2000 CHEVROLET S10 Engine And Engine Cooling Problems

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET S10. ON MARCH 7, 2007, THE ENGINE FAILED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH. THE CONTACT WAITED TEN MINUTES BEFORE THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED. THIS FAILURE OCCURRED ONCE BEFORE IN 2002. WHEN HE CURRENTLY STARTS THE VEHICLE, THE SECURITY LIGHT FLICKERS AND THE VEHICLE FAILS TO START. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE IS THE SAME AS NOTED IN TSB # 010856001. THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IN AUGUST OF 2000. THE VIN AND ENGINE SIZE WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 125,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

Mileage: 120,000

SOON AFTER PURCHASE (SOMETIME IN 2001), CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. DIAGNOSED AS WATER IN AIR PUMP AND CHECK VALVE CORRODED OPEN. BROUGHT TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES TO HAVE REPAIRED WITH ONLY THE LAST SERVICE SUCCESSFUL. FORWARD TO PRESENT. AGAIN, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. COMPUTER SCANNED, SAME DIAGNOSIS. EVEN AFTER PREVIOUS FAILURES WITH AIR PUMP AND CHECK VALVE, NO LONGER WARRANTED. *JB

I OWN A 2000 CHEVROLET S-10 PICK UP TRUCK. I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO A CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP THE PAST A COUPLE OF TIMES AND WAS ADVISED THAT THE SMOG PUMP NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER ADVISED ME THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH EVERY 2000 CHEVROLET PICK UP TRUCK AND THAT GM NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. I A WRITING TO KNOW WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR GETTING A RECALL STARTED. THANK YOU. *JB

Mileage: 30,000

BROKEN TAILGATE SUPPORT CABLES RUSTED THROUGH RECALL ON OTHER MODELS BESIDES THE S-10

Mileage: 45,000

BRAKE LINE FAILED AT AN INTERSECTION, TOTAL LOSS OF BRAKE PRESSURE. CHEVROLET NOTIFIED, DEALER COULD NOT FIND PROBLEM, PART TOOK A WEEK TO ARRIVE, AND WE JUST FIXED IT AT HOME OUT OF EXASPIRATION FOR THE DEALER, CHEVY WAS GREAT THOUGH, LINE FOUND WORN RIGHT THROUGH. MANY FAILURES WITH THIS VEHICLE. WENT THROUGH 3 BATTERIES AND 2 ALTERNATORS. UPPER BALL JOINT FAILED ON THE HIGHWAY, PARTS DEPARTMENT TRIED TO SAY BECAUSE IT WASNT GREASED, BUT I KEEP IT GREASED, THE BALL BROKE RIGHT OUT THE SIDE, ALL BALL JOINTS REPLACED. IDLER ARM FOUND BROKEN WHEN VEHICLE TAKEN FOR RE-ALIGNMENT BEFORE THAT. VARIOUS ELECTRICAL FAILURES (SUSPECTED SHORT SOMEWHERE AS BATTERY SPARKS WHEN RECONNECTED). FUEL PUMP FAILURE AT 65,000 MILES, PRECEEDING FUEL GUAGE MALFUNCTION ABOUT 6 MO'S BEFORE, REPLACED FUEL PUMP. HEATING FAILURE SUSPECTED DUE TO DEX-COOL COOLANT (COOLANT SOLIDIFIES AND JAMS HEATER CORE, ECT...), VEHICLE REVERSE FLUSHED, AND NEW THERMOSTAT INSTALLED, NOT MUCH IMPROVEMENT, BLOWS HARDER BUT STILL COLD. TRANSMISSION SLIPS ON OCCASION. CURRENTLY LEAKS STEERING FLUID, THIS HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED AS I BOUGHT A NEW TRUCK, AND HAVE NOT HAD TIME TO FIX THE S10. WATER COMING IN FROM SOMEWHERE, CARPET CONSISTENTLY SOAKED. VERY UNHAPPY WITH VEHICLE WITH SO MANY REPAIRS, TRUCK ONLY HAS 70,000 MILES, COMPONENTS FAILED FAR BEFORE THEIR TIME, MORE MINOR THINGS WRONG BUT REPAIRED. WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE A GARAGE AND A WHOLE LOT OF TOOLS FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

Mileage: 40,000

WHILE DRIVING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FLASHED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. THEN, VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE, AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO SLUDGE INSIDE OF THE ENGINE. *AK

2000 S-10 VORTEC V-6 ENGINE HAVING MANY PROBLEMS WITH COOLING SYSTEM SLUDGE .*AK

Mileage: 44,000

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

WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH OR STOPPING AT A LIGHT VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY STALLED. THIS OCCURRED AT LEAST 3 TIMES IN A HALF HOUR DRIVE. *AK

