2000 Chevrolet Astro problems
Owners have filed 258 complaints with NHTSA about the 2000 Chevrolet Astro. Brakes is the most reported problem area, at 26% of complaints. Next are electrical system (10%) and tires (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 258 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 26% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 35 and 6
- Injuries and deaths
- 14 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 65,000 miles 97 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 | 11 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 20 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 22 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 17 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 7 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 5 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 5 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 3 |
What the data shows
Of the 97 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 65,000 miles. For brakes specifically, the median reported mileage is about 68,000 miles (32 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 35 complaints mention a crash; 6 complaints mention a fire; 14 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2000 ranks 6th most-complained-about out of 14 model years of the Chevrolet Astro with enough data (174 complaints in that window).
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 traveling at 65 MPH, consumer ran into the side of another vehicle, head-on, upon impact neither air bag deployed, consumer contacted dealer, and they were not willing to do anything.
I attempted to stop behind a car making a turn. As I depressed the brakes there was no response, the pedal went to the floor. After I purchased the van I had taken the van to the dealer about the brakes were not right, but I was told that was the ABS brakes were like that. Later I took it again in the winter when I checked the brakes on snow. The brakes were making a grinding sound--again the dealer said that's normal. I am not driving it now because I feel it is unsafe.
Consumer states that while on an express way, consumer rear ended a tanker truck. Consumers vehicle was totalled. Consumer states' none of the vehicles airbags deployed. Please provide any further information. Ts
While driving at highway speeds vehicle stalled. As a result, power steering and brakes failed. Dealer could not duplicate the problem.
Hi, I was driving this van when all of a sudden it stops. I had a very hard problem of trying to get off the road with no brakes or steering. I had it towed into service. They replaced everything fuel pump, sending unit, fuel filter, plugs, plug wires, distributor and reset the timing. It never did show up a check engine light or showed a code that something was wrong. I drove it two days later and it did the same thing. They checked it out and drove it again for a week and it happen again.