1999 CHEVROLET VENTURE Complaints

CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE AIR COMPRESSOR WAS BLOWN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH TWO OTHER PARTS, CONSUMER REQUESTED ASSISTANCE FROM MANUFACTURER DUE TO VEHICLE BEING UNDER THREE YEARS OLD, HOWEVER MANUFACTURER DECLINED THE REQUEST STATING BECAUSE OF THE AGE AND MILEAGE ON VEHICLE.*JB

ALL 4 TIRES ON MY 1999 CHEVROLET VENTURE HAD CRACKING AROUND THE SIDEWALL AT THE RIM AND JUST BELOW THE TREAD. WHEN SHOWN TO A MECHANIC AND A TIRE DEALER THEY BOTH AGREED WITH ME THAT IT WAS THE BEGINING SIGNS OF SIDE WALL AND OR TREAD SEPERATION. THIS WAS FIRST NOTICED WITH ONLY 28000 MILES ON THE TIRES. REPLACING THE TIRES AT 31278 MILES WAS THE ONLY SAFE THING I COULD DO. THIS MODEL TIRE WAS SUPOSED TO HAVE MORE THAN 40000 MILE TREAD LIFE. THE TREAD IS STILL EXCEPTABLE AND THE TIRE DEALER SAID THEY WOULD HAVE LASTED ANOTHER 10 TO 15 THOUSAND MILES. I COULD NOT RISK MY FAMILIES LIFE KNOWING THEY COULD COME APART AT ANY TIME. WITH ALL TIRE MAKERS HAVING THE TREAD SEPERATION PROBLEM MAYBE IT IS TIME TO HAVE THE GOVERNMENT INFORCE THE SAFTY REQUIRERNMENTS IN THE CURRENT LAWS. THE MANUFACTURERS WILL ALWAYS PUT THE MINUMUM MATERIALS IN TO THE PRODUCTS TO GAIN THE MOST PROFIT. IF THE VEHICAL WOULD COST ANOTHER $100 DOLLARS PER TIRE IT WOULD NOT CHANGE MOST PEOPLES MIND ABOUT BUYING IT. I SAW 6 OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS MODEL TIRE FAILING AND THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE ANOTHER INVESTIGATION TO START SOON.*AK (TIRESIZE: P215/70R15)

THE AIR BAG FAILURE INDICATOR LIGHT COMES ON. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. DEALER REPRESENTATIVE STATES THAT IT IS "OK TO DRIVE, YOU JUST WON'T HAVE AN AIR BAG IN CASE OF A CRASH. JUST BE SURE TO DRIVE CAREFULLY."*AK

CONSUMER HAD NOTICED WHEN COVERS ON SEATS GET HOT THEY WILL OPEN, SIDE AIR BAGS AND WIRES COULD BE SEEN. CONSUMER BELIEVED IT WAS A SAFETY CONCERN. *AK RIGHT THIRD ROW SEAT WAS BENT, DEALER MADE ADJUSTMENT. VEHICLE IS EXTREMELY HARD TO STOP. *SLC

MINIVAN FAILED WHEN IT RACED AWAY OUT OF CONTROL AT EXTREMELY HIGH SPEED, WITH OWNER AT THE DRIVERS CONTROLS, AS A RESULT OF A SMALL PART IN A HVAC VENT SUPPORT LOOSENING AND FALLING INTO THE APPARATUS CONTROLLING THE ACCELERATOR CABLE, CAUSING THE ACCELERATOR TO BE STUCK IN A POSITION OF HIGH SPEED ACCELERATION. OWNER TRIED TO STOP THE MINIVAN AND COULD DO SO ONLY BY JAMMING ON THE BRAKE WITH BOTH FEET WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE UP AN INCLINED EXIT RAMP. *AK

CSS HARNESS RETAINER CLIP LOCKS IN POSITION ON CHILD CORRECTLY, BUT CAN VERY EASILY BE PULLED APART. *AK THE RETAINER CLIPS ON THE BUILT IN CHILD SAFETY SEATS WERE EASILY PULLED APART WHEN PRESSURE WERE APPLIED DUE TO DESIGN FLAW. *YH

AUTOMATIC SLIDING PASSENGER DOOR OPENS WHILE CAR IS IN DRIVE AND TURNING A CORNER. AUTOMATIC DOOR HAS ALSO NOT LOCKED AND BEEN UNABLE TO OPEN MANUALLY OR ELECTRONICALLY. THE DOOR WILL ALSO OPEN AND CLOSE QUICKLY WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF LOADING PASSENGERS. THE CAR HAS BEEN RECALLED AND REPLACEMENT PARTS HAVE NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE FOR MY CHILDREN AND GENERAL MOTORS REFUSES TO TAKE THE CAR BACK .*AK

DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG - EXTENDED OUT FROM SEAT - POTENTIAL PREDEPLOYMENT HAZARD, CHEVROLET STATES NO RECALL SO WILL NOT COVER UNDER WARRANTY. *AK

WHILE AIR CONDITIONER WAS ON THERE WAS A BAD ODOR INSIGHT OF VEHICLE. TOOK IT TO DEALER ,THEY STATED THAT AIR CONDITIONER NEEDED TO BE CLEANED. AFTER CLEANING OUT AIR CONDITIONER, PROBLEM STILL OCCURRED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING IN RAIN HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION, PULLED OFF OF ROAD. CHECKED AROUND VEHICLE. NOTICED LEFT REAR TIRE HAD A LONG GASH DOWN MIDDLE AND ON OUTSIDE BY RIM, AND HAD CAME OFF. P215/70R15, FIRESTONE, 9755. *AK CONSUMER ALSO STATES THAT THERE WAS ONCE A FLAT TIRE THAT HAD A CHUNK OUT OF THE MIDDLE MISSING, FIRESTONE HAS NOT GIVEN CONSUMER ANY SUPPORT. *SLC