2001 Chevrolet Astro problems
Owners have filed 115 complaints with NHTSA about the 2001 Chevrolet Astro. Brakes is the most reported problem area, at 32% of complaints. Next are lighting (21%) and electrical system (6%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 115 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 32% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 12 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 4 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 58,000 miles 75 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 | 7 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 12 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 19 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 7 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 8 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 6 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 4 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 5 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 6 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 75 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 58,000 miles. For brakes specifically, the median reported mileage is about 58,000 miles (28 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 12 complaints mention a crash; 1 complaint mentions a fire; 4 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2001 ranks 9th most-complained-about out of 14 model years of the Chevrolet Astro with enough data (77 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.
Vehicle was in an offset frontal crash, striking the rear of a full size pickup truck with the left half of the front of the van. Upon impact, frontal air bags failed to deploy.
Sliding passenger door no longer comes with a manual release for the open position. If the van is backed nose down on a hill the door will not stay open. Someone has to hold it. The friction plate can be tightened but that will eventually cause failure as that wear.
Under panic stop, the brake goes to the floor and the van will not stop. The failed to stop about 7 feet. (DOT number: pjhf tiresize: p215-75r15)
Brake lights, hazard lights, and turn signal lights fail to function suddenly and with out warning. VIN# [xxx]. Root cause appears to be failure of the multifunction switch ing on the steering column. Same issue wa observed on other GM models. Updated 08/03/2012
ABS activares at 4 to 6MPH 25 to 35% of time. Need to push brake peddle to floor in order to stop. Chevrolet knows of defect TSB 02-05-25-006a dec-02 tbs title ABS activates at low speeds chev should recall and fix known braking problem.