Owner-reported complaints naming the suspension system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming suspension components — springs, struts, shocks, control arms and related hardware. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1992 Chevrolet Astro submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 13 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
THE TORSION BAR ON DRIVER'S SIDE BROKE. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE PRPOBLEM WAS NOT A RECALL, AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. *AK
THE TORSION BAR BROKE WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALER STATED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *NLM
WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH THE LEFT SUSPENSION COLLAPSED, CAUSING CONSUMER TO PULL OFF THE ROAD. DEALER HAD BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING FRONT SUSPENSION PROBLEMS. STATED THAT FRONT SUSPENSION WILL RUST OUT AND THEN BREAK. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, AND STATED THAT HE WILL HAVE TO CHANGE NOT ONLY THE FRONT ONE BUT TWO OTHER EXTRAS ONES THAT THE VEHICLE COMES WITH.*AK
FIBERS ON REAR LEAF SPRING HAVE BEEN COMING APART OVER PAST COUPLE YEARS. CONSUMER PERFORMED REPAIR WORK, AND HAS PROBLEM COMPONENTS AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK
TORSION BAR BROKE WHILE DRIVING INTO DRIVEWAY. GM AND DEALER FAIL TO ADMIT THE DESIGN DEFECT WHICH WAS CORRECTED ON 1997 VECHICLES AND IS NOW REQUIRED FOR REPAIRS. NO TORSION BAR SEALS WERE EVER INSTALLED PER GM'S MANUAL ACCORDDING TO MY DEALER MECHANIC. THIS SEAL WAS INTENDED TO PREVENT ROAD DEBREE AND WATER FROM ENTERING THE SUPPORT TUBE AND CAUSING THE RUST, STRESS CORROSION AND EVENTUAL FAILURE OF THE TORSION BAR. THE FACT IS THAT GM CORRECTED THE DESIGN DEFECT ON 1997 MODELS WITHOUT ADMITTING TO THE DESIGN PROBLEM, THUS ENDANGERING THE LIVES OF OWNERS OF SUCH VECHICLES. FURTHERMORE, GM FAILED TO SUGGEST ANY TYPE OF MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS FOR THIS SEAL IN ANY OF THEIR OWNERS MANUALS. I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS DESIGN FLAW HASN'T RESULTED IN DEATHS AND LAW SUITS. THE NHSA DATA BASE SHOWS APPROXIMATELY 90 CUSTOMER FAILURES FROM 1992 THRU 1996 WITH FAILURE NUMBER PEAKING AT 35 IN 1995. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS SITUATION AND SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE. THANK YOU. *AK
AFTER VEHICLE WAS PARKED RIGHT SIDE OF CAR BEGAN TO RISE. DEALER WAS CONTACTED FOR REPLACING TORSION BAR. VEHICLE IS NO LONGER BEING DRIVEN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY. TORSION BAR SNAPPED IN HALF WHILE SITTING WITH NO ONE AROUND OR IN THE VEHICLE. FRONT END DROPPED 3-4 INCHES AS A RESULT. VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, REPLACED BOTH TORSION BARS.
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25MPH WHEN THEY WERE MAKING A RIGHT TURN OVER THE RAILROAD TRACKS , THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE DROPPED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALERSIP. PHONE #814-752-2794
REAR SPRING FAILED, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL.
REAR LEAF SPRING BROKE. *DH
BOTH IDLE ARMS REPLACED. *SD
HAD TO REPLACE TIRES BEFORE 30000 DUE TO ALIGNMENT OF TIRES. TT
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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