1999 CHEVROLET VENTURE Complaints

CONSUMER STATES THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, ALSO THE FRONT BRAKE AND ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED.*TT

CONSUMER STATES WHILE STOPPED AT RED LIGHT WITH NO WARNING THE REAR WINDOW ON THE VAN EXPLODED. CONSUMER IS ASSUMING THAT EITHER THE WINDOW HAD BEEN IMPROPERLY INSTALLED OR THERE WAS FAULTY MATERIAL IN THE GLASS ITSELF. *YD

I CONTACTED CHEVROLET FOR ASSISTANCE REGARDING MY 1999 VENTURE VAN. IT DEVELOPED A LEAK IN THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET WHICH ALLOWED WATER TO GET INTO THE OIL. THIS VEHICLE WAS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD AND HAD ONLY 50,000 MILES ON IT. I DID SOME RESEARCH AND DETERMINED THAT OTHER VENTURES, MONTANAS, AND SILOUETTES WERE HAVING SIMILAR PROBLEMS AND I WANTED TO KNOW IF CHEVROLET WAS COVERING THIS REPAIR AS IT WAS SO WIDESPREAD. IT WAS MY BELIEF AT THAT TIME THAT MY OWN VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, BUT CONSIDERING THE GENERAL FAILURE OF THE PART AND THE NEW CONDITION OF THE VEHICLE, I HOPED CHEVROLET WOULD AT LEAST ASSIST WITH THE REPAIR. CHEVROLET CASE NO. C06820805. CHEVROLET RUDELY REFUSED TO ASSIST ME WITH THE COST. LATER I PROVED TO THE DEALER THAT THE FAILURE WAS COVERED BY AN EXTENDED CALIFORNIA EMISSION WARRANTY. THE DEALER REFUNDED ME THE COST OF THE REPAIRS.*AK

DURING AN ACCIDENT, 1998 CHEVROLET VENTURE HAD DEFECTIVE AIR BAGS. PURCHASED 1999 VENTURE AND AFTER A COUPLE THOUSAND MILES AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND MECHANIC STATED THERE WAS A MALFUNCTION WITH AIR BAG SENSORS AND WIRING HARNESS.*AK DEALER REPLACED BELT, SAFETY FRONT (BUCKLE SIDE). *TT

GASKET FAILURE IS DUE TO MANIFOLD BEING MADE OF ALIMINUM AND ENGINE BLOCK BEING MADE OF CAST IRON. ANY GASKET MATERIAL PLACED BETWEEN THE TWO METALS IS SUBJECT TO MECHANICAL WEAR CAUSED BY DIFFERENCES IS THE COEFFICIENT OF EXPANSION OF THE TWO METALS. PRESENTLY, THE MANIFOLD GASKETS ARE ON A NATIONWIDE BACK ORDER; SOME VEHICLES HAVE BEEN ON DEALERSHIP LOTS FOR WEEKS.*AK

WE HEARD VIBRATION & NEXT THING WE KNEW TIRE FELL OFF & FLEW DOWN HIGHWAY--TREADS OF TIRE COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM SIDEWALL OF TIRE---GENERAL XP2000GT P215/70R15 CONTINENTAL

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER HEARD A VIBRATION, THEN GENERAL CONTINENTAL TIRE, XP2000 GT, P215/70R15, EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, THE TREAD COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE SIDEWALL. *SLC

WHILE PULLING INTO DRIVEWAY LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE DUE TO THE ROCKER ARM BREAKING UNDERNEATH VEHICLE. DEALER CONTACT. NLM

TRANSMISSION NEEDED REPLACEMENT AT 49,000 MILES. TRANSMISSION REPAIR SERVICE INDICATED THEY HAD SEEN THIS PROBLEM (SPECIFIC PROBLEM IS FAILURE OF A BRASS BUSHING) IN OTHER CHEVROLET VENTURE VEHICLES WITH THE SAME TRASMISSION. *AK DEALERSHIP DID OFFER TO PAY 50% OF REPAIR COST. *TT

I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AS REPORTED IN ODI ID: 758368. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK