1994 Chevrolet S-10 LS from North America - Comments

Master cylinder had to be replaced around 75,000 miles.

Windshield wipers and cruise control have recently started to act up.

This vehicle has been great so far with only the one major problem with the master cylinder. It hasn't stranded me yet.

This truck has a smooth ride on the highway and good acceleration with the V6 for passing and merging into traffic. Handling is average, its definitely not a sports car.

When I first got the vehicle, gas mileage was around 18-19mpg, but has increased to 21-22mpg after changing my driving habits.

The wipers recently refused to work, I have no idea why. Fortunately it wasn't raining, I was only attempting to clean the windshield. Cruise control didn't work the day after, but the wipers did. I haven't had a problem with either since.

The radio could be better with the AM reception.

Its not extended cab, but I guess that's my fault :)

The '94 S-10 actually is a nice vehicle as you say. Personally, I've never had any problems with it. And the power those little V6s put out is unreal. For example, it towed a full sized 4x4 down the highway with ease. As long as its been taken care of, they're really good buys.

I own a '94 S10 LS I have 400,000km on it (240 000 miles)

it's still going strong, and looks pretty good. But I have a warning for owners with the earlier models (94-97)

** once the miles start to get up there, a lot starts going wrong, over the last 2 years I've spent almost $3500 (Cdn.) on repairs

Problems: front shocks, tie rods, waterpump (inside gasket), power steering pump, rear springs, wiring harness (a lot of electrical issues), alternator, throttle body, injection wires (this is a very common problem that can have horrible symptoms, but is easily fixable), and if you've never changed your plugs, I recommend it, the difference is like night and day.

Hindsight is always 20/20, so I probably should have sold the damn truck a couple of years ago before all of this stuff happened, but on the up side I'm still on motor #1

I think the worst is over, and I'm going to ride this truck to 1,000,000kms.

Relative too many other small trucks on the market, the S10 may be of the best value (in terms of) what you get for what you pay (if you want to see what I mean, go price out any toyota truck $$$$) My truck has been for the most part durable, and I did 90% of the repair work myself (we are not talking about rocket science here!) So overall, I like this truck, and if buying used don't be scared off by high km's, want to buy a truck? hahaha.

Matt.k.

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (that is in Canada, for the geographically challenged)

Solid little truck, although the 4 cylinder feels a little underpowered, especially at 130,000 miles. The wipers seem to be the most common problem; the motors go pretty fast on ebay. If someone can explain why this is such a problem, or if the motors aren't what's going out, then please do.

I purchased my '94LS 4.3v6 with 28K. I now have 117,000k on it, Changed exhaust, brakes, fuel pump, gas tank-twice, the first rotted out and the second had a screw wedged between tank and cab and bore a hole in it. and wiper motor. That's it, no engine work at all. Very reliable.

I own a '94 S-10 LS which had the same wiper problem everyone seems to be commenting on. The problem that I found took some searching to find a cure, but I finally did with some help from a parts tech at a dealership. What is wrong is not the motor, but the wiper control module. This module seems to have a problem with its ground connection. If I remember correctly it's only about a $25-$30 fix. All it involves is removing 2-3 screws, pulling the old module and cover plate, and replacing with new module and cover plate. (You MUST use the new cover plate because of a slight change in design to prevent this from happening again.)

I have a 94 S-10, 2.2 L 4 cyl with 260,000 miles on the original engine and that's worth a medal or something isn't it?

When it was about 3 years old, at about 20k the windshield wiper relay went out and I installed the newer module, yes it only takes 3 screws and even a girl can do it (speaking from personal experience, *smile*). One thing though, the moron at the auto parts store sold me a tube of some kind of gasket crap to go with it, which has absolutely no value whatsoever. Having never changed it before I didn't know though... just returned it after doing the repair in their parking lot.

Other than that let's see... alternator was bad from the factory, had that replaced when it was 3 days old. The inherent plague seems to be the cooling system, from day one. Always having to top off the coolant recovery tank. Under warranty, they could never find anything wrong, of course. At 50,001 miles it was a leaky head gasket, had to pay $1K for that. At 110K, way off in the wilds of upper BC the head blew and so had to get a new one - the mechanic thinks it was cracked all along. My hat's off to Doug Cherry at the Prince George Husky station and his great mechanic Rod, who put in the new head with the admonition that, at 110K, this might last another 50 - and look how far it's gone! Can't say enough great things about that repair. Wish I had been in BC at 50K.

Right now there's a problem with failed starts, sounds to me like an EGR valve, but the mechanic insists it's a fuel pump - let's throw $500 at it and see where we get. After the fuel's pumping could still be the EGR - has anyone ever experienced this?

As far as the wiper problem I have found that if you shove a screwdriver under the wiper motor they run with know problem. you just have to make sure screwdriver stays in place.