1997 Chevrolet S10 transmission problems
42 complaints about transmission have been filed for the 1997 Chevrolet S10, which is 7% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 42 7% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 2 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 2 crashes.
What owners wrote
Vehicle was in driveway/in gate, vehicle was in park and running. Itjumped into gear by itself and ran away and ended up in a creek, GM contacted and helped pull the car out. Dealer will be contacted and informed of the problem.
Bought truck in october and have recently been experiencing extremely hard shifting from first into second gear. This is also accompanied by the service engine soon light. I spoke with a transmission specialist about this and he said it is a very common problem with these GM transmissions, he suggested replacing the valve body which he said is clearly defective from the factory in my opinion GM should issue a recall on these transmissions. ****dimsii ivoq entry posted after 12-12-02 cut over to artemis****760962
Other problems reported for the 1997 Chevrolet S10
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 118 complaints
- Brakes 117 complaints
- Air bags 48 complaints
- Fuel system 48 complaints
- Engine 34 complaints
- Electrical system 24 complaints
- Cruise control 22 complaints
- Body & structure 20 complaints