Chevrolet S10 recalls

What is wrong

Certain pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 208, "occupant crash protection."

Risk

Some of these vehicles include incorrect statements on one of the air bag warning labels.

Remedy

Owners will be provided with correct labels and installation instructions. Owner notification began on june 4, 2004. Owners should contact chevrolet at 1‑800‑630‑2438 or gmc at 1‑866‑996‑9463.

Recall number 04V132000 · Recall details

What is wrong

On certain minivans, pickup trucks, and sport utility vehicles with certain model-engine combinations, the windshield wiper motor may fail due to cracked solder joints on the controller circuit board. The windshield wipers could work intermittently or not at all.

Risk

If this were to occur during bad weather, driver visibility would be reduced, which could result in a crash.

Remedy

Dealers will replace the wiper motor circuit board and cover. Owner notification began on june 19, 2003. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact chevrolet at 1‑800‑222‑1020, gmc at 1‑800‑462‑8782, or oldsmobile at 1‑800‑442‑6537.

Recall number 03V159000 · Recall details

What is wrong

Vehicle description: electric passenger vehicles and pickup trucks containing a nickel metal hydride (nimh) battery pack. These vehicles contain software within the battery pack module intended to disable the vehicle from being driven if the electrical resistance with the battery pack exceeds a prescribed value. Affected vehicles will illuminate the "service now" and "reduced performance" telltales and continue to function in a reduced performance model instead of being disabled.

Risk

If the telltales are ignored and the affected vehicle continues to be driven, heat could build up and a fire could result.

Remedy

Dealers will install revised software in the battery pack module.

Recall number 00V374000 · Recall details

What is wrong

Vehicle description: light duty pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles. Some of these vehicles were built with incorrect payload information on the vehicle certification label. The payload shown on the label is greater than the maximum validated payload. If the vehicle were loaded to the incorrectly labeled payload, it may not ride and handle in the manner that the driver expects.

Risk

This could result in a loss of control of the vehicle or an inability to stop the vehicle within expected stopping distances.

Remedy

Owners will be sent a new label for installation on the driver's door of the vehicle.

Recall number 00V258001 · Recall details

What is wrong

Vehicle description: light duty pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles. These vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of fmvss no. 108, "lamps, reflective devices, and associated equipment." the daytime running lights built with a candela value greater than 3,000 cannot be mounted higher than 864mm above the road surface.

Risk

These vehicles do not comply with requirements of fmvss no. 108.

Remedy

Dealers will install a revised wiring harness that changes the drl's from high beam to low beam drl's, and install new long-life low beam bulbs.

Recall number 00V220000 · Recall details

What is wrong

Vehicle description: passenger vehicles, light duty trucks, sport utility vehicles, and mini vans equipped with trw seat belt buckle assemblies. The buckle base of these seat belt assemblies were not properly heat treated and therefore do not pass the load bearing requirement of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 209, "seat belt assemblies."

Risk

In the event of a vehicle crash, the occupant may not be properly restrained.

Remedy

Dealers will inspect the vehicle's safety belt buckle assembly date codes and, if necessary, will replace any safety belt buckle assembly.

Recall number 00V228003 · Recall details

What is wrong

Vehicle description: electric pickup trucks. A condition in which the fuel-fired heater fill pipe ground strap contacts the rear passenger side brake pipe.

Risk

This could wear off the corrosion protection on the brake pipe, leading to premature corrosion and eventual loss of brake pipe integrity. When brake pipe integrity is lost, brake fluid leakage can occur.

Remedy

Dealers will relocate the ground strap attachment, inspect the brake pipe for wear, and replace the brake pipe if necessary.

Recall number 00V159000 · Recall details

What is wrong

Vehicle description: generation 1 electric light duty pickup trucks. These vehicles were built with a charge port assembly that could fail during a charging event.

Risk

Heat could build up within the charge port and a fire could result.

Remedy

Dealers will replace the charge port assembly with a redesigned charge port assembly.

Recall number 00V069200 · Recall details

What is wrong

Vehicle description: light duty pickup trucks equipped with 4-wheel disc brakes. Some of these vehicles have an antilock brake system (ABS) motor containing an out-of-specification spring clip. This clip could allow the motor bearing to become misaligned. If misalignment occurs, eventually the ABS would be non-functional.

Risk

The base brakes would remain fully functional, but the dynamic rear proportioning (drp) system, which optimizes front to rear brake balance, would become inoperative.

Remedy

Dealers will replace the brake pressure module valve assembly.

