1999 Chevrolet Astro brakes problems
27 complaints about brakes have been filed for the 1999 Chevrolet Astro, which is 13% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 27 13% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 3 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 1 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 3 crashes, 1 injury.
What owners wrote
Defects listed as AWD and transfer case may be same problem and were experienced from the first 300 miles and on (upon slowing down or accelerating a "clunk" was heard and felt from the front end also when cornering the vehicle "lurched/wheels grabbed" like it was stuck in 4wd. In july immediatly after it had been into the dealer to be serviced again the brakes caused the van to pull left at 35-50 MPH and when slowed for corners would sound like "loose parts rubbing together".
I have 2- chevy astro vans. 1-1998, 1-1999. The 1999 has corroded brake lines and gas lines. The main brake lines are corroded into. I was coming back from a long trip yesterday and I noticed that the brakes were soft. When I got home upon inspection I checked the break fluid and it was low. I filled it. I noticed a puddle of fluid by the back tire. And looked, I discovered all of the brake and gas lines were eat up with corrosion. GM needs to take this as a very serious problem and fix it immediately.
Other problems reported for the 1999 Chevrolet Astro
- Electrical system 21 complaints
- Transmission 16 complaints
- Cruise control 15 complaints
- Steering 15 complaints