2000 Chevrolet S10: fire, smoke or burning smell

5 of the 470 complaints about the 2000 Chevrolet S10 describe fire, smoke or burning smell.

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

Is there a fix? 53 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Fire, smoke or burning smell by model year

2004
1
2003
1
2002
3
2001
2
2000
5
1999
5
1998
5
1997
2
1996
8
1995
7
1994
4
1993
6
1992
4
1991
7

What owners say

Filed May 20, 2009 · Airbags · 86,000 miles · MD · crash · fire · 1 injury

Tl*the contact owns a 2000 chevrolet s10. While driving approximately 30 MPH on a residential street, the contact fell asleep and crashed into a parked vehicle. The contact's vehicle ignited into flames and rendered him unconscious. He was removed from the vehicle by another individual. The ambulance, fire, and police departments were called to the scene and a report was filed. The driver was transported to the hospital and remained there for three days. He sustained minor injuries to the face. The air bags failed to deploy. The vehicle was completely destroyed and towed to a tow yard. The cause of the air bag failure has not been determined. The contact is in the process of taking photos of the destroyed vehicle. The VIN was unknown. The failure and current mileages were 86,000.

Filed May 8, 2007 · Electrical · 150,554 miles · LA · fire

Tl*the contact owns a chevrolet s10. The contact started the vehicle and smoke began to rise from under the hood. No flames were visible. The vehicle was driven to the repair shop. The headlights, tail lights, and blinkers failed to activate. When the brakes were depressed, the fuse blew without warning. The mechanic re-spliced the wiring. The contact has the repair invoice. The current and failure mileages were 150,554. Updated 07/06/07

Filed Aug 17, 2004 · Electrical · 75,000 miles · OK · fire

Vehicle caught on fire while parked in the driveway. Local fire deptartment arrived to extinguish the fire. It was caused by an electrical short.

Filed May 24, 2000 · Electrical · CA · fire

While traveling on the street at approximately 20-25 MPH noticed smoke coming into the vehicle. Pulled vehicle over, flames broke out from under the hood. Local fire department / police arrived to extinguish the fire. Reason for fire still undetermined.

Filed May 12, 2000 · Body · PA · fire

The bedliner was installed at the car dealer ship at time of purchase. At that time we were told that you can fill gas containers in the back of the truck because there was a problem with static electricity igniting the gas. There is also a sticker on the bedliner warnining of this problem. There also seem to be another problem problem. After stopping to gat gas at a station on I-95 outside of washington and with no flamible materials in the truck the bed liner ignited in flames about 1 mile down the highway. I belive that because it is an over the rim bed liner and the fill spot for gas is just 8" away from the edge of the liner gas fumes during the filling process get traped under the liner and can be ignighted by static. Because of the type of liner there is a gap between the truck boby of about a 1/4" all the way around the truck. Becauce that gap is only 8" away from where the fuel is put into the gas tank fumes are getting onder the liner. This problem needs to be looked into. If fumes can be ignited that are in the back of the truck then certianly fumes that get trapped under the liner can ignite.