2001 Chevrolet Astro complaints

VEHICLE'S HAZARD WARNING SWITCH WAS MALFUNCTIONING.*MR THE HAZARD MALFUNCTION CAUSED THE TURN SIGNAL AND BRAKE LIGHTS TO MALFUNCTION. THE CONSUMER IS AWARE OF A RECALL ON THE PONTIAC GRAND AM 2001 FOR THE HAZARD SWITCH AND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE IS A RECALL ON THE ASTRO. THERE WAS NO WARNING OF THE FAILURE. *NM

WHILE DRIVING AT 15 MPH AND AFTER APPLYING THE BRAKES VEHICLE DID NOT STOP. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, WHO FOUND THAT THE ABS SENSOR MALFUNCTIONED. *AK ABS SENSOR WAS ALSO REPLACED BY THE MECHANIC, AND IT WAS DESCRIBED AS A SENSOR FAILURE. *LA

NO WARNING. FUEL PUMP FAILED IN BUSY TRAFFIC. ENGINE DIED DUE TO LACK OF FUEL. DANAGER TO DRIVER AND CHILDREN WHILE TRYING TO MANUEVER VEHICLE TO SIDE OF THE ROAD. FILTER CHANGED PER DEALER INSTRUCTIONS AND STILL FAILED. DANGEROUS CONDITION WITH IMPERILS DRIVER AND PASSENGERS IF VEHICLE DIES WHILE DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC.*AK

AFTER PICKING VEHICLE UP FROM DEALERSHIP CONSUMER NOTICED THAT ONCE THE BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED TO MAKE A STOP PEDAL TRAVELED TO FLOORBOARD, CAUSING EXTENDING STOPPING DISTANCE. CONSUMER TURNED ENGINE OFF TO STOP VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP SERVICED VEHICLE, AND NOTICED THAT BRAKE LINE SPLIT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

ABS ACTIVARES AT 4 TO 6MPH 25 TO 35% OF TIME. NEED TO PUSH BRAKE PEDDLE TO FLOOR IN ORDER TO STOP. CHEVROLET KNOWS OF DEFECT TSB 02-05-25-006A DEC-02 TBS TITLE ABS ACTIVATES AT LOW SPEEDS CHEV SHOULD RECALL AND FIX KNOWN BRAKING PROBLEM. *AK

OUR 2001 ASTRO VAN [XXX] HAD AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. WHILE WAITING FOR A TOW TRUCK, WITH A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM THE HAZARD SWITCH STOPPED WORKING AFTER 5 MINUTES OF USE. WE WERE STUCK AT NIGHT ON A COUNTRY ROAD AND THE HAZARD SWITCH MALFUNCTIONED. THE DEALER SAID THE MULTI FUNCTION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VAN HAD 40,156 MILES ON IT AND G.M. WOULD NOT COVER THE COST OF REPLACEMENT! $501.17 LATER I AM VERY UNHAPPY. HOW OFTEN DOES ONE USE THIS SWITCH? IT WAS SOMEWHAT DANGEROUS BEING ON A COUNTRY ROAD AT NIGHT WITHOUT WORKING HAZARD LIGHTS. 4,156 MILES BEYOND WARRANTY AND G.M. TELLS ME THEY WILL NOT PAY FOR THIS DEFECTIVE SWITCH. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS A SAFETY RECALL FOR THIS SAME SWITCH WHICH IS USED ON THE 2000-2001 BLAZER, JIMMY, AND BRAVADO, WHY NOT THE ASTRO/SAFARI. G.M. KNOWS THIS IS THE SAME PART. ARE THEY THAT WILLING TO PUT PEOPLE IN DANGER JUST BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF ASTRO/SAFAI VANS ON THE ROAD IS LOW? *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

TRANSFER CASE CONTROL MODULE FAILED AT 146,000 MILES IN 2001 AWD CHEVY ASTRO. *JB

SAFETY ISSUE: GAS PEDAL STICKS WHEN FOOT IS INITIALLY APPLIED TO PEDAL. THE STICKING CAUSES SUDDEN AND UNCONTROLLABLE LURCHING OF VEHICLE. *AK

BRAKE LIGHTS, HAZARD LIGHTS, AND TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS FAIL TO FUNCTION SUDDENLY AND WITH OUT WARNING. VIN# [XXX]. ROOT CAUSE APPEARS TO BE FAILURE OF THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH ING ON THE STEERING COLUMN. SAME ISSUE WA OBSERVED ON OTHER GM MODELS.*AK UPDATED 08/03/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

WHILE DRIVING ON DRY PAVEMENT ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ENGAGED. AS A RESULT, VEHICLE COLLIDED INTO A HOUSE. NO REPORT OF AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT.*AK

VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. IT DID NOT MATTER AT WHAT SPEED VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND DEALER COULD NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

POWER STEERING PUMP FAILURE RESULTS IN LOST OF BOOST FOR BRAKES (BRAKE FAILURE!); LIKEWISE, SERPENTINE BELT FAILURE WILL CAUSE THE SAME. *JB

WHILE BRAKING, INTERMITTENTLY THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME HARD TO DEPRESS, WHICH CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. THE DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *JB

I DID NOT HAVE BRAKE FAILURE BUT MY VAN HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP ABOUT 11 TIMES FOR THE SAME CONDITION WHICH IS A THUMPING NOISE COMMING FROM THE LEFT FRONT BRAKE THE ROTORS HAVE BEEN CHANGED SEVERAL TIMES AND REFACED SEVERAL TIMES JUST CANT SEEM TO FIND WHAT IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM

THE JULY 2002 FAILURE (FIRST OF TWO) OF THE 2001 ASTRO AWD TRANSMISSION WAS FULLY COVERED BY THE WARRANTY. I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE USED WITH 8000 MILES IN FEBRUARY 2001. IT HAD BEEN PURCHASED NEW IN AUGUST 2000. I DROVE IT FOR 16000 MILES IN 16 MONTHS (24000 ODO), AND THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE OR 3RD GEAR. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE TRANSMISSION AND GAVE A ONE YEAR/12000 MILE WARRANTY ON THEIR WORK. UNFORTUNATELY THE REPAIRED TRANSMISSION IS NOW SLIPPING IN 3RD AND I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT. IT IS OVER ONE YEAR SINCE THE JULY 2002 FIX, BUT I HAVE JUST DRIVEN IT OVER 11000 MILES (35000 ODO). I HAVE NOT YET CONTACTED THE DEALER, BUT I FEAR THAT THE RESPONSE WILL BE ISN'T THAT JUST TOO BAD

EXTERIOR LIGHTS... BRAKE LIGHTS... HAZARD LIGHTS... TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS... TAIL LIGHTS . THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE HAZARD LIGHT SWITCH ASSEMBLY WHICH CAUSES AN INTERMITTENT FAILURE OF THE ABOVE LIGHTS TO FUNCTION PROPERLY. THIS A VERY SIMILAR PROBLEM TO THE ONE ADDRESSED IN THE NHTSA RECALL # 01V364000 WHICH INCLUDES OTHER GM PRODUCTS SUCH AS THE BLAZER AND BRAVADO, WHICH EVIDENTLY USE THE SAME PART AS THE ASTRO. WHY WAS THE ASTRO VAN NOT A PART OF THIS RECALL? *LA

VEHICLE VIBRATED AND SHOOK INSIDE OF THE WHEEL WELL WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY. ALSO, A MAKE LOUD NOISE CAME FROM THE FRONT SUSPENSION. DEALER INSPECTED VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES, AND COULD NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WAS SMOKING. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLES CABIN FILLED WITH SMOKE FUMES WHICH CAUSED THE PASSENGER TO BECOME SICK. THE DEALER HAS SERVICED THE VEHICLE THREE TIME BUT THE PROBLEM RETURNS. *NLM

CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE VEHICLE HAD NO BRAKES OR POWER. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED SMOKE CAME FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE MECHANIC FOUND THE POSITIVE BATTERY CABLE WAS ROUTED IN A WAY THAT THE STEERING LINKAGE RUBBED AGAINST IT AND SHORTED OUT. *JB

2001 CHEVROLET ASTRO VAN. VIN [XXX] HAD TO PAY $420+ TODAY TO FIX A GM KNOWN SAFETY PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD MY CAR WAS NOT COVERED. THEY TOLD ME I HAD NO OTHER COMPLAINT OPTION.*AK STOP LAMPS/HAZARD LAMPS INOPERATIVE2000-2001 CHEVROLET BLAZER AND TRAILBLAZER (CLASSIC); GMC JIMMY AND ENVOY(CLASSIC); AND OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA (CLASSIC) SUMMARY: VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES. THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH COULD DEVELOP AN OPEN CIRCUIT CONDITION THAT RESULTS IN THE STOP LAMPS AND THE REAR HAZARD LAMPS BECOMING INOPERATIVE. THE CENTER HIGH MOUNTED STOP LAMP AND TURN SIGNAL FUNCTIONS ARE NOT AFFECTED. CONSEQUENCE: THE LOSS OF STOP LAMPS AND REAR HAZARD LAMPS COULD FAIL TO WARN A FOLLOWING DRIVER THAT THE VEHICLE IS BRAKING AND/OR IS STOPPED AND COULD RESULT IN A CRASH. THIS IS THE SAME PROBLEM AS NHTSA #01V364000 OR NHTSA RECALL NO. 01V364/GM GM/CHEVY USES THE SAME STEERING YOKE FOR THE ASTRO/SAFARI VANS. THEY DID NOT INCLUDE THE VANS IN THEIR THE REFERENCED SAFETY RECALL. THEY ONLY INCLUDED THE 2000-01 CHEVROLET BLAZER, GMC JIMMY, AND OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA. WHY NOT THE ASTRO/SAFARI. THEY KNOW THIS IS THE SAME PART/FAILURE? THE GM CAMPAIGN NUMBER I FOUND WAS 01073 AND 01073A . INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: MINI VANS. SOME OF THESE VEHICLES FAIL TO COMPLY WITH REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS NO. 208, "OCCUPANT CRASH PROTECTION." THE "FASTEN SAFETY-BELT" AUDIBLE WARNING OCCASIONALLY MAY NOT COME ON OR MAY TERMINATE IN LESS THAN FOUR SECONDS AS REQUIRED BY THE STANDARD. CONSUMER HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON SIMILAR MAKES AND MODELS, HOWEVER THIS VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED DUE TO THE VIN. *AK

I HAVE HAD A MISS WHEN VEHICLE IS WARM. DEALER SAYS IT IS FUEL, BUT I AM USING THE RECOMMENDED FUEL ACCORDING TO DEALER. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND THEN GOES OFF. DEALER CANNOT LOCATE PROBLEM. THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE SINCE I HAVE PURCHASED IT. ALSO HAD TO REPLACE FRONT BRAKE PADS AND SHOCKS AT 26000 MILES. AFTER APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR USE. *NLM

MY CHEVROLET ASTRO VAN HAS BEEN MAKING A HORRIBLE NOISE IN THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERS HAVE ATTEMPTED TO FIX THE CAR ON FOUR OCCASIONS BY REPLACING 5 DIFFERENT PARTS. WHEN WILL I HAVE THE RIGHT TO SAY I HAVE A LEMON AND WANT MY MONEY BACK. *JB

CONSUMER IS HAVING TROUBLE WITH HIS BRAKING SYSTEM. HIS LEFT FRONT BRAKE PULLS TO THE LEFT WHEN HE BRAKES. HE HAS HAD NEW BRAKES PUT ON AND THAT HAS NOT HELPED. THE DEALER HAS NOW REFUSED TO SERVICE HIS VEHICLE BECAUSE HE HAS TAKEN IT BACK SO MANY TIMES. PH

DEALER NOT FIXING PROBLEMS WITH BRAKES AND DRIVE TERRAIN. CHEVROLET NO HELP IN REPAIR EITHER. PLEASE HELP! MR

DEALERS NOT REPORTING SAFETY PROBLEMS/CONCERNS TO MANUFACTURER. MR

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT WARNING THERE IS A CONSTANT NOISE COMING FROM GEAR BOX. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED, AND MECHANIC STATED THERE WAS A CHATTER IN THE GEAR BOX, PROBLEM HAS BEEN INSPECTED BY DEALER, HOWEVER WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM.*AKTHE DEALER REPLACED THE PRESSURE LINE IN THE STEERING, POWER STEERING FLUID WAS LEAKING,THE TURN SIGNAL WAS NOT CANCELLING WHEN MAKING RIGHT TURNS, LEFT REAR CARGO DOOR WOULD NOT STAY OPEN.*JB

VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED BY DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR ALL WHEEL DRIVE LIGHT CONSTANTLY ILLUMINATED. VEHICLE HAS BEEN CHECKED BY DEALER, WHO HAS TO CONSTANTLY REPLACE TRANSFER CASE CONTROL MODULE. CONSUMER LIVES IN MOUNTAINOUS AREA, AND IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT ALL WHEEL DRIVE PERFORMANCE WHEN NEEDED.*AKTHIS PROBLEM STARTED SOON AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *JG

VEHICLE WOULD DIP FORWARD AND LEFT TO RIGHT DEPENDING ON THE INCLINE OF THE ROAD, FEELS TOP HEAVY, STABILIZER BARS NEED TO BE INSTALLED TO HOLD THE BODY FROM LEANNING OFF THE FRAME, ALMOST RESULTING IN CONTROL LOST.

CONSUMER STATES INTERMITTENT GRINDING NOISE WOULD OCCUR WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED, THE PEDAL WOULD GO TO THE FLOOR AND CAUSES A EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, VEHICLE BEEN TO THE DEALER ON FOUR OCCASION AND THE PROBLEM REOCCURRING. NLM

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH THE VEHICLE REAR ENDED A BUS YET THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, THE VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. NLM *JG

SLIDING PASSENGER DOOR NO LONGER COMES WITH A MANUAL RELEASE FOR THE OPEN POSITION. IF THE VAN IS BACKED NOSE DOWN ON A HILL THE DOOR WILL NOT STAY OPEN. SOMEONE HAS TO HOLD IT. THE FRICTION PLATE CAN BE TIGHTENED BUT THAT WILL EVENTUALLY CAUSE FAILURE AS THAT WEAR.

BRAKES HAVE HAD INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS SINCE NEW. RETURNED FIRST TIME WHEN LEFT FRONT LOCKED UP ON DRY, SMOOTH PAVEMENT PANIC STOP. JERKED WHEEL FROM HAND AND TURNED VAN SIDEWAYS. THIS IS AFTER SLIGHT INTERMITTENT PULLING FROM TIME VAN WAS NEW. NUMEROUS TRIPS (5) TO DEALER HAS FAILED TO FIX PROBLEM. NOW ADDITIONAL PROBLEM OF NO BRAKING ACTION WHILE ATTEMPTING SLOW STOP HAS RESULTED IN RUNNING INTO INTERSECTION WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THIS OCCURRED WHILE TRYING TO STOP FROM APPROXIMATELY 15MPH. APPLYING THE BRAKES RESULTED IN NO SLOW DOWN FOR A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. IT FINALLY STOPPED WITH THE FRONT BUMPER IN THE INTERSECTION AS I ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE PARKING BRAKE TO STOP. GM'S SERVICE HAS SAID THAT UNTIL IT OCCURRS WHILE IT IS IN THE SHOP, THERE IS NOTHING ELSE THEY WILL DO. THEY DID SAY THEY HOPED I DIDN'T HAVE AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THEIR BRAKES.*AK

THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM IS UNPREDICTABLE. IF ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER IS IN LOOSE GRAVEL, ROUGH SURFACE, OR SLICK SURFACE AND BRAKES ARE APPLIED HARD (LIKE A CHILD RUNNING OUT IN FRONT OF YOU), THE OPPOSITE SIDE WILL LOCK UP AND CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO SLIDE IN THAT DIRECTION. THIS PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT AND ONLY HAPPENS PART OF THE TIME. LIKEWISE, WHEN SLOWING DOWN (AS IN APPROACHING A STOP SIGN) THE BRAKES WILL PULL THE VEHICLE ACROSS A CROWNED CENTERLINE IF FIRM GRIP IS NOT MAINTAINED ON THE STEERING WHEEL. AGAIN, THIS ONLY OCCURS INTERMITTENTLY AND ONLY AFTER THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN DRIVEN A DISTANCE AND IS "WARMED-UP". ALSO, THE VEHICLE WILL LOCK-UP ONE FRONT WHEEL (USUALLY THE LEFT FRONT) DURING A PANIC STOP ON DRY, SMOOTH PAVEMENT AND EITHER PULL THE STEERING WHEEL OUT OF YOUR HANDS OR SLIDE THE VEHICLE SIDEWAYS. THIS ALSO HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE LEFT SIDE CALIPER, REPLACED THE RIGHT SIDE CALIPER, AND REPLACED THE ABS MODULE ON THE KELSEY HAYES ABS SYSTEM. GM NOW SAYS THAT THE VEHICLE IS OPERATING AT MANUFACTURER'S SPEC'S. I FEEL THE VAN IS UNSAFE BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN YOU HIT THE BRAKE PEDAL--WILL IT STOP STRAIGHT, OR PULL LEFT, OR PULL RIGHT, OR (IN FAST "PANIC" STOP) LOCK UP ONE SIDE AND SLIDE IN THAT DIRECTION.*AK

VEHICLE GOES OVER A BUMP HEADLIGHTS BECOME DIM AND EVENTUALLY OFF. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OF 75MPH, VEHICLE IS HARD TO MAINTAIN ON THE ROAD, THE FRONT END SEEMS TO DIP HARD, IN WHICH VEHICLE FEELS AS THOUGH IT IS GOING TO ROLL OVER, AND THAT IS WHEN NOTHING IS BEING TOWED ON THE BACK.*JB

VEHICLE VIBRATES WHEN ACCLERATING AT LOW OR HIGHER SPEEDS. DEALER CHECKED ENGINE/ FRONT END, AND COMPUTER. ROTATED TIRES, AND NOTHING COULD REMEDY PROBLEM. VEHICLE HAD BEEN AT THE DEALER 2 WEEKS. CONSUMER WAS HAVING VEHICLE TOWED BECAUSE OF BEING SCARRED TO DRIVE IT. *AK

UNDER PANIC STOP, THE BRAKE GOES TO THE FLOOR AND THE VAN WILL NOT STOP. THE FAILED TO STOP ABOUT 7 FEET. *AK (DOT NUMBER: PJHF TIRESIZE: P215-75R15)

SIDE SLIDING DOOR MAY CLOSE ON FOREWARD DOWN HILL, THE DOOR HAS FRICTION TYPE CATCH, OLDER MODELS HAD A CABLE CONTROL RELEASE

VEHICLE WAS IN AN OFFSET FRONTAL CRASH, STRIKING THE REAR OF A FULL SIZE PICKUP TRUCK WITH THE LEFT HALF OF THE FRONT OF THE VAN. UPON IMPACT, FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK

PASSENGER'S SIDE FRONT SEAT BELT IS STUCK IN RETRACTOR AND WILL NOT PULL OUT. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE SEATBELT BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T FIND CAUSE. *AK THE SEAT BELT PROBLEM OCCURED ON THE THIRD DAY AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. *YH