2000 Chevrolet Venture complaints

I'VE HAD MY SEAT BELT FOR 2ND ROW SEATS FIXED SEVERAL TIMES. THE SEAT BELTS BECOME LOCK AND WRAPPED AROUND THE SEAT. THE DEALER HAS HAD TO PHYSICALLY REMOVE THE SEAT TO GET THE SEAT BELT TO RETRACT. I CURRENTLY CANNOT USE THE SEAT BELT UNTIL I GET IT BACK INTO THE DEALER.

CONTACT STATES: THE ABS ACTIVATES ON ITS OWN. WHILE HE IS DRIVING THE ABS SYSTEM IS ACTIVATED INTERMITTENTLY. *AK

TRANSMISSION ON 2000 CHEVY VENTURE VAN NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VAN IS NOT EVEN 5 YEARS OLD AND IS UNDER 60, 000 MILES. WE ALSO HAD TO HAVE CRACKED GASKETS REPAIRED ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO. I HAVE HEARD OF A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVING DIFFICULTIES WITH THEIR SIMILAR VEHICALS.*AK

THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED THE DRIVER OPENED THE DOOR TO EXIT THE VEHICLE AND WITHOUT WARNING THE DOOR CLOSED ON ITS OWN. THIS CAUSE THE DRIVER'S ARM TO BECOME CAUGHT INSIDE OF THE DOOR. THE DRIVER WENT TO THE HOSPITAL ON THEIR OWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM

MY WIFE, DEBORA WAS A PASSENGER IN THE BACK SEAT OF A CHEVROLET VENTURE MINIVAN. AS SHE OPENED THE SLIDING DOOR WITH THE HANDLE HER ARM BECAME PINNED AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE SEAT AND EDGE OF THE DOOR JAM. THE POWERED DOOR CONTINUED TO OPEN UNTIL HER WRIST SNAPPED. I HAVE LOOKED AT HOW THIS COULD HAPPENED AND SAW THIS OBVIOUS AUTOMOTIVE DESIGN FLAW. MY WIFE IS CURRENTLY AWAITING SURGERY, WHICH WILL INCLUDE TITANIUM PLATE & SCREWS. WHO KNOWS THE EVENTUAL OUTCOME ? MY COMPLAINT AND QUESTIONS ARE THESE.. IN YOUR RECALL SEARCH I FIND YOUR ASSIGNED RECALL # 04V-597 AND GM'S RECALL #04110. MY WIFES WRIST WAS BROKEN ON APRIL 16TH BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEM AS STATED IN THAT RECALL. WHY HASN'T THE VEHICLE OWNER (ORIGINAL OWNER) BEEN NOTIFIED OF THIS INJURY CAUSING PROBLEM? I'VE SPOKEN TO CHEVY DEALERSHIP OWNERS, WHO SAY THEY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE YET OF THIS RECALL. GM HAS A DATABASE OF ALL ORIGINAL OWNERS AS DO DEALERSHIPS. IS IT TOO DIFFICULT OR TOO EXPENSIVE TO BULK MAIL YOUR CUSTOMERS. SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE, DE-ACTIVATE THE DOOR TILL WE GET YOU A NEW HANDLE. ASK THE OWNERS TO CAUTION PASSENGERS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. WELL, GMS PROBLEM BECAME MY PROBLEM. FARMERS INSURANCE WON'T PAY FOR THE INJURY BECAUSE THEIR CLIENT (CAR OWNER) WAS NOT NEGLIGENT. THANKS FOR LISTENING. STEVE DEPOYSTER. *NM

LOSING OIL ON 2000 CHEVROLET VENTURE MINIVAN AND WENT FOR SERVICE. THEY FOUND THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS LEAKING COOLANT AND OIL. THEY EXPLAINED THIS WOULD HAVE CAUSED CRITICAL ENGINE ISSUE IF LEFT. HAVE READ MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS WITH THIS EXACT PROBLEM AND ALSO SERVICE NOTES FROM GM ON THIS TOPIC. THE VAN HAS ONLY 49000 MILES. I PAID OVER $950 TO FIX A GM DEFECT.*AK

