BELT AND A/C COMPRESSOR FAILED.
NHTSA complaint #518076 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
POWER STEERING BRACKET BROKE IN TWO DIFFERENT PIECES; ALSO SERPENTINE BELT AND A/C COMPRESSOR FAILED.
NHTSA complaint #518076 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
WHEELS
WHEELS: DRIVING HOME FROM APPROXIMATELY 25MPH AND THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL FELL OFF WHEN MAKING A RIGHT TURN. THIS OCCURRED TWICE WITHIN THREE WEEKS. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT AXLE AND SPINDLE HAD WORN OUT, CAUSING CONNECTOR CLIP TO FAIL.
NHTSA complaint #808517 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
WHEELS: DRIVING HOME FROM APPROXIMATELY 25MPH AND THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL FELL OFF WHEN MAKING A RIGHT TURN. THIS OCCURRED TWICE WITHIN THREE WEEKS. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT AXLE AND SPINDLE HAD WORN OUT, CAUSING CONNECTOR CLIP TO FAIL.
NHTSA complaint #808517 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
STEERING:LINKAGES:KNUCKLE:SPINDLE:ARM
WHEELS: DRIVING HOME FROM APPROXIMATELY 25MPH AND THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL FELL OFF WHEN MAKING A RIGHT TURN. THIS OCCURRED TWICE WITHIN THREE WEEKS. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT AXLE AND SPINDLE HAD WORN OUT, CAUSING CONNECTOR CLIP TO FAIL.
NHTSA complaint #808517 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
STRUCTURE:BODY
PAINT FAILURE.
NHTSA complaint #546806 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
STRUCTURE:BODY
APPROXIMATELY ONE QUARTER OF THE PAINT HAS PEELED AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE.
NHTSA complaint #546807 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
THE RETRACTOR OF THE SHOULDER BELT ON BOTH FRONT SEATS DOES NOT LOCK.
NHTSA complaint #807809 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
WAS DRIVING AND COMING TO A STOP LIGHT THE BRAKES SLOWED DOWN BUT DIDN'T STOP VEHICLE, TOOK TO DEALER, HE CAN'T FIND PROBLEM .
NHTSA complaint #809013 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.