2005 Chevrolet Venture

I HAVE A 2005 CHEVY VENTURE. THERE'S A BAR THAT ATTACHES MY AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR TO THE VAN AND MAKES THE DOOR OPEN AND CLOSE. WHEN THE DOOR IS CLOSING, IT CAUSES A TRIANGULAR GAP BETWEEN THE DOOR, VAN AND BAR. THE AUTOMATIC DOOR HAS A SENSOR THAT IF SOMEONE IS IN BETWEEN THE DOOR AND VAN, IT WILL STOP AND OPEN THE DOOR UP. THERE IS A PIECE OF PLASTIC ON THE FLOOR WHERE THE CARPET STOPS AND BEFORE THE METAL SIDE OF THE VAN BEGINS. MY COUSIN'S DAUGHTER WAS SITTING IN THE SEAT BEHIND THE DRIVERS SEAT. I BUCKLED IN MY KIDS & WAS STANDING NEXT TO THE OPEN DRIVER'S SIDE SLIDING VAN DOOR TALKING TO MY COUSIN. HER DAUGHTER WAS SITTING IN THE SEAT BEHIND THE DRIVERS SEAT. THE BUTTON THAT CLOSES THE AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR WAS BUMPED. THE DOOR STARTED CLOSING, HER FOOT SLIPPED OFF THAT PLASTIC PIECE ON THE FLOOR AND INTO THE TRIANGULAR GAP. THE SENSORS NEVER PICKED UP THAT SOMETHING WAS IN THE DOOR SINCE IT WAS NOT ACTUALLY IN FRONT OF THE DOOR AND NEVER STOPPED CLOSING. THANKFULLY I WAS STANDING CLOSE ENOUGH THAT WHEN SHE SCREAMED, I REACHED IN AND GRABBED HER FOOT. SHE HAD ON BOOTS & JEANS AND STILL HAD A MARK AND BRUISE ON HER SHIN. WE STUCK A SHOE INTO THIS GAP AND CLOSED THE DOOR ON IT TO SEE IF THE SENSOR WOULD SEE IT. IT TORE THE SHOE AND NEVER STOPPED CLOSING. I TOLD CHEVY ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND THAT I WANTED MY VAN FIXED SO NO ONE ELSE GETS INJURED.THEY SAID THERE IS NO FIX & TO SHUT OFF THE AUTOMATIC FEATURE TO AVOID THIS. ONE PROBLEM-WHEN YOU SHUT OFF THIS FEATURE, YOU HAVE TO TUG HARDER TO SHUT THE DOOR. IF A KID'S FOOT GOES INTO THE GAP WHILE I'M SHUTTING THE DOOR MANUALLY, I WON'T BE ABLE TO STOP THE FORWARD MOTION IN TIME TO NOT CAUSE INJURY. CHEVY SAID THERE IS NOTHING I CAN DO UNLESS ENOUGH PEOPLE COMPLAIN & THEN THEY WILL LOOK INTO A FIX. I AM VERY WORRIED ABOUT THIS WITH MY CHILDREN. I WANT MY VAN FIXED OR A VAN COMPARABLE ONE THAT DOES NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM. I ALSO FEEL THAT MY COUSIN SHOULD ALSO BE COMPENSATED IN SOME WAY. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT STATED HE LEFT THE ROAD VEHICLE STRUCK A TREE AND WENT INTO AN EMBANKMENT. STRIKING THE TREE KEPT THE VEHICLE FROM GOING OVER THE EMBANKMENT. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE SWERVING TO AVOID HITTING A DOG. THE ROAD CONDITIONS WERE DRY AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. UPON IMPACT, FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK THE CONSUMER STATED THE TIRE BLEW OUT AS WELL. UPDATED 11/29/05. *JB

