2001 Chevrolet Venture complaints

DRIVING SOUTH ON I-5, AT APPROX 70MPH, REAR TIRES WENT FLAT. FIRST, REAR PASSENGER TIRE BLEW TO SHREDS AND SIDEWALL SEPARATED. CAR STARTED TO FISHTAIL AND REAR, DRIVER SIDE, TIRE WENT FLAT, PROBABLY ROLLED OFF OF THE RIM. DEALERSHIP LOOKED AT TIRES AND CONFIRMED THAT TIRE IS DEFECTIVE, DAMAGE NOT CAUSED BY ROAD HAZARD. HAVE NOT YET SUBMITTED PROBLEM TO FIRESTONE. IN PROCESS OF FILING CLAIM. CURRENTLY HAVE POSSESSION OF ALL FOUR TIRES. REPLACED ALL ORIGINAL TIRES 'CAUSE WIFE IS AFRAID TO DRIVE VAN.*AK

WHILE TRANSMISSION IS ON DRIVE AND GOING UP A HILL COULD TAKE OFF FOOT FROM BRAKES TO ACCELERATOR AND VEHICLE WILL ROLL BACKWARD. BUT THE SAME MOTION HAD HAPPENED WHEN DRIVING DOWN A HILL WILL ROLL FOWARD WHEN TRYING TO REVERSE. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING COULD STEP ON BRAKE PEDAL, AND AT THE TIME WILL GO ALWAY TO THE FLOOR. DEALER WAS CONTACTED,.PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER HAD NOTICED SOME PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY REPLACED INNER TIE ROD. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING SUDDENLY THE ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER TO CORRECT PROBLEM. HAD BEEN FIXED, BUT CONSUMER BELIEVED THAT IT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE GOING DOWNHILL APPLIED BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. BRAKES WOULD NOT HOLD. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK

INTEGRATED CHILD SAFETY SEAT THAT IS EQUIPPED WITH BUCKLE ASSEMBLY THAT IS POSITIONED BETWEEN CHILD'S LEGS. THIS HAS CAUSED CHILD'S TESTICLES TO SWELL. *AK*JG

IN A LOW SPEED, LOW IMPACT CRASH, THE CHEST CLIP ON THE INTEGRAL CHILD SAFETY SEAT CAME OPEN. MY SON HAD MARKS ON HIS SHOLDERS. HARMON CHEVROLET ORDERED A NEW SEAT, BUT THE NEW ONE PERFORMED THE SAME WAY. THE CHEST STRAP IS WEAK ENOUGH FOR MY FOUR YEAR OLD TO PUSH HIS CHEST AGAINST IT WHEN STRAPPED IN AND POP IT OPEN. HARMON CONTACTED GM AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE SEAT WAS DESIGNED TO OPEN IN A CRASH. I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT IF A MINOR CRASH CAUSED MARKS THAT A HIGH IMPACT CRASH WOULD BREAK HIS BACK WHEN HE WAS IMPELLED FORWARD. I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF A CHILD CAR SEAT BEING DESIGNED TO COME OPEN AND AM QUITE CONVINCED THAT THE OPPOSITE IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN. THE SEAT IS VERY POORLY DESIGNED IN THAT THERE IS A HARD BAR SITUATED DIRECTLY UNDER THE BUTTOCKS AND IS UNSAFE IN THAT IT WILL NOT PROTECT A CHILD IN A CRASH. I WOULD TRULY LIKE TO SEE THESE FLAWS FIXED PROMPTLY.*AK

ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF AFTER ENGINE RECEIVED 15000 MILE CHECK FROM DEALER. STAYED ON FOR A WEEK THEN OFF BY ITSELF.NOW BACK ON. WILL RETURN VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR CHECK.*AK

