1999 CHEVROLET VENTURE Complaints

CONSUMER STATES THAT AFTER DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE RECALL FOR THE SLIDING DOOR FOR THE 3RD TIME,THE DOOR SLIDE OPEN, AND CHILD FELL OUT OFF VEHICLE.DEALER/MANUFACTURER CONTACTED.THEY ARE NOT HELPFUL, DO NOT WANT TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. MR ALSO HAVING PROBLEMS WITH STEERING, ABS BRAKES LIGHTS ARE ON AND THE FIRESTONE TIRES BLEW OUT. *TT

I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH MY 1999 CHEVROLET VENTURE WHICH MY HUSBAND PURCHASED NEW FOR ME IN DECEMBER 1998. LAST YEAR I EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE LIGHT STAYING ON, COOLANT LEVEL CONSTANTLY DROPPING NO MATTER HOW OFTEN WE ADDED DEX COOL, AND THEN IN THE SPRING I HAD TO HAVE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD REPLACED DUE TO ENGINE OIL IN THE COOLANT. HE TOLD ME HE HAS HAD SEVERAL CUSTOMERS WITH CHEVY VENTURE AND OLDS SILHOUETTES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS AFTER THIS REPAIR WHICH COST ME OVER $1,000.00 MY CAR SUDDENLY STALLED IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ON ROUTE 22 ON MY WAY TO WORK. I MANAGED TO GET IT TO THE SHOULDER BEFORE IT STOPPED ROLLING DESPITE LOSING POWER AND CALLED MY MECHANIC. HE TOWED ME TO HIS SHOP AND HAS INFORMED ME THAT MY CAMSHAFT IS BROKEN AND HE HAS NEVER HEARD OF ANYTHING LIKE IT BEFORE! WELL, AFTER FINDING THIS SITE WHILE RESEARCHING WHAT TO DO ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, I FOUND THIS SITE AND WAS SHOCKED TO SEE ALL THE SAME COMPLAINTS AND SINCE AT LEAST 2001 CHEVROLET HAS KNOWN ABOUT THESE PROBLEMS AND DIDN'T CARE ABOUT THEIR CUSTOMERS ENOUGH TO WARN THEM OR OFFER TO REPLACE THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM BEFORE WE HAD MAJOR ENGINE DAMAGE LIKE MINE. I AM LUCKY I WAS NOT KILLED ON THE HIGHWAY BY A TRUCK REAR ENDING ME OR SOMETHING! I AM A SINGLE MOM WITH 4 KIDS AND I STILL OWE MY MECHANIC OVER $800.00 FOR MY LAST REPAIRS AND NOW THIS! NO WAY CAN I AFFORD TO REPLACE THE ENGINE! BESIDES, ANOTHER VENTURE ENGINE WOULD JUST HAVE MORE PROBLEMS! AND NOW I'M READING ABOUT OTHER PROBLEMS LIKE AIR BAGS NOT WORKING AND WINDOWS EXPLODING AND TRANSMISSION FAILURES, TAIL LIGHTS AND ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS! THESE CARS ARE DEATH TRAPS! AND MOST PEOPLE WHO PURCHASE MINI VANS HAVE YOUNG CHILDREN! GM SHOULD BE ASHAMED! *NM

I WAS PULLING INTO MY DRIVEWAY WHEN MY SPARE TIRE FELL OFF OF ITS HOLDER ON THE BOTTOM OF MY 1999 CHEVY VENTURE VAN. THE CABLE THAT HOLDS IT IN PLACE ROTTED AWAY. I HAD SOMEONE TELL ME THAT THEY EXPERIENCED A SPARE TIRE FROM A VENTURE COMING AT THEM ON THE HIGHWAY. THEY BARLEY AVOIDED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT! THANK GOD MINE DIDN'T FALL OFF ON THE HIGHWAY!! I SPOKE TO GM (CUSTOMER CARE LINE) AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR FOR THE AGE OF THIS VEHICLE AND THEY WOULD NOT COVER IT. DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO BE KILLED BY THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE ABOUT IT? *NM

