2000 CHEVROLET VENTURE Complaints

NOTICED COOLANT LEAKING BROUGHT INTO MY MECHANIC HE DIAGNOSED " REPLACE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS", BROUGHT VAN TO CHEVY TO SEE IF PERHAPS A RECALL BECAUSE I WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC THAT THIS PROBLEM IS COMMON WITH THIS ENGINE, BUT I WAS TOLD NO RECALL AND THEY ARE UNAWARE OF A PROBLEM WITH THIS ENGINE. SO I PAID $1,265 TO CHEVY TO REPAIR THEIR DEFECT ON A 2000 CHEVY VENTURE WITH JUST UNDER 25K MILES. AND THEY WONDER WHY PEOPLE ARE BUYING FOREIGN MADE CARS!!!!!*JB

VEHICLE WAS REAR-ENDED AND KNOCKED APPROXIMATELY 39 FT. DRIVER'S SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK AND DRIVER WAS THROWN ABOUT LIKE A RAG DOLL ACCORDING TO WITNESS OF ACCIDENT RESULTING IN HEAD AND NECK INJURIES. DRIVERS SEAT BROKE LOOSE ON ONE SIDE. *NM

NOTE: THIS IS THE SECOND OCCURRENCE OF THIS PROBLEM AND THEY WERE IDENTICAL EXCEPT FOR THE DATES AND THE MILEAGE ON THE CAR. 1) EVENTS - AIR BAG LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND STAY ON FOR A DAY OR TWO AND THEN GO OFF AND STAY OFF FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND THEN REPEAT THE SEQUENCE. 2) FAILURE - THERE WAS NO ACTUAL FAILURE BUT BOTH TIMES THE DEALER SERVICE ADVISED THAT IT NEEDED TO BE FIXED OR THE CONSEQUENCES COULD BE EITHER THE AIRBAG GOING OFF WHEN IT WAS NOT NEEDED OR NOT GOING OFF WHEN NEEDED. 3) REPAIR - INSTALLED BELT KIT (14875 OPC) - OLD PART NOT AVAILABLE. *NM

I NOTICED RED FLUID ON ONE OF THE LINES BELOW IN THE AREA OF THE COOLANT RESERVOIR. I DO HAVE DEXCOOL IN THE SYSTEM. I HAVE NOT DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS TO WHERE THE COOLANT IS LEAKING FROM BUT I NOTICE THE RESERVOIR GETS LOW PERIODICALLY. I FEAR IT IS LEAKING FROM THE GASKET BUT NOT SURE YET. I HAVE NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE. I HAVE HAD TO SPEND $600-$1000 EVERY YEAR WHICH A COUPLE OF THE REPAIRS GM TOOK CARE OF AFTER REAMING THEM OUT. THEIR PRODUCT IS TERRIBLE AND I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER GM AGAIN.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED GASOLINE FUMES WERE DETECTED INSIDE THE VEHICLE. UPON INSPECTION, IT WAS DETERMINED THE FUEL LINE WAS CORRODED. THE FUEL LINE WAS REPLACED. *AK UPDATED 03/17/06. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE LIFTGATE GLASS SHATTERED WHILE THE VEHICLE STOPPED. THERE WAS NO CONTACT OR IMPACT WITH THE REAR GLASS THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED IT TO SHATTER. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED. THEY OFFERED NO HELP. REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE.*AK

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE ABS BRAKES ACTIVATED AT LOW SPEEDS. THE ABS ENGAGED WHEN APPROACHING A STOP SIGN WHICH RESULTED IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO COLLIDE WITH A VEHICLE WHICH WAS STOPPED AT THE STOP SIGN. THE POLICE ARRIVED ON THE SCENE. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. *AK UPDATED 12/27/2005. *NM

CONSUMER LETTER REGARDING 2000 CHEVROLET VENTURE DOOR LOCKS WERE CHANGED WITH NOTICE TO CONSUMER DURING OIL CHANGE. *TS *NM

DT: WHILE DRIVING AT 60 TO 70 MPH, THE WHEEL STUDS SNAPPED IN HALF. THIS RESULTED IN THE WHEEL ASSEMBLY COMING APART. THERE WAS A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL BUT NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED, AND PARTS WERE REPLACED. THE WHEEL ASSEMBLY CAME APART BECAUSE FOUR OF THE FIVE STUDS BROKE. *AK *NM

VEHICLE FAILED TO START. CHANGE FUEL FILTER. DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM. NOW MY DEX-COOL IS LEAKING, SHORTED OUT CAM POSITION SENSOR. HAS HAD LOW COOLANT FOR AT LEAST A YEAR. CAN'T UNDERSTAND HOW A VEHICLE CAN USE SO MUCH COOLANT. VEHICLE IS STILL PARKED, NOT RUNNING, HAD MECHANIC CHECK VEHICLE WITH A SCAN TOOL, SAYS THE CAM SENSOR IS BAD. *NM