44 of the 7,335 complaints filed about the Chevrolet S10 are about the wheels — 1% of everything owners reported. The worst model year for it is 1998.
44
Complaints
1%
Share of all complaints
2
Crashes
0
Fires
WHEELS
PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL DOES NOT LINE UP WITH FRONT WHEEL. PASSENGER SIDE REAR WHEEL IS INWARD APPROXIMATELY 1 TO 2 INCHES. DRIVERS SIDE REAR WHEEL LINE UP PERFECTLY WITH THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE WHEEL LOOKING FROM FRONT TO BACK AND VICE VERSA. I WAS INFORMED THAT THIS PROBLEM COULD BE CORRECTED BY INSTALLING AN ADJUSTABLE PANHARD BAR IF I COULD FIND ONE TO FIT.
NHTSA complaint #11090124 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
WHEELS
WHILE IN MOTION ON THE FREEWAY, THE SPARE TIRE HOIST CABLE UNDER THE TRUCK BED FAILED AND THE SPARE TIRE DROPPED TO THE GROUND. AFTER IT FELL, A SECOND SAFETY CABLE USED TO PREVENT THEFT OF THE TIRE WAS CAUSING THE TIRE TO DRAG BEHIND THE VEHICLE FOR AN UNKNOWN NUMBER OF MILES. WHILE PULLING OVER, THE SAFETY CABLE ALSO FAILED DUE TO RUBBING AGAINST THE GROUND AND THE TIRE CAME FULLY LOOSE FROM THE TRUCK. ANOTHER VEHICLE BEHIND THE TRUCK RAN INTO THE TIRE BUT NO MAJOR ACCIDENT OCCURRED. BOTH VEHICLES WERE ABLE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. THE LOOSE SPARE TIRE AND THE LOOSE SAFETY CABLE LOCK WERE RECOVERED, HOWEVER, THE BROKEN PIECE FOR THE TIRE HOIST WAS NOT RECOVERABLE. DAMAGED/FAILED HARDWARE: OEM SPARE TIRE CABLE HOIST (FAILED), THIRD PART SAFETY CABLE (DAMAGED)
NHTSA complaint #11031644 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
WHEELS:HUB
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 CHEVROLET S-10. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL ENGAGED, THE ABS WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT WHEEL HUBS WERE FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,500. UPDATED 8/19/15
NHTSA complaint #10724366 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
WHEELS
I WAS PULLING OUT FROM AN INTERSECTION WHEN SOMETHING "JOLTED" THE VEHICLE AND MADE A NOISE LIKE SOMETHING HIT THE TRUCK. LOOKING BACK IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE SPARE TIRE WAS LYING IN THE ROAD AND THE CAR BEHIND ME ALMOST HIT IT. I WENT BACK AND PICKED UP THE TIRE. AFTER RETURNING HOME MY FATHER INSPECTED THE TRUCK AND SAID THE CABLE HAD BROKEN WHERE THE SPARE TIRE MOUNT HOLDS THE TIRE UP UNDER THE TRUCK BED. THE TIRE IS CUT IN A COUPLE PLACES ON THE SIDEWALLS AND THE BRACKET THAT SHOULD BE ON THE END OF THE CABLE IS MISSING. I DIDN'T NOTICE IT LYING IN THE ROAD AS I JUST GRABBED MY TIRE IN A HURRY BECAUSE MORE TRAFFIC WAS COMING.
NHTSA complaint #10643394 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
WHEELS
WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD (LUCKILY NOT FAST AND WITHOUT TRAFFIC!!) . I FELT A SLIGHT BUMP. FIRST THOUGHT WAS I HIT A POTHOLE OR RAN OVER SOMETHING IN THE ROAD IN SPITE OF THE FACT I DID NOT SEE ANYTHING. NATURALLY, I CHECKED THE REARVIEW MIRROR AND TO MY SURPRISE, SAW A WHEEL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET WHICH I KNOW I DID NOT RUN OVER- NEXT THOUGHT WAS "ITS FROM MY TRUCK! THANK GOD I WAS NOT ON THE HIGHWAY !!". UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, I FOUND THAT THE SPARE TIRE RETAINING CABLE HAD RUSTED THRU AND ALLOWED THE WHEEL TO DROP OFF FROM UNDER THE BED OF THE TRUCK. I CALLED CHEVY TO COMPLAIN BUT WAS MET WITH THE ANTICIPATED RESISTANCE TO WARRANTY REPAIR. I SUGGESTED TO MY WIFE THAT IT WOULD NOT BE WISE TO DRIVE BEHIND ANY CHEVY S10 TRUCKS!
