1999 CHEVROLET ASTRO Complaints

WE HAVE CONTACTED AND EVEN WENT TO CHEVY DEALER FOR BOTH PROBLEMS NO HELP AT ALL. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN A NEARLY HEAD-ON CRASH AT AN ESTIMATED SPEED OF 60 MPH. RELATIVE SPEED MAY HAVE BEEN LESS, BECAUSE VEHICLE WHICH THIS VAN HIT WAS SLIDING BACKWARDS IN THE SAME DIRECTION OF TRAVEL AS THE VAN. HOWEVER, CLOSING SPEED HAD TO BE SIGNIFICANT TO CAUSE IT TO BE DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR WITHIN ITS $13,000 VALUE. VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. WE HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE SINCE NEW, NO MODIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE TO IT, AND IT HAD NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT BEFORE THIS. DIGITAL PHOTOS OF DAMAGED VEHICLE ARE AVAILABLE IF DESIRED. *AK

VEHICLE LOSES BRAKES AND POWER STEERING DUE TO A PIN BREAKING IN POWER STEERING. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK *TT

WHILE DRIVING APPLIED ON BRAKES AND CONSUMER WAS NOT ABLE TO COME TO A STOP. MECHANIC HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

WAS IN FRONT IMPACT HEAD-N COLLISION ON 12/12/01. SPEED BETWEEN 40 AND 65 MPH. AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY.*AK

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

NO REVERSE ! WHILE DRIVING, SLOWED DOWN TO MAKE A RT. TURN HEARD A LOUD NOISE . THE VAN THEN STARTED TO SHIFT DIFFERENTLY, LIKE THERE WASN'T A FIRST GEAR . DROVE VAN HOME PARKED IT . NEXT DAY STARTED VAN UP WENT TO SHIFT IN REVERSE VAN WOULD NOT MOVE. SHIFTED TO DRIVE AND WENT FORWARD. PARK VAN IN GARAGE AND LOOKED AT LINKAGE UNDER VAN SAW NO PROBLEMS. MUST BE INTERNAL.*AK

ACCELERATOR STICKS ON STARTING OUT, DEALER ADVISED THAT PROBLEM WAS DUE TO CARBON BUILD UP IN THROTTLE BODY AND IS NORMAL. THIS IS NOT A NORMAL PROBLEM AND I SUSPECT A DESIGN PROBLEM, AS NO OTHER MANUFACTURE I HAVE HEARD OF HAS THIS PROBLEM, DEALER DID ADVISE THEY WERE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH CHEVROLET PICKUPS. I CONTACTED GENERAL MOTORS FOR ASSISTANCE IN A REFUND AND TO NOTIFY THEM OF THE DEFECT ON 8/2/2001 VERBALLY AND PUT IN A WRITTEN CLAIM ON 8/14/2001 IN A LETTER. I WAS ADVISED VIA TELEPHONE 11/19/2001 THAT NO ASSISTANCE WOULD BE PROVIDED AND THAT CARBON BUILD-UP CAUSING A STICKING ACCEL. WAS A NORMAL MAINTAINCE ITEM. IT MAY BE NORMAL ON AN ASTRO, BUT IT SURE IS NOT ON ANY CAR THAT I AM AWARE OF OR HAVE DRIVEN IN THE LAST 38 YEARS. *AK

SIDE WINDOW SLAMMED SHUT NEARLY CATCHING MY DAUGHTERS HAND. SHE DID INJURY HER HAND.

VEHICLE BEGAN TO LUNGE OR SURGE FOWARD, WHILE CONSUMERS FOOT WAS PRESSED DOWN ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, AT TIMES THE IDLE WOULD REACH A HIGH RPM THAT IT SEEMED AS IF VEHICLE WOULD GO OUT OF CONTROL.*JB