1993 Chevrolet S-10 LT 4 x 4 from North America - Comments

First year of the 4.3 vortec's; apparently later years 94-98 have the problems worked out. Bought it used with a warranty: had to use it in one week because it needed new valve seats. Later on down the road I found out that the dealer failed to tighten the hardest to get at exhaust manifold bolts, which probably added to the piston rod breaking in the last cylinder at 125,000, (warranty now expired).

Engine rebuilt by independent shop that put the old crankshaft in a newly built, tight engine. Blew again @ 6K. Rebuilt again (make sure everyone and his brother knows it's either a "W" or a "Z" engine code from vehicle I.D. #... (Put a piece of tape on the fan cowl designating which one). I had to keep reminding every mechanic that touched it. Engine now rebuilt, has too much power for the transmission, and it blew; had to rebuild it. Power window motors on both driver and passenger side now out (GM wants $170 for one motor and 2 hours at $70/hour to replace just one side... I passed) Fuel injection assembly replaced three times at $600 part + labor each time. 1994 model re-engineered with a $45 fuel regulator for a reason. Brakes going every 10K. Squeaks and rattles constantly... Power is non existent, especially for having the drive train rebuilt. Under 20 mpg freeway; worse around town. Consumer Reports said don't, but this vehicle; I didn't listen.

I can either drive it into the ground or try to sell it with only one window working (now the passenger window doesn't work... I have one working window that only goes down half way in the back) at a huge loss for the amount of money I've dumped into it.

I really agree with this person about the 1993 Chevy V6's. My parents bought the hunk of junk in 1999, and it is definitely the worst investment we ever made. When we bought it, it had 119,000 miles on it, and ran like a charm. 4 years later, it is sitting in our garage with 182,000 miles on it, with a busted timing chain. Warning to anyone that thinks that 1993 S-10 anything is sharp and worth buying, think again!!!

I totally disagree with the comments of it being a poor quality truck. I think as long as you take care of your truck, it will take care of you. I own a 93 s-10 v-6, at 120,000mi. no major work has been done, I took a corner way too fast and the driver's side ball joint gave out, but I did not grease the zerts in forever. Brakes only had to be changed once, and then they were not in bad shape. I have never had a problem and not been able to fix it myself, and I am nowhere near a mechanic. Only engine mod is a K&N air filter, and that little truck has great acceleration... no problem passing others from the city streets to the Interstate. My truck is still running strong, with mostly original equipment. I will never get rid of this truck, and if I had the money, I would collect them..SERIOUSLY!!!

I disagree with the 1993 s-10 v6's being junk, I had a 93 s-10 pickup with a 4.3 and so far I have 260,000 miles on the orignal engine and transmission and all the work that has been done to either is all maintenance, even with the mileage the engine still has enough power to get all the work done that I need it to do.

I strongly disagree with the comment of 1993 Chevrolet v-6's being bad engines! I own a '91 4x4 4.3L S-10 blazer (this is the same engine that would be found under the hood of any '93 model) with 178,000 miles on it, no major problems, I JUST PERFORM ROUTINE MAINTENANCE on my vehicles. Also I own a '93 S-10 pickup with a 2.8L V-6,in my opinion another wonderful engine (179,000 miles). Of course you can always get a bad vehicle in any make or model, but take into consideration that if you buy a used car, that it has already been USED by the previous owner or owner's and possibly ABUSED as well, which can lead to problems down the road.