Recall Register

1982 Chevrolet S10: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 1982 Chevrolet S10. The newest campaign is 85V048000. NHTSA received the report on 29 Apr 1985. The NHTSA record gives the component Service Brakes, Hydraulic / Foundation Components / Drum / Wheel Cylinders. NHTSA has 2 complaints on file for this model year. 1 NHTSA investigation names this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 85V048000, in the NHTSA record

Add a part to prevent wheel cylinder from rotating.
NHTSA VIN lookup

Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

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Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 1,845,919 units in total.

  1. 85V048000Received . 1,810,000 units.

    Service Brakes, Hydraulic / Foundation Components / Drum / Wheel Cylinders

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Excessive enlargement of the wheel cylinder pilot hole in the rear brake backing plate could allow the wheel cylinder to rotate and cause loss of brake fluid. Consequence of defect: a loss of brake fluid leads to loss of rear brake action, creating the potential for an accident. Front brakes would remain operational.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Add a part to prevent wheel cylinder from rotating.

    Report filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP..

  2. 84V073000Received . 35,919 units.

    Power Train / Manual Transmission / Lubricant

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Rear wheels may lock suddenly due to insufficient lubrication between mainshaft and first gear.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealer will replace transmission fluid with a blended fluid and in addition, will update the maintenance schedule.

    Report filed by GENERAL MOTORS CORP.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Complaints by component

2 complaints, 2 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

1982 Chevrolet S10: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Engine and Engine Cooling1
Power Train1
Complaints that report a crash
0
Complaints that report a fire
0
Injuries in the complaints
0
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
27 Nov 1998

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 1982 Chevrolet S10, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 1995, with 1 complaint.

Investigations

NHTSA investigations that name the 1982 Chevrolet S10
NumberTypeSubjectComponentOpenedClosedCampaign
EA86006Engineering analysisBRAKE BACKING PLATEService Brakes, Hydraulic27 Nov 198528 Nov 1988

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19810
  2. 19822
  3. 19831
  4. 19841
  5. 19850
  6. 19861
  7. 19872
  8. 19881
  9. 19892
  10. 19902
  11. 19916
  12. 19923
  13. 19933
  14. 19945
  15. 19955
  16. 19967
  17. 19976
  18. 19986
  19. 19990
  20. 20004
  21. 20011
  22. 20020
  23. 20031
  24. 20041
  25. 20060
  26. 20160
  27. 20170
  28. 20180

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1982 Chevrolet S10: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/chevrolet/s10/1982/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
30 Sep 2026
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1982 Chevrolet S10?
1,845,919 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Chevrolet S10 have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 33 recall campaigns for the Chevrolet S10, model years 1981 to 2018. 2 of them name the 1982 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1982 Chevrolet S10 name most often?
Engine and Engine Cooling: 1 of 2 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1982 Chevrolet S10 open?
No. The 1 investigation that names this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.