DT: THE CONSUMER IS A CANADIAN RESIDENT. WHEN THE CONSUMER EXITED THE VEHICLE, HE SMELLED GASOLINE. THE CONSUMER HAD THE ENGINE TURNED OFF AND INSPECTED UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE AND DISCOVERED FUEL WAS POURING FROM THE GAS CONNECTION PIPE THAT GOES INTO THE TANK. THE SEALANT WAS PLASTIC AS WELL AS THE TANK. THE CONSUMER IMMEDIATELY DROVE TO A LOCAL GMC DEALER ABOUT TWO TO THREE KILOMETERS AWAY AND SPOKE TO A MECHANIC THERE REGARDING THE MATTER. THE MECHANIC INSPECTED THE LEAK AND NOTED THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM AND THE SEALANT CONNECTOR HAD BROKEN OR CRACKED ALLOWING A FUEL LEAK. THERE WAS NO GUARD WHATSOEVER AROUND THIS CONNECTOR PIECE. THE VEHICLE ORIGINALLY HAD A FULL TANK AND AT THIS TIME IT WAS HALF FULL WHEN THE CONSUMER ARRIVED AT THE GMC DEALERSHIP. THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED ABOUT A POTENTIAL IGNITION SOURCE FOR THE LEAK. THE DEALERSHIP HAS ORDERED A NEW GAS TANK FOR WHICH THE CONSUMER HAS TO PAY FOR BECAUSE GM NOTES THIS WAS SOMETHING OTHER THAN A SAFETY DEFECT. THE CONSUMER IS CONCERNED THE SAME PLASTIC FITTINGS ARE GOING TO BE REPLACED ON THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 37,000 KILOMETERS, CURRENT KILOMETERS IS 37,000 AS WELL. THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVY VENTURE WITH 7 PASSENGER SEATING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR CONDITIONING WAS NOT WORKING . THE FUEL GAUGE WORKED ERRATICALLY. . ONE MINUTE IT WILL SHOW FULL AND THE NEXT EMPTY. ALSO HAVEDPROBLEMS WITH THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE, THEY CORRECTED THAT PROBLEM. THE DASH CLUSTER, A/C PUMPS, AND THE A/C VALVE HAS BEEN REPLACED AND STILL NOT CORRECTED THE PROBLEMS. YOU CAN BE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE A/C WILL BE COOLING AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WILL BLOW OUT HOT AIR. BRAKES WERE MAKING A SQUEALING NOISE. THE VAN ONLY HAS LESS THAN 10,000 MILES. THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN DOING EVERYTHING THAT THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE IWAS TELLING HIM TO DO. THE SERVICE MANAGERFROM GM TOLD THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE DEALERSHIP TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY TO FIX THE A/C AND THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE AIR CONDITIONER. ALSO, THERE WAS ANOTHER VAN WITH MORE MILES THAN HIS THAT HAD SAME PROBLEMS. THE CONTACT HAS BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH HIS VAN EVERY SINCE DATE OF PURCHASE WHICH WAS APRIL 29, 2005.*AK

WITH OVER A QUARTER OF TANK OF GAS THE AUTOMOBILE WAS PARKED ON A DECLINE. THE FRONT OF THE AUTOMOBILE WAS LOWER THAN THE REAR OF THE AUTOMOBILE. AFTER GETTING BACK INTO THE AUTOMOBILE AFTER BEING AWAY FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF, THE AUTOMOBILE WOULD NOT START. THE LOW FUEL LIGHT WAS ON AND AT THAT DECLINE THE AUTOMOBILE COULD NOT USE THE QUARTER OF TANK OF GAS AVAILABLE. I HAD TO WALK OVER A MILE TO GET ANOTHER TWO GALLONS AND PUT IT INTO THE AUTOMOBILE WHICH THEN ALLOWED IT TO START. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR FOR AN AUTOMOBILE WITH THAT MUCH GAS IN THE TANK.

DT: GM HAS A REAR BENCH STYLE SEAT AND IT HAS A CENTER SEAT. THE CENTER SEAT HAS NO SHOULDER STRAP. THEY SELL THE VAN AS ADAPTIVE EQUIPMENT, AND THEY REMOVE THE CENTER SEATS, BUT THE PERSON IN THE CENTER IS FACING THE BACK OF THE WHEEL CHAIR. THERE IS NO WAY FOR ANYTONE TO PUT A SHOULDER STRAP IN BECAUSE THEY SAY IT IS NOT SAFETY TESTED.*AK

WE BOUGHT A CHEVROLET VENTURE NEW ON DEC 26,2003. WITH THE LAST TIRE ROTATION I WAS ADVISED THE FRONT BRAKE PADS ARE WEARING UNEVENLY AND NEED REPLACING. I RETURN THE VECHEAL TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM ADDRESSED. I WAS TOLD THAT IT IS NORMAL FOR THE BRAKE PADS TO WEAR OUT THAT FAST. I AM CONCREN ABOUT THE BRAKE PADS WEARING OUT THAT FAST. HOW MANY OTHER OWNERS OF THE CHEVORLET VENTURE VANS ARE EXPERANCING THIS SAFETY PROBLEM TO. CLEM WERTZ. *AK