2000 CHEVROLET VENTURE Complaints

CHEVY 2000 VENTURE MINIVAN: GRINDING BRAKING SYSTEM ALMOST FROM DAY ONE. THE BRAKES HAVE BEEN MAKING NOISE ALMOST FROM THE DAY WE BROUGHT THE VAN. WE HAVE TAKEN IT IN EVERYTIME THE BRAKES MAKE NOISE AND THE DEALER HAS CLEANED OR REPLACED SOMETHING EVERYTIME. HOWEVER THE GRIDING NOISE COMES BACK. THE FRONT ROTERS AND PADS WERE REPLACED 21,000 MILES. THE BACK BRAKES HAVE BEEN CLEANED TIME AND TIME AGAIN. THE BRAKE SHOES HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE CALIPERS FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THERE SEEMS TO BE AN ON GOING BRAKE ISSUE HERE WITH THE CHEVY VENTURE MINI VAN. *AK

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE DELCO BATTERY. THE TECHNICIAN INDICATED THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET BROKE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK BEFORE THE BATTERY WAS REPLACED THE VEHICLE WAS JUMP STARTED BY AAA, HOWEVER THE BATTERY FAILED AGAIN, AAA HAD TO BE CALLED AGAIN AND UPON INSPECTION IT WAS FOUND THE POSITIVE POST HAD SEPARATED FROM THE BATTERY. *JB

THE FUEL GAUGE INDICATOR DID NOT DISPLAY THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF FUEL IN THE TANK. THE VEHICLE HAS STALLED WITHOUT WARNING BECAUSE THERE WAS NO FUEL IN THE TANK. THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE FUEL SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *PH *NM

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE REACHED HIGH TEMPERATURES. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT SHOP, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT INTAKE MANIFOLD FAILED. COOLANT SPILLED INSIDE THE ENGINE. *AK

2000 CHEVY VENTURE V6 47000MILES. I RECENTLY HAD LEAKING INTACK MANIFOLD GASKET REPAIRED AT DEALER ($700). APPARENTLY THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ACROSS THE GM PRODUCT LINE WITH THIS ENGINE. I CONTACTED CORPORATE GM COMPLAINT DEPARTMENT BUT THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VAN HAS BEEN IN SHOP ONCE EACH YEAR FOR LOW COOLANT INDICATION. HAD TEMP SWITCH CHANGED TWICE. LAST YEAR I NOTICE SLUDGE ON OIL FILLER CAP INDICATING MOISTURE IN OIL BUT DEALER DID NOT THINK IT WAS A PROBLEM. I FEEL THIS IS A COMMON AND SERIOUS PROBLEM GM SHOULD BE MADE TO RECOGNIZE AND COMPENSATE IT'S CUSTOMERS FOR.*AK

WHILE DRIVING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER WINDSHIELD WIPERS CAME ON AND WENT OFF INTERMITTENTLY. WINDSHIELD WIPER BLADES WERE STUCK ON TOP OF THE WINDSHIELD WHEN TURNING OFF. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED, CAUSING FLUID TO LEAK ONTO THE ENGINE. *AK

2000 CHEVY VENTURE - 56000 MILES NTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET - LEAKING OIL INTO THE RADIATOR AND ANTI- FREEZE IN THE OIL. EPAIR COST OF $900 TO FIX - SPOKE TO GM ASSISTANCE AND SINCE I DO NOT VISIT THE DEALER ON A REGULAR BASIS - THERE WILL BE NO COMPENSATION ON THIS REPAIR. THIS IS A ISSUE THAT HAS AFFECTED A LOT OF GM VEHICLES WITH THE 3.4L ENGINE. THERE ARE POSTINGS ON THE INTERENT INREGARDS TO COMPLAINTS OF THIS FAILURE.*AK

ONE YEAR AGO THE VEHICLE WAS RECALLED ( NHTSA CAMPAIGN 01V067000) FOR THE POWER SLIDING DOOR. THE PROBLEM HAS RETURNED AND NOW WHEN THE SLIDING DOOR IS CLOSED IT FAILS TO LATCH AND LOCK PROPERLY. BOTH THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED. *NLM THE DOOR WOULD OPEN WITHOUT NOTICE. ON ONE OCCASION, ONE OF THE CONSUMERS CHILDREN ALMOST FELL OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED ASSISTANCE FOR THIS MATTER. *SC *JB

CRACKED INTAKE MANIFOLD ON 3.4L ENGINE. FAULTY SEAL. COOLANT LEAKING INTO ENGINE OIL.