1999 Chevrolet Astro problems
Owners have filed 204 complaints with NHTSA about the 1999 Chevrolet Astro. Brakes is the most reported problem area, at 13% of complaints. Next are electrical system (10%) and transmission (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 204 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 13% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 25 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 26 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 75,000 miles 41 complaints with mileage
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%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 5 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 1 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 8 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 10 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 9 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 3 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 3 |
What the data shows
Of the 41 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 75,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 25 complaints mention a crash; 2 complaints mention a fire; 26 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1999 ranks 7th most-complained-about out of 14 model years of the Chevrolet Astro with enough data (153 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
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.
While driving 40 MPH vehicle stalled. Then, vehicle suddenly accelerated. Consumer applied the brakes, but they were inoperative. This caused the vehicle to crash into a tree. Upon impact, both frontal air bags failed to deploy. Driver and two passengers sustained major injuries, and were transported to the hospital by ambulance. The vehicle was towed to a garage.
Consumer was traveling about 35MPH on a side street and another vehicle veered into him by crossing over into the meridian strip. Upon impact, neither airbag deployed, and more than one person was injured.
Tl*the contact owns a 2000 chevrolet astro. While driving 25 MPH through snow and ice, the contact lost control of the vehicle and slid off the road. The vehicle then struck a telephone pole. The air bags failed to deploy. The seat belt failed to restrain him and he struck his head on the windshield. The wound took 24 stitches to close. Most of the vehicle was repaired at the cost of $4,500. The manufacturer's investigator concluded that the air bag would not deploy at 25 MPH.
1999 chevrolet astro with 65000 miles. Towed a light trailer (1500 lbs) from colorado to kansas, about 500 miles. A couple of weeks later the transmission occasionally started shifting very hard from 1st to 2nd; once it started, it would continue to do so until the ignition was turned off. Odbii code p1870 set. Apparently the computer monitors slippage in the trans and if it thinks it's slipping too much it applies full line pressure to the shift.