2004 Chevrolet Venture

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET VENTURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ROCKER PANELS WERE RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE INTEGRAL BODY STRUCTURE WAS WEAKENED BY RUST AND FORMED HOLES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 94,000.

THE ELECTRIC PASSENGER DOOR ON MY 2004 CHEVROLET VENTURE HAS REPEATEDLY CLOSED WITH VARIOUS CHILDREN'S BODY PARTS IN ITS PATH. THIS CLOSING HAS OCCURRED WHEN ONE CHILD IS GETTING INTO OR OUT OF THE VAN AND THAT CHILD OR ANOTHER CHILD HAS ACCIDENTALLY PUSHED THE BUTTON TO CLOSE THE DOOR, OR WHEN I HAVE REMOTELY PUSHED THE BUTTON TO CLOSE THE DOOR AND ONE OF THE CHILDREN HAS REACHED BACK IN FOR SOMETHING. THE DOOR DOES NOT STOP, AND CRUSHES WHATEVER IS IN IT'S PATH. FORTUNATELY I HAVE BEEN QUICK ENOUGH TO AVOID ANY SERIOUS INJURIES, BUT MY CHILDREN HAVE BEEN PRETTY BRUISED UP AND MY SEVEN-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WAS CUT BY THE DOOR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 CHEVROLET VENTURE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR SLID OPEN WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT'S CHILD WAS SEATED NEXT TO THE DOOR AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE. SHE PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO SHUT THE DOOR, BUT IT WOULD NOT CLOSE. AN HOUR LATER, THE DOOR WAS ABLE TO CLOSE. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THE SENSOR BOARD NEEDED TO BE CLEANED. THE REPAIRS WERE NOT PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS RELATING TO HER VEHICLE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 160,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 155,000.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE HAD BRAKE PROBLEMS FOR ALL FOUR WHEELS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE SERVICE DEALER ON 13 OCCASIONS. ON THE 9TH VISIT, THE MANUFACTURER AUTHORIZED A 72,000-MILE WARRANTY. ON 8/14/2006, WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE LEFT REAR SLIDING DOOR FELL OFF THE ROLLER TRACK. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED AT AN AUTHORIZED BODY SHOP. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED.

ON OCCASIONS THE WEATHER STRIPPING ON THE SIDE POWER DOOR INTERFERES WITH THE CLOSING AND LOCKING OF THE DOOR. THIS HAS ON THREE OCCASIONS, HAS SUBJECTED MY GRANDSON AND PETS TO BEING POSSIBLY THROWN OUT OF THE VEHICLE SUSTAINING SERIOUS INJURIES THE DEALER ADVISED US THAT THIS WAS NOT THE BEST DESIGNING BUT COULD ONLY REPLACE WITH AN ORIGINAL VERSION OF THE PART. SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS WOULD BE ONLY A BANDAID APPROACH TO A POTENTIALLY SERIOUS PROBLEM. IT IS MY FEELING THAT IS SHOULD BE RECALLED. *JB

STARED HEARING A NOISE BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2005. DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THE NOISE OR WHAT IT WAS UNTIL LAST WEEK. LOOKED IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR AND NOTICED THE WINDOW VIBRATING. ON FURTHER INVESTIGATION SAW THAT THE WINDOW MOLDING WAS NOT ATTACHED AND CALLED THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THEY WOULD CHARGE ME TO REPLACE MOLDING. TODAY I NOTICED THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW STARTING TO MAKE A NOISE. HAVEN'T HAD THIS CAR TWO YEARS YET AND ONLY 40,000 MILES JUST THINK THAT IT IS WRONG FOR THEM TO NOT FIX THIS PROBLEM. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS CAR OVER FIFTY MILES PER HOUR IN FEAR THAT THE WINDOW WILL FLY OUT AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. HAVE THERE BEEN OTHER COMPLAINTS OF THIS PROBLEM? *JB

2004 CHEVY VENTURE-THIS VEHICLE WAS OUR CHOICE DUE TO THE CONNIVANCE WITH TWO YOUNG CHILDREN, NOW AGES 2 AND 3 YEARS OLD. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL INCIDENCES IN WHICH MY ARM HAS BEEN BRUISED BY THE POWER DOOR MECHANISM. ONE OF SUCH INCIDENCES I HAD TAKEN BOTH CHILDREN OUT OF THE CAR AND WAS REACHING BACK INSIDE THE REAR LEFT DOOR TO RETRIEVE THE DIAPER BAG. SOMEHOW THE DOOR MECHANISM WAS TRIGGERED TO CLOSE. I THOUGHT IF I APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE DOOR IT WOULD REVERSE HOWEVER THIS MECHANISM IS SEVERELY DELAYED. THUS THE DOOR MECHANISM WAS NOT TRIGGERED TO REVERSE UNTIL MY ARM WAS COMPLETELY SANDWICHED BETWEEN THE DOOR & DOOR FRAME. BY THE TIME THE DOOR REVERSED MY ARM WAS SORE AND BRUISED. I HAVE OBVIOUSLY LEARNED TO BE VERY CAUTIOUS WITH THIS DOOR NOT TO GET A BODY PART TRAPPED IN THIS DOOR SINCE THAT OCCASION. THIS CAUTIOUSNESS EXTENDS TO BEING OBSESSIVE ABOUT MY CHILDREN AND THEIR ABILITY TO REACH THE DOOR BUTTON & BEING ABLE TO HAVE A LIMB OBSTRUCTING THE DOOR. WE MAKE SURE THE CHILDREN ARE IMMEDIATELY BUCKLED INTO THEIR CAR SEATS TO ENSURE THAT THEY CAN NOT OPEN AND CLOSE THE DOOR. HOWEVER THE FACT THAT I AS A 23 YEAR OLD ADULT HAS TO APPLY CONSIDERABLE PRESSURE TO REVERSE THE DOOR WORRIES ME. ONE DAY I CHOSE TO TEST THE DOOR TO SEE HOW MUCH PRESSURE I WOULD HAVE TO APPLY TO REVERSE THE DOOR I FOUND THAT APPLYING AS MUCH PRESSURE WITH ONE HAND AS POSSIBLE I WAS STILL UNABLE TO REVERSE THE DOOR UNTIL THE DOOR IS WITH IN 4 INCHES OF THE DOOR FRAME REQUIRING AS MUCH PRESSURE AS I WOULD HAVE TO APPLY TO OPERATE A LAWN MOWER. MY CHILDREN DO NOT HAVE THIS AMOUNT OF STRENGTH IN ANY LIMB OF THEIR BODIES. IF FOR SOME REASON THEY WOULD BE IN A SITUATION WHERE THEIR LIMB WOULD BE OBSTRUCTING THIS DOOR THEY WOULD NO DOUBT SUFFER EXTREME INJURY. AS A MOTHER THEIR SAFETY REST ON ME AND I FEEL THAT I AM DOING ALL I CAN TO PREVENT AN INJURY WITH THIS SITUATION HOWEVER I TRULY WISH FOR THIS MOTORIZED MECHANISM TO BE THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED. *NM

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST REGARDING PRUTHVIKA PATEL VS. CHEVROLET & HERTZ.***TRANSFERRED TO TIS***.*MR *NM THE COMPLAINANT REPRESENTS A CLIENT WHO SUSTAINED RIGHT WRIST INJURY ON APRIL 2, 2005 WHILE SHE WAS A PASSENGER IN A 2004 CHEVROLET VENTURE. THE INJURY WAS INCURRED WHILE SHE ATTEMPTED TO OPEN THE POWER SLIDING DOOR. THE COMPLAINANT REQUEST A COPY OF ALL RECORDS FROM NTSB AND NHTSA WITH RESPECT TO GENERAL MOTORS RECALL OF OVER 700,000 MINIVANS. *NM