1998 Chevrolet Venture Airbags Problems

VAN WAS TRAVELING AT APPROX 65 MPH..FORD QUAD CAB TRUCK PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME..I LOCKED THE BRAKES, SOME SKID MARKS DOWN THE HIGHWAY, AND COMPLETELY BROADSIDED THE TRUCK. DAMAGE TO TRUCK WAS ON DRIVER SIDE DOOR, AND FRONT CORNER PANEL. SEVERAL OF TRUCKS AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. IMPACT WAS AT A HIGH SPEED. INJURIES TO MYSELF AND PASSENGER, NECK, SHOULDER, KNEE, WRIST, ANKLE, NOT FATAL, THANK GOODNESS. PASSENGER OF TRUCK, INJURIES UNKNOWN. TRUCK WAS AT FAULT IN ACCIDENT.

NHTSA ID

10819198

Incident

Jan 4, 2016

Mileage

136,000 mi

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED AFTER PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE AND STRAIGHTENING THE STEERING WHEEL, THE STEERING WHEEL RACK AND PINION FRACTURED WITHOUT WARNING. SOON AFTER, THE AIRBAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO CONFIRMED THE STEERING RACK AND PINION FRACTURE. THE REPAIR SHOP ALSO DETERMINED DUE TO THE UNIQUE FRACTURE OF THE RACK AND PINION AND THE ILLUMINATION OF THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT, THE AIRBAG SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT ALERTED.

NHTSA ID

10168524

Incident

Sep 5, 2006

Mileage

140,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH VEHICLE WAS INVOVLED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, NONE OF THE FRONTAL AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DRIVER AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR BUMPS AND BRUSIES. *AK

NHTSA ID

10079950

Incident

Jun 20, 2004

Mileage

58,000 mi

AIRBAG LIGHT STAYED ON FOR A WHILE. THIS WAS AN INDICATION THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG MAY OR MAY NOT DEPLOY. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. *AK

NHTSA ID

10066830

Incident

Sep 11, 2003

Mileage

60,000 mi

AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON INDICATING A PROBLEM WITH THE AIRBAG. CHEVY DIAGNOSED AND REPAIRED ON SIX SEPARATE OCCASIONS OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, BUT IN EACH CASE THE PROBLEM RETURNED WITHIN A MONTH OR TWO. THE AIRBAG HAS NOT WORKED PROPERLY SINCE THIS DATE, ACCORDING TO THE INDICATOR LIGHT, EXCEPT FOR SHORT TIME PERIODS AFTER REPAIR. WE HAVE ASKED CHEVY TO FIND A PERMANENT SOLUTION WITH NO SUCCESS. *LA

NHTSA ID

10045303

Incident

Oct 26, 1999

Mileage

18,052 mi

MY 1998 CHEVROLET VENTURE WAS IN AN ACCIDENT SUSTAINING MAJOR DAMAGE. THERE WAS A DIRECT HIT TO THE RIGHT HEADLAMP WITH THE POLE AND THE VAN ENDED UP LANDING ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE SKIDDING ON THE ROAD. NONE OF THE 4 AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. HAS THERE BEEN A RECALL ON THEM OR HAS THERE BEEN ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS VEHICLE?*AK

NHTSA ID

10043894

Incident

Oct 6, 2003

Mileage

63,000 mi

AIR BAG WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON AND STAYED ON. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED SHORTLY AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE DEALER REPAIRED IT, HOWEVER TWO WEEKS LATER THE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE AIR BAG MODULE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WAS BAD. ALSO THE VEHICLE HAD BRAKE PROBLEMS. *JB

NHTSA ID

10031945

Incident

Sep 1, 2003

Mileage

32,000 mi

WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING WHILE VEHICLE WAS SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT. ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE FROM BEHIND ON A 45 MPH IMPACT. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

NHTSA ID

10038134

Incident

Sep 3, 2003

THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY WITH THE KEY REMOVED WHEN SMOKE BEGAN EMITTING FROM THE PASSENGER DOOR AREA FILLED THE INTERIOR CABIN. THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG THEN DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING. *NLM

NHTSA ID

10017972

Incident

Mar 3, 2003

THE "PRETENSIONER" OF THE SEATBELT SYSTEM ON MY 1998 CHEVROLET VENTURE HAS FAILED NOW FOR THE THIRD TIME. ACCORDING TO THE DEALER THIS MEANS THE RESTRAINT SYSTEM WILL NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH. THE ALERT LIGHT THAT WARNS OF TROUBLE IN THE AIR BAG SYSTEM SEEMS TO REVERT TO NORMAL AFTER A COUPLE OF WEEKS, BUT WHEN THE DEALER USES THE PROPER TEST EQUIPMENT IT CAN BE DETERMINED THE UNIT HAS FAILED. IT SEEMS LIKELY THAT MANY VENTURES ARE BEING USED WITH FAILED PRETENSIONERS AND THEIR OWNERS ARE UNAWARE OF THE ISSUE SINCE ALL INDICATIONS FROM THE ALERT LIGHT IS THAT THE AIR BAG SYSTEM IS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THIS ISSUE HAS HAPPENED ON MY VEHICLE IN LESS THAN FIVE YEARS AND CHEVROLET CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE IS REFUSING TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE.

