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1998 Chevrolet S10 engine and engine cooling problems

51 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the engine and engine cooling on the 1998 Chevrolet S108% of all complaints for this model year.

51
Engine and Engine Cooling complaints
8%
share of all complaints
75,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
0 / 3
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Hi I originally purchased a 1998 chevrolet s10 used private party and noticed a check engine light on and my brother scanned the computer and found it was a transmission problem and was informed by my brother it had been rebuilt literally 2 months before purchased and was shown proof when driving…

    filed Jul 18, 2009

  • The ecm went out. Also had a problem earlier about 2-3 months ago. The cam sensor went out. This truck only has 60,000 miles on it. *tr

    filed Mar 5, 2009

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Engine and Engine Cooling problems in other S10 years

YearReportsShare
2004 S1015%
2003 S10116%
2002 S1021%
2001 S10258%
2000 S10306%
1999 S102210%
1997 S10409%
1996 S107011%
1995 S10849%
1994 S10667%
1993 S10167%
1992 S1095%
S10 engine and engine cooling problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.