2003 CHEVROLET ASTRO Electrical System Problems

FRONT SUSPENSION ISSUES, ELECTRICAL GAUGES, REPLACEMENT OF FUEL TANK PUMP, DOOR LATCHES FAILING TO OPEN ON SLIDING SIDE DOOR MAKING EXITING OF VEHICLE IMPOSSIBLE, RECALL OF 02V328000 UNABLE TO BE CONFIRMED AS HANDLED BY ANY DEALERS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 CHEVROLET ASTRO VAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND THE WHEELS WERE TURNED TO THE LEFT. A MECHANIC LOOKED UNDER THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE WIRING HARNESS THAT WAS LOCATED NEAR THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE HAD BURNED OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT THE CONTACT WAS UNSURE OF WHAT WOULD BE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN BUT THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 67,000. *TR

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS DEFECT IN THE 2003 CHEVROLET ASTRO VAN. THE STEERING KNUCKLE/ARM IS DESIGNED IN A WAY THAT CAUSES IT TO COME INTO CONTACT WITH A WIRING HARNESS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS TURNED SHARPLY TO THE LEFT. OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, THIS CONSTANT CONTACT DAMAGES THE WIRING HARNESS AND ALLOWS THE STEERING KNUCKLE/ARM TO TOUCH THE WIRES INSIDE THE WIRING HARNESS. THE WIRING HARNESS IS CONNECTED DIRECTLY TO THE BATTERY SO THE END RESULT IS DAMAGE TO OTHER WIRES ALSO SHEATHED IN THAT WIRING HARNESS. TWO WEEKS AGO, WHILE PULLING OUT OF A GROCERY STORE PARKING SPACE, EVERYTHING DIED. THE ENGINE WOULD NOT RE-START AND NOTHING ELECTRICAL WORKED, FROM THE DOOR LOCKS TO THE RADIO. EVERYTHING WAS DEAD. WE COULD SMELL BURNING WIRES AND TRIED TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE. BECAUSE THE DOORS WERE LOCKED WE COULD NOT GET THEM OPEN. WE HAD TO MANUALLY PUSH UP OUR...

2003 CHEVROLET ASTRO VAN. DROVE VEHICLE WITHOUT INCIDENT ON AUGUST 1, 2010. MONDAY MORNING AUGUST, 2, 2010 BATTERY WAS DEAD (PURCHASED NEW FEBRUARY 2010). REPLACED WITH NEW BATTERY ON AUGUST 2, 2010. FIRST CONNECTED THE POSITIVE CABLE. ATTEMPTED TO CONNECT NEGATIVE CABLE. NEGATIVE POST TERMINAL SPARKED AND BATTERY CABLE GOT VERY HOT. DISCONNECTED BATTERY CABLE. INSPECTED FUSES. ALL GOOD. TRACE VISIBLE PORTIONS OF POSITIVE CABLE TO FUSE BOX, ALTERNATOR, AND STARTER. NO INDICATION OF GROUNDING. CONTACTED MECHANIC WHO ON AUGUST 14, 2010 PERFORMED TEST ON FUSE BOX, ALTERNATOR, AND STARTER. ALL GOOD. MECHANIC THOROUGHLY TRACED POSITIVE CABLE. DISCOVERED SHORT LOCATED AT THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE ENGINE BEHIND THE STEERING LINKAGE. STATED THAT CABLE SHEATH HAD BEEN WORN AWAY BY THE RUBBING OF THE TIE ROD AND WAS GROUNDING OUT ON THE BODY AND THAT IT WAS EXTREMELY FORTUNATE THAT THE VEHICLE HAD NOT CAUGHT ON FIRE. I HAD TO...

A FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE OF 2003 ASTRO VAN,THE VAN WAS GM CERTIFIED FROM THE DEALER, IT WAS USED WITH APPROX 17K MILES WITH MANUFACTURER WARRANTY. THE FIRE DEPT. REPORT NOTED NO ARSON INVOLVED, ELECTRICAL SHORT OR MALFUNCTION CAUSE OF FIRE. GM HAS DENIED THE CLAIM WITH NO REPORT GIVEN TO BACK UP THEIR DECISION. *JB

I HAVE A 2003 CHEVY ASTRO. THE PROBLEM STARTED IN JANUARY OF 2005. THE VOLTS METER STARTED DROPPING. I TOOK IT TO PHIL SMITH CHEVROLET IN LAUDERHILL, FLORIDA. THEY DID AN ELECTRIC DIAGNOSTIC AND FOUND THE ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY TO BE BAD. I CHANGED THE ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY ON MY OWN. VEHICLE STILL HAD SAME PROBLEM AFTERWARDS. I THEN TOOK MY VEHICLE BACK TO PHIL SMITH CHEVROLET, AND THEY SAID THAT THE BATTERY CABLES WERE BAD. I HAD THEM CHANGE THEM. THE BATTERY LIGHT WAS STILL COMING ON, AND THEY SAID THAT IT WAS OKAY, THEY JUST FORGOT TO RESET THE LIGHT. EVERYTHING WAS OKAY, EXCEPT FOR THE BATTERY LIGHT STILL COMING ON, UNTIL MAY OF 2005. WHEN I ACCELERATE FROM A COMPLETE STOP, MY VEHICLE STALLS OUT, BUT STARTS RIGHT BACK UP. I THEN BROUGHT MY VEHICLE TO TRAPP CHEVROLET IN HOUMA, LA. THEY RAN A DIAGNOSTIC AND SAID...

CONSUMER STATED THAT BOTH SHE AND HER 2 YEAR OLD CHILD GOT BURNED BY THE INTERIOR BULB. IT OVERHEATED AND MELTED THE HOUSING AROUND IT. CONSUMER'S HUSBAND STATED THAT IT MAY HAVE BEEN A ELECTRICAL WIRING PROBLEM, AND WAS AFRAID THAT THE VEHICLE MAY CATCH ON FIRE. *AK *NM