1994 Chevrolet Astro complaints

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED ON WET PAVEMENTS PEDAL BECOMES HARD AND BRAKES LOCK UP, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER IS INSPECTING VEHICLE.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INOPERABLE IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS DUE TO A MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE RELAY SWITCH. *AK *ML

MY VAN HAS BEEN IN THE MECHANICS SHOP FOR A TOTAL OF 12 WEEKS NOW. PARTS CANNOT BE FOUND FOR THIS VAN AND IT HAS CAUSED A TREMONDOUS INCONVENIENCE FOR OUR FAMILY. THERE ARE PARTS IN THE ENGINE THAT MUST BE REPLACED.*AK

WINDSHIELD WPER RELAY SWITCH INTERMITTENTLY BECAME INOPERABLE IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS. PROBLEM STILL OCCURS, DEALER HAS NOT WITNESSED PROBLEM AND WILL NOT COVER REPAIR UNDER WARRANTY UNTIL WITNESSED. *AK *ML

TORSION BAR ROD BROKE, THANKFULLY WHILE SITTING IN GARAGE, WAS NOT RUSTED NOR HAD ANY TRAUMA OR ACCIDENT TO CAUSE THIS MAJOR FAILURE THAT COULD HAVE KILLED MY FAMILY HAD WE BEEN DRIVING WHEN IT HAPPENED. *AK

RIGHT AND LEFT IDLER ARMS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 4 TIMES IN A TWO YEAR PERIOD. THREE TO FOUR GAS STATIONS ATTENDANTS HAVE STATED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.

WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR FAILS INTERMITTENTLY, RECALL ON OTHER MAKE AND MODELS, HOWEVER VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL. *MJS

WHEN CONSUMER INSERTED KEY INSIDE OF THE IGNITION SWITCH VEHICLE MADE A HORRIBLE NOISE. ALSO, ENGINE HESITATED. VEHICLE TAKEN TO BOTH DEALER AND INDEPENDENT REPAIRS SHOPS, BUT THEY ARE UNABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *AK *ML

LOW IDLE, IDLE FLUCTUATES, ENGINE DIES INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS TIMES OF DAY, FALSE COMPUTER CODES, NO CODES DURING STALL, BRAKES/STEERING DIE, VERY DANGEROUS/CONTROL LOSS, AGENCY CAN'T FIND OR FIX PROBLEM, AGENCY SAID THEY REPLACED IAC & CPI, OLD PARTS NOT RETURNED TO ME, AGENCY SAYS GAS QUALITY IS PROBLEM, HAVE TRIED ALL DIFFERENT BRANDS & OCTANES WITH NO CHANGE IN SYMPTOMS

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 33MPH, AND WAS BEHIND ANOTHER VEHICLE. WENT TO APPLY BRAKES, AND PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR, AND VEERED INTO THE BACK OF THE OTHER VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE ON EXPRESSWAY AND PULLING A TRAILER SUPPORT BAR SNAPPED OFF. IF GOING DOWN A CURVY ROAD, VEHICLE COULD GO INTO ANOTHER LANE. CONSUMER FEELS IT'S A DESIGN PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 50 MPH TORSION BAR BROKE, CAUSING THE RIGHT FRONT SIDE OF THE VAN TO DROP DOWN ON THE TIRE. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING COULD FEEL ABS BRAKES NOT WORKING PROPERLY, AND THE ABS LIGHT STAYING ON. *AK

WE HAD JUST GOT OFF THE FREEWAY WHEN THE BAR BROKE! THE RIGHT HAND TORSION BAR WAS CLOSE TO BEAKING. *AK

WHEN DRIVING ON WET PAVEMENT OF ANY TYPE,IF BRAKES ARE APPLIED WITH ANY FORCE AT ALL AT ANY SPEED,THEY LOCK UP CAUSING VAN TO SKID.THIS CAUSES UNASSURED SAFE STOPPING DISTANCE FOR THE DRIVER. *AK

