1994 CHEVROLET ASTRO Complaints

APPROX. 30 MILES AN HOUR WHEN HEARD AN EXPLOSION, ENGINE SHUT DOWN AND IGNITED UNDER THE HOOD, RESULTING IN COMPLETELY BURNED.

INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECAME INOPERABLE, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSIUED ON VARIOUS MAKES AND MODELS. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. DUE TO VIN. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE BRAKEING VEHICLE WOULD STOP IN A EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATON. *AK

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES DURING A QUICK STOP THE BRAKES FAIL AND MAKE A NOISE, CONSUMER HAS REPLACED 3 SETS OF PADS ON THE VEHICLE BUT THE BRAKE STILL DON'T WORK. *ET

WINDSHIELD WIPERS SOMETIMES FAIL TO OPERATE WHEN ACTUATED. VEHICLE OPERATOR MUST OPEN HOOD AND POUND ON WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR IN ORDER FOR IT TO WORK. WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR ALSO MAY QUIT OPERATING AT ANY TIME WITHOUT WARNING. IDLER ARMS; BOTH FRONT LEFT AND RIGHT IDLER ARMS HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO AN INABILITY TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE ON UNEVEN SURFACES, SUCH AS ENCOUNTERING A CRACK IN THE ROAD OR PAVEMENT SEAM. LOSS OF CONTROL WAS WITHOUT WARNING. VEHICLE OPERATED OTHERWISE NORMALLY EXCEPT FOR A SLIGHT DRIFT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. AT LOW SPEEDS, VEHICLE COULD CHANGE LANES WITHOUT NOTICE. REPLACEMENT PERTS SUPPLIER INFORMED ME THAT OE PARTS WEAR OUT VERY RAPIDLY, AND MUST BE REPLACED AT LEAST EVERY 2 YEARS FOR SAFETY SAKE. *AK

SOMETIMES WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON, AND SOMETIMES THEY WILL NOT. AFTER ADJUSTING THE CIRCUIT BOARD, THE WIPERS MAY CAME BACK ON. DEALER WAS CALLED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK

THE ABS BRAKES WOULD RELEASE & THEN WOULD MAKE CLUNKING NOISES AFTER BEING APPLIED. THE PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE. THE BRAKES WOULD SQUEAL WHILE DRIVING. THE PEDAL WOULD FEEL WEIRD WHEN APPLIED. TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC NO PROBLEM EXISTS WITH THE ABS BRAKES. CAN FIND NO INFORMATION ON APPARENT RECALL. *AK

VEHICLE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING ONGOING / INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILING DURING OPERATION. COULD LEAD TO A VEHICLE COLLISION DUE TO POOR VISIBILITY. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF A RECALL DUE TO VIN. THE REPAIRS WOULD BE AT CONSUMER'S COST. *AK *YC

CONTACTED GMC ABOUT NHSTA RECALL 99I006000 THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT CAMPAIGN. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED ON WET PAVEMENTS THE PEDAL BECOMES HARD, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK