1992 CHEVROLET ASTRO Service Brakes, Hydraulic Problems

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1992 CHEVROLET ASTRO VAN. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT APPROXIMATELY 10 - 15 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS ENGAGED WHILE MAKING A TURN; HOWEVER, IT FAILED TO STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS ALSO LEAKING FLUID BEHIND THE VEHICLE AS THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED FORWARD. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND HAVE IT TOWED TO HIS RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED. THERE WERE NO DEATHS, INJURIES OR POLICE REPORT. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 36000. UPDATED 09/25/08 *BF THE STEEL BRAKE LINES WERE LEAKING DUE TO RUST. UPDATED 10/01/08.*JB

Mileage: 36,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1992 CHEVROLET ASTRO. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE ABS WOULD NOT WORK AFTER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF BRAKING AND THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD EXTEND TO THE FLOOR WHEN DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP A FEW TIMES, BUT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. WHEN THE MECHANIC TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE, IT ALWAYS PERFORMED PERFECTLY. THE REPAIR SHOP DISCONNECTED THE ABS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 128,000. *UPDATED 12/12/07 *BF UPDATED *JB

Mileage: 100,000

LEAKING ROOF, BRAKES,HEATER AND A C DEFECTIVE,PAINT, TIRE AND WIRING DEFECTIVE. NLM

HAD TAKEN VEHICLE FOR SERVICE WHEN THE ABS WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED. WOULD HAVE BRAKING ABILITY. MECHANIC INDICATED THERE WAS NO PROBLEM OR RECALLS ON BRAKES.*AK THE BRAKE LIGHT ALSO ILLUMINATED. ENGINE OIL WAS LEAKING, DEALER REPLACED THE OIL FILTER ADAPTER O RINGS AND GASKETS. *SLC

THE BRAKES GRAB TO THE RIGHT WHEN APPLIED FAST. IT PULLS THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE TO THE RIGHT. *AK

WHEN STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED THE BRAKES ARE ACTIVATED. WHEN PARKING, THE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELS WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED. THE FARTHER YOU TURN THE WHEEL THE HARDER THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. AT HIGWAY SPEEDS, AROUND MODERATE CURVES, THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED AND THE CRUISE CONTROLE IS DEACTIVATED. WE ARE NOT SURE HOW THIS PART FUNCTIONS ( POWER ASSIST, STEERING), BUT WE ARE CONCERNED THAT THE BRAKES ARE ACTIVATED WITH A SLIGHT TURN OF THE STEERING WHEEL AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. ON WET ROADS OR IN "AVOIDENCE SITUATIONS" IF THE STEERING MECHANISM ACTIVATES THE BRAKES, LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE MAY OCCUR. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES DURING AN EMERGENCY STOP VEHICLE SLID AND THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON IN THE VEHICLE. DEALER SAID THAT THE ABS COMPUTER HAD MALFUNCTIONED. *AK

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING 20MPH AND BRAKING QUICKLY, THE ABS FAILED COMPLETELY, REAR ENDING ANOTHER VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. *AK

ABS LIGHT CAME ON, AND THE ABS BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING. DEALER RESET ABS BRAKES ONE TIME, AND THEY DID NOT WORK. RESET THEM AGAIN, AND THIRD TIME THEY COULD NOT RESET THEM. THE SYSTEM HAD GONE TO BAD. *AK

ONGOING ERRATIC OPERATING OF ABS SYSTEM; VEHICLE BEEN IN / OUT OF DEALER SHOP AND BRAKES STILL APPEAR NOT TO BE WORKING PROPERLY, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CAN NHTSA HELP IN THIS MATTER. CONTACTING DEALER FOR APPOINTMENT. *AK

WHENEVER ABS BRAKES ARE APPLIED VEHICLE FAILS TO STOP, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. SOMETIMES WOULD LOCK UP UNEXPECTEDLY. HAD BEEN TO DEALER & HAD ABS BRAKES REPAIRED. THE BRAKING PROBLEM HAS REAPPEARED. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, AND THE VEHICLE DOES NOT STOP. ALSO THERE IS A HONKING NOISE COMING FROM THE BRAKES. DEALER CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT 60 MPH OR MORE AND APPLYING THE BRAKES PEDAL IS HARD AND WON'T GO DOWN. CONSUMER HAS TO WAIT UNTIL THE VEHICLE SLOWS DOWN BELOW 60 MPH AND APPLY THE BRAKES, AND THEN VEHICLE WILL COME TO A STOP. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, BRAKE PEDAL WENT HALF WAY TO THE FLOORBOARD, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO REAR END THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. *AK

ANTI-BRAKE SYSTEM EXPERIENCE LOCK-UP. VEHICLE HAS TO BE COOLED OFF, THEN THE BRAKES WOULD RELEASE BY THEMSELVES. DEALER NOTIFED, INFORMING CONSUMER THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE UNLESS CONSUMER PICKS UP THE EXPENSES FOR REPAIRS. SEEKING HELP OR FURTHER INFORMATION FROM NHTSA. *AK *YC

WE HAVE HAD PROBLEMS STOPPING THE VAN. WHEN YOU USE THE BRAKES YOU MUST BE VERY VERY FAMILIAR WITH THEM AND NOT HIT THEM HARD, THEY MUST BE APPLIED VERY GENTLY OTHERWISE THEY WILL NOT STOP THE VEHICLE. IT WILL JUST KEEP ON GOING THEY LOCK UP OR SOMETHING, I AM NOT A MECHANIC AND THE WORD LOCK UP MIGHT NOT BE RIGHT. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THEY DO NOT STOP THE VAN IF YOU DO NOT APPLY JUST THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF PRESSURE. IN AN EMERGENCY THEY WOULD BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. WE ALWAYS JUST LIVED WITH IT AND ADAPTED, BUT IT IS NOT RIGHT I THINK. *AK

DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH CONSUMER EXPERIENCED COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE. BRAKES WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE AND RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK

TRAVELING 30MPH WHEN ABS BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON. HAPPENS WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED HARD. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER & INFORMED NEEDED A PRESSURE MODULATOR VALVE. *AK

ABS FAILURE.

AFTER A QUICK STOP TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT, WHICH THE QUICK STOP HAD TO TURN RIGHT TO AVOID THE OTHER VEHICLE, THE ABS FAILED OR SO THE IDICATOR LIGITS SAYS. HAD SYSTEM CHECKED AND ABS VALVE BODY HAD TO BE REPLACED. COST $1400.00 I KNOW NHTSA WAS INVESTIGATING THE GM ANTILOCK BRAKE SYSTEMS, THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL. WOULD APPRECIATE ANY NEWS AS TO POSSIBLE REIMBURSEMENT BY GM FOR FAULTY ABS SYSTEMS. PROPER USE OF THE BRAKE SYSTEM WAS DONE. (I.E. FULL BRAKE WITHOUT PUMPING).

POOR BRAKE PERFORMANCE.

BRAKE FAILURE

ABS PROBLEMS, INTERMITTENTLY WHEN APPLYNG THE BRAKES QUICKLY THE PEDAL TRAVELS TO THE FLOOR AND THERE IS NO BRAKING ABILITY. THIS HAPPENS ON DRY ROAD CONDITIONS. THE DEALER IS NOT ABLE TO DETECT A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKE SYSTEM. THE VAN HAS BEEN IN TWO CRASHES BECAUSE OF BRAKING SYSTEM. ONE IN JUNE OF 94, AND ONE IN OCTOBER OF 97. *AK

ABS LOCK INTERMITTENTLY, CAUSING STEERING TO LOCK UP

PEDAL TO FLOOR FAILURES OF BRAKES SOMETIMES OBSERVED AT LOW-MODERATE SPEEDS WITH RAPID/HARD BRAKING PRESSURE.

NOTHING

ABS FAILURE. PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR WHEN TRYING TO STOP QUICKLY AT LOW TO MODERATE SPEEDS.

