NHTSA Complaint #722117 — 1996 CHEVROLET ASTRO

FOR A CAR THAT IS ONLY FOUR YEARS OLD, THIS ONE HAS FAR TOO MANY EQUIPMENT FAILURES. I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THIS CAR WOULD BE CONSIDERED A LEMON BY MOST PEOPLE. WHEN WE FIRST GOT IT THE BRAKES WOULD SLOW YOU DOWN AND AT 10 MPH AS YOU WERE APPROACHING THE STOP OR THE REAR END OF ANOTHER CAR, THEY WOULD FAIL TO STOP YOU COMPLETELY. THE DEALER WHO SOLD US THE CAR AGREED TO FIX THAT. NEXT THE FRONT END STARTED SHAKING SO VIOLENTLY IT WOULD THROW THE CUPS OUT OF THE HOLDERS IN THE FRONT OF THE VAN. WE TOOK THE CAR TO OUR LOCAL CHEVY DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THEY FIXED THEM. ONLY 10,000 MILES LATER WE HAD TO TAKE IT BACK IN TO HAVE THE ROTORS TURNED AGAIN AS THEY WERE WARPED AGAIN. THEY UNJUSTLY ACCUSED ME OF RIDING THE BRAKES, WHICH I DO NOT DO. THIS TIME THEY REPLACED THE BRAKE PADS ON THE FRONT DISC BRAKES. I REQUESTED THAT THEY DO THAT THE FIRST TIME AND THE REFUSED TO DO SO. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE, NOR HAVE THEY MADE MUCH EFFORT TO FIND THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS OTHER THAN THE WINDSHIELD WIPER RELAY. I AM WORRIED ABOUT MY CHILDRENS SAFETY IN THIS VEHICLE GIVEN THE NUMBER OF NUMEROUS FAILURES OF VARIOUS EQUIPMENT ON THIS ONE VEHICLE. *AK