NHTSA complaint: 1995 CHEVROLET ASTRO — VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY 1995 ASTRO VAN 4.03L FROM THE DAY I BOUGHT IT HARD STARTING ASB LOCKING UP DEALER REPLACED EGR VALUE TWICE TOOK BACK WITH SAME PROBLEM 3 MONTHS LATER WAS TOLD NOTHING WRONG COMPUTER DIGITAL CHECK SAID SO NOW I HAVE GOTTEN 2 MECHANICS TO LOOK AT IT AND SAID THE EGR VALVE FUEL LIND STAYS OPEN POURING OUT GAS THEY WANT TO CHARGE MY 600.00 TO CLEAN OUT THE SLUGE THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 3 YEARS MY VAN NOW HAS 82000 MILES AND IT SOUNDS AND SMELLS LIKE A MAC TRUCK I ALSO HAS TO REPLACE TO WIPER MOTOR ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO AND I PAID FOR IT I JUST A NOTICE TO REPLACE IT IT NO CHARGE I CANT FIND THE ORGINAL RECEIPT SO I'M OUT ANOTHER120.00 FOR THAT REPAIR ALONG WITH THE 65.00 SO A LOCAL MECHANIC. CAN TELL ME THIS IS A DEFECT FROM CHEVROLET FOR MY ASTRO VAN I HAVE HAD THE BREAKS CHECKED BY THE DEALER ABOUT 6 TIMES THEY INFORMED ME I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO USE ABS SYSTEM AND THEY WERE FINE IN ALL MY BRAKES LOCKED UP ON I4 IN FLORIDA LAST AUGUST TRYING TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT 4700.00 LATER I WAS IN THE DITCH BECAUSE THE BRAKES LOCKED UP AND MY VAN WENT SLIDING *LA
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation