2004 Chevrolet Venture

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

I WAS AVOIDING A HEAD ON COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT HAD SWERVED INTO MY LANE OF TRAFFIC. MY VEHICLE WENT TO THE RIGHT DOWN INTO A DITCH PROCEEDED INTO A CULVERT AND EMBANKMENT, OVER A RESIDENCE DRIVEWAY AND HEAD ON INTO A UTILITY POLE. THE IMPACT WITH THE UTILITY POLE WAS JUST TO THE SIDE OF DEAD CENTER IN THE FRONT. THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VAN HAS BEEN CLAIMED AS A TOTAL LOST BY INSURANCE. *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

ON OR ABOUT JULY OF 2005 WE NOTICED OUR DRIVER BRAKE WAS PUTTING OFF THE REDISH DUST SIGNALING A NEED FOR NEW BRAKE PADS. WE BOUGHT NEW PADS AND MY HUSBAND WENT TO REPLACE THE PADS. THE PADS ON THE DRIVER SIDE WERE SHOT AND NEEDED REPLACED. THE PADS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WERE BRAND NEW! THERE WASN'T ANY USE OFF THEM. WE PURCHASED THE VAN IN NOV OF 2004. THE VAN HAS ALWAYS HAD NOISE WHEN COMING TO A STOP. I HAD IT EXPLAINED TO ME, FROM A SERVICE TECH AT A LOCAL CHEVY DEALERSHIP, AS MY BRAKES ARE PRESSED BUT MY VAN STILL HAS THE MOTION BEHIND IT TO ALLOW THE ROTOR TO CONT. TURNING, TILL THE COMPLETE STOP. THIS NOISE IS REALLY NOTICEABLE AT HIGHER SPEEDS NEEDING TO STOP. THE VAN AT TIMES DOESN'T FEEL LIKE IT WANTS TO STOP. I FEAR ITS JUST A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE IT DOESN'T. WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE LOOK AT AND THEY ALL SAY IT LOOKS OK, BUT DON'T LIKE THE SOUND IT MAKING. I MADE IT A POINT TO HAVE THE VAN IN THE CHEVY SHOP BEFORE MY 36,000 MILE WARRANTY EXPIRED. THEY TOLD ME THE SAME THING ABOUT THE ROTOR STILL TURNING SLOWLY TILL COMPLETE STOP. BRAKES SHOULD STOP YOUR CAR! MY OLD PARTS I'M NOT SURE IF MY HUSBAND SAVED THEM OR NOT. HE IS CURRENTLY DEPLOYED IN IRAQ. I WILL CHECK WITH HIM. PLEASE CONSIDER CHECKING THE BRAKE SYSTEMS ON THE 2004 VENTURE VANS. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED ALL THREE SEAT BELTS IN THE MIDDLE SEAT UNBUCKLE WHEN SLIGHT PRESSURE IS APPLIED TO THE BELTS. THIS PROBLEM IS MORE APPARENT WHEN A CHILD SEAT IS INSTALLED. AS THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT IS INSTALLED THE CONTACT CHECKS THE SEAT BELT ADJUSTMENT BY PULLING ON THE SEAT BELT WHICH IMMEDIATELY UNBUCKLES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER AFTER THE FIRST OCCURRENCE AND ONE SEAT BELT BUCKLE ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED. BUT THE PROBLEM HAS NOW OCCURRED ON THE OTHER SEAT BELTS ON THE MIDDLE SEAT AND RETURNED TO THE ONE THAT WAS REPLACED. *AK

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

DT: CONTACT STATED ON 10-15-05 WHILE DRIVING THE CONTACT APPROACHED A STOP SIGN , PRESSED DOWN ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE HAD NO BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP, WHERE THEY REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER AND THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE HAD NO PROBLEMS UNTIL 11-05-05 WHILE PULLING INTO A DRIVEWAY SHE APPLIED THE BRAKES, AND THE BRAKES WERE NOT WORKING. SHE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A DIFFERENT DEALERSHIP, WHERE THEY REPLACED THE BRAKE LINES. ON 11-12-05 SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT INSPECTED, AND THE DEALERSHIP TOLD HER THE BRAKE LINES WERE HANGING AND THERE WAS NO CONDUIT ON THE BRAKE LINES .THE DEALERSHIP MADE THE REPAIRS .THE VEHICLE IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY.*AK

DT:THE CONTACTS STATES THE GAS TANK SCRAPES THE GROUND WHEN TWO OR MORE PEOPLE SIT IN THE REAR SEAT OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN DAMAGED, CAUSING THIS PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP REPAIRED THE HEAT SHIELD THAT COVERS THE GAS TANK. THIS DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, AND THEY STATED THE REAR SPRINGS WERE CAUSING THE SCRAPPING. THIS WOULD BE REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY.*AK THE DOOR DOESN'T CLOSE PROPERLY. UPDATED 01/19/06. *JB