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Chevrolet S10 Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 3 recall campaigns for the Chevrolet S10, across 2 model years from 2004 to 2006. The 2004 has the most (3); the fewest among years with a recall is 2006 (1).

Model years
2

2004–2006, with a recall

Recall campaigns
3
Most recalls
2004

3 recalls

Owner complaints
1,198

all model years, NHTSA

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Owners have filed 1,198 complaints with NHTSA about the Chevrolet S10 across 9 model years; the most, 471, concern the 2000.

Owners marked a crash on 106 of the Chevrolet S10 complaints (9%) and a fire on 18.

Across all Chevrolet S10 model years, owners name the structure most often (at least 274 complaints), then the service brakes, hydraulic (168).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the Chevrolet S10 in 2005: 194, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the Chevrolet S10 is exterior lighting: headlights, in 2 model-year listings.

The newest Chevrolet S10 recall, 04V132000, was reported on March 18, 2004 and concerns the equipment: other: labels.

Chevrolet S10 years to avoid

Too few Chevrolet S10 model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 4 of the 5 needed.

The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method

Recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA recalls and owner complaints for the Chevrolet S10, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
2018033not ranked
2017010not ranked
2016010not ranked
2006110not ranked
20043219not ranked

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Chevrolet S10 years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the Chevrolet S10

  • EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS2
  • EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS1
  • EXTERIOR LIGHTING1

Chevrolet S10 model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every Chevrolet S10 recall campaign (3)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the Chevrolet S10, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
04V132000March 18, 2004equipment: other: labels2004—183,922
06E065000exterior lighting2004crash—
09E025000exterior lighting: headlights2004, 2006crash—

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Chevrolet S10. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

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Newest record on this page: September 7, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted

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