1998 CHEVROLET VENTURE Complaints

LEFT 2ND SEAT BELT DEFECTIVE. WHILE PROBLEMATIC FOR MONTHS, PRECISE CAUSE JUST IDENTIFIED. ANY SLIGHT PRESSURE TO (RED) RELEASE BUCKLE, THOUGH CAUSING NO VISIBLE CHANGE, CAUSES BUCKLE TO RELEASE UNEXPECTEDLY AT A LATER TIME. WAS USED TO SECURE CHILD CAR SEAT. CONTINUALLY FOUND BUCKLE UNLATCHED AFTER TRIPS. ORIGINALLY SUSPECTED CHILD WAS RELEASING BUCKLE BUT RECENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED TRUE CAUSE (OTHER BELTS FINE). CHEVROLET DEALER DENIES THIS AS A SAFETY REPAIR, OUT OF WARRANTY. *AK

HEADLIGHT PROTECTIVE COVERING THAT IS GLUED TO HEADLIGHT, PROTECTIVE SHIELD CONTINUIOUSLY FALLS OFF. IF SOMETHING HITS BULBS THEY BLOWOUT, ONCE WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT HEADLIGHTS BLEWOUT, AND CONSUMER WAS NOT ABLE TO SEE, CONSUMER STATED ALL THE REPAIR WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED, CONSUMER REPLACED THE HEADLIGHT HIMSELF.*JB

DRIVERS SIDE, THE LENS OF THE HEADLIGHT FELL OFF. THE BULBS KEEP BREAKING BECAUSE OF MOISTURE. THE DEALER SAID ITS NOT COVERED IN THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. THE REPLACEMMENT WILL COST APP. 269.00. I HAVE ALREADY REPLACED THE BULB 5 TIMES AT $8.99 APIECE.*AK

REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE SLIDING DOOR CAME OFF TRACK, CAUSING CHILD'S HAND TO BE CRUSHED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTATCED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER CRASHED INTO A SEMI TRACTOR TRAILER WHO FAILED TO YIELD WHILE MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT EXPERIENCE DEPLOYMENT, CAUSING CONSUMER TO SUSTAIN SEVERAL INJURIES, CONSUMER CONTINUES TO HAVE COMPLICATIONS BECAUSE OF THIS ACCIDENT, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE AIR BAGS ACTED AS THEY SHOULD BY NOT DEPLOYING. *SLC

NEW ROTORS/ DRUMS/ EMERGENCY BRAKE CABLES/SHOES BROKEN, AND PADS .VEHILCE SOLD IN THIS CONDITION! FRONT AND BACK BRAKES. *AK

NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO FIX DOOR HAVE FAILED.PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED FOR OVER A YEAR WITH DOOR FAILING TO CLOSE PROPERLY AND LATCH OR FOR DOOR TO CLOSE AT ALL. *AK

THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES HAD TO BE REPLACED, DUE TO THE LENS COVERS POPPING OUT AND THE HEADLAMPS BLOWING OUT, THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO A DEFECTIVE VENTING SYSTEM IN THE HEADLAMPS, AND THAT THE MANUFACTURER WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.*JB

BRAKES HAVE A HORRIFIC PULSATION AT HIGH SPEED. PADS HAVE BEEN CHANGED, AND ROTORS WERE FINE. DEALER DIDN'T SEEM TO HAVE A SOLUTION. *AK

GAS GUSHING OUT FROM UNDERNEATH VAN, ON 7-3-01 FUEL FILTER WAS REPLACED, THIS INCIDENT IS WORSE THAN WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE, VEHICLE WAS TOWED IN, WAS TOLD THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE ON OTHER VEHICLES. *AK