Recall number 00V055000 · Recall details

What is wrong

Vehicle description: s -trucks equipped with 2 wheel drive. These vehicles may have had the right-hand antilock brake system (ABS) module feed pipe and/or brake crossover pipe tube nuts tightened without seating the pipe-flared-ends enough to withstand normal assembly and vehicle inputs without partially unseating. This does not comply with requirements of fmvss no. 105, "hydraulic service brake normal, emergency, and park braking performance."

Risk

If this occurred, the seating seal could be broken during vehicle assembly, or from early road inputs or brake fluid cycling, and a leak could occur increasing the brake stopping distance.

Remedy

Dealers will inspect the brake pipe union for signs of brake fluid, and if necessary, install a new brake pipe union.

Recall number 99V220000 · Recall details

What is wrong

Vehicle description: certain 4-wheel drive pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles equipped with ABS (antilock braking system) manufactured from september 1989 through august 1996. Under certain driving conditions the switch which signals the ABS system whether the vehicle is in 2-wheel or 4-wheel drive can malfunction causing increased stopping distances during ABS stops while in the two-wheel drive mode.

Risk

If this occurred at a time when minimum stopping distance was required, a vehicle crash could occur without prior warning.

Remedy

Dealers will replace or repair the 4-wheel/2-wheel drive switch.

Recall number 99V193000 · Recall details

What is wrong

Vehicle description: light duty pickup trucks equipped with electric drive. Rapid fogging of the interior glass can occur within two minutes after the heat is turned on if (1) the outside temperature is between 35 and 76 degrees fahrenheit and (2) water has collected on the heat exchanger during previous operation of the air conditioning.

Risk

If rapid fogging were to occur during driving, it could obstruct the driver's vision increasing the risk of a vehicle crash.

Remedy

Owners are being provided with a caution label and supplemental insert for their owner's manual advising them to follow a "stop and wait" procedure to help avoid window fogging while driving.

Recall number 98V177000 · Recall details

What is wrong

Vehicle description: light duty pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles, 2 and 4-wheel drive. Solder joints near the wiring harness connector can crack causing the windshield wipers to work intermittently.

Risk

This condition can result in inoperative wipers, reducing a driver's visibility, and increasing the risk of a vehicle crash.

Remedy

Dealers will replace the wiper motor circuit board and cover.

Recall number 98V150001 · Recall details

What is wrong

Vehicle description: light duty pickup trucks and multi-purpose vehicles. An engine electrical wiring-harness clip can melt and drip onto the exhaust manifold.

Risk

The clip material on the exhaust manifold can ignite and subsequently ignite other combustible components resulting in a vehicle fire.

Remedy

Dealers are contacting owners by telephone to have their vehicles towed to the dealer and alternate transportation provided to them until the dealer can reroute the electrical wiring-harness.

Recall number 97V208001 · Recall details

What is wrong

Vehicle description: light duty pickup trucks and multi-purpose passenger vehicles. A fatigue fracture of the rear axle right-hand brake pipe can occur causing a slow brake fluid leak resulting in a soft brake pedal. If the brake pipe breaks, the driver would experience a sudden drop in the brake pedal, the instrument panel brake light would illuminate, and there would be a loss of rear brake performance.

Risk

Partial loss of braking at a time when minimum stopping distance was required could result in a vehicle crash.

Remedy

Dealers will inspect and replace the brake pipe.

Recall number 97V218000 · Recall details

What is wrong

Vehicle description: light duty passenger pickup trucks equipped with 4.3l engines. The front brake line can contact the left-hand side of the engine oil pan causing the brake line to wear to the point of brake fluid loss during brake application.

Risk

Brake fluid loss can reduce braking effectiveness and increase stopping distances resulting in a vehicle crash without prior warning.

Remedy

Dealers will inspect the clearance between the oil pan and the brake line. If the clearance is 6mm or less, dealers will install an additional brake line clip and if there was contact between the oil pan and brake line, the front brake line will be replaced.

Recall number 97V146001 · Recall details

What is wrong

Vehicle description: extended cab pickup trucks equipped with 60/40 front bench seats and extended cab pickup trucks and 2-door utility vehicles equipped with manual locking recliner bucket seats. The outboard safety belt webbing on the driver's and/or passenger's seat can separate during a frontal impact.

Risk

If a separation occurred and there were secondary crash events or vehicle rollover, there would be no belt restraint of the occupant and increased injuries could occur.

Remedy

Dealers will install a protective cover over the recliner mechanism.

Recall number 97V096001 · Recall details

What is wrong

The top coat paint severely peels due to overbaking of the powder primer prior to the top coat application. Since the windshield primer and adhesive adhere to the top coat paint onthe windshield opening flange, the windshield does not comply with federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 212, "windshield mounting."

Risk

In the event of a vehicle crash, the windshield may not stay in place as required by fmvss no. 212.

Remedy

All vehicles have been repurchased. This campaign is 100%.

Recall number 97V008001 · Recall details

What is wrong

The intermediate steering shaft loosens at the steering shaft to steering gear coupling. With this looseness, the yoke pinch bolt can wear on the splines of the shaft until there is no longer an interference between the splines and the bolt.

Risk

This condition can cause body to chassis movement allowing the steering shaft to separate from the steering gear which can result in a loss of steering control.

Remedy

Dealers will retorque the upper and lower bolts to correct specifications.

Recall number 96V195000 · Recall details

What is wrong

Some of these trucks were built with transmissions containing parts which were not machined to gm's specifications.

Risk

These transmissions could seize and lock the rear drive wheels while the truck is being driven causing a loss of vehicle control increasing the potential for a vehicle accident.

Remedy

Dealers will inspect the transmission main shaft output torque using a special tool. If the output torque does not meet specifications, the transmission will be replaced.

Recall number 96V035000 · Recall details

What is wrong

Fan blade rivet breakage can occur causing the fan blade to separate from the spider.

Risk

If this occurred while the hood was open, a person working under the hood of the vehicle or in the vicinity of the vehicle could be struck by the fan blade and injured.

Remedy

Dealers will inspect and replace, if necessary, the fan with a newer fan having thicker-headed rivets.

Recall number 95V180000 · Recall details

What is wrong

A vacuum hose can detach from the power brake booster check valve as a result of engine backfire.

Risk

This can result in increased engine idle and loss of power brake assist after depletion of the booster vacuum reserve.

Remedy

Dealers will install a clamp on the power brake booster assist.

Recall number 94V228000 · Recall details

What is wrong

The fuel tank filler pipes were not manufactured to specification which caused loss of fuel between the fuel tank filler pipe and the vent tube during a test. The loss of fuel was in excess of the amount permitted by fmvss no. 301, "fuel system integrity."

Risk

Consequence of non-compliance: if a vehicle crash were to occur, it may cause the joint between the fuel tank filler pipes and the vent tube to crack. If the vehicle overturned, fuel leakage would occur, which could result in a post-crash fire.

Remedy

Dealers will replace the fuel filler pipe on these vehicles.

Recall number 94V014000 · Recall details

What is wrong

The outboard rear safety belt assembly will not release the webbing from the retracted position. This does not meet the requirements of fmvss 209, "seat belt assemblies."

Risk

If the outboard rear safety belt assembly will notrelease the webbing from the retracted position, safety belt use for the seatoccupant is impossible, increasing the risk of injury in an accident.

Remedy

Replace any belt that does not freely extend from the retracted position.

Recall number 93V105000 · Recall details

What is wrong

The engine cooling fan blades break as a result of fatigue and/or vehicle induced stress.

Risk

If the blade breakage occurs while the hood is open, aperson working under the hood or in the vicinity of the vehicle could be struckand injured by the blade segment.

Remedy

Install a newly designed fan assembly.

Recall number 93V008000 · Recall details

What is wrong

Vehicles have been shipped with the fuel tank sender seal out of position.

Risk

In the event of rollover accident, an out of postionseal could allow fuel spillage in excess of the amount prescribed by fmvss 301.spilled fuel could ignite near an ignition source.

Remedy

Replace sender seals.

Recall number 91V108000 · Recall details

What is wrong

Nuts used to attach lower control arms, rear spring and shackle, and rear shock absorbers do not meet specifications and could "strip".

Risk

Stripping of the nuts in the rear suspension could reduceclamp load on lower control arm, which could allow the arm to detach, resultingin loss of vehicle control and an accident.

Remedy

Replace lower control arm attachment nuts as well as rear spring and shackle, and rear shock absorber nuts.

Recall number 90V193000 · Recall details

What is wrong

Use of improper primer on metal surfaces of windshield and side window openings could cause low adhesion to the metal surface and would not provide retention required by fmvss 212.

Risk

Windshield and side window glass would not prevent theejection of vehicle occupants during a vehicle crash, which causes seriousinjuries and fatalities.

Remedy

Remove and reinstall glass using proper primer.

Recall number 90V107000 · Recall details