THIS VAN IS EQUIPED WITH 4 BUCKET SEATS. SINCE WE PURCHASED THIS VAN (PURCHASED USED SPRING OF 96) WE HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE ADJUSTMENT OR TILTING MECHANISM ON ALL FOUR BUCKET SEAT. THE TILTING MECHANISM ON THE BACK TWO SEAT EVENTUALLY STOP WORKING CONSEQUENTLY THE SEAT WOULD NO LONGER ADJUST OR STAY IN THE UPRIGHT OR IN ANY OTHER POSITION IN OTHER WORDS THE BACK OF THE SEAT WERE ESSENTIALY FREE MOVING! I TOOK ONE OF THE SEATS OUT TO INSPECT THE OPERATING MECHANISM AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS A STUD WHICH HOLDS THE OPERATING LEVER AND A TENSION SPRING THAT WAS BROKEN. I ALSO INSPECTED THE 4 OTHER SEAT AND ALL 4 HAVE THE SAME DEFECTIVE PROBLEM. IN MY OPINION THIS IS UNQUESTIONABLY A POOR PIECE OF ENGINEERING THE DEFECTIVE PART WHICH CAUSES THE PROBLEM IS MADE OF AN ALLOY THAT (WHITE METAL) THAT IS NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO WITHSTAND NORMAL DAILY USE. I VISITED A LOCAL GM DEALER AND THEY CLAIM THIS IS NOT A REPETIVE OR PROBLEM ISSUE WITH THESE SEATS WHICH I FIND EXTREMELY HAD TO BELIEVE. THEY WANTED TO SELL ME REPLACEMENT MECHANSIM AT 218 TO 230 EACH. IN OTHER WORDS IT WOULD COST ME CLOSE TO $1000.00 TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM. AS A RESULT WE CAN NO LONGER PLACE A CHILD SEAT IN ANY OF THE FOUR BUCKET SEATS BECAUSE THE SEAT DON'T STAY UPRIGHT AND WE CAN NOT TETHER THE CHILD SEAT IN PROPERLY. IN CLOSING I CALLED GM'S CUSTOMER LINE AND FILED A COMPLAINT ...AS EXPECTED BECASUE THE VAN IS PAST THE WARANTY PERIOD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO FOR ME. I HAVE TAKEN ONE OF THE OPERATI

WHEN DRIVING IN THE RAIN WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING COMPLETELY. CONTACTED DEALER WHO SAID IT WAS THE MOTOR. *AK *ML

WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR FAILED CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY, VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL FOR THE SAME FAILURE. *MJS

CONSUMER HIT BRAKES, SEEMED LIKE THEY WERE ON ICE , ONCE THEY LOCKED UP. CONSUMER HAS REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. *AK

APPROX. 30 MILES AN HOUR WHEN HEARD AN EXPLOSION, ENGINE SHUT DOWN AND IGNITED UNDER THE HOOD, RESULTING IN COMPLETELY BURNED.

INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECAME INOPERABLE, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSIUED ON VARIOUS MAKES AND MODELS. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. DUE TO VIN. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE BRAKEING VEHICLE WOULD STOP IN A EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATON. *AK

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES DURING A QUICK STOP THE BRAKES FAIL AND MAKE A NOISE, CONSUMER HAS REPLACED 3 SETS OF PADS ON THE VEHICLE BUT THE BRAKE STILL DON'T WORK. *ET

WINDSHIELD WIPERS SOMETIMES FAIL TO OPERATE WHEN ACTUATED. VEHICLE OPERATOR MUST OPEN HOOD AND POUND ON WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR IN ORDER FOR IT TO WORK. WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR ALSO MAY QUIT OPERATING AT ANY TIME WITHOUT WARNING. IDLER ARMS; BOTH FRONT LEFT AND RIGHT IDLER ARMS HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO AN INABILITY TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE ON UNEVEN SURFACES, SUCH AS ENCOUNTERING A CRACK IN THE ROAD OR PAVEMENT SEAM. LOSS OF CONTROL WAS WITHOUT WARNING. VEHICLE OPERATED OTHERWISE NORMALLY EXCEPT FOR A SLIGHT DRIFT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. AT LOW SPEEDS, VEHICLE COULD CHANGE LANES WITHOUT NOTICE. REPLACEMENT PERTS SUPPLIER INFORMED ME THAT OE PARTS WEAR OUT VERY RAPIDLY, AND MUST BE REPLACED AT LEAST EVERY 2 YEARS FOR SAFETY SAKE. *AK

