1998 CHEVROLET ASTRO Complaints

TRANSMISSION HAS TO BE REBUILT DUE TO BAD SHIFTING. ALSO, ENGINE ROD BEARING WAS MAKING A KOCKING SOUND THAT FORCED REPLACEMENT. *AK CRACK IN COOLING SYSTEM HAD TO REPLACE SEAL.*JB

WHILE MAKING A TURN THERE WAS LOSS OF STEERING DUE TO A BOLT SEPARATING FROM POWER STEERING, CAUSING POWER STEERING FLUID TO LEAK. DEALER INSPECTED VEHICLE.*AK

POWER STEERING PUMP FAILED SUDDENLY CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKES. I WAS TOLD BY SERVICE MGR. @ DAMASCUS CHEVROLET THAT HE HAS SEEN THIS PROBLEM IN THIS BRAKING SYSTEM BEFORE. THERE WAS NO WARNING OR PREVIOUS PROBLEM WITH EITHER THE STEERING OR THE BRAKES. THE FAILURE WAS SUDDEN AND COMPLETE. I HAVE LOCATED ONE ADDITIONAL OWNER OF THE SAME MODEL VAN WHO EXPERIENCED A SIMULAR FAILURE. IN BOTH CASES IT WAS FORTUNATE THAT THE FAILURE WAS AT A LOW SPEED. CHEVROLET INFORMED ME THAT SINCE THE VEHILCE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY THEY WOULD MAKE NO EFFORTS TO ASSIST ME WITH THE REPAIR ($800). I FEEL THAT A BRAKING SYSTEM THAT SUFFERS FROM THIS TYPE OF FAILURE FROM TIME TO TIME ( AS STATED BY THE CHEVY SERVICE MGR.) IS A THREAT TO ANYONE WHO MAY OPERATE OR BE IN PROXIMITY OF THE OPERATION OF THESE VEHICLES.*AK

ELECTRIC DOOR LOCKS FAILED ,AND WOULD NOT ALLOW CONSUMER OUT OF VEHICLE UNTIL SOMEONE ARRIVED WITH A REMOTE UNLOCKING DEVICE. *AK DOOR LOCKS FAILURE WAS DUE TO A BLOWN UP FUSE. *YH

VEHICLE PULLED INTO PARKING LOT AT VET CLINIC AND DUE TO A MECHANICAL MALFUCTION , ACCELERETED AND STRUCK VET BUILDING. PUT VEHICHLE IN REVERSE IN AN ATTEMPT TO BACK AWAY FROM THE BUILDING, AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AGAIN, TRAVLING IN REVERSE ACROSS A BUSY ROAD (THANKFULLY NO CARS WERE COMING) AND STRUCK A HOUSE WITH THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE.*AK

VEHICLE PULLED INTO PARKING LOT AT VET CLINIC AND DUE TO A MECHANICAL MALFUCTION , ACCELERED AND STRUCK VET BUILDING. PUT VEHICHLE IN REVERSE IN AN ATTEMPT TO BACK AWAY FROM THE BUILDING, AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AGAIN, TRAVLING IN REVERSE ACROSS A BUSY ROAD (THANKFULLY NO CARS WERE COMING) AND STRUCK A HOUSE WITH THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE.*AK

SIDE SLIDING DOOR MECHANISM CAN NOT SUPPORT WEIGHT OF DOOR , RESULTING IN AN UNEXPECTED RELEASE OF SLIDING DOOR WHEN IN THE OPEN POSITION AND PARKED FACING DOWN HILL THE DOOR HAS UNEXPECTEDLY SLAM SHUT , SEVERAL TIMES AND ON TWO OCCASIONS CAUSING MINOR BRUISES PLUS SWOLLEN FINGERS

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH STALLING WHILE APPLYING ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO GO AND/OR WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE BEEN IN/OUT OF DEALER SHOP MORE THEN SEVERAL TIMES, AND PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THEY WOULD GRAB, TOOK TO DEALER WHO FOUND EMERGENCY BRAKE HAD BEEN FUSED TO BRAKES. TOOK 2 VISITS TO DEALER BEFORE PROBLEM WAS FOUND. ALSO, IDLER ARM/TIE ROD ENDS HAD TO BE REPLACED. TIRES HAD BEEN WEARING UNEVEN, VEHICLE WAS SHAKING BADLY. *AK

VEHICLE WAS PULLING LEFT AND RIGHT. VEHICLE HAS HAD MANY ALIGNMENTS. PROBLEM STILL THERE. DEALERSHIP MECHANIC ROTATED TIRES. GENERAL TIRES P215/75R15. DEALERSHIP FROM BIG O TIRES A MECHANIC TOLD HER THAT 1 OUT 1000 WILL EXPERIENCE A PROBLEM. *AK