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Sam Ammari
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Its about time. I own a 1999 Safari and its the biggest piece of JUNK GM ever made. I have a file 2 inches thick of all the things that went bad. I talked to GM about it and well forget it!!! If anyone can Help me with this van please email me samammari@sbcglobal.net Thank You I have alot to tell
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SDR from Ohio
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Sue GM...it is likely your only choice.
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Lily
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Join the club I have a 2000 Astro an has had the fuel injectors replaced 2x, fuel pump replaced, alternator replaced. Now the heater does not work, unless I am on the freeway going 80 mph the hot air will come out. The overhead dome lights have the override button on, so that when I drive they are not flashing on/off. Know there is a drip of oil coming off the front end, which turns out to be oil cooling hose. When driving in a windy area it is noisy as if the windows were cracked open. And this is only my weekend family car, so I don't really use it daily. Lets say I will never buy Chevy again, learned my lesson. No wonder imports are so much better.
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ben berlinsky
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a friend of mine had an astro it went to 216000 miles with little problems. not a great ride, definitely not luxurious, but it did its job.
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Robert
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My GMC Safari was prety fine except for the tranny I wore out at 80K. Then something weird was making noises in the rear and we could not pin point what it was. We had the AWD version.
The engine was great for the entire time we owned it. Not a bit of engine trouble in 105,00 miles.
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Jim from Texas
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Sam Ammari wrote: Its about time. I own a 1999 Safari and its the biggest piece of JUNK GM ever made. I have a file 2 inches thick of all the things that went bad. I talked to GM about it and well forget it!!! If anyone can Help me with this van please email me samammari@sbcglobal.net Thank You I have alot to tell I had a 1999 Astro Van. 190,000 miles. I had planned on driving it at least 250,000. It burned when my garage cought on fire. Really hated to see it go. NEVER any major trouble. Still had the original plugs, wires and radiator on it. Had 1 alternator and 1 battery put on it. Jim from Texas
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jerome
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Hello JIm..
you are the exception of a trouble free or little trouble astro..jerome..also from Texas (arlington )
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Moises
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Who knew about all the troubles! I drive a 96 Safari I've had it for about a year and six months and here it goes... A/C is now gone, dome lights do act up, had the fuel pump replaced along with all the injectors. it has killed 1 battery and the factory kill switch had to be removed because it caused a few electrical problems. After seeing all the troubles I'm a bit scared to continue driving it.
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Zvika Stern Israel
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Hello.
I have 96 safari, now i have few electrical problems with tps and stepr motor, the car runs bad.
And i'm loking for overflow water tank.
halpe me.
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jerome
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you are going to need help alright !
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Matt
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I am on my fourth Chevy Astro (yes 4 of them). We have had little issue with them (95, 01, 04, 05 - still running the 04 and 05).
Issues: fuel pump, one plugged injector (stuff got through the fuel filter), lost A/C clutch at 120,000. I kept us all the maintenance, did the tranny fluids at the lower intervals (30K each change).
We really like them and are sad they are no longer being made. They are great for towing and offer more head room, like a full size van, without being a full size van.
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P_ Lim
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We had two Astro's. One was an '89 and my mechanic nicknamed it Christine after the Stephen King novel about a possessed car. We bought a '93 and it was great. When they get old they need a lot of work, but if you get one that has been taken care of they're serious workhorses. Replaced it with a Caravan which I hate. No leg room, no room for anything and always in the shop.
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Judge it!
