Safety Score
74
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1992 Chevrolet Astro.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-06-22 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1992 CHEVROLET ASTRO VAN. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT APPROXIMATELY 10 - 15 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL… |
| 2005-11-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1992 CHEVROLET ASTRO. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE ABS WOULD NOT WORK AFTER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF BRA… |
| 2005-09-07 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 0 | WAS DRIVING AND A TRUCK PULLED OUT OF DRIVE WAY IN FRONT OF ME. HIT THE BRAKES AND THEY WORKED FOR A SPLIT SECOND BUT T… |
| 2005-03-01 | CHILD SEAT | No | 0 | WHEN THE CONSUMER UNLATCHED THE HARNESS BUCKLE THE SHIELD CAME UP TOO FAST. ONE TIME THE SPRING BROKE AND THE SHIELD W… |
| 2004-07-29 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:TORSION BAR | No | 0 | THE TORSION BAR ON DRIVER'S SIDE BROKE. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE PRPOBLEM WAS NOT A … |
| 2003-09-17 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:TORSION BAR | No | 0 | THE TORSION BAR BROKE WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALER STATED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMA… |
| 2003-08-12 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH THE LEFT SUSPENSION COLLAPSED, CAUSING CONSUMER TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. DEALER HAD BEEN NOTIFIED… |
| 2003-06-17 | TIRES:TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING SPARE TIRE FEEL OUT FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK |
| 2002-06-03 | STEERING:LINKAGES | Yes | 0 | I HAD THIS STEERING COMPONENT ( FORGED PART ) BREAK ON LEFT SIDE LAST YEAR AND NOW THE RIGHT SIDE. IF I HAD BEEN TRAVEL… |
| 2002-05-31 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | No | 0 | C.P.I. FUEL INJECTOR HAS FAILED 4 TIMES IN THE LAST 40,000 MILES RESULTING IN ENGINE SHUT DOWN, LOSS OF POWER STEERING,… |
| 2001-10-08 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | HAD TAKEN VEHICLE FOR SERVICE WHEN THE ABS WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED. WOULD HAVE BRAKING ABILITY. MECHANIC INDIC… |
| 2001-07-20 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:TORSION BAR | No | 0 | TORSION BAR BROKE WHILE DRIVING INTO DRIVEWAY. GM AND DEALER FAIL TO ADMIT THE DESIGN DEFECT WHICH WAS CORRECTED ON 1… |
| 2001-07-05 | EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:CARRIER/RACK | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH CABLE THAT HOLDS SPARE TIRE SNAPPED, CAUSING SPARE TIRE TO FLY OFF VEHICLE. NO DAMAGE , NO INJUR… |
| 2001-06-26 | STEERING:LINKAGES:ARM:IDLER AND ATTACHMENT | No | 0 | VEHICLE HAS 2 IDLER ARMS THAT ARE FAILING AFTER 2 YEARS OF USE. MANUFACTURER MODIFIED THIS MODEL VEHICLE IN 1994 TO USE… |
| 2001-05-28 | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP | No | 0 | POWER STEERING PUMP FAILED TWICE. FIRST TIME DUE TO WEAR AND TEAR TO OPERATE PROPERLY WHILE TRAVELING AT 10 TO 15 MPH,… |
| 2001-03-30 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP | No | 0 | FUEL INJECTOR SPIDER WENT OUT 88000 MILES, AND VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVEABLE, ALSO, FUEL PUMP WAS CHANGED AT 88,000 AND 11… |
| 2000-12-02 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | THE FRONT END AND THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE PARKED IN A GARAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS A TOTALL LOSS. *… |
| 2000-12-01 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:TORSION BAR | Yes | 0 | AFTER VEHICLE WAS PARKED RIGHT SIDE OF CAR BEGAN TO RISE. DEALER WAS CONTACTED FOR REPLACING TORSION BAR. VEHICLE IS N… |
| 2000-09-01 | SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | FIBERS ON REAR LEAF SPRING HAVE BEEN COMING APART OVER PAST COUPLE YEARS. CONSUMER PERFORMED REPAIR WORK, AND HAS … |
| 1999-07-05 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | ANTI-BRAKE SYSTEM EXPERIENCE LOCK-UP. VEHICLE HAS TO BE COOLED OFF, THEN THE BRAKES WOULD RELEASE BY THEMSELVES. DEA… |
| 1999-06-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK | No | 0 | THE BRAKE LIGHTS CAME ON WE CHANGED THE ABS MODULATOR BOX, THE LIGHTS WERE OFF TILL THE BRAKES WERE PUT ON THEN THE LIG… |
| 1999-03-18 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | No | 0 | VEHICLE LOOSES STEERING AND BRAKES DUE TO ALTERNATOR FAILURE. YH |
| 1999-01-30 | SEATS | No | 0 | I WAS ALONE IN MY VEHICLE, AND HAD JUST PARKED AT MY DESTINATION. I WAS LEANING BACK IN MY SEAT REACHING FOR MY SEAT B… |
| 1999-01-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | No | 0 | VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN GARAGE. SMELLED SMOKE. CHECKED AND FIRE WAS INSIDE, LOOKED AS IF STARTED UNDER DASH AND SPREAD TO… |
| 1998-12-17 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | ONGOING ERRATIC OPERATING OF ABS SYSTEM; VEHICLE BEEN IN / OUT OF DEALER SHOP AND BRAKES STILL APPEAR NOT TO BE WORKING… |
| 1998-10-19 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | TRAVELING 30MPH WHEN ABS BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON. HAPPENS WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED HARD. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER & INFORM… |
| 1998-10-19 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT HE NEEDED TO REPLACE THE TR… |
| 1998-09-06 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:TORSION BAR | No | 0 | VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY. TORSION BAR SNAPPED IN HALF WHILE SITTING WITH NO ONE AROUND OR IN THE VEHICLE. FRONT E… |
| 1998-08-30 | STEERING:LINKAGES:ARM:IDLER AND ATTACHMENT | No | 0 | CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 35 MPH. WHEN SUDDENLY BOTH IDLE ARMS BROKE, CAUSING TOTAL LOSS OF STEERING. CONSUMER HAD TO AP… |
| 1998-08-22 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | Yes | 0 | ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING 20MPH AND BRAKING QUICKLY, THE ABS FAILED COMPLETELY, REAR ENDING ANOTHER VEHICLE.… |
| 1998-08-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | AFTER A QUICK STOP TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT, WHICH THE QUICK STOP HAD TO TURN RIGHT TO AVOID THE OTHER VEHICLE, THE ABS FAI… |
| 1998-07-30 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:TORSION BAR | No | 0 | CONSUMER WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25MPH WHEN THEY WERE MAKING A RIGHT TURN OVER THE RAILROAD TRACKS , THE FRONT OF THE… |
| 1998-06-30 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION CHANGED GEARS WHENEVER OVERDRIVE WAS USED..CONSUMER WOULD LIKE NHTSA HELP TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THIS … |
| 1998-06-26 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH | No | 0 | WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE DEFECTIVE IGNITION SWITCH STARTED TO SMOKE, CAUSING A FIRE. DEALRR DETERMINED THE PROB… |
| 1998-04-25 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING DOWN A HIGHWAY THE WIND WAS RATHER HIGH,THE HOOD FLEW UP AND BROKE THE WINDSHIELD AND DENTED THE HOO. , N… |
| 1998-04-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | No | 7 | I WAAS JUST INFORMED THAT GMC HAS A SPECIAL POLICY INVOLVING FIXING OF A VERY DANGEROUS FUEL SYSTEM PROBLEM CMSI FOR C… |
| 1998-03-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN | No | 0 | HORN AND OIL PRESSURE GAUGE MALFUNCTIONED. |
| 1998-02-28 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | PISTON ROD BROKE INTO PIECES AND PUNCHED A HOLE TYHRU THE SIDE OF THE OIL PAN CAUSING ENGINE FAILURE WHICH ALMOST CAUSE… |
| 1998-02-03 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE FIRST FUEL INJECTION UNIT FAILED AT 103,000 MILES AND I HAD IT RELPLACED AT HARBOR CHEVROLET, AND NOW THE SECOND ON… |
| 1998-02-02 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER | No | 0 | THE DRIVER'S SEATBACK COLLASPED AS OWNER WAS GETTING INTO THE VAN. THE SEAT HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. *AK |
| 1998-02-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | PAINT PEELING OFF ENTIRE VEHICLE FROM FAULTY PAINTING SYSTEM. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED IN THE SUMMARY. *AK |
| 1997-12-06 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | ABS LIGHT CAME ON, AND THE ABS BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING. DEALER RESET ABS BRAKES ONE TIME, AND THEY DID NOT WORK. RESE… |
| 1997-11-18 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER | Yes | 2 | SEAT BACK COLLAPSED WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING A COLLISION. |
| 1997-10-31 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | Yes | 3 | ABS PROBLEMS, INTERMITTENTLY WHEN APPLYNG THE BRAKES QUICKLY THE PEDAL TRAVELS TO THE FLOOR AND THERE IS NO BRAKING AB… |
| 1997-08-16 | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP | No | 0 | THE POWER STEERING PUMP AND POWER BRAKE PUMP ARE ONE UNIT, THEREFORE WHEN FAILURE OCCURRED, BOTH UNITS WERE EFFECTED. |
| 1997-08-12 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING BRAKE FLUID BUILDS UP IN THE ELECTRIC CONTROL MODULE AND CAUSES THE ABS TO MULFUNCTION, RESULTING IN AB… |
| 1997-07-07 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL | No | 0 | GAS PEDAL LINKANGE AND THROTTLE STUCK AT FULL ACCELERATION. |
| 1997-06-05 | STEERING:LINKAGES:ARM:IDLER AND ATTACHMENT | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT 20MPH THE STEERING LINKAGE IDLER ARM BROKE OFF AND BROKE THROUGH THE FRAME OF THE CAR, CAUSING COMPL… |
| 1997-05-08 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | Yes | 2 | APPLIED BRAKES, BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, RESULTING IN A CRASH. VEHICLE RAN A STOP… |
| 1997-02-15 | POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT | No | 0 | DRIVING ON FREEWAY; STEERING WHEEL LOCKED; DIFFERENTIAL FELL, CAUSING LOCK UP; LOST SOME CONTROL. USED STRENGTH TO PULL… |