Mileage: 75,000

WHILE TRAVELING CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM FRONT END OF VEHICLE. CONSUMER INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND DETERMINED THAT ENGINE HAD DROPPED DOWN, LEAKING AN UNKNOWN FLUID. *AK

2000 CHEVROLET S-10 ENGINE BLEW OUT.*MR THE ENGINE BLEW, THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE AND THE VALVES WERE BENT. THE DEALER REFUSED ANY LIABILITY. (SISTER LINDA TRAIL-BOCA ON BEHALF OF BROTHER BILLY TRAIL) *NLM *JB

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AN DWITHOUT PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE START LEAKING OIL. *AK

OIL LINE TO FILTER LEAKING-LEAKING TRANSMISSION LINES.

Mileage: 28,800

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

THE INSIDE MOTOR WITHIN THE RADIATOR SPLIT APART AND BURST ALLOWING TRANSMISSION FLUID AND COOLANT TO MIX. WHICH CAUSED A CHOCOLATE CORROSIVE MIXTURE THAT DISINTEGRATED THE GEARS IN THE TRANSMISSION AND IMMEDIATELY OVERHEATED THE RADIATOR WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STOP ON THE HIGHWAY. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED THE DEALER/MANUFACTURER TO PROPERLY REPAIR THE VEHICLE. MR SCC *JB

DRIVING DOWN HILL AT APPROXIMATELY. 10 MPH IN FIRST GEAR, USING ENGINE COMPRESSION TO HELP HOLD SPEED DOWN, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON FOLLOWED IN SEVERAL SECONDS BY LOUD EXPLOSION AND BLACK SMOKE FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT. ENGINE DIED, AND POWER ASSIST FOR BRAKES AND STEERING FAILED. MANAGED TO GET TRUCK OFF STREET AND STOPPED. INTAKE MANIFOLD HAD EXPLODED, DAMAGING MOST OF ENGINE COMPARTMENT CONTENTS ON RIGHT SIDE OF MOTOR, AS WELL AS MOST OF WIRING AND TUBING ON RIGHT SIDE OF MOTOR. *JB

ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON, DEALER STATED THAT FUEL CAP WAS LOOSE AND REPAIRED IT. NEXT DAY THE LIGHT CAME BACK ON. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*JB. *AK

Mileage: 45,000

OIL LEAK DEALER CAN'T LOCATE SOURCE OF LEAK. DT

VEHICLE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY STALL WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE AT DEALER. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING EXTREME AND EXCESSIVE VIBRATION AT 62-65 MPH, THE DRIVESHAFT WAS REBALANCED, THE REAR AXLE WAS REPLACED, THE PROPELLER SHAFT WAS REPLACED, THE THROW OUT BEARING WAS REPLACED, AND AFTER ALL OF THE UNSUCCESSFUL REMEDIES IT WAS FINALLY DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD AN ENGINE PROBLEM.*JB

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING HE HERD BIG THUMP BEFORE HE LOST STEERING, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LEAVE THE ROADWAY, COULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE WITH THE BRAKES, VEHICLE RAN INTO A TREE, CONSUMER STATED THE PULLY SHEARED OFF FROM ENGINE. *YD

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING HE HERD BIG THUMP BEFORE HE LOST STEERING, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LEAVE THE ROADWAY, COULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE WITH THE BRAKES, VEHICLE RAN INTO A TREE, CONSUMER STATED THE PULLY SHEARED OFF FROM ENGINE. *YD

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUTS DOWN WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING STEERING WHEEL TO LOCK UP, RESULTING IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER CAN NOT IDENTIFY CAUSE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE SHUT OFF. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. BUT WHEN VEHICLE WAS ON THE LIFT, PROBLEM COULDN'T BE DUBLICATED. *AK

WHEN DRIVING ENGINE STALLS WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

VEHICLE DIED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. IT HAS BEEN IN REPAIR SHOP 4 TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM, AND DEALER COULDN'T FIND CAUSE. CONSUMER FELT IT WAS VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE. *AK

THERE IS NO WAY TO PREVENT THE AIR FROM COMING OUTSIDE. AS A RESULT EXHAUST AND FUMES FROM OTHER CARS COME INTO CAB AND IN TURN I INHALE THE FUMES AND CAUSES ME TO GET HEADACHES AND STOMACH ACHES. ALSO THE BLOWER STAYS ON EVEN IF THE DIAL IS SET TO THE OFF POSITION.*AK

WHILE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUTS DOWN WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUTS DOWN WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

TRUCK HAS KNOCKING IN ENGINES. *AK

THE VEHICLE LOOSES POWER (STALLS) SUDDENLY AND THE ACCELERATOR DOES NOT RESPOND. NLM