Owner-reported complaints naming the electrical system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the electrical system — wiring, battery, charging, control modules, infotainment and electrical accessories. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1999 Chevrolet Astro submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 19 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
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 CHEVROLET ASTRO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE CONTACT APPROACHED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FILED A REPORT STATING THAT THE FIRE WAS DUE TO ON ELECTRICAL ISSUE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 230,000. *TR
WILL NOT START WHEN WEATHER IS DAMP. WILL TAKE 3 OR 4 DAYS TO DRY OUT BEFORE STARTING AGAIN. NO MECHANIC HAS BEEN ABLE TO PIN POINT THE PROBLEM. TOWED TO SHOP VAN SITS INSIDE THE BAY DRIES OUT AND STARTS WITHIN 2-3 HOURS. HAPPENS EVERY TIME IT GETS DAMP. 10 YEARS BEEN DOING THE SAMETHING. *TR
ANTI THEFT SECURITY SYSTEM FAILURE. LOCKS OWNER OUT FROM STARTING VEHICLE IN WET WEATHER. BAD PLACEMENT OF COMPUTER SYSTEM PLACED UNDER BATTERY. CORROSION OF SECURITY SYSTEMS COMMUNICATIONS WIRING CAUSED LOCK OUT AND CAR WILL NOT START. *TR
DT: ON FRIDAY THE BATTERY WENT DEAD AND THE OWNER COULDN'T OPEN THE BACK DOORS. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE. THE OWNER COULD NOT OPEN THE BACK DOORS TO GET TO HIS TOOLS. THE OWNER WAS CONCERNED THAT IF AN ACCIDENT OCCURRED NO ONE COULD GET OUT OF THE BACK DOORS. THIS WAS THE WAY THE VEHICLE WAS BUILT. THE OWNER FELT THIS WAS A SAFETY DEFECT. THE OWNER WAS NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE BATTERY GOING DEAD, JUST ABOUT THE BACK DOOR NOT OPENING.*AK
1999 ASTRO BLOWS FUSES IN CIG. LIGHTER SOCKET. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, REAR DOOR WILL NOT UNLOCK AND WINDOWS WILL NOT OPERATE. THIS CAN HAPPEN MULTIPLE TIMES INA SINGLE DAY. *AK
ONGOING ELECTRICAL SYSTEM PROBLEM, DRAINING THE BATTERY POWER, AND CAUSING THE BATTERY TO OVERHEAT. BATTERY BECAME SO HOT THAT ITT HAD TO BE DISCONNECTED TO PREVENT AN EXPLOSION. DEALER CONTACTED FOR A SCHEDULED APPOINTMENT. *AK
CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT AN IGNITION PROBLEM. ALSO, STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP WHILE PARKING. CONSUMER CALLED DEALERSHIP TO EXPLAIN THE PROBLEM, AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT ON RECALL FOR THIS DEFECT. *AK
VEHICLE BOUGHT AT THE END OF 2000, USED. EVERY SUMMER SINCE I HAVE HAD TO HAVE WIRING REPLACED IN THE ENGINE, FRONT DOOR LOCKS STOPPED WORKING AFTER 5 MONTHS, FRONT BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES, I HAVE HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED 6 TIMES DO TO THE WIRING AND I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY DUE TO ALL OF THE ELECTRICAL AND ALTERNATOR PROBLEMS. I ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE STARTER. HYDRAULICS ON REAR DOOR ALSO BROKEN. DISPLAY LIGHTS COME ON AND OFF WHEN THEY WANT TO AND I HAVE CONTINUALLY REPLACED FUSES. I THOUGHT AT FIRST THAT THESE WERE JUST FLUKES, BUT THEY ARE CONTINUALLY GETTING WORSE. I DID TALK TO THE PREVIOUS OWNERS SON ABOUT SIX MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING THE VAN AND HE INFORMED ME THAT HIS MOTHER RETURNED IT BECAUSE THINGS KEPT FALLING APART ON IT. I WISH I HAD BEEN INFORMED BEFORE HAND HOW MUCH TROUBLE IT WAS GOING TO BE. I LOVE CHEVORLET VEHICLES AND I STILL LIKE MY VAN IT'S JUST COSTING ME TOO MUCH IN REPAIRS. I HAVE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE DRIVER WINDOW MOTOR AND THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT IT HAD ALREADY BEEN REPLACED BEFORE. THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW IS NOW STALLING AND THE GAS GAUGE HASN'T WORKED IN YEAR. I HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH MY MILEAGE TO MAKE SURE I DON'T RUN OUT GAS. I AM GIVING THE DATE OF THE LAST INCIDENT WHEN IT WAS TOWED. *LA
