1999 CHEVROLET VENTURE Complaints

MY VAN WOULD BE ALL RIGHT UNTIL I WOULD COME TO A STOP LIGHT OR STOP SIGN AND THEN IT WOULD START TO LURCH AND IT FELT LIKE THE MOTOR WAS IN A DIFFRENT GEAR. IF I WOULD TURN IT OFF IT WOULD WORK FINE. IT WOULD NOT DO IT ALL THE TIME - IT COST ABOUT 537.00 TO FIX IT. AND IT WAS A PRES CONTROL SOLENOID. *AK

ABOUT ONE MONTH AFTER INSTALLATION, REPLACEMENT FUEL FILTER STARTED LEAKING. MY WIFE NOTICED GASOLINE SMELL IN GARAGE BUT DIDN'T TAKE ANY ACTION AND PULLED OUT OF THE GARAGE AND STARTED TO HER DESTINATION. ABOUT 3 MILES INTO HER TRIP, SHE RAN OUT OF GAS. TOW TRUCK DRIVER DISCOVERED LEAKY FUEL FILTER LOCATED UNDER THE CAR, JUST UNDER THE DRIVER'S SEAT. EVIDENTLY WHEN CAR WAS RUNNING GASOLINE WAS BEING SPRAYED ON TO THE GROUND, AS EVIDENCED BY DISCOLORED STRIP ON MY DRIVEWAY, ABOUT 18 INCHES WIDE. CAR WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP, WHICH CLAIMED REPLACEMENT PART WAS DEFECTIVE. CALLED GM CUSTOMER SERVICE TO GET EXPLANATION FOR WHY PART FAILED, BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO PROVIDE ANY HELP. I FEEL THAT THIS FAILURE REPRESENTED THE MOST SERIOUS TYPE OF SAFETY PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE COULD HAVE CAUGHT FIRE AT ANY TIME, ESPECIALLY WITH GASOLINE BEING SPRAYED UNDER RELATIVELY HIGH PRESSURE BY THE REAR FUEL PUMP. THIS TYPE OF FAILURE SHOULD NEVER OCCUR. GM WAS UNWILLING TO PROVIDE MY ANY TYPE OF FEEDBACK OTHER THAN I SHOULD TRUST THEM, THAT THEY WOULD INVESTIGATE THIS FAILURE AND THAT IT SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. GIVEN THE POTENTIAL RISK FROM THIS FAILURE, I FELT THEIR RESPONSE WAS TOTALLY INADEQUATE. *AK

CONSUMER'S HAND WAS ON THE DOOR HANDLE AND THE DOOR WAS KNOCKED INTO MOVEMENT, CONSUMER COULD NOT GET ARM OUT, CONSUMERS ARM WAS BROKEN. *JB PE04064.PCO

UPON MAKING A LEFT HAND U TURN, THE VEHICLE, WHILE UNDER POWER, LOST DRIVE. THE ENGINE DID NOT DIE, NOR DID IT SLIP OUT OF GEAR, AFTER SEVERAL ENGINE REV'S I COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND STOPPED. AFTER STOPPING POWER RETURNED TO THE DRIVETRAIN. THE DANGER WAS APPARENT AS CARS BRAKED TO AVOID HITTING A SEMI STALLED CAR.*AK

COOLANT LEAKING FROM INTAKE MANIFOLD,AND BOLTS . SERVICE SHOP IS TELLING ME THAT ENGINE NEEDS NEW INTAKE GASKET BOLTS ATE ALSO LEAKING REPAIRS WILL COST BETWEEN 400-500 DOLLARS. TRIED GETTING GASKET KIT ON NATIONAL BACKORDER, DOES THAT TELL NME THERE IS MORE THAN JUST MY VAN HAVING COOLANT PROBLEMS

TRANSMISSION FAILURE REQUIRED COMPLETE REPLACEMENT. REPLACEMENT COST $900.00. *AK

THIS VEHICLE IS DESIGNED SO THAT WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, THE PEDAL GOES OVER HALF WAY TO THE FLOOR, THIS CAUSES DRIVER TO HIT BRAKE PEDAL AND GAS PEDAL AT SAME TIME, WHICH COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IN A PANIC BRAKE SITUATION. *AK *JG

NUMEROUS INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. FEBRUARY 2000, THE AIR-BAG LIGHT INDICATOR ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD STAY ON AFTER STARTING, BUT ONLY INTERMITTENTLY. TOOK IT IN FOR SERVICE ON 2/22/00 AND THEY CLEANED CONNECTIONS TO DRIVER SIDE IMPACT AIR-BAG. PROBLEM WENT AWAY UNTIL JULY 2001. AGAIN INSTRUMENT PANEL AIR-BAG LIGHT WOULD INTERMITTENTLY STAY ON. MAY 2000 - DOORS WOULD LOCK AND UNLOCK CONTINUALLY AND LOCKS WOULD NOT WORK WITH REMOTE OR KEY WHILE THIS IS HAPPENING. INTERIOR LIGHTS WOULD FLASH ON AND OFF. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A CHEVY SERVICE CENTER ON 5/11/00 & 5/16/00 AND BOTH TIMES THEY COULD NOT REPRODUCE ERROR / FAILURE AND NOTHING WAS DONE. AFTER A FEW WEEKS THE DOOR AND INTERIOR LIGHTS PROBLEM STOPPED.JANUARY 2002  INSTRUMENT PANEL ABS & TCS (TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM) LIGHTS WILL COME ON AND STAY ON AFTER VEHICLE HAS BEEN DRIVEN FOR 5 MINUTES OR SO, BUT NOT ON EVERY TRIP ONLY INTERMITTENTLY. ALSO WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE EMERGENCY FLASHER / TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS WILL COME ON. VEHICLE HAS 43K MILES AND IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY, BUT PROBLEMS STARTED 1 YEAR (13,000 MILES) AFTER PURCHASE.

BATTERY ACID IS CORRODING THE BATTERY PAN AND SURROUNDING COMPONENTS, ALSO POSITIVE CABLE CONNECTED TO BATTERY HAS FALLEN OFF, DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK CONSUMER STATED THE BATTERY BY DELCO, ALSO HEADLIGHTS ARE DEVELOPING SPIDERWEBBING AND CLOUDING OF LENS, AND REAR HATCH PINCHES PALM OF HANDS OR FINGERS, THE REAR HATCH HANDLE BROKE OFF.*SLC

PARTS FOR RECALL 01V26400 AND 01V06700 REPAIRS ONCERNING ACTUATOR FOR POWER SLIDING DOORS WAS NOT AVAILABLE.*AK *SLC