1992 Chevrolet Astro complaints

I AM TRYING TO FIND OUT WHY SO MANY CHEVROLET/GM. VEHICLES THAT YEAR AND OLDER SEEM TO BE HAVING A PROBLEMS WITH THE PAINT JUST BUBBLING UP AND PEELING OFF. THE PAINT ON MY VAN IS STARTING TO DO THE SAMETHING.I SEE VEHICLES EVERY DAY WITH THE SAME PROBLEM.I HAVE NEVER SEEN PAINT DO THIS BEFORE. IT IS NOT THE FAULT OF THE OWNER. YET CHEVROLET WILL NOT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT ! IS THERE ANY THING I CAN DO ? I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT MAKING A PHOTO JOURNAL, TO SHOW THEM WHAT A PROBLEM THIS IS.DO YOU KNOW IF THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH PAINT THAT YEAR?THANKS FOR YOUR HELP. BRENDA CLENDENEN. *AK

VEHICLE LOOSES STEERING AND BRAKES DUE TO ALTERNATOR FAILURE. YH

I WAS ALONE IN MY VEHICLE, AND HAD JUST PARKED AT MY DESTINATION. I WAS LEANING BACK IN MY SEAT REACHING FOR MY SEAT BELT RELEASE WHEN THE SEAT BROKE FREE ALLOWING FOR A ROCKING MOTION. I INSPECTED THE SEAT MYSELF WHEN I RETURNED HOME AND DISCOVERED THAT THE FRAME STEEL SUPPORTING THE BOTTOM OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE, 6-WAY POWER SEAT FATIQUED AND BROKE, ALLOWING THE ROCKING MOTION TO OCCUR. FULLY CLOTHED, I WEIGH LESS THAN 160LBS AND FELT THE METAL FAILURE MUST BE DUE TO A DEFECT. I CONTACTED THE CHEVROLET CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER (01-FEB-1999) AND WAS GIVEN FILE NUMBER 990054464. ADRIAN, THE CHEVROLET REPRESENTATIVE TAKING MY CALL TOLD ME THAT THEY COULD NOT ASSIST ME WITH THE REPLACEMENT OF THE SEAT DUE TO THE AGE AND MILEAGE ON MY VEHICLE.

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN GARAGE. SMELLED SMOKE. CHECKED AND FIRE WAS INSIDE, LOOKED AS IF STARTED UNDER DASH AND SPREAD TO INTERIOR OF THE VAN. FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME AND PUT FIRE OUT. DEALER /MANUFACTURER AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK *ML

NO SUMMARY PROVIDED BY CONSUMER

TRAVELING 30MPH WHEN ABS BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON. HAPPENS WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED HARD. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER & INFORMED NEEDED A PRESSURE MODULATOR VALVE. *AK

THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT HE NEEDED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. THE CONSUMER HAD JUST PURCHASED A NEW TRANSMISSION ONE MONTH BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER IS UNAWARE OF HIS SITUATIOIN. *AK

ABS FAILURE.

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY. TORSION BAR SNAPPED IN HALF WHILE SITTING WITH NO ONE AROUND OR IN THE VEHICLE. FRONT END DROPPED 3-4 INCHES AS A RESULT. VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, REPLACED BOTH TORSION BARS.

AFTER A QUICK STOP TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT, WHICH THE QUICK STOP HAD TO TURN RIGHT TO AVOID THE OTHER VEHICLE, THE ABS FAILED OR SO THE IDICATOR LIGITS SAYS. HAD SYSTEM CHECKED AND ABS VALVE BODY HAD TO BE REPLACED. COST $1400.00 I KNOW NHTSA WAS INVESTIGATING THE GM ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEMS, THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL. WOULD APPRECIATE ANY NEWS AS TO POSSIBLE REIMBURSEMENT BY GM FOR FAULTY ABS SYSTEMS. PROPER USE OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM WAS DONE. (I.E. FULL BRAKE WITHOUT PUMPING).

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25MPH WHEN THEY WERE MAKING A RIGHT TURN OVER THE RAILROAD TRACKS , THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE DROPPED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALERSIP. PHONE #814-752-2794

WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE DEFECTIVE IGNITION SWITCH STARTED TO SMOKE, CAUSING A FIRE. DEALRR DETERMINED THE PROBLEM WAS THE IGNITION SWITCH, BUT FORD WAS NOT TAKING LIABILITY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING DOWN A HIGHWAY THE WIND WAS RATHER HIGH,THE HOOD FLEW UP AND BROKE THE WINDSHIELD AND DENTED THE HOO. , NO INJURIES INCURRED. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THE MANUAL INSTRUCTS CONSUMER TO OIL THE LATCH ON THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. INCIDENT OCCURRED TWO TIMES. *AK

PAINT WAS PEELING OFF BODY OF VEHICLE DUE TO FAULTY PRIMER.

TURN SIGNAL BULB FAILED.

HORN AND OIL PRESSURE GAUGE MALFUNCTIONED.

SEAT BACK COLLAPSED WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING A COLLISION.

