FaultScore report
Owners have filed 31 complaints about the 1987 Chevrolet Astro with NHTSA between 1995 and 2006. The largest single group is the steering.
31
Complaints
3
Crashes reported
0
Fires reported
1
Injuries reported
1 complaint reports a death.
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Every complaint is filed against a part. Follow any row for the complaints about that part alone.
1 crashes, 0 fires · median 94,201 mi
2 crashes, 0 fires
NHTSA files every complaint against a named sub-assembly, not just a system. This is the difference between knowing it was "the engine" and knowing which part of it — the list to hand a mechanic.
A spike years after the car went on sale usually means a part wearing out on schedule across the whole fleet — the kind of pattern no single owner can see from inside their own car.
An investigation is the step before a recall: the agency has seen enough complaints to look into a pattern itself. An open one means it thinks something may be wrong and nothing has been fixed yet.
SEAT BACK BOLT BREAKAGE
DRIVER SEAT BACK FAILURE
POWER STEERING FAILURE
SPARE TIRE CARRIER FAILURE
POWER STEERING FAILURE
REAR AXLE SEAL FAILURE
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REAR A/C UNIT
A complaint is one owner's allegation. A recall is the point at which the manufacturer or a regulator agreed the defect is real and dangerous enough to fix for free — however old the car is.
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
CERTAIN CK MOTORSPORTS COMBINATION HEADLIGHTS, CLEAR CORNER, BUMPER, AND SIDE MARKER LIGHTS SOLD AS REPLACEMENT LAMPS FOR USE ON THE PASSENGER VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE. SOME COMBINATION LAMPS THAT ARE NOT EQUIPPED WITH AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS FAIL TO CONFORM TO FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT.
Risk: WITHOUT THE AMBER REFLECTORS, THE VEHICLE WILL BE POORLY ILLUMINATED, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
CERTAIN REPLACEMENT FUEL FILTERS, FRAM BRAND NAME P/N G3727, WITH DATE CODES X52911 THROUGH X60801 SEQUENTIALLY OR X600141 AND A MEXICO COUNTRY OR ORIGIN MARKING ON THE FUEL FILTER HOUSING MANUFACTURED FROM OCTOBER 18, 2005, THROUGH MARCH 21, 2006, SOLD FOR USE ON THE VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE AND ON CERTAIN SCHOOL BUSES. (TO SEE THE SCHOOL BUS ENGINE SIZES, CLICK ON "DOCUMENT SEARCH" AND THEN "BUS APPLICATIONS"). THE CONNECTOR ON THE FUEL FILTER WAS NOT MANUFACTURED TO HONEYWELL'S SPECIFICATION. AS A RESULT, THE O-RING MAY NOT SEAT CORRECTLY ON THE FUEL LINE.
Risk: THIS CONDITION MAY CAUSE AN INADEQUATE SEAL AT THE CONNECTION, POTENTIALLY LEADING TO A FUEL LEAK. IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE, A FIRE COULD OCCUR.
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
CERTAIN PRO-A MOTORS CORNER LAMPS, TURN SIGNALS, AND HEADLIGHTS SOLD AS REPLACEMENT LAMPS FOR USE ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE. SOME COMBINATION LAMPS THAT ARE NOT EQUIPPED WITH AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS FAIL TO CONFORM TO FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT.
Risk: WITHOUT THE AMBER REFLECTORS, THE VEHICLE WILL BE POORLY ILLUMINATED, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.
SEATS
THE RECLINER MECHANISM AND THE SEAT FRAME MAY HAVE FOAM AND/OR VINYL BETWEEN THEM, CREATING A "SOFT" JOINT. THIS "SOFT" JOINT RESULTS IN LOWER THAN SPECIFIED BOLT TORQUE WHICH LEADS TO JOINT LOOSENESS, CAUSING BOLT FATIGUE AND EVENTUAL BOLT FAILURE.
Risk: IF BOLT FAILURE OCCURS TO THE DRIVER'S SEAT, IT WOULDALLOW THE SEAT BACK TO SUDDENLY RECLINE, AND COULD RESULT IN LOSS OF VEHICLECONTROL AND A VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
THE SEAT BELTS FOR THE FRONT AND MID-SHIP SEATS DID NOT REST ON PELVIS AS REQUIRED BY FMVSS 209.
