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2001 Chevrolet S10 electrical system problems

31 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 2001 Chevrolet S10, which is 8% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
31 8% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
65,000 miles 19 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 2
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2001 Chevrolet S10 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 65,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 2 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 5 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 3 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 4 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 65,000 miles
Based on 19 complaints that include mileage. 47% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles2
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles5
60k to 80k miles3
80k to 100k miles4
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 19 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 65,000 miles, and 47% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 fires.

What owners wrote

2001 chevrolet s10 zr2 package .brake lights dont work, fuses blown for door locks and mirrors, smoke was coming from driver side firewall. Took to shop to have them check wires. They said nothing was wrong with wires. Driving lights turn on by themself while car is not running, cannot shut off headlights, had to disconnect headlights. Took to another shop. Has been in shop for over a week now and they said our wiring harness was melted. Some kind of white lubricant or silicone is inside of harness?

Reported at 45,000 miles, May 2004 Fire

While traveling on I85 at 70 MPH in the far left lane passing a car I hit the rumble strips on the shoulder and the truck lost all power. I was able to move to the shoulder on the right side of the road. Thinking I would not be able to restart the car to my surprise the car started back and I took off. I forgot about this until I recently heard of recent recalls.

Reported at 55,034 miles, July 2013

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