DOORS UNLOCK AND LOCK INVOLUNTARY WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. CONSUMER HAS GOTTEN STUCK IN VEHICLE DUE TO DOORS LOCKING AFTER BEING UNLOCKED. VEHICLE HAS BEEN INTO THE DEALER 4 TIMES FOR PROBLEM.*AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY WITH ENGINE RUNNING, DRIVER REPORTEDLY PUT VEHICLE IN PARK, CHILD IN CHILD SEAT IN REAR SEAT, DRIVER CARRIED PACKAGE IN HOUSE, VEHICLE WENT DOWN DRIVEWAY FORWARD ACROSS HIGHWAY AND INTO DITCH. DRIVER FOUND VEHICLE RUNNING, SHIFT LEVER IN PARK AND INSTRUMENT PANEL INDICATOR SHOWING DRIVE. SUBMITTED BY DAVID DAUBERT, P.E. *YD

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK CONSUMER STATES THERE WERE 2 INJURIES AND ONE FATALITY. *YH

1. THE AUTOMATIC POWER DOOR HAS NO SENSOR. IF YOU ARE STANDING IN ITS WAY WHEN THE DOOR IS CLOSING, IT WILL CLOSE ON YOU BEFORE IT RETRACTS. IF MY CHILD WOULD GET CAUGHT IN THE DOOR, IT COULD DO SUBSTANTIAL HARM. 2. THERE ARE 2 BUCKET SEATS IN THE BACK OF THIS MINIVAN. THEY ARE SPACED 4.7 INCHES APART. MY SON WHO IS 2 YEARS OLD (35LBS AND 38") WAS INSIDE THE CAR AND REACHED BETWEEN THE SEATS TO RETRIEVE SOMETHING IN THE TRUNK AREA. HE BECAME WEDGED BETWEEN THE SEATS AND COULD NOT FREE HIMSELF. THANKFULLY, WE WERE ABLE TO LIFT HIM OUT BEFORE ANYTHING HAPPENED. IF THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED DURING THE SUMMER AND WE DID NOT NOTICE HE WAS IN THE CAR, HE COULD HAVE SUFFOCATED. 3. THE WAY THE CAR IS DESIGNED WITH ALL BUCKET SEATS, IT MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO ATTACH BOOSTER SEATS AND CAR SEATS PROPERLY. THE BUCKLES THAT CLASP THE SEATBELTS DO NOT STAND UP TO FACE UPWARDS, THEY FACE TO THE FRONT OF THE CAR. THEREFORE, YOU CAN NOT GET A GOOD CONNECTION FOR THE SEATS TO FIT SECURELY. I WENT TO CAR SEAT CLINICS SPONSORED BY CHEVY AND THE "PROFESSIONALS" COULD NOT GET THE SEATS TO FIT PROPERLY AND WITHOUT MOVEMENT. FOR A CAR THAT WAS DESIGNED WITH CHILDREN IN MIND, THEY DID A SORRY JOB. I FEEL THIS CAR TO BE UNSAFE FOR ANY CHILD UNDER 40 POUNDS! PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THESE PROBLEMS LIGHTLY - MY CHILDREN'S LIVES ARE AT STAKE.*AK

WHEN BACKING OUT VEHICLE WILL JUMP AND THEN ACCELERATE . BRAKES WILL NOT STOP VEHICLE. SOMETIMES VEHICLE WOULD JUMP AND STOP. ALSO, VEHICLE IS DOING THE SAME THING WHEN PUT ITTO DRIVE. WHEN STOPPING AND TAPPING GAS PEDAL LIGHTLY VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE FORWARD. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH VEHICLE.*AK

HARNESS OF CHILD SAFETY SEAT WILL NOT TIGHTEN ANY LONGER. ONCE TIGHTENED IT WILL NOT LOCK. THIS PART WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY IN JULY 2001. *AK *YH

SON WAS PUTTING CD PLAYER UNDER THE REAR BENCH SEAT AND WAS BADLY CUT BY A DEFECTIVE PART UNDER THE SEAT. HE RECEIVED 5 STAPLES ON HIS RIGHT THUMB. PART WAS INSPECTED BY DEALERSHIP.THEY REFERRED TO IT AS A PAN THAT IS STAMPED FROM A PRESS.