Risk: SEAT BELTS MAY NOT RESTRAIN SEAT OCCUPANT, AND COULDINJURE THE SEAT OCCUPANT IN THE EVENT OF A SUDDEN STOP OR ACCIDENT.
Canada runs its own recall programme, and its campaigns do not always mirror the American ones.
Seats And Restraints
ON VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH BUCKET SEATS WITH KNOB TYPE RECLINER MECHANISMS, A FRONT SEAT RECLINER BOLT MAY FATIGUE AND BREAK. THIS MAY ALLOW THE SEAT BACK TO SUDDENLY RECLINE, WHICH CAN LEAD TO SUDDEN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. CORRECTION: RECLINER BOLTS WILL BE REPLACED ON AFFECTED VEHICLES.
Recalls cover specific build ranges, so check your own vehicle by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls or, in Canada, Transport Canada.
Reports where the owner recorded a crash, a fire, an injury or a death.
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING
RIGHT FRON PASSENGER SHOULDER WEBBING SEPERATED
NHTSA complaint #10051016 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
CONSUMER WAS AT A STOP SIGN, WHEN STARTED DRIVING AN THE CRUISE CONTROL CAME ON, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT . PLEASE DESCRIBE.
NHTSA complaint #987148 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHEN STARTING VEHICLE, THE CAR WAS AT FULL THROTTLE, WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND CRASH INTO LIGHT POLE. TT
NHTSA complaint #964549 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
In the owners' own words, exactly as filed with NHTSA.
STEERING
BRACKETS SURROUNDING THE POWER STEERING PUMP FAILING IN THIS MODEL VEHICLE WHICH IN TURN CAUSES THE SERPENTINE BELT TO POP WHILE DRIVING LEAVING A POWER FAILURE AND ABILITY TO STEER THE VEHICLE. I NEARLY CRASHED MY VEHICLE IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC BECAUSE I COULD NOT STEER TO GET OFF THE ROAD. DOING RESEARCH OVER LAST FEW DATES TALKING TO MECHANICS THIS HAS BEEN SEEN ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE PART TO FIX THE BRACKET IS HARD TO FIND.
NHTSA complaint #10168505 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
I HAVE A GM ASTRO VAN. THE STEERING COLUMN BOLTS CAME LOOSE THEREFORE ALLOWING THE STEERING WHEEL AND COLUMN TO MOVE ABOUT 2 TO 3 INCHES IN ANY DIRECTION. WHILE THE VAN IS PARKED OR WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED. TWO PREVIUS TIMES THE STEERING COLUMN BOLTS WERE FIXED BY A GM DEARSHIP. TOOK IT BACK FOR THE THIRD TIME. EACH TIME BEING CHARGED TO TIGHTEN THE BOLTS. THIS LATEST REPAIR TO TIGHTEN THE LOOSE BOLTS WORKED FOR A 12 MONTH PERIOD, AND THEN THEY COME LOOSE AGAIN. DEALER ADMITS THAT THERE IS A FLAW IN THE DESIGN BUT THAT NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED BY GM.
NHTSA complaint #10131961 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING
RIGHT FRON PASSENGER SHOULDER WEBBING SEPERATED
NHTSA complaint #10051016 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
CONSUMER STATES THE STEERING COLUMN CAME LOOSE WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN AT 25 MPH AND CAUSES LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. NLM
NHTSA complaint #8006457 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
RUSTED FRAME WAS DISCOVERED WHEN REPARING BRAKE LINES.
NHTSA complaint #9003181 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP
POWER STEERING PUMP SUPPORT BRACKET FAILED, CAUSING STEERING TO BE REALLY HARD TO TURN.THIS WAS FOURTH TIME IT HAS FAILED SINCE PURCHASE OF VEHICLE.*AK THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE STEEL BRACKET FAILURE SHOULD BE DUE TO DESIGN PROBLEM.
