1999 CHEVROLET VENTURE Complaints

COOLANT LEVEL KEPT DROPPING AND THE BRAKES FELT SPONGY. TOOK TO LOCAL DEALER AND FOUND THAT MAINFOLD GASKET WAS LEAKING AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THE REAR CYLINDERS WERE LEAKING AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. REPAIR COST $1078.00 FOR BOTH. THIS VAN ONLY HAS 56,000 MILES. GOOD TO SEE THAT OTHERS ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THESE COMPONENTS, MAYBE THE MANUFACTURER NEEDS TO RECALL AND FIX THESE PROBLEMS. A VEHICLE OWNER SHOULDN'T HAVE TO SPEND THIS KIND OF MONEY(FOR THESE KIND OF REPAIRS) AND RISK THEIR FAMILY ON THE ROADSIDE ON VEHICLES WITH THIS FEW OF MILES AND AGE. I'VE ALSO HAD AN AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ON FOR MOST OF THE TIME THAT I'VE HAD THE VEHICLE. IT WAS WORKED ON A COUPLE OF TIMES DURING THE WARRANTY PERIOD. THE DEALER SAID IT WAS AN AIR BAG SENSOR PROBLEM. THIS VEHICLE HAS FRONT AND SIDE AIR BAGS. I HOPE THE AIR BAGS DEPLOY IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT.

I HAVE A 1999 CHEVY VENTURE WITH A LEAKING INTAKE MANIFOLD. MY DAUGHTER ALSO DRIVES A CHEVY AND HAD THE SAME REPAIR PERFORMED ON HER VEHICLE TWO MONTHS AGO. BOTH OF THESE VEHICLES HAVE LESS THAN 75,000 MILES ON THEM.

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN AND WILL NOT RESTART AT ALL. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS

LOW COOLANT LITE COMES ON AND STARTS UPSHIFTING HARD, CHECKED COOLANT AND ISNT LOW, LEFT STRANDED SEVERAL TIMES, INTAKE GASKET

THE ENGINE BLEW WITH NO INDICATION OF MAJOR TROUBLE WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH ON INTERSTATE 5 AT AROUND 6PM. MAJOR SAFETY CONCERNS WITH NO POWER TO THE ACCESSORIES, HAVING TO COAST OFF THE FREEWAY EXIT AND HAVING TO PUSH THE VAN TO SAFETY. DEALER SAYS THAT IT MAY BE THE CAM SHAFT. I HAVE READ MANY CASES OF THE CAM SHAFT BREAKING OR CRACKING IN THESE VEHICLES, ESPECIALLY AFTER HAVING THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET REPLACED ( WHICH I HAVE AT 45000 MILES).

MY 1999 CHEV VENTURE VAN REQUIRED THE REPLACEMENT OF THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET AT ABOUT 65,500 MILES. SERVICE DEPARTMENT STATED THAT THIS WAS DUE TO A BAD BATCH OF MANIFOLD GASKETS AND THAT GMC WAS NOW GETTING GASKETS FROM ANOTHER SUPPLIER. THIS APPEARS TO BE A MAJOR PROBLEM WITHIN GM PRODUCTS; HOWEVER, NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED; NOR WAS THERE ANY OFFER OF A DISCOUNT OR REFUND FROM THE DEALER FOR THIS APPARENT DEFECT. THIS COULD BE CONSIDERED A SAFETY PROBLEM AS THE ENGINE COULD GET WATER IN IT AND FREEZE UP. IF THIS HAPPENS DURING THE WINTER, ON A BACKROAD IN MINNESOTA WHEN THE TEMPERATURE MAY BE WELL BELOW ZERO, SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES COULD FOLLOW. I SEE A PENDING LAW SUIT COMING.

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING WHILE DRIVING AT 40MPH THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WENT UP AND DOWN, TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE NEAR SHOP, A TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSIS THE HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING, MANIFOLD FAILED AT 78000 MILES AND THE COOL FOUND LEAKING WILL PAID A COUPLE THOUSAND OF DOLLARS PH

MY 1999 CHEVROLET VENTURE VAN EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH THE INTAKE GASKETS LEAKING AND THUS CAUSING THE CAMSHAFT TO SNAP IN TWO WHILE THE CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN AT 40 MPH. THIS CAUSED A IMMEDIATE ENGINE SHUTDOWN AND LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. HAD THERE BEEN ANYONE BEHIND ME, I WOULD MOST CERTAINLY BEEN INJURED, AS WOULD ANYONE WHO WOULD BE SITTING BEHIND ME. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY MATTER AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED ACCORDINGLY. TS

LEAKING HEAD GASKET ON MY 1999 CHEVY VENTURE WITH LOW COOLANT LIGHT COMING ON FREQUENTLY THE VAN HAS ABOUT 70000. TS

IN JANUARY OF 2002, THE HEAT IN OUR 1999 CHEVY VENTURE STOPPED WORKING. THE VAN HAD AROUND 50 OR SO THOUSAND MILES AT THE TIME. THE DEALER IN BATON ROUGE ALL-STAR CHEVROLET COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM AND RECOMMENDED A COOLING-SYSTEM FLUSH AS THE COOLANT LEVEL LOOKED LOW IN THE RESERVOIR. THIS FLUSH WAS DONE AT ANOTHER SHOP IN TOWN. THIS DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM AND THIS SHOP RECOMMENDED I GO BACK TO THE DEALER. THE ENGINE WAS ALSO RUNNING HOT, SO TOOK IT INTO THE DEALER WITH THESE PROBLEMS. THIS DEALER DID AROUND $1,000 IN REPAIRS INCLUDING A WATER PUMP AND THERMOSTAT. THE PROBLEM WAS NOT FIXED AS I DROVE THE VAN HOME. I BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE DEALER THE NEXT DAY AND THEY LOOKED AT IT AND SAID THEY COULD SEE NOTHING WRONG AND WOULD NOT DO ANY MORE WORK. I THEN TOOK IT TO ANOTHER CHEVY DEALER (BRIAN HARRIS CHEVROLET) IN BATON ROUGE WITH MY PROBLEM. ULTIMATELY THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A CLOGGED HEATER CORE DUE TO SLUDGED ANTIFREEZE, AND ALSO A BLOWN HEAD GASKET AND OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE HEAD. THEY COMPLETELY FLUSHED THE SYSTEM OF THE SLUDGE AND THAT CORRECTED THE PROBLEM WITH THE HEAT NOT WORKING AND THE TEMPERATURE GUAGE RUNNING HOT. I HAD TO PAY OVER $500 DURING THE TIME OF TAKING IT BACK AND FORTH TO SHOPS FOR DIAGNOSIS, DEDUCTIBLES AND PARTS AND LABOR NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT I WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE PROBLEMS DUE TO THIS ANTIFREEZE AND SLUDGE PROBLEM THAT CAUSED THE NEED FOR THE REPAIRS. I AM ALSO CONCERNED THAT THIS OCCURRED ON A VEHICLE WITH ONLY 50K MILES.