1998 CHEVROLET VENTURE Complaints

COVER OF DRIVERSIDE'S HEADLIGHTS CAME OFF WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. IT APPEARED TO BE IMPROPERLY INSTALLED WITH POOR ADHESIVE MATERIALS. *AK PASSENGER SIDE ALSO LOOSE AND SHOWING CONDENSATION. BOTH HEAD LIGHTS WERE REPLACED BY THE DEALER. *YH

PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. WILL NOT RELEASE FROM RETRACTOR TO BE USED. WOULD GET HUNG UP IN RETRACTOR MECHANISM.*AK

I REPORTED A DEFECT LAST WEEK ON MY INTEGRAL CHILD SAFETY SEAT - THE LATCH WHICH GOES ACROSS THE CHILD'S CHEST POPS OPEN WHEN PULLED ON - SINCE THEN I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY BOB TAGG THE SERVICE MANAGER FOR LAWRENCE HALL CHEVROLET THAT THE SAFETY RESTRAINTS ON THE NEW CHEVY VENTURE VANS DO THE SAME THING - AND THEREFORE THEY WILL NOT REPLACE MINE. I WAS HORRIFIED TO FIND THAT THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN ON THE ROAD WHOSE PARENTS (LIKE I WAS) THINKING THAT THEIR CHILD IS SAFELY STRAPPED IN AND THEY ARE FAR FROM IT. I IMPLORE YOU TO PLEASE CHECK INTO THIS DEFECT FOR THE WELFARE OF THESE CHILDREN. *AK

THE BUILT IN CHILD SAFETY RESTRAINTS IN THE MIDDLE SEATS OF THE VAN ARE DEFECTIVE. THE LATCH WHICH GOES ACROSS THE CHILD'S CHEST, POPS OPEN WHEN TUGGED ON. THIS OCCURS ON BOTH RESTRAINTS (ONE RESTRAINT HAS NOT BEEN USED) WHICH MAKES ME BELIEVE THAT IT IS A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT.*AK

THE PASSENGER'S SIDE HEADLIGHT LENS COVERS FALL OFF, ON 11/1/00 THIS CAUSE THE BULB TO SHORT OUT DUE TO EXPOSURE TO RAIN, SHORTLY AFTER, THE DRIVER'S SIDE HEADLIGHTS LENS COVER FELL OFF, MECHANIC DISCOVERED GLUE THAT HOLDS LENS COVER TO HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY FAILED. CJ

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WHEN DRIVING THRU PUDDLES/HARD RAIN BATTERY LIGHT ON, LOSS OF ALL STEERING/BRAKES/ETC AND THEN POWER "POPS" BACK ON-DO NOT NEED TO RESTART ENGINE. HAS OCCURRED AT STOP AND WHILE DRIVING. DANGEROUS IN REGARDS TO INSTRUMENT PANEL: ENGINE COOLANT LIGHT COMES OFF/ON, COOLANT LEVELS NORMAL, CAR NOT OVERHEATING-WILL SEE DEALER; AT SAME TIME AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT LIGHT ON SAME SIDE OF PANEL COMES OFF/ON AT INTERMITTENT TIMES. SOMETIMES ENGINE COOLANT LIGHT AND AIRBAG LIGHT ARE ON AT SAME TIMES, SOMETIMES THEY ALTERNATE. SERIOUSLY THINK THERE IS WIRING DEFECT IN VEHICLE. ALSO--INSTRUMENT PANEL VERY HOT TO TOUCH AT RADIO AREA, HIGH RISK TO BURN. ALSO, HAVE EXPERIENCED FLICKERING OF OVERHEAD INTERIOR LIGHTS WHEN KEY REMOVED FROM IGNITION--NOT THE NORMAL "STAY ON FOR SO MANY SECONDS" ?WIRING PROBLEM WILL SEEK DEALER ATTENTION, BUT OF COURSE OUT OF WARRANTY AND CONCERN OF FAMILY SAFETY IS 1ST AND FOREMOST. ANY INFO YOU HAVE TO ASST IS APPRECIATED. *AK

LINK THATS HOLDS BRAKE PEDAL IN PLACE BROKE, LEAVING BRAKE PEDAL HANGING, AND NONE RESPONSIVE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK THE DEALER FOUND THE CLIP WAS MISSING FROM BRAKE PEDAL ASSELMBLY. *YH

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE FUEL SYSTEM... AND IT HAS SO LITTLE MILEAGE ON IT ! I CHECKED AND COULD NOT FIND ANY RECALLS ON THIS ITEM. CAN YOU LET ME KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY, THE DEALER SAYS THAT DON'T HAVE ANY. *AK

ASSEMBLY COLLECTS WATER THROUGH FAULTY SEALS. CONDENSATE REDUCES ILLUMINATION. EVENTUALLY LENS FALLS OFF, BULB EXPLODES IF HOT AND RAIN STRKES IT, CAUSING HEADLIGHT TO FAIL.*AK

THE VAN WAS IN THE SHOP AT LANDMARK WHEN WE FIRST GOT IT FOR ITS BRAKES, LIGHTS AND BATTERY, IT ALSO WAS AT LAND MARK WHEN THE BATTERY WENT OUT AND WAS NOT TOLD THAN THAT THE SENSOR DID NOT GET TOLD THE SENSOR WAS BAD TILL AFTER A FEW WEEKS THE LIGHT FOR SERVICE CAME ON AND IT WAS TAKEN TO TUNEUP MASTER FOR A TUNE UP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE LIGHT FOR THE SENSOR HAD BEEN RESET FOR THE SENSOR SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED GM HAS A RECALL ON THIS MAKE OF VAN BUT BECAUSE MY VA DOES NOT FALL INTO THE TIME THEY WHERE MADE THEY WOULD NOT HELP WITH THE TRANS. REPAIR, NOR WILL THEY HELP WITH THE BRAKES. *AK