2000 Chevrolet Venture Interior & seats Problems

WE OWN A 2000 CHEVY VENTURE THAT WE BOUGHT USED ABOUT 4 YEARS AGO. WHEN WE BOUGHT IT, THE BUTTON FOR THE DOORS TO OPEN AUTOMATICALLY DIDN'T WORK AS WELL AS THE GAS GAUGE. SINCE, WE HAVE REPLACED THE HEADS, THE WATER PUMP, RACK AND PINION, WHEEL HUB, TIE ROD END, AS WELL AS REPLACING THE HEAD LIGHTS EVERY COUPLE MONTHS AND NOW HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKE LIGHTS.WHEN WE HAD THE HEADS REPLACED, THEY FLUSHED THE RADIATOR AND WE ARE STILL HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE LOW COOLANT LIGHT COMING ON AND THE FLUID LOOKING CLOUDY. THEY TOLD US THAT THE CLOUDINESS SOMETIMES HAPPENS, BUT STILL DOESN'T EXPLAIN THE LIGHT COMING ON SAYING ITS LOW!!! WE WERE ALSO NOTIFIED THAT THE ABS BOX IS BAD AND NEEDS REPLACED...ALSO, SOMETIMES THERE IS WATER THAT LEAKS FROM THE WEATHER GAUGE OR THE TOP OF THE WINDSHIELD. ALSO THE TRACTION SYSTEM LIGHT COMES ON AND ACTUALLY SHUTS THE SYSTEM OFF WHEN YOU TURN THE VAN ON, THIS MAYBE DUE TO THE BAD ABS BOX BUT HAS BEEN DOING THIS LONGER THEN THE ABS LIGHT HAS BEEN ON. THERE IS ALSO RUST ALONG THE VAN BELOW THE SLIDING DOORS. THE LOCKS ALSO SOMETIMES STICK WHEN USING THE KEYPAD OR THE ELECTRICAL LOCK BUTTON INSIDE THE VAN. WE CAN'T WAIT TO GET RID OF THIS VAN! JUST HOPE WE HAVE BETTER LUCK WITH OUR NEXT VEHICLE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10365536

Incident

Feb 16, 2008

Mileage

120,000 mi

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 CHEVROLET VENTURE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED RECALL LETTER # 04V597000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES: DOORS:LATCH). THE RECALL REPAIR WAS PERFORMED ON JULY 12, 2005. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON MAY 15, 2007, THE SIDE DOOR FAILED AGAIN. WHEN THE CONTACT WOULD CLOSE THE SIDE DOOR, IT WOULD RE-OPEN. THIS FAILURE OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS BEFORE IT WOULD CLOSE. ONCE IT CLOSED, THE DOME LIGHT WOULD REMAIN ILLUMINATED AND THE DOOR OPEN INDICATOR CONSTANTLY CHIMED. WHEN USING THE DOOR UNLOCK BUTTON, THE LOCK ACTUATOR WOULD CONSTANTLY CLICK UNTIL THE DOOR WAS FULLY OPEN. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER ON JUNE 1, 2007 FOR REPAIR WHERE IT CURRENTLY REMAINS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 95,368. THE CONSUMER STATED THE POWER SLIDING DOOR MAKES A LOUD CLICKING NOISE, WHICH SOUDS LIKE THE ACTUATOR TRYING TO LOCK AND UNLOCK. UPDATED 07/19/07. *JB

NHTSA ID

10192544

Incident

May 15, 2007

Mileage

95,368 mi

THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT CONTROL PANEL OF OUR 2000 CHEVY VENTURE CONTINUES TO BREAK. WE HAVE REPLACED AND ATTEMPTED TO FIX IT FOUR TIMES. THE PROBLEM IS THE PANEL IS MOUNTED AGAINST THE BOTTOM OF THE SEAT CUSHION AND WHEN SOMEONE SITS IN THE SEAT IT PRESSES DOWN ON THE PANEL AND BREAKS THE SCREW TABS. THE PANEL NEEDS TO BE MOUNTED LOWER OR HAVE SOME SORT OF SPACER TO LOWER THE PANEL TO KEEP THE SEAT CUSHION FROM PUSHING AGAINST IT. *JB

NHTSA ID

10166661

Incident

Aug 27, 2006

Mileage

5,000 mi

PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR OPENS AFTER CLOSES. DOOR AJAR WILL COME ON WHILE DRIVING. DOOR DOES NOT COMPLETELY CLOSE. *JB

NHTSA ID

10164638

Incident

Jul 27, 2006

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER SLIDING DOOR MODULE WAS DEFECTIVE ON THE VEHICLE AND WAS A DIFFERENT COMPONENT THAN WHAT WAS RECALLED(01V264000). THE DEALER OFFERED TO FIX THE RECALLED COMPONENT, BUT STATED THE SLIDING DOOR WOULD NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY UNLESS THE CONTACT HAD THE POWER SLIDING DOOR MODULE REPLACED.

