1999 CHEVROLET VENTURE Complaints

WHILE DRIVING THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL FIRE BEHIND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO EXIT SAFELY. FIRE WAS PUT ON BY THE OWNER. FIRE DEPARTMENT DID RESPOND. VEHICLE WILL BE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. NOT SURE IF VEHICLE WILL BE TOTALLED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR OPENS INTERMITTENTLY. HOOD LATCH OPENED, AND THE HOOD FLEW AND BROKE/SPATTERING THE GLASS. *AK

STRONG SMELL OF FUEL WHEN VEHICLE WAS PARKED. WHILE DRIVE FUEL WAS LEAK FROM LINE RUNNING UNDER MID SECTION OF VAN. DEALER REPLACED RETAINER IN FUEL FILTER FITTING

WHILE DRIVING AT 20MPH FRONT END COLLAPSED. DEALER IS HAS BEEN SERVICING VEHICLE. PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT, VEHICLE WAS AT DEALER. BUT, THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A DEFECT. *AK

VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION WHEN COMPLETE TRANSMISSION FAILURE OCCURRED, CAUSING VEHILCLE TO COME TO AN UNEXPECTED STOP.*AK

VEHICLE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE RIGHT SLIDING DOOR, AFTER REPAIR AND EVALUATION OF THE DOOR, THE CONSUMERS CHILD WAS INJURED (BROKEN ARM) AS A RESULT OF THE BEING STUCK IN THE HANDLE AND CAUSING THE ARM TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DOOR AND THE TRIM. *MJS PE04064.PCO

THE PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR WILL NOT STAY AT THE FIXED POSITION, I HAVE TO CONSTANTLY ADJUST IT EVERY TIME I DRIVE. THIS CREATES DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITION. *AK

ITEM 1, STEERING COLUMN; 55 REPORTS OF BOLT GIVING WAY CAUSING ADD'L BOLT TO SHEAR OFF AND STEERING COLUMN TO SEPARATE. INVESTIGATED BY INSURANCE, THIS APPARENTLY WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THIS CRASH. ITEM 2, AIR BAGS, NEITHER FRONT OR SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED IN THIS 2.25 TIME ROLLOVER. THERE WAS A PASSENGER IN THE FRONT SEAT. VEHICLE CAME TO REST ON PASSENGER SIDE. SEEMS SIDE AIRBAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED. *AK

WHEN USING WINDSHIELD WIPERS THERE IS A SMEAR PRESENT THAT CAUSES POOR VISIBILITY. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS, AND PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK WINDSHIELD PRESENTS A HAZAR D ON THE ROAD AT NIGHT BECAUSE OF THE GLARE FROM ON COMING LIGHTS AND IN THE DAY TIME WHEN IT RAINS. *YH

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 25 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK