1999 CHEVROLET VENTURE Complaints

TAIL LIGHTS WOULD FLICKER ON/OFF WHILE IN USE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK CONSUMER WANTS TO KNOW IF THERE IS A 'RECALL CAMPAIGN', ON 2001 MODEL FOR THE DEFECTIVE EQUIPMENT. CONSUMER BELIEVE A RECALL IS NEEDED FOR SAFETY. REAR MODULES REPLACED AND WIRE HARNESS FOR TAIL LIGHTS BURNT. REPLACE BOTH REAR LIGHT MODULES AND WIRING HARNESS HAD TO BE REPAIRED OF BURNT WIRING. CUSTOMER STATES BRAKE LIGHTS ARE SURGING BRIGHT TO DIM. ADVISE TO REPAIRS NEEDED/PERFORMED ELECTRICAL TEST FOUND BOTH CIRCUIT BOARDS BURNT AND OPEN WIRES SHOWING/REPAIRED WIRES AND REPLACED BOTH TAIL LIGHT CIRCUIT BOARDS. *BF

THE CAR HAS BEEN RUNNING LOW ON RADIATOR FLUID, BUT WE COULD NOT FIND ANY VISIBLE LEAKAGES. WE HAVE BEEN REPLINISHING THE FLUID. WE DID NOT THINK ANYTHING MAJOR. ON A FRIDAY, WE STARTED TO HEAR A KNOCK IN THE ENGINE. WE WERE TOLD TO HAVE THE OIL CHANGED/LOOKED AT. AFTERWARDS, THE NOISE CONTINUED EVEN LOUDER. WE HAD THE CAR IMMEDIATELY TOWED. THE PROBLEM INVOLVED THE LIFTERS AND THE INTAKE GASKET. (BOTH PROBLEMS ARE RELATED.) I RESEARCHED AND MANY OTHERS HAD THE SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THE INTAKE GASKET. REPAIR FOR ALL WILL BE $1,000.*AK

THE LATCH ON OUR POWER SLIDING DOOR IS NOT LATCHING. I WAS ADVISED THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS ALREADY BEEN FIXED, BUT THE SAME PROBLEM THAT THE RECALL WAS SENT OUT FOR IS WHAT THE LATCH IS DOING AGAIN. THE DOOR HAS OPENED UP ON US WHEN WE WAS DRIVING ON THE ROAD. WE SHUT THE POWER OFF TO THE DOOR, LOCKED THE DOOR AND DO NOT ALLOW ANY ONE OF THE KIDS TO USE THE DOOR. *AK

VEHICLE WAS LOSING COOLANT DUE TO DEFECTIVE INTAKE MANIFOLD, BUT THERE WAS NO LEAK. *AK ALL OF THE REPAIR SHOPS AND DEALERSHIP CLAIMED THIS INTAKE PROBLEM WAS COMMON WITH THIS ENGINE. IT TOOK DEALERSHIP TWO MONTHS TO REPAIR VEHICLE. *AK

I'VE HAD A 1999 CHEVY VENTURE SINCE NEW. I'VE HAD TO REPLACE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET, UPPER AND LOWER RADIATOR HOSES AT 69500 MILES. REPLACED THE THERMOSTAT AT 78400 MILES. AT 78500 MILES I HAD TO REPLACE BOTH HEAD GASKETS,INTAKE GASKET AND PLENUM GASKET, BOTH VALVE COVER GASKETS AND SEVERAL COLLAPSED LIFTERS, AND THE CYLINDER HEADS NEEDED TO BE RECONDITIONED. THESE REPAIRS COST ME THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. SOMETHING IS SURELY NOT RIGHT WITH THIS ENGINE. *NM

WE OWN A 1999 CHEVY VENTURE. THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET HAS FAILED THREE TIMES. THE FIRST TIME WAS 1-28-03 AT 55385 MILES. IT WAS LEAKING FLUID IN THE FRONT. IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET AND REPAIRED. THE SECOND TIME WAS ON 10-30-03 AT 67823 MILES. THIS TIME, THE REPAIR SHOP TOOK RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CHARGES AS THEY FELT THE ADHESIVE FAILED. THE THIRD FAILURE JUST HAPPENED ON 2-11-05 AT 85500 MILES. *JB