PISTON ROD BROKE INTO PIECES AND PUNCHED A HOLE TYHRU THE SIDE OF THE OIL PAN CAUSING ENGINE FAILURE WHICH ALMOST CAUSED ACCIDENT. MJS

BRAKE FAILURE

ABS PROBLEMS, INTERMITTENTLY WHEN APPLYNG THE BRAKES QUICKLY THE PEDAL TRAVELS TO THE FLOOR AND THERE IS NO BRAKING ABILITY. THIS HAPPENS ON DRY ROAD CONDITIONS. THE DEALER IS NOT ABLE TO DETECT A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKE SYSTEM. THE VAN HAS BEEN IN TWO CRASHES BECAUSE OF BRAKING SYSTEM. ONE IN JUNE OF 94, AND ONE IN OCTOBER OF 97. *AK

ABS LOCK INTERMITTENTLY, CAUSING STEERING TO LOCK UP

THE DRIVER'S SEATBACK COLLASPED AS OWNER WAS GETTING INTO THE VAN. THE SEAT HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. *AK

PEDAL TO FLOOR FAILURES OF BRAKES SOMETIMES OBSERVED AT LOW-MODERATE SPEEDS WITH RAPID/HARD BRAKING PRESSURE.

NOTHING

ABS FAILURE. PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR WHEN TRYING TO STOP QUICKLY AT LOW TO MODERATE SPEEDS.

THE POWER STEERING PUMP AND POWER BRAKE PUMP ARE ONE UNIT, THEREFORE WHEN FAILURE OCCURRED, BOTH UNITS WERE EFFECTED.

ABS BRAKES FAILED TWICE. ALSO, ABS WARNING LIGHT CAME ON/OFF. *AK

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED SEVERAL TIMES, ONCE RESULTIN GIN A COLLISION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING BRAKE FLUID BUILDS UP IN THE ELECTRIC CONTROL MODULE AND CAUSES THE ABS TO MULFUNCTION, RESULTING IN ABS FAILURE. ALSO, MASTER CYLINDER LEAK CAUSED BRAKE PEDAL TO GO TO THE FLOOR DURING STOP. *AK

BRACKETS HOLDING FRON TDIFFERENTIAL/TRANSMISSION DISCONNECTED FROM FRAME, FALLING DOWN ON STEERING COLUMN ROD, CAUSING STEERING TO LOCK. *AK

FRONT DRIVE SHAFT FELL OUT, CAUSING FIRE.

GAS PEDAL LINKANGE AND THROTTLE STUCK AT FULL ACCELERATION.

REAR SPRING FAILED, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL.

WHILE DRIVING AT 20MPH THE STEERING LINKAGE IDLER ARM BROKE OFF AND BROKE THROUGH THE FRAME OF THE CAR, CAUSING COMPLETE LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. *AK

DRIVING ON FREEWAY; STEERING WHEEL LOCKED; DIFFERENTIAL FELL, CAUSING LOCK UP; LOST SOME CONTROL. USED STRENGTH TO PULL VEHICLE TO SIDE OF ROAD; TURNED VEHICLE OFF. HAD VEHICLE TOWED. HAD BEEN TO THE DEALER BUT THEY DID NOT FIX PROBLEM. *AK

APPLIED BRAKES, BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, RESULTING IN A CRASH. VEHICLE RAN A STOP SIGN, BROADSIDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE, VEHICLE TOTALED. *AK

ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE. *AK

WHEN DRIVING THE WINDSHIELD SHAKES LIKE IT IS LOOSE . *AK

ABS BRAKES FAILURE, WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED, PEDAL FADED AND EXPERIENCED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. ALSO, PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. *AK

ABS BRAKE FAILURE, APPLIED THE BRAKES, MIGHT HAVE HIT SOME LOOSE GRAVEL, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, IMPACT 12:00 POSITION SPEED 25MPH. THE PEDAL BECAME HARD AND LOCKED UP, RESULTING IN A CRASH/INJURIES. *AK

ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAILED.

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES IN AN EMERGENCY THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, VEHICLE DOESN'T STOP, WENT THOUGHT THE STOP SIGN . *AK

ANTILOCK BRAKE MODULE FAILURE.

UPON APPLYING FORCE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL CONSUMER EXPERIENCED BRAKE FAILURE, THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, BRAKE FADE AWAY, IN ADDITION THE ABS LIGHTS COME ON. *AK

APPLIED BRAKES, BRAKES FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE, NO WARNING, NO LIGHTS ON DASHBOARD INDICATING PROBLEM, HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY, AFTERWARDS BRAKES SEEM TO WORK FINE, SO MPH, DRY SURFACE.

THE ABS SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING. THE LIGHT IS COMING AND THE BRAKES ARE ACTING ERRATICALLY. *AK

DURING ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS WHILE APPLYING ABS BRAKES, BRAKES LOCKED UP AND CAUSED SKIDDING. *AK

OWNER RAN INTO DITCH AND THE FRONT DRIVR'S SIDE SEATBCK SNAPPED, CAUSING THE SEAT BELTS TO RELEASE. *AK

DRIVING VEHICLE AT SPEED 55MPH, VEHICLE STALLED, ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE UNDER THE HOOD DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL SHORT. *AK

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