CONSUMER NOTICED WHEN ACCELERATING AND CHANGING GEARS VEHICLE JUMPED DUE TO BODY VALVE. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED.*AK
1999 Chevrolet Venture complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1999 record →
THE FUEL SENSOR SLOWLY WENT OUT ON THE VEHICLE EVEN THOUGH IT IS ONLY 4 YEARS OLD AND OF COURSE JUST AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED AT 60,000 MILES.
VEHICLE WAS IN A SEVERE DRIVER SIDE COLLISION, BUT NONE OF THE AIR BAGS, EVEN THE SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED UPON IMPACT.*AK
REPLACED INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET ON MY 1999 CHEVROLET VENTURE IN APRIL 2002. JUST ONE YEAR LATER AND MY MECHANIC SAYS I HAVE A LEAK AGAIN. THESE GASKETS HAVE BEEN ON NATIONAL BACKORDER FOR OVER A YEAR NOW WHICH TELLS ME I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. *AK
CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE WAS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AS MENTIONED IN RECALL ON THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS. DEALER WILL NOT REPAIR BECAUSE VIN IS NOT INCLUDED. RECALL NUMBER UNKNOWN. *AK
FUEL GAUGE MALFUNCTION. *JB
6/99: REPAIR TO AUTOMATIC, POWER SLIDING DOOR AS PER RECALL. 2/00: SERVICED FOR AUTOMATIC, POWER SIDING DOOR BOUNCES BACK WHEN ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE. 5/01: REPAIR TO AUTOMATIC POWER SLIDING DOOR AS PER RECALL. 12/01: REPAIR TO AUTOMATIC, POWER SIDING DOOR AS PER RECALL 01059. 6/02: SERVICED FOR AUTOMATIC, POWER SIDING DOOR BOUNCES BACK WHEN ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE. 3/03: SERVICED FOR AUTOMATIC, POWER SIDING DOOR BOUNCES BACK WHEN ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE. 5/03: SERVICED FOR AUTOMATIC, POWER SIDING DOOR BOUNCES BACK WHEN ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE. *JB
INTERMITTENTLY, THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH BOARD. A RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR THE PROBLEM, HOWEVER THE RECALL FAILED. *JB
I HAVE A CHEVROLET VENTURE 1999 THAT HAS HAD AN INTAKE GASKET LEAK. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET AND THERE HAVE BEEN MANY SIMILAR PROBLEMS. MANY SERVICE TECHNICIANS HAVE ALSO STATED THAT GM HAS HAD A PROBLEM WITH INTAKE GASKETS. GM SHOULD RECALL ALL VEHICLES AFFECTED AND PAY REPAIR BILLS ON ALL OTHERS ALREADY FIXED. *NLM
DEFECTIVE COOLING SYSTEM CAUSED INTERIOR TO BECOME ALL FOGGED UP. LUCKILY WE WERE NOT GOING FAST. USED MY DAUGHTERS SWEATSHIRT TO WIPE FOG OFF WINDOWS. *JB
THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. THE FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE DRIVER SEAT BELT FAILED TO RESTRAIN THE CONSUMER. *JB
A LOUD POPPING NOISE COULD BE HEARD WHEN THE VEHICLE MAD A LEFT OR LEFT TURN. *NLM
WHILE DRIVING THE INTAKE MANIFOLD CRACK CAUSING FLUID TO LEAK. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *NLM
THE INTAKE AND HEAD GASKETS FAILED, WHICH CAUSED ANTI-FREEZE TO LEAK.*TS *JB
1999 CHEVY VENTURE, ENGINE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WENT TO ABOUT THE 50% MARK, INTAKE GASKET FAILED, ENGINE SEIZED. NEEDS A NEW ENGINE AT 78000 MILES. WELL MAINTAINED VEHICLE. *JB
THE SLIDING DOOR WOULD NOT UNLOCK REMOTELY OR MANUALLY FROM THE INSIDE. *JB *NLM
NOTICED THAT COOLANT LEVEL WAS SLOWLY GOING DOWN AND NEEDED TO BE REFILLED. TOOK VAN IN FOR COOLANT FLUSH. DEALER WOULD NOT DO FLUSH BECAUSE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET WAS LEAKING COOLANT. VAN HAD 74,853 MILES ON IT BUT WAS LEAKING FOR AT LEAST A YEAR. PAID $936 FOR REPAIR AND FLUSHING OF COOLANT AND OIL. SPOKE TO LOCAL MECHANIC. HE HAS ENCOUNTERED THIS PROBLEM MANY TIMES BEFORE WITH CHEVY VENTURES. LUCKILY, COOLANT HAD NOT YET LEAKED INTO ENGINE OIL.
1999 CHEVROLET VENTURE MINIVAN INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET FAILED CAUSING DEXCOOL COOLANT TO LEAK INTO THE ENGINE AND MIX WITH THE OIL. A SIMPLE INTERNET SEARCH FOUND LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF OTHER FOLKS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. GM CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE DENIES A PROBLEM. IT COSTS AN AVERAGE OF $650-$1000.00 TO FIX THIS GASKET WITH NO ASSURANCE THAT A NEW IMPROVED GASKET IS IN PLACE. THIS SEEMS TO HAPPEN SHORTLY AFTER THE 36,000 MILES WARRANTY COVERAGE IS UP. PLEASE SEE: WWW.PETITIONONLINE.COM/GMCNSMRS/PETITION.HTML. *NLM
I TOOK MY VAN IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND THEY TOLD ME I HAD ANTI-FREEZE IN MY OIL. THEREFORE I NEEDED TO HAVE THE INTAKE GASKET REPLACED, OTHERWISE THE ENGINE WOULD FAIL. THIS JOB COST ME $777.00 TO HAVE CORRECTED. I HAD OWNED THE VAN FOR LESS THAN ONE YEAR WHEN THESE PROBLEMS OCCURRED. THE VAN HAD 55,133 MILES ON IT AT THE TIME. THE FUNNY THING IS A FEW DAYS AFTER I PURCHASED MY VAN MY MOM PURCHASED ONE ALSO. ABOUT 2 MONTHS AFTER SHE HAD HERS THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED AND SHE HAD TO HAVE HER INTAKE GASKET REPLACED ALSO. APPARENTLY THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THESE GASKETS AND GM SHOULD REPLACE THEM. OR AT LEAST REIMBURSE US FOR THIS MONEY WE HAD TO FORK OUT FOR A PROBLEM THAT IS APPARENTLY A LITTLE MORE THAN A COINCIDENCE. *NLM
POWER SLIDING DOOR STOPPED WORKING SHORTLY AFTER VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED USED. VEHICLE WAS A GM CERTIFIED USED VEHICLE. *JB
THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED, THE DEALER REPLACED THE RADIATOR, EGR VALVE, SEAL, THERMOSTAT. AND SEAL ON THE HEAD GASKET. *JB
THE SLIDING DOOR FAILED. *DT *NLM
THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET FAILED AT 60,000 MILES REQUIRING ABOUT $800 IN REPAIRS. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING VEHICLES FOR 35 YEARS AND HAVE NEVER SEEN AN INTAKE GASKET FAIL. I UNDERSTAND FROM MY MECHANIC THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND THAT GM IS AWARE OF IT. GM SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO REPAIR THIS DEFECT AS IT COULD LEAD TO A BLOWN ENGINE WHICH WOULD BE VERY DANGEROUS IN TRAFFIC.*JB
INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET ON THE 3.4L ENGINE IN MY 1999 CHEVROLET VENTURE FAILED. THIS IS A PERVASIVE KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE 3.4L ENGINE PRODUCED AND SOLD BY GM. GM HAS HAD A NATIONWIDE BACKORDER ON THE GASKED INVOLVED INDICATING REDESIGN DUE TO POOR INITIAL DESIGN. I HAD TO WAIT 4 MONTHS FOR THE GASKET TO BE DELIVERED AND THERE WERE 2 OTHER VENTURES IN THE REPAIR FACILITY UNABLE TO BE REPAIRED OR DRIVEN DUE TO THE BACKORDER. MY COST FOR REPAIR WAS $538. OTHERS HAVE HAD TO PAY OVER $4,000 DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE. THIS SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED AND GM MADE TO CONDUCT A NATIONWIDE RECALL/REIMBURSEMENT OF SAID REPAIR COSTS. IF YOU DESIRE I WILL PROVIDE MY REPAIR INVOICE. DUE TO THE PART FAILURE AND WAITING ON GASKET DELIVERY AND REPAIR, I MAY HAVE HIDDEN ENGINE DAMAGE THAT MAY SURFACE AT A LATER TIME.*JB
DEFECTIVE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET ON 1999 CHEVROLET VENTURE MINIVAN WITH 3.4 LITER V-6 ENGINE. INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET LEAKED COOLANT INTO ENGINE "GUMMING UP" AND CAUSED ENGINE TO SEIZE. STRANDED MY WIFE AND 3 KIDS. IMPACT OF SEIZING ENGINE SIMULATED A REAR-END COLLISION AS DESCRIBED BY MY WIFE WHO WAS DRIVING AT THE TIME.
I HAVE DEX-COOL COOLANT IN MY OIL. IT SEEMS THAT I HAVE A BAD GASKET, AND THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHERS WHO ALSO HAVE THIS PROBLEM WITH LEAKING GASKETS (WHICH HAVE BEEN REDESIGNED). I THINK THAT GM SHOULD FIX MY CAR PRIOR TO TOTAL CATASTROPHY OF ENGINE FAILURE WITH MY LESS THAN 1-YEAR OLD CHILD ON BOARD.
VAN CAUGHT ON FIRE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR (BY THE GAS TANK) WHILE WE WERE TRAVELLING ABOUT 65 MPH, AT NIGHT TIME, ON A CROWDED FREEWAY. THERE WAS NO WARNING, THE ONLY INDICATION I HAD THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WAS THAT THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON. OTHER PEOPLE ON THE FREEWAY WERE HONKING ETC BECAUSE THEY COULD SEE WHAT I COULD NOT. BY THE TIME I GOT DOWN TO ABOUT 40 MPH, ALL THE LIGHTS WENT OUT. I GOT IT OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. SMOKE FILLED THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. WE GOT OUT AND RAN. A WRECKER DRIVER PUT OUT MOST OF THE FIRE BEFORE THE FIRE DEPT. GOT THERE. I HAD THE VAN PICKED UP AND BROUGHT HOME. I CONTACTED GENERAL MOTORS AND ASKED THAT THEY COME TAKE A LOOK AT THIS THING. THEY DECLINED TO BE RESPONSIBLE AND REFUSED TO SEND ANYONE. I TOOK IT TO AN ELECTRICAL SHOP AND THEY DETERMINED THAT THE FIRE STARTED AT THE PLUG IN THE BACK WHERE YOU CAN PLUG IN A TV OR WHATEVER. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS COULDN'T/SHOULDN'T HAPPEN BUT IT DID. I HAVE HAD OTHER ELECTRICAL AS WELL AS MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH THIS THING. I BOUGHT IT NEW, NO ONE ELSE HAS EVER DRIVEN IT SO I KNOW THE HISTORY. I HAD THE WIRING REDONE BYPASSING THAT PLUG BUT I NOW HAVE A CHECK ENGINE, PASS KEY & AIRBAG LLIGHTS COMING ON. THE VEHICLE IS TOTALLED TO ME AS BOTH I AND MY KIDS ARE AFRAID TO RIDE IN IT. UNFORTUNATELY I STILL HAVE TO DRIVE IT SOME BECAUSE IT IS OUR ONLY VEHICLE.
MY 1999 CHEV. VENTURE STARTED LOSING ANTIFREEZE WHEN IT HAD ABOUT 75,000 MILE ON IT. IT WAS NOT LEAKING SO I REPLACED THE COOLENT WHEN IT WAS LOW. THEN AT 100,000 MILES IT BEGAN LEAKING. UPON TAKING IT TO MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP, THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE HEAD GASKETS WERE BAD AND NEEDED REPLACING. THE REPAIRS TOTALED TO $2,400.00. I KNOW OF ONE OTHER PERSON THAT HAS EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THEIR CHEV. VENTURE. I BELIEVE THIS IS DESIGN FAULT AND SHOULD BE COVERED BY GENERAL MOTORS.
VEHICLE WILL SHIFT HARD WHEN DRIVING IN CITY (STOP & GO) CONDITIONS,TO THE POINT WHERE YOU CAN FEEL THE JOLT IN THE FLOORBOARD WHEN SHIFT WAS MADE (ACTUALY BROKE TRACTION A COUPLE OF TIMES) THIS VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN (DOGGED) OR RACED AT THESE TIMES OF ACURRANCE.ONCE VEHICLE HAS BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY FOR A COUPLE OF MILES (ON THE WAY TO DEALERSHIP) FOR SERVICE TECH. TO RIDE WITH TO DIAGNOSE PROBLEM SHIFTING IS SMOOTH AGAIN.
AIRBAG LIGHT IS ALWAYS ON,VEHICLE WAS UNDER WARRANTY AT TIME.TOOK IN FOR REPAIR AND WAS TOLD IT WAS THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT ACTUATER.THIS PART WAS NOT COVERED BY THE WARRANTY!AND IN THE EVENT OF A ACCIDENT MY SEAT BELT WOULD NOT LOCK.
WINDSHEILD WIPERS COME ON BY THERE SELF AT RANDOM,AND ON DIFFERENT SETTINGS. HEADLIGHTS WILL WORK AT RANDOM. I KEEP HEARING A POPPING SOUND COMING FROM UNDER THE DASH,BUT OF COURSE SERVICE TECH CANNOT FIND A PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE.
1999 CHEVY VENTURE 47,827 MILES HAD TO REPLACE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. SO FAR WE ARE OUT $1027.54
COOLANT LEVEL KEPT DROPPING AND THE BRAKES FELT SPONGY. TOOK TO LOCAL DEALER AND FOUND THAT MAINFOLD GASKET WAS LEAKING AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THE REAR CYLINDERS WERE LEAKING AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. REPAIR COST $1078.00 FOR BOTH. THIS VAN ONLY HAS 56,000 MILES. GOOD TO SEE THAT OTHERS ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THESE COMPONENTS, MAYBE THE MANUFACTURER NEEDS TO RECALL AND FIX THESE PROBLEMS. A VEHICLE OWNER SHOULDN'T HAVE TO SPEND THIS KIND OF MONEY(FOR THESE KIND OF REPAIRS) AND RISK THEIR FAMILY ON THE ROADSIDE ON VEHICLES WITH THIS FEW OF MILES AND AGE. I'VE ALSO HAD AN AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ON FOR MOST OF THE TIME THAT I'VE HAD THE VEHICLE. IT WAS WORKED ON A COUPLE OF TIMES DURING THE WARRANTY PERIOD. THE DEALER SAID IT WAS AN AIR BAG SENSOR PROBLEM. THIS VEHICLE HAS FRONT AND SIDE AIR BAGS. I HOPE THE AIR BAGS DEPLOY IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT.
COOLANT FLOWED BACK INTO THE ENGINE. PH
I HAVE A 1999 CHEVY VENTURE WITH A LEAKING INTAKE MANIFOLD. MY DAUGHTER ALSO DRIVES A CHEVY AND HAD THE SAME REPAIR PERFORMED ON HER VEHICLE TWO MONTHS AGO. BOTH OF THESE VEHICLES HAVE LESS THAN 75,000 MILES ON THEM.
FOUND LEFT FRONT HALF SHAFT SEAPING FLUID ON AXLE SEAL
WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN AND WILL NOT RESTART AT ALL. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS
LOW COOLANT LITE COMES ON AND STARTS UPSHIFTING HARD, CHECKED COOLANT AND ISNT LOW, LEFT STRANDED SEVERAL TIMES, INTAKE GASKET
1999 CHEVY VENTURE. INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET BLEW
THE ENGINE BLEW WITH NO INDICATION OF MAJOR TROUBLE WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH ON INTERSTATE 5 AT AROUND 6PM. MAJOR SAFETY CONCERNS WITH NO POWER TO THE ACCESSORIES, HAVING TO COAST OFF THE FREEWAY EXIT AND HAVING TO PUSH THE VAN TO SAFETY. DEALER SAYS THAT IT MAY BE THE CAM SHAFT. I HAVE READ MANY CASES OF THE CAM SHAFT BREAKING OR CRACKING IN THESE VEHICLES, ESPECIALLY AFTER HAVING THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET REPLACED ( WHICH I HAVE AT 45000 MILES).
FAILURE OF ENGINE GASKETS
MY 1999 CHEV VENTURE VAN REQUIRED THE REPLACEMENT OF THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET AT ABOUT 65,500 MILES. SERVICE DEPARTMENT STATED THAT THIS WAS DUE TO A BAD BATCH OF MANIFOLD GASKETS AND THAT GMC WAS NOW GETTING GASKETS FROM ANOTHER SUPPLIER. THIS APPEARS TO BE A MAJOR PROBLEM WITHIN GM PRODUCTS; HOWEVER, NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED; NOR WAS THERE ANY OFFER OF A DISCOUNT OR REFUND FROM THE DEALER FOR THIS APPARENT DEFECT. THIS COULD BE CONSIDERED A SAFETY PROBLEM AS THE ENGINE COULD GET WATER IN IT AND FREEZE UP. IF THIS HAPPENS DURING THE WINTER, ON A BACKROAD IN MINNESOTA WHEN THE TEMPERATURE MAY BE WELL BELOW ZERO, SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES COULD FOLLOW. I SEE A PENDING LAW SUIT COMING.
CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING WHILE DRIVING AT 40MPH THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WENT UP AND DOWN, TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE NEAR SHOP, A TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSIS THE HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING, MANIFOLD FAILED AT 78000 MILES AND THE COOL FOUND LEAKING WILL PAID A COUPLE THOUSAND OF DOLLARS PH
MY 1999 CHEVROLET VENTURE VAN EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH THE INTAKE GASKETS LEAKING AND THUS CAUSING THE CAMSHAFT TO SNAP IN TWO WHILE THE CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN AT 40 MPH. THIS CAUSED A IMMEDIATE ENGINE SHUTDOWN AND LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. HAD THERE BEEN ANYONE BEHIND ME, I WOULD MOST CERTAINLY BEEN INJURED, AS WOULD ANYONE WHO WOULD BE SITTING BEHIND ME. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY MATTER AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED ACCORDINGLY. TS
LEAKING HEAD GASKET ON MY 1999 CHEVY VENTURE WITH LOW COOLANT LIGHT COMING ON FREQUENTLY THE VAN HAS ABOUT 70000. TS
IN JANUARY OF 2002, THE HEAT IN OUR 1999 CHEVY VENTURE STOPPED WORKING. THE VAN HAD AROUND 50 OR SO THOUSAND MILES AT THE TIME. THE DEALER IN BATON ROUGE ALL-STAR CHEVROLET COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM AND RECOMMENDED A COOLING-SYSTEM FLUSH AS THE COOLANT LEVEL LOOKED LOW IN THE RESERVOIR. THIS FLUSH WAS DONE AT ANOTHER SHOP IN TOWN. THIS DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM AND THIS SHOP RECOMMENDED I GO BACK TO THE DEALER. THE ENGINE WAS ALSO RUNNING HOT, SO TOOK IT INTO THE DEALER WITH THESE PROBLEMS. THIS DEALER DID AROUND $1,000 IN REPAIRS INCLUDING A WATER PUMP AND THERMOSTAT. THE PROBLEM WAS NOT FIXED AS I DROVE THE VAN HOME. I BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE DEALER THE NEXT DAY AND THEY LOOKED AT IT AND SAID THEY COULD SEE NOTHING WRONG AND WOULD NOT DO ANY MORE WORK. I THEN TOOK IT TO ANOTHER CHEVY DEALER (BRIAN HARRIS CHEVROLET) IN BATON ROUGE WITH MY PROBLEM. ULTIMATELY THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A CLOGGED HEATER CORE DUE TO SLUDGED ANTIFREEZE, AND ALSO A BLOWN HEAD GASKET AND OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE HEAD. THEY COMPLETELY FLUSHED THE SYSTEM OF THE SLUDGE AND THAT CORRECTED THE PROBLEM WITH THE HEAT NOT WORKING AND THE TEMPERATURE GUAGE RUNNING HOT. I HAD TO PAY OVER $500 DURING THE TIME OF TAKING IT BACK AND FORTH TO SHOPS FOR DIAGNOSIS, DEDUCTIBLES AND PARTS AND LABOR NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT I WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE PROBLEMS DUE TO THIS ANTIFREEZE AND SLUDGE PROBLEM THAT CAUSED THE NEED FOR THE REPAIRS. I AM ALSO CONCERNED THAT THIS OCCURRED ON A VE
1999 CHEVY VENTURE AT 40,000 MILES HAD TO HAVE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET REPLACED. WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEMS WITH THEM YET ALL I SEE ON THE INTERNET IS EVERYONE NEEDS TO REPLACE THEM AT ABOUT 40,000 MILES (JUST OVER WARRANTY).
AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON WHEN AIR BAG IS NOT DEPLOYED. ONCE THE LIGHT IS LIGHT, IT REMAINS LIGHT UNTIL VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF. THREE YEAR OLD VEHICLES SHOULD NOT EXPERIENCE INTERMITTANT RELIABILITY PROBLEMS.
INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET FAILED AT ABOUT 64, 000 MILES. COOLANT WAS FOUND LEAKING OUT IN THE REAR CORNER OF THE INTAKE. ALSO THERE WERE SIGNS OF COOLANT FOUND IN THE MOTOR OIL AFTER REMOVING THE VALVE COVERS. THIS REPAIR HAS COST ME ALMOST $600.00 ON A VEHICLE LESS THAN 4 YEARS OLD. THE AUTO REPAIR SHOP THAT DID MY REPAIR SAID THEY ARE CHANGING 1 TO 2 INTAKE GASKETS A WEEK ON THESE 3.4L V6 ENGINES. DT
CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE BRAKE LIGHT WILL COME ON AND STAY ON THE REMAINDER OF THE TIME VEHICLE IS BEING OPERATED. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS
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