1998 Chevrolet S10: check engine light

5 of the 612 complaints about the 1998 Chevrolet S10 describe check engine light.

owner complaints: 5
of this car's complaints: 1%
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 23 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Check engine light by model year

2004
1
2003
5
2002
2
2001
7
2000
8
1999
4
1998
5
1997
4
1996
9
1995
3
1994
1
1993
1

What owners say

Filed Jul 18, 2009 · Engine, Transmission · CA

Hi I originally purchased a 1998 chevrolet s10 used private party and noticed a check engine light on and my brother scanned the computer and found it was a transmission problem and was informed by my brother it had been rebuilt literally 2 months before purchased and was shown proof when driving highway speeds it shifted into 3rd by itself and was forced to drive 25 miles doing 50 took it to gm and was informed it was a pressure problem and was "recommended" a tranny rebuild and then they called the car a piece of @#$%^ and wasn't worth it I personally love the truck and then they said it would be 2500 dollars. I continue to drive it with check engine light on and was informed the transmission will eventually lock me out of it, also when hot it sounds literally like a tractor on excel and steady speed if any one has any answers please email.

Filed Apr 4, 2006 · Transmission · 136,000 miles · OH

When you drive the truck for approx 1 hour, the transmission goes into high gear and will not come out until it cool down. It throws a cel lamp. When you stop with the transmission warm, it shifts very hard from 1st to second.

Filed Mar 15, 2005 · Fuel system · 99,900 miles · MA

Service engine light came on while attempting slow acceleration on an interstate incline. This is the 3rd time this has happened since nov 2001, service center unable to diagnose after one day depite being told about previous symptoms and repairs. On two previous occasions dealership where purchased diagnosed as failed fuel injector and leaking "spider valve". Unfortunately on the 2nd time they were unable to diagnose before both catalytic converters were burned out by raw fuel being dumped into the exhaust,resulting in a very large repair bill. Only able to identify after I had pointed them to the repair records of 18 months earlier. Don't feel that it should be necessary to replace fuel injection components at 18 month intervals on a vehicle that is not abused at all and has all routine maintenance. Also dealing with a problem that dumps raw fuel into a hot exhaust system would certainly seem to be a safety hazard.

Filed Mar 4, 2004 · Transmission · 75,000 miles · GA

1998 chevy s10 4 cyl. 74,000 miles transmission shifting hard, check engine light comes on and has code 1870. Shop says transmission needs to be replaced. Ran across hundreds and hundreds of this same complaint on the internet.

Filed Feb 16, 1999 · Electrical · AL

This vehicle was bought for my 17 year old daughter. In august 1998. She parked the truck at a local grocery store and returned about 1 hour later. The truck would not start. She called roadside assistance which took about an hour to get there. They could not jump the truck off. It was towed to the dealership (pierson chevrolet). They kept the truck about 3 days and could not find anything wrong with it. They told me if it happened again to bring it back. This was satisfactory to me. Then in approximately november, 1998, my daughter was driving home at night. She was coming down a very steep mountain (231s.) she put her headlights on bright and when she did the lights went out..at the same time all of the dash lights came on (check engine, oil, seat belts) just like the truck had gone dead. Her immediate reflex was to dim the lights. When she did, they came back on. We took the truck to pierson the next morning. They kept the truck 4 days, and could find no reason for the lights to go out. They called me and told me to come and get the truck and return the rental car. I asked if they knew why the lights went out, and they (brent ellison) said no. Also, he said could not guarantee me the lights would ever go out again, nor could he guarantee me they would not go out again. I asked him if he would put his child in this vehicle and he said yes. I called him a liar and told him that was not a risk I was willing to take. I told him he could have the truck ,and I would contact my attorney. He told me to do whatever I felt I had to. He never told me to contact chevrolet. I was finally told by gmac to contact chevrolet and file a complaint. I did and it was refused. We went to get the truck to remove the cd player. The truck went dead in the middle of a 4lane in front of pierson. Would not start...had to be towed. I have filed a second complaint. I am out of room but there is more to this.