1999 CHEVROLET VENTURE Complaints

WE HAVE A 1999 CHEVROLET VENTURE THAT WE PURCHASED IN DEC. 2001. WE DID NOT PURCHASE A WARRANTY. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER THE PURCHASE THE "CHECK COOLANT" LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED ON. WE HAD TO KEEP ADDING COOLANT. I DO NOT WORK ON CARS AND HAD A VERY SICK WIFE, SO THE LIGHT WAS A MINOR STRESS AT THE TIME. I'D TAKEN THE CAR TO GET LOOKED AT AND THEY SAID "THE COOLANT IS LEAKING INTO THE ENGINE, AND THE ENGINE IS GOING" WELL FOR A CAR WITH JUST OVER 23,825 MILES ON IT, I WAS VERY STEAMED. IT LASTED TILL 47,359 MILES AND MY WIFE WAS STRANDED ON THE ROAD. THE CAR WAS TOWED AND SAT AT THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP FROM SEPT. 9TH TILL DEC. 12TH 2002. WHILE STILL PAYING $437.00 A MONTH PAYMENT. WE HAD A USED ENGINE PUT IN IT BY THE CHEVY DEALERSHIP WHICH HAD 20,000 LESS MILES ON IT, AND TODAY HAS 74,000 MILES ON IT.WE PAID $2,400 FOR THIS USED ENGINE. I JUST FOUND OUT THAT THE O2 SENSOR JUST WENT OUT ON US. BUT IF THERE IS A DEFECTIVE ENGINE OR SIMILAR PARTS ON IT, IS THIS GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN- JUST A MATTER OF TIME?

THE RIGHT REAR TRAILING ARM ON MY WIFE'S 1999 CHEVROLET VENTURE VAN UNEXPECTEDLY BROKE WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. A SEARCH OF YOUR WEBSITE REVEALED THIS TO BE A COMMON SAFETY DEFECT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS VEHICLE. WHY HASN'T THERE BEEN A RECALL??? ALSO, THE SEAT BELT LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY GOES ON AND OFF IN THIS VEHICLE. WHY HASN'T THERE BEEN A RECALL ON THIS SAFETY DEFECT??? *JB

AT MY 60000 MILES THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOUND OIL AND COOLANT LEAKING FROM THE ENGINE OF OUR 1999 CHEVROLET VENTURE WHICH HAS THE 185 HP V-6 ENGINE. TOTAL COST TO REPAIR THE LEAKS WAS $695.39. ACCORDING TO THE SERVCE REPRESENTATIVE AT THE CHEVORLET DEALERSHIP, THIS PROBLEM IS COMMON WITH THIS ENGINE.*AK

A MAJOR GASOLINE LEAK WAS CAUSED BY CORROSION OF THE HIGH-PRESSURE FUEL LINE ALONG THE UNDERBODY OF MY 1999 CHEVROLET VENTURE MINI-VAN (MILEAGE 80K). I LOST ABOUT 10 GALLONS OF GAS IN GOING ABOUT 30 MILES, AND MAYBE WAS LUCKY NOT TO HAVE SUFFERED A FIRE OR EXPLOSION. THE CHEVY DEALER, IN GRASS LAKE MICHIGAN, REPLACED THE FUEL LINE FOR $602. INCLUDING LABOR. I HAVE SAVED ALL OF THE OLD PARTS.*AK

PURCHASED VEHICLE WITH 99,000 MILES. CURRENTLY HAS 115,000. FOUND THE "SWAY BAR" CRACKED ON THE DRIVER SIDE WHERE IT IS BOLTED TO THE LOWER SWING ARM. THE CRACK IS ON THE BOTTOM SIDE WHERE THE TUBE IS PRESSED TOGETHER. THE CRACK GOES AROUND THE END WHERE IT IS PRESSED, DOWN THE SIDES ABOUT 1.5" AND THENAROUND THE BOTTOM. I FOUND THE PROBLEM DURING A OIL CHANGE AS I WAS INSPECTING THE SUSPENSION COMPONENTS.*AK

BRAKE LIGHTS FAILURE. FIRST, INTERMITTENT FAILURE OF RIGHT REAR BRAKE LIGHT. DEALER INSPECTED, FOUND NO MECHANICAL PROBLEM. FUSES GOOD. BULB GOOD. DID NOT KNOW BOTH SIDES FAILED UNTIL PULLED OVER BY POLICE. *AK

I HAVE A 1999 CHEVROLET VENTURE THAT HAS EXPERIENED 6 CLOGGED FUEL INJECTORS. IT CLOGGES SO OFTEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ALWAYS ON.*AK

RECENTLY HAD LOWER ENGINE MANIFOLD INTAKE GASGIT REPLACED DUE TO COOLANT LEAK RESULTING FROM USE OF DEX-COOL COLLANT CORRODING THE PLASTIC GASGIT. ALSO ASSOCIATED WAS THERMOSTAT FAILURE WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED ENGINE OVERHEATING AND FIRE BEFORE THERE WAS ANY MEANS OF KNOWING THE ENGINE WAS OVERHEATING.*AK

RECALL 01V067000 CONCERNING POWER SLIDING DOORS. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO HAVE RECALL REPAIRS PERFORMED. SINCE THEN THE SLIDING DOORS DID NOT WORK INTERMITTENTLY. CURRENTLY, DEALER WANTED TO CHARGE CONSUMER $440.00 TO REPAIR WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE CORRECTLY THE FIRST TIME. CONSUMER THEN CALLED THE MANUFACTURER FOR ASSISTANCE. MANUFACTURER REFUSED ASSISTANCE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE HAD 133, 000 MILES, AND THAT THE PROBLEM WAS WEAR AND TEAR. CONSUMER WAS VERY UPSET AND FELT THAT IF THE WORK WAS DONE CORRECTLY THE FIRST TIME THIS WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. *AK

DAY OF PURCHASE, MAJOR ENGINE FAILURES REPLACEMENT OF NEARLY EVERYTHING THEN SOME. CONTINUES TO ARC ELECTRICAL SPARKS UNDER THE HOOD. ELECTRICAL SHORTING OF ALL COMPONENTS WITHIN THE VAN INTERNAL ENGINE ISSUES NOT CORRECTABLE JUST BANDAIDING FUEL ISSUES WITH OIL COOLANT AND ARCING CONSTITUTES A FIRE AND POSSIBLY DEATH. I HAVE ALL SERVICED REPAIR DOCUMENTS IF ONE SHOULD NEED TO VIEW THEM. *NM