Chevrolet Astro: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 17 recall campaigns for the Chevrolet Astro, model years 1983 to 2005. NHTSA has 2,707 complaints on file for this model line. 18 of the 23 model years have a page on this register.

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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on 1 Oct 2026. Complaint file through 29 Mar 2018. Recall file through 29 Sep 2026.

Model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

Chevrolet Astro: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model year	Recall campaigns	Complaints	Share of the line average	Units in the campaigns
2005 Chevrolet Astro NHTSA page	0	8	7%
2004 Chevrolet Astro NHTSA page	0	7	6%
2003 Chevrolet Astro	1	51	43%	41,477
2002 Chevrolet Astro	1	55	47%	77,055
2001 Chevrolet Astro	1	84	71%	77,055
2000 Chevrolet Astro	0	165	140%
1999 Chevrolet Astro	1	129	110%	461,851
1998 Chevrolet Astro	3	233	198%	971,112
1997 Chevrolet Astro	4	352	299%	2,238,789
1996 Chevrolet Astro	4	261	222%	2,238,789
1995 Chevrolet Astro	3	440	374%	1,758,982
1994 Chevrolet Astro	2	327	278%	2,636
1993 Chevrolet Astro	1	133	113%	381
1992 Chevrolet Astro	1	131	111%	381
1991 Chevrolet Astro	3	94	80%	609,234
1990 Chevrolet Astro	4	68	58%	639,874
1989 Chevrolet Astro	3	55	47%	609,234
1988 Chevrolet Astro	2	56	48%	604,392
1987 Chevrolet Astro	2	29	25%	604,392
1986 Chevrolet Astro NHTSA page	1	23	20%	604,207
1985 Chevrolet Astro	3	5	4%	635,818
1984 Chevrolet Astro NHTSA page	1	1	1%	4,870
1983 Chevrolet Astro NHTSA page	1	0	0%	4,870

The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.

A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Components in the complaints

3,636 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

Chevrolet Astro: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component	Per 1,000	Mentions
Service Brakes, Hydraulic	201	731
Visibility	116.3	423
Suspension	82.5	300
Power Train	76.2	277
Steering	64.1	233
Electrical System	60.5	220
Engine and Engine Cooling	59.7	217
Structure	44	160
Fuel System, Gasoline	42.4	154
Seat Belts	40.4	147

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Chevrolet Astro, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 1994, with 3 campaigns.

Complaints about the Chevrolet Astro, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 1999, with 447 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

Blazer40 campaigns
Silverado46 campaigns
S1033 campaigns
Malibu66 campaigns
Suburban82 campaigns
Cavalier40 campaigns
Tahoe80 campaigns
Impala57 campaigns
Trailblazer29 campaigns
Silverado 150055 campaigns
Cobalt10 campaigns
Lumina29 campaigns
Venture18 campaigns
Corvette48 campaigns
Monte Carlo44 campaigns
Camaro56 campaigns
Silverado 250044 campaigns
Corsica15 campaigns
C15001 campaign
Caprice50 campaigns
Avalanche18 campaigns
Equinox32 campaigns
Trailblazer EXT9 campaigns
Suburban 15007 campaigns
Beretta15 campaigns
Colorado29 campaigns
Lumina APV11 campaigns
Chevrolet Truck10 campaigns
Pickup0 campaigns
HHR7 campaigns
Malibu Maxx4 campaigns
Aveo4 campaigns
Silverado 350045 campaigns
Express72 campaigns
K15001 campaign
C/K Pickups4 campaigns
Avalanche 15005 campaigns
Tracker0 campaigns
Uplander5 campaigns
G2022 campaigns
15003 campaigns
C152 campaigns
C25001 campaign
Van0 campaigns
Cobalt SS0 campaigns
Celebrity15 campaigns
C1041 campaigns
Chevrolet9 campaigns
C Series(light)0 campaigns
K152 campaigns
Prizm0 campaigns
C35004 campaigns
Trailblazer EXT 3700 campaigns
Z710 campaigns
K25001 campaign
G Series6 campaigns
C2042 campaigns
K1032 campaigns
Silverado 1500 HD0 campaigns
G3024 campaigns

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Official channels

NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
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Cite this page

Recall Register. Chevrolet Astro: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/chevrolet/astro/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through 29 Sep 2026.

Sources

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence: US government work, public domain
Recall file through: 29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through: 29 Mar 2018
Manufacturer in the recall file: GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

Which Chevrolet Astro model years have the most recall campaigns?: 1997 with 4, 1996 with 4, 1990 with 4. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Chevrolet Astro model year has the most complaints?: The 1995 model year, with 440 of the 2,707 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Chevrolet Astro name?: Service Brakes, Hydraulic: 201 per 1,000 component mentions. Visibility: 116.3 per 1,000 component mentions. Suspension: 82.5 per 1,000 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Chevrolet Astro?: 18 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.