2004 CHEVROLET VENTURE Complaints

AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR ON 2004 VENTURE VAN...DOOR IS DANGEROUS. I SOMETIMES TRANSPORT OLDER PEOPLE. I HAVE HAD 2 NEAR TRAGEDIES IN THE FIRST 2 MONTHS I HAVE OWNED VEHICLE. THE LAST WAS WHEN I WENT TO THE HOSPITAL TO PICK UP A SEVERELY HANDICAPPED WIDOW WOMAN. WHEN SHE STARTED TO MAKE HER EXIT SHE SOMEHOW MUST HAVE HAD HER RIGHT HAND ON DOOR THE HANDLE AND ELBOW PART OF ARM ON SEAT WHILE DOOR WAS OPENING. I COULD NOT HOLD THE DOOR BACK BUT WAS ABLE TO PULL HER ARM FREE BEFORE IT WAS BROKEN. I REPORTED THIS TO GENERAL MOTORS AND TO THE DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE ON AUGUST 2004. THEY BOTH TOLD ME THAT THIS IS CHARACTERISTIC OF THIS VEHICLE. *AK PE04064.*PCO *JB

WHILE DRIVING AND TURNING VEHICLE STALLED. DRIVER RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. HOWEVER, MECHANIC COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

PASSENGER SIDE MOTOR DOOR OPENS ON IT'S OWN AFTER CLOSING, OPENS HALFWAY AND CLOSES HALFWAY LEAVING THE OPERATOR TO MANUALLY OPEN OR CLOSE THE DOOR. IT HAS BECOME A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE ON THAT SAME SIDE IS THE CHILD RESTRAINT SEAT FOR A TODDLER OR THE CAR CAN BE STOLEN OR PROPERTY INSIDE THE CAR WHEN THE DOOR CLOSES AND REOPENS ON IT'S OWN. *NM

I WAS ON A BUSINESS TRIP IN TEXAS AND WE HAD RENTED A 2004 CHEVROLET VENTURE MINIVAN FROM HERTZ. ON THURSDAY WE WENT TO LUNCH, AND I WAS SITTING IN THE MIDDLE BENCH SEAT BEHIND THE FRONT PASSENGER. WHEN I OPENED THE DOOR TO GET OUT, THE AUTOMATIC OPENER MECHANISM ENGAGED. I WAS HOLDING THE DOOR HANDLE PULLING THE DOOR OPEN, THE AUTOMATIC OPENER PUSHED MY ELBOW INTO MY SEAT, AND THE OPENER CONTINUED TO FORCE THE DOOR OPEN. WITH MY ARM TRAPPED BETWEEN THE HANDLE AND THE SEAT, THE DOOR TWISTED MY WRIST BACK UNTIL IT BROKE ONE OF MY WRIST BONES. AFTER THAT I WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND TREATED. THE CAR WAS RETURNED TO HERTZ, AND HERTZ WAS NOTIFIED, AND AS FAR AS I KNOW THEY HAVE TAKEN NO ACTION. AS FAR AS I KNOW THERE IS NO CORRECTIVE ACTION THAT GM HAS TAKEN TO REMEDY THIS PROBLEM WITH THE VENTURE. *JB

THE RIGHT SIDE REAR DOOR IS EQUIPPED WITH AN AUTOMATIC POWER DOOR BUTTON TO OPEN AND CLOSE THE DOOR. RIGHT SIDE REAR DOOR CLOSED AUTOMATICALLY WITHOUT PUSHING THE BUTTON, CAUSING THE PASSENGER TO HAVE A HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DOOR, RESULTING IN INJURY. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER. *AK

THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED, AND NO DEFECTS HAVE BEEN FOUND.*AK

MY 2 YEAR OLD SON WAS EXITING THE VEHICLE AND HIT THE BUTTON TO CLOSE THE DOOR AND HE DID NOT KNOW IT. I HAD TO JUMP IN THE WAY OF THE POWER SLIDING DOOR, AND USE EXCESSIVE FORCE TO STOP THE DOOR FROM CLOSING ON HIM AND MYSELF.*AK THE POWER SLIDING DOORS ON OUR 2004 CHEVY VENTURE DO NOT STOP WITHOUT EXCESSIVE FORCE WHEN CLOSING. A CHILD OR EVEN AN ADULT CAN GET SERIOUSLY INJURED.

AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR ON DRIVER SIDE OPENS BY ITSELF. I WILL CLOSE THE DOOR USING THE KEYLESS REMOTE OR THE BUTTON ON THE INSIDE OF DOOR FRAME BUT DOOR WILL REOPEN. HAPPENS MULTIPLE TIMES IN A SINGLE ATTEMPT TO CLOSE DOOR. SLOPE OF VEHICLE IS NOT A FACTOR AS IT WILL REOPEN WHEN VAN IS PARKED ON EVEN GROUND. COLD WEATHER MAY BE FACTOR. THERE IS ALWAYS A LOUD "KACHUNK" AS I ASSUME THE MECHANISM IS TRYING TO WORK. TO FINALLY GET IT TO STOP REOPENING IN SINGLE INCIDENT, I WILL ENGAGE THE LOCK OR WILL TURN OFF AUTOMATIC OPTION. HAVE MADE NUMEROUS CALLS TO DEALER AND HAVE TAKEN VAN IN TWICE TO BE INSPECTED. EACH TIME MECHANICS ARE NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM AND END UP "CLEANING" THE TRACK AND ADJUSTING STRIKER. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE DOOR IS NOT LATCHING PROPERLY AND MAY POSE DANGER OF INJURY TO MY SMALL CHILDREN IN ACCIDENT.*AK

WE RENTED A 2004 CHEVY VENTURE MINIVAN FROM AVIS AT PHILA AIRPORT. THE MINIVAN COMES EQUIPPED WITH A REMOTE-CONTROLLED POWER SLIDING DOOR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. WE WONDERED IF THE DOOR HAD AN AUTO-REVERSE TO PREVENT IT FROM CLOSING ON SOMETHING. WE COULD IMAGINE THAT WITH THE REMOTE CONTROL, SOMEONE ON THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE VAN OR INTHE DRIVER'S SEAT COULD CLOSE THE DOOR WITHOUT SEEING THAT THERE WAS A CHILD, FOR EXAMPLE, SITTING OR LYING ACROSS THE DOORWAY. SO WE DECIDED TO TEST IT. WE HELD A 1/2 INCH THICK STICK AGAINST THE DOORFRAME AND CLOSED THE DOOR WITH THE REMOTE. IF THERE IS AN AUTO-REVERSE, IT DID NOT OPERATE! THE DOOR CLOSED ON THE STICK WITH SUCH FORCE THAT IT PULLED THE STICK OUT OF THE TESTER'S HAND AND CRUSHED THE STICK AGAINST THE DOORFRAME. IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD DO TO A CHILD'S HAND OR LEG! OR NECK, GOD FORBID! WHAT IS THIS MINIVAN DOING ON THE MARKET????*AK

THE AUTOMATIC REVERSE SAFETY FEATURE OF BOTH POWER SIDE SLIDING DOORS REQUIRES EXCESSIVE FORCE TO ACTIVATE. THIS RESULTS IN POTENTIAL SERIOUS INJURY TO SMALL CHILDREN, WEAK ADULTS OR SENIOR ADULTS UNABLE TO EXERT ENOUGH FORCE TO ACTIVATE THE REVERSING MECHANISM. COMPARE EFFORT REQUIRED TO THIS SAFETY FEATURE IN TYPICAL HOME GARAGE DOORS OR THE HONDA ODYSSEY FOR EXAMPLE. *JB