2003 Chevrolet S-10 ZR2 review from North America

I have a 2003 ZR2 S-10 which has had problems identical to those listed in another review for a Sonoma.

I have had problems with the window on both doors getting stuck on the weather striping and not rolling up completely at speeds over 40 miles per hour.

This was corrected by replacing the tracks in the doors and weather seals as well.

The lower ball joints failed at 30,000 miles. This was discovered when the truck was taken in to get a front end alignment.

During the front end alignment, the idler arm was also found to be faulty, which was then replaced.

After the alignment was done the tires were found to be worn very badly. The Chevrolet dealer, nor the tire manufacturer would replace them under warranty, so I have been driving around on tires that cause the truck to shake at speed above 50 miles per hour. To date, neither company will own up to being responsible for the tires being ruined despite a documented cause.

Since then, the air conditioner controls have failed and have been serviced 4 times and during the 4th repair job, the service department incorrectly reassembled the dash and told me "the dash can only be taken apart so many times and be expected to go back together correctly".

Now they are telling me that the failure has to do with transmission fluid in the vacuum lines. Since I have found other reports of this, I am going to get it repaired one more time.

If this does not fix the problem, I will be selling the truck due to chronic failures that are evidently beyond the service departments ability to repair.

I like the power and handling, as well as the look. The biggest disappointment is that the sticker claimed that it would get 16 miles per gallon in the city and 19 miles per gallon on the highway. The fact is that it gets around 16 miles per gallon on the highway if you drive from the time you get gas until it runs out without stopping. So needless to say, it does not get the mileage claimed by Chevrolet even under ideal driving conditions.