Problems with 2002 Chevrolet S-10 POWER TRAIN

Sunshell blew out on transmission. *tr

I have a 2002 chevy s10 ext. cab pickup truck with a vortex 4.3 litre eng. with automatic transmission. while baking out of driveway i noticed i had no reverse gear, it is also slipping in all other gears. this truck has never hauled anything heavy and only has 49,500 miles on it . i got down to the stop sign and tried to proceed and the forward gears started to slip and i couldn't get out of the way of oncoming traffic and almost got hit by an oncoming car. i have heard and talked to many other people who own these vehicles with the 4l60e/4o65e transmissions. i feel these could be dangerous. they seem to all have the same sun shell and sun gear problems. i feel general motors should re-call them. *tr

2002 chevy s-10 crew cab rear axle failure failure due to water in axle housing due to vent pipe being located between cab and bed, occurred once, rear axle locked up complete rebuild of rear axle relocation of vent pipe. *tr

Front bearing hubs have gone bad. this has happen only 3,000 after the extended warranty has expired at 100,000. i had loud grinding and vibration in front after i took off winter aggressive snow tires. the snow tires have masked the problem and the vehicle would have been serviced if heard. took it to dealer to have them find problem. comes back with both hubs need replaced and upper and lower ball joints with a total of 1710.00 in service. i felt that gm should be responsible. i called gm and declined even after consulting with dealer. i feel these parts have failed prior to warranty being expired. *jb

While driving vehicle jumped out of gear causing vehicle to stop completely. *ak

Initial complaint started at approx 17,100 miles. there was water reported in the rear end differential. dealer (lucas chevrolet) refused to repair under warranty and to give suggestions on how water got into sealed unit. we paid to have the fluid changed and dealer assured that there was no damage to rear end differential. second complaint was that there was a whining noise coming from the rear end at approximately 20,000 miles. the noise occured between 50 & 70 mph and would quit when the gas pedal was let off. a different dealer (jim reed chevrolet) "rebuilt" the rear end differential. note: dealer was very helpful in fixing problem. the next complaint was that at approximately 23,000 miles, after the rear end differential fluid was changed, the whining noise came back. the driving conditions were the same as the second complaint. the dealer (jim reed chevrolet) again "rebuilt" the rear end differential. on the way home from the dealer (jim reed chevrolet) the rear end is still whining.

The vehicle was in park with the engine running, when all of a sudden the vehicle rolled backwards.*jb. consumer was injured when he tried to get back in the vehicle to stop it.*jb *nlm

At 90 degrees or above the vehicle will , at times, lose power to the transmission making entering traffic a safety hazard. engine rpm's are adequate but vehicle will not shift gears and accelerate. dangerous condition when entering heafy traffic. manufacturer technical assistance cannot assist dealer in fixing the problem. dealer experianced this problem in a test drive but could not repair at this time.*ak

At 35mph axle snapped., causing vehicle to pull to left. cause unknown. dealer notified.*ak

Vehicle jumps out of gear 2 and gear 4 while driving, when applying brakes vehicle pulls to the right. dealer cut rubber boot around floorshift down to correct the defect; but, it did not solve the problem.