I HAVE MY OIL CHANGED EVERY 3,000 MILES. THE INTAKE GASKET STARTED LEAKING AND GOT IN MY OIL AND CAUSED IT TO DIE ON ME. THE DEALER SAID IT WAS THE WORST ONE THAT HE HAD SEEN. I HAVE TO REPLACE THE MOTOR, BUT WHAT IS TO SAY THAT THIS ONE WILL NOT DO THE SAME THING? *JB

VENTURE WITH 89,800 MILES HAS BEEN HARD, HARSH SHIFTING FOR SOME TIME, ALSO WHINES. DEALER SAID POSSIBLE PRESSURE CONTROL SOLENOID EPC NEEDS REPLACED, NO ESTIMATE. DEALER SUGGESTED TO RUN VEHICLE UNTIL IT BECOMES A REAL PROBLEM. ALSO DISCUSSED WITH TRANNY SHOP, THEY EXPERIENCED MANY OF THESE TRANNY PROBLEMS, USUALLY CODE 1811, REPLACE PRESSURE CONTROL SOLENOID (EPC) BUT TO CORRECT PROBLEM TRANNY NEEDS TO BE REBUILT, ESTIMATE $1,600 TO $1,900 TO DO. *JB

I WAS PARKING MY CAR AT A MALL, I PUT ON THE BRAKE AND HIT BRAKE PEDAL AND ACCELERATOR PEDAL TOGETHER, THE ACCELERATOR ALMOST TOOK MY CAR INTO THE CEMENT PARKING BOLLARD, BUT I MANAGED TO STOP THE CAR 1 1/2 " FROM DAMAGING THE CAR. I HAVE COMPLAINED IN THE PAST ABOUT THIS PROBLEM OF THE HEIGHT OF THE PEDALS TO CHEVROLET DEALER WITH NO SATISFACTION. "THAT'S THEY WAY THEY ARE BUILT, THERE IS NO DEFECT". THIS SITUATION HAS CAUSED ME PROBLEMS IN THE PAST, ALMOST HITTING A CURBSTONE AND THE LIKE. I COULD BE BLAMED FOR HITTING A PEDESTRIAN BECAUSE THE ACCELERATOR TAKES OVER BEFORE THE BRAKE PEDAL IF BOTH ARE PUSHED SIMULTANEOUSLY. THE BRAKE PEDAL SHOULD BE MOUNTED SO THAT IT WILL BE PUSHED FIRST SO AS TO STOP THE CAR AND NOT ALLOW THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO BE PUSHED. I GOT NO HELP FROM THE DEALER. I AM AFRAID THAT I COULD GET INTO A SERIOUS ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THIS SITUATION. IN A GREAT HURRY, MY FOOT STRUCK BOTH PEDALS AT THE SAME TIME. THE BRAKE PEDAL SHOULD BE HIGH ENOUGH TO TAKE OVER. I HAVE HAD THE BRAKES CHECKED REGULARLY, I KEEP NEW TIRES ON MY CAR. MY CAR ALWAYS PASSES INSPECTION. I DRIVE A 1999 CHEVROLET VENTURE. I BOUGHT IT AT CLAY CHEVROLET ON SEPTEMBER 15, 2002, USED WITH 33963 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. IT NOW HAS 66650 MILES. *AK

INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET FAILED AT 91,000 MILES. THIS IS THE SEOND TIME THIS GASKET HAS FAILED ON THIS CAR. THE FIRST TIME (3 YEARS AGO, I THINK) WAS REPLACED BY GM UNDER WARRANTY. THIS PROBLEM IS ENDEMIC TO THIS (3.4 V6 AND THE GM 3.1 V6) ENGINE. GM SHOULD RECALL AND FIX THESE FOR FREE. *AK