1988 CHEVROLET ASTRO Steering Problems

CONSUMER STATES IDLER ARM TORE OFF THE FRAME, CAUSING STEERING TO THE FAIL. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

BOLTS THAT GO THROUGH THE POWER STEERING PUMP BRACKET INTO THE ENGINE HAVE BROKEN FOR THE SECOND TIME ON A 4.3L ENGINE. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE BOTOM BOLT TO POWER STEERING BRACKET KEPT BREAKING. BEEN TO DEALER ON ONE OCCASIONS, AND UNABLE TO LOCATE THE CAUSE. *AK THE BRACKET BROKE AGAIN ONE YEAR AFTER BEING REPLACED. *YH

THE ONE PIECE ACESSORY MOUNTING BRACKET CRACKS AND FAILS WHICH CAUSES THE POWER STEERING PUMB TO BEND FORWARD AND THE SINGLE SERPENTINE BELT TO BE THROWN. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY OWNED BY THE COUNTY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO AND YOU COULD TELL THAT ONE THE BRACKET CRACKED, IT PUT A STRAIN ON THE LOER 2 MOUNTING BOLTS AND SNAPPED THE HEADS OFF THE BOLTS. I PREVIOUSLY OWNED ANOTHER CHEVY WITH THE 305 ENGINE AND THAT BRACKET ALSO FAILED. I HAVE ALSO SEN MANY OF THESE BRACKETS ON USED ENGINS AT SALVAGE YARDS WITH CRACKS IN THE SAME PLACE. WHEN THE BRACKET BRAKES, YOU LOSE ALL POWER ASSIST WHICH COULD PUT THE VEHICLE AND PASSENGERS AT RISK. I AM AN ENGINEER BY EDUCATION AND HAVE ALSO OWNED AN AUTO REPAIR GARAGE. I HAVE DETERMINED THAT THE PART NEEDS AN ADDITIONAL GUSSET WELDED SO THAT IT CANNOT FLEX AND ULTIMATELY FAIL.

TILT STEERING COLUMN BECAME LOOSE. ON TWO OCCASIONS REPAIR SHOP HAD TO REPLACE THE STREERING COLUMN. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. *AK

THE DEFECTIVE PLATE THAT HOLDS THE POWER STEERING PUMP CRACKED, CAUSING THE STEERING BELT TO JUMP OFF, RESULTING IN NO STEERING ABILITY. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. *AK

STEERING COLUMN LOOSE.

HAD JUST PULLED OUT ONTO THE STREET WHEN THE IDLER ARM SEPARATED AT THE THREADED PORTION WHERE IT ATTACHES TO THE FRAME BRACKET, THE SCREW ON JOINT CAME APART. *AK *SLC *JB

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT LOW SPEED THE BRACKET THAT HOLDS THE POWER STEERING PUMP BROKE, PURCHASED TRUCK USED . PLEASE DESCRIBE .*AK

STEERING BRACKET BOLT BROKE, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING, *AK THE POWERE BRACKET BOLTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED FIVE TIMES AT A COST OF $100.00 EACH TIME, THE BRACKET HAS BROKE ONCE AND AT PRESENT THE AC LINE HAS A HOLE FROM THE LAST TIME THE BOLT BROKE, THE LOCAL DEALE SAID THEY DO ABOUT 10 OF THESE JOBS A YEAR, HOWEVER DEALER SAID THEY KNEW OF THE PROBLEM BUT SAY THEY CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM WICH WHEN REPAIRED ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO, WHEN THE BOLTS BREAK THE BELT FLIES OFF THE PULLY THUS LOOSINGSTERING AND SOME BRAKE POWER, THE BELT HAS TO BE REPLACED EACH TIME.*JB

STEERING BRACKET BOLT BROKE, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING, *AK

THE CONSUMER SAID SHE LOST HER POWER STEERING 4 TIMES. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

THE ASSEMBLY BRACKET OF THE POWER STEERING CRACKED.PLEASE DECRIBE. TT

BRACKET THAT SUPPORTS POWER STEERING UNIT,ALTERNATOR, AIR CONDITIONING UNIT BROKE 2 TIMES. *SD

SERPENTINE BELT CAME OFF AND STEERING WAS LOST. TT