Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUSPENSION | |||
| 03/18/1996 | 1 | 05/01/1995 | |
| Front wheel could be moved from side to side by hand. owner replaced the idler arm and tighten the lower control arm. | |||
| 03/18/1996 | 1 | 05/01/1995 | |
| Front end strut making a creeking noise when turning at slow speeds. | |||
| 03/18/1996 | 1 | 05/01/1995 | |
| Front wheel could be moved from side to side by hand. owner replaced the idler arm and tighten the lower control arm. | |||
| 03/18/1996 | 1 | 05/01/1995 | |
| Driver could see the bed moving around when going over railroad tracks. dealer tighten the bed retaining bolts. | |||
| 09/22/1997 | 1 | 05/01/1995 | |
| Brakes make noise. drums were resurfaced and deglazed. | |||
| 05/21/1997 | 1 | 05/01/1995 | |
| Front end making a creeking noise when turning at slow speeds. possible left front lower control arm problem. | |||
| 12/01/1994 | 1 | ||
| Bent radius arm, causing poor driving conditions. *ak | |||
| SUSPENSION - FRONT | |||
| 12/01/1999 | 4 | 01/01/1998 | |
| I have three friends that also have late model s-10 vehicles, all of which have had problems with the ball joints. i grease my truck myself(so i know it gets done) every 1500 miles. i was informed by gateway chevy, that all 4 ball joints are bad. after only 48000 miles, i was informed that it just weak parts and they will do nothing about it. well here we are three days later and a friend of mine, doug kuznia, also of fargo, his 1996 s-10 had it's upper ball joint fail and the front wheel buckled over while driving. i feel that this is a safety hazard and they should install better parts. i feel that 48000 miles is not a high mileage vehicle and i should not have to worry about my wheels falling off because general motors doesn't want to install quality parts. if this has been ay help at all, please contact me because all of my friends would also like to respond with complaints. thank you collin gnoinsky | |||
| 05/14/1996 | 5 | 05/01/1996 | |
| Vehicle misaligned, causing irregular wear on tires. | |||
| 10/15/1996 | 1 | ||
| Front suspension noise after several repair attempts. | |||
| 02/02/1996 | |||
| Truck wanders left and right, all over the road and wears out the tires. dealer said they all have the same characteristics. please describe details. *ak | |||
| 01/16/1996 | 6 | ||
| Front end misaligned. *ak | |||
| 04/18/1995 | 8 | ||
| Vehicle shakes/shimmies when rear windows are down. *aw | |||
| SUSPENSION - FRONT - CONTROL ARM | |||
| 06/21/1998 | 1 | ||
| Driving at approximately 45 mph rightside ball joint snapped off, causing loss of vehicle control. *ak | |||
| 12/04/1997 | 0 | ||
| Had vehicle inspected. a problem was found w/ball joints worn out on wheels. took to dealer & informed nothing can be done due to fact they were not notified ball joints were worn out. *ak | |||
| SUSPENSION - FRONT - CONTROL ARM - LOWER ARM | |||
| 03/18/1996 | 1 | 05/01/1995 | |
| Front wheel could be moved from side to side by hand. owner replaced the idler arm and tighten the lower control arm. | |||
| 03/18/1996 | 1 | 05/01/1995 | |
| Front end strut making a creeking noise when turning at slow speeds. | |||
| 03/18/1996 | 1 | 05/01/1995 | |
| Front wheel could be moved from side to side by hand. owner replaced the idler arm and tighten the lower control arm. | |||
| 03/18/1996 | 1 | 05/01/1995 | |
| Driver could see the bed moving around when going over railroad tracks. dealer tighten the bed retaining bolts. | |||
| 09/22/1997 | 1 | 05/01/1995 | |
| Brakes make noise. drums were resurfaced and deglazed. | |||
| 05/21/1997 | 1 | 05/01/1995 | |
| Front end making a creeking noise when turning at slow speeds. possible left front lower control arm problem. | |||
| SUSPENSION - FRONT - CONTROL ARM - UPPER ARM | |||
| 03/15/1997 | 4 | 06/15/1995 | |
| Front suspension control arm keeps loosening, occurred four times. *ak | |||
| SUSPENSION - FRONT - CONTROL ARM - UPPER BALL JOINT | |||
| 04/22/2002 | 1 | ||
| Consumer states while traveling at 40 mph the front end of vehicle dropped on the right hand side. vehicle was towed to a mechanic, mechanic states that the upper ball joint had broken. consumer feels this is very unsafe. please provide any further information.*jb | |||
| SUSPENSION - FRONT - HUB | |||
| 1 | |||
| Rear right front hub and bearings has severe rust. yh | |||
| SUSPENSION - FRONT - MACPHERSON STRUT | |||
| 11/05/1995 | 1 | 10/01/1994 | |
| The rear shock absorber failed. | |||
| SUSPENSION - FRONT - WHEEL BEARING | |||
| 1 | |||
| Rear right front hub and bearings has severe rust. yh | |||
| SUSPENSION - REAR | |||
| 1 | |||
| Rear suspension rides low, bottoms out, causing rubber to be torn from the tires. *dh | |||
| SUSPENSION - REAR - SHOCK ABSORBER | |||
| 05/01/1997 | 11/11/1996 | ||
| Abs brakes; when applying brakes in a panic stop, the pedal goes to the floor and brakes fail to stop vehicle. in addition, excessive bouncing from rear over rough surfaces/replaced rear shocks. *ak | |||
| 2 | 05/01/1995 | ||
| Both rear shocks were found leaking. | |||
| SUSPENSION - REAR - SPRINGS - LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY - LEAF | |||
| 12/04/1996 | 1 | ||
| Rear leaf springs failed to hold up rear of vehicle. | |||