2003 Chevrolet Venture

THE FRONT WINDSHIELD IS LEAKING. IT IS CAUSED BY NOT HAVING STOPS IN PLACE THAT KEEPS THE WINDSHIELD FROM SLIDING OUT OF PLACE FROM TOP TO BOTTOM. WE FOUND THAT WE HAD LEAK DURING A RAIN STORM. I HAD ANOTHER CARS WINDSHIELD REPLACED AND ASKED THE REPLACEMENT COMPANY TO RESEAL THE WINDSHIELD ON MY CHEVY VENTURE. THEY STATED TO ME THAT IT WAS A KNOWN DEFECT BY CHEVY AND THEY WOULD NOT RESEAL IT BECAUSE THE WINDSHIELD WILL SLIDE OUT OF PLACE AGAIN CAUSING A LEAK OR WORSE DURING AN ACCIDENT. MY WORK AS PARAMEDIC I HAVE SEEN WINDSHIELD DISPLACE , INWARD AND OUTWARD. DOES SOMEBODY HAVE TO BE HURT OR DEATH CAUSED BEFORE A RECALL TAKES PLACE ? IF CHEVY KNOWS THAT THIS IA A PROBLEM WHY NOT FIX IT ? *JB

WE HAVE 28 BRAUN ENTER VAN THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED FAILURES OF THE ENGINE CRADLE MOUNTS. ONE WAS A COMPLETE FAILURE DURING OPERATION THAT CAUSED THE VAN TO ACCELERATE FULLY WHEN THE FORWARD CRADLE MOUNTS FAILED COMPLETELY WHILE DRIVING THE VAN. UPON A COMPLETE INSPECTION OF THE ALL 28 VANS WE REVILED SEVERAL WITH FORWARD MOUNT PROBLEMS AND ALMOST ALL WITH REAR MOUNT CRACKS. TO DATE BRAUN HAS MADE REPAIRS TO SOME OF THESE UNITS AND WAS FULLY AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS BUT TO DATE NO PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION HAS BEEN PUBLISHED. *JB

I HAVE OWNED THIS VAN FOR 28 MONTHS WITH MULTIPLE MECHANICAL FAILURES. I HAVE HAD THE BRAKES REPLACED, THE RACK AND PINION REPLACED TWICE, THE TIE RODS ON BOTH SIDES, THE POWER WINDOW MOTOR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, THE GLOVE BOX LOCK, THE WATER PUMP, THE THERMOSTAT TWICE, THE ENGINE "SEALS", THE COOLANT HOSES AND THE POWER DOOR HANDLES. THE POWER SLIDING DOOR GASKET HAS ALSO COME OFF ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE AIRBAG LIGHT HAS NOW BEEN ON FOR 4 WEEKS. I HAVE BEEN STRANDED MANY TIMES AND WITHOUT A VEHICLE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE LATEST PROBLEM REQUIRED THREE VISITS TO THE DEALER TO FIX. THE CAR OVERHEATED AND COULD NOT BE DRIVEN ALL THREE TIMES, IN A TWO WEEK PERIOD. THIS REQUIRED A NEW WATER PUMP ON THE FIRST VISIT, A NEW THERMOSTAT 8 DAYS LATER AND NEW HOSES 1 DAY AFTER THAT. *JB

DT: THE CALLER SAID THE NECK OF GAS TANK CRACKED. THE TANK WAS MADE OF PLASTIC. THE CALLER STATED GAS LEAKED AT THE CRACK WHICH WAS IN THE NECK RIGHT WHERE THE BODY OF THE TANK STARTED. DEALER SAID IT WAS NOT COVERED BY THE WARRANTY. MANUFACTURER SAID IT WAS NOT A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. THEY WILL OFFER NO HELP FOR FREE. CALLER DID FILE A COMPLAINT WITH MANUFACTURER. *AK

DT THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CLAIMED IT WAS THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM UP UNDER THE DASH. THIS HAPPENED ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2005. SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, BUT IN THIS AREA IT COULD SMELL LIKE THAT AT CERTAIN TIMES. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN SITTING FOR AN HOUR AND FIFTEEN MINUTES BEFORE THE FIRE. THERE WAS NO FOR EARNING AND NO NOISE. CONTACTED THE DEALER, THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT HELP US. *AK

SLIDING DOORS ON CHEVY VENTURE VAN KEEP OPENING , VAN IS UNSAFE FOR KIDS OR ANYONE TO RIDE IN THE BACK BECAUSE WE AREN'T SURE IF THE DOORS WILL OPEN UP . DEALERSHIP TOLD US TO DRIVE THE VAN UNTIL DOORS OPEN AGAIN SO THEY CAN FIND THE PROBLEM, I CAN'T KEEP ANYTHING INSIDE THE VAN BECAUSE YOU THINK THE VAN IS LOCKED UP AND YOU LEAVE THE VAN AND COME BACK AND THE SLIDING DOORS ARE OPEN AGAIN. THIS ALSO HAS DONE THIS WHILE DRIVING THE VAN TOO. THE DEALERSHIP UNPLUGGED THE REMOTE TO SEE IF THIS WAS THE PROBLEM AND TOLD US THEY DIDN'T SEE A PROBLEM YET , SO DRIVE THE VAN UNTIL IT HAPPENS AGAIN AND BRING IT BACK IN. WE HAVE 3 KIDS, AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE MY KIDS HURT BECAUSE A DOOR SLIDES OPEN WHILE DRIVING. I WOULD LIKE THEM TO HAVE THERE KIDS DRIVE AROUND IN THE VAN UNTIL THE PROBLEM HAPPENS AGAIN. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES THE DOORS OPEN AND WON'T SHUT, THE PROBLEM STARTED LAST YR WHILE ON VAC. THE DEALER REPLACED SOMETHING (WEATHER STRIP ON FLOOR WHERE THE DOOR SLIDES) BUT THIS SUMMER IT STARTED UP AGAIN. WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR OPEN. I ALMOST RAN OFF THE ROAD BECAUSE I THOUGHT SOMEONE WAS IN THE BACK SEAT OPENING THE DOOR. I THANK GOD MY KIDS WEREN'T IN THE BACK SEAT AT THE TIME THIS HAPPEN. *JB

