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9.5
really awful- Typical Repair Cost:
- $1,890
- Average Mileage:
- 76,200 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 4 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- had transmission rebuilt (2 reports)
- not sure (2 reports)
transmission problem
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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
Okay...it's true my truck is a little over 10 years old and most of the miles are "in-town" (mainly because it makes so many odd noises we rarely would take it on the highway), but it has just over 48,000 gentle miles. A transmission should last longer than that, or the company should be willing to step up and admit that they screwed up big time.
Late night, downtown, and with essentially no warning (just a whining noise), the truck suddenly won't move when put in reverse. In forward it will go, but over-revs, hitting about 3500 rpm before making a jerky shift (skipping second gear). The problem is a broken star gear, a cup shaped part that Chevy apparently made from recycled beer cans. As a result, it either cracks or strips out, but you really don't care which since either problem means you no longer can go in reverse without "manual labor" (a push) and half of the forward gears don't work.
The "good" news is that you don't need a new transmission but only to replace the gear (using a beefed up part so it doesn't happen again), but the bad news is this is only saves you about $600 (and you're still out $1800 or so). The only advantage to the repair is that there are a couple of other weak spots in these transmissions that the shop can fix while it's out.
Bottom line--run away from a 2002 Chevy S-10 2WD pickup with the automatic transmission. Or maybe any Chevy S-10, as I'm also looking at replacing all four shocks and have already had to have the front brakes redone (at 40K??). My import sedan has over 115K and is still going strong--hopefully the quality of domestic vehicles has improved in the last 10 years, but I'm not sure I'm willing to risk it!
- Steve B., Missoula, MT, US