1999 CHEVROLET VENTURE Complaints

1999 CHEVY VENTURE AT 40,000 MILES HAD TO HAVE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET REPLACED. WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEMS WITH THEM YET ALL I SEE ON THE INTERNET IS EVERYONE NEEDS TO REPLACE THEM AT ABOUT 40,000 MILES (JUST OVER WARRANTY).

AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON WHEN AIR BAG IS NOT DEPLOYED. ONCE THE LIGHT IS LIGHT, IT REMAINS LIGHT UNTIL VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF. THREE YEAR OLD VEHICLES SHOULD NOT EXPERIENCE INTERMITTANT RELIABILITY PROBLEMS.

INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET FAILED AT ABOUT 64, 000 MILES. COOLANT WAS FOUND LEAKING OUT IN THE REAR CORNER OF THE INTAKE. ALSO THERE WERE SIGNS OF COOLANT FOUND IN THE MOTOR OIL AFTER REMOVING THE VALVE COVERS. THIS REPAIR HAS COST ME ALMOST $600.00 ON A VEHICLE LESS THAN 4 YEARS OLD. THE AUTO REPAIR SHOP THAT DID MY REPAIR SAID THEY ARE CHANGING 1 TO 2 INTAKE GASKETS A WEEK ON THESE 3.4L V6 ENGINES. DT

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE BRAKE LIGHT WILL COME ON AND STAY ON THE REMAINDER OF THE TIME VEHICLE IS BEING OPERATED. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT THE BACK MIDDLE SEAT BELT. SHE STATES THAT THE PAST SATURDAY NOV.09.2002 SHE WAS ALMOST INVOLVED ON A FRONT COLLISION AND HER CHILD WAS SEATING ON THE BACK MIDDLE SEAT ON A CAR SEAT AND WHEN SHE STEP INTO THE BRAKES THE SEAT BELT UNBUCKLE AND THE CHILD WAS THROWN INTO THE FRONT OF THE CAR. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED SINCE THERE WAS NOBODY INJURED THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT. MR

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE LEFT REAR TRAILING ARM THAT CONNECTS TO THE AXLE BROKE IN HALF. THIS CAUSED VEHICLE TO SHAKE REALLY HARD, AND DRIVE AS IF IT WERE IN NEUTRAL. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. MR

DEFECTIVE MODULE COMPONET, WINDOW MOTOR AND DOOR LOCKS. I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH AUTOMATIC ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS. DT

THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATES INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE AIR BAG SWITCH BUT THE PROBLEM HAS ROCURRED. *MR *NLM

THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE VEHICLE?S FUEL TANK SENDER AND SYSTEM. THE FUEL TANK WAS REPLACED. THE LOW FUEL WARNING LIGHT HAD FAILED. THE FUEL GAUGE FLUCTUATED AND THE VEHICLE?S LAMP MALFUNCTIONED.*YH

AFTER DEALERSHIP DID RECALL 01V264000 REPAIRS OF SLIDING DOOR DOOR WAS INOPERATIVE, AND ALL ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS WERE NOT FUNCTIONING, EXCEPT POWER WINDOW, ETC.*AK