1996 Chevrolet Astro suspension problems
62 complaints about suspension have been filed for the 1996 Chevrolet Astro, which is 18% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 62 18% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 2 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 2 crashes.
What owners wrote
After driving vehicle 45 minutes or more, rearended/ fishtailed, moved from side to side, vibrated, driver had no control, told by service technician, if problem occurs during wet weather, caused accident due to hazardous driving conditions.
The torsion bar snapped in half. This bar was inadequate to the vehicle, and GM has a modified version for this. The bar broke while the consumer was driving the vehicle. The consumer was going 10 MPH, when this happened and this caused the left front to drop down about 8 to 10 inches and was a violent drop. There were no problems before this. There were no wrecks involved. The consumer had to take in to the midas dealer and have the torsion bars on the left and right replaced with the new modified version.
Other problems reported for the 1996 Chevrolet Astro
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 61 complaints
- Brakes 44 complaints
- Fuel system 22 complaints
- Engine 18 complaints
- Body & structure 17 complaints
- Steering 16 complaints
- Transmission 16 complaints
- Air bags 15 complaints