1997 Chevrolet S-10 LS review from North America

While under warranty the battery cracked and leaked battery acid inside of the fender well. The battery acid leaked on wires eating away at the wire coating. The dealership would not replace the battery said it was not covered under warranty. However when my vehicle was delivered to me. The dealership said everything on the vehicle was covered "INCLUDING THE BATTERY"

The original equipment tires squeal when turning, even at slow speeds.

Air conditioning system leaks refrigerant and I have to periodically charge the air conditioning system with R134a . Have had the air conditioning system checked and a dye put in the system to locate the leak. It is the compressor it is now green from the dye placed in the system.

The alternator has been replaced once at 80,000 miles.

Battery has been replaced 3 times.

The gas gage does not work. I have to use the trip meter to determine when I need to fill up the gas tank.

At 92,000 the transmission has gone out on this truck. I noticed that other owners complained that the transmission fluid turns a brown/rust color. My truck does the same thing.

At 40,000 miles a transmission leak occurred. The cooling line on the transmission had to be replaced costing several hundred dollars in labor to drop the transmission. Replace the faulty line and put the transmission back in vehicle.

The straps on the visors sag and are rendered useless.

Recall on wiper switch. Soldering cracked causing a short in the switch. The wipers would short out and stop working while driving in the rain.

The truck has a bad ride. The worst riding vehicle I have ever owned.

The cassette player does not work. Will not play tapes. The auto reverse component gets stuck and tape just clicks back and forth from each side of the tape.

I am the original owner of this vehicle it stays garaged at my house and at work. It looks brand new. I have changed the oil consistently every 3000 miles. This truck has not been abused in anyway.

There is no reason for this vehicle to have had all these problems.

Horrible experience with this vehicle.

Chevrolet should reimburse those who have transmission problems. I base this fact on reading other complains by owners of this vehicle with brown/rust color transmission fluid. My vehicle is doing the exact same thing. There must be something wrong with the transmission in these vehicles.

The truck has a nice exterior look.