AIR BAG LAMP GOES ON /OFF WHEN MANUALY MOVING SEATS IN FRONT. MY AIR BAG LAMP WILL GO ON IF I MOVE THE SEATS IN MY CAR EITHER FWD OR BACK. CAN GET LAMP TO GO OUT IF I MOVE SEAT VERY LITTLE.*AK

THE AIR BAG LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE IS AT THE DEALER. *AK THE PASSENGER SEAT BELT PRETENSIONER WAS INSTALLED WITH AN ACTIVATION CABLE UNDER THE SEAT TRACK. OVER TIME, THE WIRING IN THE CABLE SHORTED INTERNALLY REQUIRING REPLACEMENT. WITHOUT REPLACEMENT THE AIRBAG SYSTEM WAS INOPERATIVE. THERE WAS ALSO A COOLANT LEAK WHICH WAS FOUND IN THE LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH DRIVER WAS NOT ABLE TO SHIFT GEARS. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE IT TO A GARAGE FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE COMPUTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

LABOR DAY 2004 TRAVELING THROUGH ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, ENGINE COOLANT OVERHEATED. HAD REPLACED COOLANT 2 MONTHS PREVIOUS. TEMPERATURE GAUGE NOW ALWAYS SHOWS COOL. TODAY HAD ROUTINE OIL CHANGE AND SHOP ADVISED INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET LEAKING AND NEEDING REPLACED. UPON RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM, DISCOVERED IT IS EXTREMELY COMMON ON CHEVROLET 3.4L ENGINE AND OFTEN LEADS TO CAM SHAFT AND EVEN TOTAL ENGINE FAILURE AND REPLACEMENT. GM CURRENTLY IGNORING CONDITION.*AK

FUEL GAUGE ERRATIC AND DOES NOT ACCURATELY REFLECT AMOUNT OF FUEL IN TANK. LOW FUEL LIGHT COMES ON REGARDLESS OF FUEL LEVEL IN TANK.*AK

HAD PROBLEMS WITH REAR BRAKES WHEN VEHICLE WAS FIRST PURCHASED. THEY WERE NOISY AND CLUNKY, DEALER FOUND THEM TO BE 'NORMAL' BUT DIRTY AND CLEANED THEM. WHEN FRONT BRAKES WERE REPLACED AT ~15,000 MILES (VERY EARLY WEAR OUT AND NOISY) REAR BRAKES WERE CHECKED AGAIN AND FOUND TO BE EXCESSIVELY DIRTY/GREASY-THEY WERE CLEANED AGAIN. AT ~ 35,000 MILES THE PARKING BRAKE WOULD SOMETIMES SEEM TO STICK ON. REAR BRAKES BECAME LESS EFFECTIVE AT ~46,000 MILES, FOUND THAT BOTH REAR WHEEL CYLINDERS WERE LEAKING ONTO BRAKE SHOES. BOTH WHEEL CYLINDERS WERE REPLACED. *NM

SEVERE SHAKING WAS OCCURRING WHEN BRAKING. VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND I WAS TOLD THAT THE WHEELS NEEDED TO BE BALANCED. SITUATION KEPT OCCURRING. IT WAS FINALLY DISCOVERED (FIGURED OUT) THAT THE TIE ROD WAS WORN AT 43,000 MILES. VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO DRIVEN ON HIGHWAY. LEFT OUTER TIE ROD WAS WORN OUT. *NM

AT APPROXIMATELY 47,000 MILES THERE WAS DETERMINED TO BE A CONSUMPTION OF COOLANT, WITH NO LEAKS OUTSIDE OF THE ENGINE. THERE WAS THEN A LEAK THAT STARTED OUTSIDE OF THE ENGINE A FEW HUNDRED MILES LATER. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR REPAIR ($800) OF THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. UPON RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THIS FAILURE IS VERY COMMON TO THE GM V6 ENGINES (WHICH THE SERVICE MANAGER CONFIRMED). THIS NEEDS TO BE A RECALL!! GM IS AWARE OF THIS WITH TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN 03-06-01-010. *NM

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER VEHICLE AT THE FRONT RIGHT FENDER, SPEED WAS UNDETERMINED). THIS CAUSED CONSUMER'S VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO A TREE HEAD ON. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER FRONTAL AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. BOTH THE DRIVER AND THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED INJURIES, AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED.*AK...PICTURE ENCLOSED. *AK

