2000 CHEVROLET VENTURE Complaints

WHENEVER VEHICLE IS ON AN INCLINE/SLOPE, IT WILL ROLL BACKWARDS CONTINUOUSLY. IF VEHICLE IS SHIFTED INTO REVERSE, WHILE ON A SLOPE OR INCLINE, WOULD GO FORWARD FIRST AND THEN REVERSE. HAVE TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP, AND INFORMED BY MECHANIC IT WAS CHARACTERISTIC OF VEHICLE.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH DRIVERS SIDE NON-POWERED SLIDING DOOR CAME OPEN WHILE THERE WERE 5 CHILDREN IN VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP EXAMINED SLIDING DOOR AND COULD NOT DETERMINE A REASON FOR PROBLEM. ALSO, ON JUNE 5 2001, NON-POWERED PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR CAME OPEN WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION WITH 2 CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP AGAIN COULD NOT DETERMINE A REASON FOR DEFECT, AND WERE UNWILLING TO ASSIST CONSUMER. ALSO, CONSUMER NOTED THAT CHILD SAFETY LOCKING MECHANISMS WERE ACTIVE ON EACH OCCASION THAT THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

A FEW MONTHS AGO I BEGAN HAVING TROUBLE UNLOCKING MY REAR PASSENGER DOOR. I WAS VERY UPSET BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO GET MY SON OUT OF THE VAN AND WAS UNABLE TO. I TRIED USING THE KEYLESS ENTRY, AND THE LOCK BUTTON ON THE DOOR AND NOTHING WORKED. I DID HAVE THE CHILDPROOF LOCK TURNED ON, SO I COULDNT EVEN GET THE DOOR OPEN FROM THE INSIDE. AFTER A LONG TIME OF TRYING I DID EVENTUALLY GET THE DOOR OPEN. THIS HAPPENS ABOUT ONCE A WEEK, AND I AM SCARED THAT IF I WERE EVER TO GET IN AN ACCIDENT I WOULD BE UNABLE TO GET MY CHILDREN OUT. I AM GOING TO TAKE IT WHERE I PURCHASED IT AND HAVE IT FIXED, BUT I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON IT JUST IN CASE SOMEONE HAS THE SAME THING HAPPEN TO THEM AT THE WRONG TIME.*AK

ENGINE IS MAKING A VERY LOUD KNOCKING NOISE. DEALERSHIP ONLY LISTENED TO VEHICLE, AND DETERMINED NOISE TO BE A TICKING NOISE THAT WAS COMING FROM AIR CONDITIONER. CONSUMER STATED THAT TICKING OCCURRED WHEN AIR CONDITIONER WAS ON OR OFF. SHE DID NOT FEEL THAT NOISE WAS COMING FROM AIR CONDITIONER. *NOTE: CONSUMER'S HUSBAND DISCOVERED OIL LEAKING FROM ENGINE HEAD GASKET. DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THIS WAS NORMAL, AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED A PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

WHILE FILLING VEHICLE WITH GAS NOTICED GAS SMELL INSIDE VEHICLE. ALSO, FOUND A GAS PUDDLE UNDER VEHICLE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE HAS ALWAYS BEEN HARD TO START, ALSO WHILE DRVING THE RIGHT REAR TIRE CAUGHT FIRE, AND THE GAS GUAGE WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY, FRONT WINDSHIELD WAS CRACKING, ALSO THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS COMING ON, AS WELL AS THE ENGINE OIL LIGHT,AND A CRACKED GAS TANK.*JB

DURING NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS (NO RAIN, SNOW, HAZARDS) OUR RIGHT REAR TIRE FAILED. THE TREAD COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE DESTROYING THE RIM ABS HARNESS CABLE AND OTHER FOR A TOTAL OF 2000.00 DAMAGE. NO INJURIES. THE TIRES HAVE VERY LITTLE WEAR (9000 MILES). I IMMEDIATELY REPLACED ALL THE TIRES WITH ANOTHER BRAND. THE CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF THE TIRE CONCERNS ME AND BELIEVE THE TIRE TO BE FAULTY. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE TIRE ANALIZED BY AN INDEPENDENT LAB TO LET AND TO GIVE THEIR OPINION OF WHY THE TIRE FAILED. IS THERE A INDIEPENDENT INVESTIGATION LAB IN MY AREA WHO COULD ASSIST ME WITH THIS PROBLEM? I'D APPRECIATE YOUR RESPONSE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: W2MB3BCB08 TIRESIZE: 21570R1597)

HEADLIGHTS WILL RANDOMLY GO OFF AND THEN COME RIGHT BACK ON AGAIN. DEALERSHIP STATED THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE A CAUSE BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT WITNESSED THIS ERRATIC OPERATION. *AK

THE INTEGRATED CHILD RESTRAINTS HAVE A CHEST LATCH. THIS LATCH IS ABLE TO BE PULLED APART BY MY 18 MO. OLD DAUGHTER WITHOUT UNLATCHING. I INVESTIGATED, AND FOUND THAT THEY ALL COME APART EASILY. BOTH CHILD SEATS WERE REPLACED AND THE NEW ONES ARE ABLE TO BE UNLATCHED BY SIMPLY PULLING THE BUCKLE APART. ONCE, MY DAUGHTER WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE CAR SEAT COMPLETELY AS WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. AND I AM CONCERNED IN A CRASH THAT THE LATCH WON'T HOLD, OR A CHILD CAN UNLATCH IT JUST BY PULLING ON IT.

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS RECEDE DOWN IN AN AREA UNDER THE HOOD, THIS DESIGN CAUSES A PROBLEM WHEN IT SNOWS BECAUSE THE AREA THAT THE WIPERS GO DOWN IN FILLS WITH SNOW AND ICE AND CAUSES THE WIPERS NOT TO BE ABLE TO GO DOWN ALL THE WAY, ONE OF THE VANS WIPER MOTORS BURNED OUT. NLM

WHILE TRAVELING AT 45 MPH ANOTHER DRIVER REAR ENDED CONSUMER'S VEHICLE, AND NONE OF THE FRONTAL AIRBAGS DEPLOYED.*AK ONE PERSON WAS INJURED IN ACCIDENT, VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *SLC