Owner-reported complaints naming the driver-assistance system, filed with NHTSA
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Driver assistance reportsComplaints 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.
9
Latest Jul 25, 2005
Share of all reportsThis category as a share of every owner report on file for this model year. One report can name more than one component, so the categories overlap.
3%
of 349 total
Crash or fire reportedReports in this category whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. The reporter's own answer on the NHTSA form, not a verified finding.
1
Injuries or deaths reportedTotals the submitters entered on their own reports in this category. Not verified by NHTSA and not a casualty statistic.
1
What this page shows
Reports naming forward-collision avoidance, lane keeping, back-over prevention, cruise control and related electronic driver-assistance systems. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1999 Chevrolet Venture submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 9 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Owner reports naming driver-assistance
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
Driver assistance
Filed Jul 25, 2005
MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THROUGH TOWN WITH OUR DAUGHTER AND HER PARENTS AND AS SHE WAS COMING OUT OF TOWN STARTED TO PRESS ON THE ACCELERATOR TO GET UP TO SPEED. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE THROTTLE WAS WIDE OPEN AND THE PEDAL WAS HANGING THERE AND WAS INOPERABLE. FORTUNATELY SHE WASN'T GOING VERY FAST AND WAS ABLE TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND USE THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN ENOUGH TO GET OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND GET THE VEHICLE STOPPED AND THEN HER FATHER WAS ABLE TO GET UNDER THE HOOD AND GET THE ENGINE TO STOP REVVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED AND THE ACCELERATOR CABLE WAS REPLACED BECAUSE IT HAD BROKEN. THE OLD PART MAY STILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DEALERSHIP, BUT I'M NOT SURE.
NHTSA ID
10129997
Incident
Jul 20, 2005
Mileage
107,000 mi
Driver assistanceTransmission
Filed Mar 17, 2002
MY VAN WOULD BE ALL RIGHT UNTIL I WOULD COME TO A STOP LIGHT OR STOP SIGN AND THEN IT WOULD START TO LURCH AND IT FELT LIKE THE MOTOR WAS IN A DIFFRENT GEAR. IF I WOULD TURN IT OFF IT WOULD WORK FINE. IT WOULD NOT DO IT ALL THE TIME - IT COST ABOUT 537.00 TO FIX IT. AND IT WAS A PRES CONTROL SOLENOID. *AK
NHTSA ID
759447
Driver assistance
Filed Nov 13, 2001
WHILE DRIVING, THE THROTTLE CABLE BROKE AND VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL, IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO STOP THE VEHICLE, THE BRAKE ROTORS OVERHEATED AND BURNED OUT, CONSUMER WAS FINALLY ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF VEHICLE. *JB
NHTSA ID
899043
Incident
Nov 1, 2001
Driver assistance
Filed Oct 10, 2001
WHILE DRIVING ACCELERATOR CABLE UNRAVELED AND DISENGAGED WITH NO PRIOR WARNING. ACCELERATOR PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR. CONSUMER S HAD TO PRESS DOWN HARD ON BRAKES. THEN, TIRES BURNED, AND HEARD HEAVY KNOCKING IN ENGINE. ALSO, HAD TO TURN OFF VEHICLE TO STOP IT. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED HAD NEVER SEEN THIS HAPPEN, AND IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. *AK
NHTSA ID
897555
Incident
Oct 6, 2001
Driver assistance
Filed Jun 15, 2001
Crash reported1 injury reported
MINIVAN FAILED WHEN IT RACED AWAY OUT OF CONTROL AT EXTREMELY HIGH SPEED, WITH OWNER AT THE DRIVERS CONTROLS, AS A RESULT OF A SMALL PART IN A HVAC VENT SUPPORT LOOSENING AND FALLING INTO THE APPARATUS CONTROLLING THE ACCELERATOR CABLE, CAUSING THE ACCELERATOR TO BE STUCK IN A POSITION OF HIGH SPEED ACCELERATION. OWNER TRIED TO STOP THE MINIVAN AND COULD DO SO ONLY BY JAMMING ON THE BRAKE WITH BOTH FEET WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE UP AN INCLINED EXIT RAMP. *AK
NHTSA ID
746894
Incident
Mar 11, 1999
BrakesDriver assistanceElectrical
Filed Jan 12, 2001
WHILE TRAVELING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS ENGINE WILL START TO OVER REV FOR NO REASON. PRESSING BRAKES DOES NOT SEEM TO HELP. DEALER HAS REPAIRED ENTIRE WIRING SYSTEM,AND THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURS.*AK
NHTSA ID
878161
Incident
Dec 12, 2000
Driver assistance
Filed Nov 1, 2000
WHILE VAN WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY, WITH ENGINE IDLING, VAN, SUDDENDLY, TOOK OFF WITH NO WARNING ACROSS LAWN, AND CRASHED INTO SIDE OF TOOL SHED. *CJ
NHTSA ID
556938
Incident
Jan 14, 2000
Driver assistance
Filed Apr 11, 2000
WHEN STOPPING ON A SLIGHT INCLINE WITH FOOT ON BRAKE AND TRANSMISSION GEAR IN DRIVE, VEHICLE SUDDENLY ROLLED BACKWARDS. DEALER STATED THAT THIS WAS NORMAL. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
NHTSA ID
860071
Driver assistance
Filed Jan 2, 2000
DEALER NOTIFIED AND CLAIMED THE IDLE HAD TO BE SET THAT WAY TO MEET ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS AND COULD NOT BE FIXED. *AK
NHTSA ID
716740
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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