CONSUMER STATES HAS PROBLEM WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, DOOR LATCH DOES NOT WORK/PASSENGER WINDOW DOES NOT OPEN, AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE NOT WORKING. DEALER STATES SORRY NOTHING WE CAN DO, YOU DON'T HAVE A WARRANTY. *AK
ELECTRICAL WIRING PROBLEMS. CONSUMER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE WHEN IT COMPLETELY DIED, AND HE HAD NO STEERING OR BRAKE POWER. IT ALMOST CAUSED A CAR ACCIDENT. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, AND STATED THAT THIS WAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM ,THAT THEY HAD TO CHANGE A FUSE, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTS. WAS NOT CONTACTED. *AK
ACDELCO THAT WAS INSTALLED AT DEALER 9/2000 ON 11/1/2002 IT LEAKED BATTERY ACID AND POST WENT THROUGH SIDE OF BATTERY-DEALER STATES IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME-IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THIS BATTERY MODEL #78-6YR SEIAL #090004 MAY HAVE A DEFECT AND THE VIN # I REPORTED IS WHAT CAME OFF THE PLATE IN THE FRONT OF THE VAN-IT APPEARS TO BE TAMPERED WITH-I AM NOT SURE HOW TO CHECK IF IT IS CORRECT-THAT NUMBER IS ALSO ON ALL MY CAR WARRANTY INFORMATION
BRAKES HAVE BEEN SEVERLY WORN OUT*AK CONSUMER STATED THE SEATBELTS, ARM RESTS, CONSOLE THE TRIM ON THE SEAT CUSHION HAS TORN, THERE IS WIND NOISE FROM HIGH TOP ROOF, WINDOW IS LOOSE, RADIO IS INOPERATIVE, POWER STEERING FLUID LEAKING, STEERING COOLUMN IS MAKING A NOISE, WEATHERSTRIP COMING OFF OF BACK DOOR, TIRES SHAKE, THERE IS A HARD THUMP WHE GOING OVER BUMPS, CIGARETTE LIGHTER IS INOPERATIVE,TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD, PRESSURE GUAGE GETS STUCK, WINDOW GETS STUCK, THERE ARE NO LOW BEAM LIGHTS, WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE INOPERATIVE, DOOR LOCK DO NOT COME ALL THE WAY UP, THE FRONT END OF VEHICLE DIPS, AND THE SHOCKS FEEL WEAK, THE LIFGATE DOES NOT STAY OPEN, INTERIOR LIGHTS STAY ON TO LONG, VEHICLE REMOTE IS INOPERATIVE, SLIDING DOOR IS HARD TO OPEN AT TIMES, OIL PRESSURE GUAGE READS HIGH, REFRIGERATOR NOT OPERATING FROM REAR SOCKET, HEATING SYSTEM IS INOPERATIVE, BATTERY GOES DEAD.*SLC
VEHICLE BEGAN TO LUNGE OR SURGE FOWARD, WHILE CONSUMERS FOOT WAS PRESSED DOWN ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, AT TIMES THE IDLE WOULD REACH A HIGH RPM THAT IT SEEMED AS IF VEHICLE WOULD GO OUT OF CONTROL.*JB
WAS DRIVING 65MPH WHEN VEHICLE SUDDENLY DIED OUT. LOST POWER STEERING & BRAKES. CRUISE CONTROL WENT OUT FIRST. POWER DOOR LOCKS FAILED TO WORK. WOULD NOT RELEASE TO OPEN THE DOORS. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR THE DEFECTIVE PARTS & HAD THEM REPAIRED. *AK
VEHICLE FAILED TO START NUMEROUS TIMES. SERVICE CANNOT IDENTIFY PROBLEM AFTER 5 ATTEMPTS; 2 BATTERIES, 2 ALTERNATORS.
INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE WILL NOT START. DEALER HAS REPAIRED VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES, AND PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 20 MPH VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, CONSUMER DROVE TO A SIDE OF ROAD, AND VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED. A TECHNICIAN STATED THAT STALLING WAS CAUSED BY A PINCHED COIL WIRE WHICH HAD TO BE REROUTED. *AK *ML
HAS FAILED TO START ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, NOTICED STRONG BURNING ODOR FROM UNDER HOOD THIS MOST RECENT TIME ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS UNDER HOOD WERE VIBRATING AND SMOKING. PROCEDING THAT ALL ELECTRCIALL COMPONENTS OF VEHICLE HAVE FAILED INCLUDING INTERIOR LIGHTS, HORN HAZARD LIGHTS, ALARM SYSTEM. TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND SLAMS INTO GEAR VIOLENTLY AT HIGHER SPEEDS USUALLY ON FREEWAY. DEALERSHIP SAYS NO PROBLEM PICKED UP BY ON BOARD COMPUTERS. *AK
COMPACT DISC PLAYER CEASED TO WORK WITHIN 1 WEEK OF PURCHASE. DEALER REPLACED UNIT.
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