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2001 Chevrolet Astro exterior lighting problems

19 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the exterior lighting on the 2001 Chevrolet Astro21% of all complaints for this model year.

19
Exterior Lighting complaints
21%
share of all complaints
52,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
2 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • 1) noticed that my brakes would "pressurize" when coming to a stop as if the anti-lock brakes were activating. I've experienced normal activation before on ice, snow, and loose gravel so I knew what it was doing. It began happening a lot so I took it to the dealer (basil chevrolet, wellsville, ny)…

    filed Oct 8, 2007

  • 2001 chevy astro with maintenance work done on fuses. Customer states he received a recall and had the work repaired and then the brake lights stopped working. Customer has replaced fuse about four times. *kb

    filed Sep 26, 2007

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.