THE CONSUMER RENTED THE VEHICLE FOR TRAVEL, WHILE DRIVING THE LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT SUDDENLY(FIRESTONE). NLM

MY 13 YEAR OLD SON REACHED UNDER THE REAR BENCH SEAT TO HIDE HIS CD PLAYER IN A PARKING LOT OF A MALL AND WAS SEVERLY CUT BY A SHARP PLATE THAT IS PART OF THE SEAT. WE HAD TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM WHERE HE RECEIVED 5 STAPLES IN HIS THUMB. GM IS TAKING NO RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE THEY STATED THAT YOU SHOULD NOT REACH UNDER ANY SEAT. THE DEALERSHIP CHECKED THE PART AND SAID IT IS FAULTY. IT WAS LEFT EXTREMELY SHARP AND HAD METAL SPURS STICKING OUT. THEY BELIEVE IT TO BE DEFECTIVE. THEY GLUED DOOR TRIM TO IT FOR SAFETY. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PART. PLEASE HELP.

THIS ACCIDENT HAPPENED IN A RENTAL CAR THROUGH NATIONAL CAR RENTAL IN FT. LAUDERDALE, FL. MY WRIST WAS BROKEN IN THIS INCIDENT WHICH I BELIEVE WAS CAUSED BY THE AUTOMATIC MOTORIZED DOOR WHICH WAS SLOW TO KICK IN AND BY THE LARGE HANDLE/LEVER ON THE DOOR WHICH YOU MUST PULL TO ENGAGE THE MOTOR. I WAS A PASSENGER IN THE BACK SEAT ON RT. SIDE BY AUTOMATIC MOTORIZED SLIDING DOOR STRAPPED INTO MY SEAT BELT. WE WERE PARKED AND READY TO GET OUT. I GRABBED LEVER TO OPEN THE DOOR. LEVER IS SUPPOSED TO ENGAGE THE MOTOR BUT THE MOTOR DID NOT START SO I PULLED BACK SOME MORE AND IT OPENED ABOUT ANOTHER FOOT OR SO AND STILL DID NOT ENGAGE THE MOTOR. ON THE THIRD PULL THE MOTOR SUDDENLY ENGAGED BUT THE POSITION OF MY HAND AROUND THIS LARGE LEVER AND THE FACT THAT MY ELBOW WAS BACKED AGAINST THE BACK OF THE SEAT, IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO EXTRICATE MY HAND. THE DOOR, WITH MY HAND AROUND THE LEVER, DRAGGED BACKWARDS UNTIL IT SNAPPED MY WRIST IN HALF. I INCURRED A RIGHT DISTAL RADIAL FRACTURE AND BEING RIGHT HANDED AND AN ARTIST AND ART TEACHER IT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT TO SAY THE LEAST. I FEEL THAT THE DESIGN OF THE SLIDING DOOR HANDLE IS A HAZARD AND SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR A RECALL. OTHER AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOORS ON OTHER MINIVANS TEND TO HAVE A BUTTON OR A SMALL HANDLE THAT WOULD NOT CATCH THE HAND AND DRAG IT BACKWARDS CAUSING INJURY. I WONDERED IF I WAS THE ONLY PERSON TO WHOM THIS HAPPENED. THE RENTAL COMPANY HAD CHEVY INSPECTORS CHECK THE DOOR AND SAID IT WORKED FINE BUT FOR THE ENTIRE TRIP TH

CHEVOLET VENTURE 2001 WAS RENTED FROM ENTERPRISE FOR A TRIP FROM CT. TO PA. THE BACK TRUNK OF THE VAN WAS CLOSED IN A NORMAL WAY, AND WITHIN 3 SECONDS, THE FRONT PASSENGER WINDOW SHATTERED.*AK

FRONT WINDSHIELD GLASS WAS BLURRY, AND NO OBJECT COULD BE SEEN CLEARLY. DEALER HAD REPLACED IT WITH ANOTHER WINDSHIELD GLASS, AND SAME PROBLEM WAS HAPPENING WITH REPLACED ONE. *AK

EGR VALVE FAILURE. *AK