1998 CHEVROLET ASTRO

1998 CHEVROLET ASTRO VAN, UNIT 1 WAS TRAVELING WEST ON IR 80 IN THE RIGHT LANE. UNIT 1 WENT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROADWAY, OVER CORRECTED, AND WENT SPINNING 270 DEGREES AND WENT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROADWAY AND STRUCK THE MEDIAN BARRIER. THE DRIVER CHANGED HIS STORY AND SAID HIS TIRE BLEW OUT AND LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. *BF (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT # 10-0293-90)*JB UPDATED 08/11/11*LJ UPDATED 08/12/11*JB UPDATED 08/16/11

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 CHEVROLET ASTRO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A SHORT CIRCUIT IN THE ELECTRIC SWITCH FOR THE OUTSIDE SIDE VIEW MIRROR. THE FAILURE CAUSED HEAT DAMAGE THAT IGNITED A FIRE IN THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR. THE ENTIRE VAN WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE FIRE OCCURRED IN THE DRIVEWAY OF THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND NO ONE WAS INJURED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 130,000.

Mileage: 130,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH TOWARDS AN INTERSECTION THE VEHICLE WAS IMPACTED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THEN CRASHED TO A LIGHT POST. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE DRIVER SEAT BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN THE CONTACT WHO IMPACTED THE STEERING WHEEL. THE AIR BAGS AND SEAT BELTS WARNING LIGHTS DID NOT ILLUMINATED PRIOR THE IMPACT. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED THE ACCIDENT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EVACUATED THE CONTACT TO THE NEAREST HOSPITAL. A CHILD RIDING ON THE PASSENGER SIDE W

Mileage: 85,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH TOWARDS AN INTERSECTION THE VEHICLE WAS IMPACTED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THEN CRASHED TO A LIGHT POST. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE DRIVER SEAT BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN THE CONTACT WHO IMPACTED THE STEERING WHEEL. THE AIR BAGS AND SEAT BELTS WARNING LIGHTS DID NOT ILLUMINATED PRIOR THE IMPACT. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED THE ACCIDENT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EVACUATED THE CONTACT TO THE NEAREST HOSPITAL. A CHILD RIDING ON THE PASSENGER SIDE W

Mileage: 85,000

DT: CONSUMER REPORTS: SHE HAD AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. SHE WAS GOING APPROX. 30 MPH WHEN SHE HIT SOMEONE WITH THE FRONT END OF HER VEHICLE. SHE WAS TOLD BY THE WRECKER SERVICE THAT HER SENSOR WAS HIT. A MECHANIC ALSO TOLD HER THAT THE SENSOR WAS HIT AND THE AIR BAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED. *JB

Mileage: 126,000

CONSUMER STRUCK A TREE IN THE YARD WHILE PLACING FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. INSTEAD, CONSUMER'S FOOT STRUCK THE GAS PEDAL. THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE THE PEDALS WERE TOO CLOSE TOGETHER. THEY NEED TO BE PLACED FURTHER APART.*AK

Mileage: 84,000

FRONT END COLLISION HIT CENTER ON AIR BAG SENSOR, NO DEPLOYMENT. SEAT BELTS DID NOT RESTRAIN MYSELF OR PASSENGER. DAMAGE TO FRONT FRAME SECTION HAD TO REPLACE. TOTAL REPAIR BILL OVER $6000.00 DOLLARS. I HAD HIT THE STEERING WHEEL CAUSING BRAIN INJURY, SOFT TISSUE DAMAGE, LT WRIST, LEFT SIDE OF BODY BRUSING ? ON DAMAGE TO MY LIVER & GAULL BLADDER. STILL UNDER INVESGATION HAD TO HAVE SURGERY. MY SON HAD KNEE BRUSING FROM HITTING FULL FORCE INTO LOWER PART OF DASH. TAKEN TO HOSPITAL VIA AMBO UNCONS

Mileage: 54,464

FRONT END COLLISION HIT CENTER ON AIR BAG SENSOR, NO DEPLOYMENT. SEAT BELTS DID NOT RESTRAIN MYSELF OR PASSENGER. DAMAGE TO FRONT FRAME SECTION HAD TO REPLACE. TOTAL REPAIR BILL OVER $6000.00 DOLLARS. I HAD HIT THE STEERING WHEEL CAUSING BRAIN INJURY, SOFT TISSUE DAMAGE, LT WRIST, LEFT SIDE OF BODY BRUSING ? ON DAMAGE TO MY LIVER & GAULL BLADDER. STILL UNDER INVESGATION HAD TO HAVE SURGERY. MY SON HAD KNEE BRUSING FROM HITTING FULL FORCE INTO LOWER PART OF DASH. TAKEN TO HOSPITAL VIA AMBO UNCONS

Mileage: 54,464

WHILE CONSUMER WAS LIFTING THE SEAT FROM THE VEHICLE THE BACK CONNECTION FOR THE HARNESS LOOSENED, AND THE CHILD FELL INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED TWICE BEFORE. THE CHILD WAS NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED, BUT WAS BADLY SHAKEN UP. CONSUMER TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE MANUFACTURER. *AK

