2001 Chevrolet Astro

WHILE TRAVELING, AND APPLYING BRAKES CONSUMER'S VEHICLE CAME VERY CLOSE TO HAVE THE VEHICLE BEHIND HIT IT FROM THE REAR. THERE WERE NO BRAKE LIGHTS. CONSUMER CALLED THE DEALER, AND THEY WERE NOT VERY CONCERNED. TOOK VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DEALER WHO REPLACED THE WIRING HARNESS IN THE STEERING COLUMN THAT CONTROLLED THE BRAKE LIGHTS AND PANEL LIGHTS. ALSO, CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. *AK

VEHICLE'S BRAKE LIGHTS WENT OUT ON 2001 CHEVROLET ASTRO VAN.*MR THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH FAILED. THE FAULTY PART WAS REPLACED AND GIVEN TOT HE CONSUMER. THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THE SWITCH WAS BACK WHEN IT WAS PLACED IN THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER WORKS AT A FACILITY THAT PRODUCES SWITCHES FOR AUTOMOBILES. HE INDICATED THAT HIS FAULTY SWITCH HAD 10 CERTIFICATION DOTS ON IT WHICH INDICATED THAT THE SWITCH HAD BEEN REJECTED FORM SHIPPING AND WAS REINSPECTED AT LEAST 10 TIMES. *NM

OUR 2001 ASTRO VAN [XXX] HAD AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. WHILE WAITING FOR A TOW TRUCK, WITH A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM THE HAZARD SWITCH STOPPED WORKING AFTER 5 MINUTES OF USE. WE WERE STUCK AT NIGHT ON A COUNTRY ROAD AND THE HAZARD SWITCH MALFUNCTIONED. THE DEALER SAID THE MULTI FUNCTION SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VAN HAD 40,156 MILES ON IT AND G.M. WOULD NOT COVER THE COST OF REPLACEMENT! $501.17 LATER I AM VERY UNHAPPY. HOW OFTEN DOES ONE USE THIS SWITCH? IT WAS SOMEWHAT DANGEROUS BEING ON A COUNTRY ROAD AT NIGHT WITHOUT WORKING HAZARD LIGHTS. 4,156 MILES BEYOND WARRANTY AND G.M. TELLS ME THEY WILL NOT PAY FOR THIS DEFECTIVE SWITCH. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS A SAFETY RECALL FOR THIS SAME SWITCH WHICH IS USED ON THE 2000-2001 BLAZER, JIMMY, AND BRAVADO, WHY NOT THE ASTRO/SAFARI. G.M. KNOWS THIS IS THE SAME PART. ARE THEY THAT WILLING TO PUT PEOPLE IN DANGER JUST BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF ASTRO/SAFAI VANS ON THE ROAD IS LOW? *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

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.*AK UPDATED 08/03/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

EXTERIOR LIGHTS... BRAKE LIGHTS... HAZARD LIGHTS... TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS... TAIL LIGHTS . THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE HAZARD LIGHT SWITCH ASSEMBLY WHICH CAUSES AN INTERMITTENT FAILURE OF THE ABOVE LIGHTS TO FUNCTION PROPERLY. THIS A VERY SIMILAR PROBLEM TO THE ONE ADDRESSED IN THE NHTSA RECALL # 01V364000 WHICH INCLUDES OTHER GM PRODUCTS SUCH AS THE BLAZER AND BRAVADO, WHICH EVIDENTLY USE THE SAME PART AS THE ASTRO. WHY WAS THE ASTRO VAN NOT A PART OF THIS RECALL? *LA

2001 CHEVROLET ASTRO VAN. VIN [XXX] HAD TO PAY $420+ TODAY TO FIX A GM KNOWN SAFETY PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD MY CAR WAS NOT COVERED. THEY TOLD ME I HAD NO OTHER COMPLAINT OPTION.*AK STOP LAMPS/HAZARD LAMPS INOPERATIVE2000-2001 CHEVROLET BLAZER AND TRAILBLAZER (CLASSIC); GMC JIMMY AND ENVOY(CLASSIC); AND OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA (CLASSIC) SUMMARY: VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES. THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH COULD DEVELOP AN OPEN CIRCUIT CONDITION THAT RESULTS IN THE STOP LAMPS AND THE REAR HAZARD LAMPS BECOMING INOPERATIVE. THE CENTER HIGH MOUNTED STOP LAMP AND TURN SIGNAL FUNCTIONS ARE NOT AFFECTED. CONSEQUENCE: THE LOSS OF STOP LAMPS AND REAR HAZARD LAMPS COULD FAIL TO WARN A FOLLOWING DRIVER THAT THE VEHICLE IS BRAKING AND/OR IS STOPPED AND COULD RESULT IN A CRASH. THIS IS THE SAME PROBLEM AS NHTSA #01V364000 OR NHTSA RECALL NO. 01V364/GM GM/CHEVY USES THE SAME STEERING YOKE FOR THE ASTRO/SAFARI VANS. THEY DID NOT INCLUDE THE VANS IN THEIR THE REFERENCED SAFETY RECALL. THEY ONLY INCLUDED THE 2000-01 CHEVROLET BLAZER, GMC JIMMY, AND OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA. WHY NOT THE ASTRO/SAFARI. THEY KNOW THIS IS THE SAME PART/FAILURE? THE GM CAMPAIGN NUMBER I FOUND WAS 01073 AND 01073A . INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT WARNING THERE IS A CONSTANT NOISE COMING FROM GEAR BOX. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED, AND MECHANIC STATED THERE WAS A CHATTER IN THE GEAR BOX, PROBLEM HAS BEEN INSPECTED BY DEALER, HOWEVER WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM.*AKTHE DEALER REPLACED THE PRESSURE LINE IN THE STEERING, POWER STEERING FLUID WAS LEAKING,THE TURN SIGNAL WAS NOT CANCELLING WHEN MAKING RIGHT TURNS, LEFT REAR CARGO DOOR WOULD NOT STAY OPEN.*JB