Problems with 2002 Chevrolet S-10 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Battery leaked battery acid to the point that the post completely detached itself from the battery unit. when explained to dealership was told that they see this problem very frequently with these vehicles. this left me stranded with no power. if i would have been actually driving when the cable disconnected it could have caused serious problems. *nm

Dt: consumer states that his vehicle caught on fire on july 3, 2005. the consumer was driving the vehicle, he had smelled and saw smoke coming from the dash. according to the insurance company and the fire department, the fuse box had shorted out in the vehicle. there was a fire report filed. the insurance company has not yet determined whether the vehicle is totaled. *nm

2002 chevy s-10 battery acid leaked. *ts *jb

Truck started stalling, while at idol and when i put into drive. it as if it has no gas. *ak

Vehicle will just stop running. the fuel pump has been replaced. after being replaced it quit 15 miles from the dealership that repaired it. they could not diagnose. vehicle will start again after sitting several hours. they told us to drive until it quit again. frustrated, we took it to a more sophisticated dealership who also could not diagnose the problem and told us to drive it until it acted up again. the vehicle has quit 2 more times, but on the weekend but starts in a few hours. *la

My fingers were burnned when i touched the inside right-side wall of the ash tray in my 2002 chevrolet s-10 pickup. later on i figured out it's a design flaw. when you drive the car more than 20 minutes at night, the illuminating light inside the ash tray heats the inside right-side wall to extremely hot, which has the potential to cause a fire. to prevent the bad thing happens, i keep the ash tray opened to let heat dissipate out.*ak

Driver fell asleep while driving 75 mph, vehicle left the road, rolled a few times and caught on fire. driver suffered minor injuries. vehicle was totalled. *ak consumer states that he doesn't believe that there was steering failure and feels that it probably was the fuel shut off mechanism (electrical)that failed, in which the gas continued to feed the initial fire. *scc

Vehicle has stalled 4 times at various speeds. taken to dealer 4 times, fuel module/fuel filter, and instrument cluster were replaced. did not remedy the problem. at this time dealer was replacing igniion switch.*ak consumer added that a new computer was placed in the truck and was told by the service dept. that they are 100% sure that this is the problem.(picked truck up on 25-jul-2002 and so far no problem) *scc