Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1993 Chevrolet Astro submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 42 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.
The 25 most recent of 42, in the owner's own words
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 CHEVROLET ASTRO. THE CONTACT STATED THE STEEL BRAKE LINE RUSTED AND THE BRAKES FAILED. WHILE REPLACING THE BRAKE PADS THE FLUID LEAKED ONTO A RUSTED AREA OF THE BRAKE LINE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 175,000.
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WHILE TRAVELING TEN TO FIFTEEN MPH ON DRY ROAD CONDITIONS ABS BRAKING SYSTEM FAILED, CAUSING A FRONTAL COLLISION WITH A PICK-UP TRUCK. REAR DRUM BRAKES HAVE RECENTLY BEEN REPLACED FOR THE FIRST TIME AT 136,000 MILES. FRONT DISC BRAKES HAD BEEN TO BE REPLACED TWO OR THREE TIMES BEFORE. DEALER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. *AK
BOTH ABS AND BRAKE LIGHTS STAYED ON. ABS BRAKES WERER NOT WORKING. MANUFACTURER HAS ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN ON BRAKING SYSTEM. CONSUMER WAS NOTIFIED BY REPRESENTATIVE AT MANUFACTURER THAT VIN WAS A PART OF RECALL. BUT, DEALER ADVISED CONSUMER THAT AFTER RECENT CHANGES VIN # WAS NO LONGER UNDER CAMPAIGN AND WILL NOT BE COVERED.*AK
VEHICLE HAS ABS BRAKES. WHEN APPLIED, ABS BRAKING SYSTEM WOULD FAIL TO STOP VEHICLE. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP & MECHANIC PLACED VEHICLE ON HOIST, AND PUSHED ON BRAKES & NOTHING WAS HAPPENING. NEEDED TO REPLACE BRAKES. *AK
UPON APPLICATION OF BRAKE PEDAL ABS BRAKE SYSTEM APPEARS TO BE ACTIVATING, CAUSING STEERING PROBLEMS. I CHECKED BRAKE PADS,ROTOR AND CALIPERS. NO FAILURE OR WEAR TO THESE ITEMS. PROBLEM CONTINUES TO WORSEN, WITH INTERMITTENT RAPID APPLICATION OF ABS WITH JUST A SLIGHT OR NORMAL APPLICATION OF BRAKE PEDAL. CAUSES VEHICLE TO PULL TO ONE SIDE THEN TO THE OTHER THE NEXT TIME BRAKES APPLIED. CONTACTED LOCAL CHEVROLET DEALER, THEY ADVISED THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF ANY ABS RECALLS FOR THE ASTRO VAN. *AK
WHILE DRIVING IN SNOWY WEATHER BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE, PEDAL FELT NORMAL, BUT THE VEHICLE FELT LIKE IT WAS ON ICE SKATES. TO STOP THE VEHICLE, CONSUMER HAD TO CRUISE UNTIL THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN ENOUGH. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
NO SUMMARY
THE ABS SWITCH HAS GONE OUT CAUSING THE GEARS TO NOT SHIFT. THE VEHICLE IS STUCK IN PARK POSITION. DLR HAS REPLACED THE ABS SWITCH 3 TIMES BEFORE AND PROBLEM STILL EXIST. MJS
WHEN VEHICLE TURNED, THE SWITCH SENSOR WOULD COME ON, GO OFF, AND COME BACK ON AGAIN. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MECHANIC, FRONT BRAKES REPLACED & REAR ONES CHECKED. WHENEVER THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP AS QUICKLY AS IT SHOULD. *AK *ML
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION REGARDING RECALL NOTICE (99I006), NOTICE NOT RECEIVED. *YC
ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT.
ANTI LOCKS BRAKES LOCKED UP RESULTING IN VEHICLE COLLISION.
ABS BRAKE FAILURE.
ANTI-LOCK BRAKE FAILURE.
INTERLOCKING BRAKE SWITCH FAILED.
BRAKES FAILED.
CONSUMER COMPLAINING OF ABS BRAKE SYSTEM HAVING FAILED ON THREE OCCASIONS, ONCE RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. FIRST TIME CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON ROAD AT 35 MPH UNDER NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS. WAS PULLING OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO STOP, WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE, AND BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND STOPPED WITHIN INCHES OF HITTING VEHICLE IN FRONT. SECOND TIME, WHILE DRIVING AND APPLYING THE BRAKES TO COME TO A STOP WHEN HEARD AN UNUSUAL NOISE COMING FROM THE WHEEL AS SHE WAS APPLYING THE BRAKES, AND THE VEHICLE WAS COMING TO A DELAYED STOP. THE FINAL FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE CONSUMER WAS TURNING OFF THE HIGHWAY DURING 20 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS. WHEN APPROACHING VEHICLE IN FRONT, CONSUMER COMMENCED TO APPLY BRAKES, BUT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP, CAUSING IT TO HIT VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HER. DEALER WAS NOT INFORMED AT THIS TIME. *AK
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT 25 MPH AND WHEN TRYING TO STEP ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP VEHICLE, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, AND THE BRAKES WERE MAKING A GRINDING NOISE WITHOUT STOPPING FOR A FEW FEET AWAY. *AK
ABS BRAKES SCORED. UNDER ICY CONDITIONS PEDAL DROPS TO THE FLOOR.
ABS BRAKES; WHEN APPLYING BRAKES IN A PANIC STOP, THE BRAKES FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE, CAUSING AN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
WHEN GOING 45-55MPH & HAVE TO BRAKE HARD, SUDDENLY VEHICLE WOULD GO EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT. THE ABS BRAKES WOULD FAIL TO CATCH AT THAT HIGH RATE OF SPEED. *AK
WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED IN A PANIC STOP, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR , RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, CAUSING TEH VEHICLE TO COLLIDE INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. *AK
VEHICLE HAS ABS BRAKES. OWNER STATES BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON WHILE DRIVING, AND WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED VEHICLE DID NOT STOP. OWNER FURTHER NOTES THAT EMERGENCY HAND BRAKE HAD TO BE USED. VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT DEALER. *AK
ABS FRAKE FAILURE. ALSO VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR.
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