2001 CHEVROLET VENTURE Complaints

POSSIBLE SAFETY DEFECT IN THE WAY VENT LINE IS ATTACHED IN THE GAS TANK AND POSSIBLE DEFICIENCY IN THE WAY EMISSION SERVICE WAS PERFORMED. THIS IS BECAUSE CONSUMER NOTICED ODOR OF GAS IN VEHICLE. (NAR) *LA *CB

SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT STAYS ON. CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP. IT IS A DEFECT IN THE SOFTWARE THAT CONTROLS THE EGR -- ERROR CODE P1404. WELL-KNOWN PROBLEM THAT WILL COST $80 TO FIX.

I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE BRAND NEW IN 2001. SINCE THEN, MY VCR THAT IS INSTALLED IN THE VENTURE WAS DEFECTIVE AND REPAIRED FOUR TIMES. EACH TIME UNDER WARRANTY BUT IT WAS INCONVIENENT FOR ME. THE BRAKES WENT OUT ON ME TWICE THAT I REPAIRED AT A MECHANIC, THEN THE A/C WOULDN'T COOL (THIS IS RECENTLY), NOW THE OXYGEN SENSOR IS CAUSING THE "SERVICE ENGINE" MESSAGE ON MY DASH BOARD TO LIGHT UP. THIS CAR IS ONLY 2 YEARS OLD!!! I MAINTAIN MY CAR WELL, THE MANAGER OF THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP TRIED TO ACCOMODATE ME (ONCE) SO THAT I WON'T MAKE A FUSS AND CALL THE MEDIA ON THEM. I WAS NOT AWARE OF THE LEMON LAW UNTIL RECENTLY.

I HAVE A 2001 CHEVY VENTURE WITHOUT POWER DOORS. A 10 YEAR OLD CHILD ATTEMPTED TO OPEN THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR, WHEN IT COMPLETELY CAME OFF OF THE TRACKS, PULLING THE BRACKETS OUT OF THE VEHICLES ROOF. THE DOOR FELL ON THE CHILDS LEFT FOOT, CUTTING OFF HER BIG TOE. CHILDREN'S HOSPIAL HAD TO REATTACH THE BONE WHERE IT WAS SPLIT IN TWO AND THEN REATTACH HER TOE.

INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSION. TOOK DEALERSHIP NEARLY 8 MONTHS TO REPRODUCE AND REPAIR. VENTURE WOULD AT TIMES NOT GO INTO GEAR AT ALL. THE PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY A SOLENOID. AFTER TWO TRIPS TO THE DEALER THEY FINALLY AGREED TO INVESTIGATE PROPERLY AND RESOLVE IT. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE REPAIR THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLIP OUT OF GEAR WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALERSHIP HAD THE VENTURE NEARLY 20 DAYS OVER THE COURSE OF 6 MONTHS AND CLAIMED THEY COULD NOT REPRODUCE EVEN WHEN THE SYMPTOMS BECAME PREDICTABLE TO ME AND I WAS ABLE TO CONVEY TO THEM WHEN IT WOULD OCCUR; USUALLY SOON AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE WHEN THE ENGINE WAS COOL. FINALLY AFTER LEAVING THE VEHICLE WITH DEALER OVER ONE WEEK WHILE ON VACATION THEY WERE ABLE TO REPRODUCE IT (ON THE DAY BEFORE MY RETURN). STILL TOOK THEM NEARLY 10 DAYS TO SCHEDULE VEHICLE BACK IN TO DIAGNOSE AND REPAIR. REPAIR TOOK OVER 3 DAYS. DEALERSHIP AND GM FAILED TO TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY EVEN AFTER THE VEHICLE SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION WITH MY FAMILY IN THE VEHICLE. NEARLY CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. ONLY AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED DID I FIND OUT THAT THERE WAS A BULLETIN OUT REGARDING THIS VERY ISSUE THAT SPECIFICALLY LISTED MOST OF THE SYMPTOMS I EXPLAINED TO THE DEALERSHIP EVEN DOWN THE SOME OF THE SAME TERMINOLOGY. VERY DISAPPOINTED IN GMS FAILURE TO RESPOND QUICKLY TO THIS PROBLEM DESPITE DOZENS OF EMAILS TO GM ABOUT THIS ISSUE. THE FINAL DIAGNOSIS ON THE VENTURE WAS A STRIPPED GEAR IN THE TRANSMISSION REQUIRING A REBUILD. YOU'LL FIND THIS FAMILIAR IF YOU LOOK AT OTHER POSTINGS IN THIS CATEGORY ON THIS SITE AS WELL AS MANY OTHER SITES ON THE WEB. *CB

WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONSUMER SUSTAINED A FRACTURED STERNUM AND WAS HOSPITALIZED. *AK ANOTHER VEHICLE ALSO HIT THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE IN THE REAR. THE VEHICLE WAS DECLARED TOTALED. *SC *JB

THE SHOULDER HARNESS CLIP WAS DEFECTIVE, IT WILL SEPARATE BY PULLING IT APART WITHOUT THE USE OF THE CENTER CLIP WHICH WAS USED TO SEPARATE. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED YOU HAVE TO PULL IT FROM SIDE TO SIDE, IT WONT PULL APART IF YOU PULL IT FORWARD. THE CONSUMER HOPES IT WONT COME UNBUCKLED. *CB *JB

ON TWO OCCASIONS WHEN THE AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR WAS OPENING PASSENGERS IN THE SEAT BY THE DOOR GOT THEIR ARM CAUGHT IN THE DOOR AS THEY WERE SITTING IN THE SEAT AND THE DOOR WAS SLIDING OPEN. BOTH PASSENGERS SUSTAINED PULLED LIGAMENTS FROM GETTING THEIR ARM CAUGHT AND JAMMED IN THE DOOR AS IT OPENED. THERE IS NO SAFETY MECHANISM TO STOP THE DOOR OPENING SHOULD SOMEONE GET CAUGHT IN IT AS IT OPENS. ALSO, THE ELECTRONIC DOOR OPENED WHILE WE WERE IN A CAR WASH. I HAD TO ACCELERATE AND LEAVE BEFORE THE CAR WASH WAS DONE BECAUSE IT WAS SHOOTING WATER INTO THE VAN. *LA

CAR WAS BOUGHT NEW, SERVICED AS PER MANUFACTURER'S RECOMMENDATIONS. THE LOWER INTAKE GASKET WAS LEAKING ANTIFREEZE. HAD TO REPLACE INTAKE GASKETS AND SEALS, REPLACE OIL PUMP DRIVE SEAL, FLUSHED CRANK CASE. *JB

THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP WHERE A MECHANIC DETERMINED NOTHING WAS WRONG. THE MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *NLM