2001 CHEVROLET VENTURE Complaints

WHEN BACKING OUT VEHICLE WILL JUMP AND THEN ACCELERATE . BRAKES WILL NOT STOP VEHICLE. SOMETIMES VEHICLE WOULD JUMP AND STOP. ALSO, VEHICLE IS DOING THE SAME THING WHEN PUT ITTO DRIVE. WHEN STOPPING AND TAPPING GAS PEDAL LIGHTLY VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE FORWARD. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH VEHICLE.*AK

HARNESS OF CHILD SAFETY SEAT WILL NOT TIGHTEN ANY LONGER. ONCE TIGHTENED IT WILL NOT LOCK. THIS PART WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY IN JULY 2001. *AK *YH

SON WAS PUTTING CD PLAYER UNDER THE REAR BENCH SEAT AND WAS BADLY CUT BY A DEFECTIVE PART UNDER THE SEAT. HE RECEIVED 5 STAPLES ON HIS RIGHT THUMB. PART WAS INSPECTED BY DEALERSHIP.THEY REFERRED TO IT AS A PAN THAT IS STAMPED FROM A PRESS.

THE CONSUMER RENTED THE VEHICLE FOR TRAVEL, WHILE DRIVING THE LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT SUDDENLY(FIRESTONE). NLM

MY 13 YEAR OLD SON REACHED UNDER THE REAR BENCH SEAT TO HIDE HIS CD PLAYER IN A PARKING LOT OF A MALL AND WAS SEVERLY CUT BY A SHARP PLATE THAT IS PART OF THE SEAT. WE HAD TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM WHERE HE RECEIVED 5 STAPLES IN HIS THUMB. GM IS TAKING NO RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE THEY STATED THAT YOU SHOULD NOT REACH UNDER ANY SEAT. THE DEALERSHIP CHECKED THE PART AND SAID IT IS FAULTY. IT WAS LEFT EXTREMELY SHARP AND HAD METAL SPURS STICKING OUT. THEY BELIEVE IT TO BE DEFECTIVE. THEY GLUED DOOR TRIM TO IT FOR SAFETY. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PART. PLEASE HELP.

THIS ACCIDENT HAPPENED IN A RENTAL CAR THROUGH NATIONAL CAR RENTAL IN FT. LAUDERDALE, FL. MY WRIST WAS BROKEN IN THIS INCIDENT WHICH I BELIEVE WAS CAUSED BY THE AUTOMATIC MOTORIZED DOOR WHICH WAS SLOW TO KICK IN AND BY THE LARGE HANDLE/LEVER ON THE DOOR WHICH YOU MUST PULL TO ENGAGE THE MOTOR. I WAS A PASSENGER IN THE BACK SEAT ON RT. SIDE BY AUTOMATIC MOTORIZED SLIDING DOOR STRAPPED INTO MY SEAT BELT. WE WERE PARKED AND READY TO GET OUT. I GRABBED LEVER TO OPEN THE DOOR. LEVER IS SUPPOSED TO ENGAGE THE MOTOR BUT THE MOTOR DID NOT START SO I PULLED BACK SOME MORE AND IT OPENED ABOUT ANOTHER FOOT OR SO AND STILL DID NOT ENGAGE THE MOTOR. ON THE THIRD PULL THE MOTOR SUDDENLY ENGAGED BUT THE POSITION OF MY HAND AROUND THIS LARGE LEVER AND THE FACT THAT MY ELBOW WAS BACKED AGAINST THE BACK OF THE SEAT, IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO EXTRICATE MY HAND. THE DOOR, WITH MY HAND AROUND THE LEVER, DRAGGED BACKWARDS UNTIL IT SNAPPED MY WRIST IN HALF. I INCURRED A RIGHT DISTAL RADIAL FRACTURE AND BEING RIGHT HANDED AND AN ARTIST AND ART TEACHER IT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT TO SAY THE LEAST. I FEEL THAT THE DESIGN OF THE SLIDING DOOR HANDLE IS A HAZARD AND SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR A RECALL. OTHER AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOORS ON OTHER MINIVANS TEND TO HAVE A BUTTON OR A SMALL HANDLE THAT WOULD NOT CATCH THE HAND AND DRAG IT BACKWARDS CAUSING INJURY. I WONDERED IF I WAS THE ONLY PERSON TO WHOM THIS HAPPENED. THE RENTAL COMPANY HAD CHEVY INSPECTORS CHECK THE DOOR AND SAID IT WORKED FINE BUT FOR THE ENTIRE TRIP THE DOOR NEVER ENGAGED THE MOTOR WITHOUT GREAT STREGNTH AND SEVERAL PULLS. IT WAS VERY SLUGGISH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I KNOW IT IS JUST A MINOR INJURY BUT IT HAPPENED TO ME AND I DO NOT WANT THIS TO HAPPEN TO ANYONE ELSE. PE04064.PCO

CHEVOLET VENTURE 2001 WAS RENTED FROM ENTERPRISE FOR A TRIP FROM CT. TO PA. THE BACK TRUNK OF THE VAN WAS CLOSED IN A NORMAL WAY, AND WITHIN 3 SECONDS, THE FRONT PASSENGER WINDOW SHATTERED.*AK

FRONT WINDSHIELD GLASS WAS BLURRY, AND NO OBJECT COULD BE SEEN CLEARLY. DEALER HAD REPLACED IT WITH ANOTHER WINDSHIELD GLASS, AND SAME PROBLEM WAS HAPPENING WITH REPLACED ONE. *AK