HAD A SUSPENSION RATTLE AND DEALER INSPECTED IT ON 6/28/05 AND FOUND TWO BAD TRAILING ARM BUSHINGS AND A BAD SHOCK ABSORBER (DEALER REPLACED THE PARTS). ON 8/24/05 I HAD A BANGING NOISE AGAIN IN THE REAR AND THE DEALER FOUND THE OTHER SHOCK ABSORBER NO GOOD (DEALER REPLACED). ON 9/8/05 I STARTED HAVING A BAD RATTLE THAT SOUND LIKE METAL ON METAL IN THE REAR. THE DEALER CHANGED THE REAR HATCH SHOCK ABSORBERS BUT THAT WAS NOT THE PROBLEM. IT WAS BROUGHT BACK IN THE SAME DAY TO FIND THE SOURCE OF THE NOISE AND THE FIXED THE COOLING LINE FOR THE REAR AC UNIT UNDER THE TRUCK BUT THAT WAS NOT THE SOURCE OF THE NOISE. THE TRUCK WAS TAKEN APART INSIDE ANDS DRIVEN AND WAS CONCLUDED THAT THE SHOCK TOWERS ARE BAD AND HAVE MOVEMENT IN THEM AND THERE IS NO FIX FOR A STRUCTURAL PROBLEM OF THIS KIND. I WAS GIVEN THE TRUCK BACK A TOLD THAT IS ALL THEY CAN DO. IF I WAS UNSATISFIED TO CALL GM AND DISCUSS IT WITH THEM. GM REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THEY SAID IT WAS NORMAL FOR A MINIVAN TO MAKE THAT SEVERE NOISE THAT PEOPLE CAN HEAR IT IN THE STREET BESIDES IN MY SON HEAD IN THE BACK SEAT WHERE MY CHILDREN SIT. THERE IS SOMETHING STRUCTURALLY LOOSE UNDER THIS TRUCK AND IS NOT A NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR SOUND. *NM

I HAVE A 2003 CHEVY VENTURE MINI-VAN. THE GAS TANK HAS COME APART AT THE FILLER NECK ASSEMBLY. THIS IS A MOLDED TANK AND IS ALL ONE PIECE. MY VEHICLE HAS 46,000 MILES ON IT. G.M. IS WILLING TO PAY FOR HALF THE COST WHICH STILL AMOUNTS TO $500.00 BECAUSE THE ESTIMATE I HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE DEALER WAS $893.00. HOWEVER, THIS IS NOT THE REASON FOR ME TO SEND THIS E-MAIL. I HAVE TAKEN PICTURES OF THIS LEAK AND I FEEL THERE NEEDS TO BE DOCUMENTATION OF THIS HAZARD. I FIND IT PERPLEXING THAT THE MANUFACTURE AND DEALER WOULD NOT STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT REGARDLESS OF THE AMOUNT OF MILES ON IT. I AM IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING THE TANK REPLACED FOR A COST OF $250.00. BUT OBVIOUSLY, FOR A GAS TANK TO COME APART AT THE SEAM IN A TWO YEAR TIME FRAME MAKES ME BELIEVE THAT THE TANK WAS DEFECTIVE WHEN IT WAS INSTALLED AT THE FACTORY. THANK YOU FOR HEARING MY COMPLAINT. SINCERELY, TIM PURDY. *JB

DT: RECEIVED A RECALL FOR 2003 CHEVROLET VENTURE. HUSBAND TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER TO HAVE THE RIGHT HAND SLIDING DOOR HANDLE REPLACED. WHEN HUSBAND BROUGHT VEHICLE HOME CONSUMER GOT INSIDE AND CLOSED DOOR WITH POWER BUTTON AND THEN MANUALLY TRIED TO OPEN THIS NEW LATCH HANDLE AND IT WOULD NOT OPEN. CONSUMER FELT THAT THE ELECTRICAL POWER HAS BEEN SWITCHED OUT FROM THIS UNIT, THE ONLY WAY ONE CAN NOW OPEN DOOR WAS THROUGH POWER-NOT MANUALLY. FEELS THIS WAS MORE OF SAFETY HAZARD NOW. IF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED OR IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH IT COULD NOT OPENED MANUALLY. VERY UPSET WITH THE RECALL REMEDY THAT WAS PROVIDED. *AK *JB