2001 CHEVROLET VENTURE Complaints

WE PURCHASED THE VAN ON 4/10/2002 WITH 7478 MILES ON IT. WE HAVE MANY OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE VAN BUT THE MAJOR PROBLEM IS AND STILL IS THE TRANSMISSION. NOV 25, 2002, THERE WERE 17070 MILES ON VAN WHEN WE TOOK IT IN. "COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM". ON NOVEMBER 28, 2002, STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. THIS TIME THEY CHANGED OUT A PRESSURE SOLENOID. ON MARCH 3, 2003, WE BROUGHT THE VAN BACK. COULD NOT DUPLICATE. WE WERE GIVEN A RENTAL FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. ON SEPTEMBER 15, 2003, WE BROUGHT THE VAN BACK FOR THE SAME REASON AND OTHER REASONS. LEAKING IN THE VAN AT THE BACK HATCH DOOR. STILL TOLD THAT THEY COULD NOT GET THE TRANSMISSION TO DO WHAT WE STATED BUT ONE TIME. THEY SAID NOT ENOUGH TO FIX THE PROBLEM. ON OCTOBER 13, 2003, WE BROUGHT THE VAN BACK FOR THE SAME REASON AND FOR THE DRIVER SIDE POWER SEAT. THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. WE ALSO HAD A OXYGEN SENSOR REPLACED BECAUSE THE ENGINE LIGHT HAD COME ON. ON JANUARY 22, 2004, WE DECIDED TO BRING THE VAN TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP. GERRY LANE DID IN FACT FIND A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. HE STATED THAT IT WAS FULL OF METAL SHAVINGS AND NEEDED A COMPLETE OVERHAUL. WE GOT THE VAN BACK ON JANUARY 29, 2004. ON FEBRUARY 13, 2004, WE BROUGHT THE VAN BACK AGAIN BECAUSE IT STILL WAS NOT FIXED. ON FEBRUARY 19, 2004, WE WERE CALLED BY THE SERVICE ADVISOR AND TOLD TO COME PICK UP THE VAN. THE SERVICE MANAGER AND A GM REPRESENTATIVE WERE HANDLING ALL OUR CONCERNS. THE GM CUSTOMER SERVICE REP THAT WE CALLED ON FEBRUARY 16, 2004 CALLED US BACK ON FEBRUARY 24, 2004 TO OFFER A COUPON FOR REPAIRS THAT MAY HAVE TO BE DONE AFTER THE ORIGINAL WARRANTY RUNS OUT. GOOD FOR ONE TIME, UP TO 100000 MILES OR THE YEAR 2008, WHICHEVER OCCURS FIRST. OUR VEHICLE IS STILL IN THE SHOP AND GM REFUSES TO DO WARRANTY WORK ON IT EVEN THOUGH A TECHNICIAN HAS IDENTIFIED A PROBLEM. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET A RECALL OR DEFECT INVESTIGATION DONE? DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE FIRST? *AK

MY 2001 CHEVY VENTURE'S AIR CONDITIONING CONDENSER OBTAINED A CRACK, CAUSING THE AC FLUID TO LEAK OUT AND NOT FUNCTION. VEHICLE IS AT 39000 MILES AND BARELY OUT OF WARRANTY. SPEAKING WITH PARTS DEPT AT A LOCAL DEALER, APPARENTLY THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM CAUSED BY NORMAL FLEXING OF THE VEHICLE'S FRAMEWORK, AND A COSTLY ONE TO REPAIR (ABT $850.00 PARTS AND LABOR). THE CONSUMER SHOULD NOT NEED TO PAY FOR DESIGN DEFECTS LIKE THIS. AC CONDENSERS ARE NOT A COMPONENT THAT ROUTINELY CRACK, ESPECIALLY IN VEHICLES THIS NEW.

CONSUMER IS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE SEAT BELT EQUIPMENT NOT LOCKING WHEN A PANIC STOP IS MADE. HE SAYS HE HAD SPOKEN TO HIS DEALER/MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THAT HE WILL BE CHARGED APPROX $600.00 TO GET THIS PROBLEM FIXED. HE STATES HE FEELS THAT THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM AND FEELS THAT THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD HELP HIM GET IT REPAIRED. *MR

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED DRIVER SMELLED GAS COMING THROUGH THE VENTS. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT GAS LINE FAILED. *AK

THE GAS LINE WAS UNDER PRESSURE AT ALL TIMES. CONNECTOR CRACKED AND SHOT GAS BENEATH VEHICLE AND UPON THE HOOD. DRIVER FELT LUCKY THE VEHICLE DIDN'T BLOW UP. *AK

I HAVE A 2001 VENTURE WITH AN AIRBAG LIGHT THAT OCCASIONALLY COMES ON. DEALER SAYS THAT IT IS A FAULTY SENSOR IN THE SEAT BELT. DEALER AND GM CUSTOMER SERVICE BOTH CLAIM NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR A DEFECTIVE SRS ON A VEHICLE WITH LESS THAN 48,000 MILES. I CONTEND THAT THE SAFETY RESTRAINT SYSTEM SHOULD LAST THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE IF IT IS NOT DAMAGED DUE TO WEAR OR ABUSE. I CONTEND THAT GM IS LIABLE IF MY SRS FAILS.

WHILE DRIVING A LITTLE WHILE RADIO VOLUME CONTROL BUTTON GOT SEVERE HOT. THERE IS NO WAY CONSUMER COULD CONTROL THE VOLUME OR CHANGED RADIO STATION. THIS IS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. *AK

TEMPERATURE GAUGE FLUCTUATED UP AND DOWN. ENGINE TOOK LONG TO WARM UP. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND DEALER DETERMINED LOWER INTAKE GASKETS LEAKED. *AK DEALER REPLACED INTAKE GASKETS. *LA

VEHICLE IS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE SEAT BELTS. WHEN MAKING A SUDDEN STOP, DRIVER LUNGES FORWARD AS IF HE WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT. THE SEAT BELT DOESN'T TIGHTEN AS IT SHOULD WHEN STOPPING ABRUPTLY. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.

REAR WINDOW WIPER MOTOR FAILS CREATING A DRIVING SAFETY HAZARD DUE TO OBSTRUCTED REAR VIEW.