Safety Score
89
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1989 Chevrolet Astro.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-11-10 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | RUSTED METAL BRAKE LINE FROM THE OE BRAKE LINE SPLICE FORWARD OF THE FUEL TANK TO THE LINE SPLITTER AT THE REAR AXEL AL… |
| 2004-07-30 | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE FIRST FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE PULLING INTO THE PARKING SPACE AT MY PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT. THE POWER STEERING BRACKET, … |
| 2002-06-15 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | No | 0 | BRAKES WENT OUT AND STARTED ON FIRE. BAFFLES ON ENGINE EXHAUST RUSTED OUT AND LAYED ON FRAME TOUCHING STARTER MOTOR ELE… |
| 2002-05-05 | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP | No | 0 | THIS IS THE FOURTH POWER STEERING PUMP WE HAVE PUT ON THE VEHICLE IN A YEAR.*AK |
| 2001-09-15 | SEATS | No | 0 | DRIVERS SIDE SEAT, RIGHT POWER SEAT MOUNT IS BROKEN. IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH SEAT WILL NOT BE RETAINED. SEARCH FOR A RE… |
| 2000-09-15 | TIRES:TREAD/BELT | No | 0 | THESE TIRES WERE PURCHASED AS REPLACEMENTS TO THE ORIGINAL . I WAS TRAVLING SOUTHBOUND ON HWY 99 WHEN THE TREAD CAME OF… |
| 2000-06-22 | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP | No | 0 | POWER STEERING PUMP BROKE OFF THE BASE. ALSO, STEERING BELT BROKE. IN ADDITION, AIR CONDITIONER BELT/ ALTERNATOR AND … |
| 2000-01-09 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | No | 1 | WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND BEGAN TO SMOKE, ONCE THE HOOD WAS OPENED THEY FOUND THAT THE ALTERNATOR HAD CA… |
| 1999-11-30 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | BOTH FRONT SEAT BELTS ARE NOT RETRACTING CORRECTLY. THEY DO NOT HOLD CONSUMERS TIGHTLY IN SEATS, THEY ARE LOOSE. … |
| 1999-11-01 | STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR | No | 0 | SINCE THE TIME OF PURCHASE THE STEERING COLUMN HAS BECOME VERY LOOSE AND NEEDED TO BE TIGHTENED ABOUT ONCE A YEAR. CURR… |
| 1999-06-24 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | ENGINE BOLTS SHEERING AT POWER STEERING UNIT MOUNTING PLATE, THUS STEERING UNIT FLEXES FORWARD ,SERPENTINE BELT COMES O… |
| 1999-06-03 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS | No | 0 | THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THE SAME BOLTS HAVE BROKEN CAUSING THE BELT TO COME OFF. EVERYTHING ON THE VEHICLE GOES OUT, IN… |
| 1998-10-18 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | No | 0 | WHEN DRIVING AT 55 PMH ANOTHER CONSUMER NOTICE SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE VEHCILE, AND WHEN THE CONSUMER PULLED OVER… |
| 1998-08-16 | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:POWER STEERING FLUID | No | 0 | THIS VAN IN NOW CURRENTLY SITTING IN MY YARD AS I CAN NOT AFFORD TO FIX IT AT THIS TIME DUE TO THE MECHANICS AT THE LOC… |
| 1998-03-17 | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP | No | 0 | THE BOLTS BY THE POWER STEERING PUMP, THAT HOLD THE ALTERNATOR AND AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR BROKE, WHICH CRACKED T… |
| 1998-03-09 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS | No | 0 | FRONT END FAILURE. LOWER CONTROL ARM RUSTED TO THE POINT IT AND THE HEAVY DUTY SPRING BROKE. WHEN FRONT END DROPPED VE… |
| 1998-03-09 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM | No | 0 | LOWER CONTROL ARM CORRODED AND BROKE. |
| 1998-03-01 | SUSPENSION:FRONT | No | 0 | FRONT SUSPENSION AREA ON THE FRAME WHERE THE IDLER ARM ATTACHES, RUSTED COMPLETELY THROUGH THE FRAME. RESULTED IN AN A… |
| 1998-03-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | SPEEDOMETER FAILED TO OPERATE. BELIEVED THIS WAS A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT FOR THIS VEHICLE WITH 71000 OF WEAR. DEALER N… |
| 1998-01-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION FAILURE CAUSING VIBRATION. WHEN RELEASING FOOT OFF GAS VIBRATION STOPS. *AK |
| 1997-10-03 | SEATS | No | 0 | SAET: SCREW THAT BOLTS FRONT SEAT BROKE AND THE SEAT COLLAPSED AND WENT COMPLETELY BACKWARD. *AK |
| 1997-06-19 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION TUBE CAME LOOSE FROM HOUSING, LEAKED, CAUSING FIRE. |
| 1997-02-10 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND THE THROTTLE STUCK. THIS VEHICLE IS VERY UNSAFE TO THE DRIVER. *AK |
| 1996-07-07 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOOR HANDLE IS BROKEN AND THE REAR DOOR HANDLE IS ALSO BROKEN. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK CON… |
| 1996-04-01 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | BRACKET BOLTS THAT HOLD THE ENGINE IN PLACE BROKE, CAUSING A LOSS OF STEERING AND CONTROL OF VEHICLE. *AK |
| 1996-02-19 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | No | 0 | FUEL SYSTEM CAUGHT FIRE. *SD |
| 1996-02-19 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS | No | 0 | FUEL INJECTOR LEAK CAUSED ENGINE FIRE. |
| 1996-02-08 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING | No | 0 | SEAT BELT FAILURE. TT |
| 1996-01-01 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | DRIVER SIDE SEAT LAP/SHOULDER PLASTIC GUIDE LOOP IS BROKEN AND CAUSING THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE NOT TO FASTEN PROPERLY. *AK |
| 1995-08-02 | SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER | No | 0 | NO SEAT BELTS ON REAR BED SEAT. *AK |
| 1995-05-23 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | SEAT BELT FAILURE, SEAT BELTS SUPPLIED BY KEIPER, SEAT BELTS DO NOT LOCK. TT |
| 1995-04-28 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN | No | 0 | HORN DOES NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY, IT WILL WORK ONLY AFTER PRESSING IT A FEW TIME. TT |
| 1995-03-22 | SEATS | Yes | 2 | DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S FRONT SEAT TRACTS FAILED, CAUSING SEATS TO FALL BACKWARDS DURING AN ACCIDENT PRIOR TO RECALL (… |
| 1995-03-07 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKED, RESULTING IN A FIRE. *AK |
| 1995-02-06 | STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR | No | 0 | THE STEERING COLUMN BASE WAS VERY LOOSE DUE TO FOUR LOOSE SCREWS. *AK |
| 1995-01-26 | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP | No | 0 | POWER STEERING PUMP BRACKET CRACKED, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING ABILITY. *SD |
| 1994-06-12 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE IT ACCLERATES BY ITSELF TO ABOUT 70-80MPH. DRIVER ATTEMPTS TO APPLY THE BRAKES BUT THE VEHICLE S… |
| 1994-02-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | Yes | 2 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1989 CHEVROLET ASTRO. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. AS A RESULT, ANOTHER VEHICLE C… |
| 1993-06-01 | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP | No | 0 | TWO BOLTS BROKE BY THE POWER STEERING PUMP CAUSING THE BRACKET TO BREAK. |
| 1992-03-06 | SUSPENSION:REAR | No | 0 | REAR AXLE SEALS LEAK. |
| 1991-11-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | CAST ALUMINUM DOOR HANDLES BROKE. *DSH |
| 1990-06-01 | SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER | No | 0 | DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT DOES NOT MAINTAIN PROPER PELVIS FIT. PROVIDES NO RESTRAINING CAPABILITIES. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETA… |
| — | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | BOTH OUTSIDE AND INSIDE DOOR HANDLES BECAME INOPERATIVE. *AK |
| — | STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR | No | 0 | STEERING COLUMN BOLTS BECOME LOOSE AND CAUSES IGNITION TURN OFF AND OTHER PROBLEMS. TT |
| — | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | PEELING PAINT ON TOP, FRONT AND SOME ON ALL SIDES. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED WITHIN SUMMARY. *AK |
| — | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | DRIVER/ PASSENGER/ REAR DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDES SEAT BELTS ARE INOPERABLE. SEAT BELTS WILL NOT RETRACT IN HOUSING ME… |
| — | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | TWO OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLES HAVE BROKEN, CANNOT GET IN ON ONE SIDE OF VEHICLE. TT |
| — | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE | No | 0 | NONE OF THE SAT BELTS WORK. NLM |
| — | STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR | No | 0 | STEERING WHEEL IS LOOSE. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK |
| — | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | I APOLOGIZE IF THIS IS NOT THE APPROPRIATE FORM FOR A PAINT DEFECT, BUT ICOULD FIND NO OTHER COMPLAINT FORM ON YOUR WEB… |