60 of the 3,757 complaints filed about the Chevrolet Astro are about the other systems — 2% of everything owners reported. The worst model year for it is 1997.
60
Complaints
2%
Share of all complaints
2
Crashes
1
Fires
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHILE DRIVING ON 2 LANE ROAD HAD DRIVER TO DRIVER FRONT END COLLISION. FRONT VEHICLE GAVE WAY AND CRUSHED. THE DRIVER WAS TRAPPED AND HAD TO BE CUT OUT. THEN TAKEN OUT SIDE SLIDING DOOR. 2ND VEHICLE ALSO AN ASTROVAN SIMILAR DAMAGE THE DRIVER DIED ON THE SCENE.
NHTSA complaint #10616555 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
OEM CARPET COVERING THE INTERIOR ENGINE COWLING IS CURLING UP, CAUSING IT TO INTERFERE WITH THE TRAVEL OF THE GAS PEDAL. GAS PEDAL CANNOT COME BACK TO ITS RESTING POSITION, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE.
NHTSA complaint #10419730 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
PAINT IS PEELING IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS.
NHTSA complaint #10186686 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I RECENTLY BEGAN DRIVING A 2003 CHEVROLET ASTRO VAN ON OCCASION AND HAVE HAD SEVERAL INSTANCES WHERE MY FOOT HAS SLIPPED OFF OF (OR MISSED ENTIRELY) THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE PEDAL MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 2.625" X 2.0" AND IS 50% TO 300% SMALLER THAN THOSE ON OTHER PASSENGER VEHICLES OR MID-SIZED PICKUP TRUCKS IN OUR FLEET. I HAVE HAD A COUPLE NEAR MISSES IN COLLIDING WITH OTHER VEHICLES OR OBJECTS WHEN THIS HAPPENS, BUT CONSIDER IT ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE AN ACCIDENT OCCURS.
NHTSA complaint #10138691 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DT: OWNER TOOK THE DEALER, ANN DAVIDS WAS THE MANAGER, THE DEALER DENIES ANY PROBLEM. THE FIRST DAY, OWNER NOTICES A DUST UNDER HOOD, THEN NOTICED THE WIRES WERE BURNT UNDERHOOD AND UNDER CAR.TOOK CAR BACK TO DEALER, AND EVERYTHING WAS APPARENTLY OKAY. OWNER TRIED CRUISE CONTROL TO CHECK THE VEHICLE, WHEN CRUISE CONTROL WAS ON, VEHILCE ACCELERATED UNINTENTIONALLY, THEN OWNER PULLED OFF AND PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL. WHEN IN NEUTRAL, THE VEHILCE STARTED TO REV. THEN A BIG BANG, AND SMOKE WAS COMING OUT OF THE EXAUSHT. AFTER VEHICLE COOLED, HE SHUT OFF THE CRUISE CONTROL, AND CHECKED THE ACCELERATOR, THEN STARTED THE CAR AGAIN. THE ACCELERATOR STUCK AGAIN, WHEN THIS HAPPENED, THE DRIVER WOULD PUT IT NEUTRAL. CAR WAS TAKEN BY TOW TRUCK TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE MANAGER REPORTS ALL IF FIXED, BUT NO CRUISE CONTROL. 450 DOLLARS FOR NEW CRUISE CONTROL.
NHTSA complaint #10124586 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
2002 CHEVROLET ASTRO VAN. AMONGST MANY OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THIS BRAND-NEW VEHICLE, WE EXPERIENCED THE FOLLOWING TWICE: WHEN TRAVELLING OR SHIFTING FROM NEUTRAL, THE TRANSMISSION MAKES A LOUD GRINDING NOISE, AND THE ENGINE REVS, BUT THERE IS NOT POWER. IN OTHER WORDS, THE TRANSMISSION ACTS AS THOUGH IT SHIFTED ITSELF INTO NEUTRAL. HAVE COMPLAINED SINCE THE FIRST WEEK OF OWNERSHIP ABOUT NOISY TRANSMISSION (SOUNDS LIKE PUMP); HOWEVER, DEALER CAN NEVER FIND ANYTHING WRONG. LATEST INCIDENT OCCURRED YESTERDAY, WHILE 1200 MILES FROM HOME, TOOK IT TO DEALER IN WA, WHO CLAIM TO HAVE FOUND NOTHING WRONG. AM NOW AFRAID TO DRIVE VEHICLE.
NHTSA complaint #10082471 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
PAINT PEELING OFF TRUCK ALL OVER
NHTSA complaint #10069111 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
CANNOT GET AIR THROUGHT VENTS IN DASH, ALL CONTROLS WORK PROPERLY VACUUM ACTUATOR MOVES, THERE IS VACUUM AT THE SWITHC, NO ONE KNOWS THE ANSWER PAINT ON GAS DOOR BUBBLING AND LOOKS LIKE IT IS GOING TO FALL OFF TRANSMISSION SHIFTED HARD INTO 2ND GEAR SINCE WE BOUGHT IT ( 54000KMS) FINALLY STARTED TO SLIP , BOUGHT USED TRANS AND HAD IT INSTALLED, QUOTED 3000.00 TO REBUILD, DEALER WAS PAST EVEN BELIEF. ABS COMES ON WHEN COMING TO A STOP EVERY TIME . LF FRONT SENSOR READS O MPH WHEN OTHER SENSORS READ MOVEMENT CAUSING IT TO ASSUME A SKID SITUATION, REPLACED SENSOR AT 205.00 NO BETTER, DOES NOT SET CODE IN COMPUTER ACCORDING TO MECHANIC. PULLED FUSE. HAS HAD VIBRATION IN DRIVELINE SINCE PURCHASED NO ONE CAN FIND ANYTHING SUGEESTION RANGE FROM REPLACE ALL U JOINTS, DID SOME OF THEM NO BETTER TO REPLACE REAR END. IT IS NOT POSSIBLE IN NOVA SCOTIA TO OBTAIN A BLASTING PERMIT TO BLOW UP YOUR CAR EVEN IF YOU TAKE PRECAUTIONS AND HIRE A PROFESSIONAL. I HAVE NEVER IN 40 YEARS OF DRIVING SOME BAD STUFF FROM OLD ENGLISH CARS TO TRANSPORT TRUCKS WITH MORE MILES THAN THERE ARE NUMBERS, EVER HAD THIS KIND OF PROBLEM, MOST THINGS CAN BE FIXED. YOU HAVE NEVER LIVED UNTIL YOU HAVE TAKEN THE WHOLE DASH APART ON ONE OF THESE, THE VEHICLE WAS DESIGNED BY MADMEN.
NHTSA complaint #10071372 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- THE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS LOCKED MORE THAN ONCE. I CALLED THE CHEVROLET DEALER SINCE I COULD NOT LEAVE SINCE I COULD NOT LOCK THE SIDE DOORS; A MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT IT HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH SYNCHRONIZATION OF THE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCK WHILE I ACTUALLY LOCK THE DOORS (VERY CONFUSING TO ME). HE SUGGESTED THAT I USE A SCREWDRIVER TO MANUALLY RELEASE THE LOCKED MECHANISM ON BOTH DOORS. I FINALLY WAS ABLE TO DO IT, BUT THIS HAPPENED MORE THAN ONCE; IN ONE INCIDENT, THE DOOR OPENED AS I WAS MAKING A RIGHT TURN (FORTUNATELY, NO ONE WAS ON MY LEFT). I WONDER IF OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCED SUCH PROBLEM WHICH I FEEL IS NOT SAFE. I NEVER TOOK THIS IN FOR CHECKING, BUT I MIGHT. - THE MOTOR ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW OFTEN LOCKS AND I AM UNABLE TO CLOSE THE WINDOW -- THIS HAS RESULTED IN SNOW, HAIL, STRONG WINDS FORCING ME TO STOP AND KEEP PRESSING THE BUTTON IN ORDER TO CLOSE THE WINDOW AND TO CONTINUE MY TRAVELLING. ANYONE ELSE WITH SIMILAR PROBLEMS? I NEVER TOOK THE CAR IN, BUT I WILL INQUIRE TO THE DEALER ABOUT IT -- HOPING THAT THERE WILL BE NO CHARGE FOR THIS MALFUNCTION. - THE CAR WAS LOSING POWER IN ACCELLERATION, WHICH OFTEN MADE IT DANGEROUS ON THE HIGHWAY WHILE TRAVELLING, AND MERGING LANES. THE DEALER JUST WORKED ON THE VAN LAST MAY, 2003, AS NOTED ABOVE. FORTUNATELY, THIS WILL BE A GOOD CORRECTION AND I AM JUST SORRY THAT WE HAD TO PAY FOR THIS.
NHTSA complaint #10070418 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
3 MAIN COMPLAINTS: 1. WIPERS WORK SOMETIMES- WILL CUT ON AND NOT OFF, WILL NOT WORK AT ALL, OR WILL WORK ONLY AT HIGH WIPER SPEED- DEALER SAID THAT THIS WAS COVERED BY A RECALL BUT WHEN I PICKED UP THE VAN AFTER THE DEALER FIXED IT (REPLACED CIRCUIT BOARD) I WAS TOLD THAT RECALL DID NOT INCLUDE 98 ASTRO. 2. PAINT ON HOOD OF VAN SUDDENLY STARTED TO CRACK- HAS ONLY OCCURRED ON HOOD 3. FRONT END PROBLEMS- CAUSING TIRES TO WEAR OUT SOONER THAN EXPECTED, LOUD POPPING/CLUNKING NOISE FROM FRONT END, DEALER SAYS THAT PROBLEM IS WITH IDLER ARMS AND BALL JOINTS. *NLM
NHTSA complaint #10023941 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE LINE THAT RUNS FROM THE ACCUMULATOR AND CONNECTS TO THE REAR EVAPORATOR, COMPRESSION SUCTION, DISCHARGE JUNCTION BLOCK AND CONDENSER SITS AGAINST THE BELL HOUSING OF THE TRANSMISSION. DUE TO VIBRATION IT HAS WORN A HOLE IN THE LINE CAUSING THE REFRIGERANT TO LEAK AT A RAPID RATE. IT APPEARS TO BE A DESIGN FLAW. I HAVE HAD A MECHANIC AND A HEATING/COOLING SYSTEM TECHNICIAN LOOK AT IT WITH THE SAME RESULTS. IT IS AN ONGOING PROCESS OF CHARGING THE SYSTEM EVERY 3 TO 4 DAYS WHICH IS TIME CONSUMING AND EXPENSIVE. *NLM
NHTSA complaint #10023759 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
HIS SITE WAS SENT TO US AND WE ARE CONCERNED WITH THE DISCREPANCIES IN THE MILEAGE ON THE ODOMETER ON A VAN WE MADE A DOWN PAYMENT ON TO BUY. THE NUMBERS JUST DON'T MATCH AND THERE IS A PERIOD OF 7 MONTHS VAN CANNOT BE ACCOUNTED FOR. THE DEALER SAID HE HAD NO INFORMATION ON PREVIOUS OWNER, ALTHOUGH IN NOV. 2002, THE SAME DEALER CHANGED OIL, THEN 7 MONTHS LAPSE. CAN YOU HELP US ? THE VAN IS A YEAR 2000 ASTRO AND WE ARE TRYING TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE MILEAGE. THANKS DONNABILL2@MSN.COM. *NLM
NHTSA complaint #10023109 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
CONSUMER STATES WHILE VEHICLE IS STARTED THE VEHICLE PUMPS VAPOR AND SMOKE INTO THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER STATES THE BLOWER RESISTOR IS BROKE. DEALER NOTIFIED.TS
NHTSA complaint #10003768 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DEALERS NOT REPORTING SAFETY PROBLEMS/CONCERNS TO MANUFACTURER. MR
NHTSA complaint #768215 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE GAS PEDAL STICKS WHEN BEGINNING TO ACCELERATE. COULD CAUSE TO HIT SOMEONE IN BACKEND BECAUSE TO GET IT UNSTUCK YOU HAVE TO TAP OF PUSH HARD TO START. HAS NOT STARTED STICKING AS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD BUT DOES STICK AT TAKE OFF 3 OUT OF FIVE TIME A DAY.
NHTSA complaint #765776 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE: BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT POWER WINDOR MOTORS; REPLACE THE KEY REMOTE, BOTH IDLER ARMS,FRONT BRAKE PAD AT 37,000 MILES, SERPENTIME BELT, POWER STEERING PUMP - REPLACED TWICE, HAD TO FIX OIL COOLER LINES TWICE, REPLACED DISTRIBUTOR/ROTOR; REPLACED LOWER GASKET DUE TO INTAKE MANIFOLD LEAK, AND FUEL PUMP MODUAL. ALL OF THIS WAS DONE BEFORE MY CAR HAD 57,000 MILES. THE DEALER HAS BEEN VERY FAIR AND REPAIRED AT LOW OR NOW COST. I HAVE HAD TWO TRIPS SHORTENED DUE TO BREAKDOWNS AND HAVE SPENT OVER $1,500 ON REPAIRS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRENTY OR BY THE DEALER. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO NORMAL MAINTENANCE (OIL AND FILTER,FOUR NEW TIRES,AND TRANSMISSION FLUID AND FILTER). I AM CONCERNED AS TO "WHAT IS NEXT" AND WHEN THE DEALER WHEN NO LONGER BE ABLE TO FIX THESE PROBLEMS AT LOW COST TO ME.
NHTSA complaint #763263 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
BRAKES HAVE BEEN SEVERLY WORN OUT*AK CONSUMER STATED THE SEATBELTS, ARM RESTS, CONSOLE THE TRIM ON THE SEAT CUSHION HAS TORN, THERE IS WIND NOISE FROM HIGH TOP ROOF, WINDOW IS LOOSE, RADIO IS INOPERATIVE, POWER STEERING FLUID LEAKING, STEERING COOLUMN IS MAKING A NOISE, WEATHERSTRIP COMING OFF OF BACK DOOR, TIRES SHAKE, THERE IS A HARD THUMP WHE GOING OVER BUMPS, CIGARETTE LIGHTER IS INOPERATIVE,TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD, PRESSURE GUAGE GETS STUCK, WINDOW GETS STUCK, THERE ARE NO LOW BEAM LIGHTS, WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE INOPERATIVE, DOOR LOCK DO NOT COME ALL THE WAY UP, THE FRONT END OF VEHICLE DIPS, AND THE SHOCKS FEEL WEAK, THE LIFGATE DOES NOT STAY OPEN, INTERIOR LIGHTS STAY ON TO LONG, VEHICLE REMOTE IS INOPERATIVE, SLIDING DOOR IS HARD TO OPEN AT TIMES, OIL PRESSURE GUAGE READS HIGH, REFRIGERATOR NOT OPERATING FROM REAR SOCKET, HEATING SYSTEM IS INOPERATIVE, BATTERY GOES DEAD.*SLC
NHTSA complaint #8002579 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ON 2 OCCASIONS , THE THROTTLE WOULD RACE TO HIGH SPEED. AT THE SAME TIME THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT' WOULD GO ON. THE ENGINE WOULD RUN POORLY OR AT VERY HIGH RPM'S. THEN THE LIGHT WOULD GO OUT, AND THE ENGINE WOULD RUN NORMALLY. A CHECK OF THE COMPUTER CODES INDICATED THERE WAS TEMPERATURE SENSOR PROBLEM. IT WAS SERVICED, HOWEVER IT HAS REOCCURED.THE DRIVER KEPT THE VEHICLE FROM GOING OUT OF CONTROL BY STEPPING ON THE BRAKES AND TURNING THE IGNITION OFF.
NHTSA complaint #750516 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
HAVE TAKEN BACK TO DEALER TWICE, THEY DONT'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON, SUPPOSE TO LOOK INTO IT AND GET BACK WTIH ME, THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM SINCE PURCHASE OF VEHICLE, HAVE EVEN TOLD AT ONE POINT I WAS CRAZY, DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT UNTIL THIS LAST VISIT 7/2000 SLIDER RATTLE WAS FIXED HOWEVER, FRONT PASSENGER DOOR STILL RATTLES AND THE DASHBOARD IS SPLITTING IN FRONT OF MY EYES, DEALER HAS NO ANSWERS WILL LOOK INTO IT. PLEASE HELP I HAVE SMALL GRANDCHILDREN THAT RELY ON MY VEHICLE. I CAN'T BE WORRIED ABOUT ITS SAFTEY AND WATCHING THIS VEHICLE DETERIORATE BEFORE MY EYES.
NHTSA complaint #749420 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DRIVER'S SIDE REAR WINDOW WILL NOT STAY OPEN, CLIPS THAT SHOULD HOLD IT UP ARE BLOCKED BY MATERIAL, WINDOW SLAMS SHUT WHEN GOING OVER A BUMP. TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AT 45000 MILES. *AK OIL LEAK, DEALER ORDERED AXLE OUTPUT SHAFT SEAL AND CRANKSHAFT SENSOR. ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP REPLACED DUE TO VEHICLE CUTTING AND WOULD CRANK, BUT WOULD NOT STAR. OIL PRESSURE GAUGE ERRATIC, DEALER REPLACED OIL PRESSURE SENDER. FRONT BRAKES AND PADS WERE REPLACED, ROTORS WERE RESURFACED. CONSUMER STATES THERE IS PLAY IN THE STEERING, DEALER REPLACED BOTH IDLER ARMS AND RESET TOE IN. POWER DOOR LOCKS INOPERABLE, DEALER REPLACED POWER DOOR LOCK SWITCH. POWER WINDOW INOPERABLE, DEALER REPLACED POWER WINDOW SWITCH. SHIFTER WAS HARD TO MOVE, DEALER REPLACED SHIFT CABLE. GAS PEDAL BINDS AT TIMES, DEALER ORDERED THROTTLE CABLE AND REPLACED ACCELERATOR CABLE. DRIVER SETA SEEMS LOOSE WHEN BRAKING, DEALER ORDERED DRIVER SEAT TRACK ASSEMBLY AND REPLACED DRIVER SEAT ADJUSTER. PCM FUSE KEPT BLOWING OUT, DEALER REMOVED ENGINE COVER AND TRACED WIRE HARNESS, REPAIRED SHORTED HARNESS AT THE REAR OF THE TRANSMISSION. *SLC
NHTSA complaint #879935 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.