I OWN A 1998 ASTRO VAN. I WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION . MY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, NOR DID MY SEAT BELTS RESTRAIN ME FROM HITTING THE STEERING WHEEL. MY SON WAS NOT RESTRAINED EITHER. WE BOTH HAD INJURIES. ESTIMATE COST OF REPAIRS 7-8,000.00 WORTH THE DAMAGE. THERE IS SEVERE FRAME DAMAGE THAT REQUIRES A SUB FRAME TO BE REPLACED. I NEED TO KNOW IF THIS IS A ONGOING PROBLEM WITH FRONT END COLLISONS THAT THE AIR BAGS DO NOT DEPLOY, OR DOES THE SEAT BELT NOT RESTRAIN YOU?*AK

Mileage: 55,000

I OWN A 1998 ASTRO VAN. I WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION . MY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, NOR DID MY SEAT BELTS RESTRAIN ME FROM HITTING THE STEERING WHEEL. MY SON WAS NOT RESTRAINED EITHER. WE BOTH HAD INJURIES. ESTIMATE COST OF REPAIRS 7-8,000.00 WORTH THE DAMAGE. THERE IS SEVERE FRAME DAMAGE THAT REQUIRES A SUB FRAME TO BE REPLACED. I NEED TO KNOW IF THIS IS A ONGOING PROBLEM WITH FRONT END COLLISONS THAT THE AIR BAGS DO NOT DEPLOY, OR DOES THE SEAT BELT NOT RESTRAIN YOU?*AK

Mileage: 55,000

FUEL INJECTION AND MAIN COMPUTER WERE REPLACED BECAUSE FUEL LEAKED WHERE GAS RAN THROUGH ELECTRICAL HARNESS INTO COMPUTER (VCM).*AK *NLM

NO SUMMARY. DT

VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE PARKED IN DRIVEWAY, THE FIRE STARTED IN THIRD ROW BENCH SEATS OF VEHICLE AND ALSO CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE VINYL SIDING ON THE CONSUMERS HOME AS WELL AS THE GARAGE, THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE WAS UNDETERMINED, FIRE DEPARTMENT DETERMINED POSSIBLE MECHANICAL FAILURE. *AK

CRUISE CONTROL FAILS TO DISENGAGE IN NEUTRAL AND REVERSE. INADEQUATE SHIFT LEVER DETENT ACTION RESULTS IN INADVERTANT SHIFTING INTO REVERSE. JULY 4, 2001:WITH CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED AT 55 MPH, OPERATOR MISTAKENLY SHIFTS FROM OVERDRIVE INTO NEUTRAL (THINKING HE IS SHIFTING FROM 3RD TO OVERDRIVE). ENGINE BEGINS TO RACE WHEN CRUISE CONTROL FAILS TO DISENGAGE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RETURN TO OVERDRIVE, OPERATOR SHIFTS INTO LOWER GEAR DUE TO INADEQUATE DETENT ACTION IN SHIFT LEVER. ENGINE RACES FASTER

VEHICLE PULLED INTO PARKING LOT AT VET CLINIC AND DUE TO A MECHANICAL MALFUCTION , ACCELERETED AND STRUCK VET BUILDING. PUT VEHICHLE IN REVERSE IN AN ATTEMPT TO BACK AWAY FROM THE BUILDING, AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AGAIN, TRAVLING IN REVERSE ACROSS A BUSY ROAD (THANKFULLY NO CARS WERE COMING) AND STRUCK A HOUSE WITH THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE.*AK

VEHICLE PULLED INTO PARKING LOT AT VET CLINIC AND DUE TO A MECHANICAL MALFUCTION , ACCELERED AND STRUCK VET BUILDING. PUT VEHICHLE IN REVERSE IN AN ATTEMPT TO BACK AWAY FROM THE BUILDING, AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AGAIN, TRAVLING IN REVERSE ACROSS A BUSY ROAD (THANKFULLY NO CARS WERE COMING) AND STRUCK A HOUSE WITH THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE.*AK

SIDE SLIDING DOOR MECHANISM CAN NOT SUPPORT WEIGHT OF DOOR , RESULTING IN AN UNEXPECTED RELEASE OF SLIDING DOOR WHEN IN THE OPEN POSITION AND PARKED FACING DOWN HILL THE DOOR HAS UNEXPECTEDLY SLAM SHUT , SEVERAL TIMES AND ON TWO OCCASIONS CAUSING MINOR BRUISES PLUS SWOLLEN FINGERS

VEHICLE WAS PARKED INFRONT OF GARAGE, AND CONSUMER LEFT VEHICLE WITH DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW LEFT DOWN. NEXT DAY, FOUND INSTRUMENT PANEL/PLASTIC WERE MELTED, AND THERE WAS A FIRE RESIDUE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING THROTTLE STUCK WIDE OPEN, CAUSING VAN TO CRASH INTO THE REAR OF A 94 AMIGO. AMIGO CRASHED INTO A JEEP CHEROKEE. EVEN THOUGH DRIVER STOOD ON THE BRAKE, VAN DID NOT SLOW DOWN. DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT GO OFF. VAN WILL PROBABLY BE TOTALLED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK