Consumer states while traveling at 40 MPH the front end of vehicle dropped on the right hand side. Vehicle was towed to a mechanic, mechanic states that the upper ball joint had broken. Consumer feels this is very unsafe. Please provide any further information.
1995 Chevrolet S10: ball joint or control arm failure
10 of the 908 complaints about the 1995 Chevrolet S10 describe ball joint or control arm failure.
- owner complaints
- 10
- of this car's complaints
- 1%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Ball joint or control arm failure by model year
What owners say
When pulling out from intersection, right front inner and outer tie rods and sleeve broke.
I have three friends that also have late model s-10 vehicles, all of which have had problems with the ball joints. I grease my truck myself(so I know it gets done) every 1500 miles. I was informed by gateway chevy, that all 4 ball joints are bad. After only 48000 miles, I was informed that it just weak parts and they will do nothing about it. Well here we are three days later and a friend of mine, doug kuznia, also of fargo, his 1996 s-10 had it's upper ball joint fail and the front wheel buckled over while driving. I feel that this is a safety hazard and they should install better parts. I feel that 48000 miles is not a high mileage vehicle and I should not have to worry about my wheels falling off because general motors doesn't want to install quality parts. If this has been ay help at all, please contact me because all of my friends would also like to respond with complaints. Thank you collin gnoinsky
Driving at approximately 45 MPH rightside ball joint snapped off, causing loss of vehicle control.
Front wheel could be moved from side to side by hand. Owner replaced the idler arm and tighten the lower control arm.
Front end making a creeking noise when turning at slow speeds. Possible left front lower control arm problem.
Front wheel could be moved from side to side by hand. Owner replaced the idler arm and tighten the lower control arm.
Had vehicle inspected. A problem was found w/ball joints worn out on wheels. Took to dealer & informed nothing can be done due to fact they were not notified ball joints were worn out.
Front suspension control arm keeps loosening, occurred four times.
Tie rods replaced.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1995 Chevrolet S10 ball joint
Is ball joint or control arm failure a common problem on the 1995 Chevrolet S10?
10 of 908 owner complaints about the 1995 Chevrolet S10 (1%) mention ball joint or control arm failure. The model year with the most reports is 2000.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1995 Chevrolet S10?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 1995 Chevrolet S10
Wipers 189ABS 135Brake failure 95No deployment 79Fuel leak 11Stalling 11Fire or smoke 7Engine failure 6Premature wear 6Seat belt 6Pulling 6Tire blowout 6Grinding brakes 5Loss of power 5Overheating 5Spongy pedal 5Sudden acceleration 5Transmission failure 5
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