Door Latch problems of the 1998 Chevrolet S10

3rd door on 1998 Chevrolet S10 latch became increasingly difficult to open. Latch finally snapped off. 3rd door no longer opened, potentially making it very difficult for 3rd seat passenger to exit the vehicle in an accident.

When opening the third rear door the inside door handle broke off. Dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem.

Consumer stated that the extended cab door handle has broken 3 times since ownership while attempting to open door. The handle is made of a very thin plastic. Ts.

The contact owns a 1998 Chevrolet S10 extended cab. The third door handle on the driver side broke as the contact attempted to open the door. The handle broke at least five times and had to be replaced the contact called the manufacturer who offered no assistance. The failure mileage was 86,000. Updated 03/16/11.

1998 s-10 ext cab with 3rd door. Safety problem - driver's only latches about half the time. I was told that it is a design problem because of the third door on the extended cab. I was told that I had to slam the door to make it close. I owned an s-10 regular cab for 10 years before this s-10 and never had to slam that door to secure it. I have seen other s-10 extended cabs on the interstate with the driver's door ajar so this must be a wide spread problem. I have also seen other reports of it on your site here. I think it is very unsafe to have the driver's door not securely latched in case of an accident. There must be a fix for this.

Third door wouln't open. Bolt / locking mechanism slipped.

Left front door does not close properly. Dealer replaced latch assemblyand door does not latch properly. In addition, passenger's door is hitting the third door and causing metal to hit metal.

Door lock.

Driver door opened while turning due to failure of the door latch.

Chevrolet S10, 1998, plastic leather on driver door that hold door lock rod secure breaks. Doors lock and can only be opened with the key. Inner last is non-functioning trapping the driver in until the door is unlocked from the out side.

Key will not unlock the passenger door due to possible door lock failure on the passenger door side, due to lock failure door will not close properly on occasion. Mjs.

Anti-lock brakes not working properly. Mgm.