NHTSA complaint #884544 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
IT IS VARY SCARY WHEN YOU HAVE NO STEERING ITS THE 3RD BRACKET PUT ON.
NHTSA complaint #727833 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
THIS VAN WAS PURCHASED USED IN 1990 AND THE PAINT HAS STEADILY "PEELED" FOR ABOUT THE PAST 4 YEARS. IS THERE A WAY TO HAVE CHEVROLET REPAINT THE VAN? THANKS.
NHTSA complaint #702712 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:CARRIER/RACK
SPARE TIRE IS SUSPENDED UNDER VEHICLE WITH A STEEL CABLE. THIS CABLE BROKE WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AND TIRE FELL OFF OF VEHICLE. FORTUNATELY THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT ONLY 10 MPH. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN VERY SERIOUS! NO LESS THAN 2 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THE CITY OF SYRACUSE BY SIMILLAR ACCIDENTS OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS! THIS CABLE FAILED BECAUSE IT RUSTED THROUGH. IT IS ALSO IMPOSIBLE TO INSPECT THE CONDITION OF THIS CABLE WITHOUT REMOVING THE SPARE TIRE. THE CABLE SHOULD BE REPLACED WITH A STAINLESS STEEL CABLE. NON-STANLESS STEEL CABLES SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED IN THIS SAFETY CRITICAL APPLICATION.
NHTSA complaint #700736 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
OWNER HAD TO APPLY BRAKES SUDDENLY AND THE SHOULDER AND LAPS BELTS ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE DID NOT LOCK UP TO HOLD THE DRIVER IN THE SEAT. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN.
NHTSA complaint #830893 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SEATS
DRIVER'S SEAT WELDS FAILED, CAUSING SEAT TO COLLAPSE.
NHTSA complaint #537411 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SEATS
RECALL #91C33 RELACE ONE RECLINER BOLT, STILL THREE TO BE REPLACED, AFTER SEAT BROKE IT COLLASPE.
NHTSA complaint #501808 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
OWNER EXPERIENCED LOSS OF POWER STEERING DUE TO A DEFECTIVE BRACKET THAT HOLDS THE POWER STEERING/ AIR CONDITIONER AND ALTERNATOR SNAPPED OFF.
NHTSA complaint #812015 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
SEAT BELTS LOOSE.
NHTSA complaint #509631 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
VEHICLE'S FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT MALFUNCTIONED, THE HOUSING WILL ONLY LET 6 INCHES WORTH OF BELT LOOSE, NOT ALLOWING A PERSON TO USE IT, THE REAR PASSENGER SEAT BELTS ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE RETRACTORS.
NHTSA complaint #804492 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
STEERING:COLUMN
THE STEERING COLUMN HAS THE TILT WHEEL FEATURE. NOW THE STEERING COLUMN WILL NOT STAY IN A POSITION.
NHTSA complaint #800063 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
CONSUMER WAS AT A STOP SIGN, WHEN STARTED DRIVING AN THE CRUISE CONTROL CAME ON, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT . PLEASE DESCRIBE.
NHTSA complaint #987148 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE BRACKET BROKE, CAUSING SERPINTINE BELT TO PUT STRESS ON POWER STEERING PUMP RESULTING IN BREAKAGE OF POWER STEERING PUMP BOLTS.
NHTSA complaint #487878 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
WHILE DRIVING, PASSENGER REAR/LEFT SEATBACK REST BOLT SHEARED OFF, ALLOWING SEAT BACK TO COLLAPSE.
NHTSA complaint #982311 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER SEAT BELT RETRACTORS HAVE FAILED, UNABLE USE SEAT BELTS.
NHTSA complaint #979975 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER SEAT BELT RETRACTORS HAVE FAILED, UNABLE USE SEAT BELTS.
NHTSA complaint #979975 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
FRONT/REAR OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLES BROKE. TT
NHTSA complaint #491008 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
FRONT/REAR OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLES BROKE. TT
NHTSA complaint #491008 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE CYLINDER #5 FAILED.
NHTSA complaint #483297 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE ACCESSORY PLATE CRACKED/REPLACED 3 TIMES, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL.
NHTSA complaint #482848 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.