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2000 Chevrolet S10 exterior lighting problems

16 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the exterior lighting on the 2000 Chevrolet S103% of all complaints for this model year.

16
Exterior Lighting complaints
3%
share of all complaints
median reported incident mileage
1 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Center-vehicle mounted rear brake light melted its plastic housing which melted the wiring and mounts used to power the two lightbulbs in the center brake light, resulting in no functioning center brake light. This also made the interior light fall out of the roof as it is attached to the same…

    filed Feb 27, 2017

  • My complaint does not concern my vehicle. It is the intensity of newer headlights and taillights on late model vehicles. It is very difficult to drive with extremely bright lights shining from all directions. Instead of lighting area the newer lights seem to be a focused beam that is blinding. *tr

    filed Mar 9, 2015

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

Exterior Lighting problems in other S10 years

YearReportsShare
2004 S1015%
2003 S1042%
2002 S1031%
2001 S1072%
1999 S1073%
1998 S1081%
1997 S1071%
1996 S10213%
1995 S10121%
1994 S10101%
1991 S1032%
1989 S1012%
S10 exterior lighting 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.