1987 CHEVROLET ASTRO

BRACKETS SURROUNDING THE POWER STEERING PUMP FAILING IN THIS MODEL VEHICLE WHICH IN TURN CAUSES THE SERPENTINE BELT TO POP WHILE DRIVING LEAVING A POWER FAILURE AND ABILITY TO STEER THE VEHICLE. I NEARLY CRASHED MY VEHICLE IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC BECAUSE I COULD NOT STEER TO GET OFF THE ROAD. DOING RESEARCH OVER LAST FEW DATES TALKING TO MECHANICS THIS HAS BEEN SEEN ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE PART TO FIX THE BRACKET IS HARD TO FIND. *NM

Mileage: 144,000

I HAVE A GM ASTRO VAN. THE STEERING COLUMN BOLTS CAME LOOSE THEREFORE ALLOWING THE STEERING WHEEL AND COLUMN TO MOVE ABOUT 2 TO 3 INCHES IN ANY DIRECTION. WHILE THE VAN IS PARKED OR WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED. TWO PREVIUS TIMES THE STEERING COLUMN BOLTS WERE FIXED BY A GM DEARSHIP. TOOK IT BACK FOR THE THIRD TIME. EACH TIME BEING CHARGED TO TIGHTEN THE BOLTS. THIS LATEST REPAIR TO TIGHTEN THE LOOSE BOLTS WORKED FOR A 12 MONTH PERIOD, AND THEN THEY COME LOOSE AGAIN. DEALER ADMITS THAT THERE IS A FLAW IN THE DESIGN BUT THAT NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED BY GM. *JB

Mileage: 95,451

RIGHT FRON PASSENGER SHOULDER WEBBING SEPERATED

Mileage: 94,201

CONSUMER STATES THE STEERING COLUMN CAME LOOSE WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN AT 25 MPH AND CAUSES LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. NLM

RUSTED FRAME WAS DISCOVERED WHEN REPARING BRAKE LINES.

POWER STEERING PUMP SUPPORT BRACKET FAILED, CAUSING STEERING TO BE REALLY HARD TO TURN.THIS WAS FOURTH TIME IT HAS FAILED SINCE PURCHASE OF VEHICLE.*AK THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE STEEL BRACKET FAILURE SHOULD BE DUE TO DESIGN PROBLEM. *YH

IT IS VARY SCARY WHEN YOU HAVE NO STEERING ITS THE 3RD BRACKET PUT ON. *AK

THIS VAN WAS PURCHASED USED IN 1990 AND THE PAINT HAS STEADILY "PEELED" FOR ABOUT THE PAST 4 YEARS. IS THERE A WAY TO HAVE CHEVROLET REPAINT THE VAN? THANKS. *AK

SPARE TIRE IS SUSPENDED UNDER VEHICLE WITH A STEEL CABLE. THIS CABLE BROKE WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AND TIRE FELL OFF OF VEHICLE. FORTUNATELY THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT ONLY 10 MPH. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN VERY SERIOUS! NO LESS THAN 2 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THE CITY OF SYRACUSE BY SIMILLAR ACCIDENTS OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS! THIS CABLE FAILED BECAUSE IT RUSTED THROUGH. IT IS ALSO IMPOSIBLE TO INSPECT THE CONDITION OF THIS CABLE WITHOUT REMOVING THE SPARE TIRE. THE CABLE SHOULD BE REPLACED WITH A STAINLESS STEEL CABLE. NON-STANLESS STEEL CABLES SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED IN THIS SAFETY CRITICAL APPLICATION.

OWNER HAD TO APPLY BRAKES SUDDENLY AND THE SHOULDER AND LAPS BELTS ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE DID NOT LOCK UP TO HOLD THE DRIVER IN THE SEAT. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN. *AK

DRIVER'S SEAT WELDS FAILED, CAUSING SEAT TO COLLAPSE.

RECALL #91C33 RELACE ONE RECLINER BOLT, STILL THREE TO BE REPLACED, AFTER SEAT BROKE IT COLLASPE.

OWNER EXPERIENCED LOSS OF POWER STEERING DUE TO A DEFECTIVE BRACKET THAT HOLDS THE POWER STEERING/ AIR CONDITIONER AND ALTERNATOR SNAPPED OFF. *AK

SEAT BELTS LOOSE.

VEHICLE'S FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT MALFUNCTIONED, THE HOUSING WILL ONLY LET 6 INCHES WORTH OF BELT LOOSE, NOT ALLOWING A PERSON TO USE IT, THE REAR PASSENGER SEAT BELTS ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE RETRACTORS. *AK

THE STEERING COLUMN HAS THE TILT WHEEL FEATURE. NOW THE STEERING COLUMN WILL NOT STAY IN A POSITION.

CONSUMER WAS AT A STOP SIGN, WHEN STARTED DRIVING AN THE CRUISE CONTROL CAME ON, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT . PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

ENGINE BRACKET BROKE, CAUSING SERPINTINE BELT TO PUT STRESS ON POWER STEERING PUMP RESULTING IN BREAKAGE OF POWER STEERING PUMP BOLTS. *SD

WHILE DRIVING, PASSENGER REAR/LEFT SEATBACK REST BOLT SHEARED OFF, ALLOWING SEAT BACK TO COLLAPSE. *AK

DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER SEAT BELT RETRACTORS HAVE FAILED, UNABLE USE SEAT BELTS. *AK