2000 CHEVROLET VENTURE Complaints

SIDE SLIDING DOOR KEEP OPENED ON ITS OWN WHILE DRIVING 35MPH. ALSO, DOOR CAME OPEN AUTOMATICALLY. HAD DOOR FIXED 4 TIMES, AND STILL HAS NOT SOLVED THE PROBLEM. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED THAT MECHANISMS THAT THEY WERE REPLACING IN THE DOORS WERE FAULTY.*AK

VEHICLE WAS BUCKING AS IT WAS TRYING TO ACCELERATE UP TO 30-35 MPH, VEHICLE WAS GOING UP TO 5-10MPH WHEN ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON, STEERING WHEEL AND BRAKES LOCKED UP, LOOSING TOTAL POWER, CONSUMER STARTED VEHICLE UP 1/2 HOUR LATER AND LET IT RUN, WITHIN 1 MIINUTE, VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN, THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED, AND DAIGNOSTIC TEST DID NOT SHOW A CAUSE. *AK THE DEALER REPLACED THE PCM/VCM.*JB

AIR CONDITIONER WILL SHUT OFF WHEN SET AT 5. TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY REPLACED BLOWER MOTOR RESISTER 3 DIFFERENT TIMES.ALSO, WHEN STARTING VEHICLE HEADLIGHTS ARE SUPPOSE TO COME ON, BUT NOTHING COMES ON. CONSUMER SLAMMED GLOVE COMPARTMENT, AND HEADLIGHTS CAME ON. TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK SERVICE MANAGER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE CIRCUIT BOX BEHIND THE GLOVE BOX WAS SO HOT THAT SHE ALMOST GOT BURNED TWICE, CONSUMER HAS HAD BURNED WIRES REPLACED. *SLC

DURING AN IDLE SITUATION, (AT REST OR IN MOTION), A HIGH PITCHED, INTERMITENT, WHISTLING SOUND IS EMINATING FROM THE LEFT SIDE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THIS CORRESPONDS IN OCCURRENCE FREQUENCY TO A VARIATION IN INTERIOR/EXTERIOR LIGHT INTENSITY (FLICKERING). ONCE MOVING (ENGINE NOT IDLING), NOISE & LIGHT INTENSITY VARIATION GOES AWAY.*AK

WITH VEHICLE PARKED (NOT RUNNING) AND ALL DOORS/HATCHES LOCKED, I WAS ABLE TO OPEN THE PASSENGER POWER SLIDING DOOR. SECURITY SYSTEM DID COME ON (LAMPS BLINKED & HORN SOUNDED), BUT I WAS STILL ABLE TO OPEN A SUPPOSEDLY LOCKED DOOR. *AK

ELECTRICAL FAILURE CAUSED THE STEERING WHEEL TO LOCK WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE KEY WAS IN THE IGNITION AND THE MINI VAN WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH. MY WIFE HAD NO DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE MINI VAN AND WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE THAT THERE WASN'T AN ACCIDENT. THERE IS NO REASON THAT THE STEERING COLUMN SHOULD HAVE LOCKED UP. THE CAUSE OF THE ELECTRICAL FAILURE IS STILL BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE PARKER ROBB CHEVROLET IN WALNUT CREEK, CA 94596. *AK

MY CAR WAS IN PARK, NOT RUNNING, KEYS IN THE IGNITION. 5YR OLD SON WAS IN VEHICLE, TRYING TO TURN RADIO ON CAR SHIFTED OUT OF PARK WITH OUT THE BRAKE FULLY DEPRESSED. OWNERS MANUAL STATES TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK BRAKE MUST BE FULLY DEPRESSED. SON WAS IN BETWEEN FRONT BUCKET SEATS, UNABLE TO REACH BRAKE WHEN LEFT ARM HIT SHIFT BAR INTO NEUTRAL. THANKS. *AK

THIS IS THE FIFTH SAFETY RELATED MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE -- ANY COULD HAVE KILLED US -- I WILL TRY TO GET DATES FOR THE OTHERS WHICH INCLUDE: THE VAN DIED TWICE WHILE IN USE, THE RECALLED POWER SLIDING DOOR AND THE AIRBAG SYTEM FAILURE.*AK

POWER SLIDING DOOR MAKES A BEEPING SOUND AS IF DOOR IS NOT CLOSED COMPLETELY. DEALERSHIP HAS SERVICED VEHICLE FOR RECALL 01V067000, AND CANNOT REMEDY PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

ENGINE LOSES ALL POWER, AND GAS GAUGE DOES NOT GIVE ACCURATE READINGS. DEALER HAS BEEN MADE AWARE OF PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK