Third door latch breaks occasionally, preventing access, or egress to the rear seat. Latch must then be replaced before door can be opened. A person in that rear seat would be trapped. Part: door latch and handle replaced; old parts not available.
2002 Chevrolet S10 locks complaints
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18 month old vehicle, paint peeling off in sheets down to bare metal on lower fenders and under doors on 2002 extended cab s-10, rusting in those areas. Tried to get correction for a year and a half. Dealer and gm contacted, refused to fix, stated was normal wear and tear, my experience leads me to believe the metal was not properly cleaned before painting. Never in my 70 years have I owned or seen a vehicle's finish peel off in sheets. I finally gave up and had rhino truck bed finish sprayed on fender edges, rocker panels and lower doors to stop the rusting. I will never buy another gm product because of the lack of service for this and other defects (broken latches and tailgate cables) on my s-10.
The third door latch has failed three times on my 2002 s10 chevrolet pickup VIN:1gcs19w629114870 as follows: 1st at 10,842 miles, 2nd around 40,000 miles repaired on 10,842 miles and the third time today at 57,175. I believe this presents a sever safety hazard should there be a fire and someone was in the rear seat because they may not get out as the door will not open. This door latch is non-metal and apparently prone to failure.
Drivers door latch has failed. No longer can latch, this could have been a issue at highway speeds of door coming open or rounding a curve. On 9-13-04 my 3rd door latch was also replaced due to breakage of handle .now to this date I have to replace the passenger door latch with the same failure of drivers door. The electronic system is not great and plastic latches. Some type of spring failure from dirt and water intrusion.
Door handle failure.
Left cable on the tailgate broke and the gate fell to the ground causing the corner of the gate to bend and significant damage to the tailgate
2002 chevrolet s10 pickup. Failure of tailgate cables. Within the past 2 months both tailgate support cables broke in the general location of the close position bend. Both cables appear to be of iron material. I know other chevrolet trucks have a recall to replace this cable with a steel material cable. Why was the s10 not on this recall listing? It's the same cable as on units recalled? Replacement cost = $90.00 per cable plus tax or $180.00 plus tax to replace a defective part - should not be a customer expense.
(1) none (2) cable on tailgate latch broke. (latch2507f part number 15726085) I just noticed one day that the cable was broken. No adverse consequences since I noticed the failure. (3) I replaced the tailgate latch assembly. I have the old parts.
As I opened teh tailgate to my s-10 crew cab the cable broke on both sides. There was no weight on the tailgate except the weight of the unit itself. I know the bigger trucks are recalled why are these not recalled. Looking into the broken protective coating around the cable, you can see where it is rusted thru. Please get this problem fixed before someone gets hurt.
After lowering my s10 pick up truck tailgate I climbed onto it to get into the bed of the truck. Both tailgate support straps broke in the middle of the strap. This caused the tailgate to drop lower to where it hit the top of the bumper. I was on my knees and fell off the tailgate. These are under a recall for the full sized chevrolet trucks but not the s10. Why?
The third latch broke on the vehicle. *jb after being fixed the door opened, but will not open or release at the bottom catch. Scc
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