1994 Chevrolet Astro complaints

BENT AND TWISTED FINGERS. FINGERS ARE BENT AND TWISTED TO CONFORM TO THE STEERING WHEEL, DUE TO THE STIFF STEERING. THE TEXTURE WORE OFF THE STEERING WHEEL AND BECAME VERY SLIPPERY AND HAD TO GRIP WHEEL HARD TO STEER VAN. NOTICED THIS RECENTLY. INDEX, MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS OF BOTH HANDS ARE BENT/TWISTED, THUMBS BENT OUTWARD FROM HANDS. CRIPPLING EFFECT LIMITATIONS ON FINGER MOVEMENTS DUE TO TENDONS BEING OFF NATURAL POSITION. DT

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10-20MPH, THE SUSPENSION TORSION BAR SNAPPED CAUSING VEHICLE'S FRAME TO DROP. TS

CONSUMER STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ONLY WORK INTERMITTENLY RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITY IN THE RAIN. TS

CONSUMER EXPERIENCES HIGH IDLING. THE CAUSE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *MR

WHILE DRIVING TORSION BAR FAILED AS A RESULT THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO STEER THE VEHICLE, THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED.*AK *NLM

WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

BRAKES LOCKED UP, AND CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO STOP. COULD HADVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND CONSUMER GOT OUT OF VEHICLE AND NOTICED LEFT FRONT END OF VEHICLE HAD DROPPED ONTO TIRE. CONSUMER HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER WHO STATED THAT TORSION BAR WAS BROKEN. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE COULD HAVE CAUSED A CRASH DUE TO THE LACK OF CONTROL. ESTIMATED *SCC

WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION HAD BLOWNOUT. *AK

BRAKES PULL WHEN APPLIED SOMETIMES PULLS RIGHT,OTHER TIMES PULLS LEFT. BRAKES WERE SIGNIFICANTLY REBUILT BY PREVIOUS OWNER. NOW HAVING SAME PROBLEM. IS GM AWARE OF THIS DEFECT AND WHAT IS REMEDY? WIFE WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN MAJOR ACCIDENT AUGUST OF 2001 IN A 1993 CHEVROLET ASTRO WITH SIMILAR PROBLEM, YET DEALERSHIPS REPORT NO BULLITENS OR RECALLS. I HAVE FOUND ONE ON YOUR SITE AND ANOTHER BULLITEN THROUGH ANOHTER SOURCE. IS THIS ANOTHER "FORD/FIRESTONE" STYLE COVER UP????*AKY

WE ARE A BODY SHOP. THIS VEHICLE CAME IN FROM SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. HIT A TREE ON RIGHT FRONT AND SHOVED R FENDER AND RT FRONT DOOR BACK APPROX. 1 1/2 FEET.*AK

WHEN DRIVING ENGINE RUNS ROUGH AND ACTS LIKE IT WANTS TO CUT OFF. ALSO, EGR VALVE GETS CLOGGED WITH CARBON ON A REGULAR BASIS. DEALER HAS REPLACED EGR VALVE 3 TIMES, AND CLEANED IT 4 TIMES.*AK

WHILE LEAVING PARKING LOT AT 5-7 MPH FRONT END OF VAN DROPPED WITHOUT WARNING. MECHANIC STATED FRONT TORSION BAR WAS THE CAUSE OF VEHICLE COLLAPSING.*AK

MECHANIC ADVISES TORSION BAR SHATTERED. COULD HAVE CAUSED FATALITY IF IT HAD HAPPENED AT HIGHWAY SPEED.

ABS BRAKING SYSTEM FAILS TO STOP VEHICLE IN A TIMELY MANNER WHEN APPLIED. MOTOR IS CATCHING AND THEN IT IS RELEASING. HAVE NOT BEEN TO A DEALER TO LET MECHANIC CHECK BRAKES OUT. *AK

TORSION BAR SHATTERED, COLLAPSING LEFT FRONT OF CAR; COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL ACCIDENT IF IT HAD OCCURRED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. *AK

