1998 CHEVROLET VENTURE Complaints

WAS DRIVING AT NIGHT WHEN HEADLIGHTS & ALL INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS WENT OUT. AFTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES WOULD COME BACK ON BY THEM SELVES. DID NOT TAMPER WITH THE LIGHT SWTICH. TOOK VEHICLE TO 2 DIFFERENT DEALERSHIP WHERE ONE OF THEM DID REPAIRS, BUT PROBLEM REAPPEARED. BOTH MECHANICS INDICATED TO BRING VEHICLE BACK WHEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN.*AK THE DEALER PUT IN NEW GENERATOR AND THE PROBLEM HAS NOT REOCCURED. *YH

SEATBELT BROKE; CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED GENERAL MOTORS, AND THEY HAVEN'T RESPONDED. CLIP WILLNOT NOT HOLD WHEN CLIPPED IT INSIDE OF RETRACTOR, SO THAT IT CAN CLICK AND HOLD.*AK

I WAS DRIVING MY VAN WITH MY PREGNANT COUSIN ON BOARD WHEN WE HEARD A LOUD NOISE. THE STEERING NO LONGER CONTROLLED THE REAR END OF THE CAR, AND THE REAR BEGAN TO SWAY FROM SIDE TO SIDE. I SLOWED TO ABOUT 3 MILES PER HOUR AND GOT THE CAR OFF THE ROAD. I WAS ABOUT TO GO UP AWINDING MOUNTAIN ROAD. I TOOK PICTURES OF THE DAMAGE, THE TRAILING ARM COMPLETELY SNAPPED IN HALF. *AK

WHEN IT RAINS IT GOES INTO VEHICLE WHERE DOME LIGHT AND ELECTRONIC COMPUTER WERE MOUNTED ON THE CEILING WHICH MAY CAUSE AN ELECTRICAL SHORT. ALSO, ON MIDDLE REAR SEAT BOTH SEATBELTS JAMMED AND WOULD NOT LOCK IN PLACE, WHICH WONT PROTECT CHILD IN EVENT OF A CRASH. DEALER REPLACED PASSENGER'S SIDE SEATBELT, AND FIXED DRIVER'S REAR SEATBELT. FINALLY, REAR MIDDLE WINDOW PIN KEPT FALLING, WHICH ALLOWED THE WINDOWS TO STAY OPEN. DEALER FIXED THE PROBLEM 3 TIMES, BUT ON THE FOURTH TIME, THEY REPLACE THE WHOLE UNIT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

TREAD SEPARATED AND WRAPPED AROUND MY REAR AXEL. DISENGAGED ABS SYSTEM, FEEL VERY LUCKY TO BE HERE TODAY. WAS ON MY RIM IN SECONDS. FIRESTONE NOT ANSWERING MY CALLS. I HAVE SAVED THE TIRES.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 215/70R15 )

WE WERE APPROACHING A CRASH AND HAD TO SLAM ON OUR BRAKES AT 40MPH AND THE SEAT BELT HOLDING OUR SONS CAR SEAT BROKE APART

ON THE DATE REFERENCED, I WAS BACKING INTO A PARKING SPACE. MY SISTER WAS ALREADY PARKED NEXT TO ME AND WAS STILL IN HER CAR. AS I WAS PACKING UP USING ONLY THE BRAKE, SUDDENLY THE HORN STARTED BLOWING AND THE ENGINE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. AS A RESULT OF THE ACCELERATION THE TIRES TURNED SHARPLY CAUSING THE CAR TO JUMP THE PARKING BUMPER AND CRASHING INTO MY SISTER'S CAR. THE DAMAGE TO BOTH VEHICLES WAS APPROXIMATELY $1600. WE HAVE HAD THE BODY WORK COMPLETED BUT THE LOCAL CHEVROLET GARAGE COULD FIND NOTHING IN THE COMPUTER DIAGNOSTICS TO INDICATE A PROBLEM. THEY SUPPOSEDLY CHECKED THE VEHICLE FOR WHAT MAY HAVE CAUSED THE SUDDEN ACCELERATION, BUT COULD FIND NOTHING. WE HAVE HEARD RECENT OTHER CAR OWNERS EXPERIENCES ABOUT SIMILAR OCCURANCES BUT NONE INVOLVING THE CHEVROLET VENTURE. I NOW AM UNCOMFORTABLE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE THAT I OTHERWISE LOVE. HAVE THEIR BEEN ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS OF THIS TYPE? WHAT OTHER RECOURSE DO WE HAVE WITH CHEVROLET TO REALLY HAVE THEM THOROUGHLY CHECK THE VEHICLE? I AM ABSOLUTELY SURE THERE WAS NO MANUAL ACCELERATION SINCE I WAS ALREADY BEGINNING TO BACK THE VEHICLE INTO THE SPOT WHICH WAS REQUIRING NO MANUAL ACCELERATION ONLY VEHICLE MOVEMENT CONTROLLED BY THE BRAKE (THERE WAS NO GRADE TO BE NEGOTIATED).

PE-00-020; P215/70R15 ORGINIAL EQUIPMENT ON A CHEVROLET, VENTURE 1998. WHEN DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 35-40 MPH RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT, TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER INSPECTED TIRES. ALSO NOTICED RIGHT REAR TIRE TREAD WAS SEPARATING. *AK DEALER AGREED TO REPLACE ONE TIRE. *YH

THE SAFETY BELT LATCH HAS A LIMITED RANGE OF MOTION AND DOESN'T ALLOW FOR A PROPER FIT FOR TODDLER CAR SEATS. THEY HAVE THE OVER THE SHOULDER STRAP AND WHEN YOU TRY TO SECURELY BUCKLE THE SEAT IN PLACE THE LATCH DOESN'T ROTATE UP FAR ENOUGH TO SECURE THE BELT. I'VE TRIED A COUPLE DIFFERENT SEATS THAT WOULD SUIT OUR NEEDS PERFECTLY AND THEY CAN'T BE USED UNTIL OUR CHILD IS OVER 40LBS. THE SEAT WE PURCHED IS THE GRACO CHERISHED CAR GO, MODEL #8480HG. IT SITS WELL IN THE SEAT, BUT CAN'T BE LATCHED PROPERLY. IS THERE ANYTHING ON THE MARKET THAT I COULD PURCHASE THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO PROPERLY SECURE THE TODDLER/BOOSTER SEAT?

MY WIFE AND I NOTICED A DELAYED RESPONSE WHEN ACCELERATOR WAS PUSHED WHILE ALREADY AT SPEED. MY WIFE ALSO SAID THAT THE ENGINE SOUNDED DIFFERENT THAN IN THE PAST. WE TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY INSPECTED THE TRANSMISSION. THERE ARE METAL SHAVINGS THROUGHOUT THE TRANSMISSION - IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW A VEHICLE THAT HAS RECEIVED REGULAR MAINTAINANCE CAN HAVE A TRANSMISSION GO BAD AT ONLY 50K MILES.