1999 Chevrolet S10 Electrical system Problems

“My truck slowly started getting worse. First, the dinging noise that your car makes qhen the keys are left in the ignition or if you leave your lights on, my truck would make this sound with no light on or key in ignition causing the battery to drain. Then the gauges started acting crazy, completely not working at times. Now my truck will not start, it turns over but something doesn't catch or fire. I have replaced the battery numerous times and the spark plugs are new.”

“1. While driving the truck at aproximately 65 MPH with the cruise control and air conditioner on, but no radio the truck just died while I was in the outer lane of the highway. No noise, it just lost power and died. I manged to get the truck into the other lane and off the highway as it slowed down luckely with out injury to myself, my passanger or anyone else on the highway. 2. On a truck with no more then 48,362 miles I experienced transmission failure. According to the mechanic the transmission pump exploded with no apparent cause. …”

“The reason there is so many accidents & deaths with cell phone use is the phone & auto makers don't really care. All that needs to be done is have the cell phone receive a signal from the vehicle speed sensor to interrupt or stop the incoming/outgoing cell phone signal as soon as the wheels on the car move. When the car is parked again the cell phone signal re-activates. …”

“The problem usually appears in the summer, and rarely occurs during the winter. It started back in june of 2012, occurred several more times before the end of the year. Then starting in june of 2013, it began acting up an average of once a week until august. When it acts up, I will be driving, and the truck will buck a couple of times and the needle on the tach will jump up and down, and usually some of the warning lights will flash on and off and the doors try to unlock. It basically acts like the ignition is trying to shut off but gets flicked back into the on position. …”

“The steering column multifunction switch (hazard) has stopped functioning causing a cascade failure to braking system lights, dash lights and ignition.”