2000 CHEVROLET VENTURE Complaints

THE VEHICLE DEVELOPED A SMELL THAT WAS FOUL, WITH A SLIGHT ODOR OF ANTIFREEZE. DEALER REPLACED THE FILTERS. HOWEVER, THE SMELL WAS STILL THERE. CURRENTLY, A COOLANT LIGHT CAME ON AND THE ANTIFREEZE WAS LEAKING INTO THE OIL. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE LOCKS, AND THE POWER WINDOWS. OWNER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, WHO INDICATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. *AK

THE SLIDING DOOR FAILED TO REOPEN WHEN AN OBJECT WAS IN THE WAY OF CLOSING AS DESIGNED TO DO. THIS CAUSED INJURIES TO UPPER TORSO. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

I'M WRITING YOU THIS LETTER SINCE GM HAS REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEY HAVE A FACTORY DEFECT IN THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET AND BOLTS OF MAY OF THEIR GM VEHICLES.: TO INCLUDE MY 2000 CHEV VENTURE. RECENTLY WHILE ON A LONG TRIP OVER THE HOLIDAYS I NOTICED THE LOW COOLANT LIGHT HAD ILLUMINATED AND DISCOVERED OUR COOLANT WAS LEAKING. I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP TODAY AND IT COST ME $895 FOR THE REPAIR...NOT BAD COMPARED TO SOME BUT STILL A COST ONE WOULDN'T EXPECT TO PAY ON A CAR ONLY 3.5 YEARS OLD AND 70K MILES. MY WIFE AND I HAVE DONE SOME EXTENSIVE RESEARCH AND FOUND THIS SEEMS TO BE A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM WITH GM CARS BUT YET THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THE PROBLEM. THE RESULT OF THESE GASKET FAILURES IS CLEARLY A DESIGN FLAW AND WE'VE N DOCUMENTATION WHERE YOUR COMPANY IS PAYING FOR OTHER MODELS MANIFOLD REPAIR COST. LOOKING OVER THIS SITE AND OTHERS DEDICATED TO THIS PROBLEM I'VE FOUND NUMEROUS OTHER STORIES SIMILAR AND MANY EVEN WORSE. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE GM IS NOT STEPPING UP TO FIX THE COST OF THESE REPAIRS....THEY WILL LOSE MY BUSINESS. *JB

PREMATURE FAILURE OF INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET//G.M. HAS NEW REVISED ONE ??? CAR HAS 40,000 MI 2000 CHEV. VENTURE 3.4 MOTOR IT IS A KNOWN FACT THAT G.M. HAS A BIG PROBLEM OUT THERE. POSS. DAMAGE TO INTERNAL MOTOR IF COOLANT LEAKS INSIDE!!!! VERY COSTLY TOO CONSUMER./// THE DEXCOOL COOLANT SEEMS TO BE THE PROBLEM ALSO// VERY CORROSIVE TO GASKETS. LOOKED AT MITCHELL. TECH. BULLETIN FOUND OUT ABOUT EARLY INTAKE GASKET FAILURE.WITH NOTE ON REVISED GASKET. I SEEM TO FEEL G.M. SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THIS EVEN IF A DEDUCTIBLE APPLIES .THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. IF YOU CAN LEAD ME IN A DIRECTION TO TAKE I WOULD APPR. IT. S.T.*JB

I OWN A 2000 CHEVY VENTURE WITH 52000 MILES. I RECENTLY NOTICED SMALL PUDDLES OF ANTI-FREEZE ON MY GARAGE FLOOR. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK MY VAN TO MY MECHANIC AND HE STATES THAT A LEAK IS COMING FROM THE MANIFOLD INTAKE GASKET. I DISCOVERED THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH GM VEHICLES WITH THIS TYPE OF ENGINE AND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN FILED. GM KNOWS OF THIS MANFACTURER DEFECT BUT FAILS TO ACT IN REPAIRING THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND CAN CAUSE MAJOR ENGINE PROBLEMS IF NOT REPAIRED IF OTHER DAMAGE HAS NOT ALREADY OCCURED DUE THIS MANUFACTURER DEFECT. THE OUT OF POCKET COST TO THE CONSUMER IS SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS ON UP.*AK

WHEN MAKING A SHARP RIGHT 90 DEGREE TURN THE INSIDE COURTESY LIGHTS CAME ON. DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT A SHORT IN THE IGNITION SWITCH CREATED A SHORT IN THE STEERING COLUMN SWITCH WHICH WAS REPLACED. CURRENTLY, THE PROBLEM RECURRED. DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. *AK

CHEVY VENTURE HAS A SPORADIC POWER SLIDING DOOR. SOMETIMES IT WILL OPEN AND THEN IT WILL REVERSE AND START TO CLOSE. MOST TIMES IT DOES NOT CLOSE SECURELY. *BF *JB

2000 CHEVROLET VENTURE VAN REQUIRED REPLACEMENT OF INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS AT APROXIMATLEY 60,000 MILES FORTUNATIELY NO ENGINE DAMAGE AND COST WAS ONLY AROUND $600.00.*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. CONSUMER WILL CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER.*AK