Vehicle is not getting enough gas while driving. Cause unknown. Dealer notified.
1997 Chevrolet Astro fuel system complaints
Page 2 of 3: complaints 11 to 40 of 43, newest first, as owners wrote them.
Upon removal of defective fuel pump assy contained within the gas tank the fuel pump ground wire had melted and shorted to the positive lead to the fuel gauge sender. It seems to me that if the wiring inside the gas tank is not housed in sometype of protective assy to prevent such failures it would not only be a faulty design but pose a very serious safety issue. Fortunately excessive heat or sparks did not occur due to this failure. Had there been enough heat or sparking from the shorted wiring, most likely there would have been a resulting fire and/or explosion. I am also concerned on how such failures resulting in a fire and/or explosion could ever be determined since the evidence of poor design would most likely be destroyed by fire and/or explosion. Have there been many unexplained fires or explosions on this model vehicle? I do hope someone will contact me on this issue!
Transmission shifts hard from first to second gear when I get off of the highway,feels like someone rearended me. Gas guage always registers full.grinding noise from right rear tire,sounds like the rear axle,had brakes checked by dealer they are fine.maybe I should of bought a ford.
Fuel gauge stopped working. Air conditioner and transmission broke.
Consumer states while driving, electrical system failed and vehicle ceased as battery ran down, replaced alternator and ignition coil and wire.
Fuel pump is creating a humming noise. Consumer has taken vehicle to dealership, and had fuel pump replaced. Replaced fuel pump is making same noise. *ak the original fuel pump was replaced because the gas guage stoped working.
Fuel guage did not register correct levels of fuel which caused vehicle to unexpectedly run out of fuel. Please give any further details.
Driver's side rear window will not stay open, clips that should hold it up are blocked by material, window slams shut when going over a bump. Transmission went out at 45000 miles. *ak oil leak, dealer ordered axle output shaft seal and crankshaft sensor. Electric fuel pump replaced due to vehicle cutting and would crank, but would not star. Oil pressure gauge erratic, dealer replaced oil pressure sender. Front brakes and pads were replaced, rotors were resurfaced. Consumer states there is play in the steering, dealer replaced both idler arms and reset toe in. Power door locks inoperable, dealer replaced power door lock switch. Power window inoperable, dealer replaced power window switch. Shifter was hard to move, dealer replaced shift cable. Gas pedal binds at times, dealer ordered throttle cable and replaced accelerator cable. Driver seta seems loose when braking, dealer ordered driver seat track assembly and replaced driver seat adjuster. Pcm fuse kept blowing out, dealer removed engine cover and traced wire harness, repaired shorted harness at the rear of the transmission.
While vehicle was being driven fuel pump malfunctioned, causing vehicle to completely shutdown. Please give any further details.
Additonal failure dates / mi: 8-11-99 @20544 mi., 12-2-99 @ 21932 mi., 6-30-00 @24992mi, 10-13-00 @26737 mi., as you can see the problem repetes at about every 2000 - 2500 miles. Chevy says its a problem with the gas blends in ca & ny only? If this is true then why are they not having problems with all of there engines? The injection ports are defective and they refuse to fix repalce them. Instead they bring the van in for a "injector cleaning" per chevy bulletin. The engine runs so rough it shakes the whole van! The fuel injector design is defective and needs to be fixed/recalled!
No summary listed fro above vehicle.
Chevrolet doesn't care about using cheap parts- after warranty they say trade it in .numerous things wrong with van and have talked to chevrolet many times. Can't use back door of van, run out of gas, knobs fall of interior devices, asked chevy to help since 37,000 and problems still happening as I go, can't afford to fix and can't afford to trade. Another nice shove it job by chevrolet they don't stand by their prduct and their product is not safe please respond.
Occurance 1) engine stopped without warning while approcahing an intersection. The resulting loss of power caused a severe control problem with the van. The reason for the failure was the fuel guage read 3/4 and the van ran out of fuel. Occurance 2) the fuel guage has totally stopped functioning, after topping off and proceeding onto highway I drove for 1/2 hour at 65, a sudden slam occured 2 or three times, appeared to be the engine cutting in and out, slowed to 55 and continued for 150 miles without further incident. Occurance 3) vehicle has no fuel guage, I am told it's out of warranty, even if full the vehicle seem to loose control momentarally, as if to loose power.
While traveling at highway speed of 60 MPH or more vehicle lurched forward twice. Also, fuel gauge moved from full to emtpy and continued to move back and forth. Vehicle taken to dealer, and informed consumer that the fuel tank sender unit has melted down, and could have started a fire in the tank.
Radio broke down. Yh
Defective fuel injector plug needs to be cleaned every 15,000 for which the manufacturer has an extended warranty. This may cause a crash. Please provide further information.
No summary listed for abov evehicle.
The gas indicator fails to register the correct fuel left in vehicle. Owner ran out of gas due to defective indicator. The door hinges on the dutch doors allow doors to swing wide. Took vehicle to mechanic to repair hinges, but the fuel indicator could not be fixed. *ak
Numerous problems with all of this van. Please contact to explain in full.
Fuel gauge reading is incorrect. Reading constantly indicates a full tank, even when tank is almost empty. Consumer has contacted the dealer, dealer has yet to replace parts. Please provide any further details.
Power window. Fuel gauge. Auto door locks.
Gas pedal sticks to the floor. * et
You do not realize gauge does not work because it acts as if it does. If you run out of gas you will have no power brakes or steering.
Gas guage does not function at all. Owner can't tell if there is any gas in the vehicle. Dealer has not seen vehicle.
Fuel injector failures have occurred on three different occasions beginning at 4,000 / 15,000 / 17,500. Miles. Total of 4 fuel injectors have been replaced. No warnng of pending failure. Van just fails to start or misfires. Dealer says that gm is studing the problem. Feels it is a west coast problem associated with gasoline.
Fuel injectors changed.
Fuel tank and gauge failed.
Fuel injector failed. Nlm
Defective power steering pump, caused loss of steering. Also, ABS pump went out while driving at 5mph, causing loss of the brakes. Gasoline gauge is no longer working. Dealer has been contacted.
Window locks failed resulting in smashing childs head.
VIN decoder
See the problems and recalls for an exact car
Buying a used 1997 Chevrolet Astro?
Check the exact car before you pay: accidents, salvage or flood titles, odometer readings and previous owners.
Check its history