2000 CHEVROLET VENTURE Complaints

POWER SLIDING DOOR SLAMMED SHUT ON A CHILD'S HAND, CHILD SUFFERED BRUISES. WHILE CONSUMER WAS GETTING IN VEHICLE POWER DOOR CLOSED, SHE WAS UNABLE TO PUSH DOOR OPEN AND HAD TO STEP BACK AND DOOR SLAMMED SHUT.*AK

AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON. THIS HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER CONTACTED, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

WHILE DRIVING OR MAKING A TURN VEHICLE STALLS. TOOK TO DEALER, AND DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM.*AK

I HAVE HAD MY 2000 VENTURE IN FOR POWER SLIDING DOOR REPAIRS THREE TIMES. THE FIRST TWO TIMES THE DEALER ATTEMPTED TO FIX THE PROBLEM ACCORDING TO THE SAFETY RECALL BULLETIN. THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTED, AND WAS FIXED WHEN THE DEALER INSTALLED A NEW POWER SLIDING DOOR MOTOR AND CLUTCH ASSEMBLY. THIS STOPPED THE DOOR FROM INTERMITTENT BINDING, AND NOW THE POWER SLIDING DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES CORRECTLY. THE DEALER REPLACED THE MOTOR, CLUTCH ASSEMBLY, ACTUATOR AND RETAINER. DAN KRUSE PONTIAC (THE DEALER) WAS VERY NICE, AND I WASN'T CHARGED FOR THIS SERVICE. TO WHOM THIS BILL WENT TO I DON'T KNOW. BUT, I HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THIS VAN. THE REASON I HAVE SUBMITTED THIS REPORT IS THAT THE SAFETY RECALL ON THE 2000 VENTURE VAN MAY NOT ENTIRELY FIX THIS PROBLEM. THE "BINDING" PROBLEM THAT EXISTED ON THE POWER SLIDING DOOR MAY HAVE WEAKENED THE POWER SLIDING DOOR MOTOR AND CLUTCH ASSEMBLY TO WHERE IT HAS TO BE REPAIRED. THE ORIGINAL SAFETY RECALL ON THE POWER SLIDING DOOR PROBLEM MAY NOT BE COMPLETE YET. THANKS.**** DIMS 11 IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS****761006. *AK *JB

HIT ON PASSENGER SIDE OF VAN. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. VENTURE VAN WAS HEADED NORTH ON TAYLOR RANCH RD AT APX 25 MPH (JUST CAME THROUGH A SCHOOL ZONE). *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ELECTRIC SLIDING DOOR OPENS ON ITS OWN, RECALL REPAIRS, 01V067, WERE MADE, HOWEVER PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *SLC

WHILE BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY DOOR CAME UNLATCHED. DOOR DISLODGED FROM VEHICLE AT TOP. DOOR HANGING ON BY BOTTOM HINGE. DEALER CONTACTED. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK

CONSUMER STATES POWER SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE AND / OR THE DOOR STILL BEEPS AFTER IT IS CLOSED. THIS CONDITION DOES NOT EXIST WHEN PARKED ON A DOWNHILL, IN WHICH THE FRONT OF THE VAN IS LOWER THAN THE BACK OF THE VAN. CONSUMER IS AWARE THERE IS A RECALL NOTICE 01V067000 RELATING TO THIS CONDITION. VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED 3 TIMES, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXIST. *TT

SEATBELTS INSIDE OF VEHICLE WERE SLICED AND HALF INCH APART. ALSO, THROTTLE WILL GET STUCK WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

I WAS IN A TURN LANE WHEN MY TRANSMISSION FAILED WITH NO WARNING. I HAD TO CALL THE POLICE TO MOVE MY CAR OUT OF TRAFFIC AND HAVE MY CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. I TRULY FEEL THAT THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN. I JUST HAD THE 30,000 MILE MAINTENACE WORK DONE ON IT 5 MONTHS AGO. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT THERE WAS NO WAY TO DETECT THIS FAILURE FROM HAPPENING. IT JUST " HAPPENED". THAT IS JUST UNACCEPTABLE FOR ME. I DRIVE MY CHILDREN EVERYWHERE IN THAT CAR AND THIS COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN A FATALITY. I HAVE NO ASSURANCE THAT THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN TO THE NEW TRANSMISSION THAT I HAD TO BUY. I HAVE OWNED A VARIETY OF CARS AND I HAVE NEVER HAD ANY KIND OF TRANSMISSION PROBLEM WITH ANY OF THEM. OUR PREVIOUS CAR WAS A 94 CHEVY VAN AND WE HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH IT, JUST YOUR NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. I KNOW THAT I DID NOT CAUSE MY TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. I HAVE DONE EVERYTHING THAT A CAR OWNER SHOULD DO TO MAINTAIN PROPER MAINTENACE OF THIS CAR AND STILL THIS KIND OF FAILURE HAPPENED. I STRONGLY FEEL THAT THERE MUST BE SOME KIND OF MECHANICAL FAILURE WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM ITSELF FOR THIS TO HAPPEN. I WOULD LIKE ANSWERS TO WHY THIS HAPPENED. HOPEFULLY THIS ISSUE CAN BE RESOLVED BEFORE A FATALITY DOES OCCUR. THANK YOU. *AK