Chevrolet Astro 2004

ONCE OR TWICE PER YEAR WHEN USING CRUISE CONTROL, WHEN I TOUCH BRAKE TO DEACTIVATE CRUISE, IT DOESN'T DISENGAGE. I THEN HAVE TO STAND ON BRAKE WITH ALL MY EFFORT TO STOP VAN AND PULL OVER TO PUT IN PARK. ENGINE CONTINUES RACING TIL I TURN KEY OFF. THEN EVERYTHING OK TIL NEXT TIME MAYBE MONTHS LATER. SWITCK ON BRAKE PE…

ANTILOCK BRAKING SYSTEM WARNING LIGHTS AND BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON WHEN I WAS ENTERING THE FREEWAY. THE LIGHTS CONTINUE TO COME ON WHENEVER I AM DRIVING. I HAD IT CHECKED AT CORNING CHEVROLET AND WAS TOLD THE PART ALONE WAS $900 PLUS LABOR TO REPLACE IT. THE BRAKES WORK, BUT NOT THE ANTILOCK SYSTEM INSTALLED BY THE MAN…

WE LIVE IN THE COUNTRY WITH GRAVEL ROADS. ALL OF OUR CHEVROLET VEHICLES HAVE HAD BRAKE LINES ROT OUT. OUR FORD AND DODGE VEHICLES HAVE NOT. THE CHEVROLET ASTRO VANS WE HAVE EXHIBIT A PROPENSITY FOR THE BRAKE LINE ROTTING OUT OVER THE GAS TANK AS WELL AS THE BRAKE LINES OVER THE FRONT FRAME MEMBERS. THE BRAKE L…

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET ASTRO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START UNTIL AFTER THREE ATTEMPTS. THE CONTACT SHIFTED INTO DRIVE AND THEN THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER. THE CONTACT PUMPED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, WAITED TEN MINUTES AND THE VEHICLE RESUMED ITS NORMAL OPERATION. THE FAILURE OCCUR…

IT STARTED WITH MY ABS BRAKE LIGHT COMING ON AND STAYING ON. THEN I STARTED TO ENCOUNTER ANTI LOCK PULSATIONS WHEN I SLOWED DOWN AND COMING TO A STOP, SOME TIMES I COULDN'T EVEN STOP WHEN & WHERE I WANTED. BRAKING DISTANCE STARTED BEING LONGER. THEN SOME TIME LATER I FELT AS THOUGH SOMEONE STUCK A BRICK UNDER MY BRA…

I HAVE AN '04 CHEVY ASTRO VAN WITH ~ 88K MILES. IT IS SERVICED EVERY 3,000 MILES. RECENTLY, MY BRAKES FAILED. THE CAUSE WAS A WORN BRAKE LINE NEAR THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL. IT HAD RUBBED A HOLE IT THE LINE AND I LOST ALL THE BRAKE FLUID. *TR

AS I WAS DRIVING OVER SOME RAILROAD TRACKS BOTH OF MY FRONT TORSION BARS FAILED AND BROKE. HAD I BEEN TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE, IT COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL. FROM MY ONLINE RESEARCH, THIS SAME FAILURE HAS HAPPEND TO THOUSANDS OF OWNERS AND NO RECALL WAS DONE. GM EVEN REDESIGNED THE TORSION BARS BECAUSE OF THE KNOWN …

1. I PARKED MY WIFE'S VAN AT THE NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE BECAUSE GUESTS WERE ABOUT TO ARRIVE. THEIR DRIVEWAY IS ON A SLIGHT INCLINE SO I ENGAGED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. 2. IT OCCURRED JUST ONCE WITH THE PEDAL GOING COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR. 3. AFTER CONTACTING GM AND BEING DENIED COMPENSATION DUE TO NO RECALL AND THE AGE O…

WHEN MY WIFE RETURNED TO OUR 2004 CHEVROLET ASTRO VAN, THE VEHICLE SEEMED TO HAVE A DEAD BATTERY. THE CAR WOULD NOT TURN OVER OR FIRE THE IGNITION. AFTER HAVING THE BATTERY AND STARTER CHECKED, WE WERE TOLD THE BATTERY WAS DRAINED AND THEY WERE ABLE TO CHARGE THE BATTERY. THE STARTER CHECKED GOOD. THE CAR SEEMED TO HA…

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING A 2004 CHEVY ASTRO VAN APPROX. 35-40 MPH ON A TWO-WAY STREET. ANOTHER DRIVER FROM THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION CUT ACROSS INTO HER LANE AND HAD A HEAD-ON COLLISION. SHE SUFFERED A BROKEN WRIST & BRUISED RIBS. SHE HAD THREE OF OUR CHILDREN IN THEIR SEATS. THEY WERE SHAKEN AND HAD SEATBELT BRUISES. THE VAN…

TL*- WHENEVER THE CONTACT DROVE THE 2004 CHEVROLET ASTRO VAN WITH 46,000 FAILURE MILES AT ANY RATE OF SPEED THE ANTILOCK BRAKES ENGAGED ON DRY PAVEMENT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 49,000.*AK UPDATE 04/30/07 *TR

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE REAR DUTCH DOOR ON THE VEHICLE BECAME STUCK ON 2 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, AND WAS NOT ABLE TO BE OPENED FROM THE INSIDE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT THE LATCH ROD RETAINER CLIP FOR THE DOOR HAD DETACHED, AND THE ROD HAD DISCONNECTED. THE CLIP WAS REPLACED AN…