1995 Chevrolet Astro

FUEL PUMP/SENDING UNIT ASSY. SHORTED OUT INSIDE OF FUEL TANK LEAVING BLACK ARCING TRACES ON COMPONENT- IF TANK WERE NOT COMMPLETELY FULL THIS WOULD MOST LIKELY CAUSED AN EXPLOSION RESULTING IN GRIEVOUS INJURY OR DEATH! LOCAL DEALER NOTIFIED,TO SEE IF ANY RECALL OR SERVICE BULLITINS WERE PUBLISHED AND RECIEVED A VERY UNFREINDLY RECEPTION AND ABSOLUTLY NO HELP.

CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE, RIGHT REAR BLINKER AND PARKING BRAKE BULB FAILED. BACK HATCH WOULD NOT OPEN, DOOR WAS LOCKED AND WOULD NOT OPEN, DEALER FOUND LATCH ROD RETAINERS WORN OUT. ALTERNATOR FAILED. SERPENTINE BELT FAILED. AIR CONDITIONER QUIT BLOWING. REAR END WAS ROARING, DEALER REPLACED REAR DIFFERENTIAL. OIL PRESSURE WOULD GO TO ZERO, DEALER REPLACED INDICATOR. VEHICLE EXPERIENCED MISSING, DEALER REPLACED SPARK PLUB AND DISTRIBUTOR CAP, WHEN THE ENGINE COVER WAS REMOVED, DEALER FOUND THE PLUG WIRES SHORTING TO THE CYLINDER HEAD, DEALER REPLACED ALL PLUG WIRES. VEHICLE WOULD TURN, BUT WOULD NOT START, DEALER FOUND FUEL PUMP SHORTED OUT, DEALER REPLACED FUEL PUMP SYSTEM. OIL LEAKING AT PINION AREA, DEALER REPLACED FRONT DIFFERENTIAL AND PINION SEAL. REAR AXLE WAS REPLACED DUE TO REAR AXLE SEAL LEAKING. WHILE DRIVING, LIGHTS ON DASH STARTED BLINKING, ALL INDICATOR NEEDLES AND GAUGES WERE JUMPING BACK AND FORTH, SMOKE CAME OUT OF THE VENTS, CONSUMER TRIED TO STOP VEHICLE, BUT BRAKES AND STEERING FAILED, VEHICLE FINALLY ROLLED TO A STOP, SLIDING DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN, FINALLY DRIVER AND DAUGHTER GOT OUT THROUGH FRONT DOORS, FIRE AND SMOKE CAME FROM UNDER THE HOOD, CONSUMER'S DAUGHTER HAS EXPERIENCED CHEST PAINS DUE TO THIS, CONSUMER HAS TO PAY FOR THE REST OF THE LOAN EVEN THOUGH VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. CONSUMER FEELS THIS FIRE OCCURRED DUE TO THE MANY ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED, SHE IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT, DEALER WOULD NOT HELP HER.

THE SPEED OMETER WORKS INTERMITTENLY AND THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ALSO WORK INTERMITTENLY. SOMETIMES THE CAR STALLS, OR WILL NOT START AND WHEN TAKEN TO A DEALER THEY CAME NOTHING IS WRONG. IT ALSO WILL SOMETIMES RUN ROUGH AND WILL HAVE A SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT COME ON. I DID RECEIVE A LETTER FROM CHEVROLET REGARDING SOME OF THESE PROBLEMS, BUT I WAS TOLD MY CAR DID NOT QUALIFY FOR A RECALL REPAIR BECAUSE THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG.

FUEL INJECTOR PLUGS UP AND FAILS. IT RUNS VERY ROUGH. NOTHING CAN PREVENT PROBLEM PER DEALER SERVICE TECHS. I WAS TOLD IT WAS DUE TO POOR DESIGN. IT HAS OCCURRED TWICE NOW. THE FIRST COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE SECOND WAS NOT AND CHEV CORP REFUSED TO COVER SECOND REPLACEMENT. LOOP HOLE IN WARRANTY. THIS PROBLEM OCCURS ABOUT EVERY 40,000 TO 45,000 MILES. I WAS TOLD THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT IS STARTING TO SEE ALOT OF THIS LATELY. WINDSHIELD WIPERS- THEY WERE WORKING INTERMITTENTLY. THE FIRST TIME THEY WENT OUT IT WAS ON THE FREEWAY IN A HEAVY STORM. THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM. IT DID NOT FAIL IN THEIR SHOP. IT TOOK TWO SHOPS BEFORE THEY FOUND THE PROBLEM. IT WAS SOME TYPR OF LOOSE ELECTRICAL WIRING. NOT COVERED BY DEALER DUE TO ME BEING OVER MILEAGE. *AK