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1996 Chevrolet Venture Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Mar 12, 2007
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Oct 7, 2002

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1996 Chevrolet Venture. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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Engine
Filed Mar 12, 2007

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 CHEVROLET VENTURE. THE VEHICLE WAS OVERHEATING AND THE ANTIFREEZE LEVEL WAS DROPPING. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE HEAD GASKETS BLEW OUT , THE HEAD GASKETS WERE REPLACED. HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE HEAD GASKETS WERE REPLACED AGAIN. THE SECOND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,000. THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO ASSIST THE CONTACT SINCE THE WARRANTY WAS EXPIRED. *AK

NHTSA ID
10184820
Incident
Apr 1, 2006
Mileage
70,000 mi
Interior & seatsVisibility
Filed Oct 7, 2002

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH THE HOOD LATCH SNAPPED CAUSING THE HOOD TO FLY OPEN SHATTERING THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. DEALER NOTIFIED. *MR

NHTSA ID
8020281
Incident
Aug 19, 2002

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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