During normal operation of vehicle, it sounds as if an explosion occurs in the front end of vehicle. This has occurred four times, and dealership replaced both front brake calipers twice. Also, found a short in the fuel pump. Has not examined vehicle for the last incident. *ak consumer states brake pedal is very soft and sometimes goes to the floor, the calipers break and cause a loud noise, consumer states braking power has been lost on three occasions. Vehicle stalled on one occasion. Consumer no longer drives this vehicle. Left side door lock inoperative, dealer replaced the actuator. Right side upper control arm bolts loose causing noise, left rear leaf spring u bolt mispositioned hitting axle tube, causing knocking noise.
1996 Chevrolet Astro: fuel pump failure
8 of the 263 complaints about the 1996 Chevrolet Astro describe fuel pump failure.
- owner complaints
- 8
- of this car's complaints
- 3%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Fuel pump failure by model year
What owners say
Vehicle would stall, but start back up. After so many times fuel pump was installed. Few days later it repeated the problem again. Connector was burnt inside the fuel tank. Dealer wouldn't be responsible for the problem.
Electronic fuel pump makes high pitch noise. Yh
Fuel pump failure driving down the freeway at 60 MPH. This could be dangerous in heavy traffic. Major expense for the mileage on the vehicle.
On 05/09/1999 acceleator cable broke, towed monty chev in victorville. 05/11/1999 fixed. Cost $154.16 tow $105.00. 05/24/1999 lost power on freeway towed back to same dealer and fuel pump and fuel filter replaced $336.48 tow $12 0.00. Next day car stalled dealer towed back to shop keep it two days and said they couldn't find any thing wrong. Car has not ran that well since they worked on it, just rent a car if I needed to go far. 9/16/1999 had to have all fuel injectors replaced and tune-up done on it $978.39 ran good for about one week then check engine light indicated the air intake sencor was bad replaced, came on again. Was sent to car clinic for diagnostic on system 10/11/1999 found cat, converter is completely plugged $80.00. Having replaced today 10/11/1999 $150.00. April of this year the air conditioning that runs to the rear air had a leak in the line that runs back there caused by the insulation rubbing on the line. Had the repaired and filled back up. $220.00
Fuel pump failed.
Fuel pump failed.
Fuel pump failed.
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1996 Chevrolet Astro fuel pump
Is fuel pump failure a common problem on the 1996 Chevrolet Astro?
8 of 263 owner complaints about the 1996 Chevrolet Astro (3%) mention fuel pump failure. The model year with the most reports is 1995.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1996 Chevrolet Astro?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 1996 Chevrolet Astro
Wipers 52Brake failure 14Ball joint 9No deployment 8ABS 7Power steering loss 7
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