2002 CHEVROLET S10 Power Train Problems

SUNSHELL BLEW OUT ON TRANSMISSION. *TR

Mileage: 95,000

2002 CHEVY S-10 CREW CAB REAR AXLE FAILURE FAILURE DUE TO WATER IN AXLE HOUSING DUE TO VENT PIPE BEING LOCATED BETWEEN CAB AND BED, OCCURRED ONCE, REAR AXLE LOCKED UP COMPLETE REBUILD OF REAR AXLE RELOCATION OF VENT PIPE. *TR

Mileage: 175,000

I HAVE A 2002 CHEVY S10 EXT. CAB PICKUP TRUCK WITH A VORTEX 4.3 LITRE ENG. WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. WHILE BAKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY I NOTICED I HAD NO REVERSE GEAR, IT IS ALSO SLIPPING IN ALL OTHER GEARS. THIS TRUCK HAS NEVER HAULED ANYTHING HEAVY AND ONLY HAS 49,500 MILES ON IT . I GOT DOWN TO THE STOP SIGN AND TRIED TO PROCEED AND THE FORWARD GEARS STARTED TO SLIP AND I COULDN'T GET OUT OF THE WAY OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND ALMOST GOT HIT BY AN ONCOMING CAR. I HAVE HEARD AND TALKED TO MANY OTHER PEOPLE WHO OWN THESE VEHICLES WITH THE 4L60E/4O65E TRANSMISSIONS. I FEEL THESE COULD BE DANGEROUS. THEY SEEM TO ALL HAVE THE SAME SUN SHELL AND SUN GEAR PROBLEMS. I FEEL GENERAL MOTORS SHOULD RE-CALL THEM. *TR

Mileage: 49,500

IN 2003 WITH 17600 MILES THE REACTION SUN SHELL BROKE IN MY 2002 CHEVY S10 PICKUP. IT WAS REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. ON JANUARY 27 2007 WITH 56000 MILES THE SAME FAILURE OCCURRED. THE TRUCK HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AND THE PART IS STILL IN THE TRUCK. *NM

Mileage: 17,461

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BACK UP THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO REVERSE. THIS HAPPENED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED.

Mileage: 57,150

FRONT BEARING HUBS HAVE GONE BAD. THIS HAS HAPPEN ONLY 3,000 AFTER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED AT 100,000. I HAD LOUD GRINDING AND VIBRATION IN FRONT AFTER I TOOK OFF WINTER AGGRESSIVE SNOW TIRES. THE SNOW TIRES HAVE MASKED THE PROBLEM AND THE VEHICLE WOULD HAVE BEEN SERVICED IF HEARD. TOOK IT TO DEALER TO HAVE THEM FIND PROBLEM. COMES BACK WITH BOTH HUBS NEED REPLACED AND UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS WITH A TOTAL OF 1710.00 IN SERVICE. I FELT THAT GM SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE. I CALLED GM AND DECLINED EVEN AFTER CONSULTING WITH DEALER. I FEEL THESE PARTS HAVE FAILED PRIOR TO WARRANTY BEING EXPIRED. *JB

Mileage: 103,444

THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE ROTATORS WERE BAD, PICTURES WERE TAKEN AND THERE WAS UNUSUAL FLAKING. THE ROTORS WERE WORN SMOOTH AND NOT PITTED. THERE WAS EXCESSIVE NOISE COMING FROM THE BRAKES. ALL OF THE ROTORS WERE REPLACED DUE TO THE PITTING BEING SO SEVERE THAT IT COULD NOT BE USED. THE DEALER SAID HE HAD SEEN THIS BEFORE. *AK THERE WAS EXCESSIVE NOISE IN THE DRIVE TRAIN AND MORNING BRAKE NOISE AS IF THE PARKING BRAKES WERE STICKING. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO THE DEALER FOR NOISE IN THE DRIVE TRAIN AND 4 WHEEL DRIVE UNIT WHICH WAS EVENTUALLY BLAMED ON AGGRESSIVE TIRE TREAD. *SC