THE VEHICLE DEVELOPED A SMELL THAT WAS FOUL, WITH A SLIGHT ODOR OF ANTIFREEZE. DEALER REPLACED THE FILTERS. HOWEVER, THE SMELL WAS STILL THERE. CURRENTLY, A COOLANT LIGHT CAME ON AND THE ANTIFREEZE WAS LEAKING INTO THE OIL. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE LOCKS, AND THE POWER WINDOWS. OWNER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, WHO INDICATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. *AK

THE SLIDING DOOR FAILED TO REOPEN WHEN AN OBJECT WAS IN THE WAY OF CLOSING AS DESIGNED TO DO. THIS CAUSED INJURIES TO UPPER TORSO. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

I'M WRITING YOU THIS LETTER SINCE GM HAS REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEY HAVE A FACTORY DEFECT IN THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET AND BOLTS OF MAY OF THEIR GM VEHICLES.: TO INCLUDE MY 2000 CHEV VENTURE. RECENTLY WHILE ON A LONG TRIP OVER THE HOLIDAYS I NOTICED THE LOW COOLANT LIGHT HAD ILLUMINATED AND DISCOVERED OUR COOLANT WAS LEAKING. I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP TODAY AND IT COST ME $895 FOR THE REPAIR...NOT BAD COMPARED TO SOME BUT STILL A COST ONE WOULDN'T EXPECT TO PAY ON A CAR ONLY 3.5 YEARS OLD AND 70K MILES. MY WIFE AND I HAVE DONE SOME EXTENSIVE RESEARCH AND FOUND THIS SEEMS TO BE A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM WITH GM CARS BUT YET THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THE PROBLEM. THE RESULT OF THESE GASKET FAILURES IS CLEARLY A DESIGN FLAW AND WE'VE N DOCUMENTATION WHERE YOUR COMPANY IS PAYING FOR OTHER MODELS MANIFOLD REPAIR COST. LOOKING OVER THIS SITE AND OTHERS DEDICATED TO THIS PROBLEM I'VE FOUND NUMEROUS OTHER STORIES SIMILAR AND MANY EVEN WORSE. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE GM IS NOT STEPPING UP TO FIX THE COST OF THESE REPAIRS....THEY WILL LOSE MY BUSINESS. *JB

PREMATURE FAILURE OF INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET//G.M. HAS NEW REVISED ONE ??? CAR HAS 40,000 MI 2000 CHEV. VENTURE 3.4 MOTOR IT IS A KNOWN FACT THAT G.M. HAS A BIG PROBLEM OUT THERE. POSS. DAMAGE TO INTERNAL MOTOR IF COOLANT LEAKS INSIDE!!!! VERY COSTLY TOO CONSUMER./// THE DEXCOOL COOLANT SEEMS TO BE THE PROBLEM ALSO// VERY CORROSIVE TO GASKETS. LOOKED AT MITCHELL. TECH. BULLETIN FOUND OUT ABOUT EARLY INTAKE GASKET FAILURE.WITH NOTE ON REVISED GASKET. I SEEM TO FEEL G.M. SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THIS EVEN IF A DEDUCTIBLE APPLIES .THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. IF YOU CAN LEAD ME IN A DIRECTION TO TAKE I WOULD APPR. IT. S.T.*JB

I OWN A 2000 CHEVY VENTURE WITH 52000 MILES. I RECENTLY NOTICED SMALL PUDDLES OF ANTI-FREEZE ON MY GARAGE FLOOR. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK MY VAN TO MY MECHANIC AND HE STATES THAT A LEAK IS COMING FROM THE MANIFOLD INTAKE GASKET. I DISCOVERED THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH GM VEHICLES WITH THIS TYPE OF ENGINE AND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN FILED. GM KNOWS OF THIS MANFACTURER DEFECT BUT FAILS TO ACT IN REPAIRING THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND CAN CAUSE MAJOR ENGINE PROBLEMS IF NOT REPAIRED IF OTHER DAMAGE HAS NOT ALREADY OCCURED DUE THIS MANUFACTURER DEFECT. THE OUT OF POCKET COST TO THE CONSUMER IS SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS ON UP.*AK

