Owner-reported complaints naming the visibility system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming windshields, glass, wipers, defrosters and mirrors. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2000 Chevrolet Venture submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 18 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.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
THE HEATER CORE BURST AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WITH HIGH PRESSURE WHICH COULD HAVE SCALDED MY SON SITTING ON THE PASSENGER SEAT. AT THIS TIME THERE WERE NO PARTS AT THE DEALERSHIP SO THEY BYPASSED THE HEATER CORE SO THE VAN COULD BE DRIVEN. I HAVE HEARD FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND OTHER 2000 CHEVY VENTURE OWNERS THAT THIS HAPPENS ON ALL OF THESE VEHICLES. *JB
WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL TO LAY DOWN WHEN TURNED OFF. SEEMS TO BE QUITE COMMON ACCORDING TO VARIOUS GOOGLE SEARCHES AS WELL AS MECHANICS. I HAVE NOT YET FIXED AS I FEEL THIS IS A CHEVY PROBLEM. COST IS 180.00 ESTIMATE FOR A NEW ACTUATOR SWITCH. *NM
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE STUCK WHILE IN THE UPWARDS POSITION. THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR WAS CHANGED BUT IT DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN TO A SERVICE DEALER. THE CONTACT EXPRESSED THIS WAS AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE.
PASSENGER SIDE FRONT WINDOW FAILS TO LOWER. *NM
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
INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INOPERABLE, OBSTRUCTING THE DRIVER'S VIEW. INDEPENDENT SHOP REPLACED THE MODULE AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE OF $280.00. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED. *AK
2000 CHEVROLET VENTURE MINIVAN, FRONT WIPER MOTOR DOES NOT RETURN WIPERS TO NORMAL PARKED POSITION, THEY REMAIN VERTICAL ON WINDSHIELD WHEN SHUT OFF. OBSTRUCTS AND DISTRACTS VIEW, MORE PRONE TO FREEZE UP DURING WINTER MONTHS. HAVE SEEN NUMEROUS VENTURES ON THE ROAD WITH IDENTICAL CONDITION.
WHILE DRIVING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER WINDSHIELD WIPERS CAME ON AND WENT OFF INTERMITTENTLY. WINDSHIELD WIPER BLADES WERE STUCK ON TOP OF THE WINDSHIELD WHEN TURNING OFF. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. *AK
LEAKING INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET. ESTIMATED REPAIR COSTS $625. MANAGEMENT AT OUR DEALERSHIP ADMITS OTHERS HAVING SAME PROBLEM AND THAT GM HAS A NEW GASKET DESIGN, IF THEY ARE AWARE OF THIS FAILURE THEN IT SHOULD BE OFFERED AT NO CHARGE TO REPLACE.
WINDSHIELD WIPERS. 2000 CHEVROLET VENTURE VAN. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS GET CAUGHT TOGETHER AND BREAK. THIS VAN USES THE CRISS CROSS PATTERN AND THE DRIVERS SIDE WIPER SLIPS OUT OF TIME AND CAUSES A COLLISION BETWEEN THE WIPER BLADES AND CAUSES THE PASSENGER SIDE WIPER TO BEND OR BREAK WHEN THE TWO WIPER BLADES MEET. REMOVING THE PASSENGER SIDE BLADE CAUSES THE DRIVERS SIDE BLADE TO OPERATE IN A CHANGING PATTERN, MOVING FROM AS LITTLE AS 5" TO MOVING BEYOND THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDSHIELD EDGE WHERE IS GETS BOUND UP ON THE DOOR. WE HAVE HAD THE VAN FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS AND HAVE CHANGED THE WIPER BLADES ABOUT 6 OR 8 TIMES. FINALLY JUST DISCOVERED THAT THE PROBLEM IS IN THE WORKINGS OF THE WIPER MOTOR ARMS THAT ARE NOT DESIGNED WELL AND VERY CHEAP QUALITY CONNECTIONS. THEY BECOME LOOSE AND ALLOW THE BLADES TO SLIP FROM THE PROPER PATH AND COLLIDE WITH EACH OTHER. VERY DIFFICULT TO DRIVE WHEN YOU GET CAUGHT IN A RAIN STORM AT NIGHT WITH NO WIPERS TO SPEAK OFF WHEN YOU ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE AND HAVE TO BE SOME WHERE. *NLM
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WON'T GO INTO 2ND OR 3RD GEARS. WINDSHIELD WIPERS WON'T GO BACK INTO PARK. GAS TANK STOP REGISTERING AND CROSS BARS ON WINDOW MOTOR WERE BROKEN. *TT
WINDOW ON SLIDING DOOR ON DRIVER'S SIDE HAD SHATTERED FOR NO KNOWN REASON. VEHICLE WAS PARKED, AND BOTH FRONT SIDE WINDOW WERE CRACKED OPEN. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
AS YOU CAN SEE THE VAN HAS MINIMAL MILEAGE WITH MULTIPLE REPAIRS. REPORTED DIRECTLY VIA E-MAIL TO CHEVROLET. ALSO RECEIVED A FILE NUMBER AND SENT COPIES OF REPAIRS DIRECTLY TO CHEVROLET. THE LAST E-MAIL WAS SENT 5/23 BECAUSE MY VAN HAD A PUDDLE OF GASOLINE 2 FT WIDE AND 1 1/2 FT LONG UNDERNEATH IT. COULD HAVE TAKEN OUT CHILDREN, HOME AND VAN ITSELF. DEALER CLAIMS IT IS A FAULTY GAS TANK. WILL BE REPLACING WITH NEW. VEHICLE LIVES AT DEALER. NOT ENOUGH SPACE TO TELL THE "LEGEND OF THE LEMON"*AK
BOTH REAR SIDE DOORS WOULD LEAK WHEN RAINING. DEALER NOTIFIED . FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
WHILE FILLING VEHICLE WITH GAS NOTICED GAS SMELL INSIDE VEHICLE. ALSO, FOUND A GAS PUDDLE UNDER VEHICLE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE HAS ALWAYS BEEN HARD TO START, ALSO WHILE DRVING THE RIGHT REAR TIRE CAUGHT FIRE, AND THE GAS GUAGE WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY, FRONT WINDSHIELD WAS CRACKING, ALSO THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS COMING ON, AS WELL AS THE ENGINE OIL LIGHT,AND A CRACKED GAS TANK.*JB
THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS RECEDE DOWN IN AN AREA UNDER THE HOOD, THIS DESIGN CAUSES A PROBLEM WHEN IT SNOWS BECAUSE THE AREA THAT THE WIPERS GO DOWN IN FILLS WITH SNOW AND ICE AND CAUSES THE WIPERS NOT TO BE ABLE TO GO DOWN ALL THE WAY, ONE OF THE VANS WIPER MOTORS BURNED OUT. NLM
SHE WAS NOT SERIOUSLEY HURT , BUT THE DOOR WILL OPEN CLOSE OPEN CLOSE ......NEVER DOES IT WHEN I TAKE IT TO THE DEALER OF COURSE POWER WINDOWS ARE TERRIBLE WE ARE VREY DISAPOINTED WITH OUR VAN! *AK
FLUID IS LEAKING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. YH
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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