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2000 Chevrolet Astro complaints

Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2000 record →

Air Bags › FrontalCrash
Filed Jan 17, 2001KS

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT CROSSED IN FRONT. UPON IMPACT, BOTH AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. CURRENTLY, COMPANY WAS CONCERNED ABOUT PROBLEM WITH AIR BAGS. *AK

Visibility › Defroster/Defogger/Hvac System › Windshield › Electrical Heating Element
Filed Dec 28, 2000MA

ON PASSENGER'S SIDE THERE'S PLENTY OF HEAT, BUT ON DRIVER'S DIDE THERE IS NO HEAT AT ALL. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Dec 4, 2000OK

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN APPLYING BRAKES REAR WHEELS LOCK UP AND FRONT WHEELS TURN, RESULTING IN POOR STOPPING. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE. *AK *SLC

Electrical System › Ignition
Filed Oct 26, 2000CA

WAS TRAVELING ON FREEWAY AT 55-60MPH & HAD CHANGED LANES, VEHICLE CAME TO A DEAD STOP FOR NO REASON. HAD TO WAIT A FEW MINUTES & RESTART VEHICLE. BEEN TO DEALER. MECHANIC REPROGRAMMED COMPUTER. PROBLEM REAPPEARED AT LEAST 3 MORE TIMES.*AK

Power Train › Driveline › Driveshaft
Filed Oct 25, 2000MA

DRIVELINE VIBRATION OCCURS AFTER DRIVING FOR 15MIN. OR MORE. IT APPEARS TO BE RELATED TO THE AWD SYSTEM.*AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Oct 23, 2000FL

WHENEVER BRAKES ARE APPLIED HARD THEY LOCK UP AND BEGIN TO MAKE A SQEAKING SOUND. DEALER AHS BENE CONTACTED.*AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Master Cylinder
Filed Oct 19, 2000AZ

THE PROBLEM HAS PROGRESSIVELY GOTTEN WORSE, UP TO THE POINT WHEN MY WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN COASTED THROUGH A BUSY INTERSECTION WITH NO BREAKS. MIDWAY CHEVROLET'S SERVICE DEPARTMENT WAS CONTACTED AND DID NOT SEEM TO BE TOO CONCERNED WITH THE PROBLEM AND ADVISED ME TO DRIVE IT ACROSS TOWN TO THEIR SERVICE DEPRTMENT.

Structure › Body › Door › Hinge and Attachments
Filed Oct 4, 2000NY

SLIDING DOOR HINGES BROKE, CAUSING DOOR TO BE OFF TRACK. DEALER WILL REPAIR VEHICLE.*AK

Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Sep 21, 2000NY

SHOULDER BELTS ON THE REAR BENCH AND BUCKLE DOES NOT STAY IN PLACE. BUCKLE DOES NOT LAY ON THE HIPS, BUT MOVES UP TO OCCUPANT'S CHEST. VAN CONVERTED BY TIARA. CHEVROLET AND TIARA WERE NOTIFIED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED.*AK BOTH THE BELT AND BUCKLE ARE NON- RACHETTING, AND NOT POSSIBLE TO SECURE THE SEATS IN THE REAR BENCH. *YH

Air Bags › FrontalCrash
Filed Sep 18, 2000IL

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH AND MAKING A TURN HAD A FRONTAL IMPACT. FRONT BUMPER WAS SMASHED AND FELL OFF. ALSO, DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, WHICH DID NOT PROTECT OCCUPANTS IN THIS CRASH. DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO ASSIST CONSUMER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Aug 14, 2000CA

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN MAKING A TURN VEHICLE WILL STALL AND DIE. DEALER HAS INSPECTED AND HAS NOT FOUND PROBLEM OF THE VEHICLE. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited SlipCrash1 injured
Filed Aug 14, 2000MA

DRIVING IN LIGHT TRAFFIC, VEHICLE IN FRONT SLOWED, UPON APPLYING BRAKE, PEDAL WENT RIGHT TO THE FLOORBOARD WITHOUT STOPPING VEHICLE RESULTING IN COLLISION. DEALER AND GMC WILL ONLY ROAD-TEST VEHICLE, REFUSE TO INSPECT BRAKING SYSTEM. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Jul 31, 2000NJ

WHEN DRIVING IN WET WEATHER CONDITIONS AND UPON DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL TO MAKE A GRAUDAL STOP WHILE TRAVELING 25-30 MPH PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. BUT, HAS REPLACED MASTER CYLINDER. HOWEVER, PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Jul 31, 2000CA

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES PEDAL PUSHES BACK UP, AND THEN VEHICLE ACCELERATES, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

Fuel System, Gasoline › Fuel Injection System
Filed Jul 28, 2000CA

MY PROBLEMS ARE AS FOLLOWS: FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM, SIDE DOOR ALIGMENT PROBLEMS, VAN RATTLES, DASHBOARD NOISE. *AK

Steering › Hydraulic Power Assist › Pump
Filed Jul 27, 2000CA

INSIDE POWER STEERING PUMP SHAFT SNAPPED ,WILL LOSE STEERING AND BRAKES. *AK THIS CAUSES DANGEROUS CONDITION WITH LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKE FAILURE. *YH

Electrical System › Wiring › Interior/Under Dash
Filed Jul 23, 2000TN

THE PROBLEMS WIHT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND THE FRONT POWER TRAIN APPEAR TO BE CORRECTED. HOWEVER, I STILL SMELL THE SCENT OF BURNING CIRCUITS. I AM STILL STRUGGLING TO GET THE REAR POWER TRAIN TAKEN CARE OF.

Vehicle Speed ControlCrash
Filed May 31, 2000MD

VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED INTO PARK TO OPEN GATE. UPON RETURNING SHIFTED GEAR INTO DRIVE AND VEHICLE KEPT GOING FOWARD WITH HIGH SPEED. CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES, AND VEHICLE CONTINUED TO TRAVEL. AS A RESULT, RAN INTO A HOUSE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed May 30, 2000CA

CONSUMER WAS PULLING INTO PARKING SPOT & LOST POWER STEERING & BRAKES WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR . CONSUMER CUT VEHICLE OFF & PUT EMERGENCY BRAKE ON TO STOP IT. VEHICLE STARTED UP AGAIN AFTER LEAVING OFF FOR A WHILE. CONSUMER WILL BE CONTACTED. *AK

Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Lever and Linkage › Column Shift
Filed May 11, 2000NY

VEHICLE ROLLS BACKWARD ON AN INCLINE WHILE IN DRIVE. DEALER HAS ADJUSTED TRANSFER CASE, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK *ML

Electrical System
Filed Apr 10, 2000VA

THE VEHICLE CRANKS BUT WOULD NOT START DUE TO BROKEN ELECTRICAL CONNECTION. YH

Air Bags › FrontalCrash
Filed Apr 6, 2000NJ

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 30MPH WHILE IT WAS RAINING THAT EVENING, AND THERE WAS A SCHOOL BUS IN FRONT OF CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES AND HIT THE SCHOOL BUS FROM BEHIND. THE COLLISION IMPACT WAS SO HARD THAT VEHICLE MOVED THE SCHOOL BUS. ALSO, THE DUAL AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY AT ALL. *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Mar 17, 2000CA

WHILE DRIVING UNDER 20 MPH ENGINE WOULD DIE OUT WITHOUT WARNING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP AT LEAST 3 DIFFERENT TIMES. MECHANIC REPLACED THE COMPUTER CHIP & THE WATER PUMP. PLACED VEHICLE ON BOARD MONITOR FOR A WEEK, BUT NOTHING REGISTERED. MECHANIC DROVE IT & IT DID STUTTER. *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Mar 1, 2000MI

ENGINE STALLED WHILE TRAVELING, THIS COULD OCCUR AT ANY HIGHWAY SPEED. ALSO, VEHICLE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY START UP OR NOT START AT ALL. VEHICLE BEEN IN/OUT OF DEALER SHOP ON FOUR OCCASIONS,AND PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Jan 31, 2000NY

WHILE APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE CONTINUES TO TRAVEL. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATON. *AK

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