FaultScore

Worst years for a Chevrolet Astro

Owners have filed 3,757 complaints about the Chevrolet Astro with NHTSA across model years 1984 to 2005. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Avoid

1995 Chevrolet Astro

579 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly brakes.

Cleanest on record

2005 Chevrolet Astro

11 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Chevrolet Astro year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2005 B 11 1 0 24,500 Tires
2004 B 17 1 2 103,500 Brakes
2003 C 82 3 6 66,500 Brakes
2002 C 97 12 3 58,000 Brakes
2001 B 115 12 1 58,000 Brakes
2000 D 258 35 6 65,000 Brakes
1999 C 204 25 2 74,800 Brakes
1998 C 336 25 7 87,000 Windows, Mirrors & Wipers
1997 D 563 30 7 82,260 Windows, Mirrors & Wipers
1996 C 345 22 1 95,690 Suspension
1995 D 579 67 17 113,000 Brakes
1994 D 396 53 3 130,000 Brakes
1993 C 177 13 4 170,000 Brakes
1992 162 20 6 122,740 Brakes
1991 121 15 5 Brakes
1990 93 8 6 182,083 Brakes
1989 70 3 9 Steering
1988 69 0 8 Steering
1987 31 3 0 Steering
1986 24 4 1 Brakes
1985 6 0 0 Steering
1984 1 0 0 Brakes

What breaks on a Chevrolet Astro

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Brakes 806 21.5%

Worst in 1995

Worst in 1995

Suspension 305 8.1%

Worst in 1995

Worst in 1997

Worst in 1997

Steering 240 6.4%

Worst in 1997

Engine & Cooling 225 6.0%

Worst in 1997

Worst in 1997

Body & Structure 164 4.4%

Worst in 1997

Seat Belts 149 4.0%

Worst in 1995

Worst in 1997

Airbags 132 3.5%

Worst in 1994

Tires 112 3.0%

Worst in 2000

Worst in 1997

Exactly what failed on a Chevrolet Astro

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 467 33.0%
Torsion BAR 148 10.5%
Windshield Wiper/Washer 148 10.5%
Automatic Transmission 144 10.2%
Motor 138 9.8%
Frontal 101 7.1%
Door 83 5.9%
Gasoline 69 4.9%
Front 63 4.5%
Engine 53 3.7%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Chevrolet Astro, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jan 1995 peak 109 Oct 2022

Chevrolet Astro problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Chevrolet Astro

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.