2000 CHEVROLET VENTURE Complaints

WHILE TURNING INTO THE GARAGE THE POWER WENT OUT, AS A RESULT, CONSUMER'S VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE FENCE. CONSUMER HAD NO LIGHTS, NO ALARM, NO POWER WINDOWS, AND NO RADIO, ALL DUE TO THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM BLOWING UP THE FUEL INJECTORS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *TT. *AK

INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET FAILS, PERMITTING LOSS OF COOLANT, COOLANT IN OIL, OIL IN COOLANT. EXPENSIVE (LABOR INTENSIVE) TO REPAIR. GM HAS SINCE REDESIGNED GASKET (SEEMINGLY ACKNOWLEDGING DEFECT). PROBLEM IS KNOW TO BE WIDESPREAD, AFFECTING MANY MODELS AND YEARS. CAN CAUSE SUDDEN, CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE.

THE INTEGRATED CHILD SEAT HARNESS DID NOT LATCH SECURELY. A 2 YEAR OLD CHILD IS ABLE TO PULL APART THE LATCH AND CLIMB OUT OF THE SEAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. THE INTEGRATED CHILD SAFETY SEAT IS IN THE REAR PASSENGER OUTBOARD POSITION. *NLM

2000 CHEVROLET. VENTURE VAN AT 45300 MILES THE INTAKE AND THE HEAD GASKET WENT. I HAD MY VAN SERVICE AT DENNY HACKEN POLAR CHEVROLET. IN WHITE BEAR LAKE, MN AND THE TOTAL COST WAS 1550.00. *NLM

RE-OCCURRING PROBLEM WITH MANUAL SLIDING DOORS OF 2000 CHEVROLET VENTURE VAN. DOORS COME LOOSE AND HAVE FALLEN OFF THEIR HINGES. VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED, BUT THE DOOR PROBLEMS CONTINUE. *NLM

THE PASSENGER SIDE POWER SLIDING DOOR ON MY 2000 CHEVY VENTURE DOES NOT CLOSE PROPERLY. THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE I BOUGHT THE VAN NEW. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO CHEVY DEALERS ON DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, BUT WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. AT ONE TIME LAST YEAR, THE DOOR OPENED WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. MY 4 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS IN THE SEAT BY THE DOOR AND THANKFULLY DID NOT FALL OUT. WE TOOK IT IMMEDIATELY TO THE DEALER, BUT THEY AGAIN SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG. THE PROBLEM IS NOT PREDICTABLE, WHICH MAKES IT HARD TO SHOW THE DEALER, BUT THE DOOR WILL MAKE A GROANING SOUND AND THE ALARM WILL SOUND WHEN IT DOES. THE REAR PART OF THE DOOR APPEARS TO TRY TO PULL IN TOO FAR, CAUSING THE SOUND. THE DOOR WILL THEN HAVE TO BE OPENED AND SHUT 3-4 TIMES TO GET IT TO PROPERLY CLOSE. I STOPPED TAKING IT TO THE DEALER AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO BE CHARGED TO HEAR THEM SAY NOTHING IS WRONG. THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A PROBLEM. I TOOK IT IN FOR THE RECALL, BUT THEY AGAIN SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG. I HAVE CONTACTED CHEVROLET, BUT THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING SINCE IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY. THE VAN HAS 48,000 MILES AND THE DOOR HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE DAY ONE. MAYBE IF ENOUGH PEOPLE NOTIFY YOUR ORGANIZATION, SOMETHING WILL BE DONE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE WITH THIS MATTER. THE INCIDENT DATE LISTED BELOW IS THE APPROXIMATE TIME I PURCHASED THE VAN, SINCE THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM. *JB

VAN WAS BROUGHT IN FOR SERVICE WITH A "LOW COOLANT" LIGHT AND A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE VAN IS 3 YEARS OLD WITH 48K MILES. I WAS TOLD THAT I HAD AN INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET LEAK. THIS CAUSED COOLANT TO MIX IN WITH THE ENGINE OIL WHICH CAUSED A CAM BEARING FAILURE. THE ENGINE WAS COMPLETELY DAMAGED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. MY CAR WAS AT THE DEALER (SCOTT CHEVROLET IN EMMAUS, PA) FOR 17 DAYS GETTING REPAIRED BECAUSE OF A DEFECTIVE $20 GASKET! THE DEALER SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME THAT THIS GASKET FAILURE OCCURS OFTEN AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY NORMALLY INSPECT IN VANS WITH THIS STYLE ENGINE AT 40K MILES. *NLM

LEAKING LOWER INTAKE GASKET FAILURE AT 42,727 MILES. APPARENTLY VERY LARGE NUMBER OF VEHICLES EXPERIENCING SAME FAILURE- OVER $800.00 REPAIR! GM WILL NOT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILTY FOR THE PROBLEM.

I HAVE HAD A 2000 CHEVY VENTURE FOR 39 MONTHS AND 45,000 MILES. IT HAS DEVELOPED, AS I HAVE HEARD MANY OTHERS, A INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET LEAK. WHILE JUST OUT OF WARRANTY, AND OBVIOUSLY A DEFECT AS IT IS AFFECTING SO MANY VEHICLES, THE DEALER WILL NOT COVER ANY OF THE REPAIRS BECAUSE IT HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED BY GM. WITH THE VAST NUMBER OF FAILURES OF THIS PART, THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A DESIGN FLAW THAT NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. THE WORST PART OF THIS DEFECT, IS THERE IS NO WARNING THAT IT WILL HAPPEN AND ONCE IT HAS LEAKED COOLANT INTO THE ENGINE, THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THE FUTURE LIFE OF THE ENGINE HAS NOT BEEN COMPROMISED. PLEASE ASSIST US IN FORCING GM TO OWN UP TO THEIR RESPONSIBILITY AND TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM. *JB

THE CONVERTER PLUGS MALFUNCTIONED, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO TRAVEL 10 TO 15 MPH. *JB *TS