Mileage: 42,000

THIS 2002 CHEVY S-10 CREW CAB 4X4 IS EQUIPPED WITH AN ELECTRONIC IN DASH BUTTONS FOR 2 WHEEL HIGH, 4 WHEEL HIGH AND 4 WHEEL LOW. A VACUUM (RUBBER) HOSE CONNECTS THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL TO THE VACUUM SOLENOID AND ENGAGES THE FRONT TRANS AXLE TO ENGAGED INTO 4 WHEEL DRIVE AND BACK TO REAR WHEEL DRIVE. THIS VACUUM TUBE IS MOUNTED TOO CLOSE TO THE EXHAUST PIPE AND HAS DRYROTTED IN TWO YEARS CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO NOT GO INTO 4 WHEEL DRIVE. THIS HOSE EITHER NEEDS TO BE SHIELDED FROM THE EXHAUST PIPE HEAT OR SHOULD BE MADE OF A MATERIAL THAT WHEN EXPOSED TO THE HEAT WILL NOT DETERIORATE. THE MAIN PROBLEM IS THAT THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH INDICATE YOU ARE IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE WHEN YOU ARE NOT AND SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE KILLED IF THEY BELIEVE THEY ARE IN 4 WHEEL DRIVE AND HIT SOME ICE OR SNOW, LOSE CONTROL AND COLLIDE WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE OR CAREEN OFF A MOUNTAIN. THIS ELECTRONIC DEVICE IS A MANUFACTURING AND ENGINEERING DEFECT AND SHOULD BE OF A MAJOR CONCERN TO THE SAFETY OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THERE SHOULD BE AN IMMEDIATE RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE TO CORRECT THE VACUUM HOSE AND ABOVE ALL REPLACE THE INDICATOR LIGHT!*

Mileage: 52,000

POWERTRAUN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. VEHICLE WAS IN PARK AND WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE. COULD SHIFT TO "R" BUT VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO CERTIFIED TRANSMISSION, LINCOLN, NE. WILL BE REPAIRED. THIS RETAIL BUSINESS, IS AVERAGING 10 REPAIRS A MONTH ON THIS MAKE AND MODEL AND FAILURE.*AK

Mileage: 50,312

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE JUMPED OUT OF GEAR CAUSING VEHICLE TO STOP COMPLETELY. *AK

2002 CHEVROLET S-10 LS X-CAB PICKUP MANUAL TRANSMISSION: LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMMING FROM TRANSMISSION AND SHIFTING THROUGH GEARS IS ROUGH. WHEN CLUTCH PEDAL IS PRESSED NOISE DISAPPEARS BUT, WHEN PEDAL IS RELEASED A LOUD BANG IS HEARD FROM TRANSMISSION AND KNOCKING NOISE RETURNS. THE ROUGH SHIFTING OCCURS MOSTLY GOING INTO 3RD GEAR BUT ALSO OCCASIONALLY IN ALL OTHER GEARS. BROUGHT TO DEALER TO REPAIR FOR THE FIRST TIME ON JUN 2, 2003. TECHNICIAN SAID NOISE IS " NORMAL " FOR THIS TYPE OF VECH. DUE TO A HEAVIER DUTY TRANSMISSION. CLUTCH SLAVE UNIT WAS FOUND LEAKING, CAUSING THE ROUGH SHIFTING...DEALER REPLACED SLAVE UNIT. ON AUG. 4, 2003 TRUCK WAS ONCE AGAIN BROUGHT IN TO DEALER TO INQUIRE ABOUT KNOCKING NOISE FROM TRANS AND SHIFTING PROBLEMS (THIS TIME TRANSMISSION WOULDN'T ALLOW SHIFTER TO GO INTO 1ST GEAR AND SHIFTING WAS ROUGH AGAIN) AFTER GETTING SECOND AND THIRD OPINIONS FROM VARIOUS SHOPS, AND ALL STATING THAT KNOCKING NOISE DOES NOT SOUND "NORMAL" AND A PROBLEM WITH SHIFTING. ONCE AGAIN SERVICE TECH AT THE DEALER STATED THAT KNOCKING NOISE IS NORMAL AND FOUND NO PROBLEMS WITH SHIFTING BUT MAY HAVE FIXED A PROBLEM, BECAUSE AFTER LEAVING SERVICE DEPT, SHIFTING WENT BACK TO NORMAL BUT KNOCKING IS STILL THERE.*AK

THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VEHICLE ROLLED BACKWARDS.*JB. CONSUMER WAS INJURED WHEN HE TRIED TO GET BACK IN THE VEHICLE TO STOP IT.*JB *NLM

Mileage: 5,960

INITIAL COMPLAINT STARTED AT APPROX 17,100 MILES. THERE WAS WATER REPORTED IN THE REAR END DIFFERENTIAL. DEALER (LUCAS CHEVROLET) REFUSED TO REPAIR UNDER WARRANTY AND TO GIVE SUGGESTIONS ON HOW WATER GOT INTO SEALED UNIT. WE PAID TO HAVE THE FLUID CHANGED AND DEALER ASSURED THAT THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO REAR END DIFFERENTIAL. SECOND COMPLAINT WAS THAT THERE WAS A WHINING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR END AT APPROXIMATELY 20,000 MILES. THE NOISE OCCURED BETWEEN 50 & 70 MPH AND WOULD QUIT WHEN THE GAS PEDAL WAS LET OFF. A DIFFERENT DEALER (JIM REED CHEVROLET) "REBUILT" THE REAR END DIFFERENTIAL. NOTE: DEALER WAS VERY HELPFUL IN FIXING PROBLEM. THE NEXT COMPLAINT WAS THAT AT APPROXIMATELY 23,000 MILES, AFTER THE REAR END DIFFERENTIAL FLUID WAS CHANGED, THE WHINING NOISE CAME BACK. THE DRIVING CONDITIONS WERE THE SAME AS THE SECOND COMPLAINT. THE DEALER (JIM REED CHEVROLET) AGAIN "REBUILT" THE REAR END DIFFERENTIAL. ON THE WAY HOME FROM THE DEALER (JIM REED CHEVROLET) THE REAR END IS STILL WHINING.

Mileage: 23,200

IN COLD WEATHER THE RUBBER BOOT ON THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION SHIFT LEVER GETS SO STIFF THAT IT WILL FORCE THE SHIFT LEVER OUT OF GEAR IF IT IS ON A DIFFERENT SIDE OF THE SHIFT PATTERN FROM WHERE IT WAS FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD OF COLD. FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT IS PARKED IN 1ST GEAR OVERNITE IN THE COLD, IT WILL POP OUT OF 2ND OR 4TH GEAR WHILE UNDER POWER UNLESS I DRIVE WITH MY HAND ON THE SHIFT APPLYING PRESSURE TO KEEP IT IN GEAR. THIS MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO STEER AT TIMES AND IMPOSSIBLE TO ADJUST OTHER CONTROLS. DT

AT 90 DEGREES OR ABOVE THE VEHICLE WILL , AT TIMES, LOSE POWER TO THE TRANSMISSION MAKING ENTERING TRAFFIC A SAFETY HAZARD. ENGINE RPM'S ARE ADEQUATE BUT VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT GEARS AND ACCELERATE. DANGEROUS CONDITION WHEN ENTERING HEAFY TRAFFIC. MANUFACTURER TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CANNOT ASSIST DEALER IN FIXING THE PROBLEM. DEALER EXPERIANCED THIS PROBLEM IN A TEST DRIVE BUT COULD NOT REPAIR AT THIS TIME.*AK

AT 35MPH AXLE SNAPPED., CAUSING VEHICLE TO PULL TO LEFT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

VEHICLE JUMPS OUT OF GEAR 2 AND GEAR 4 WHILE DRIVING, WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT. DEALER CUT RUBBER BOOT AROUND FLOORSHIFT DOWN TO CORRECT THE DEFECT; BUT, IT DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM.