CarComplaints.com Notes: The Chevy Astro is mechanically identical to the GMC Safari.
10.0
really awful
Crashes / Fires:
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Injuries / Deaths:
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Average Mileage:
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While driving vehicle suddenly pulled to the left, causing driver to lose control of vehicle. Dealer has inspected vehicle. Please provide additional information.
The transmission was replaced due to it missing 1st and going right into 2nd gear.front end of vehicle shakes at 40 mph. Had tires replaced and alignment done. Interior light stay S on unless manual override is turned off.brakes make noises when you come to a stop or you are stopping slowly. Engine light comes on all the time brought to mechanic every time to get analyzed.
Vehicle would wander across road while driving at 45 or more mph. Left side suspension was replaced with lower control arm by dealer, and problem still reoccurring. Side sliding door rattles, consumer states this is annoying.
Vehicle has a "stop bump" or "drive line clunk" which is "corrected" by lubricating driveline slip yok and driveshaft every 2000 miles. This occurs when stopping and feels as if the car has been bumped from behind, causing it to lurch slightly forward. I've been told that it is not normal operation but can not be fixed. Also the alignment needs to be corrected every two months as it continually pulls to the right (an independent shop said the idler arms are bad). There are many squeaks, bumps and clunks coming from under the vehicle.
Vehicle developed a random pull while braking, particularly in rain or snow & slush. In the beginning it was only the first time you applied the brakes after you drove 2 or 3 miles then it happened on dry pavement. It happens only occasionally, but can be very severe, it nearly pulled me into the guide rail on one occasion. This started around 12000 miles and it now has 46000 miles on it. The dealer has replaced pads, turned rotors, aligned the front end twice, and ground the clearance on the calipers twice. At GM denied having more complaints about this but I have heard of other paople with the problem. I was called by the dealer the other day to bring it in again to lower the front end and another alignment. I recently took it on a trip in which my brother inlaw drove it and asked me "have you noticed this thing pulling?" my wife also drives it and has complained to me. This vehicle has a problem, and I suspect there are others! I had a 1992 Astro AWD but never had the problem. A friend of mine traded her Astro AWD off because it had a similar problem, but pulled to the left, into oncoming traffic. I 've been lucky so far, but it could easily cause an accident because on some of the severe incidents it has pulled me off the edge of the road.
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- Bata Via, IL, USA