1998 Chevrolet Astro Engine cooling Problems

“Check engine light on the automobile never went off, when I purchased automobile from used dealer,light was on,took it to meinke, paid 2,000.00 to get serviced light still stayed on. Was told not to worry, no problem with engine, 6 months after I bought auto , blew head, with no, no , no indication that the car was even running hot.”

“Van shifts from 1st to 2nd realy hard. When I tried to get it repaired nothing was done except for a fluid change. The van still had the same problems. I only attemped two times because I cant aford to pay that much money and the problem to not get fixed. The air and heat only blowes out on the passenger side.”

“Mass airflow sensor has a short service light. This sensor began to malfunction around 52000 miles, sending a code to the obd ll system resulting in a check engine light. This is way too soon for this type of component to fail, and the component is only available through general motors dealers at a lofty price.”

“Cannot get air throught vents in dash, all controls work properly vacuum actuator moves, there is vacuum at the swithc, no one knows the answer paint on gas door bubbling and looks like it is going to fall off transmission shifted hard into 2nd gear since we bought it ( 54000kms) finally started to slip , bought used trans and had it installed, quoted 3000.00 to rebuild, dealer was past even belief. Abs comes on when coming to a stop every time . …”

“Plastic pulley on belt tensioner desentegraded causing arm to bust off engine block while traveling on interstate in middle lane. Surprised by loss of brake pedal while pulling over to emergency lane in heavy traffic! Glad my wife was not driving the van at this time. My opinion is that not only is this a cheap part , but possibly dangerous in certain conditions. Not to mention stranded 40 miles from home.”