1999 CHEVROLET VENTURE HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPAIRED AND THE INTAKE MANIFOLD REPLACED.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS LEAKING. THE CONSUMER'S MECHANIC EXPLAINED THAT HE BELIEVES THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE WAS DUE TO FAULTY VALVE BODY INSTALLATION AT THE FACTORY. *NM

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THROUGH TOWN WITH OUR DAUGHTER AND HER PARENTS AND AS SHE WAS COMING OUT OF TOWN STARTED TO PRESS ON THE ACCELERATOR TO GET UP TO SPEED. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE THROTTLE WAS WIDE OPEN AND THE PEDAL WAS HANGING THERE AND WAS INOPERABLE. FORTUNATELY SHE WASN'T GOING VERY FAST AND WAS ABLE TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND USE THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN ENOUGH TO GET OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND GET THE VEHICLE STOPPED AND THEN HER FATHER WAS ABLE TO GET UNDER THE HOOD AND GET THE ENGINE TO STOP REVVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED AND THE ACCELERATOR CABLE WAS REPLACED BECAUSE IT HAD BROKEN. THE OLD PART MAY STILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DEALERSHIP, BUT I'M NOT SURE.

1999 CHEVROLET VENTURE DEVELOPED PROBLEMS WITH THE THERMOSTAT, AND THE INTAKE MANIFOLDS.*MR THE THERMOSTAT WAS REPLACED, HOWEVER THAT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE TYPE OF VEHICLE HE HAD WAS NONE TO PROBLEMS WITH THE INTAKE MANIFOLD, WHICH WAS REPLACED AT A COST OF 780.00 DOLLARS. *JB

MY WIFE WITH MY 4 SMALL CHILDREN WERE ENTERING MO HWY 412 WHEN THE VEHICLE STARTED STALLING AND QUIT. WHEN THE VEHICLE QUIT IT WAS PARTIALLY ON THE HWY AND PARTIALLY ON THE TURN FROM WHERE SHE WAS EXITING. WHILE SHE ALONE WAS TRYING TO PUSH THE VEHICLE OFF THE HWY A TRACTOR TRUCK AND TRAILOR ALMOST RUN THEM OVER. TAKE IN MIND THAT WHEN THESE VEHICLES DIE THEY HAVE NO BRAKES OR POWER STEERING. WHEN I HAD THE VEHICLE CHECKED OUT IT SEEMS THAT IT HAD A INTAKE VALVE GASKET BLOWN LEAKING DEXCOOL INTO THE OIL AND BROKE THE CAMSHAFT. AT THIS TIME I CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE FIXED BECAUSE FROM THE RESEARCH I'VE DONE IT WILL COST $4,000 TO $5000 TO GET THE VEHICLE FIXED.

1999 CHEVROLET VENTURE REAR AXLE BROKE WHILE CONSUMER WAS COMING TO A STOP. *MR THE CONSUMER WAS AT AN INTERSECTION, HEARD A SOUND, THEN WAS UNABLE TO MOVE FORWARD OR BACKWARD. A CRACK WAS FOUND AND THE COMPONENT WAS RUSTY. THERE WERE SEVERAL INCIDENTS OF OTHER VEHICLES THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED BREAKS IN THE TRAILING ARM OF THE REAR AXLE. *SC *JB

AS I CLOSED THE TAIL GATE THE REAR WINDSCREEN EXPLDED OUTWARDS RESULTING IN MINOR CUTS AND ABRASIONS ON FACE,NECK AND ARMS. THE WHOLE WINDSCREEN JUST SHATTERED FOR NO REASON. WHEN SAFELITE CAME TO REPLACE THE GLASS THEIR TECHNICIAN ADVISED THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH CHEVY VENTURES, I BELIEVE THAT GMC SHOULD PAY FOR THIS REPAIR AND NOT THE CONSUMER, COSTING $184.

THE WINDSHIELD WIPER PAWL WILL CEASE TO FUNCTION AND BREAK WHILE USING IN SNOWY CONDITIONS. OWNER HAD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE WINDSHIELD WIPER SYSTEM DUE TO THIS SMALL PLASTIC PIECE BREAKING EVERY YEAR SINCE OWNERSHIP. *AK