NHTSA ID

10164400

Incident

May 1, 2006

Mileage

105,000 mi

CONSUMER LETTER REGARDING 2000 CHEVROLET VENTURE DOOR LOCKS WERE CHANGED WITH NOTICE TO CONSUMER DURING OIL CHANGE. *TS *NM

NHTSA ID

10141057

Incident

Jan 1, 1901

DT: CONTACT STATES THE RETRACTOR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AUTOMATIC DOOR WILL NOT ALLOW THE DOOR CLOSE IF THERE IS SOMETHING BLOCKING THE DOOR FROM SHUTTING. THE DESIGN IS SUPPOSE TO ALLOW THE DOOR TO RETRACT IF THERE IS SOMETHING BLOCKING THE DOOR FROM SHUTTING. THE CONSUMERS DAUGHTER HAND WAS CLOSED IN THE DOOR AND THE DOOR COMPLETELY SHUT. THE CONSUMER HIT THE BUTTON TO OPEN THE DOOR, AND IT DID OPEN THIS WAY. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TO A SERVICE DEALER. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE DOOR HANDLE OF THIS PASSENGER SIDE DOOR. THE CONSUMER DOES NOT HAVE THE RECALL NUMBER OR CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER. *AK *JB

NHTSA ID

10129292

Incident

Jul 17, 2005

DT: CONTACT STATED AFTER RECALL 04V597000 REPAIRS ON THE POWER SLIDING DOOR HANDLE OF THE PASSENGER DOOR WERE DONE THE LOCK ON THE DOOR WILL NOT STAY CLOSED. THE SLIDING DOOR ON THE INSIDE WAS ROUGHED UP FROM THE REPAIR WORK. THE REPAIR WORK ON THE RECALL WAS DONE ON THE 7-18-05. DEALER SAID THAT THE LOCK ON THE DOOR HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE RECALL. *AK

NHTSA ID

10133916

Incident

Jul 18, 2005

DT: CHEVROLET, VENTURE 2000 MINI VAN, THE PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR SHUTS EVEN WHEN CHILDREN OR ANYONE IS IN THE WAY. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CAUGHT IN THE DOOR BECAUSE OF THIS DEFECT, AND A CHILD HAD TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AFTER GETTING FINGER CAUGHT IN THE DOOR. *AK

NHTSA ID

10124969

Incident

May 28, 2005

Mileage

8,000 mi

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

NHTSA ID

10109318

Incident

Jan 29, 2005

Mileage

80,300 mi

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

NHTSA ID

10101285

Incident

Nov 18, 2002

Mileage

23,000 mi

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

NHTSA ID

10093270

Incident

Sep 26, 2004

Mileage

39,000 mi

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.

NHTSA ID

10086593

Incident

Aug 10, 2004

Mileage

60,000 mi

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

NHTSA ID

10080500

Incident

Jun 11, 2004

Mileage

52,800 mi

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A PROBLEM WITH THE AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE. THE DOOR WOULD CLOSE WITHOUT WARNING. IT HAD TO BE HELD OPEN WITH FORCE. *AK

NHTSA ID

10059803

Mileage

48,000 mi

MANUAL SLIDING DOOR FELL OFF VAN WHEN ROUNDING A CORNER AT LOW SPEED. *LA

NHTSA ID

10052896

Incident

Sep 18, 2003

Mileage

40,000 mi

DRIVER SEAT REINFORCEMENT PLATE SPOT WELDS HAVE COME LOOSE AND METAL FLOORBOARD UNDER SEAT IS CRACKED. SEAT IS LOOSE ON FLOOR. CHEVROLET DEALER HAS NOT SEEN THIS TYPE OF DEFECT. *LA

NHTSA ID

10043015

Incident

Oct 15, 2003

Mileage

87,500 mi

CONSUMERS MIDDLE TIP FINGER FROM HIS LEFT HAND WAS CUT OFF BY REMOVING MIDDLE BENCH SEAT FROM VEHICLE. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK *TT

NHTSA ID

8012633

Incident

May 18, 2002

POWER SLIDING DOOR SLAMMED SHUT ON A CHILD'S HAND, CHILD SUFFERED BRUISES. WHILE CONSUMER WAS GETTING IN VEHICLE POWER DOOR CLOSED, SHE WAS UNABLE TO PUSH DOOR OPEN AND HAD TO STEP BACK AND DOOR SLAMMED SHUT.*AK

NHTSA ID

8008876

Incident

Apr 15, 2002

I HAVE HAD MY 2000 VENTURE IN FOR POWER SLIDING DOOR REPAIRS THREE TIMES. THE FIRST TWO TIMES THE DEALER ATTEMPTED TO FIX THE PROBLEM ACCORDING TO THE SAFETY RECALL BULLETIN. THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTED, AND WAS FIXED WHEN THE DEALER INSTALLED A NEW POWER SLIDING DOOR MOTOR AND CLUTCH ASSEMBLY. THIS STOPPED THE DOOR FROM INTERMITTENT BINDING, AND NOW THE POWER SLIDING DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES CORRECTLY. THE DEALER REPLACED THE MOTOR, CLUTCH ASSEMBLY, ACTUATOR AND RETAINER. DAN KRUSE PONTIAC (THE DEALER) WAS VERY NICE, AND I WASN'T CHARGED FOR THIS SERVICE. TO WHOM THIS BILL WENT TO I DON'T KNOW. BUT, I HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THIS VAN. THE REASON I HAVE SUBMITTED THIS REPORT IS THAT THE SAFETY RECALL ON THE 2000 VENTURE VAN MAY NOT ENTIRELY FIX THIS PROBLEM. THE "BINDING" PROBLEM THAT EXISTED ON THE POWER SLIDING DOOR MAY HAVE WEAKENED THE POWER SLIDING DOOR MOTOR AND CLUTCH ASSEMBLY TO WHERE IT HAS TO BE REPAIRED. THE ORIGINAL SAFETY RECALL ON THE POWER SLIDING DOOR PROBLEM MAY NOT BE COMPLETE YET. THANKS.**** DIMS 11 IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS****761006. *AK *JB

NHTSA ID

10008770

Incident

Mar 1, 2001

Mileage

46,656 mi

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ELECTRIC SLIDING DOOR OPENS ON ITS OWN, RECALL REPAIRS, 01V067, WERE MADE, HOWEVER PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *SLC

NHTSA ID

563857

CONSUMER STATES POWER SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE AND / OR THE DOOR STILL BEEPS AFTER IT IS CLOSED. THIS CONDITION DOES NOT EXIST WHEN PARKED ON A DOWNHILL, IN WHICH THE FRONT OF THE VAN IS LOWER THAN THE BACK OF THE VAN. CONSUMER IS AWARE THERE IS A RECALL NOTICE 01V067000 RELATING TO THIS CONDITION. VEHICLE HAS BEEN SERVICED 3 TIMES, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXIST. *TT

NHTSA ID

564556

TAILGATE EITHER FAILED TO LATCH OR OPENED - NO AUDIBLE ALARM WAS SOUNDED - SUBSEQUENT TESTS SHOWED AN AUDIBLE ALARM ON THE TWO FRONT DOORS AND THE RIGHT SLIDER DOOR BUT NO AUDIBLE ALARM ON EITHER THE LEFT SLIDER DOOR OR ON THE TAILGATE CREATING A POTENTIAL DEADLY SITUATION. *AK

NHTSA ID

756268

Incident

Mar 11, 2001

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTIFICATION 01V067000. DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN UNABLE TO RECEIVE PARTS FROM MANUFACTURER TO CORRECT THE DEFECT. *AK *YH

NHTSA ID

898735

Incident

Apr 15, 2001

WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH DRIVERS SIDE NON-POWERED SLIDING DOOR CAME OPEN WHILE THERE WERE 5 CHILDREN IN VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP EXAMINED SLIDING DOOR AND COULD NOT DETERMINE A REASON FOR PROBLEM. ALSO, ON JUNE 5 2001, NON-POWERED PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR CAME OPEN WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION WITH 2 CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP AGAIN COULD NOT DETERMINE A REASON FOR DEFECT, AND WERE UNWILLING TO ASSIST CONSUMER. ALSO, CONSUMER NOTED THAT CHILD SAFETY LOCKING MECHANISMS WERE ACTIVE ON EACH OCCASION THAT THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

NHTSA ID

889867

Incident

May 28, 2001