1994 CHEVROLET ASTRO Complaints

PASSENGER'S SIDE TORSION BAR SNAPPED IN HALF WHILE BACKING OUT OF A DRIVEW CAR COLLAPSED ON TOP OF TIRES. CONSUMER FELT LUCKY THIS DID NOT HAPPEN ON FREEWAY.*AK

THE BOLT NEEDED TO FASTEN THE SEAT BELT MECHANISM IS MISSING. ALSO HOLE WHERE THE BOLT SHOULD GO DOES'NT HAVE ANY THREADS IN IT. THEREFORE ONE CANNOT USE IT.*AK

ON THE MORNING OF 5/14/99 MY DAUGHTER WENT OUT TO THE GARAGE TO START THE VAN AND SAW THAT THE FRONT OF VAN WAS HANGING OVER THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL AND RUBBING ON THE TIRE. SHE CALLED ME OVER TO SEE WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM. THE LEFT FRONT TORSION BAR SNAPPED AND BROKE CAUSING THE BODY TO FALL OVER THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL, ALSO MY DAUGHTER AT TIME WAS 7 MONTHS PREGNANT, AND VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF SHE HAD BEEN DRIVING WHEN THE TORSION BAR BROKE,CAUSING THE BODY TO FALL OVER THE TIRE,AND SHE WOULDN,T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STEER THE VAN OUT OF DANGER. I CALLED THE CHEV. GARAGE TO COME PICK UP THE VAN BECAUSE YOU COULDN,T STEER IT. AFTER THEY CONFIRMED WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS,WE ASKED IF THIS WAS SAFETY PROBLEM THEY SAID NO. WE ASKED HOW MANY TORSION BAR HAVE THEY FOUND LIKE THIS, THE SAID NONE, THAN WOULDN,T YOU THINK THAT THEY WOULD LOOK IN TO TORSION BAR AS BEING DEFECTIVE,BUT THEY SAID NEED MORE THAN ONE PROBLEM LIKE THIS TO INVESTIGATE. I CALLED CHEV MOTOR COMPANY AND THE SAID ALMOST THE SAME THING. WELL WE THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED, BUT NO ONE AS CALLED OR SENT ANY INFOMATION, MY DAUGHTER AND HUSBAND HAD TO PAID FO REPAIRS, ALSO WE FOUND OUT THAT NUMBER FOR THE TORSION BAR HAS BEEN CHANGED AND THAT THEY HAD TO REPLACE BOTH BARS WITH NEW DESIGN BRACKETS,WE FOUND THIS TO BE KIND OF SUSPICIOUS. I HOPE THAT THERE WAS NO ONE DRIVING THE SAME TYPE VAN. AND HAD A TORSION BAR BREAK CAUSING A ACCIDENT OR DEATH. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME GET RID OF SOME MY CONCERNS. THANK YOU AGAIN, ED LANGENBERG 610 RAVENSWOOD DR. GREEN BAY, WI 54302, 920-468-8709, EMAIL [email protected]. *AK

WAS PULLING OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN HEARD A LOUD NOISE. VEHICLE PULLED TO RIGHT, COULD NOT PULL TO LEFT. HAD APPLIED BRAKES, VEHICLE HIT A LAMP POST, AND THEN A HOUSE DUE TO A LACK OF BRAKING POWER. ABS BRAKES HAD FAILED. WOULD NOT STOP VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 60 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH THE DRIVER AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

VAN DOES NOT HAVE POWER BRAKES, VAN WAS PURCHASED WITH POWER BRAKES, VAN HAS BEEN TO TWO DEALERSHIPS, NEITHER DEALERSHIP COULD REPAIR THE POWER BRAKES. CJ

EXCESSIVE WEAR OF FRONT BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS. THREE SETS OF BRAKE ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED WITHIN 3 YEARS. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

ON FEB.1997 I RECEIVED IN THE MAIL A LETTER FROM CHEVROLTE STATING THAT THEY WERER HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE LINEAR EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION (LEGR). IF MY VEHICLE WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH THAT TO PLEASE BRING IT INTO A CHEVROLET DEALER AND THEY WILL FIX IT , NO CHARGE. THEY PROVIDED ME WITHA SPECIAL WARRANTY COVERAGE WHICH STATED:SEVEN YEARS OR 75,000 MILES WHICHEVER COMES FIRST, THE CONDTION WILL BE REPAIRED FOR ME AT NO CHARGE. I HAD NO PROBLEM WITH THAT ATH THAT TIME BUT SINCE THEN I HAVE, IN TOTAL, TO THIS DATE (11/15/00)HAVE HAD THREE(3) DIFFERENT LEGR VALVES REPLACED IN MY VAN. THE FIRST ON, SEPT. 12, 1997, THE SECOND ONE, JAN.26, 1999 AND THE THIRD ONE, NOV.15, 2000.EVERY 2 YEARS THEIS LEGR VALVE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. MY VAN AS OF TODAY HAS 70,000 MILES ON IT AND IS 6 YEARS OLD. IN ANOTHER 2 YEARS IF MY VAN NEEDS A LEGR VALVE, I WILL HAVE TO PAY OUT OF MY POCLET TO HAVE IT FIXED. I DON'T FEEL THAT CHEVROLET HAS FIXED THE PROBLEM ONCE AND FOR ALL AND I WANT TO KNOW IF THERE IS ANY RECOURSE IF THIS PROBLEM HAPPENS AGAIN. I FEEL THAT IF CHEVROLTE HAS HAD 3 TIMES TO FIX THIS PROBLEM, AND IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN, I FEEL THAT I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY TO FIX THIS PROBLEM OUT OF MY POCKET BECAUSE CHEVROLET HAS NOT FULTILLED THEIR OBBLIGATION TO TIX THIS PROBLEM. COULD YOU TELL ME OR GIVE ME GUIDANCE AS TO WHAT CAND BE DONE ABOUT THIS? THANK YOU. *AK

CONSUMERS HAS DEFECT IN WINDSHIELD WIPERS. THEY WORK 10 MINUTES & SHUT OFF WHEN IT'S RAINING OR USING WASHER SOLUTION. DEALER SAYS IT COULD JUST HAPPEN. THERE IS A RECALL ON THE CHEVROLET, BLAZER FOR THE WINDSHIELD WIPER & THE PART#12463017 ON THE CHEVROLET ASTRO MAY BE SIMILAR. *AK

TORSION BAR BROKE WHILE DRIVING @ 30MPH ($400), LFT TORSION BAR BROKE IN DRIVEWAY ($364), "CLUNK" IN REAR WHILE ACCELERATING FROM STOP AND OCCASIONALLY WHILE SHIFTING (HIGH/LOW GEAR IN DIFFERENTIAL UNIT-$1500), 9 MOS LATER THE "CLUNK" IS BACK. MECHANICS SAYS DISCONNECT DRIVE TRAIN FROM REAR TO MAKE VAN 2WD