1998 CHEVROLET VENTURE Complaints

WHEN IT RAINS RESIDUE/CONDENSATION BUILDUP ON HEADLIGHT LENS, CAUSING VISUAL DIFFICULTY WHICH COULD RESULT IN A CRASH. DEALER WAS AWARE OF THE DEFECT, AND PUT OUT A TSB BULLETIN IN WHICH DEALER WILL BLOWOUT THE RESIDUE/CONDENSATION WITH A "AIRGUN." BUT THIS PROBLEM IS ALWAYS OCCURRING. *AK THE DRIVER HAS TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER EVERY TIME IT RAINS OR WEATHER IS DAMP AND WAIT 3-4 HOURS WHILE THE DEALER BLOW OT CONDENSATION WITH AIRGUM. *YH

POWER STEERING INTERMITTENTLY GOES OUT. WHILE TURNING CORNERS STEERING WILL LOCK UP FOR SOME SECONDS, AND THEN IT WILL RETURN TO NORMAL OPERATION. GMC HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

WHILE PULLING INTO THE DRIVEWAY LESS THEN 5 MPH PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED INADVERTENTLY, AND CAUSED THE AUTOMATIC BUTTON TO RICOCHET TO THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE ( WITH TWO CHILD IN CSS IN REAR SEAT). ALSO, AIR BAG PUNCTURED FROM THE ATTACHMENT WHICH THE BUTTON WAS ATTACH TO. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

CONSUMER FEELS THERE IS INSUFFICENT SPACE BETWEEN BRAKE PEDAL AND ACCELERATOR PEDAL, OR IT'S JUST POOR DESIGN WHICH CAUSES MISAPPLICATION OF PEDALS.*AK

FOR ABOUT A YEAR RADIATOR FAN FAILED, AND CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE RADIATOR TWICE. RADIATOR FAN STOPPED WORKING, AND RADIATOR OVERHEATED. *AK

I SPOKE TO CUSTOMER SERVICE AT CHEVROLET AND THEY SAID MY CAR WAS NOT IN FOR A RECALL FOR MOISTURE BEING IN THE LIGHTS OR THE HEADLIGHT FRONT COMING OFF. I NOTICED IN ODI ID 714982 SOMEONE HAD SUBMITTED A COMPLAINT ON MOISTURE IN THE LIGHTS. AT THIS POINT MY RIGHT HEAD LIGHT FRONT COVER HAS COME OFF. WITH CLOSE INVESTIGATION IT LOOKS AS IF THE ADHESIVE HAD DRIED UP AND GONE BAD. ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO I NOTICED THE LEFT HEADLIGHT HAD MOISTURE IN IT. THE MOISTURE IN THE RIGHT HEADLIGHT APPEARED ABOUT 6 MONTHS OR SO AGO. I WAS TOLD BY THE MECHANIC THAT IT LOOKS LIKE THE ADHESIVE IS GOING BAD IN THE LEFT HEADLIGHT. I BELIEVE THIS IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING EAST APPROXIMATELY 35-40MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING WEST, ENTERED EASTBOUND LANE. BOTH VEHICLES COLLIDED HEAD-ON ON DRIVER'S SIDE. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. DRIVER'S SEAT BELT WAS INTACT, BUT DRIVER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. CHILDREN, IN REAR, SUSTAINED SOME BRUISES FROM SEAT BELTS, BUT NO TREATMENT. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK *JB

EXCESSIVE WATER VAPOR IN HEADLIGHTS REDUCES LIGHT. CURRENT FIX WAS TO DRILL HOLES. EXCESSIVE WATER VAPOR IN FRONT TURN SIGNALS INCREASES GLARE AND CONFUSES TRAFFIC WHEN TURNING. NO FIX OFFERED. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN SHUTTING THE SLIDING DOOR, IT AUTOMATICALLY POPS BACK OPEN. VAN HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP SIX TIMES. DEALER IS NOT ABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM COMPLETELY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

REAR CONTROL ARM BROKE IN HALF WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN ONTO THE INTERSTATE AT APPROXIMATELY 5-10 MPH. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REPAIRS MADE UNDER WARRANTY. *AK