NHTSA complaint #10568294 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
WHEELS
PULLING AWAY FROM A STOP LIGHT, AN A METALLIC CLANK WAS AUDIBLE. LOOKING BACK THE SPARE TIRE LAY ON THE ROAD. RETURNING TO THE SPARE TIRE, IT THE KEEPER AND THE END OF CABLE WERE RECOVERED. THE CABLE HAD BROKEN AT THE CABLE STOP RESULTING IN A SINGLE PART FAILURE INCIDENT. HAD THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED SHORTLY BEFORE THIS AS I DROVE TO THIS LOCATION ON THE FREEWAY, SERIOUS INJURY OR FATALITIES WERE PROBABLE. THIS TIRE HOIST MECHANISM WAS ONLY RAISED INTO PLACE WITH BY QUALIFIED PERSONNEL.
NHTSA complaint #10531502 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
WHEELS
UPON PERSONAL INSPECTION OF MY VEHICLE I DISCOVERED MY SPARE TIRE WAS MISSING AND THE CABLE HAD SNAPPED DUE TO CABLE FRAYING OR CORROSION. THE EXACT TIME AND SPEED OF THIS FAILURE IS UNKNOWN BUT THE DANGER COULD BE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS A: THE TIRE COULD POSE A HAZARD TO TRAFFIC BEHIND THE VEHICLE. B: THE TIRE COULD ROLL INTO LANES OF TRAFFIC OR PEDESTRIANS. C: THE TIRE COULD FALL AT SUCH AN ANGLE TO LIFT AND DEFLECT THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE CAUSING DAMAGE AND UNEXPECTED LOSS OF CONTROL. D: THE OPERATOR COULD FIND THEMSELVES STRANDED WITHOUT A SPARE TIRE.
NHTSA complaint #10503416 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
WHEELS
CABLE RUSTED UNDERNEATH TRUCK, SPARE TIRE CAME OFF, CAUSED TRAFFIC TIE-P.
NHTSA complaint #10492917 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
WHEELS:RIM
THE RIMS ON THIS TRUCK ARE JUNK! MINE STARTED LEAKING AT 40,000 MILES 2ND SET OF TIRES. MINE AS WELL DID NOT SEE ANY SNOW FOR 4 YEARS. THE VERY 1ST YEAR IT SAW SNOW THE RIMS WERE DESTROYED. I HAVE TO PUT FIX A FLAT IN MY RIMS EVERY SO OFTEN WHICH IS MAKING THEM OUT OF BALANCE ALL THE TIME NO MATTER WHAT THEY DO IN THE SHOP TO BALANCE THEM. I TOO AM GETTING NICKELED AND DIMED TO DEATH WITH ALL SORTS OF FUNKY CHEAPLY MADE PARTS IN THIS TRUCK. THIS IS MY 4TH S-10, AND BY FAR THE WORST ONE I HAVE EVER OWNED.
NHTSA complaint #10382986 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
WHEELS
ALUMINUM WHEELS CORRODE CAUSING TIRES TO LEAK AIR. 60,000 MILES IN THE TRUCK. THE VEHICLE WASN'T EVEN DRIVEN IN THE SNOW HERE IN MICHIGAN FOR THE 1ST 5 YEARS I HAD IT. TIRES LOSE ABOUT 10 LBS OF PRESSURE OVER A WEEKS TIME. *TR 4TH S-10 I'VE OWNED. THIS 1999 IS NICKEL AND DIMING ME TO DEATH.
NHTSA complaint #10281268 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS
1998 CHEVY S10 LEFT REAR WHEEL CAME OFF AND CROSSED INTO TRAFFIC AND IT STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE. *NJ OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT #10-0339-90*JB UPDATED 04/15/10
NHTSA complaint #10231770 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
WHEELS:HUB
FOR THE SECOND TIME MY 1999 CHEVY S-10 PICKUP HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE TRANSMISSION SHOP BECAUSE I HAVE LOST SECOND GEAR AND REVERSE. THIS IS A COSTLY REPAIR, THE FIRST TIME IT COST ME $1,600.00 TO REPLACE A $44.00 PART BECAUSE THE WHOLE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE OVERHAULED. THE TRANSMISSION IN THE CHEVY IS MADE WITH INFERIOR PARTS AND SHOULD BE RECALLED TO HAVE ALL THE GEARS REPLACED. I HAVE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE BOTH FRONT WHEEL HUBS AND A MOTOR. THE S1-S OF THIS ERA NEED TO BE INVESTIGATED AND THE CONSUMER SHOULD BE PROTECTED!!