TORSION BAR FAILURE TOOK PLACE IN THE AREA OF THE BUSHING IN THE TORSION BAR ARM LOCATED IN THE FRAME CROSSMEMBER. THIS WAS A KNOWN DEFECT BY CHEVROLET WHO STATED THEY KNOW OF THIS PROBLEM THRU THE 1998 MODEL YEAR. THE NEW REPALCEMENT PARTS ARE OF A DIFFERENT DESIGN. THE EVENT OCCURED THE MORING AFTER I RETURNED FROM A TRIP THAT WAS PREDONINATELY INTERSTATE DRIVING AND THE COMPONENT FAILED AS I WAS ENTERING THE VEHICLE WHICH WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY AT THE TIME. HOWEVER HAD I BEEN ON THE INTERSTATE AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE I'M SURE I WOULD HAVE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. WHEN I QUESTIONED THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I HAD THE REPAIRS DONE IF THEY HAD SEEN THIS BEFORE THEY STATED THEY HAD AND "IT WASN'T A PRETTY PICTURE".*AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT 30 MPH VEHICLE LOSES POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT PROBLEM WAS DUE TO LOSS OF POWER STEERING FLUID. DEALER REPLACED HOSE AND FLUID. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT 25 MPH VEHICLE SHUTDOWN; TOWED TO DEALER, AND INFORMED CONSUMER OF A FUEL PUMP FAILURE, AND REPAIRS WERE MADE. *AK

INTERMINTTENT MISSING AND STALL, CUT OFF SEVERAL TIMES ON THE WAY FROM WORK AND UNABLE TO RESTART, ACID GOT IN THE CONNECTION BEHIND THE BATTERY AND ATE UP THE TERMINAL

DRIVERS SIDE TORSION BAR BROKE WHILE VAN WAS PARKED IN A PARKING LOT. MY WIFE HAD JUST DRIVEN 50 MILES ON THE NYS THRUWAY AT 65 MPH IN MORNING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC WITH HER BOSS IN THE VAN GOING TO A NURSING CONFERENCE. THEY PARKED THE VAN IN A PARKING LOT AND WHEN THEY RETURNED 2 HOURS LATER THEY FOUND THE VAN DRIVERS SIDE DOWN ON THE FRONT TIRE. I WOULD HATE TO IMAGIN WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED IF THIS HAD HAPPENED IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. WOULD IT HAVE EVEN BEEN RECOGNIZED AS THE CAUSE OF AN ACCIDENT? I HAVE JUST FINISHED READING THE 22 OTHER REPORTED INCIDENTS AND AGREE WITH ALL THE REST THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURE DEFECT IN EITHER THE BAR OR THE ENGINEERING DESIGN. WHEN THE DEALER REPAIRED THE BROKEN UNIT HE SAID IT WAS SUGGESTED BY GM TO REPLACE BOTH BARS, THE F-SUPPORT "A" AND ARM. WE WERE TOLD THAT THE SUPPORT WAS REQUIRED DUE TO A DESIGN CHANGE, AT A COST TO US OF $859.00 . IT IS VERY APPEARENT TO ME THAT GM HAS RECOGNIZED THE PROBLEM, CHANGED THE DESIGN TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM AND PAST THE COST AND THE VERY POSSIBLE INJURY ON TO THE PUBLIC. THAT I UNDESTAND , WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS WHY THIS ORGANIZATION, NHTSA, HAS NOT PURSUED GM FOR A RECALL ON THIS ITEM, I AM VERY SUPRISED. THANKS FOR THE SPACE [email protected]. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 25 MPH FRONT LEFT TORSION BAR BROKE. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND WAS REPLACING BOTH FRONTAL TORSION BARS. *AK *SLC

FRONT LEFT TORSION BAR BROKE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN GARAGE.*AK

LEFT FRONT TORSION BAR BROKE WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH. FORTUNATELY THIS DID NOT HAPPEN AT A HIGHER SPEED. DRIVERS SIDE FRONT OF VEHICLE COLLAPSED TO NEARLY TOUCH THE TIRE. HAD THE RIGHT SIDE TORSION BAR REPLACED AS WELL, AT THE RECOMENDATION OF THE SERVICE STATION BECAUSE OF A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THESE PARTS. WHY WASN'T I NOTIFIED BY CHEVROLET? THIS SEEMS TO BE A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CONDITION.*AK

REAR DOORS LEAK DESPITE REPEATED REPAIRS. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPER WILL INTERMITTENTLY FAIL, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY.*AK

EVERY TIME WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE TURNED ON DURING RAINY/WET WEATHER, WINDSHIELD WILL FREEZE IN ONE LOCATION AND FAIL TO OPERATE PROPERLY. CONSUMER STATED THAT THIS HAS BEEN A REOCCURRING PROBLEM, AND DEALERSHIP HAS NOT EXAMINED VEHICLE FOR THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK

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 YO

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

PREMATURE WEAR OF ROTORS. *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

SEAT BELT INSERTS IN BUCKLE BUT FAILS TO LATCH.

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

WINDSHIELD WIPERS EITHER DO NOT WORK WHEN TURNED ON OR FAIL WHILE DRIVING. ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAIL WHEN USING ON ROUGH ROAD SURFACES.ENGINE MAKES LOUD RAPPING NOISES THEN RUNS VERY BAD / STALLS/ SHAKES.

I DROVE THE AUTO TO WORK, CAME OUT AT BREAK, AND FOUND THE FRONT END CROOKED. SOMETHING HAD BROKEN UP FRONT. UNDER FURTHER CHECKING I SEE THE TORSION BAR, ON THE LEFT SIDE WAS BROKE. I WANTED TO GET AN ESTIMATE OF REPAIR, WHEN I CONTACTED A PLACE IN ERIE, CALLED DIAS SPRING, THEY SAID THEY HAD REPAIRED SEVERAL VEHICLES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM IN A WEEKS TIME. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, IS IT SEEMS THERE IS A MANUFACTURER PROBLEM THAT EXISTS, ON THESE FRONT ENDS. ARE YOU GOING TO UPDATE MY AUTO SO I DON'T HAVE TO PAY THE EXTREME HIGH COSTS OF REPAIR. AUTO SALVAGE YARDS IN OUR AREA CLAIM BIG RUSHES ON GETTING PEOPLE THESE PARTS, IT SEEMS TO ME THERE IS A PROBLEM THAT HAS TO BE ADDRESSED HERE. TOO MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AS WE. PLEASE CONFIRM MY INQUIRY.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 2251675R15 )

CONSUMER HEARD A BIG BANG, NEXT DAY VAN WAS LEANING TO THE LEFT, TORSION BAR CRACKED OR FAILED, WHICH INDICATED THAT THERE WAS NO SUSPENSION ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE VAN. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A FRONT TORSION BAR BROKE, WHILE PULLING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY; DEALER / MFR'S WAS NOT CONTACTED AT THIS TIME. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS:

INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INOPERABLE,OBSTRUCTING VIEW OF THE DRIVER. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON SIMILAR MAKES AND MODELS; HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN.*AK

THE TORSION BAR BROKE ON MY VAN LESS THAN 15 MILES AFTER RETURNING FROM A VACATION TO THE MOUNTAINS. MY MECHANIC INFORMS ME THAT THE PARTS ARE BACK ORDERED AND ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO LOCATE BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. MY BROTHER WHO WORKS IN THE PARTS DEPARTMENT OF A LARGE AUTOMOBILE DEALERSHIP CONFIRMS THAT THIS HAS BEEN A COMMON PROBLEM. I WANT GM TO STAND BEHIND THE REPAIRS. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED SEVERAL DAYS EARLIER IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS I WOULD HAVE HAD A GREAT DEAL OF INCONVIENCE ( BEST CASE SCENARIO) OR MY FAMILY AND MYSELF COULD HAVE BEEN PLACED IN DANGER BECAUSE OF LOSING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE ON A MOUNTAIN ROAD (WORSE CASE SCENARIO). IF THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM, GM NEEDS TO STAND BEHIND IT! *AK

VEHICLE ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEM DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. IT FAILS MOST OF THE TIME ON UNEVEN SURFACES AND ON NONASPHALT ROADS

FRONT PASSENGER TIRE BLEWOUT, FORCING VEHICLE INTO AN EMBANKMENT AND IT COLLIDED INTO A LARGE ROCK AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK DRIVER'S HEAD HIT WINDSHIELD. *YH

THE VEHICLE WAS BACKING UP WHEN THE LEFT FRONT TORSION BAR FRACTURED. THE BODY CAME DOWN ON THE LOWER 'A' FRAME STOP. THE TURNING RADIUS WAS REDUCED TO CREATE SOME MAJOR CONCERN. I HAVE TALK WITH GM AND NO RECALL CAMPAIGN IS CURRENTLY ACTIVE FOR THIS VEHICLE. BUT, GM HAS DONE A REDESIGN ON THE TORSION BAR ASSEMBLIES. THEY RECOMMEND REPLACEMENT OF BOTH TORSION BARS AND ADJUSTERS TO A NEW DESIGN THEY HAVE SHORTENED THE TORSION BAR TO GIVE IT LESS TWIST. MY CONCERN IS THE DRIVABILITY OF THE VEHICLE UPON LOSE OF SUSPENSION. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF OTHERS ARE HAVING THE SAME COMPLAINT.*AK

WHEN DRIVING 20-25 MPH TORSION BAR BROKE OFF ON BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT HAND SIDE AT THE CROSSOVER MEMBER, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO FALL TO THE GROUND. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. *AK *ML

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTANTLY. THEY TURN OFF AT ANY TIME CAUSING REDUCED VISIBILITY.*AK