1995 CHEVROLET G20 Complaints

ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEMS DOES NOT OPERATE PROPERLY. DOOR HINGES PREVIOUSLY REPLACE WHILE STILL UNDER WARRANTY NO LONGER OPERATE PROPERLY THEY ARE EITHER BROKEN OR STUCK. SEAT BELTS ARE TWISTED OR FAIL TO RETRACT. FRONT DOORS HAVE SHIFTED DOWNWARD. REAR POWER RECLINING SEAT IS STUCK IN DOWN POSITION. WAS STRUCK ON FRONT PASSENGERS SIDE WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 55MPH AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. RECENTLY HAD TO HAVE EGR VALVE REPLACED ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT MY 1995 VAN HAD 1996 PARTS. COULD NOT FIND THIS PART IN ANY AUTO PARTS STORE IN TOWN SO I ENDED UP HAVING TO GO TO SALVAGE TO GET ONE FOR $50, IT WAS ALMOST $200.00 NEW AND EVEN AFTER WAITING A WEEK FOR THE PART THE AUTO PARTS STORE DID NOT GET ONE. THE HINGES FOR MY VAN ARE $43 EACH AND I AM SURE OTHERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP SAYS THIS SHOULD BE EXPECTED BECAUSE OF THE SNOW AND SALT IN OUR STATE. IT JUST SEEMS CHEVROLET SHOULD HAVE REDESIGNED THESE HINGES.

THE REAR SPRINGS ON THE BACK PART OF THE VEHICLE IS CAUSING BOTH FRONT TIRES TO WEAR EXCESSIVELY. THE DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE CAUSE WAS DUE TO THE WRONG SIZE SPRINGS USED AT TIME OF MANUFACTURE. TS

AS A RESULT OF VEHICLE HIGHDROPLANNING AT THE RATE OF SPEED 45 MPH THROUGH A WATER PUDDLE, HITTING A TREE WITH FRONT END. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AT ANY TIME. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.AK

WE HAVE ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE RIGHT SIDE AXLE AND BEARINGS. ALSO THE COIL WENT OUT, AS WELL AS THE ENGINE SMALL BLOCK - WHICH DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM - THEY THEN HAD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE ENGINE.

REAR DRIVE AXEL ALWAYS NOISY, SEAL BROKE 2 TIMES, CAUSING DAMAGE TO BREAKS. THERE IS SCORING OF THE DRIVE AXLE AND HOUSING DAMAGE. I T HAS BEEN REPAIRED BUT I AM INFORMED I NEED A NEW REAR END BUT THAT CHEVROLET DOES NOT PRODUCE THEM. NHTSA REPORTS INDICATE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. I DO NOT WANT TO PAY 850.00 TO RELACE MY USED REAR END WITH A USED ONE THAT WILL FUNCTION JUST AS BADLY. WHERE CAN I GET NEW RELIABLE REPAIR PARTS FROM THE FACTORY. DO THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THIS DEFECT AND ARE THEY MAKING ANY COMPENSATION. COME ON THIS IS A 44,000.00 G-20 MARK III CONVERSION VAN, I WOULD EXPECT A BETTER DRIVE SYSTEM THAN THIS. HELP PLEASE. THANK YOU MRS. SHEPHERD

BRAKES SPONGIE, PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR, BREAK FLUID OK. POWER ASSIST BOOSTER WEAK. *AK

WHEN TURNING OFF HIGHWAY STEERING SEEMED WOBBLY. TURNED INTO BIG TIMBER AT ABOUT 25MPH, STEERING SHOOK AS WE MADE TURN, ALL DUE TO TIRE SEPARATION MOSTLY INSID AREA OF THE WHEEL.

WHEN DRIVING DIFFERENTIAL WOULD MAKE GRINDING NOISE. NOISE WAS LIKE IT WAS STRAINING WHEN ACCLELRATING AND/OR BRAKING. *AK CONSUMER HAD A LOSS OF POWER HAD TO REPLACE SWAY BUSHINGS, VEHICLE BEGAN TO OVER HEAT IN WHICH THERMOSTAT WAS REPLACED, CONSUMER COMPLAINED OF NOISES FROM REAR END BUT WAS ADVISED COULD NOT DUPLICATE, CONSUMER ALSO COMPLAINED OF A TICKING NOISE BUT WAS ADVISED THAT WAS NORMAL, ALSO SPEAKER ON LEFT SIDE HAS STATIC UNABLE TO BE DUPLICATED, NOISE IN BRAKES WHEN BACKING UP,FRONT DOOR DOES NOT CLOSE PROPERLY MAKES A BANG NOISE,DRIVE BELT SQUEAKING, SERPENTINE BELT WAS REPLACED, WATER LEAKING INTO VEHICLE WINDSHIELD WAS FITTING POOLY REPLACED WINDSHIELD, VACUUM BRAKE BOOSTER WAS REPLACED,STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES AT 40 MPH, CIGARRETTE LIGHTER WHEN IN USE SMOKES DUE TO ASHES ON LIGHTER ELEMENT ALSO IGNITION COIL HAD TO BE RELACED DUE TO CORROSION HYDRAULIC SYSTEM WAS REPLACED .*JB

ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM REPLACED IN AUGUST 1999. CURRENTLY, VEHICLE IS MAKING GRINDING SOUNDS WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. *AK

CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER IN REFERENCE TO RECALL NUMBER 99I006000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 99046/ ABS BRAKES. CONSUMER NOT SURE IF DEALER MADE THE RECALL REPAIRS. VEHICLE WAS STILL EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP. *AK THE DRIVER IS EXPERIENCING BRAKE PROBLEM AFTER IT WAS FIXED FOR RECALL. *YH