Chevrolet Astro transmission failure problems

Filed Sep 15, 2008 · Transmission · 46,520 miles · CA

Thursday september 20, 2007 4:30 p.m. . Transmission failure, 200 miles from home in california. Driving on highway, heard roaring sound from engine, would not accelerate speed dropped. Exited freeway looking for mechanical help, none available. Overnight in campground. Next day to local repair shop for diagnosis of transmission failure. Van had to be towed to santa barbara, california. Transmission replaced, sept. 21, '07.

Filed May 1, 2008 · Transmission · 89,000 miles · IA

Driving on 3 lane interstate at 70 MPH when transmission failed(sun gear shell in 4l60e transmission). Early am with little traffic so was able to coast to shoulder safely. Towed to exit. Had to replace transmission very lucky that traffic was light as all drive power was lost.

Filed Feb 27, 2008 · Transmission · DC

1996 chevrolet astro with transmission failure. Consumer believes that the part that failed was the sunshell. He heard that if this part fails, the reverse and some forward gears will be lost.

Filed Mar 29, 2005 · Body, Engine · 30,000 miles · WA

The consumer's 1987 and 1997 chevrolet astro vans had faulty engine's.***no answer required***. *mr the power windows failed, the driver's seat came loose, the rear door hatch broke and the transmission failed due to the torque converter slipping and valve body wear (90000 miles).

Filed Mar 13, 2003 · Acceleration, Body · 53,000 miles · MI

I have a 1997 astro, in the past 8 months the driver side window motor, windshield wiper motor and transmission have all been replaced. The transmission was replaced with 54,202 miles on it, which started giving us problems at about 53,000 miles. The dealership replaced both idler arms at 25,680 miles. Had seat belt chime fixed (recall), driver seat feels loose when stopping dealership claims to have tightened it, still feels loose. The van has always idled rough took it in 3 times for that and can't seem to fix that. Sliding door rattle they tried to fix that also still rattles. The gas pedal sticks when I take off or when I go in reverse which makes it impossible to take off smoothly. I had an astro and a safari in the past and never had as many problems as I had with this one.

Filed Aug 18, 2002 · Transmission · CA

After driving for 20-40 minutes, the transmission will shift very hard from first to second gear. We have reported this to the dealer and am told that it would cost $1800.00 + to replace the transmission. We have had 3 transmission shops look at this problem and run diagnostics and tune up on the transmission. The problem still exists. We have been dealing with this aggravating situation the last two years, spoken with many people in the repair business and no one seems to be able to pinpoint the exact problem. They only want to "look" at the problem and collect more money, which we have done on 3 seperate occasions. All to no avail. Problem still exists.

Filed Mar 23, 2002 · Brakes, Lights · FL

The transmission was replaced due to it missing 1st and going right into 2nd gear.front end of vehicle shakes at 40 MPH. Had tires replaced and alignment done. Interior light stay s on unless manual override is turned off.brakes make noises when you come to a stop or you are stopping slowly. Engine light comes on all the time brought to mechanic every time to get analyzed.

Filed Aug 22, 2001 · Transmission · NC

The reverse shell in the transmission broke, dealer replaced the transmission, consumer was shocked that the warranty would not cover this failure and feels that chevrolet should pay for 50 percent of the cost since the failure occurred at low mileage.

Filed Aug 16, 2001 · Transmission · OH

We had the transmission go out the first time at 39,000 gm replaced it . The told us with a rebuilt transmssion and found out it was the transmission that was in it fixed. Then at 59,00 the transmission went out again. We had contacted spitzer autoworld at about 31,000 that we was having problems and the transmission was grinding till it warmed up then it quit. They said it wouldnt do any good to bring it in till it was doing it all the time which it wasnt so we didnt take it in. Then when it went out completly and we called them they dont want to fix it. They dont want to make no compensation at all for it. We took it to the person who repaired it orginally and he said the clutches are out again which was the same problem it had. The service manager that was at spitzer when we first reported the problem is gone from there and the women we started working with this time is gone. So we are thinking maybe with all the people leaving gm has not been told the whole story but the representive has said no to the claim and they said once he says no that is the final word. We should not have had this problem again already unless there is a problem with the transmissions! They must be defective cause the prior astro van we had the transmission would do the same thing till it warmed up but thank god we traded it off before it went out. Please help us. If you need any more information feel free to contact us. We have also had windshiled wipers go out power windows tires replaced three times which seems alot for 59,000 miles and a sensor was replaced. Proper matience has always been done on the van.

Filed Aug 2, 2001 · Transmission · VT

The check engine light came on and the vehicle began shifting hard from 1st to 2nd gear due to premature transmission failure .