10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
7 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
3 / 0
Average Mileage:
3,667 miles

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problem #12

Apr 012005

S-10 Pickup 4-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
I was travelling at aproximately 55 mph. A full sized Silverado 4X4 pulling a horse trailer failed to stop at a stop sign and pulled out in front of me. I applied my brakes and hit hm in the driver door. My driverside airbag did not deploy. My wife was riding as a passenger. She was wearing her shoulder/seatbelt. It did not lock in place and hold her back. She was thrown forward into the dashboard. She received bruised ribs and a bruise on her forehead. The passenger side airbag had been turned off due to the fact that we sometimes Transport our grandchildren. We have contacted GM about this. We were told that the conditions were not right for airbag deployment or for the seatbelt to restrain! come on! I thought these things were supposed to be safety equipment!!!!!

- Union Star, MO, USA

problem #11

Apr 012005

S-10 Pickup 4-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
I was travelling at aproximately 55 mph. A full sized Silverado 4X4 pulling a horse trailer failed to stop at a stop sign and pulled out in front of me. I applied my brakes and hit hm in the driver door. My driverside airbag did not deploy. My wife was riding as a passenger. She was wearing her shoulder/seatbelt. It did not lock in place and hold her back. She was thrown forward into the dashboard. She received bruised ribs and a bruise on her forehead. The passenger side airbag had been turned off due to the fact that we sometimes Transport our grandchildren. We have contacted GM about this. We were told that the conditions were not right for airbag deployment or for the seatbelt to restrain! come on! I thought these things were supposed to be safety equipment!!!!!

- Union Star, MO, USA

problem #10

Oct 072003

S-10 Pickup

  • miles
1999 Chevrolet S10 extended cab. (nar) the consumer was involved in an accident and the air bags never deployed. The vehicle was totaled smashing the front end and breaking the windshield.

- Chickamauga, GA, USA

problem #9

Sep 232003

(reported on)

S-10 Pickup 4-cyl

  • miles
During two accidents air bag equipment never deployed. In one of the incidents, the consumer lost control of the vehicle and hit a light pole.

- Countryside, IL, USA

problem #8

Nov 012003

S-10 Pickup

  • miles
Driver loss control of the vehicle and hit a pole. The consumer mention a complaint about the air bag, however he did not state what the problem was.

- Countryside, IL, USA

problem #7

Jul 172003

(reported on)

S-10 Pickup

  • 44,000 miles
Consumer states while traveling at 30 mph, another vehicle ran a stop sign, unable to stop fast enough, consumer's vehicle hit that vehicle broadside. None of the vehicles airbags deployed. See odino 10026511

- Rogers, AZ, USA

problem #6

Dec 042002

S-10 Pickup

  • miles
While traveling at 50 mph, consumer states the vehicle in front swirved to avoid an ice pack, and loss control of vehicle hit a ditch and truck rolled over twice. Consumer states' none of the vehicles airbags deployed.

- Centralia, IL, USA

problem #5

Jul 302001

S-10 Pickup 4WD

  • miles
Nno summary listed for above vehicle.

- South Jordan, UT, USA

problem #4

Feb 112001

S-10 Pickup

  • miles
No summary listed for above vehicle.

- Muskegon, MI, USA

problem #3

Feb 262000

(reported on)

S-10 Pickup

  • miles
Air bag system shorted causing light to come on.

- St.Louis, MO, USA

problem #2

Feb 262000

(reported on)

S-10 Pickup

  • miles
Air bag system shorted causing light to come on.

- St.Louis, MO, USA

problem #1

Aug 081999

S-10 Pickup

  • miles
While waiting for on coming trafic to clear so I could make a left turn into a driveway, a very loud bang came from the passenger side of the dash board. After I turned into the parking lot and stopped, I checked the outside of the truck and found nothing to be wrong, when I felt the dash board where the air bag is, the dash was very hot, I checked with a mechanic and he said the primer probably went off from the air bag.

- Mission Hills, CA, USA