1991 Chevrolet Astro problems
Owners have filed 121 complaints with NHTSA about the 1991 Chevrolet Astro. Brakes is the most reported problem area, at 45% of complaints. Next are electrical system (8%) and body & structure (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 121 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 45% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 15 and 5
- Injuries and deaths
- 11 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 15 complaints mention a crash; 5 complaints mention a fire; 11 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1991 ranks 13th most-complained-about out of 14 model years of the Chevrolet Astro with enough data (52 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
When vehicle was involved in accident both driver and passenger seat broke. Tt loss control of vehicle on wet road during heavy rain fall, vehicle turned over on shoulder off road onto passenger side, seat beltremianed fastened, but back portion at manual cranck device on both seats broke away, this allowed driver to slide out from under seat belt and shoulder belt, to be tossed to rear of van, landing behind back seat, driver suffered multiple bruises and scrrapes to face,limbs and body , some of these injuris…
Four wheel drive vehicle 's driveshaft flange drilled a hole through oil filter causing a fire around the filter area. Tt
Beginning about a year ago, have had intermittent hard pedal when braking. Occurs rarely, without warning. No ABS light seen but suspect possible ABS malfunction. Pedal does not pulsate but a faint growling, grinding, or buzzing noise is heard. May be ABS motor cycling. During failure brakes are barely operative. Usually returns to normal operation after 2-3 pedal presses. Sometimes pulls sharply left, occasionally right, on brake application. There is no loss of power steering.