NHTSA complaint #10165514 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS
2000 CHEVY S-10 LEFT FRONT WHEEL SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE. *TS THE TIRE STRUCK THE FENDER AS IT CAME OFF. THE VEHICLE SLID TO A STOP ON IT'S UNDERCARRIAGE/SUSPENSION. THE WHEELS HAD BEEN PUT ON THE VEHICLE TWO DAYS PRIOR TO THIS ACCIDENT AND HAD ONLY BEEN DRIVEN ABOUT 60 MILES. ONLY ONE LUG NUT WAS FOUND.
NHTSA complaint #10147522 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
WHEELS
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE CONSUMER HEARD A POPPING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT WHEELS. THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER TO BE INSPECTED. *AK *SC
NHTSA complaint #10048234 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
WHEELS:SPACE SAVER WHEEL
THE CABLE HOLDING THE SPARE TIRE TO WINCH SEPARATED WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. THE SPARE TIRE SEPARATED FROM THE VECHILE AND CAUSED SEVERAL CARS TRAVELING BEHIND TO TAKE ADVASIVE ACTION TO MISS THE TIRE.
NHTSA complaint #10025398 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
WHEELS:SPACE SAVER WHEEL
TURN SIGNALS MALFUNCTIONED. THE A/C STOPPED WORKING DUE TO A FAULTY EVAPORATOR. THE STABILIZER BAR BROKE ON RIGHT SIDE WHICH CAUSED DRIFT/PULL. ENGINE COOLANT/ANTIFREEZE LEAKED. THE BALL JOINT FOR THE RIGHT-FRONT TIRE GAVE OUT. THE ALTERNATOR HAD TO BE FIXED AND REPLACED THE BATTERY. SPEEDOMETER SEEMED TO BE OFF BY 5 MPH. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD NOT WORK PROPERLY AND STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF A DOWN-POUR. THE DEVICE TO LOWER THE SPARE TIRE HAD TO BE REPLACED.
NHTSA complaint #10020819 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
WHEELS
POTENTIAL HAZARD IF HOIST BREAKS ON HIGHWAY SPARE TIRE MAY CAUSE SERIOUS DAMAGE OR INJURY TO VEHICLES IN REAR. MR
NHTSA complaint #768454 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS
TODAY, 24 JULY 2002 @ 6:30 AM PDT AT 65 MPH, THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE HUB ON OUR 1998 CHEVROLET S-10 BLAZER. ALL FIVE WHEEL STUDS SHEARED. THE CAR WAS BROUGHT TO A STOP WHILE RIDING ON THE BRAKE DISC. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO WOOLEVER TIRE CO, 205 ANACAPA ST, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93101. THE BRAKE ROTOR AND ALL TIRE STUDS ARE BEING REPLACED. I HAVE HIGH RESOLUTION DIGITAL PICTURES OF THE INDIVIDUAL STUDS AS WELLE AS THE WHEEL AND BRAKE ASSEMBLIES. CHEVROLET HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND HAS STARTED A CASE (1-18936109) REGARDING THIS FAILURE. I'VE ASKED THE TIRE DEALER TO SAVE ALL THE PARTS THAT WERE REPLACED.
NHTSA complaint #764681 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS
FOUR STUDS ON REAR LEFT TIRE CAME OFF, ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE.
NHTSA complaint #8013801 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS
LUGS: BOLTS!!! TWO (2) LUG BOLTS BROKE OFF. LOST PART OF BOLTS AND NUTS. A THIRD BOLT AND NUT FELL OFF WHEN GMC DEALER ROBERT BROGDEN AUTO PLAZA IN OLATHE KANSAS WAS REPLACING ALL FIVE (5) LUG BOLTS ON THE RIGHT FRONT. I HAVE 15 MORE LUG BOLTS ON THIS CAR. WHEN WILL THEY BREAK? RON CARTER REFUSED TO REPLACE THE REMAING BOLTS FREE OF CHARGE.
NHTSA complaint #761624 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.