WHEN MAKING A SHARP RIGHT 90 DEGREE TURN THE INSIDE COURTESY LIGHTS CAME ON. DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT A SHORT IN THE IGNITION SWITCH CREATED A SHORT IN THE STEERING COLUMN SWITCH WHICH WAS REPLACED. CURRENTLY, THE PROBLEM RECURRED. DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. *AK

CHEVY VENTURE HAS A SPORADIC POWER SLIDING DOOR. SOMETIMES IT WILL OPEN AND THEN IT WILL REVERSE AND START TO CLOSE. MOST TIMES IT DOES NOT CLOSE SECURELY. *BF *JB

2000 CHEVROLET VENTURE VAN REQUIRED REPLACEMENT OF INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS AT APROXIMATLEY 60,000 MILES FORTUNATIELY NO ENGINE DAMAGE AND COST WAS ONLY AROUND $600.00.*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. CONSUMER WILL CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER.*AK

THE CHEST BUCKLE ON THE BUILT-IN CHILD SAFETY SEAT IN MY 2000 CHEVROLET VENTURE CAN BE PULLED OPEN WITHOUT PUSHING THE RELEASE BUTTON. THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY INJURIES BUT THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO MY MOTHER'S VAN, ALSO A GENERAL MOTORS VEHICLE. HER DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE ENTIRE BELT SYSTEM OF THE SEAT. GENERAL MOTORS HAS TOLD ME MY SEAT IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE AND THEY CANNOT DO ANYTHING TO HELP ME. I THINK THERE MAY BE A DEFECT AND AM AFRAID CHILDREN CAN BE HARMED OR EVEN KILLED IF INVILVED IN AN ACCIDENT.*AK

DRIVER'S SIDE REAR SLIDING DOOR CAME OFF AS THE VALET WAS PULLING THE VEHICLE INTO THE PARKING AREA. MANUFACTURER HAD NOT MADE CONTACT WITH THE CONSUMER.*AK. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED, GIVEN FILE # 1-283933112, AND HAS MADE NO ATTEMPTS TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM. PROMISES OF RETURN CALLS HAVE NOT MATERIALIZED. *AK

AIR BAG LIGHT TURNED ON AND OFF. FOUND THAT WIRES IN AIR BAG WERE PULLED OUT AND TORN WHEN TAKEN IN FOR CHECK UP.*AK

THE CAR WOULD NOT ALWAYS START, SO I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER UNDER WARRANTY, AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE ONE OF THE CABLES THAT ATTACHED TO THE BATTERY HAD MELTED (OF COURSE THE BATTERY WAS ALSO DRAINED). ALSO, MY TURN SIGNALS BLINKED QUICKLY WHEN THE BRAKES WERE ON. WITHIN THREE WEEKS, MY BRAKE LIGHTS DID NOT WORK IF THE HEADLIGHTS OR TURN SIGNALS WERE USED. WHEN I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, THE PANELS FOR THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE REPLACED. IT APPEARS THAT THERE WAS A LEAK IN THE CASING OF THE BREAK LIGHTS AND THE WATER CAUSED THE CONNECTORS TO ALSO MELT. NOW, AFTER OVER $500 IN REPAIRS THAT WERE NOT COVERED BY MY WARRANTY, THE AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON WHILE DRIVING FOR NO APPARENT REASON.*AK

61,000 LOSING COLLANT DUE TO INTAKE GASKET LEAKING. I HAVE READ SEVERAL COMPLAINTS OF THIS PROBLEM AND NOTHING IS BEING DONE. WHY NOT? *JB

WHILE PULLING INSIDE OF THE GARAGE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED INTO A BRICK WALL. CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND VEHICLE STOPPED. BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK

HAD TO REPLACE THE LOWER INTAKE MANIFOLD ON THE COOLENT SYSTEM

WHEN THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES, THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE ABS LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. THE CONSUMR WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE ABS BRAKING MODULAR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

I TOOK OUR 2000 CHEVROLET VENTURE MINIVAN IN FOR SERVICE AND THEY FOUND THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET WAS FAILING. THIS WAS CAUSING ANTI FREEZE TO LEAK INTO THE ENGINE WHICH EVENTUALLY WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE ENGINE TO NEED TO BE REBUILT. COME TO FIND OUT THE NEXT DAY THERE IS A GM TSB 03-06-01-010 ON THIS EXACT PROBLEM. OUR VAN HAS ONLY 45,000 MILES ON IT AND I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS SHOULD FAIL ESPECIALLY WITH SO FEW MILES ON IT.*AK

AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR CLOSED ON MY DAUGHTER'S HAND. IT DID NOT STOP CLOSING, AND I HAD TO FORCEFULLY OPEN IT TO FREE HER HAND. HER HAND WAS SMASHED BETWEEN DOOR EDGE AND DOOR FRAME. *AK

1) VEHICLE CONSISTENTLY LOW ON OIL. 2) DETERMINED THAT OIL WAS LINKING INTO THE COOLING SYSTEM DUE TO FAILED INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. 3) GASKET (PART# 89017279) WAS REPLACED.*AK

JUST ANOTHER VENTURE WITH FAULTY INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. ALSO HAD SHORT IN FUSE TERMINAL BLOCK. LAST CHEVY I WILL OWN.*AK

PURCHASED A NEW CHEVY VENTURE VAN IN MAY OF 2000, AT 19,000 MILES IT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET NEEDED TO REPLACED. WORK WAS PERFORMED UNDER WARRANTY AT THE SAME DEALERSHIP. NOW AT 42,800 MILES, THE SAME GASKET IS LEAKING AGAIN. ALTHOUGH, I PURCHASED THE EXTENDED WARRANTY IN MAY 2000, THEY SAY SOMEONE CALLED & CANCELLED THE WARRANTY A YEAR AGO. HOW CAN THEY AVOID THE HUGE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS CONCERNING THIS PROBLEM WITH NO RECALLS? *JB

INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INOPERABLE, OBSTRUCTING THE DRIVER'S VIEW. INDEPENDENT SHOP REPLACED THE MODULE AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE OF $280.00. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED. *AK

PASSENGER SIDE POWER ASSIST SLIDING DOOR FELL OFF OF THE REAR SLIDING ROLLER GUIDE AFTER IT FROZE HALF OPEN/SHUT. THE DOOR HAS BEEN MAKING FUNNY SOUNDS WHEN OPENING AND CLOSING FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS. THE DOOR HAS ALSO BEEN OPENING BACK UP WHEN IT TRIES TO CLOSE. THE OUTER SLIDING TRACK HAS BENT SOMEHOW? I AM GUESSING IT IS PART OF THE NOISE THE DOOR HAS BEEN MAKING. AFTER DISASSEMBLY OF THE DOOR AND THE INTERIOR COMPARTMENT, IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE ACTUATOR CABLES MAKING MOST OF THE NOISE. THE PLASTIC LINER ON THE CABLES HAD BEEN STRIPPED OFF AND THE CABLES HAD BEEN BALLED UP AND THEY ARE STARTING TO FREY. I HAVE REBENT THE TRACK TO ACCEPT THE SLIDING ROLLERS AND I HAVE REMOVED THE CABLES FROM THE DOOR TO ALLOW THE DOOR TO OPEN AND CLOSE MANUALLY.

I WAS THE ONLY OWNER OF A 2000 CHEVORLET VENTURE UNTIL TWO MONTHS AGO WHEN THE DOOR (SLIDING) FELL OFF FOR THE FOURTH TIME. BECAUSE GM REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT BEYOND REPAIR IT FOR THE FOURT TIME FOR FREE, I TRADED IN THE VEHICLE. I WAS NOT AT ALL AMUSED THAT MY DAUGHTER FELL OUT THE DOOR AND COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED. THANK GOD SHE WASN'T. THE VAN HAD BEEN FIXED THREE TIMES PREVIOUSLY FROM THE DOOR FALLING OFF. CHEVORLET COULD ONLY VERIFY ONE TIME THAT IT WAS REPAIRED BECAUSE THE DEALERS DID NOT ENTER THE REPAIR INTO THEIR COMPUTERS. I HAD ALL MY RECEIPTS SAYING WHAT WAS DONE TO THE VEHICLE IN HAND WRITTEN NOTICES. HOWEVER, CHEVORLET DID NOT BELIEVE ME AND CHOSE TO IGNOR THE PROBLEM. I AM VERY SORRY THAT SOMEONE ELSE'S CHILD MIGHT GET HURT BECAUSE CHEVORLET IGNORED THE PROBLEM.*AK

GAS GUAGE DOES NOT REGISTER UNLESS THE TANK IS TOTALLY FULL, THEN IT JUST DROPS DOWN TO EMPTY WHENEVER IT WANTS. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD DUE TO ENDING UP WITH AN EMPTY GAS TANK AT ANY TIME. THE ONLY THING THAT I CAN DO IS TRY TO KEEP TRACK OF MY MILES. THIS HAS ALSO HAPPENED TO A FRIEND OF OURS WHOM ALSO OWNS THE SAME BRAND OF VAN.*AK

IT STARTED THE SECOND WEEK OF JUNE ARE 2000 CHEVY VENTURE VAN POWER SLIDING DOOR STOP WORKING AND WAS IN THE LOCK POSITION AND COULD NOT BE UNLOCK EITHER BY POWER OR MANUALLY.I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND HAD TO PAY OVER 600.00 TO GET THAT REPAIRED. MY PROBLEM IS WHAT IF THIS HAPPENS AGAIN AND I GET INTO A WRECK THERE WOULD BE NO WAY I COULD GET MY KIDS OUT OF CAR. SO IF YOU CAN HELP ME WITH THIS I WOULD APPERIATED IT. I THINK THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SOMETHING THEY COULD HAVE PAY FOR. THANKS. *AK

TRANSMISSION EXPERIENCED SOME SLIPPING AND SHOWED AN 1811 CODE ON THE COMPUTER. REQUIRED TRANSMISSION TO BE REBUILT AT A COST OF $2100 AT 63000 MILES. FOURTH GEAR WAS STRIPPED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING/PARKING FRONT MIDDLE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR WOULD NOT RETRACT BACK. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

THE COOLANT LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND OFF. WE HAVE ADDED COOLANT THROUGHOUT THE WINTER AND THEN AGAIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO (JUNE 2004). WE BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFECT OR A LEAK. *JB

SINCE PURCHASING MY 2000 CHEVROLET VENTURE MINIVAN IN OCTOBER, 2000, I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING LOSS OF COOLANT SINCE DECEMBER, 2003. AT THIS TIME THE CAR HAD JUST OVER 75,000 MILES ON IT. NONE THE LESS I HAD KEPT SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE ON THE VAN. ON EVERY SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE CHEVROLET PRESCRIBES ( FROM 7,500 MILES TO 90,000+) "CHECK FOR OIL AND COOLANT LEAKS" IS LISTED. I FIND IT DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE THAT AT NO TIME DURING ANY OF THESE CHECK UP THE MECHANIC AT THE DEALER DID NOT NOTICE A COOLANT LEAK UNTIL 80,000+ MILES LATER AND AFTER MY WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. NOW, I HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD IS LEAKING AND THE REPAIRS ARE GOING TO COST ~$900.00. I CONTACTED GM CUSTOMER SERVICE, AND WAS GIVEN SEVERAL EXCUSES TO JUSTIFY CHEVROLET'S ACTION, (OR LACK THEROF), FROM "THAT'S A LOT OF MILES. AND ANY PART IS GOING TO WEAR OUT AFTER A WHILE" TO "IF THERE NEEDED TO BE A RECALL IT WOULD HAVE TO BE DEMANDED BY THE GOVERNMENT". HOGWASH!!! BASED ON THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS I HAVE READ THIS EVENING, AND EVEN THE VERBAL CONFIRMATION FROM MY SERVICE ADVISOR THAT "WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF THESE", CHEVROLET DOES NOT HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO SAY, WE HAVE A PROBLEM AND WE NEED TO FIX IT. *LA

THE GAS GAUGE IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. IT WILL TELL INCORRECT FUEL LEVEL, USUALLY EITHER COMPLETELY FULL OR SAY FLAT ON EMPTY EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THERE IS GAS IN IT. *AK

COOLAND LEVEL LIGHT CAME ON NEXT DAY DISCOVERED COOLANT LEAK RIGHT SIDE

THE THIRD REAR SEAT BELT LOCKED ONTO THE CONSUMER. THE SEAT BELT HAD TO BE CUT SO THE CONSUMER COULD GET OUT OF SEAT BELT. *NLM CONSUMER'S DAUGHTER WAS INJURED WHEN SEAT BELT LOCKED. *LA