2002 CHEVROLET ASTRO Complaints

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A SUDDEN ACCELERATION PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY AND WITH OR WITHOUT THE AIR CONDITIONING BEING ON. DEALERSHIP TRIED TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK *NM

WHILE DRIVING ON A RAINING DAY AT 30 MPH, THE CONSUMER LOST CONTROL WHICH RESULTED FACING OPPOSITE ON THE HIGHWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS HIT BY AN ONCOMING VEHICLE. PREVIOUS TO THE ACCIDENT, THE CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE COMING THROUGH THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIPS INSPECTED SEVERAL TIMES AND COULD NOT DUPLICATED OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. NO INJURES WERE REPORTED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 5 MPH CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO PARK IN THE DRIVEWAY AND WITHOUT WARNING LOST STEERING ABILITY. ALSO, BRAKES WERE INOPERABLE, AND WOULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH THE OUTSIDE WALL OF THE GARAGE. THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO THE GARAGE AND THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER SUSTAINED NO BODILY INJURIES. *AK SLIDING DOOR DOESN'T UNLOCK TO OPEN. DEALER REPLACED PS PUMP BECAUSE PUMP DRIVE SHAFT WAS BROKEN, AND REINSTALLED SIDE DOOR. *LA

TRANSMISSION SHIFT CABLE HAS MALFUNCTIONED. AS A RESULT VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO ENGAGE INTO DRIVE. *AK

VAN WILLNOT START AT TIMES. MOISTURE IS GETTING INTO DISTRIBUTOR AND SHORTING OUT THE IGNITION. IN THE 63000 MILES I HAVE DRIVEN THIS VAN THE DISTRIBUTOR AND ROTOR HAS BEEN REPLACED 2 TIMES DUE TO FAILURE. ROTOR HAS BIG BLACK BURN ON PLASTIC NEAR ELECTRODE.*AK

2002 CHEVROLET ASTRO VAN, APPROXIMATLEY 27,000 MILES ON ODOMETER. VEHICLE WILL NOT START FOR FOURTH TIME OVER A PERIOD OF ABOUT 6 MONTHS.*AK

VAN EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE BRAKE FAILURES BACK TO BACK. ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS FRONT BRAKES WOULD SMOKE DUE TO BRAKE PADS MELTING. THE NEXT BRAKE FAILURE OCCURRED WHEN THE BRAKES FAILED TO STOP THE VAN IMMEDIATELY WHEN PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED WHILE GOING DOWN A HILL. THIS RESULTED IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALERSHIP SERVICED THE VAN, BUT FOUND NO PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM. HOWEVER, BRAKE PROBLEM RECURRED FIVE MONTHS AFTERWARDS, AND ALMOST REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE.*AK

PASSENGER'S SLIDING DOOR GLASS WINDOW BLEW OUT IN WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH. STATE TROOPER, WHEN CALLED, GAVE A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM BEFORE CONSUMER COULD GIVE ANY INFORMATION. STATE TROOPER STATED THAT THIS HAPPENED FREQUENTLY. *AK

THE BRAKES MADE A SQUEALING NOISE, AND WAS REPLACED. AFTER THEY WERE REPLACED, THE BRAKES LOCKED UP WHICH RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. *JB WHEN THE BRAKES LOCKED, THE VEHICLE RAN INTO A SNOWBANK. ON THE SECOND OCCASION, THE BRAKES LOCKED AND SLID INTO THE PERSON IN FRONT. THE VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE SEAT BELTS WERE INOPERATIVE. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED MONEY BACK. *SCC