ABS BRAKES FAILED TWICE. ALSO, ABS WARNING LIGHT CAME ON/OFF. *AK

ANTI-LOCK BRAKES FAILED SEVERAL TIMES, ONCE RESULTIN GIN A COLLISION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING BRAKE FLUID BUILDS UP IN THE ELECTRIC CONTROL MODULE AND CAUSES THE ABS TO MULFUNCTION, RESULTING IN ABS FAILURE. ALSO, MASTER CYLINDER LEAK CAUSED BRAKE PEDAL TO GO TO THE FLOOR DURING STOP. *AK

WHILE DRIVING BRAKE FLUID BUILDS UP IN THE ELECTRIC CONTROL MODULE AND CAUSES THE ABS TO MULFUNCTION, RESULTING IN ABS FAILURE. ALSO, MASTER CYLINDER LEAK CAUSED BRAKE PEDAL TO GO TO THE FLOOR DURING STOP. *AK

APPLIED BRAKES, BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, RESULTING IN A CRASH. VEHICLE RAN A STOP SIGN, BROADSIDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE, VEHICLE TOTALED. *AK

ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE. *AK

ABS BRAKES FAILURE, WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED, PEDAL FADED AND EXPERIENCED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. ALSO, PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. *AK

ABS BRAKE FAILURE, APPLIED THE BRAKES, MIGHT HAVE HIT SOME LOOSE GRAVEL, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, IMPACT 12:00 POSITION SPEED 25MPH. THE PEDAL BECAME HARD AND LOCKED UP, RESULTING IN A CRASH/INJURIES. *AK

ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAILED.

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES IN AN EMERGENCY THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, VEHICLE DOESN'T STOP, WENT THOUGHT THE STOP SIGN . *AK

ANTILOCK BRAKE MODULE FAILURE.

UPON APPLYING FORCE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL CONSUMER EXPERIENCED BRAKE FAILURE, THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, BRAKE FADE AWAY, IN ADDITION THE ABS LIGHTS COME ON. *AK

APPLIED BRAKES, BRAKES FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE, NO WARNING, NO LIGHTS ON DASHBOARD INDICATING PROBLEM, HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY, AFTERWARDS BRAKES SEEM TO WORK FINE, SO MPH, DRY SURFACE.

THE ABS SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING. THE LIGHT IS COMING AND THE BRAKES ARE ACTING ERRATICALLY. *AK

DURING ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS WHILE APPLYING ABS BRAKES, BRAKES LOCKED UP AND CAUSED SKIDDING. *AK

VEHICLE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM FAILED AT 45MPH WITH NO WARNING. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, ABS AND BRAKE LIGHT ARE ON CONTINUOUSLY, FOR NO APPARENT REASON, DEALER SAID IT'S NOT A PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, ABS AND BRAKE LIGHT ARE ON CONTINUOUSLY, FOR NO APPARENT REASON, DEALER SAID IT'S NOT A PROBLEM. *AK

ABS BRAKES; BRAKES FAIL CONTINUOUSLY W/ABS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATING. ONCE REPAIRED, THE COMPUTER BLOWS UP LOSING ALL BRAKING ABILITY. PLEASE DESCRIBE *AK

ABS BRAKES; BRAKES FAIL CONTINUOUSLY W/ABS WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATING. ONCE REPAIRED, THE COMPUTER BLOWS UP LOSING ALL BRAKING ABILITY. PLEASE DESCRIBE *AK

ABS BRAKING SYSTEM PROBLEMS. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT

ANTILOCK BRAKES WOULD NOT RELEASE ON WET ROAD, CAUSING COLLISION. *DSH

THE TRUCK HAS ABS BRAKES. THE LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON. TT THE ABS MODULATOR FAILED AND REPLACING IT COSTS $900. THE CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO HAVE REGULAR BRAKE INSTEAD. *YH

ABS BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED DURING EMERGENCY STOPPING, ALMOST RESULTING IN ACCIDENT, REPLACED BRAKE MODULE AND REBUILT HYDRAULIC SYSTEM DUE TO LEAK. TT

THE ACCELERATOR STUCK, CAUSING THE TRUCK TO GO OUT OF CONTROL AND THE BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP VEHICLE. TT

BRAKES FAILED, TOTAL BRAKE LOCKUP. TT

REAR BRAKES REPLACED.

FRONT BRAKES REPLACED.

OWNER APPLIED BRAKES AND HAD DIFFICULTY, USED EXCESSIVE EFFORT. TT