BRAKES FAILED. NLM

WINSHIELD WIPERS PERIODICALLY CUT OFF. *AK

SOMETIMES WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON, AND SOMETIMES THEY WILL NOT. AFTER ADJUSTING THE CIRCUIT BOARD, THE WIPERS MAY CAME BACK ON. DEALER WAS CALLED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK

THE ABS BRAKES WOULD RELEASE & THEN WOULD MAKE CLUNKING NOISES AFTER BEING APPLIED. THE PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE. THE BRAKES WOULD SQUEAL WHILE DRIVING. THE PEDAL WOULD FEEL WEIRD WHEN APPLIED. TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC NO PROBLEM EXISTS WITH THE ABS BRAKES. CAN FIND NO INFORMATION ON APPARENT RECALL. *AK

VEHICLE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING ONGOING / INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILING DURING OPERATION. COULD LEAD TO A VEHICLE COLLISION DUE TO POOR VISIBILITY. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF A RECALL DUE TO VIN. THE REPAIRS WOULD BE AT CONSUMER'S COST. *AK *YC

CONTACTED GMC ABOUT NHSTA RECALL 99I006000 THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT CAMPAIGN. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPER SWITCH FAILED TWICE. WHAT IS GOING ON. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED ON WET PAVEMENTS THE PEDAL BECOMES HARD, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING BRAKE FAILURE, BRAKES FEEL AS IF THERE LOCKING UP WHICH RESULTS IN NOISE. BRAKES WERE CHANGED TWICE DUE TO FAIURE. *YC

WINDSHIELD WIPERS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. THE MOTOR & SWITCH WAS REPLACED TO CORRECT PROBLEM. *YC

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE VAN, THE WHEELS LOCKED UP AND THE VAN SLID THROUGH THE INTERSECTION. WHEEL LOCK-UP HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES, ABS IS HIT-AND-MISS.

WHILE DRIVING WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE WORKING INTERMITTENTLY,THIS HAS BEEN A ONGOING PROBLEM, AND DEALERS AREN'T ABLE TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM.PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FUTHER INFORMATION. *AK

ALL LAP AND SHOULDER SEATBELTS DO NOT RETRACT PROPERLY , IT IS REAL LOOSE, CAUSING LOSS OF PROTECTION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SMELLED GASOLINE ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE OF THE CAR. NO OIL LEAKS. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE TURNING ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. *AK

MODULE FAILURE CAUSED VEHICLE TO DRIVE RIGHT WHEN INITIALLY APPLYING THE BRAKES, AT ANY SPEED. THE HARDER THE STOP, THE GREATER THE SEVERITY OF THE DIVING TO THE RIGHT. DRIVING SITUATION WOULD GO AWAY AFTER THE LEFT SIDE BRAKES WOULD ENGAGE. FAILURE WAS UNEXPECTED, NO WARNING LIGHT OR OTHER WARNING DEVICE INDICATED A PROBLEM. COMPUTER READINGS @ DEALER DID NOT GIVE ERROR CODES, BUT REPLACEMENT CORRECTED THE PROBLEM.

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED VEHICLE PULLS TO THE RIGHT/VIBRATES AND SKIDS, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE ABS SYSTEM KICKS IN, CAUSING THE ABS SYSTEM TO FAIL. ALSO THERE IS VIBRATION WITHIN THE FRONT TIRES. *AK

PROBLEM BECAME EVIDENT WITH ERRATIC OIL PRESSURE READING, CRAKSHAFT AND ALL BEARINGS HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE MECHANIC CANNOT FIND ANY REASON FOR FAILURE. COST OF REPAIR IS $2,529.62

WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS USED, IT WOULD BE MUSHY & GO TO FLOOR. THIS CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. ALSO, GAS GAUGE INDICATOR WOULD FLOP OFF AND ON/ AIR CONDITIONER & ELECTRIC WINDOWS FAILED TO WORK,AND ABS BRAKE LIGHT WAS ON. HAD TO SHUT DOWN VEHICLE & THEN RESTART IT. AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM THAT WAS GETTING WORSE. SPEED HAS NOT PLAYED A FACTOR IN PROBLEM. TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER. *AK

HEARD A SOUND, SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT ON DASH CAME ON AND THEN ENGINE CONTINUED TO RACE, ENOUGH WHEN STOPPED AND NOISE FROM TRANSMISSION. ALL PROBLEMS SEEM TO HAVE GONE AWAY ON THEIR OWN. DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED AND WHY. I DON'T WANT TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER IF THE CAR IS WORKING OKAY NOW. PLEASE HELP. HAVE YOU HEARD OF THIS HAPPENING BEFORE? IS IT A COMPUTER PROBLEM?

DROVE OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND ABS BRAKE LIGHT WENT ON AND WOULD NOT GO OFF. SHUT CAR DOWN AND RESTARTED. LIGHT WENT OFF BUT AS I DROVE OUT, ABS LIGHT WENT BACK ON. TOOK TO DEALER SAID IT WAS THE ABS COMPUTER THAT FAILED AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE IT BECAUSE IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY . REGULAR BRAKES ARE FUNCTIONING PROPERLY, BUT I DO NOT HAVE ABS BRAKES. ESTIMATED COST TO REPLACE ABS COMPUTER $1300-$1400.

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE TORSION BAR SPRING BROKE. #IE98048- PART IS NOT AVAILABLE AT DEALER. INFORMED BY MECHANIC ITS ON BACK ORDER. HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH TORSION BARS ON ASTROS BEFORE. *YC

WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INOPERABLE IN RAINY WEATHER CONDITIONS, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

I HAVE HAD 3 CHEVROLET ASTRO VANS, THE FIRST TWO I PURCHASED NEW. THEY ARE A 1991, 1994 AND ANOTHER 1994 MODEL. I HAVE PURCHASED ALL THREE FROM BUFORD WARD CHEVROLET. ON ALL THREE UNITS I HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR FAILING. IT IS INTERMITTENT BUT HAPPENS AT THE MOST INOPORTUNE TIME. THE WIPER MOTOR EITHER FAILS TO START UP OR IT WILL QUIT WHILE YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD IN A RAIN. THEN AFTER A FEW MINUTES THE MOTOR WILL START UP AGAIN. I ALSO NOTICED THAT IF I HIT THE DASH BOARD REAL HARD SOMETIMES THAT WILL GET THE MOTOR GOING AGAIN ALSO. ON THE 1ST 1994 MODEL I HAD, I FINALLY UNSCREWED THE FRONT PLASTIC COVER ON THE WIPER MOTOR WHICH COVERS THE COMPUTER CHIP. I PLACED A FAIRLY THIN PIECE OF CARDBOARD BETWEEN THE CHIP AND THE COVER KEEPING THE CHIP IN PLACE TIGHTER. AFTER DOING THAT, IT ALLEVIATED THE PROBLEM. NOW I HAVE ANOTHER 1994 WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT GENERAL MOTORS NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT. DRIVING DOWN A CROWDED 4 LANE IN THE RAIN AND HAVING THE WIPERS FAIL IS A VERY FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE.

WITHIN A PERIOD OF THREE DAYS BOTH LIFT CYLINDERS FAILED ON MY ASTRO VAN. I FIRST NOTICED THE TAILGATE WAS HARD TO LIFT AND DID NOT STAY UP VERY SECURELY. THEN THREE DAYS LATER I TRIED TO OPEN THE HATCH BUT NOTICED IT WAS VERY HEAVY AND WOULD NOT STAY UP AT ALL. THE ONLY WAY I COULD USE THE REAR DOORS WAS TO PROP IT UP WITH A STICK. THIS CREATED A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AS THE HATCH DOOR IS VERY HEAVY AND COULD CLOSE VERY VIOLENTLY IF THE STICK WERE TO BE BUMPED. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO SEE IF THERE MIGHT BE A TREND WITH THIS PROBLEM, THEY SAID NOT TO THEIR KNOWLEDGE. I THEN PAID TO HAVE ONE CYLINDER ORDERED AS THE PARTS DEPT. ONLY HAD ONE IN STOCK. ON 8/26/99 MY WIFE PICKED UP THE SET OF LIFT CYLINDERS FOR ME TO INSTALL. MY FEAR IS WITH INDIVIDUALS THAT MAY RUN INTO THIS SITUATION AND NOT FIX IT. THIS COULD CAUSE SEVERE BODILY HARM IF THE "DUTCH" DOOR HATCH WOULD SLAM DOWN ON SOMEONE.