1999 CHEVROLET VENTURE Complaints

THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. THE FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE DRIVER SEAT BELT FAILED TO RESTRAIN THE CONSUMER. *JB

A LOUD POPPING NOISE COULD BE HEARD WHEN THE VEHICLE MAD A LEFT OR LEFT TURN. *NLM

WHILE DRIVING THE INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACK CAUSING FLUID TO LEAK. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *NLM

1999 CHEVY VENTURE, ENGINE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WENT TO ABOUT THE 50% MARK, INTAKE GASKET FAILED, ENGINE SEIZED. NEEDS A NEW ENGINE AT 78000 MILES. WELL MAINTAINED VEHICLE. *JB

THE SLIDING DOOR WOULD NOT UNLOCK REMOTELY OR MANUALLY FROM THE INSIDE. *JB *NLM

NOTICED THAT COOLANT LEVEL WAS SLOWLY GOING DOWN AND NEEDED TO BE REFILLED. TOOK VAN IN FOR COOLANT FLUSH. DEALER WOULD NOT DO FLUSH BECAUSE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET WAS LEAKING COOLANT. VAN HAD 74,853 MILES ON IT BUT WAS LEAKING FOR AT LEAST A YEAR. PAID $936 FOR REPAIR AND FLUSHING OF COOLANT AND OIL. SPOKE TO LOCAL MECHANIC. HE HAS ENCOUNTERED THIS PROBLEM MANY TIMES BEFORE WITH CHEVY VENTURES. LUCKILY, COOLANT HAD NOT YET LEAKED INTO ENGINE OIL.

I TOOK MY VAN IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND THEY TOLD ME I HAD ANTI-FREEZE IN MY OIL. THEREFORE I NEEDED TO HAVE THE INTAKE GASKET REPLACED, OTHERWISE THE ENGINE WOULD FAIL. THIS JOB COST ME $777.00 TO HAVE CORRECTED. I HAD OWNED THE VAN FOR LESS THAN ONE YEAR WHEN THESE PROBLEMS OCCURRED. THE VAN HAD 55,133 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME. THE FUNNY THING IS A FEW DAYS AFTER I PURCHASED MY VAN MY MOM PURCHASED ONE ALSO. ABOUT 2 MONTHS AFTER SHE HAD HERS THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED AND SHE HAD TO HAVE HER INTAKE GASKET REPLACED ALSO. APPARENTLY THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THESE GASKETS AND GM SHOULD REPLACE THEM. OR AT LEAST REIMBURSE US FOR THIS MONEY WE HAD TO FORK OUT FOR A PROBLEM THAT IS APPARENTLY A LITTLE MORE THAN A COINCIDENCE. *NLM

1999 CHEVROLET VENTURE MINIVAN INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET FAILED CAUSING DEXCOOL COOLANT TO LEAK INTO THE ENGINE AND MIX WITH THE OIL. A SIMPLE INTERNET SEARCH FOUND LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF OTHER FOLKS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. GM CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE DENIES A PROBLEM. IT COSTS AN AVERAGE OF $650-$1000.00 TO FIX THIS GASKET WITH NO ASSURANCE THAT A NEW IMPROVED GASKET IS IN PLACE. THIS SEEMS TO HAPPEN SHORTLY AFTER THE 36,000 MILES WARRANTY COVERAGE IS UP. PLEASE SEE: WWW.PETITIONONLINE.COM/GMCNSMRS/PETITION.HTML. *NLM

POWER SLIDING DOOR STOPPED WORKING SHORTLY AFTER VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED USED. VEHICLE WAS A GM CERTIFIED USED VEHICLE. *JB

THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED, THE DEALER REPLACED THE RADIATOR, EGR VALVE, SEAL, THERMOSTAT. AND SEAL ON THE HEAD GASKET. *JB