NHTSA ID

10005399

Incident

Jan 30, 2003

PASSENGER SIDE FRONT AND SIDE IMPACT AT 35 MPH, NEITHER FRONT NOR SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. TS

NHTSA ID

8021064

Incident

Oct 8, 2002

THE CONSUMER HAD ACCIDENT AND WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED AS THE RESULT OF THE AIR BAGS FAILURE TO DEPLOY. *YH DOORS DO NOT OPEN DRIVER HAS TO MANUALLY OPEN THE DOOR.*TS

NHTSA ID

567055

Incident

Apr 2, 2002

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN DRIVER SUSTAINING MAJOR HEAD INJURIES.*AK THERE WAS ONE INJURY.*YH

NHTSA ID

8011353

Incident

Nov 25, 1999

AIR BAG LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY COMES ON. WHEN LIGHT COMES ON, AIR BAG SYSTEM IS SHUT DOWN SO IF THERE IS AN ACCIDENT, AIR BAG WILL NOT DEPLOY. VAN IS GOING IN FOR THE 6TH TIME TO HAVE THIS FIXED. THIS HAS BEEN AN ON GOING PROBLEM SINCE 1 MONTH AFTER PURCHASE. GMC WILL NOT BUY BACK VAN AND THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AS VAN IS UNCOMFORTABLE TO DRIVE WITH FEAR OF THE AIR BAG NOT DEPLOYING IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT. LOOKING INTO FILING LEMON LAW AS SAFETY IS #1 PRIORITY, GMC DOESN'T SEEM TO CARE. *TS *JB ****DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12-12-02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS****761634

NHTSA ID

10008820

AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON.*AK

NHTSA ID

8009402

Incident

Jun 5, 2000

SIDE PASSENGER AND DRIVER AIR BAGS WERE REPORTED TO US BY SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT DEALERSHIP TO BE DEFECTIVE, AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR ANOTHER RECALL AND I ASKED THEM TO CHECK OUT WHY THE AIRBAG LIGHT STAYED ON NEARLY CONTINUOUSLY. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT THE VEHICLE HAS HAD 3-4 MONTHS SINCE WE TOOK OWNERSHIP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN ONCE TO THE DEALER (5/14/1999) AND WE ASKED THE DEALERSHIP TO CHECK OUT THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS RETURNED AND IT WAS NOTED THAT CODES WERE CHECKED AND THAT CUSTOMER CONCERN NOT DUPLICATED. WE ARE CONCERNED THAT BECAUSE THE AIRBAGS ARE DEFECTIVE WE COULD RECEIVE MORE SERIOUS INJURY IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT.*AK

NHTSA ID

760113

Incident

Apr 1, 2002

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER CRASHED INTO A SEMI TRACTOR TRAILER WHO FAILED TO YIELD WHILE MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT EXPERIENCE DEPLOYMENT, CAUSING CONSUMER TO SUSTAIN SEVERAL INJURIES, CONSUMER CONTINUES TO HAVE COMPLICATIONS BECAUSE OF THIS ACCIDENT, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE AIR BAGS ACTED AS THEY SHOULD BY NOT DEPLOYING. *SLC

NHTSA ID

567601

Incident

Apr 2, 2001

WHILE PULLING INTO THE DRIVEWAY LESS THEN 5 MPH PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED INADVERTENTLY, AND CAUSED THE AUTOMATIC BUTTON TO RICOCHET TO THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE ( WITH TWO CHILD IN CSS IN REAR SEAT). ALSO, AIR BAG PUNCTURED FROM THE ATTACHMENT WHICH THE BUTTON WAS ATTACH TO. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

NHTSA ID

865238

Incident

Jul 7, 2000

WHILE TRAVELING EAST APPROXIMATELY 35-40MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING WEST, ENTERED EASTBOUND LANE. BOTH VEHICLES COLLIDED HEAD-ON ON DRIVER'S SIDE. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. DRIVER'S SEAT BELT WAS INTACT, BUT DRIVER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. CHILDREN, IN REAR, SUSTAINED SOME BRUISES FROM SEAT BELTS, BUT NO TREATMENT. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK *JB

NHTSA ID

862996

Incident

Apr 14, 2000

WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE WITH FRONT END. UPON IMPACT, ,DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED INJUIRES.NO INDICATION OF DEFECT. *AK

NHTSA ID

854771

Incident

Jan 6, 2000

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT 45MPH , UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

NHTSA ID

854683

Incident

Dec 30, 1999

WHILE TRAVELING 40MPH AS A RESULT OF AN CCIDENT DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINE DINJURIES. *AK

NHTSA ID

848803

WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH HAD A FRONTAL IMPACT, AND DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY WHICH DID NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN THIS ACCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

NHTSA ID

836565

Incident

Mar 3, 1999

WHEN DRIVING AT 30MPH TRUCK STOPPED AND VEHICLE WENT UNDER IT, FRONTAL IMPACT, NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED, DRIVER WAS INJURED. DEALER CONTACTED AND AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. POLICE REPORT FILED. *AK *ML

NHTSA ID

833550

Incident

Jan 11, 1999

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH ON WET ROAD CONDITION ALL OF A SUDDEN ANOTHER VEHICLE TRIED TO CUT IN FRONT OF CONSUMER, CAUSING CONSUMER TO HIT VEHICLE ON PASSENGER'S SIDE. CONSUMER VEHICLE'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

NHTSA ID

828360

Incident

Sep 28, 1998